"Mil Fleur Cien Manos: Mil Árbol!" Robin shouted sweetly as a thousand arms extended from behind her, striking towards Cyrus opposite her.
"Hmm?" He wasn't surprised that Robin could develop her Devil Fruit ability to this extent, what surprised him was that the attacking fists were not only infused with Armament Haki, but also carried a peculiar force.
The force of the Eight Extremities Fist.
It seemed she had indeed worked very hard during this time.
It wasn't difficult for her own body to use such a peculiar force and infuse Haki, but to use such a complex technique in tandem with a Paramecia Devil Fruit clearly required immense effort and dedication.
Bang, bang, bang!
The arms slammed into Cyrus's body, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
Not far away, Issho sat quietly, having already retracted his Devil Fruit ability.
He could use his powers to assist during general training, but now that Cyrus was testing Robin's mastered techniques, there was no need for him to interfere.
Cyrus could withstand the full force of his gravity suppression, but Robin was still a bit far from that level.
However, Robin's attack also surprised the blind swordsman.
The use of such a technique already showed that her mastery of the fruit had reached a very high level.
The dust settled, and Cyrus's figure was revealed.
He casually dusted himself off and looked at Robin.
"Put some strength into it. I can still take it," Cyrus said calmly.
Robin's cheeks puffed out, clearly provoked by his tone. Her eyes darted around, and she crossed her arms again.
"Cuerpo Fleur: Gigante Árbol: Stomp!"
Following that incantation, two giant, dozens-of-meters-long legs made entirely of sprouted hands emerged from behind Robin and stomped down heavily towards Cyrus.
Watching the two enormous feet descend from the sky, the corner of Cyrus's eye twitched.
"You're going to lose, Cyrus!" Robin declared with a playful expression. "If you don't fight back, you're going to get stepped on by me."
As Robin spoke, the pair of giant feet had already reached the top of Cyrus's head.
Although they looked like legs, they were actually composed of countless interlocking flowers, and a strange floral fragrance descended with the strike.
Cyrus raised his hand, his fingertip infused with Armament Haki, and simply swiped horizontally as the feet came down.
Robin let out a soft grunt as the two large limbs dissolved into a shower of petals.
She looked at Cyrus with a flushed face.
The physical sensations of the arms and legs created by her ability were perfectly synchronized with her own body.
If they were cut, the pain of being cut would be fed back to her directly, but just now, a tingling sensation had spread from her two summoned feet all the way up her real legs.
Robin, her face red, tilted her head up with her hands on her hips and glared at Cyrus.
"You lost. You said earlier that if I made you make a move, you would lose."
"Fine, I lose," Cyrus nodded immediately, his tone light.
This reaction made Robin's cheeks puff up again.
She rushed forward, got behind the turning Cyrus, and leaped onto his back like an octopus as a dozen newly sprouted arms firmly secured her in place.
Feeling the soft sensation behind him, the corners of Cyrus's mouth curved up slightly. 'Not bad, Robin-chan, you're giving out benefits on your own now.'
"Ahem!" Issho suddenly coughed a few times, then stood up, placed his Cane Sword on the ground, and walked away, tapping it lightly as he went.
"Eh, why can't I use my Observation Haki? How strange. Without Observation Haki, I can't see anything at all!" Issho muttered to himself as he walked.
Hearing the swordsman's voice, Robin's body stiffened, and the arms that had been holding her firmly loosened and dissipated into petals.
She quickly got off Cyrus's back, a trace of visible embarrassment on her face.
She had gotten a little too carried away just now, and it was all Cyrus's fault.
Yes, all Cyrus's fault.
"Caesar's coming." Cyrus turned his head to look at Robin, easily spotting the hint of embarrassment on her face.
He raised his hand and stroked her smooth, long hair. "Go get ready. We're preparing to set off."
"Okay!" Robin nodded and walked past Cyrus, crossing paths with Caesar, who was floating over from a distance.
"Lord Cyrus!" Seeing Robin's expression, Caesar's heart pounded with anxiety, wondering if he had just disturbed Cyrus.
"What is it?" Cyrus didn't seem to mind.
"A strange call. It connected directly to me," Caesar said, looking a little puzzled. But since the caller was clearly warning Cyrus, Caesar naturally didn't dare to conceal the message.
"It was a woman. She said someone is ambushing you in Dressrosa."
"Ambushing me?" Cyrus was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.
'So they're finally here?'
"Yes, but the other party's identity is unconfirmed. She didn't say it outright, but I guess it must be someone in Dressrosa," Caesar reported after thinking for a moment.
"Mm, I probably know who it is," Cyrus nodded.
"Ah? My lord knows who it is? Then my lord also knows who is ambushing you?" Caesar shrieked in his high-pitched voice.
"Quiet down!" Cyrus said, casually cleaning out his ear.
These researchers with their brilliant minds were all so easily emotional, Caesar was like this, Vegapunk was like this, and so were Judge and his group.
"With your brain, you couldn't have guessed their identities, could you?" Cyrus retorted.
"My apologies, Lord Cyrus," Caesar immediately shook his head. "There are many people on the sea whose ways of doing things are incomprehensible to outsiders. Even though you, Lord Cyrus, have displayed such terrifying power, in the eyes of some, they will subconsciously ignore your strength and focus solely on the enormous benefits of defeating you."
This was the thought process of most people on the sea, their minds could only focus on one thing at a time, meaning when two things appeared simultaneously, the logical fear would be automatically excluded by their greed.
"That's true," Cyrus nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
"Since there's an ambush, does Lord Cyrus need to change course? I have other Log Poses here that can bypass Dressrosa entirely," Caesar offered.
"No need. It's been delayed for so long already, so let's solve this matter first. Consider it an opening act for my entry into the New World," Cyrus declared.
When he first encountered Doflamingo hencman in the East Blue, he might have had to be wary of him, but now, there was absolutely no need.
His strength had grown too quickly.
Even if Doflamingo had now reached the level of strength he had when he fought the Straw Hat crew in the original timeline, Cyrus wouldn't care.
What's more, the String-String Fruit was inherently at a massive disadvantage against flame.
Plus, he had originally intended to use this opportunity to see what the regeneration ability of Imu's God's Knights was all about, which was exactly why he had leaked his location on Punk Hazard.
He didn't believe that the World Government and the Celestial Dragons would truly swallow the insult of him attacking Mary Geoise.
But there was no need to rush.
He would play with them for a bit.
Truly taking down the World Government was not something that could be accomplished overnight, and besides, even if he really had the ability to destroy the authorities right now, the world would need a new order to replace them.
Without having constructed this new order first, there was no need to be hasty.
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