"Boom!"
Surging blasts of air radiated outward, ripples rolling across the ground like ocean waves and spreading farther into the distance.
A figure wreathed in powerful energy shot backward and slammed into the ground, blasting up a great cloud of dust. But barely a moment later...
"Whoosh!"
As though light itself were being stretched, space distorted, and the figure surged out again, leaving trails of afterimages across the ground. He reached the other figure once more and swung his sword.
"Boom!"
Another thunderous crash rang out. Electricity shot in all directions, thunder roared overhead, and fierce winds howled, whipping up ripples that filled the sky.
"Is this your strongest enhanced transformation?"
"River!"
Rayleigh spoke in a low voice, his expression grave.
Holding his sword in his right hand, he used every ounce of his strength to resist the terrifying force coming from the other side.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
Under the clash of such power, even the ground beneath his feet fractured inch by inch and sank.
"You're as powerful as a monster!"
"Your physique even surpasses that of the giants!"
Their swords collided. After holding each other at a standstill for several breaths, both men pulled back in an instant, crushing the ground beneath their feet.
A breeze stirred, and space distorted.
Having retreated several hundred meters, the two men stared fiercely at each other, their eyes blazing. A moment later, they tightened their grips on their swords and surged forward again.
They ran and leaped. Once the distance between them narrowed to fifty meters, both sprang into the air, the swords in their right hands slicing through the air as they swung.
"Hum!"
Space shuddered as two curved Slash Waves crashed violently into each other.
"Boom!"
A breath later, the sky over the Sabaody Archipelago shook. The rolling storm