"Hah!"
Sai and Boo worked together against five Marine Rear Admirals.
After Boo ate an Ancient Zoan, his combat strength had risen sharply.
The two brothers had followed White Ghost for over a year, and their strength had soared during that time. Now they were forcing five Rear Admirals back step by step.
"Don't get in my way!"
Sai cut one Marine aside with his blade, then punched a Rear Admiral in the chest.
"Eight Impact Fist!"
Boom!
The Rear Admiral spat blood and flew backward.
"Mighty Lion King Fist!"
Boo forced his opponent back with one punch. It was obvious that after spending so much time with the musclehead Jango, even his move names had started getting strange.
A Rear Admiral wiped blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at the brothers.
"You're the descendants of Chinjao from the Kano Country's Happo Navy, aren't you? What, have you inherited your grandfather's style and become pirates now?"
"Hahaha, stupid Marine. We aren't pirates."
Boo charged forward.
"But the humiliation Grandpa suffered at the hands of the Marines? We brothers are going to take it back for him."
"Hah!"
Sai wasted no words. He raised his blade and charged at the Marine who had spoken too much.
Elsewhere, Doberman panted heavily as he stared at the Mink woman before him.
"Damn criminal. Are you Minks really going to follow that man down this road to the end?"
Wanda held her sword and stared at him coldly, anger in her eyes.
For no other reason than the fact that this man's mouth was filthy.
From the start of the battle until now, he had never stopped talking.
"I hope you can last a little longer. If you die too quickly, it won't ease my anger."
After saying that, Wanda moved at high speed.
Clang, clang, clang!
Doberman frantically swung his sword to block.
"You damned Minks. Your race has never known peace. Every so often, some of you come out and cause trouble."
Slash.
A wound opened across Doberman's chest.
Wanda's eyes grew colder.
"Bastard!"
Doberman swung and hit nothing. Wanda had already flashed aside.
Crackle.
Lightning began to appear around Wanda.
Doberman stared at her, his body tensing.
The intel said this Mink could use lightning to enhance herself.
Crack.
The ground beneath Wanda's feet exploded, and her figure vanished.
"So fast. Even Observation Haki can't keep up!"
Doberman's eyes widened.
"What are you looking at?"
Wanda appeared above him, sword raised.
The moment Doberman looked up, he saw a lightning hound staring down at him.
"Thunder Hound!"
The lightning dog pounced.
Doberman gritted his teeth, gripped his sword with both hands, and slashed upward.
Boom!
From a distance, it looked as though a giant dog made of lightning had bitten down on the Marine's blade.
"Ah!"
Doberman screamed as Wanda's lightning numbed his entire body. But as a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral, he could withstand that much.
Wanda's lips curved.
"I hope you can hold on long enough."
"You evil criminal! Don't underestimate a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral!"
Doberman roared and forced Wanda back.
Whoosh.
Wanda used Moonwalk to reduce the recoil, then kept sending sword auras toward him.
Clang, clang, clang!
Doberman cut apart the incoming slashes, kicked off the ground, and charged at Wanda.
Clang, clang, clang!
The two exchanged blows rapidly.
As Doberman fought, he kept snarling.
"You damned criminal! You dare look down on the Marines? I'll make you pay!"
Clang, clang.
Wanda knocked his sword aside and vanished.
"Hound Strike!"
Bang!
Doberman was sent flying.
Wanda looked at him with disdain.
"Being loud doesn't make you strong."
Elsewhere, Señor Pink was brawling with a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral.
"Ora, ora, ora!"
"Muda, muda, muda!"
Both men exchanged punches, each blow landing on flesh.
"Cat-Cat Fist!"
Señor Pink punched the Vice Admiral back one step.
The Marine Vice Admiral, bruised and swollen, looked at him with contempt.
"Cat-Cat Fist? Is that supposed to scratch an itch?"
He clenched his right fist and punched Señor Pink in the face.
Señor Pink did not retreat even a single step.
"Your fist is the one that scratches like a kitten."
Their eyes sharpened as they stared at each other.
"Your fists are the soft ones!"
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
The clash between two hard men continued.
Neither defended.
They were simply waiting to see who would fall first.
On Kuina's side, she was fighting three Rear Admirals alone.
It was difficult, but her swordsmanship and Mythical Zoan ability made her opponents suffer.
Every time the three Rear Admirals fought her, they had to watch out for the flames on her sword. Once they caught fire, they could not put it out.
Combined with the terrifying power of a Mythical Zoan, she forced the three back again and again.
Kuina wounded one with a thrust, then turned to block the other two attacks.
Clang.
After landing her hit, she retreated immediately, her wings beating as she flew into the air.
"Judgment of Light!"
Swish.
A sword aura fell toward the three below.
Clang.
The three had just cut apart the sword aura when they saw Kuina point her sword toward the sky.
"Light-Shadow Slash."
Kuina swung her sword. Like White Ghost's attack, the sword aura split into countless tiny slashes.
"Block it, or we're dead!"
One Rear Admiral roared.
Clang, clang, clang!
The three frantically swung their blades.
"Holy Light Blessing!"
Buzz.
Kuina's body trembled slightly. Her appearance did not change much, but the moment her wings beat—
Bang!
A sonic boom rang out, and Kuina vanished. Only white ripples remained where she had been.
"Ah!"
One Rear Admiral screamed.
The other two glanced to the side and realized their companion was no longer beside them.
When they turned, their eyes widened.
The companion who had just been standing next to them had already been pierced through by the Mythical Zoan girl.
Kuina pulled Holy Sword Judgment from the corpse and turned toward the remaining two.
"You're next."
The two men's hearts sank.
They could not run now. If they ran, they would expose their backs.
Bang.
Kuina vanished again.
"So fast!"
Their faces darkened as they tensed, preparing themselves.
Kuina flashed in front of one of them and slashed.
The man hurriedly blocked.
Clang!
Metal rang out.
The Rear Admiral's face turned red as he was sent flying by Kuina's strike.
The other slashed at Kuina.
Whoosh.
Her figure disappeared again.
Before he could react, a sword pierced through his heart from behind.
"Urgh…"
Blood flowed from the Rear Admiral's mouth. He closed his eyes unwillingly.
He had never imagined he would be killed by a girl who was not even twenty.
Seeing this, the last man no longer cared about anything. He turned and ran.
This woman was too terrifying.
Her speed and strength had risen to a level far beyond what they had been before.
Kuina extended a finger, and white-gold flames gathered at her fingertip.
Whoosh.
The white-gold flame shot out and struck the fleeing man.
In an instant, the Marine Rear Admiral caught fire.
In less than a minute, the terrifying flames burned him to ash.
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