"You're only here for the money?"
Nekomamushi, Inuarashi, and the others instantly turned grim.
Even Caesar and the Golden Emperor Tesoro couldn't help but twitch at the corners of their mouths.
But thinking back on everything that had happened along the way, they found themselves unable to refute it.
After all, from what they'd seen, Luo Yu had never once truly forced them to fight.
"This guy is as arrogant as ever. I've decided—I'm challenging him again later!"
Aramaki, chewing on a blade of grass, couldn't help but speak up.
"Fujitora, old pal, who do you think has the better odds this time?"
Fujitora, leaning on his cane-sword, lifted an eyelid and smiled.
"Aramaki, I hope you'll still be able to say that later."
"That guy… he's changed again."
"Changed? Changed how? You trying to scare me, Fujitora? Don't forget—I was raised on fear!" Aramaki shot back with a glare.
"Heh. Is that so?" Fujitora chuckled, glancing in Luo Yu's direction.
Though blind, his insight was sharper than most.
"Such arrogance for someone so young. If it were any other day, maybe you could get away with it. But I'm afraid you picked the wrong night."
Inuarashi gripped his sword tightly, his voice thunderous.
"The full moon is when we Minks are at our strongest. On this night, our power multiplies—twofold, tenfold."
"You agreed to one strike each—but you never said we couldn't strike together!"
"So, Admiral, to protect our honor, we'll gang up on you just this once!"
ROAR!
Two deafening howls shook the plaza.
After decades, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi were fighting side by side again.
They raised their heads to the full moon above.
Their already formidable bodies grew even larger.
Golden fur turned silver-white in an instant.
Crackling arcs of lightning erupted from their bodies.
In a flash, they transformed into colossal beasts bathed in lightning.
Their crimson eyes gleamed with primal fury.
But unlike Carrot's earlier berserk state, both kings remained fully conscious.
Feeling their power surge severalfold, even Fujitora and the others looked surprised.
They had already respected the kings' strength.
But now, seeing their Sulong forms, they finally understood why Luo Yu had come for them.
Lightning crackled wildly. The ground beneath them cracked like a spiderweb.
Wanda and Pedro's faces lit up with excitement.
Pedro spoke in a low voice:
"Carrot, watch closely."
"Against a Navy Admiral, their odds may be slim. But this one strike under the terms of the wager—it'll be their strongest blow. Watch carefully. This is the true power of the Sulong form. They may not win, but they'll shake him."
"This is the only chance you'll get to see the two kings unleash their Sulong forms together. Don't miss it."
Carrot's face tensed. Not just her—everyone held their breath.
No one dared blink, afraid to miss a single moment.
Feeling the weight of every gaze, Nekomamushi and Inuarashi grinned fiercely, their muscles tightening to the limit.
Then, with a thunderous stomp, they launched forward.
Lightning exploded like a tidal wave.
ROAR!
Their howls shook the heavens.
In an instant, the two Sulong kings reached their peak speed, streaking across the sky like twin bolts of lightning, charging straight at Luo Yu.
"Ryuo: Oden Ittoryu—Cat's Laughing Clash!"
"Ryuo: Oden Ittoryu—Dog's Severing Fang!"
Jet-black Ryuo Haki fused with the Minks' wild static energy.
Two thunder beasts—one cat, one dog—hurtled toward Luo Yu with unstoppable force.
The few hundred meters between them vanished in a blink.
The ground beneath them shattered under the pressure of their charge.
In their eyes, Luo Yu—still sipping his wine, unmoving—was mocking them.
They roared again, pushing their power past its limits, slamming into the Thousand-Armed Kannon cloaking Luo Yu in Armament Haki.
BOOM!
Lightning exploded.
A shockwave blasted outward like a hurricane.
The twin strikes crashed into the Kannon with devastating force.
Spectators were blown back by the sheer impact.
But no one cared—they all stared at Luo Yu.
Would he finally be forced to move?
Would he be shaken?
"It's cracking!"
Someone shouted.
Everyone tensed.
The Thousand-Armed Kannon, once cloaked in Armament Haki, was now cracking like a mirror.
Wanda, Pedro, and the Minks were overjoyed.
If even this godlike defense could be broken—
Then shaking this Admiral was only a matter of time.
"Admiral, looks like you've lost! Nekomamushi, give it everything you've got!"
Inuarashi roared.
Their power surged again.
The cracks spread like spiderwebs across the Kannon.
The Minks' faces lit up with wild joy.
But just as those smiles bloomed—
Luo Yu slowly looked up.
His pitch-black pupils turned blood-red.
A terrifying aura erupted like a volcano.
And in that moment, a ridiculous thought struck everyone:
The defense hadn't been broken.
It had been… overpressurized.