Kuro took a step forward, gripping the sword with both hands, the blade held horizontally across his eyelids.
Barrett stood with his legs slightly apart, his left fist tucked in, and his right fist extended, assuming a fighting stance.
Both sides remained still.
A gust of wind blew by, stirring up a cloud of dust that swept past the two of them.
Under its domineering influence, even nature seemed afraid to approach.
"They're getting serious now."
On the other side of the island that had been cut open, Mihawk gripped his large black sword tightly, his eyes gleaming with fighting spirit.
He didn't care about Barrett.
But Kuro's desire to fencing only grew stronger.
A Supreme Grade Sword just like his own, and this swordsmanship...
He wanted to fight this man!
“There’s no need to maintain this.” Crocodile stared at Barrett, who looked like a demon, and clicked his tongue. “This guy has trained quite well in prison.”
He's definitely strong, but Crocodile might not be afraid of him.
It's just that this guy has been in prison the whole time, yet he's become so strong. On the other hand, I've become much more lax since leaving the New World, which has allowed that Straw Hat Boy to become famous.
"Is it really this badly beaten?"
At that moment, Rob Lucci suddenly appeared on the Navy's side, looked over there, and said, "That's quite surprising."
Onigumo asked in a deep voice, "Lucci? Where did he go before?"
"I don't seem to need to report to you," Lucci said casually.
"He's in the underground palace..."
A cloud of smoke appeared carrying the unconscious Tashigi, which then coalesced into the shape of Smoker. "He suddenly appeared when I was exploring the dungeon, so the two of us came up together."
Beneath the island lies an underground palace, which was originally Festa's hiding place.
Before the treasure hunt game started, Smoker and Tashigi infiltrated the dungeon together, but soon the aura of Conqueror's Haki appeared. Tashigi was still not unconscious at the time, but the ensuing explosion caused the dungeon to collapse completely, and they couldn't find the exit.
It's unclear how long they waited, but Lucci finally arrived. However, the aura he exuded, a mixture of shock and killing intent, caused Tashigi to faint instantly.
That's why we're in this situation now.
"I knew it was Kuro from that murderous aura."
Smoker glanced at the other island and gritted his teeth, saying, "Has it gotten this bad...?"
He had never seen Kuro use such a posture before.
"Hey, Kro, has your boss ever used this pose?" he asked, turning around.
"No..."
The werewolf that Krok was in shook his head: "I've never seen it either."
Not only him, but even Lida had never met him.
This person's cultivation is the kind that makes him impossible to find; there's a huge continent in the sky where he can cultivate.
Lida didn't say much. She knew Kuro too well. In his own words, he was the kind of person who would say, "Oh dear, I'm afraid I didn't do well on the test this time."
Although Lida didn't understand what the "exam" was testing, she roughly understood its meaning.
He works hard behind the scenes, and you have no idea what his true strength is. You think you're just like him, but when the day comes to decide who's the best, he'll humiliate you mercilessly.
It's basically like this... if you don't know how I cultivate, you won't know my strength, you can't distinguish my strength from my weakness, so I'm unpredictable.
Old Gou is old.
"But now..."
Lida looked over, her eyelids twitching. Even if she didn't understand clearly, she could sense that this was Kuro's full power.
This is truly the first time I've seen Kuro use his full power. Has the situation become this tense?
Most importantly, they can't get involved.
In the current situation, forcibly getting involved would only cause trouble for Kuro.
Even if Kuro uses all his strength, Lida can't see any chance of winning right now.
The outcome remains uncertain.
...
Whoosh!
The waves crashed against the island's slits, surging towards the edge, only to be absorbed by the sand.
The moment the sound rang out, both sides moved at the same time.
Barrett pushed off with both feet, creating a gust of air as he charged forward.
Kuro transformed into a blood-red figure and dashed past at a speed even faster than Barrett.
The crimson black-backed Luo Ghost Blade collided with Barrett's fist, which twisted into blue-black flames.
BOOM!!!
The shockwave rippled outwards, and with a loud bang, it shattered the island they were on into four pieces centered on them!
Boom!
The sky darkened at that moment. From the direction of the sun behind Kuro, it turned blood red, staining half the sky, while on the other side, dark clouds like rolling thunder rumbled and split the blood-red sky in two.
Under the impact of Conqueror's Haki and Killer Intent, even the celestial phenomena changed!
Behind Barrett, the ground appeared as if it were covered by a sharp net, splitting into countless rocks, allowing seawater to gush out.
Behind Kuro, the mountain that had previously risen due to his power now had a large hole in its middle, through which the sky could be seen.
The residual force of just one strike caused the earth to shatter here and the mountain to collapse there.
Sizzle!
Kuro slashed down with his sword, the blade slicing down Barrett's fist, creating a burst of sparks. As the blade fell, Kuro twisted it with both hands, slicing it diagonally upwards towards Barrett's chest.
Bang!
Barrett's free fist deflected the slash, and Kuro used the force to twist his body, spinning high into the air. After spinning several times, the blood-red Luo Gui slashed down with tremendous force.
Barrett grinned maliciously and thrust his fist straight at Kuro high in the sky.
The fist, imbued with a bluish-black aura, slammed down, creating a sonic boom that erupted into the air.
But Barrett was stunned for a moment when he had only thrown half of the punch. He immediately turned to the side, not even looking at Kuro, who had been punched through the hole.
brush!!
A streak of blood-red light suddenly appeared from the side that had been opened, narrowly missing Barrett's arm.
Barrett stopped, raised his fist, and swung it outwards towards Kuro.
But this punch went straight through and hit the afterimage.
"Illusions and phantoms all you think you are? You don't dare fight me, Kuro?"
Barrett turned his head to look in the other direction, his expression calm.
"Tsk, what's the rush..."
Kuro appeared from that side and said coldly, "I'll get my hands on you eventually."
The illusion of killing intent, given the current level of full coverage of killing intent, can be forcibly created by his ability. Although it is not as strong as immersing people in that killing intent, it is enough to create opportunities in this high-intensity battle.
After all, at this point, simply breaking through Barrett's defenses isn't enough to inflict killing intent on him.
His will and domineering spirit have not diminished to this day.
But the same goes for myself.
Although we're using our full strength right now, the stamina expenditure is enormous, but if we're going to fight...
Kuro gripped the Raki tightly, baring his teeth, and said, "Let's see who outlasts whom!"
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