Driven into a Desperate Corner!
Redfield landed softly, his toes touching the bare wooden plank without making a sound, a stark contrast to the powerful blow he had just delivered.
In the distance, at the edge of the Nine Pillar Domain, Vidal, his mouth full of blood, staggered to his feet, clutching his right arm in agony; his fist and knuckles were shattered!
Although his Photosynthetic Energy recovered quickly, the intense pain he experienced during that time was unavoidable. However, compared to the pain in his hands, the shock he felt was far greater; he hadn't expected the gap between them to be so vast.
In particular, his Armament Haki is far inferior. Although Redfield's Armament Haki is not nearly as strong as his Observation Haki, it depends on who he is compared to.
In terms of Haki level, he and Vidal both seem to be at the level of Emission, but the latter has only broken through for a year, while the former has been immersed in the Emission of Armament Haki for more than 20 years!
Even though Vidal's monstrous talent meant that one year of his life was equivalent to several years for an average person on Earth, he was still vulnerable compared to the Red Count.
"Interesting recovery ability"
Redfield chuckled as he saw Vidal's right hand, now fully healed.
However, he was also surprised, because according to his thinking, that attack should have been enough to break his entire arm, but the result was only to shatter his Fist Bone. From this point of view, this little guy's Armament Haki and physique are quite outstanding.
Yes, outstanding among her peers!
It's worth mentioning that although Redfield just stood there, the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees didn't stop attacking him; they were constantly surrounding him.
Just like before, nothing—whether it was thick, spear-like branches, fine, needle-like herbs, colorful pollen, or the barrage of Peashooter —could get within three meters of him.
Carrying a purple umbrella and draped in red, he walked step by step toward Vidal, his elegant and arrogant demeanor as if he were strolling leisurely in his own backyard, and countless attacks were unable to touch him in the slightest.
"Moo!!"
Not far away, the Apis Divine Bull, having regained its body, raised its Oxhead and gathered a golden ball of light in its mouth. Without the sun's help, it could only draw energy from its own body to buy Vidal a little more time.
Having acquired basic consciousness, the wooden ox is like a soldier ant desperately protecting its mother, willing to sacrifice itself to bite a fatal blow to an invincible enemy.
[Boom--]
A golden beam of light erupted, illuminating the cloud-shrouded forest for a moment, rushing towards Redfield with dazzling light and scorching heat.
"That trick again." Redfield raised an eyebrow. He was very familiar with this trick now. The warship seemed to have been pushed away by a similar beam of light before, and the second time it was even aimed at him.
"It looks impressive, but its power is nothing special." Facing the approaching pillar of light, this man actually had time to make a judgment before casually swinging his purple umbrella.
This time, he didn't even use his Flying Slash; he simply sliced the beam of light in half with the umbrella in his hand, just like a knife smoothly splitting a long cheese in two, with almost no visible hesitation or interruption.
Two beams of golden light flashed past him from either side, crashing violently into the dense forest and causing a devastating explosion. Instantly, raging fires erupted on both sides, and thick smoke billowed into the dark clouds.
[Boom!]
Just then, Vidal, who was covered in green armor, suddenly rushed in front of Redfield, gritted his teeth and launched a well-prepared attack, pushing out both palms with all his might.
"Go to hell!"
"The Giant Horn!!"
The next moment, a golden divine bull appeared out of thin air from his body. Because the two were too close, it crashed hard into the purple umbrella that Redfield had instantly shielded in front of him almost as soon as it appeared.
This is Vidal's most powerful single-target attack to date. It's not just a blazing beam of light; it combines the force of pushing with both palms and the Emission of Armament Haki Haki.
A terrifying power erupted in an instant; this attack, imbued with hope by Vidal, gave him a glimmer of hope.
Because Redfield was indeed knocked away by the bull, he scraped two long dents in the wooden planks that had long since lost their turf, while Vidal, the attacker, stood still, simply holding his hands outstretched, trying to maintain the power of the Giant Horn.
"Burst!"
[Boom--]
Once Taurus had pushed Redfield a certain distance away, Vidal decisively clenched his fists with both hands, instantly unleashing all the energy within Taurus!
In an instant, at the other end of the Tree World, a half-open golden bowl of light appeared, burning everything within it to ashes, and finally transforming into a huge ball of fire.
[Whoosh!]
Before Vidal could lower his arm, a scarlet, skyward-piercing blade of light sliced through the still-expanding ball of fire, instantly traversing dozens of meters to reach him.
"Wood Ingot Wall!"
The slash came too fast, so Vidal had no choice but to transform his outstretched arms into trees, quickly forming a curved wooden wall in front of him, and then 'painting' the surface with black paint to block the terrifying scarlet blade light.
But the result was no different from before; in just a few breaths, the wooden wall broke, and Vidal behind it was engulfed in a flash of blades.
"Is this all you've got? Nothing special, huh?" Redfield suddenly stopped as he walked out of the burning forest of fire, because he realized that Vidal had disappeared, and that his voice was gone from the entire Tree World.
"There!"
He immediately activated his Observation Haki to its fullest extent, instantly covering an area of tens of kilometers in radius. He immediately discovered Vidal, who was using tree branches in the sea to transmit his main body. The next second, Vidal had already returned to the warship several kilometers away.
Such astonishing speed surprised Redfield for a moment. Covering several kilometers in a few seconds was something even a speed-type powerhouse like him couldn't do.
"Is this another Devil Fruit ability he developed?" It has to be said that this Anubis move by Vidal is the second time that Red Count has been impressed by this technique; the first time was when the Oxhead Battleship flew into the sky.
"This kid's a first-rate runner when it comes to escaping," Redfield chuckled, then transformed into a red streak and gave chase.
Laughter aside, the killing still has to happen.
Moreover, Vidal's move has already been exposed. If he doesn't come up with a new trick next time, he'll just have to wait to die. This is also a problem that Vidal, who is kneeling on the deck, is troubled by, because he has now used all his trump cards.
The Wood Clone was completely countered by the opponent's mind-reading ability, leaving it nowhere to hide. The Giant Horn seemed to have no effect either, and the Nativity of a World of Trees and Apis Divine Bull couldn't even delay it. Anubis probably won't be able to use it a second time, as Redfield will definitely cut off all the branches beforehand.
As for Osiris in his gigantic form when fighting Gecko Moria, facing an opponent Armament Haki was far superior to his own, that only increased his vulnerability to attack. He didn't want to repeat the mistakes of Future Smoker.
"What to do? A few kilometers can only buy us a few minutes. What do we do next?" Vidal finally felt the taste of despair.
Thank you so much, Longxie, for the 300 reward!! Thank you, thank you, and I'm so glad you could join the group!!