“The time has e… Let’s begin!”

  El folded his arms and spoke directly to Thor and Oka. “First, you two—Thor and Oka—will have the opening match!”

  “, go all out. If you only sustain injuries, Willie’s Mythical Zoan Angel-form ability or the Paramecia Healing Fruit we retly found heal yht away…”

  “Also, don’t worry about actally killing each other. If I see that either of you might suffer serious injury or be in danger of dying, I’ll intervene immediately!”

  Having said that, El added, “Of course, given our time straints… if you two end up in a stalemate for too long, uo decide a winner in a short period, I’ll stop the fight.”

  He couldn’t spend half a month just waiting for a decisive oute in a sich—this session rimarily to test the progress of these younger fighters, and at the same time show the core officers how strong the Kukulkan family’s future really was.

  “No problem—” “Yes, Dad!”

  Thunder Camity Oka and Thunder God Thor both nodded. her doubted El’s words. His power had long exceeded their imagination, and his Observation Haki could even peer slightly into the future. If, during a heated battle, the weaker side came under serious threat, they trusted El would stop it in time.

  “Whoosh!”

  Thor, brimming with fighting spirit, hefted the enormous hammer off his back.

  Dark purple in color and intricately engraved, oapered to a sharp point while the other was broad and block-like, brimming with destructive power. This eerless on that El had personally fed for his eldest son, and its quality spoke for itself. Not only was it iructible, but it also greatly boosted and eled the wielder’s Haki.

  “Well then, Oka-oyaji,* please take care of me!” said Thor, t at an intimidati and gripping his massive hammer. He directed a fiery gaze at Thunder Camity Cyril Oka, smiling as he spoke.

  “Heh-heh-heh~ I’ve been curious how close Thor-sama’s current ability is to El-sama’s at ye!” replied Oka, also armed with a heavy hammer, baring his teeth in a grin.

  He was equally fired up, not looking down on Thor just because of his youth. The Lunarian of old might not have been this formidable, but now they were truly “a race of gods,” and he knew not to uimate them. After all, he had witnessed El’s incredible strength when El was just seventeen. And El’s genes were so overwhelmingly powerful that Thor—bearing both giant and Lunarian blood—had already grown into a monstrous young talent. Moreover, the match half a year ago between Thor and Elbaf’s Prince Loki had caused quite a stir.

  “Everyone else—move to Atntis!”

  With that order, El fpped his wings and took flight, telling everyone else to clear out and give the two fighters space.

  Having watched Throw, he knew full well his eldest son had the qualifications to challehunder Camity. One was a Logia user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, hailed as the “God of Thunder.” The other was a Mythical Zoan “Kaminari Form” user, known as “Thunder Camity.” One had ied both Giant and Lunarian blood, t as a newly-emerged powerhouse; the other was of the Bueers race, in his prime, with frighteningly strong physical might. Their csh would be tremendous. Anyone remaining on the isnd would only get in the way.

  “Go for it, Thor!!”

  Linlin, Gerd, Lillian, and the others all cheered him on, smiling. They led Dal, Wind Camity Irene, Shimotsuki Ushimaru, and the rest bato Atntis to watch from above.

  “Thor/Brother, you got this!!!”

  “Don’t embarrass us…”

  “Take down Uncle Oka!!!”

  Whether it was eldest daughter Sif, third child Dar, fourth child Willie, sixth child Eden—siblings close to Thor in age—or any of the slightly younger Kukulkan family members, all were visibly excited, pumping their fists and cheering loudly.

  “The first match—begin!”

  Ohe rest of the spectators had all boarded the airborne fortress areated to watch from high above the sea, El hovered in midair and signaled for the match to start. He gazed down at the two figures below, ready to intervene if necessary.

  “Whoosh…”

  Even before his words had fully faded, the two formidable figures—one massive, one merely rge—leaped ba unison. Thunder Camity Cyril Oka, about seveers tall, and Thunder God Thor, t at over twenty meters, simultaneously pulled away to create distance.

  “Elbaf Spear—”

  Their gazes locked, each man’s eyes brimming with murderous energy. Veins bulged on their arms as they gripped their enormous hammers, braced themselves, and swung. With ation, they unleashed devastating might, crushing the air in front of them.

  “Ikoku!!!”

  Wheee—Wheee—

  Two colossal, drical shockwaves bsted out with staggering force, smming into each other in midair.

  “Boom! Boom…!”

  A thunderous roar shook the skies, and dazzling white light gred out. The entire isnd seemed to quake amid the deafening cussion. The two violent shockwaves collided, grinding against one another and ripping apart the earth all around. Rolling air currents sent giant waves surging across the sea.

  “Geez—”

  “That’s incredible…”

  “Thor-nii is awesome!”

  “Uncle Oka is amazing, too!”

  “So this is the famed Elbaf Spear?”

  Watg this overwhelming dispy, everyone from Tsuru, Linlin, Gerd, Lillian, Hajrudin, Afar, Ushimaru and other officers, to Sif (the eldest daughter), Dar (third son), Frey (seventh), Ares (eighth), and the rest of the Kukulkan children, all looked on in astonishment.

  A group of the younger kids stood wide-eyed and sck-jawed, utterly stuhat a battle could be so intense right from the start—two giants exging the secret teique of the Giants’ Elbaf Spear. The spectacle was truly magnifit, leaving a sting impa all who watched.

  Bleam