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In the past, during the Admiral candidate test, Rowen used the Thunderlight Penetration Cannon. This technique was born out of necessity after he lost the Thunder Cloud Sword and had to face two opponents who could overpower him in close combat. It was a powerful, fast, and simple move designed to handle such situations.
Among all of Rowen’s techniques, the Thunderlight Penetration Cannon’s power was barely passable, but its activation speed was its most commendable feature.
It was extremely fast!
How fast exactly?
To give a few examples, currently, his Super Electromagnetic Cannon requires 0.7 seconds to charge, the Nine Dragons Descend also needs 0.7 seconds, the Full Sky Meteor Spear: Gungnir takes 0.5 seconds, and his Awakening moves like God’s Cry Shot and Drums of Heaven can take up to 1.0 seconds.
The process of mobilizing internal lightning to form an attack inherently involves a conduction process, which is essentially the charging time.
Kizaru faced a similar situation, so despite their unparalleled movement speeds, enemies of the same level could still go toe-to-toe with them.
This was due to their speed; if an enemy did not reach the “threshold,” both could overpower them without injury.
However, the Thunderlight Penetration Cannon achieved true instant release!
It approached 0 seconds!
This move wasn’t a derivative use of his Devil Fruit abilities that required control. It was simply a pure release of lightning, where the mobilization process itself was the attack.
Boom!
With one strike, it happened so fast that it didn’t even leave an afterimage on the retina. Dragon turned his head instantly, feeling a burning pain in his chest as he was once again sent flying.
“So fast!”
Momousagi noticed this and was secretly shocked.
Almost at the moment when the alarm in her mind went off, the attack had already ended.
Having faced this move directly before, Momousagi was surprised to find that after Rowen’s Devil Fruit Awakening, the speed of this move had reached an unimaginable level!
To put it in terms understandable to a normal person, if the Thunderlight Penetration Cannon were likened to a high-pressure water gun, the increased water pressure would naturally make the water flow faster.
Momousagi realized that unless she trained her Observation Haki and body to a level where she could anticipate and dodge attacks in advance, she wouldn’t be able to avoid it.
Even if she saw it coming, it wouldn’t matter.
The speed was too great; it was lightning and didn’t need charging.
Across the sea, perhaps only Chaton, with his unreasonable Deceleration Fruit ability, could confidently avoid it.
However, the one thing that gave her slight reassurance was…
Huff!
After sending Dragon flying, Rowen took a moment to breathe evenly before charging forward again.
The one thing that reassured her was that, as a pure release of energy, the increased power also meant higher consumption and the aftereffects were significant.
Imagine a section of water suddenly being removed from a pool; it would need some time to stabilize again.
So this move was hard to avoid but not absolutely invincible.
In a one-on-one fight, its effectiveness was similar to Dragon’s Silent Vacuum, as it was more about control than killing power.
The only problem was, that Rowen wasn’t fighting alone now!
**Ryusei Kazan – Meteor Volcano!**
The moment Dragon was sent flying, Akainu recalled the earlier strange feeling and instantly understood Rowen’s plan.
Without hesitation, his fists, wrapped in boiling magma, pounded the sky repeatedly. Soon, a rain of fire descended, with huge lava fists falling like unstoppable mini-meteors, covering the ground.
As Dragon was thrown backward, he was bombarded by hundreds of these fiery meteors.
It was purely a preemptive strike!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
“What?!”
Dragon forced his eyes open through the pain, realizing he had once again borne the brunt of a powerful attack. The frustration surged within him like a thousand huskies running wild.
What a scam!
Had he known this, he wouldn’t have bothered using Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki) for defense!
Compared to the result of having his elemental body dispersed, how much better off was he now?
Light Spirit Body: Willowy!
But dodging was necessary; otherwise, Akainu would undoubtedly follow up with more attacks.
Immediately, a gentle breeze enveloped his limbs, allowing him to move nimbly in mid-air without concern for footholds or balance.
Despite the formidable strength of the Hurricane-Hurricane Fruit, Dragon had never neglected his Rokushiki training.
Now, combining the Light Spirit Body with Rokushiki’s Kami-e to its maximum extent, he moved as gracefully and flexibly as a willow in the wind.
Akainu suddenly noticed his attacks were failing.
It wasn’t that the attacks dissipated, but every falling lava fist, regardless of its speed or angle, was effortlessly dodged by Dragon as if he were a feather being blown by the wind.
Even the splattering lava, which he couldn’t control or predict, was meticulously evaded by Dragon.
“You truly are a worthy opponent, Dragon!”
Akainu laughed instead of getting angry. If Dragon could be easily defeated, he wouldn’t be worthy of being his rival for decades.
However, at that moment, a bolt of lightning shot towards them!
**Thunder Slaying Heavenly Coffin!**
Awakening Technique: Heaven-Manipulating Thunder God…
Boom…!
A solid barrier of compressed air flashed in the sky. The Thunder Slaying Heavenly Coffin sealed the heavens, causing the falling meteors to halt in mid-air.
Dragon’s dodging motion also paused, but a fierce gust of wind soon broke the barrier into countless wind blades, quickly freeing him.
For an opponent of equal strength, the Thunder Slaying Heavenly Coffin could at most disrupt their movements; controlling them completely was wishful thinking.
However, this was enough.
As soon as he broke free, a flash of light and a streak of a meteor occurred.
A white light beam traversed across time, slashing through Dragon’s chest.
The expected sensation of being struck didn’t materialize. The scene seemed like an illusion, making Dragon suspicious. He instinctively touched his chest but found no injuries.
“What was that just now?”
As he pondered, a powerful force suddenly descended upon him, causing the giant lava fists from the sky to crash down like cannonballs.
**Prison Dragon Lock Heaven Formation!**
Rowen, holding the Thunder Dragon Crescent Halberd, appeared at the edge of the attack. Behind him, the ground within a kilometer radius suddenly sank by over ten meters, creating large crater-like marks.
The falling lava didn’t splatter anymore but instead stuck to the ground like thin paper. All the dust adhered to the ground, unable to rise.
Dragon’s bones creaked as he lay spread-eagled in the crater’s center, his face filled with astonishment.
“What kind of power is this? Aren’t you a Goro Goro no Mi (Thunder-Thunder Fruit) user?!”
It felt like the gravity had increased ten thousand times, making Dragon’s skin and flesh pull downward, making it difficult to even move a finger.
Had he not been inherently strong, Dragon would have been crushed into pulp in an instant, just like the surrounding soil.
“This is naturally the effect of thunder.”
“But I can’t explain it to you, as you’re not a Thunder-Lightning Human.”
Rowen plunged the Thunder Dragon Crescent Halberd into the ground, and a magnetic line visible only to him linked it to Dragon, spreading out to cover the surrounding area.
A magnetic storm, resembling a tadpole, stirred the heavens and earth. Even if Rowen stepped into it, he would be equally suppressed.
Using the planet’s magnetic field, Dragon was assimilated as a magnet. The increased gravity he felt wasn’t Rowen’s doing but the effect of the planet below acting as a giant “magnet.”
As long as one was in this space and assimilated, nothing could escape the magnetic pull.
For Rowen, this was his true touch on the “Destroys the World” level technique, far more terrifying than his strongest close-combat move “Military Wrist Esoterics: Thunder God Eight Gate Cannon” or his strongest thunder move “Nine Dragons Descend.”
If developed further, this move could easily submerge a continent into the sea.
Using it against Dragon, Rowen had only one thing to say.
“The reason for your failure is simple, Dragon.”
“It’s just one simple reason.”
“You moved against me and you angered me!”
**(Chapter End)**
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