Holding the First-Generation Onikiri high as blood energy surged around it, Barn leaped out from behind the Ice Wall. His slash, seething with rage and destruction, crashed down on Baldhead, who had already taken a defensive stance on the ground!
Barn had no intention of worrying about whether Baldhead could withstand this blow. The First-Generation Onikiri, blazing with lightning and blood energy on the verge of running wild, clashed head-on with the Shodai Kitetsu!
"Aaaaargh!"
Even as one of the Five Elders, Baldhead had to cry out to relieve the crushing pressure of the attack. Clearly, however, it did him no good.
Baldhead's feet sank deep into the ground as he forcibly blocked the slash. The earth shattered across a vast area around him, and boiling blood energy erupted from the enormous fissures!
The boiling blood energy scorched most of Baldhead's skin. At that moment, Sengoku and Garp, who had been watching the fight until now, moved!
A pair of iron fists coated in immensely powerful Armament Haki and a gigantic palm that seemed cast from gold struck at Barn!
Barn had landed his blow, but it had drained too much of his strength. There was no reason to clash head-on with Sengoku and Garp, who had rested for so long. He immediately eased off and leaped back from Baldhead's blade!
Sengoku and Garp's attacks struck empty air. Rather than pursue him, they went to the badly wounded Baldhead and supported him as he teetered on the verge of collapse.
Although Baldhead had blocked Barn's attack, he had still borne the full brunt of its devastating force. The boiling blood energy had burned most of his skin, and the tremendous force transmitted through the Shodai Kitetsu had seriously injured his internal organs. The instant Sengoku and Garp helped him up,