Kid spewed a large mouthful of blood into the air. His body slammed heavily onto the roof of the train, tumbling for several meters before he landed wretchedly on one knee.
With just a single punch, his chest armor—tightly constructed from steel and held together by powerful magnetism—was completely shattered and blown apart.
"This bastard! His Haki is more than just a little bit stronger than it was two years ago!" Kid cursed through gritted teeth, glaring fiercely at Allen.
Fortunately, he had also mastered Armament Haki and managed to use it in time to reinforce his mechanical chest armor. Otherwise, that single punch would have likely dealt him a grievous injury.
The corners of Allen's mouth curled up slightly. It wasn't entirely unexpected that Kid could take one of his punches, especially since he hadn't even used his transformation state.
Subsequently, he summoned Luoshen once more. A mass of water about four meters tall—a full head taller than the train—rose from the sea, its lower half still connected to the ocean surface.
Allen raised his hand, aiming his palm at Kid. The water on Luoshen's body surged, and hundreds of fist-sized whirlpools surfaced across its form.
In the next instant.
"Heavenly Water: Thousand Stream Slaughter!!"
As Allen's shout fell, streams of ultra-high-pressure water erupted from the dense cluster of whirlpools on Luoshen's body!
*Shing!*
The ultra-high-pressure water streams were far sharper than ordinary blades. As they rapidly swept across the train car, the roof was instantly sliced open!
The smooth cuts revealed the metallic gleam of steel rebars and iron pipes. Seeing this, Kid's expression changed, and he hastily leaped to the side.
*Shing! Shing! Shing!*
The dense water streams wove into a deadly net. Pushing his Observation Haki to its absolute limit, Kid twisted and dodged through the concentrated barrage. In the blink of an eye, the entire train car was diced into several pieces!
"Magnetism: Heavy Armor Prison!!"
Kid roared, thrusting his palms forward through the air. Guided by his magnetism, the severed chunks of the train flew out one after another!
*Smash!! Smash!!*
The thick, heavy iron plating violently crashed into Luoshen, splashing massive amounts of water and directly shattering its form back into the sea.
However, barely two seconds later, the seawater rose once more, converging to reform Luoshen's body.
"Is this thing immortal or something?! Tsk, you've gotta be kidding me!" Kid cursed under his breath, gritting his teeth.
Right at that moment.
*Shing!!*
A flash of a blade suddenly swept past! Luoshen, having just reformed its body, was instantly cleaved in half by a slash that appeared out of thin air!
*Splash!*
The two masses of seawater, weighing tens of tons, crashed heavily back into the ocean.
Allen looked slightly surprised. Turning his head toward the distance, he saw two warships approaching.
Standing on the bow of one ship was "Roar of the Sea" Apoo, while "Magician" Hawkins stood on the bow of the other.
"Yo, yo! Relying on your ability to fly just to make a grand entrance first—isn't that a bit shameless? Check it, check it, yo~" Apoo mocked Kid with his strange, rapping tone.
Beside him, Hawkins half-lowered his eyelids and said coldly, "This operation isn't for you to show off. Otherwise, there would have been no need for us to form an alliance."
"Hmph! I only agreed to a joint operation. I never said I'd let you interfere in my fight with him," Kid scoffed in response.
"I see. Planning to team up and drag me down from my throne? Should I call you smart, or just plain stupid?" Allen smiled dismissively, teasing Kid, "It seems you know you can't beat me on your own. Even though you brought two helpers, I don't mind showing you the magnanimity of the strong."
"Are you kidding me?! I don't need them! I can take you down all by myself!" Kid roared. He charged forward, spreading his arms to draw a massive amount of metal objects to fly alongside him.
"That reckless idiot!" Apoo gritted his teeth in frustration. He quickly activated his Tone-Tone Fruit powers, stretching his upper and lower lips outward to form the shape of a turntable!
"Scratch: Explosion!!"
Apoo slammed his hands up and down against his chin and the top of his head, causing his lips to strike together and produce a crisp, rhythmic sound.
*Clang!!*
As the sound reached Allen's ears, an explosion abruptly detonated right on his chest out of thin air!
*Boom!!*
Fierce flames mixed with black smoke instantly swallowed Allen's entire body.
However, before Apoo could even celebrate, his expression drastically changed. A massive waterspout, over a dozen meters in diameter, suddenly erupted from the sea!
*Splash!!*
"Heavenly Water: Snake Current!!"
The waterspout surged into the sky, traced a massive arc, and rapidly plummeted straight toward Apoo's warship!
"Hey, hey, hey! You've gotta be kidding me!" Apoo panicked, hastily leaping over to Hawkins' ship next door.
*Crash!!*
The waterspout violently smashed into the exact spot where he had just been standing!
Hundreds of tons of weight forced the ship's bow two meters below the waterline. The entire stern was instantly pitched high into the air before slamming heavily back down onto the sea, kicking up a splash over a dozen meters high!
*Whoosh!!*
As the splash settled, droplets of water poured down like rain. Looking through the watery curtain, the bow of the ship had been completely smashed to pieces.
But what shocked Apoo even more was the sight on the distant train. The smoke from the explosion slowly cleared, revealing the figure within.
Allen reappeared before them, completely unscathed!
Hawkins' eyes grew slightly solemn. He slowly shifted his gaze to glance at Apoo beside him. "Am I seeing things, or did your explosion have absolutely no effect on that man?"
Apoo gritted his teeth and retorted, "Save your sarcastic remarks! My ability needs to build up power through playing music to unleash its true strength."
"Is that so? I don't think he'll be kind enough to give you that time," Hawkins said coldly, shifting his eyes back to Allen.
"I'll leave that guy to you, Luoshen," Allen said slowly.
On the nearby sea surface, a mass of water gradually floated up, growing facial features that resembled a human face. It nodded at Allen. "Understood."
With that, Luoshen turned its head and locked its gaze on Apoo.
Meanwhile, Kid had already crossed the hundred-meter distance. Just as he was about to charge right up to him, Allen unhurriedly commanded, "Zeus, you handle the other one."
"Yes, Master." Hearing this, Thundercloud Zeus looked toward Hawkins with a telepathic understanding. Arcs of lightning flickered across its surface as it slowly flew up into the sky.
At that exact moment, Kid finally arrived in front of Allen. All the metal objects floating around him suddenly shot forward with explosive force!
"Magnetism: Metal Storm!!"
A massive amount of metal shrapnel converged into a tornado, viciously thrusting toward Allen!
Allen's eyes darkened. He unleashed his Armament Haki at full power, rapidly hardening his entire body!
*Clink! Clink! Clink!*
The sharp, jagged metal struck his body, easily bouncing off like nails hitting a steel plate.
However, Kid never expected this move to deal much damage from the start. It was merely a feint to cover his advance!
Kid thrust his palm forward, slamming it against Allen's body as he roared, "Magnetism: Assign S!"
Awakening ability activated!
Purple electrical sparks flashed in his palm. The next moment, Allen's chest grew hot, and a red "S" mark representing a magnetic pole appeared out of thin air!
The corners of Kid's mouth curled into a cold smirk, a gleam of triumph flashing in his eyes.
"The match is decided, you arrogant idiot!"