In the dense forest, Lorne rose from a heap of rubble.
A deep fist imprint marked his chest, and blood stained the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were brighter than ever.
"Huff... huff... Ryuo Haki really is powerful."
Lorne felt the Haki rampaging through his body. It was destroying his internal organs, but at the same time, his passive, Battlefield Valor, was working furiously.
Golden shimmers flickered over his wounds as his damaged organs rapidly repaired themselves.
"Grit..."
Lorne grinned as he looked at the violent power within him, almost overflowing.
"Old man, I'll take that punch!"
With a roar, Lorne leaped into the air.
"Soru!"
He kicked repeatedly against the air, darting through the forest like lightning.
Garp pursued him with Geppo, laughing heartily as he watched Lorne race through the trees.
"You little brat, you've gotten faster!"
"But it's still not enough!"
Garp clenched his right fist, gathering Haki into a dense sphere of black light.
"Fist Bone Meteor!"
Garp threw a punch, unleashing his raging Haki as an enormous fist-shaped blast that hurtled straight at Lorne.
Lorne had nowhere to dodge in midair, but he had never intended to evade it.
"Crushing Blow!"
The instant the blast reached him, Lorne jerked both hands out to his sides.
An invisible pull erupted, wrenching several towering trees from their places and dragging them in front of him.
Boom!
Garp's blast instantly shattered the trees.
Lorne burst through the flying wood and appeared before Garp in an instant.
"The Show Stopper!"
Lorne clamped his arms around Garp's shoulders like iron pincers and plunged toward the ground with him.
"You little brat, this trick again!"
Garp let out a cry, his fists raining blows wildly onto Lorne's back.
Bam, bam, bam, bam!
Dull impacts rang out without pause. Lorne's