As his voice fell, Loki pushed off the ground with both feet, his body leaping up like an arrow from a string. Thunder surged around him like purple flames, and Iron Thunder in his hand, carrying the power to destroy mountains and islands, smashed down towards Harald again.
The air was squeezed by the giant hammer into tangible airwaves, emitting ear-piercing whistles, and even the light seemed distorted by this pressure.
Harald took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently, suppressing all the confusion and anger surging in his heart.
Pitch-black Conqueror's Haki quietly surged around him, like a dormant volcano awakening, spreading along his arm to the hilt of his sword. His eyes focused, and without any hesitation, he swung his sword to meet the attack.
Whatever needs to be said, subdue Loki first.
Boom!!!
Destructive thunder and Conqueror's Haki clashed in mid-air before the weapons even collided, instantly turning into a blinding black-purple light sphere.
The light sphere exploded violently, and berserk energy waves ploughed in all directions like a tsunami, shattering the beams and pillars of the hall into powder. Sky-filling sawdust and gravel mixed with thunder light splashed everywhere.
The Underworld, which had just calmed down not long ago, fell into chaos again.
"What's happening? Didn't the outsider pirates just leave?"
"It's His Majesty Loki and Harald."
"Harald is now in his prime, while His Majesty Loki is still young. Can His Majesty Loki win this battle?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? His Majesty Loki is a warrior blessed by the Sun God, born extraordinary, and his growth cannot be judged by common sense. Now he has even gained the recognition of Iron Thunder; what does Harald count for?"
"That's right. This time, His Majesty Loki can definitely defeat Harald easily!"
"Go, Prince Loki! Humiliate Harald, the false King who forgot the glory of a warrior!!!"
"..."
The giant warriors near the palace were startled at first, then began to cheer enthusiastically with boiling blood.
The battles between the two were not once or twice; the Underworld giants were already used to it.
"Did you hear that? Harald, did you hear the shouts of the warriors?"
Loki laughed wildly and swung his hammer again. Every time Iron Thunder fell, it brought thunderous roars. The ground was smashed into layers of subsidence, melted and crystallized by high temperatures. Huge amounts of wind and snow were instantly vaporized, turning into sky-filling white mist.
Harald didn't have Rocks' mini size or superb speed to avoid Loki's violent power. He could only resist with his sword, relying on techniques formed over years of combat to unload the force.
Most importantly, his heart was confused and hesitant, unsure of the path ahead.
Loki and Rocks were extremely firm about the path they wanted to practice!
Power suppression, similar speed, confused mind—the combination of these three factors caused Harald to be blasted back repeatedly by Loki, his arms trembling, and the web between his thumb and forefinger cracking.
Thump!!
Another collision that shook all directions. Harald ploughed two gullies on the ground with his feet to stabilize his figure.
"Enough, Loki! If you want to talk big, defeat me first! Otherwise, wait until I agree before you go out to sea!!!"
Crimson thunder lingered on Harald's blade. His figure flashed, initiating a charge for the first time since the battle began.
Loki is still too impetuous; he cannot let such a Loki go out to sea.
"Just surpassing you? With my current power, can't I do it?"
Loki strode forward, unruly red light flashing in his snake pupils, "You overestimate your current self and underestimate the current me!"
Whether it was the high mental concentration caused by continuous battles.
Or the progress after sparring with Rocks.
Or the refreshment brought by beating his foolish biological father.
The pulsation of Conqueror's Haki was clearer than ever in his senses.
In short, more Conqueror's Haki than ever before lingered on the hammer face of Iron Thunder, turning Iron Thunder into a crimson war hammer symbolizing destruction!
Feeling this surging power, Loki felt unprecedentedly carefree and swung the heavy hammer with all his might: "Ragnarok!!!"
Harald's pupils constricted.
He thought Loki's draw with Rocks was because Loki relied on the power of Iron Thunder and Rocks held back since it wasn't a death match.
Now it seems it's Loki's own effort!
The innate strength of giants also leads to most giants finding it difficult to master Armament Haki in their lifetime.
Let alone Conqueror's Haki Infusion, and at Loki's age.
Harald couldn't tell whether he was more shocked or gratified at this moment. He stopped accumulating Haki, strode forward, and swung his sword to meet the attack: "Ikoku!!!!"
Buzz!!!
The moment the King of Giants' saber and the crimson Iron Thunder were about to collide, the Conqueror's Haki wrapped around each other clashed frantically in mid-air first.
Crimson Haki streams splashed everywhere, like two ancient beasts tearing at each other invisibly.
The energy aftermath shook the atmosphere, turning into a substantial shockwave spreading in all directions.
Wherever it passed, glaciers cracked, and rocks turned to powder.
The White-White Sea above the Underworld cracked open again!!!
"What's the situation?"
"Didn't the battle end? Why is there such a big commotion again?"
"...."
While Hajrudin and the others were puzzled, the people of the Hunting Village in the Underworld, who didn't mind the chaos, broadcast the battlefield situation again.
"Mom, Father and Loki are fighting again!!!"
Hajrudin's eyes widened.
"I saw it." Ida rubbed her face, somewhat distressed.
Why isn't the relationship between Hajrudin and Harald like this?
Is it because Loki grew up too fast?
Underworld.
In the battlefield.
"Loki, stay. The current situation doesn't need such cruel means."
Harald looked at his somewhat blurred son through the streaming light of Conqueror's Haki and advised.
"Shut up. The more you nag, the uglier and more incompetent you look."
Loki's tone was cold: "You don't think this can stop me, do you? Don't forget, Iron Thunder and I are both ability users!"
In the sky.
Skadi gathered wind and snow.
Apollo turned into a blazing sun, burning the gathered moisture.
Huge amounts of water vapor filled the consumed cloud layer, causing the previously consumed clouds to pile up like a dark city.
And Odin, residing within, with thunder flashing around him, frantically drew the surging electric charges in the cloud layer. Purple thunder snakes shuttled through the clouds, emitting rumbling loud noises.
Harald's expression changed.
Iron Thunder was so powerful that he actually forgot about Loki's soul legion.
Then.
Rumble!!!
In the next second, countless purple thunderbolts as thick as buckets crashed down from the clouds, smashing straight onto Harald like divine punishment.
Even with Haki protection and a tough body, Harald was struck numb all over by the thunder.
Directly triggering the collapse of the opposing Conqueror's Haki.
Turning into a visible spherical shockwave spreading out.
Blasting Harald high into the air.
Loki, bathed in thunder, increased his momentum again. He released Iron Thunder, letting it coordinate with Odin to draw thunder to bombard Harald.
Then he bent his legs, speeding forward in the chaotic energy along with the flying gravel.
Harald fell heavily to the ground, smashing a huge crater. Just as he got up, his Observation Haki saw the burly figure that had already landed behind him.
"Hesitant person, weak as a breeze!"
Loki's palm mercilessly grabbed the back of Harald's head and pressed it fiercely towards the ground, while his body rushed forward.
Boom!
Harald's head was like a plow, forcibly pressed onto the high-temperature melted earth and dragged.
Lava flowed along his hair, intertwining and ringing with lightning, ploughing a gully thousands of meters long on the land of the Underworld.
The bottom of the gully was full of rolling magma and fragments beginning to crystallize. Above the gully, white mist shrouded, refracting light and shadow.
Dangerous and dreamy.
This scene made the blood of the Underworld giants boil, waving their weapons excitedly.
"His Majesty Loki beat the false King until he ploughed the ground, humiliating him severely!!"
"It's really satisfying to witness this scene with my own eyes! Ten times, even nine times more enjoyable than drinking for three days and three nights!!"
"Wow!!! This is what I wanted to see! I want to see, I want to see!!"
"..."
Even though the battlefield was covered in thunder, hurricanes cut like knives, and gravel flew like cannonballs, many fanatical giants still approached step by step with shields, attempting to see all this more clearly so they could pass it on to their descendants in the future.
"Loki!!"
The King was ploughing the ground, furious and hideous.
Abandoning the blade, Harald grabbed the hot soil firmly with both hands to stabilize his figure. His waist folded, showing amazing flexibility, and his hind leg, wrapped in Haki, kicked Loki in the chest unexpectedly.
Smack!
Loki flipped backwards. Using Odin as a stepping stone in the air, he rushed at Harald again: "Shut up, I don't want to hear it."
Harald, looking somewhat wretched, had just climbed up when he saw Loki raising his fist and smashing towards him with thunder.
Harald looked serious and also raised his fist to meet him.
No retreat, no evasion!
Bang!!!
Their house-sized fists embedded into each other's cheeks almost simultaneously!
Blood flowed, Haki overflowed, plasma danced.
Immediately after, fist shadows and leg shadows intertwined, constantly splitting the atmosphere, bombarding each other frantically.
Every collision was accompanied by the sound of bone tremors. The entire battlefield was shrouded in this extreme melee.
No superfluous movements. Their wills were transmitted to each other through fists and feet, and their thoughts instantly reached unity!
That is to knock the opponent down.
Extreme pure confrontation!
"Now, this is more like it."
Red light flourished in Loki's snake pupils. The speed of his fists became faster and faster, each punch more powerful than the last: "What a pity, your ambition has become silent, and your killing intent has completely disappeared. Your Conqueror's Haki has lost its former majesty!!!"
Loki could feel it.
Compared to when he first challenged Harald five years ago.
The opponent's Conqueror's Haki was much weaker than before.
"..." Harald was silent, or rather didn't know how to answer. He could only focus on defending and unloading Loki's falling fists, feet, and thunder, seeking an opportunity to counterattack.
The sweat flowing from his forehead was completely evaporated by the high-temperature environment before it could fall.
And Loki's fists became faster and faster!!
The Conqueror's Haki on his fists also became more and more vigorous!!!
Thump!!
Long defense must be lost; Harald revealed a flaw.
Loki seized the opportunity instantly, his arms tightly wrapping around Harald's arms, completely locking his movements.
The sharp double horns on his head were surrounded by black-red lightning, like two deadly sharp blades. He looked down at Harald, his tone cold: "Stop hiding, my father."
As his voice fell, Loki's head smashed fiercely towards Harald's forehead like a heavy hammer.
Harald had no room to unload force anymore and could only grit his teeth and meet him with his horns.
Clang!!!
Four horns collided. It was clearly a collision of bones, but it made an ear-piercing noise like metal clashing. Black-red Haki streams and purple thunder splashed everywhere.
The moment the force poured into his whole body's bones from the double horns, Harald suddenly remembered the old days with Dorry and Broggy when he was young.
He was clearly just using normal force.
Yet the two said they couldn't stand it.
Now, he experienced what Dorry and Broggy felt.
Boom!!
Harald's feet sank several feet. The surrounding ground trembled violently, and cracks continued to spread into the distance.
Loki didn't stop at all. After raising his head, he lowered it again and smashed fiercely, using his head as a heavy hammer, smashing repeatedly on the unavoidable Harald.
Harald knew he couldn't go on like this. He must pull away to find an opportunity to defeat the enemy with his rich experience. His left foot probed forward and tripped, exerting force with his waist, throwing Loki heavily to the ground.
At the same time, he turned his offensive, his knee mercilessly hitting Loki's abdomen, intending to make Loki loosen his restraint due to pain.
But it was useless. Loki had long cut off the sense of pain, which was useless for combat. His arms still locked Harald firmly, completely disregarding the kicks on his body, just constantly smashing his head towards Harald.
He learned from the battle with Rocks.
Fighting against these strong experts with similar strength and rich experience.
He has to restrict these people, and then use his powerful physique to compete fiercely with the opponent's body.
Focusing on the fact that fists fear the young and strong!
Thump thump thump thump!!!
Crack!
The sound of bone shattering was exceptionally clear. Two sharp horns of different lengths flew out.
And Loki's still sharp double horns slashed fiercely on Harald's balding forehead without hindrance.
Pfft!!
Harald's vision turned red rapidly, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
But Loki still didn't stop. Until Harald's hands went limp and he had no more strength to resist, only then did he stand up and laugh wildly: "Jiejiejiehahaha~~~"
At this moment, Loki was covered in blood, surrounded by undissipated thunder and Conqueror's Haki, his eyes red, like a demon crawling out of hell.
And at his feet, Harald lay horizontally, his head swollen and deformed, his body charred black, breathing heavily like bellows.
"Truly incredible."
Jorul and Jarul looked at each other, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
They firmly believed that Loki could surpass Harald, never doubting it.
But this came too fast, in just fifteen short years.
Even in the short life of humans, it's not enough for a child to grow into an adult.
And His Majesty Loki achieved all this in such a short time.
The onlooking giants fell into deathly silence instantly, then erupted with even more fanatical shouts, their voices penetrating the sky of the Underworld, echoing for a long time.
Sun Realm.
West Village.
"Won?"
Hajrudin rubbed his eyes, somewhat unable to believe it.
The battle between Rocks and Loki didn't bring him as much shock as this moment.
The stalwart image of Harald in his heart collapsed little by little.
"How about changing the target first? Catch up with Father first?" Hajrudin doubted life a bit.
That guy Loki is not like a giant at all.
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