Pluton's Flying Slash!

Above the golden sky, the blazing sun unleashed its most scorching light and heat upon the chaotic sea.

Everyone initially thought it was just a rare good day, but as time passed amidst the fighting, the sea temperature rose higher and higher, making it so hot that you could sweat profusely just by standing on the deck.

But neither the navy nor the pirates paid any attention to the changing weather. The flashes of swords, the aura of swords, and the spray of cannonballs sent up column after column of warm water. Some of the water evaporated in the air, and the rest turned into a torrential downpour.

Rayleigh's ordinary steel knife spun like silver leaves, its black blade gleaming with sword light as it directly confronted the dense, endless sea serpent-like tree branches.

[Clang clang clang--]

Numerous sparks flashed continuously, accompanied by sharp metallic clangs. Rayleigh, like a streak of gold and silver, tore through the redwood grove's offensive with overwhelming force, rapidly closing in on Vidal.

"These trees"

From an outsider's perspective, this 'Pluton' appears incredibly powerful, but I am more surprised by the resilience of these mangroves.

Those sparks and sounds actually proved a lot. These mangroves are as hard as steel. If an ordinary swordsman had rushed in like him, he would have had a hard time getting out.

For Rayleigh, steel and blank paper were not much different; both could be shredded with a single blow. But can we say that steel and blank paper are the same thing?

"Um?"

His presence has vanished!

After slashing through the entire mangrove forest with his single sword, Rayleigh discovered that Vidal was gone. Suddenly, a dark shadow loomed over him from behind, followed by a series of sharp, whistling sounds like a sudden downpour.

Rayleigh's combat experience was immense. With his back to the attack, he moved at high speed within a small area, dodging one sharp green stab after another. In the process, he quickly turned around and saw Vidal, whose two fingers formed afterimages.

"Shigan? You used it quite well."

Rayleigh offered a gentle compliment, then stopped passively dodging, flicked his longsword, and charged forward.

With a flick of his blade, the bright light of the blade gathered and dispersed, moving east and west like a silver wave, dazzling the eyes and scattering all the green light.

[Swish--]

In an instant, all the silver light vanished, and a jet-black blade appeared, flying with incredible speed and piercing Vidal's throat in the blink of an eye.

This is often the outcome of engaging in close combat with a Great Swordsman.

One wrong move and you could be pierced by a sword.

But how could Vidal not know this principle?

The instant Rayleigh's knife pierced its throat, large, tender green mushrooms sprouted from its body and then exploded!

[Bang bang--]

Large swathes of unsettling green sap burst open, splashing towards Rayleigh's head. This caused his expression to change slightly, and with a boom, an invisible, thick wall of energy erupted from his body, pushing all the sap away and scattering it into the sea.

Armament Haki Emission!

[Swish--]

In that brief exchange, the mangroves had already recovered, once again unleashing sharp roots that tore through the air with a deafening roar, forming a crossbow-like array that pressed down like dark clouds.

Where the sun shines brightly, the Konoha thrive!

The deep sound echoed from all directions within the mangrove forest.

At the same time, Vidal emerged expressionlessly from a mangrove tree, stood atop the treetop, and coldly looked at Rayleigh.

Rayleigh's strength is undoubtedly extremely high, and in his current state, the chances of him winning in a one-on-one fight are extremely slim.

To be honest, the pressure Rayleigh exerted on him wasn't as great or as overwhelming as it had been with Redfield before.

But for him, Rayleigh was the perfect opponent.

They are strong enough to put enough pressure on me, but as long as I handle it carefully, nothing bad will happen for the time being.

"In that case, let me unleash my full fighting spirit upon you!"

[Smack!]

Vidal stared expressionlessly at Rayleigh, who once again charged forward at high speed through the trees as if he were in an empty field, and slammed his palms together heavily.

"Apis Divine Bull!"

[Moo--]

A large number of mangroves have grown back, and their dense roots have come together to form a huge Ryokugyu that is more than six meters tall.

[Sighing]

At the same time, Rayleigh finally got serious, and he first sheathed his sword.

The next moment, accompanied by a melodious sound of being drawn from its sheath, a dazzling silver light burst forth under the golden sun, like the aurora borealis splitting the sky, causing all the eyes that were subconsciously drawn to it to narrow involuntarily.

"Here it comes, 'Pluton' Rayleigh's Flying Slash!"

It was a massive blade of light, over ten meters high and as wide as a warship carrying a thousand men, leaving a long, unhealed gash on the sea surface.

The sky filled with silver light sent alarm bells blaring in Vidal's heart.

At the same time!

The 'Apis Divine Bull', which had appeared less than a second earlier, raised its head and mooed, with strands of golden light condensing into a dazzling ball of light in front of its mouth.

But it didn't rush to unleash it; instead, it continued to gather more light, trying to make the ball of light as large as possible, even as the towering blade of light shattered all the mangroves and continued to approach.

"Solar Beam!"

[Boom!!]

Finally, the dazzling ball of light burst forth, forming a long pillar of light.

Suddenly, a fierce wind surged forth, and the air, already incredibly dry under the blazing sun, was instantly distorted by the beam of light.

The difference between Vidal's 'sunlight' and Borsalino's 'flash' is that the former lacks the latter's Inazuma rate of fire and penetrating effect, but it has a higher temperature and a larger bombardment area, aiming for a one-shot kill.

The 'Solar Beam', empowered to the maximum extent by the blazing sun, slammed heavily into the 'Pluton Slash'.

[Boom!]

The scorching golden light and the sharp silver light collided head-on on the sea surface, then quickly became entangled, pushing and shoving each other, until the space at the center could no longer withstand such immense pressure and suddenly collapsed.

[Bang!!]

Explosion, explosion, a colossal explosion engulfed everything around it, like an invisible, thousand-meter-tall giant slamming a heavy punch into the sea. The entire sea surface first caved in, then shook as if a volcano had erupted.

The commotion here momentarily overshadowed the battlefield between Garp and Roger in the center, causing the two big shots, who were locked in a fierce battle, to instinctively turn their heads.

"He actually managed to fight Rayleigh to this extent?" Roger thought in surprise.

Garp burst into laughter, "That kid's not bad!"

However, the people on those two warships had no interest in watching the spectacle. Faced with the towering tsunami, both the navy and the pirates paled and had no choice but to stop fighting.

"That guy's gone too far."

Sakazuki, who was fighting two opponents at once, ignored CB Golan and Mire Paien in front of him. His right arm, which had already turned into lava, gushed out more rolling magma until it expanded to a width of four meters. Then, under the desperate gazes of countless marines on the deck, it erupted towards the surging, terrifying tsunami.

"Great Eruption!!"

Sakazuki is Sakazuki. Although the power of this Great Eruption far exceeded that of ordinary ones, he did not give it a more prestigious name.

Even the Great Eruption is still Great Eruption.

"Hateful!"

"Deal with the tsunami first!"

CB Golan, clad in armor inspired by the Flower Country, and Mirei Paien, dressed as a Norse pirate, gritted their teeth and abandoned their plan to continue attacking Sakazuki. Instead, they turned around and swung their greatswords and flail.

They could tell that the tsunami was no ordinary tsunami; it was accompanied by terrifying shockwaves!

Thank you Ouyang Yide for the 100-yuan reward! Thank you, thank you!!

Well, the Sun's Holy Wheel has been officially renamed Solar Beam. Solar Beam seems to be a more intuitive name.