"Ahhh!!!"

  "Boom... boom..."

  Blood sprayed through the air, mingling with agonized screams.

  Even with the enhanced speed of his A Zoan: Pterosaur form, the CPO agent struggled to evade the terrifying wind bdes. They tore through the flesh of his wings, f him to slow down and nearly sending him plummeting to the ground.

  "Five me, Sakke!" The other CPO officer, his eyes steely with resolve, cast away his injured rade, clutg only Saint Rhodys, the Celestial Dragon. Desperately, he fpped his wings to escape El’s relentless pursuit.

  "Fallen Angel El!" roared Steel Bone Kong from the shore, fury evident in his voice.

  "Szzzzzzz..." In his hybrid form, he opened his mouth wide, a powerful bolt of lightning coiling and gathering into a lethal bst aimed at El.

  “Damn it… Holy Light Ssh!!”

  Brilliant, divine light erupted as Saint Howard, fresh from hurling Linlin across the battlefield, seethed with anger and unleashed a devastating holy light ssh.

  But El, moving at full speed, soared with a velocity beyond their ability to ter.

  "Whoosh!" Four wings beat, creating a mighty gust as El evaded both attacks with ease. Thunder and wind ed around his form as he pursued the fleeing pterosaur.

  "Fallen Angel El!!!" The CPO officer, still in his pterosaur form, stared wide-eyed as El’s lightning-cd figure appeared before him.

  "Whoosh!" A massive, scaled fist pluhrough the air, creating a vacuum. ed in overwhelming Haki and crag with lightning, it moved with the speed of thuself, an unstoppable force.

  "Fsh Strike!"

  "Ahhh!!!"

  "BOOM!!!"

  In an instant, the pterosaur screamed as the brutal strike crushed it, ing its body into a fttened mass. The Celestial Dragon gripped within its culverized instantly, without so much as a scream, as they both fell like meteors into the sea below.

  "Boom..."

  "Spsh..." The o erupted with a massive wave. From the shorelieel Bone Kong and Saint Howard—who had rushed to intercept—watched in shod fury as El’s strike decimated their allies.

  "Damn you!! Fallen Angel El!!!"

  They had braced for El’s speed, but they hadn’t anticipated anything like this. Not eveerosaur’s incredible speed had been able to evade him.

  “Divine Judgment!”

  Saint Howard, now shining with intense radiance, directed a powerful beam of holy light toward El.

  “Hero’s Spear!” El’s expression was steely as he propelled himself forward, charging his right fist with bzing Haki and lightning. He met the ining holy light with a punch of sheer force.

  "Boom… boom..."

  A thunderous explosion rocked the sea, sending waves crashing and an intense fsh of light blinding anyone who dared look directly at it. Howard’s purifying holy light had been blocked.

  "Mythical Zoan Type: Angel Form?"

  With fmes bzing from behind his head, El’s t, menag figure radiated an aura of terror, making even the seasoned warriors tremble. He gred at Saint Howard, who shoh a holy, angelic light, a his murderous i show. “You’re .”

  He had observed Howard’s csh with Linlin earlier aimated Howard to be slightly strohan Iron Cw Hark, yet clearly weaker than Steel Bone Kong. Hoossessed queror’s Haki but hadn’t mastered its advanced applications. His Angel Franted him strength rivaling the Navy's legendary admirals and Fleet Admirals, but pared to a true powerhouse like Steel Bone Kong, he fell short.

  “Kill me? I am Saint Howard, Supreme ander of the Holy Knights. I am no weakling like Iron Cw Hark…” Saint Howard, with his pristine wings spread wide, wielded his elegant saber as he gred at El, fury bzing in his eyes. “If anyone’s going down, it’s you!”

  Oood holy and angelic, the other fierd devilish. They stared each other down, two opposing forces ready to collide.

  "Linlihat ape occupied," El said with a fierce grin, aking his eyes off Saint Howard. "I’ll finish things here quickly."

  El had already made his decisioake down the Holy Knights’ ander first, then join Linlin to haeel Bone Kong.

  “Mamamama, yoing for the weaker one first? Fine by me…”

  On the shore, tless vampire bats gathered, f a t figure. Linlin charged toward the furious Steel Bone Kong, who had just stepped forward to engage. She swung her giant sword, Napoleon, with full force. “Hakoku Snty!!!”

  Steel Bone Kong’s expression shifted, knowing Linlin owerful enough to require his full attention. Trading blows here risked giving Wover reinforts time to arrive, which would leave El and Linlin with no choice but to retreat. Their strategy was clear: take down the weaker foe first, and then—if all wehey might just mao tackle Steel Bone Kong before the backup arrived.

  “Get out of my way!” Steel Bone Kong roared, smming his fist down in a Haki-itack. “King Kong Chariot!!!”

  "Boom… boom…”