Fist of Justice VS Left Arm of the King

Skylark frowned deeply. He moved incredibly fast and possessed a certain degree of "superpowers."

He had already begun entering the stage where Cosmo could awaken the hidden power within the brain.

Skylark also realized that Charanko had likely been influenced by the will of a god and granted that immense power.

He knew Charanko’s kindness well, so he hesitated. Once Charanko was defeated and lost his Divine Power, he would most likely die immediately.

Charanko continued firing terrifying energy blasts into the distance. Skylark suddenly tensed as his Cosmo sensed a power filled with intense malice rapidly approaching from the sky.

Skylark looked up and, sure enough, saw a figure wrapped in a crimson glow bounding through the air toward them.

Mercenary Tao?!

Whine!

Before he could think further, golden aura let out a piercing howl, and a golden Ki Blast suddenly shot down from the sky.

Charanko’s expression changed drastically. His yellow hair scattered behind him as he spread his hands, white energy forming a protective barrier.

Bang!

The Ki Blast struck the barrier. Charanko took a few small steps back, but the barrier remained intact.

Charanko coldly watched Bai Cangshu fall straight from the sky and said indifferently,

"Where did that composure from before go?"

Though he had been influenced by Divine Power, his memories remained. It was simply that he now felt he had a far grander mission.

To use such power merely as a "hero" would be a disservice to the world and a betrayal of the gods.

As one who wielded this divine power, he had to use it to make this world "clean."

Driven by that conviction, Charanko looked upon Mercenary Tao, who had once seemed so powerful that he found it unbelievable, and now felt only disgust.

He spread his arms, and one white energy blast after another appeared. There were so many that they instantly illuminated everything within several hundred meters.

Buzz!

The next moment, intense energy erupted. The air was completely distorted by the energy, turning the view blurry and unreal.

Bai Cangshu raised his left hand before him, and black Haki instantly coiled around it.

Puff.

Puff.

The energy blasts rapidly vanished upon striking the Left Arm of the King, yet their intense impact still sent Bai Cangshu drifting backward.

He held the Sage, whose spine had been crushed, in his right hand, while his left hand dragged afterimages through the air as it blocked every energy blast one by one.

Charanko also realized that such straightforward attacks could not defeat his opponent, so he slowly shifted his stance.

The next moment, white light appeared around his hands.

"This is…"

Skylark watched the scene, seeming to realize something. The next instant, gravel across the ground exploded.

The air between Charanko and Mercenary Tao shattered into cloud-like fragments, like a white shockwave.

Bang!

A terrifying impact passed through Mercenary Tao’s body and blasted out from his back.

So fast…

Even by Skylark’s standards of reaction speed, Charanko’s strike was terrifyingly fast.

Blood streamed from Bai Cangshu’s nose and mouth, yet his eyes still held the image of his opponent’s movements from just now.

Bang!

Only then did the Sage’s head explode, as if delayed by a beat.

"Ha~"

Bai Cangshu smiled. He released the Sage’s headless corpse, his eyes shifting slightly.

He had not expected Divine Power to manifest itself more skillfully through Charanko than it had through Homeless Emperor.

He did not know whether it was because Charanko’s personal qualities surpassed Homeless Emperor’s, or because Eternal Destiny, which controlled this bestowed power, was more targeted than the god from before.

He had seen it clearly. Charanko had crossed the air in an instant, and Bai Cangshu had activated Sensen no Sen. The Left Arm of the King immediately reached for Charanko’s incoming fist.

Yet the intense energy wrapped around Charanko’s fist possessed a strange rhythm similar to Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. The instant his first punch was blocked, he twisted his hand and launched another strike at an even more explosive speed, smashing it into the Cocoon of Greed before Bai Cangshu.

The instant the Cocoon of Greed opened, it counterattacked again, unleashing the powerful punch others had seen with their naked eyes.

In other words, Charanko had actually thrown three punches in an instant. His movements had simply been so fast that it looked as though one punch had pierced the Cocoon of Greed and struck Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu shook his head.

He had crushed the Sage’s head himself.

Charanko, as he was now, had piqued his interest.

The next moment, Bai Cangshu’s feet trembled slightly. As the air exploded, he appeared before Charanko, who was floating in the air with Divine Power.

Water Stream fist intent began flowing around both hands. The instant he threw a punch, crimson Conqueror’s Haki burst from his body.

Charanko’s breathing stalled, but his expression did not change. At this moment, he felt his own transformation with unprecedented clarity.

Less than half a day ago, he had not even been able to see his opponent’s movements.

But now, he keenly caught the trajectory of that fist.

I can see it… I can see it!

He instantly raised his hand and assumed the posture of the Water Stream Array, which he had never managed to execute successfully before, precisely blocking the explosive blow.

That immense strength, once so terrifying that it had been unimaginable, no longer seemed quite so dreadful.

Following the momentum of his opponent’s fist, he swept downward in an instant. Power flowed and shifted, and with that force empowering it, his left hand counterattacked at an even more unbelievable speed.

Bai Cangshu grinned. At the same time, he raised his right hand and, with perfect precision, caught Charanko’s counterattacking fist. Blazing White energy spread beyond his Armament Haki.

Black-red lightning instantly pierced Charanko’s body.

Charanko froze. Countering the Water Stream Array with the Water Stream Array?!

The next moment, a tyrannical Aura pierced his mind. Before his eyes, the pure white giant seemed to appear again, but the black-red lightning pierced through everything, leaving him dazed for an instant.

Puff!

The punch was so swift it was utterly unimaginable. The instant it was thrown, Charanko clearly sensed death intent.

Amid spraying blood, a severed arm spun several times before falling from the sky.

Bai Cangshu turned his head and indifferently met Skylark’s gaze as he suddenly appeared in the air.

That instantaneous movement ability from just now was beyond imagination.

That was true Teleportation!

Teleportation that tore through space with intense Mental Power, paired with fists capable of shattering atoms…

At that moment, Bai Cangshu rarely found himself regarding this fellow, who spouted idiotic nonsense about being an "Ally of Justice," somewhat more highly.

He was powerful. In a sense, that combination was a more direct instant-kill technique than Bai Cangshu’s Shun Goku Satsu + Death Intent Senluo.

Most Reincarnators without regenerative abilities or immortality would be instantly killed by that combo, no matter how terrifying their defense was, unless it exceeded a certain threshold.

But…

Skylark frowned. The intense pain nearly prevented him from gathering his Cosmo.

He had not expected his Fist of Justice to lose.

There was something wrong with Mercenary Tao’s arm…

The Cosmo capable of shattering atoms had instead suffered a fierce Haki counterattack upon striking that arm, and his own arm had been broken by his opponent’s explosive fist force.

But fortunately… he had saved Charanko.

Skylark relaxed slightly and glanced behind him from the corner of his eye.

Buzz!

A white energy blast appeared almost against his back. It instantly tore open his chest before exploding in front of Bai Cangshu.

Boom!

The violent explosion swept through several hundred meters of space, sending them tumbling in every direction.