Just as the big shots argued endlessly, the alarms in the hall suddenly grew frantic, and the red warning lights instantly turned a glaring crimson.
"Warning! Unidentified target has breached the outer perimeter! Moving extremely fast! Repeat, the target is moving extremely fast and approaching the Main Deck!" The guard commander's terrified shouts came over the speakers.
"He's here!" Tesoro abruptly rose to his feet, his eyes fixed on the screen.
At that moment, fierce winds howled across the Gran Tesoro's vast outer deck.
In the sky, the previously clear clouds were suddenly torn apart by a savage force, and azure lightning writhed wildly through the black clouds like frenzied snakes.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted in the sky, and an immense bolt of azure lightning slammed into the center of the deck with overwhelming force.
The sturdy steel deck instantly caved beneath the lightning strike, dense cracks spreading outward like a spiderweb. The violent shock wave whipped up clouds of dust and sent the surrounding guards staggering.
As the dust cleared, a tall figure slowly rose from the deep crater.
Lorne was bare-chested, wisps of azure lightning coiling around his powerful muscles, an icy gleam flashing in his eyes. A terrifying, suffocating pressure radiated from him, as though he were a true god descended upon the mortal world.
"Fire! Open fire! Don't let him get close!" The guard commander waved the spear in his hand and screamed hysterically.
Ratatatat!
In an instant, dense tongues of flame erupted across the deck. Thousands of guards pulled their triggers at once, their specially made Seastone Bullets forming an impenetrable net of death that swept toward Lorne from every direction.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dozens of heavy cannons also opened fire simultaneously, sending enormous shells hurtling toward Lorne's position with piercing whistles.
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