Rojen stepped onto the ship's deck, his imposing figure radiating an aura of cold authority that intimidated the assembled Marihe colossal Susanoo loomed over the wooden vessel, a majestic guardian standing unwaveringly.

  The fierce sea breeze whipped Rojen's hair into a frenzy as his icy, unfiving gaze swept across the terrified Mariheir attacks had ceased, pletely cowed by Susanoo's terrifying bat prowess.

  With a flick of his wrist, the ship's anchor was released.

  "Creak!"

  Susanoo swung its massive arm, unleashing a devastating blow upon the shore. The earth shuddered as the impact, akin to a desding mountai a shockwave through the beach. Marines were hurled into the air like ragdolls, crashing heavily to the ground.

  The recoil from the blow propelled the wooden ship forward, its sails billowing in the wind. The vessel surged away from the shore, a blur of motion, and within moments, it was hundreds of meters out to sea.

  As the remaining Marines witnessed Susanoo's swift departure, they finally rexed, letting out heavy sighs of relief.

  Aboard the Logan, Rojen's expression remained grim. Susanoo tis earth-shattering strikes against the seawater, each impact accelerating the ship further, propelling it across the waves like an arrow.

  Several kilometers innd, dark fmes tio burn, an eerie spectacle. Not even the encroag seawater could extinguish them; they ed everything in their path, their scorg power absolute.

  From within the inferno, a pained groan echoed, followed by a dark hand g its way out. Another hand quickly emerged, flickering in and out of existence, seemingly ued by the searing fmes.

  After a few agonizing breaths, the hands forcefully parted, and a figure emerged.

  His body, stripped bare by the fmes, was a sight to behold. Yet, his aura was fierce, radiating overwhelming power. Lingering remnants of the dark fmes flickered around him, refusing to be extinguished.

  But Dragon paid o the torment. Ign the searing pain, he raised a hand towards the heavens a out a guttural roar.

  "Roar!"

  Dark clouds gathered ominously above the sea, crag with tless lightning bolts. The clouds pressed down, threatening to crush the city below. The dense, ominous clouds and their dang lightning desded upon the Logan.

  Rojen's eyes narrowed as he observed the gathering storm. Susanoo shuddered, two scarlet fmes igniting in its hollow eyes as it met the gaze of the desding lightning.

  "Still not giving up, Dragon?" Rojen murmured, his eyes hardening.

  The lightning within the clouds intensified.

  "Release!" Dragon shouted from the shore, his face a mask of icy fury.

  The thunder within the clouds roared, a terrifying cacophony. Moments ter, the ehunderbolts could no longer be tained, plunging towards their target.

  "Pi li pa !"

  Like a serpent of lightning, the bolts desded from the sky, each strike carrying the power to obliterate, aimed directly at Susanoo.

  "Dragon," Rojen uttered the name, his eyes growing colder.

  Susanoo swung its massive hand, the Kusanagi no Tsurugi seemingly tearing through the void as it sshed at the desding lightning.

  "Boom!"

  The csh of forces was earth-shattering. The lightning bolts, upon tact, were mostly cleaved in two, but some stray bolts, ging to the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, surged towards Susanoo's colossal frame.

  When the lightning reached Susanoo's wrist, its thick arm trembled violently, then shattered the remainiricity.

  The Absolute defence of Susanoo roared in defiance.

  "Roar!"

  Its voice shook the heavens, nearly dispersing the dark clouds above. Then, with a furious swing of its sword, it struck directly at the clouds.

  "Ka Cha!"

  The sky seemed to split open as the dark clouds were forcefully cleaved in two.

  With incredible speed, Susanoo swung its sword towards the figure on the beach, still engulfed in fmes.

  "Shua!"

  The shockwave geed by the sword qi rippled through the void, reag Dragon in an instant. His pupils stricted, ahrust both hands forward, creating a desperate defense.

  "Boom!"

  Sand and stones rained down as Dragon's body was sent flying.

  On the deck of the Logan, Rojen's face paled, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. The armor on Susanoo began to crumble, leaving only a skeletal frame within moments.

  "Go!" Rojen anded, his voice low and urgent. He urged Susanoo to strike the sea, geing a powerful recoil. The Logan shot across the water like an arrow, disappearing into the distahin moments.

  On the shore, the Marines panicked, rushing towards the spot where Dragon had been thrown.

  When they reached him, they saw the dark fmes still ging to his body. They attempted to extinguish them, but Dragon shouted for them to stop.

  "Don't touch it! These fmes e anything. They're dangerous."

  The Marines froze, their outstretched hands h in the air.

  "Cough cough!"

  Dragon began to cough violently, blood spilling from his mouth and staining the sand. It was a horrifying sight.

  "Rear Admiral!"

  "Rear Admiral Dragon!"

  The Marines cried out in arm. This was a Rear Admiral from Marine Headquarters. If something happeo him here, they would be held atable.

  "I'm fi's just a minor injury," Dragon waved a dismissive hand. Then, his gaze turowards the lingering fmes on his body, a plex expression crossing his face. "These fmes are the real problem and that… that man who escaped!"

  Yes, pared to his own injuries, the escape of his oppo was far more ing. It was simply inceivable that someone as young as Rojen could possess such terrifying power!

  Meanwhile, far from Loguetown, Rojen colpsed weakly while Susanoo had pletely disied.

  "This is crazy, I almost died!"

  (End of Chapter)

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