At Luffy's command, the entire Straw Hat Crew launched their attack simultaneously!
The expressions of the three Vice Admirals finally changed; these rookies were far more powerful than the intelligence reports had described!
However, that was as far as it went!
Between the sea and the sky, the battle erupted!
"Navy Six Styles: Soru!"
The sea surface suddenly exploded with three water trails, and the figures of the three Vice Admirals vanished from the deck in an instant!
Almost at the same instant, three afterimages tore through the air and appeared before the Straw Hat Crew!
"Shigan!"
The shrill whistle of the Shigan piercing the air was enough to make one's scalp tingle as three fierce attacks erupted simultaneously!
"Three-Sword Style: Onigiri!"
Zoro's three swords collided with Onigumo's eight blades with a thunderous roar, sending sparks flying like a torrential downpour.
A savage grin curled the corners of Onigumo's mouth: "Kid, your sword is still too green!" His eight blades suddenly twisted eerily like spider legs, stabbing toward Zoro's vitals from impossible angles.
"Diable Jambe: Flambage Shot!"
Sanji's burning right leg collided mid-air with Yamakaji's "Razor," and the resulting shockwave sent all the surrounding Marine soldiers flying.
Yamakaji's cigar was instantly vaporized by the high temperature: "Interesting… but you're still far off!" He suddenly changed his move, his Shigan thrusting out like a machine gun.
"Thunder Cloud: Clima-Tact!"
Nami brandished her lightning-sparking Clima-Tact, dragging five armed Marines into a thunderstorm. Her short orange hair stood on end due to the static electricity: "Usopp! Nine o'clock direction!"
"Special Attack: Green Star: Meteor Shower!"
Usopp's Black Kabuto ejected dozens of seeds that burst in mid-air into a thorny vine net, entangling all the Marines attempting a sneak attack. His long nose flushed red with excitement: "Did you see that?! This is the power of GOD Usopp!"
"Cien Fleur: Delphinium!"
Robin spun elegantly among the crowd of Marines, countless arms blooming from the enemies as she instantly executed dozens of joint locks. Her eyes suddenly sharpened: "Luffy! Watch out above!"
Strowberry had leaped high into the air at some point, crossing his dual blades into a cross: "Marine Swordsmanship: Cross Slash!"
A massive sword wave whistled downward!
Aimed straight at Luffy!
At that moment, Robin instantly sprouted arms from the nearby stone, pulling the shrunk version of Luffy out of the way to dodge the massive sword wave. She then glared vigilantly at the Marine Vice Admiral.
"Our Captain is in a bit of a difficult situation right now."
"Hmph!"
Realizing he couldn't capture Luffy without first dealing with the woman before him, Strowberry raised his blades and slashed at Robin!
On the other side,
"Three-Sword Style: Enma Slash!"
Zoro's muscles tightened instantly as his three famous swords carved three perfect arcs.
The wado ichimonji struck straight at the throat, while the other two blades flanked left and right like the gaping maw of a savage beast. The shrill whistle of the blades tearing through the air was enough to make the eardrums of nearby Marine soldiers ache.
"Clang—!!!"
Eight silver lights and three cyan lights collided with a crash, sparks from the clashing metal spraying like festive fireworks. Onigumo's six hair-arms combined with the blades in his hands to perfectly block Zoro's strike.
The shockwave shattered the deck beneath their feet into spiderweb-like cracks!
"Kid, your sword is still too green!" Onigumo's mouth twisted into a savage arc, his eyes flashing with bloodlust. Suddenly, the joints of the six hair-arms behind him emitted strange "click-clack" sounds, twisting eerily like real spider legs.
Zoro's pupils constricted abruptly as those eight blades stabbed in from all directions at angles completely contrary to human anatomy!
Two struck down from above toward his skull, three targeted his heart, abdomen, and thigh, and three more sealed off all paths of retreat.
This was a sword technique no human should be able to execute!
"Secret Technique: Spider Web Strangling!"
At the critical moment, Zoro threw himself backward while whirling his three swords into a cyan cyclone. A continuous series of crisp "ding-ding-ding" sounds rang out as six of the blades were barely parried, but two still broke through his defense. One slashed his left shoulder, while the other left a deep wound on his right abdomen.
"Ugh!" Zoro coughed up blood, yet displayed a fanatical grin. "Interesting… now this is more like it!"
Onigumo looked in shock at the cracks appearing on his hair-arms: "You actually blocked my ultimate move?" He darkened his face, "But the next move will take your life!"
Zoro tightened his blood-stained bandana and assumed a brand new stance with his three swords: "Nine Mountains, Eight Seas…" A strange purple aura suddenly rose around his body, "…there is nothing I cannot cut."
"Three-Sword Style Secret Technique: Thousand Worlds!!!"
"Yo, that name sounds pretty intimidating, I just wonder how the power measures up!"
The two figures collided once again, and this time, the entire warship trembled from the impact!
The two sides were actually trading blows back and forth for a moment!
Sanji's figure spun rapidly in the air, his right leg transforming into a scorching tornado of flames. The intense heat generated by the high-speed friction scorched the surrounding air, distorting it. His pant leg had long since turned to ash, revealing calf muscles covered in savage scars.
That flame was not a simple orange-red, but appeared as an explosive, tearing, raging fire!
"Diable Jambe: Flambage Shot!"
"Razor!"
Vice Admiral Yamakaji's burly frame leaped up suddenly, his right leg straightened like a battle axe as he brought it down. His military boot, coated in Armament Haki, collided mid-air with the leg of flame.
"Boom!!!"
An explosive shockwave spread in a ring, sending Marine soldiers within a ten-meter radius flying like fallen leaves.
The wooden planks of the deck shattered layer by layer, revealing the twisted and deformed metal skeleton beneath. The cigar at the corner of Yamakaji's mouth was instantly vaporized in the high heat, not even leaving ash behind.
"Interesting…" Yamakaji's small eyes narrowed in the thick smoke, the scar on his face flushing red with excitement. "But you're still far off!"
He suddenly retracted his leg and landed, his right index finger thrusting out at a speed invisible to the naked eye: "Shigan: Ouren!"
"Shoo-shoo-shoo—!"
Dozens of vacuum finger-pressures rained down like machine-gun fire, enveloping Sanji. Each strike was precisely aimed at his joint vitals; this was a fatal combo capable of piercing steel!
"Although I haven't undergone two years of training, I have mastered some methods of walking on air in order to protect ladies from harm."
Then, Sanji's figure could be seen stepping on the air as if walking on it. Moreover, he was extremely fast, changing directions in the air with uncanny agility. His sparking leather shoes wove thrillingly through the gaps in the finger-pressures.
Yet, a few Shigan shots still grazed his body, leaving smoking holes in his suit.
"Is that all you do, just dodge? Kid!" Yamakaji grinned savagely and lunged forward, his left hand shaped into a claw as he grabbed for Sanji's throat. "Rankyaku: Hakurai!"
Sanji suddenly did a backflip, his legs carving perfect rings of fire in the air: "Diable Jambe: Frites Assortie!"
The raging flames and the vacuum slash collided again, and the shockwave from this explosion blew the warship's crow's nest right off!
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