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OPI Chapter 260: Dance of Blades and Beasts
🕑 Added 2024-11-13 04:33:24 +0000 UTCYami Tsukahara bowed his body, taking the handle of his katana with his right hand, adopting a classic laido stance.
At that instant, a powerful and sharp energy emanated from Yami Tsukahara, launching towards the sky like a surging storm.
This also made Mihawk gradually become excited, and suddenly, a strong momentum erupted from his body, sweeping in all directions like a gust of wind.
Yami Tsukahara's eyes narrowed..
[Swish!]
They both disappeared at the same time.
[Clang!!]
In an instant, the two swords crossed in the center of the field.
The collision generated a deafening shockwave, shaking the surrounding space. The waves of energy expanded, lifting the sand on the beach and causing the trees on the island to lean backwards.
The fencing duel between Mihawk and Yami Tsukahara had begun.
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"It's incredible... Humans can reach such power?" Yomihime muttered, watching the fierce battle from the deck of a sailboat, about five hundred meters away from the island.
The energy blades and shockwaves created by their swords looked like two raging, overflowing rivers, colliding and intertwining, before breaking into fragments. Although both of them kept their range limited to that beach, the spectacle attracted all the soldiers and officers of the naval fleet from both sides.
Time passed unnoticed as Mihawk and Yami Tsukahara danced between flashes of sword and sharp cuts, both using only the purest sword technique. Mihawk did not use Haki, and Tsukahara did not use the power granted by the Divine Dragon.
However, no one noticed that from the deep sea, a huge shadow was moving rapidly towards the fleet of the World Government Navy.
...
"Huh?"
About a minute later, the vice admiral in charge of the world government fleet was the first to notice something dangerous approaching.
Instinctively, he released his Kenbunshoku Haki, scanning for any presence around him.
“This is it...!”
With his eyes wide open, he detected a huge creature advancing at high speed towards his position. Judging by the distance, it would arrive in about ten seconds at most.
“Two o’clock sharp! Attention, enemy approaching!” Without hesitation, the vice admiral raised his voice and shouted loudly, alerting the entire crew. At the same time, he launched himself straight towards the unknown attacker.
He could sense that the presence of this creature was extremely powerful. Those Marine Danger Beasts sent out earlier were nothing compared to what was approaching now. The Vice Admiral knew that if he did not intercept the enemy immediately, the fleet would suffer a devastating blow.
Just as the World Government's naval fleet fell into chaos under the Vice Admiral's roar, a loud bang appeared on the surface of the sea about 500 meters away.
"That's it..."
The navy soldiers were stunned to see a giant swordfish with a body as black as ink and almost 100 meters long.
The Black Marlin was surrounded by spiraling snake-like water currents, the creature launched itself at high speed towards the World Government fleet.
Amidst the expectant gazes of the marines, the Vice Admiral unsheathed his sword. Using his enormous strength, he launched a great slash of flames towards the creature.
However, when the sword's slash met the creature's sharp 'spear', it fragmented and scattered in a shower of flames.
[Boom!]
In the next instant, the gigantic swordfish knocked down the vice admiral, throwing him away, and then plunged into the ocean, raising a huge wave in its wake.
With the creature's return to the ocean, it unleashed a devastating tsunami towards the World Government fleet.
This scene shocked everyone at the scene. The giant swordfish could actually control the seawater!
"Ice Age..."
Just at the last moment, a calm voice echoed in everyone's ears. Before they could react, a gust of icy wind swept through the area.
In the blink of an eye, the massive tsunami and the waters around it were completely frozen.
At some point, Kuzan appeared on the deck of the main warship.
The Marines erupted in cheers and some, their hearts still pounding, couldn't help but shed tears of relief.
"Ah, it seems I arrived just in time, but it seems I don't have time to watch that Mihawk guy's duel, what a pity~"
Kuzan calmly looked at the giant black swordfish in the distance that used some extraordinary power to block his Ice Age and ensure that the nearby seawater was not frozen.
" Super Class Danger Beast, huh?"
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Black Marlin.
One of the six Super Class Danger Beasts discovered in the Teigu world, and one of the four still alive.
In addition, this giant swordfish has an incredible ability to control water.
Coupled with its unparalleled swimming speed in water and its sharp and sturdy upper jaw, its individual power is in no way inferior to that of the Nine-Tailed Fox, Guren.
If it fights at sea, it may be even stronger.
At the same time, the intelligence of these creatures is not inferior to that of the most cunning humans.
However, Kuzan is more interested in the peculiar energy that these creatures command.
Before arriving here, Sakazuki had already informed Kuzan and the three generals who arrived at the base about the fact that Guren possessed an energy similar to Haki.
Cipher Pol had also asked Merraid about this matter.
However, she asked for one favor: to be able to see Esdeath.
After making this request, she revealed the information she possessed, assuring that she had no intention of threatening the World Government.
She is actually a very intelligent woman who knows how to handle situations.
From the Cipher Pol headquarters, they even sent a query to the Five Elders to see if they could share Esdeath's current situation with Merraid.
The Five Elders could only pass this question to Imu.
And Imu communicated the situation to Esdeath and asked if she would like Merraid to know something or if she wanted to see her in person.
Esdeath replied that they could reveal something to her, but that she did not wish to see her at this time, and she also sent a message to Merraid.
The message was to calm down and live on in Cipher Pol, and that as long as she was alive, they would meet again later. Although she hoped that by then, she would have gotten better and be stronger.
On the other hand, the World Government, after Merraid's revelation, learned that according to the Empire's research records from six hundred years ago, Super Class Danger Beasts could absorb natural energy from the environment.
This gave them much greater energy than those of the special class and allowed them to unleash attacks with extraordinary power.
At this moment, the Black Marlin once again manipulated the surrounding sea water to launch a fierce attack on Kuzan and the surrounding warships.
Several whirlpools began to form on the surface of the water, and then spiraling columns of water permeated with a dark mist began to rise into the sky, then plummet down with deadly precision.
There were hundreds of them!
At the same time, the Black Marlin sank into the depths of the sea and disappeared.
"Ah, it looks like we're going to have a big fight~~"
A wisp of frost spread from Kuzan's neck to his cheek.
"Ice Shield"
With a swift movement, Kuzan extended his hand and when those spiraling columns of water were still hundreds of meters away from the warship, a flash of blue light, almost impossible to follow with the eye, emerged from his fingers.
In the blink of an eye, all the approaching water columns had transformed into gigantic pillars of ice.
"Huh?"
Kuzan made a surprised sound.
At that moment, everyone saw the surfaces of the ice pillars begin to crack.
The next instant, a thunderous sound of explosions resounded as the layer of ice above the water columns broke.
Although their size was reduced and their rotation speed was greatly reduced, the columns continued to fall towards the World Government warships.
"Could it be the vibration generated by the rotation? Or the influence of the black fog?"
Kuzan reflected on what had happened, while concentrating his cold energy, before releasing an even more intense blast of cold.
In the blink of an eye, the spiraling water columns that were about to fall on the warships froze again.
This time, the water columns could no longer break through the ice layer and fell like huge balls of hail, crashing against the surface of the frozen sea.
"Huh.." Kuzan exhaled a breath of cold air and said softly: "It seems that both of these things have something to do with the previous situation."
"Not good!"
Suddenly, all the naval officers felt a strong sense of crisis.
Some officers with Kenbunshoku Haki quickly noticed an intense presence approaching from below the warships.
From that deepest part of the sea, the Black Marlin emerged furiously at high speed, heading straight towards Kuzan.
Not only that, Kuzan and the officers with Kenbunshoku Haki also detected hundreds of other strong presences, rapidly approaching the warships, coming from the depths.
The vice admiral in charge of the fleet, who had just returned from sea, quickly gave orders for immediate alert.
At the same time, he asked the fish-man troops to immediately go to sea to confront the attack and make sure to protect the bottom of the warships.
"Yes, sir!"
Upon receiving the order, Fisher Tiger, without wasting any time, led Aladine and other members of the fish-man troops, to quickly jump into the sea.
The fish-man troops demonstrated exceptional swimming speed, and before long, they saw the dark shadows rapidly approaching from the depths.
"Are they all swordfish?!" Aladine shouted in surprise.
They saw several swordfish danger beasts of various lengths and colors approaching rapidly.
Tiger shouted to his companions: "Prepare for battle!"
"Yes!"
Nearly 500 fishmen shouted in unison.
"Kill!"
"Defeat them!!"
