The skies over Hachinosu Island were torn apart by two utterly different powers...
"More-More Three Hundredfold Speed!" World's figure abruptly blurred, and the ground where he had stood exploded into a webbed crater ten meters across.
Accelerated three hundredfold, his Armament Haki-coated fist carved a vacuum tunnel through the air, trailing sonic boom clouds as it shot straight for Gern's face.
Gern's pupils contracted slightly as he brought the Black Blade: Eight Desolations across his body.
Clang!!! The explosive ring of clashing metal resounded across the island. A circular shock wave spread outward, leveling every ruined wall within a hundred meters.
Gern's military boots plowed two deep furrows through the ground, and the blade of Eight Desolations trembled under the tremendous force.
"I'm not done yet!" World changed his attack with a savage grin, driving his left fist toward Gern's abdomen with the same three-hundredfold boost to speed and strength.
Armament Haki instantly coated Gern's left hand, and Vibration Particles gathered around his knuckles as he met the blow.
Boom!!! The instant their fists collided, space itself seemed to tear apart.
The energy storm unleashed by the collision between the pale tremor wave and the multiplied impact hurled both men away.
"Then I'll just go even faster!" World adjusted his posture in midair, kicked off the rubble with both feet, and vanished again.
"More-More Four Hundredfold Speed!"
This time, even Gern's Observation Haki could catch only a blurry afterimage.
Bam! A heavy punch smashed into Gern's back, driving him into the ground and throwing up a wave of earth dozens of meters high.
Within the dust, Gern slowly rose and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his fighting spirit burning even brighter. "Interesting..."
World stood a short distance away, every muscle gleaming like metal beneath his full-body