Nomiro Island.
The ground lay devastated after being ravaged by mushroom clouds, while two figures in the sky held steady amid the raging shock waves.
Hale Nock had turned his lower body into steam and kept the rest of his body elementalized as well. Wielding a massive steam sword, he slashed at Charlotte Linlin.
With flames blazing atop her head, Charlotte Linlin stood on the thundercloud Zeus, holding Napoleon as she looked at Hale Nock:
"Mamamama~"
"You've grown quite a bit, Nock, you little brat."
Hale Nock gave a soft chuckle:
"You haven't improved much yourself, old hag."
"That old bastard Golden Lion isn't here this time. Careful you don't get yourself killed."
Charlotte Linlin grinned viciously:
"If you think you can do it, give it a try!"
"Heavenly Fire!"
She beckoned, and the flames atop her head flickered, splitting off a portion that fell into her hand. She hurled it toward Hale Nock like a flaming spear tearing through the sky.
Hale Nock immediately dissolved into white steam, merging with the air filling the sky.
The shock wave carried by the flaming spear tore through the steam before the spear plunged into the distant ground.
A towering pillar of fire erupted from the ground, spreading outward and destroying everything in its path.
Boom-!!
Hale Nock reformed in his original position. Without even turning his head, he casually flung a spear condensed from steam into the ground behind him.
An equally explosive pillar of white steam erupted immediately afterward, crashing into the fire before both burst apart and dissipated.
Whoosh!
An enormously thick laser shot from the tip of Charlotte Linlin's sword toward Hale Nock.
"Maser Cannon."
Hale Nock coated his massive steam sword in Haki. He braced against the beam, retreating a short distance before flinging it toward a