"Hmm? Your strength really has improved quite a bit." Sōkyū Hatake shook out his somewhat numb arm and remarked, "Too bad your control is even worse. With nothing but strength, you're just a beast."
"Arrogant fool!" Momoshiki roared, his attacks coming one after another like a violent storm! Both fists, both feet, and even Headbutt became deadly weapons. Every blow carried the terrifying power to shatter mountains and split the earth, while that mingled black energy also possessed intense corrosiveness and Psyshock!
Sōkyū Hatake's figure flickered through the countless fist afterimages, sometimes evading their edge with Lightning Body Flicker, sometimes meeting the attacks head-on with Haki-coated fists or his lightning halberd. Every collision triggered a violent explosion and shook space.
The battle moved from the sky to the ground, then from the ground back into the air. Relying on his absolute strength after going berserk and that bizarre black energy, Momoshiki actually managed to trade blows with Sōkyū Hatake for a time. Occasionally, his superior strength even let him knock Sōkyū Hatake back and blast him into the sand, sending pillars of sand shooting skyward!
"Hahaha! Do you feel despair yet?! You inferior creature!" Momoshiki grew more frenzied as he fought. Watching Sōkyū Hatake get "driven back" again and again, and occasionally even "hit," he felt as though the fear and humiliation of being overwhelmed were all finding release in these savage attacks.
He felt he had already gauged his opponent's limits. The scales of victory were tipping in his favor!
He even began using the abilities of his new form, opening his mouth to spew a destructive energy breath mixed with black energy and firing space-warping rays from his eyes, trying to completely suppress Sōkyū Hatake with varied attacks.
Sōkyū Hatake still appeared to be "handling it with ease,"