Amidst the billowing smoke, two figures constantly crisscrossed, each collision causing the ship to tremble violently.
"Your leg technique..." Yamakaji suddenly sidestepped, his Marine uniform jacket burnt with a large hole, "How does it produce fire? Just because you're a chef? Absurd."
Sanji's eyes were cold: "You guessed right, this is a chef's privilege!" His right leg suddenly accelerated to the extreme, the flames turning from blue to white, "Diable Jambe's...."
"Diable Jambe: Full Course Barbecue!!!"
The speed of this kick broke the sound barrier, and the resulting shockwave carved a hundred-meter-long trench on the sea surface. Yamakaji's hastily erected "Iron Body" defense was forcefully shattered, and he was sent flying backward, crashing through three layers of ship cabins!
"Cough cough..." He stood up from the rubble, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, a look of excitement on his face, "Now that's more like it... It seems I have to get serious!"
He slowly tore off his tattered Coat of Justice, revealing a muscular upper body covered in scars. Armament Haki flowed like a living thing on his skin, finally converging entirely into his legs.
"Let me show you... the true Navy Six Styles ultimate technique!"
The live stream went completely insane, with donation alerts sounding one after another:
"User'Sword Master': That green-haired swordsman's moves... never seen before! Donated 100,000 Belli!"
"User 'Gourmet': The blonde chef's flaming kick technique is too cool! Donated 88,888 Belli!"
"User 'Meteorologist': That navigator's weather manipulation... incredible! Donated 50,000 Belli!"
The battle intensified, with waves around the Merry being stirred up over ten meters high by the aftermath of the fight. No one noticed that in the distant clouds, a News Bird was recording the battle with a Den Den Mushi!
Just then,
The battle on the sea surface suddenly underwent a drastic change!
The three Vice Admirals simultaneously took a step back, uniformly tearing off their tattered Coats of Justice. On their bronze skin, black Armament Haki spread like a living thing, covering all their vital points in an instant.
"Warm-up's over."
Onigumo's voice suddenly became low and terrifying. Eight katanas simultaneously gleamed with a metallic black luster, and Armament Haki coiled around every inch of the blades like a living thing.
The six hair-arms behind him made a "clack-clack" hydraulic sound at their joints, arranging the eight swords into a perfect attacking formation.
Zoro's pupils suddenly constricted, but his offensive could no longer be recalled. Three famous swords, with the sound of tearing air, fiercely slashed towards Onigumo's shoulder—
"Clang!!!"
The explosive clang of metal made people's eardrums ache. The slashes that could easily cleave through Marine warship armor in the past now seemed to be striking hard steel. The wado ichimonji trembled violently, and Zoro's tiger's mouth instantly tore, warm blood dripping down the tsuba onto the deck.
"This...!" Zoro looked in disbelief at the unblemished slash mark on the other's shoulder. Onigumo's sneer widened, and his six hair-arms suddenly twisted at an ergonomically impossible angle.
"Navy Six Styles Secret Art: Eight Spider Limbs!"
One of the hair-arms stabbed out like a venomous snake. Zoro barely managed to dodge, but the blade still pierced through his left shoulder with a "thud," and blood immediately gushed out, staining his green haramaki dark red.
"Cough...!" Zoro knelt on one knee, his three swords deeply embedded in the ground to keep him from falling. He could feel the cold blade wedged between his shoulder blades; with a little more force from Onigumo, his entire shoulder could be dislocated.
"Does it hurt a lot?" Onigumo leaned down, his hair-arm slowly lifting Zoro, "This is true Armament Haki." He suddenly leaned into Zoro's ear and whispered, "You thought cutting down a few nobodies in the East Blue qualified you to challenge Marineford?"
The live stream was dead silent, everyone stunned by the overwhelming power gap.
Suddenly,
On the screen of the phone broadcasting nearby, a VIP bullet comment scrolled by:
"User 'Hawkeye Mihawk': Remember this pain, Roronoa!"
Zoro's vision began to blur from blood loss, but his gaze inadvertently caught sight of this bullet comment on the phone. His right eye, however, burned with an unyielding flame. He stared intently at Onigumo, and a savage arc suddenly formed on his bloodstained lips: "Heh... Thank you... for the... instruction..."
In the instant Onigumo was bewildered, Zoro suddenly let go of the Sandai Kitetsu in his right hand and grabbed the hair-arm that had pierced his shoulder: "This way... you can't dodge, can you?"
The remaining two swords suddenly glowed with an eerie blue light: "Two Sword Style—"
"Iai: Rashomon!!!"
Two slashes exploded in a cross shape, this time finally leaving shallow blade marks on that black Armament Haki! Onigumo retreated two steps in shock, his hair-arms emitting a creaking sound under the strain.
"Interesting..." He shook his numb arm, "But is dying struggle useful?"
Zoro staggered to his feet, biting the Sandai Kitetsu back into his mouth. Blood dripped down his chin, but his eyes were sharper than ever: "Again... I can still... cut a thousand times..."
"As long as I keep slashing, nothing is uncuttable, and Armament Haki is no exception!"
Sanji's situation was equally critical. His Diable Jambe fiercely kicked Yamakaji's Haki-covered abdomen, but the azure flames instantly dissipated as if they had struck a mountain.
"Good leg technique." Yamakaji grinned as he grabbed Sanji's ankle, "Too bad it doesn't have Haki!" He slammed Sanji into the deck with an over-the-shoulder throw, a clear sound of bone cracking echoing amidst the flying wood splinters.
"Mille Fleur: Hanging!"
Robin activated her ability from a distance, but her face changed drastically the moment she touched Strowberry. The Vice Admiral's Haki directly struck her materialized arms, and the backlash of intense pain made her fall to her knees.
"Haki is the Devil Fruit's bane." Strowberry slowly approached, his twin swords dragging on the deck, creating sparks, "Your abilities are all tangible, it must hurt a lot."
Usopp's seed bullets bounced off the Haki defense, and Nami's lightning was guided into the sea by Onigumo's sword, instantly plunging the entire Straw Hat Crew into despair!
"Damn it..." Zoro knelt on one knee, his three swords stuck in the deck supporting his body, "If only I had learned Haki sooner..."
Sanji spat out a mouthful of blood, his right leg unnaturally twisted: "Luffy... learned it first... too bad he only learned half."
Robin struggled to lift her head, looking at Luffy who was still recovering in the distance. One minute left!
The live stream was in an uproar:
"User 'New World Pirate': It's over, the main crew is going to be wiped out!"
"User 'Haki Teaching': See, without Haki, it's impossible to move an inch in the New World!"
"User 'Novel Analyst': One minute my ass, it's normal for the protagonist's halo to make a comeback!"
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