"Just what I wanted!!!"
A wild grin spread across Oden's bloodstained lips. Blood dripped from his body onto the ground, the muscles in his arms knotted tight, and his veins bulged like raging dragons.
Enma and Ame no Habakiri hummed and trembled in his grip, the red-black lightning of Conqueror's Haki growing ever more violent along their blades.
Gern watched him coldly. The wound on his chest still seeped blood, but Black Blade: Eight Desolations shook fiercely in his hand, purple-white destructive energy coiling around its blade like a living thing.
Oden's unrestrained figure was reflected in his pupils. His Observation Haki already blanketed the area, sensing every vibration in the air.
Boom!! Both figures vanished at once, moving so fast they left afterimages in the air.
When they reappeared, clang!! The instant their blades collided, the entire deserted island shook violently.
The ground within hundreds of meters of them collapsed with a thunderous crash, spiderweb cracks spreading wildly outward.
Seawater gushed through the fissures, only to evaporate into white mist the instant it touched the high-frequency vibration particles.
The Haki shock wave tore a massive opening through the clouds overhead, and sunlight pierced down like sharp swords.
"Hahaha! This feels great!!" Oden laughed wildly, his arm muscles bulging as his twin swords slashed like a raging storm.
"How am I only hearing about a man as strong as you now?!" A storm of red-black slashes swept toward Gern, every flash of steel carrying enough Conqueror's Haki to tear the earth apart.
Gern's gaze sharpened. Black Blade: Eight Desolations spun in his hand, and he caught it in a reverse grip before sweeping it sideways.
Eight parallel spatial fissures trailed behind the blade, snapping shut like fangs to drag his enemy into a field of tremors.
Then he raised his