Seeing Kuina about to fall, Momonga's expression became serious, not only because of her identity as a first mate, but also because she could fight Bogard.
That alone was enough to prove she was a formidable opponent, a powerful female Great Swordsman.
The Marine Headquarters had conducted an internal analysis, speculating that if Kuina continued to grow, she might even become a female Great Swordsman surpassing Momousagi.
Momousagi herself had said this. During the battle at Twin Capes Lighthouse previously, the two had clashed. Although Momousagi was injured and fatigued at the time, she could sense Kuina's astonishing swordsmanship talent and strong willpower.
This shocked many at Marine Headquarters, including Marine Vice Admiral Momonga, who was also present.
He immediately drew his sword, which gleamed with a biting reflection under the sunlight.
Using Moonwalk, Momonga instantly leaped up, treading on air, and slashed his sword towards Kuina.
Kuina immediately merged her 'Thousand Blades' into a single, complete blade.
"Screech—" The sound of sharp blades colliding, producing intense sparks.
Kuina and Momonga clashed in mid-air.
But now, Kuina, in her Red Eyes state, had received an all-around attribute boost. Not to mention, Momonga was merely a Marine Vice Admiral; how could he contend with an Admiral Level Kuina?
Kuina immediately swung her second sword faster than Momonga, a flash of purple cold light appearing.
Momonga was cut down, retreating to the deck.
"How is this possible? She's even stronger than I imagined," Momonga said, looking up with wide, disbelieving eyes.
Moreover, he felt a strange illusion, as if he were facing Hawkeye when confronting Kuina.
"Could it be that you've already broken through to Admiral Level and are now a Great Swordsman?"
Seeing Kuina land steadily on the deck, Momonga couldn't help but ask.
"Correct answer, I broke through not long ago," Kuina smiled slightly, then immediately charged forward, engaging Momonga.
Initially, Momonga could hold on, exchanging several sword moves with Kuina, but he quickly fell into a disadvantage. Out of necessity and for victory, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and have the surrounding Marine Soldiers assist him, dealing with Kuina.
But here, Kuina remained at ease, suppressing Momonga while weaving through the ordinary Marine Soldiers like a nimble snake, harvesting countless lives.
At the same time, The Girls also took action.
Shiro displayed for the first time that she also possessed Space Ability. When she left, she startled Dia, who was beside her, and the other girls were also incredibly surprised.
She immediately used a circular magic circle to teleport herself onto a warship. Upon landing heavily on the deck, the entire warship shook violently.
She immediately extended the hover cannon on her left hand, firing two golden laser beams from the two muzzles, sweeping across the surrounding Marines and blasting them into bloody pulp.
"Damn it, don't you dare act so arrogant here, you despicable female pirate!" On this warship was Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Onigumo.
Wearing a helmet adorned with a two-headed dragon pattern, his face was fierce. As an eight-sword style swordsman, he became instantly furious at this sight, his expression contorted, and he immediately charged forward.
Shiro smiled disdainfully, easily using the steel claw of her hover cannon to block the three swords Onigumo brought down from his right side.
Shiro then pushed him away with force.
Onigumo stumbled back several steps before regaining his balance.
"Damn it, how can she have such strength?" Onigumo gritted his teeth and said. Shiro ignored him, picked up her battle axe, leaped, and instantly brought it down on him.
Onigumo immediately extended the two swords in his left hand to block.
But with a bang, to Onigumo's disbelief, Shiro's axe directly cleaved through his two swords; it was truly like cutting through mud.
Before he could react, Shiro retracted her hover cannon and delivered a powerful punch, imbued with immense strength, squarely to Onigumo's face.
His entire face caved in, and Onigumo was instantly sent flying, smashing through a mast.
The mast broke and fell directly. Onigumo tumbled several times on the ground before being stopped by a cabin wall.
"Cough, cough, cough... Damn it!" Onigumo couldn't help but curse, but he still coughed up a mouthful of blood. At the same time, his heart was filled with horror.
Is the gap that wide? And if he remembered correctly, in a previous Marine internal meeting, this young Scientist girl in strange armor, according to their speculation, was already close to Admiral Level in her inherent strength.
Could it be that she has already crossed that threshold now?
Thinking of this, Onigumo's expression became even more incredulous.
But at this moment, Shiro charged at him again. Onigumo, somewhat fearful, quickly ordered the soldiers hiding in the shadows, especially those below deck, to counterattack.
But in front of Shiro, they were merely cannon fodder, including Onigumo; he could only be severely suppressed.
Meanwhile, on another warship, the most miserable Marine Vice Admiral was born, because he had to face Tatsumaki, whose strength was second only to Luna in the Pink Hat Pirates.
When Kuina and Shiro made their move, Tatsumaki flew towards this warship. The Marine Vice Admiral on this warship was Stoloberry.
He was an expressionless bearded man whose skull was much longer than ordinary people's, and he was a two-sword style swordsman.
He once attacked and severely wounded Tiger, the captain of the Sun Pirates, who was escorting Koala back to her hometown on Fuiishout Island (Koala's hometown when she was a little girl).
After Tatsumaki arrived, she first casually flicked her Psychokinesis, causing countless Marine Soldiers to suddenly feel a huge force pushing them from the side. By the time they reacted, these numerous Marine Soldiers had already been fanned away by Tatsumaki's Psychokinesis and ultimately fell into the sea.
But it wasn't over yet. Something that even Luna found surprising happened: Tatsumaki fully unleashed her Psychokinesis.
Then she kicked out a Psychokinesis slash, but it primarily contained the energy of Armament Haki.
He truly hadn't expected Tatsumaki to have mastered Armament Haki to this extent, externalizing it and incorporating it into her Psychokinesis attacks.
The Psychokinesis slash, which should have been bluish-green, actually had some black mixed in.
But with the enhancement of Armament Haki, one had to admit, the power of this Psychokinesis slash was even stronger.
Stoloberry drew his twin swords to block, but as soon as he met the attack, he was sent flying.
To his horror, even his twin swords developed several cracks.
But before he could be sent flying and crash into anything, Tatsumaki used Psychokinesis again, making him float in place, unable to move.
"You... what do you want to do?" Seeing the ill-intentioned look on Tatsumaki's face, Stoloberry said, trembling. There was nothing he could do; his Observation Haki was practically throbbing, telling him that what was coming next would be very dangerous.
"This? I want to play a ship-dismantling game, and I'll use you as a hammer." Tatsumaki finished laughing and casually waved her hand. Stoloberry, like a cannonball, smashed through all the masts on the warship. Tatsumaki swung her small arm; she was truly using Stoloberry as a hammer. The entire warship was immediately riddled with several large holes by Stoloberry, slowly being destroyed beyond recognition.
At the same time, he was also considered the most miserable Marine Vice Admiral here.
Meanwhile, as Dia also teleported to a warship with a Marine Vice Admiral, Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Doberman on this warship immediately charged out with his sword.
Although her strength was not at the Admiral Level like the previous three, Dia was at least at the Reserve Admiral level now, and her rank was not low.
"Space Contract." Dia smiled slightly as she saw Doberman charging towards her.
Soon, a huge barrier made of transparent energy appeared in front of her, very suddenly, but it looked like a giant diamond slab.
Doberman's full-power sword strike was easily blocked. Dia seized the opportunity to instantly move beside him and delivered a kick imbued with Armament Haki.
With a bang, Doberman was directly kicked away, falling hard several times on the deck. He gritted his teeth and clutched his waist with his hand.
"You little brat, you have no martial ethics, kicking a man in the kidney!" Doberman couldn't help but curse directly. Even though he was a tough, hawkish Marine Vice Admiral, being kicked like that made him unable to hold back his curses.
"Moves aren't good or bad, as long as they're effective."
Dia, with space energy blades condensed in her hands, finished speaking and charged forward. Doberman met her with his sword.
While in terms of pure swordsmanship, Dia might not truly be as good as Doberman, but with her flexible utilization of her Space Ability, she toyed with Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Doberman and all the surrounding Marine Soldiers as if playing with a fool.
At this time, Asada Shino confronted the last Marine Vice Admiral. She arrived at the last warship that had a Marine Vice Admiral on it.
She first flew above the warship, retracted her Thunder Wings, and jumped onto the deck. But at the same time, the lightning power within her body instantly erupted, raging across the entire warship deck. Countless Marine Soldiers were struck by the current, screaming, and then turned into charred, smoking black charcoal corpses, dying on the spot.
"Bastard!" Even Marine Vice Admiral Yamakaji, who usually maintained a smile, was enraged at this sight. He grabbed his weapon and charged forward.
Then he brought his sword down, and Asada Shino easily blocked it with the bayonet on hécate.
Asada Shino extended her hand, her palm facing Yamakaji.
"Instant Thunder Flash."
Yamakaji, sensing danger with his Observation Haki, quickly retreated, narrowly dodging the lightning beam released by Asada Shino.
But Asada Shino immediately aimed and pulled the trigger in one fluid motion, firing a bullet imbued with lightning power.
With a crackle, faster than light, in Yamakaji's horrified gaze, intense pain shot through his right arm.
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