"What utterly unreasonable strength."
Rayleigh voiced his admiration, his expression turning utterly serious.
"You'd better be ready for this next move."
Rayleigh took a deep breath and gripped the branch with both hands, driving the Haki within him to its limit.
"One Sword Style: Flying Dragon!"
Rayleigh leaped into the air.
He swung the black branch in his hands fiercely forward.
A blue Sword Energy slash dozens of feet long whistled forth.
With the force to cleave mountains and split stone, it hurtled straight toward Lorne.
Wherever the Sword Energy passed, it plowed a bottomless trench through the ground.
Lorne stood his ground, watching the enormous Sword Energy bearing down on him, his eyes filled with fervor and fighting spirit.
"Conqueror's Haki Infusion-Haymaker!"
The Grit within Lorne had already begun surging during their earlier clash.
He perfectly combined that savage power with his Conqueror's Haki, drew his right fist back, then hurled it forward.
As his fist swung out, heaven and earth lost their color.
An enormous dark-purple fist materialized out of thin air, carrying a blast of wind that could destroy everything as it collided head-on with the blue Sword Energy.
Rumble-!
The two forces collided thunderously in midair, unleashing a deafening roar.
The ground of the backyard collapsed completely in that instant.
Countless chunks of rubble were swept into the air, only to be instantly ground into powder by the raging energy.
Kuina had no choice but to grip Wado Ichimonji with both hands and hold it across her body, using all her strength to withstand the gale rushing toward her.
Under Rayleigh's shocked gaze, his fierce Sword Energy, powerful enough to cut through steel, actually began rapidly melting away and collapsing the moment it touched the wind from Lorne's punch, like ice and snow meeting boiling water.