Rumble—!
The earth suddenly shook violently, the tremor extending and almost spreading to the entire Sun World.
At this moment, the Giants who were avoiding Loki in the distance were still a bit confused about the situation.
"What happened?"
"Was it an earthquake?"
"Idiot! How could there be an earthquake in Elbaph?!"
"Hmm, it seems that Marine… attacked the Adam Tree!"
The Giants present quickly identified the perpetrator, and at the same time, finally discovered the source of the tremor.
Even Harald, who was standing at the edge of the training ground, narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the Adam Tree in the distance.
The enormous main trunk of the Adam Tree, which resembled a giant mountain, was continuously shaking, and the shaking was quite significant. Some branches broke and fell, and countless leaves fluttered down.
This scene was like someone in autumn stomping heavily on a bowl-sized tree, causing countless autumn yellow leaves to fall like rain.
However, the tree in front of them was the Adam Tree!
And there was no situation of autumn leaves turning yellow and falling. All that fell were vibrant, verdant branches and leaves.
"Such strength is considered top-tier among the Giants." Harald's expression remained relatively calm, but deep in his eyes, there was a hint of shock.
"He possesses top-tier combat power at such an age…"
At this moment, Harald suddenly recalled what Kenji had told him in the palace not long ago.
"Perhaps… he really might have the ancient Giant Bloodline." Previously, Harald had only felt that Kenji was joking or just boasting.
However, the undeniable combat results before him forced him to re-evaluate Kenji's words.
After all, the mark Kenji had just made on the main trunk of the Adam Tree was something even Harald himself would find difficult to achieve.
Inside the training ground, the aftermath of the sword attack gradually dissipated, and countless eyes looked over.
They saw a large hole, over ten meters in diameter, on the main trunk of the Adam Tree in front of them. The hole extended deep into the giant tree, its deepest part a complete darkness.
The Giants stared at the massive hole with their mouths agape, stunned for a long time before slowly processing the shock. The words caught in their throats finally came out.
"What a big hole!"
"Hmm, with a hole that big, I think I could move in and live there."
"Is this something a human can do? Oh, he's of the Giant race."
"I heard that Marine just became an adult? Is that true?"
One by one, the Giants began to doubt themselves. Others possessed such power at just over sixty years old, while they themselves, at one or two hundred years old, had accomplished nothing?
However, Kenji, the one who had created the tree hole, was not very satisfied with the effect of his slash because it did not achieve his expected result.
"It didn't pierce through… It seems this Adam Tree is even tougher than I imagined."
Before Kenji had launched his slash, he had already set the ultimate goal: to pierce through the main trunk of the Adam Tree.
If he couldn't even pierce through the trunk, how could he fell the Adam Tree?
Kenji didn't want to 'hum, hum' like a lumberjack, cutting the tree bit by bit.
"The toughness of this tree… no wonder it survived countless wars and bombardments."
Kenji stepped back a few paces, tilted his head back, and took a full look at the towering giant tree before him.
Standing beneath the tree, the main trunk of the Adam Tree alone was so vast that one could not see its end.
And the ten-meter diameter hole Kenji had just made, in human society, could serve as a railway tunnel.
But such a gigantic pit, placed on the Adam Tree, which was 'a tree that formed an island,' was like a tiny pore on a Giant's body, not worth mentioning.
And although the hole was large, it did not penetrate the trunk, making the difficulty of felling the Adam Treasure Tree imaginable.
"I need to increase the intensity…" Kenji pondered for a moment, deciding to use a more powerful Giant Sword Technique.
Just now, he had used a single-person sword technique move.
Among the numerous Giant Sword Techniques, there were naturally more powerful move.
For example, the one that Kenji was about to use!
"That is a combined attack move, using it alone might weaken its power…" Kenji frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping the vicinity.
Soon, his gaze stopped on Hajrudin nearby.
"Kid." Kenji extended his hand to Hajrudin, signaling.
"Lend me your sword."
"Huh?" Hajrudin had just heard this and hadn't quite reacted, but then quickly nodded in response.
"Ah, ah, okay."
As he spoke, Hajrudin stepped forward and handed his longsword to Kenji.
Throughout the process, Hajrudin showed no sign of annoyance or impatience. His attitude towards Kenji had clearly changed greatly.
In fact, none of the other Giants present showed any unusual expressions upon seeing this. They all looked very normal, as if 'this is how it should be done'.
In Elbaph, "you are a good person" is far less likely to gain the Giants' approval than "you are a strong person."
"Hmm, thanks." Kenji took the longsword with his left hand, testing it with a sword in each hand.
Immediately after, he wasted no time and released his Conqueror's Haki.
And this time, he released his Conqueror's Haki to its near limit, the deep dark light enveloping him had already formed something akin to a light shield.
And the two longswords Kenji held had almost completely turned into black-red swords, thoroughly transformed.
"Spear of Elbaph…" Kenji raised both swords, drew his arms in, and then quickly launched a combined attack.
Boom—!!
The two sharp swords clashed in mid-air.
In an instant, a violent burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted, and a visible sphere of Conqueror's Haki, the size of a Giant's head, suddenly formed.
Endless thick 'sizzle' permeated and swirled around.
The slash, empowered by the Conqueror's Haki, surged forward at high speed.
Before anyone could react, the slash had already struck the main trunk of the Adam Tree in the distance.
Boom!
At the end of the colossal sound, a faint 'rip' sound came from afar, like paper tearing.
However, at this moment, due to the huge noise and the shaking of the Adam Tree, the entire Sun World, and even the entire island of Elbaph, began to shake violently.
No one present paid much attention to anything else. Just dealing with the sudden violent tremor was already a chaotic struggle.
When the earthquake finally gradually subsided, the smoke and dust in the training ground cleared.
Before the panic on everyone's faces had completely dissipated, they saw an even more shocking scene.
In the distance, in the Adam Tree, a massive hole, was now present from front to back.