Would a Commodore Beat a Vice Admiral to Death?
With a roar, Dewitt's aura surged, a sharp ruthlessness flashing in his eyes. He turned his fingers into a fist, no longer caring about the dense barrage of green light. He concentrated all his strength and delivered a scorching hot punch straight to Vidal's chest.
He gave it his all!
Even if he can't win, he'll fight with his guts and make Vidal realize his worth!
"The Emission of Armament Haki?"
A fiery red fluid shield appeared on Dewitt's arm, blocking all the 'Seed Machine Guns'. This startled Vidal, but there was no time to think, and he quickly withdrew his hands.
[Whoosh!]
"What?! Gone?!" Lieutenant Vice Admiral Dewitt's pupils dilated in shock. Was it shaved off?
No, down there, he crouched down!
The presence of Observation Haki allowed him to sense Vidal's presence even though he was blind.
"Konoha Gale!"
A burst of green light erupted from Vidal's body, transforming him into a blurry whirlwind. With a sweeping motion of his long legs, Vice Admiral Dewitt was struck hard on both legs with a loud bang, instantly losing his balance and falling backward.
"Konoha Rising Wind!"
But Vidal didn't give him a chance to fly backward. With a twist of his waist, his right leg, enveloped in a whirlwind and green light, once again became a blur, kicking Dewitt in the abdomen and sending him flying towards the ceiling.
Although Dewitt was protected by a fiery red aura, his kick was also imbued with Haki Emission power and force. When DeWitt lost his balance, he was unable to defend himself and was lifted to a height of about ten meters in the blink of an eye, only a few meters away from the ceiling.
Rogers and the Rear Admiral on the sidelines looked up in shock. They had both seen Konoha Style Body Technique before, especially Rogers, who had specifically practiced it to teach the Marines, but he didn't use it in normal combat.
Firstly, he felt that the Konoha Style Body Technique did not fit his own style; secondly, he felt it lacked power, thinking it was just a basic taijutsu like basic swordsmanship.
But now, Vidal's smooth kicking technique has proven to them that this physical skill set is perfectly capable of hitting Vice Admiral!
In the blink of an eye, Vidal transformed into a streak of green light and caught up with Lieutenant Vice Admiral Dewitt, even overtaking him from behind. He spun in mid-air, creating a visible green whirlwind.
This was a terrifying whirlwind that combined the power of the Six Powers, Armament Haki, Photosynthetic Energy, and Vidal's full-force attack, among other things. He named it...
"Konoha Diamond Strong Whirlwind!"
[Bang--]
The moment a beam of green light shot out from the whirlwind struck Vice Admiral Dewitt's back, it exploded like a massive dynamite, unleashing a terrifying red-green shockwave between his feet and back that swept outwards in all directions.
The scorching, surging airwaves shoved heavy equipment against the walls, sent seats flying everywhere, and even Rogers and the Rear Admiral had to retreat.
"Is the Commodore going to kill the Vice Admiral?" Major Rogers raised his shield to protect himself, staring intently at the battle in the air.
In reality, Vidal and Dewitt's movements were difficult to see with the naked eye; he only used Observation Haki to pinpoint their locations.
[Boom!]
A Konoha Diamond Strong Whirlwind instantly shattered the fiery red aura barrier, Dewitt crashed down like a scorching meteor, shaking the entire stadium violently and shattering all the glass windows.
This left the marines on guard outside completely bewildered. What was going on inside?
Should I go in and take a look?
But remembering the commander's orders, he had no choice but to suppress his worries and curiosity and stand at his post.
After an unknown amount of time, the tremors gradually subsided, the roaring ceased, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Only when Vidal's Justice Coat, fluttering in the wind, slowly fell to the ground did a dull thud echo as he landed.
The once clean, tidy, and bright venue had been ravaged into a mess. The uneven ground was covered with scorching lava, and the air was filled with heat and the smell of burnt earth.
Vidal looked at where Vice Admiral Dewitt had landed and found only a deep lava hole there.
"Upon landing, will the high temperature melt the ground to reduce impact damage?"
[Bang!]
Just as he was thinking for less than a second, the ground a meter in front of him suddenly exploded, and a figure covered in lava burst out of the ground. Without even throwing a punch, the figure crashed straight into him.
"I haven't lost yet!!"
With a roar, Vidal could only raise his arms to shield himself before being sent flying backward toward the stands behind him.
[Call out--]
[Boom!]
The stands were filled with thick smoke and scattered with debris, as if hit by a cannonball.
"Hmph." Lieutenant Vice Admiral Dewitt looked at his masterpiece, panting, and subconsciously wiped his mouth with his hand, only to find that the blood had long been burned away by his own body heat.
"Ouch! That kick almost knocked me out of my skin! That kid was ruthless!" He felt a burning pain all over his back. If it weren't for his Haki Emission protecting him and his timely use of the Tekkai, even if the ground had melted, he probably wouldn't be able to stand up now.
Melting the ground was a method he had just come up with. For him, Devil Fruit User, melting the earth into magma was no different from swimming in water, except that it would cause too much damage to the environment.
But I was almost kicked to death just now, who cares about this now!
"I never expected that this kid's Haki had reached the level of Emission. What a terrifying talent!" Dewitt was truly surprised that Vidal's Haki had reached such a high level.
Generally speaking, Haki Emission is a level that only Vice Admiral can reach, oh, excluding those newly promoted Vice Admiral.
Although he had watched Vidal's fight with Moria before, Vidal hadn't shown any skill in Haki Emission at that time, and he only assumed that the green armor on his body was a Devil Fruit ability.
Now it seems that the green armor is clearly of the same nature as his own fiery red aura shield, both of which integrate the power of the fruit into the Haki Emission, and it is more solid than his own. At least he cannot condense his Haki into an almost solid armor at the moment.
This is the difference in skill and talent. What Vidal could easily master, even something insignificant, was an extremely rare and high-level skill in Dewitt's eyes.
The term "Emission" refers to the energy of Armament Haki solidifying outside the body like a fluid, and not easily dissipating into the air like Haki Infusion the body.
It can both envelop itself in an invisible outer armor and unleash it for ranged attacks, just like how the Three Admirals future admirals joined forces to block Whitebeard's shockwave attack, which was actually countered by Emission their own Haki.
The reason why Vidal and Dewitt's Emission has Haki is because it combines the power of Devil Fruits, Photosynthetic Energy, and high temperature.
Don't ask why high temperatures turn red; it's simply a rule of Devil Fruits!
"But that attack just now must have caused him considerable damage, right?" Vice Admiral Dewitt, though in pain and exhausted, still managed a smile.
Commodore General, don't underestimate a Vice Admiral!
Vice Admiral Dewitt is much stronger than Achino, so the Scald-Scald Fruit would exhibit greater power in his hands, just like the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which Blackbeard was able to shatter the ocean with a single punch. I tend to agree with the idea that the initial power of Devil Fruits varies depending on the strength of the user. What do you think?