The fighting in the N-7 Sea Area had reached its peak. Kaido's sky-shaking Dragon Roar struck like ice water poured into boiling oil, bringing the already chaotic battlefield to a furious boil. In the battle zone near the edge of the N-7 Sea Area, the situation was changing by the instant.
Huang Zhong had just raised his bow across himself to block and been driven back several steps, his blood churning. Before he could recover from that exertion, Sengoku closed in again, powerful Conqueror's Haki coating his palm.
"Buddha Kingdom: Heavenly Wheel Suppression!"
Huang Zhong could only defend in haste. Sengoku's shockwave, densely coated in Conqueror's Haki, struck the saber Huang Zhong drew in an instant. Scattered fragments of energy burst like dying stars. Huang Zhong grunted, the web of his hand split open, and the recoil sent him flying.
"General Huang Zhong!" Ma Chao roared at the sight, Zekrom's electrical energy racing wildly over his body. He forced himself to muster another breath. Blue-black lightning flashed as his Tiger-Head Gilt Spear thrust toward Sengoku's back, carrying the remnants of Ideal Thunder.
"Obstinate fool!" Sengoku's expression did not change as he casually struck out with his palm. The golden Buddha palm collided with the lightning spear, and the resulting shockwave scattered every last wisp of the healing flames Zhou Yu had just placed on Ma Chao. Ma Chao flew backward like a kite with its string cut, blood gushing through the cracks in his armor and staining the blackened sea a glaring red.
Ma Chao's approach also suited Sengoku's strategy: eliminate two of Hua Country's combatants first.
As Ma Chao was sent flying, Sengoku pressed his palms together and rapidly closed in on him. The air across the entire stretch of sea suddenly froze, and the dark clouds overhead swirled