Chapter 1036

The two Lin Chengs slowly merged into one; only a complete self could bring forth full strength.

Thunder clouds appeared in the sky; the thick thunder clouds not only shrouded the small island, but also spread out over the sea.

Standing on the deck of the Fearless, Karma looked at the thunder clouds overhead, and an inexplicable unease rose in his heart.

He immediately dismissed these thoughts — the Young Master would be fine; no one in this world could defeat the Young Master.

"Set sail, we're heading to where the thunder clouds are gathering." Karma still gave the order.

Yet even though the thunder clouds blocked the sunlight, the entire small island remained bright as day.

Marco and Ace transformed into blazing suns; even Lin Cheng could not look directly at their figures, only feeling the temperature rising and the light before his eyes growing ever more dazzling.

In the end, Lin Cheng could only close his eyes, relying entirely on his Observation Haki and electromagnetic sensing net to track the two's movements.

Trees withered yellow and self-ignited, rivers leaked from their beds, the earth cracked into deep gullies, and the scorching sun evaporated all moisture on the island.

"Blazing Sun Golden Crow?!"

The blazing sun fell from the sky; the entire island caught fire, all living things perished, and only Lin Cheng stood alone above the island.

Lin Cheng held the Thunder Waterfall in hand and issued a command to the thunder clouds that filled the sky.

"Gods and demons descend, all beasts flee; where the world has spirit, laws arise of their own!"

"Thunder forges law, subjugated demons become weapons."

"The Thunder God descends to pass judgment."

A colossal beast emerged within the thunder clouds; its visage was cold, its limbs powerful, and it had three tails.

The colossal beast descended from the thunder clouds, its feet forged of thunder stepping onto the island; Lin Cheng was at the beast's belly, his expression grave, his eyes tightly shut.

The Thunder Beast plunged both hands into the thunder clouds and grasped a Vajra-pestle forged of lightning, then brought it down with the force of ten thousand jun upon the falling blazing sun.

Heaven and earth went deaf; Lin Cheng also lost perception of the outside world, and was blown off the island by the violent shockwave.

He came to a ragged stop in mid-air; before Lin Cheng could steady himself, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted straight out.

"Damn it, these youngsters really don't know their own strength when they fight." Lin Cheng burst out cursing.

The light before his eyes had not yet faded; Lin Cheng did not open his eyes, but he sensed Marco's aura fading, finally stabilizing at a level nearly gone.

Fortunately Ace's aura was still stable; otherwise Lin Cheng would have nowhere to appeal to reason — the old man would have come looking for a fight with him for sure.

The moment the aftershock ended, Lin Cheng rushed toward the island.

The originally not-so-small Haidao now retained only a small area at its center; at its current scale it could only be called a reef.

And within this small area, Marco lay sprawled atop Ace, both of them having lost consciousness.

Lin Cheng came before the two, flipped Marco on top aside, and revealed Ace below.

If Marco had not shielded Ace at the last moment, using his Phoenix body to buffer the clash of energies, even if Ace survived today, he would most likely have been missing a few parts.

Just as Lin Cheng was thinking, Marco, who had been flipped aside, was wrapped in indigo-blue flames; his injuries were recovering rapidly, and his aura was gradually stabilizing.

"What a troublesome fruit indeed — are all Mythical Zoan types this tanky?" Seeing Marco's freakish recovery ability, Lin Cheng felt more than a little annoyed.