Just as Kaido's arrival plunged the top-tier battlefield into a three-way melee, the situation on another crucial battlefield in the N-7 Sea Area was rapidly taking a turn for the worse.
"Great Buddha Shockwave!"
The Buddha Form Sengoku had assumed was solemn and majestic, but his attacks showed no mercy. His enormous golden palm thrust forward, sending an immensely concentrated shockwave, imbued with the dual essence of purification and destruction, surging toward Ma Chao like a tsunami!
Ma Chao had now fully unleashed the power of the Zekrom Fruit. Blue-white lightning coiled around him, his bearing as imposing as a thunder god's. He roared, pouring all his Haki and lightning power into the Tiger-Head Gilt Spear. "Divine Might Fang Pierce!"
A point of dazzling lightning condensed at the spear tip, seemingly capable of piercing every obstacle in the world, and stabbed fearlessly toward Sengoku's shockwave!
BOOOOM-!!!
The lightning and golden shockwave collided violently with a deafening explosion. This time, however, Ma Chao's Thunder Fang Pierce failed to match Sengoku's shockwave as it had before. After a brief stalemate, the lightning began to give ground, and the golden shockwave surged forward with overwhelming force!
"Argh!" Ma Chao grunted. The Tiger-Head Gilt Spear trembled violently as that irresistible force blasted him backward. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the lightning coiling around him dimmed considerably. He crashed heavily into an island of mixed ice and volcanic rock behind him, causing a massive collapse.
The gap in their strength had finally revealed itself. As Fleet Admiral, Sengoku possessed unfathomable strength and stood firmly at the pinnacle of the Admirals. Although Ma Chao was unmatched in valor and the Zekrom Fruit held tremendous potential, he had yet to reach Admiral level. Now, in this prolonged, high-intensity clash with Sengoku, his lack of