Abilities Sealed by Each Other!

"Are you out yet?"

Vidal quickly withdrew his hand and calmly looked at the small penguin leader.

To be honest, it's impossible for him to be completely unafraid of the Zangjing.

As the third-in-command of the Flying Pirates, and with the intelligence provided by Kuro and his Vice Admiral, the opponent seems even more troublesome than Gaban of the Roger Pirates.

He possesses formidable skills in Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Judo, along with a strange electrical current and the power of the Slow-Slow Fruit.

The electric current surprised him somewhat; wasn't this Zangjing supposed to be from a Fish-Man Race?

"Eh, it seems there's an extra navy member, but whatever."

Across from him, Zangjing glanced at the overly young Vidal, mainly because his towering three-meter frame made him uncomfortable. If he weren't in a hurry to get back, he would have liked to go through the trouble of breaking those long legs before leaving.

What's the point of being so tall?

"Master Zangjing, we can't get out of here," said Helandou, standing in the dark doorway and pointing to the purple light outside.

The Blood Dragonfly and the others behind him nodded repeatedly. They had already experienced the power of the Slow-Slow Beam; inside it was a living hell, where their bodies were practically useless except for their thoughts.

"Hmph, I have my own way!"

With his hands behind his back, Zangjing arrogantly raised his sharply defined face.

He looked at the rain curtain above. Due to the presence of the purple light shield, the rain could only 'stick' to the air and fall slowly. Judging from this speed, it would take at least one or two hours for it to reach the ground.

"Space-Time Tunnel!"

Suddenly, he let out a soft shout, raised his hands and opened them to the sides. The purple light in front of him quickly disappeared and spread outwards, forming an inner space within a light shield that was about three meters high, two meters wide, and twenty meters long.

Let's go.

Zangjing naturally withdrew his hands, ignoring Vidal, Kuro, and Light outside, and walked step by step towards the port. Helandou and the others followed closely behind, and discovered that the purple light around them moved with their movements.

Or rather, the purple light behind them was disappearing, while the purple light in front of them was pushing forward horizontally, but overall it maintained the same shape as before. This was the Zangjing continuously releasing and manipulating the Slow-Slow Beam!

"This... this..."

The nearby navy personnel, including Vice Admiral Kuro, were stunned by what they saw.

Even Vidal couldn't help but marvel inwardly, "Wow, that's amazing! Is there really such a thing?"

If it can't handle this purple light, it can be considered an absolute defense in a certain sense.

Under such a slowing light shield, most people could only watch helplessly as the people carrying the Zangjing left, with absolutely no way to stop them!

Unfortunately, he just happens to be one of those extraordinary individuals. However, this means that Vice Admiral Kuro and Vice Admiral Light can't be of much help, even though he had previously considered joining forces with them.

"Ugh, I can't take it anymore, the more I look at it, the more I crave this ability."

Vidal shook his head and sighed inwardly.

At the same time, he casually stepped into the light barrier with his long legs, which even made the Zangjing envious, seemingly preparing to stop them.

This not only made Vice Admiral Kuro and Light Vice Admiral Wright stare wide-eyed, but also made Zangjing, Helandou, and others look at him with mocking expressions.

Looks like a young man who's never experienced the power of Slow-Slow Beam!

The next moment, to everyone's astonishment, Vidal stepped into the light barrier, looked down at the Zangjing, and spoke with a smirk.

"Well, the others might be able to leave, but you old bird can't. Of course, it would be best if you all stayed."

"How is this possible!"

Am I hallucinating?

"What's going on? Why is he doing this?"

Blood Dragonfly and the others seemed to have seen a ghost, their mouths agape. Even the Helandou looked astonished, though he had seen Gentlemen do such things before, so he was only somewhat surprised.

"Haki Emission!"

Zangjing looked at the colorless space ten centimeters away from the purple light surrounding Vidal's body, his face instantly darkening, and his eyes filled with apprehension.

The Emission of Armament Haki not only represents a high level of skill, but is also a technique.

Although this technique is quite taxing, theoretically it would be better to use Hardening skin to block out light.

But this hasn't even started yet; we're still in a stalemate. It would be pointless to get yourself all black.

He still needs to maintain a proper demeanor; after all, he's someone important now!

"Who are you?" Zangjing asked, frowning.

His Haki Emission was something even those two Vice Admiral hadn't reached.

"Sir, I think I recognize him. He's the naval rookie who's been frequently featured in the World Economy News Paper lately."

At this moment, Helandou leaned over and muttered in a low voice. He knew that this Second Governor did not usually read newspapers. His favorite thing to do was to wander around Fish-Man Island or sit on the floating Sky Island with his super long fishing rod to fish for Sea Kings. Therefore, he was not very aware of recent events.

"This kid must be the 'Ryokugyu' Rear Admiral Forrest Vidal, who defeated Bondi Byrnndi World and then personally killed 'Red the Aloof,' a Logia Woods-Woods Fruit user."

The third Governor of the Flying Pirates solemnly recited the contents of the newspaper.

However, his words reveal the vast difference in the standing of Bondi Byrnndi World and Redfield.

The former, Helandou, is addressed by his full name, without mentioning the so-called 'World Destroyer' title, but the latter, even after death, is only addressed by his nickname.

"Defeated Bundy Byrnndi World? Does that mean you can defeat him too?"

The Zangjing were greatly alarmed.

But this also left Helandou with an embarrassed black line on his forehead, muttering to himself, "You old rascal, why did you have to bring that up!"

After Bondi Byrnndi World personally refused Shiki Shiki's invitation through the Den Den Mushi, he was ordered to lead eight ships to deal with the other party.

Later, relying on the Wheel-Wheel Fruit's ability to amplify the warship's speed, they did indeed manage to surround the World Pirates for a time.

However, in a one-on-one duel, he was slightly defeated by Byrnndi World's Hundredfold Speed and was forced to break through.

This incident became a laughing stock among Zangjing and Gentlemen. As for the lower-level officials, would they dare to laugh?

"But what about the part about him killing 'Red the Aloof'?"

"Oh, it's nothing serious, that's what the newspaper said."

While the Zangjing and the Helandou were whispering amongst themselves, Vidal didn't urge them or rush to make a move, because he was also conducting experiments and probing.

If someone observes the ground inside the purple light shield closely, they might be able to vaguely see some green shoots.

"This is troublesome. Although the Slow-Slow Fruit's ability can't affect my Armament Haki, it completely suppresses the plant's growth rate."

His ability to nurture plants with his Woods-Woods Fruit is not entirely out of thin air; rather, he first uses energy to create seeds, and then allows them to grow at a speed tens or even hundreds of times faster.

But now, when they come into contact with this Slow-Slow Beam, they can't even grow normally, let alone grow at an accelerated rate.

Vidal had just tried a method: using the technique of Haki Emission, he could cast a layer of Haki onto the seeds underground from a distance to see if it could counteract the slowing effect.

In the end, it was discovered that this also didn't work, because the isolating ability of Armament Haki is not one-way.

In other words, since the seed was enveloped in Haki, his Woods-Woods Fruit ability could not have any further influence on it from a distance, and the result was self-evident: it still wouldn't grow.

This is normal, after all, reality is not a game, and there is no situation where Haki only works on the opponent and has no effect on oneself.

That's Haki!

"So, in this purple light, his Slow-Slow Fruit ability is ineffective against me, and most of my Woods-Woods Fruit ability is sealed?"

This refers to the inability to control the seeds enveloped in Haki remotely. If the plant can grow successfully, Vidal could also, like Doflamingo, Katakuri, and Smoker in the future, cover his surface with a layer of Haki to Hardening his attacks and defenses, which has been mentioned before.

However, this only covers the front end. If they want to release, eject, and shoot out, they must ensure that the rear end is not covered by Haki. In other words, they still control the rear end to provide power, or directly use the power of their main body.

Therefore, Armament Haki is a two-way thing, and the user must be careful when using it.

But Vidal will later come up with a way to solve the problem of plants not being able to grow properly; I wonder if the readers here can guess it?