Chapter 262: Jonathan vs. Vista
"Rose Rondo!"
Vista refused to back down. His twin blades swept through the air, and petal after petal appeared out of nowhere.
They immediately shot toward the forest like a rain of flowers.
Puff, puff, puff…
Wherever the petals passed, deep slash marks appeared one after another.
Soon after, entire trees collapsed.
In an instant, a clearing several hundred meters long and wide was carved out.
The group then walked into it.
"Come on,"
Jiang Qize said with a smile.
Whitebeard looked toward Marco and the others.
"Dad, I'll go first," Vista said.
"Gurararara! Fine, go ahead—but be careful," Whitebeard said with a grin.
Vista stepped forward and fixed his gaze on Jonathan of the Dragon Flame Pirates.
"I want to spar with you!"
"Alright."
Jonathan nodded.
He was a swordsman, and naturally he would not refuse a swordsman's challenge. Otherwise, he would be betraying his own way of the sword.
Jonathan stepped out.
Both of them wielded twin blades.
Jonathan was simply accustomed to his original sword, but the cursed blade Emma was too good to give up, so he carried both.
Clang!!
Jonathan drew his original blade.
"You're not using the cursed blade Emma?"
Seeing this, Flower Sword Vista's expression darkened.
"Emma… you can't handle it," Jonathan said seriously.
"Are you looking down on me?"
Hearing that, Vista's face turned ugly.
"Alright then."
Jonathan shrugged helplessly, sheathed his original sword, and drew Emma instead.
Buzz!!
A chilling aura surged out from Emma. A crimson glint flashed across the ghostly flame-like blade.
Immediately after, a powerful suction erupted from the blade, clinging to Jonathan's arm. A stream of Armament Haki was forcibly drawn out and devoured by Emma.
Buzz!!
The crimson ghostflame blade instantly turned dark red. Razor-sharp sword energy rippled outward, slicing through the surrounding space.
Jonathan's expression grew cold. Ghostly flames rose in his eyes, while strands of crimson aura coiled around his body, making him look like a demonic god.
"Come!"
"Rose World!"
Feeling the terrifying presence radiating from Jonathan, Flower Sword Vista's expression became solemn. His twin blades spun violently.
In the sky, countless rose petals appeared, slowly drifting down, turning an area hundreds of meters wide into a sea of roses.
Clang, clang…
As the petals fell, flashes of sharp light flickered across them.
In the next moment, Vista's figure vanished as he lunged toward Jonathan, the petals in the sky moving along with him.
Jonathan slashed out with Emma.
"Wooo—"
A piercing, ear-splitting screech rang out as a crimson hellish phantom was cleaved forth, crashing straight toward Vista.
Boom!! Hell collided with the world of flowers—crimson against pink.
A thunderous explosion erupted, deafening to the ears.
Even the sky was dyed in two different colors.
Whoosh, whoosh…
Between the two, waves of razor-sharp shockwaves tore outward, relentlessly ravaging the land as deep, wide trenches were carved into the ground.
"Justice · Emma Descends!"
Jonathan knocked Vista away, twisted his blade, and a terrifying mass of crimson aura surged out from Emma. Behind him, it condensed into a towering Emma dozens of meters tall, burning with dark ghostly flames, a massive blade held in its hands as well.
The next instant, Emma brought down its blade, carrying boundless hellish power as it slashed toward Flower Sword Vista.
"World of Flowers · Myriad Blossom Slash!"
A suffocating pressure rose in Vista's heart. He roared, bringing his twin blades together and slashing downward.
In the sky, petals of every color rapidly fused together, forming a giant sword dozens of meters long. With the force to shatter space itself, it hurtled toward Emma.