Lorne suddenly clenched both fists, pushing the Grit raging through his body to its absolute peak. His wild laughter instantly blasted away the rock overhead at the top of the stone hall.
"So this is the true power of an Ancient Weapon from eight hundred years ago?"
Laughing, Lorne stepped forward, the wounds across his body rapidly closing under the surging power of his God Dragon Bloodline.
"If that's all you've got, then it's my turn!"
The Conqueror's Haki within him burst forth like a raging flood breaking through a dam, merging completely with his fully stacked Golden Grit.
Black-and-red Conqueror's Haki lightning tore through the air, intertwining with golden Divine Dragon Lightning to form a destructive pillar of light that shot skyward.
The entire underground volcano shook violently, its hard basalt floor shattering inch by inch.
"Conqueror's Haki Infusion... He's actually merged his Conqueror's Haki completely with that golden power!"
Kuina pressed one hand against the hilt of Wado Ichimonji, forcibly steadying herself as the blast pushed her back.
"Haki on this scale is even more terrifying than when he faced the Four Emperors at Marineford!"
She watched the enormous dragon silhouette rising behind Lorne, shaken to her very core.
"This is madness! He's going to shake the entire underground magma vein apart!"
Olsen lay flat on the ground, desperately hugging a protruding rock as he cried out in terror.
"This isn't power a human could possess! Just what kind of monster is he?!"
Watching huge rocks continually crash down from above, the old scholar could barely breathe beneath the pressure of the Conqueror's Haki.
The enraged mass of liquid metal seemed to sense a lethal threat, and the scarlet glow on its surface abruptly turned pitch-black.
Countless metal spikes were forcibly blasted out of Lorne's body in an