The golden light that turned the tide spread wildly from the bottom of the rubble-strewn crater, tearing an opening in the hundredfold gravity.
"Fujitora, your gravity certainly has some weight to it, but it still can't crush me."
Lorne twisted his neck, his bones grinding together with dull sounds like clashing metal.
"How is this possible?"
The wooden sword in Fujitora's hand trembled slightly, his expression turning utterly grave.
In the world he perceived without sight, the presence that had been firmly suppressed was now swelling wildly, unstoppable.
"Look! That guy's actually standing up!"
An elite Marine pointed at the bottom of the crater and shouted in terror.
"That's the Admiral's hundredfold gravity! With the surrounding Seastone suppressing him too, how can he possibly move?"
Another Marine rubbed his eyes, his face full of disbelief.
"Monster... this guy isn't human at all!"
A Marine officer beside him swallowed and instinctively took a step back.
Inside the rubble-strewn crater in the hall, the Sett Bloodline within Lorne boiled over completely.
Scalding blood surged through his veins, roaring like a mighty river.
The eerie blue light radiating from the Seastone vein battered his body relentlessly, trying to seal off the Dragon God Power within him.
Yet what Lorne relied on at that moment was not a Devil Fruit ability at all.
It was physical strength in its purest form, a beast's instinct from the deepest reaches of his bloodline.
Creak! Creak!
Lorne's muscles bulged one after another, their iron-hard contours shifting beneath his skin like flood dragons.
The gravity field compressed the air into tangible purple ripples that weighed heavily on his shoulders.
But Lorne's knees straightened little by little, and countless spiderweb cracks instantly split the ground beneath his feet.
"Our captain's taking it head-on with his body again."
Ryan braced