One Kick Each (8) / King of Knights vs. Whitebeard (9)

Instead of responding with a slash, he simply wanted to launch the opponent into the air, just like before.

Even with his abilities, he still couldn't do it!

"Whoosh--"

At that moment, a loud whooshing sound suddenly came from behind Vista.

A blue flame burned fiercely, leaving a trail of rainbow across the sky.

A blue flame burned fiercely, leaving a trail of rainbow across the sky.

Marco, whose body was mostly transformed into Phoenix except for his head, flew over at lightning speed.

The right foot, transformed into a claw, delivered a sweeping kick that landed on the slowly advancing golden sword.

'Click--!'

The golden sword, crackling with blue and white electricity, instantly produced a shattering sound like a mirror breaking on the ground, transforming into a smooth golden hue mixed with blue and white, and dissipating into the air.

"Are you alright, Vista?!"

Marco hovered in the air, looking down at Vista below, and said with slight concern.

"Don't worry, I'm fine," Vista said with a smile, instinctively raising his hand to pinch his curly beard.

He then discovered that his hands were trembling, without even realizing it.

'Clang!'

The sound of metal striking the ground echoed throughout the area.

The two rapiers involuntarily slipped from Vista's hands.

"..."

Vista paused slightly, then chuckled, "Looks like something's happened."

To withstand the pressure of a golden sword crackling with lightning, and not even through a slashing motion, requires either an exceptionally strong physique or the ability to insulate against lightning.

Otherwise, even powerful swordsmen like Silvers Rayleigh and Vista would have no chance of escaping unscathed.

The lightning coiled around the golden sword pressure was not just for decoration.

The reason I didn't react earlier was because my nerves were too slow to process information, and Vista possessed considerable strength and Armament Haki.

Now, after the calm, comes a state of intense numbness.

"Water Shot!"

"Fire Fist--!"

Two loud shouts suddenly came from behind Vista.

Immediately afterwards, a water sphere, accompanied by a piercing whooshing sound, and a compressed pillar of fire grazed past him on either side a short distance away, flying precisely toward Arthur.

"Vista, Marco, let's go together!"

Jinbe and Ace walked over, bent down to help Vista pick up the two rapiers from the ground, and said seriously.

"Ah... I really miss it!" Vista shook his hands, trembling Jinbe and Ace.

Years ago, he often fought alongside Marco, Teach, Jozu, and Thatch against Gol D. Roger.

And now, I will join forces with my family to fight against the 'King of Knights'.

Unfortunately, times have changed.

Teach betrayed us, and Jozu and Thatch are both dead.

"Ahhh... you despicable and shameless bastards, how dare you gang up on Senior King of Knights!"

At this moment, Bartolomeo, who fainted from excessive happiness and was left on the back of "Don Starion" by Arthur, became the only person besides Arthur, Nami, and the other two women to be able to "lie" on "Don Starion".

Having just woken from his coma, Bartolomeo witnessed Jinbe and Ace teaming up to attack his idol.

He angrily got off "East Starion" and roared at them.

He was so angry that even his distinctive laughter and the last notes of his voice were gone.

Chapter 265 One Kick, One Kill (Part 8)

Bartolomeo's angry voice represented the voices of countless people who disapproved of Whitebeard Pirates's behavior.

"King of Knights, please let me help you." After uttering his angry words, Bartolomeo strode towards Arthur.

They ran and shouted as they went.

"Stand there."

"Yes--"

Arthur, with his back to Bartolomeo, said something indifferently.

These words were like a royal decree, causing Bartolomeo to stand at attention and shout loudly.

'Sizzle sizzle...'

After Bartolomeo was silenced, wisps of electricity crackled around Arthur, and even the Excalibur in his hand seemed to gain a dazzling flash of Thunder.

It looked as if the 'King of Knights' was about to unleash another lightning strike, just like before.

'Call out--'

Unfortunately, Arthur already knew everything about Marco, Ace, Jinbe, and Vista's strength.

He had absolutely no interest in these people.

Before his 100-game winning streak, perhaps he would have been interested in playing along with them.

But now, he wants to demonstrate overwhelming power and let the world fully understand his strength.

The battles against Kaido are all characterized by a barrage of powerful attacks.

Without using powerful techniques, it would be impossible to break through the Strongest Creature's defenses.

Therefore, the world only knows that the 'King of Knights' killed Four Emperors and is the new [Strongest in Single Combat].

But many people don't know what the Four Emperors really are.

Those famous sea monsters of the New World...

Now, Arthur has made them clearly aware of the magnitude of this gap.

Suddenly, the arcs of electricity swirling around Arthur became violent.

Just as a cloudy day gives a heavy feeling, a kind of oppressive aura, different from Conqueror's Haki, spread out.

Marco, Ace, Jinbe, and Vista all had a slight change in expression.

In the next instant, Excalibur in Arthur's hand vanished in a flash of lightning, turning into golden light.

His figure vanished from the spot in an instant, like a bolt of Inazuma.

'Boom--!'

Inazuma travels at a speed of one-thousandth of a second, and the teleportation ability of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit surpasses even the Glint-Glint Fruit's ability to move by deflection.

The instant Arthur disappeared, his figure appeared above Marco's head.

The steel boots, gleaming with blue and white lightning, struck Marco with overwhelming force, like a bolt of lightning.

A dazzling blue and white firework exploded high in the sky.

Accompanied by bluish-blue flames, it fell like a meteorite, crashing heavily onto the ground.

The compressed Inazuma Kick contains Mana Burst (A) and Armament Haki (A+), and in addition to its incredibly strong explosive power, it also has amazing electrical heat.

Although Marco instinctively tried to block the kick before it hit him, it was as if he had been punched head-on by Giants.

Intense pain coursed through his entire body, and instantly, large patches of 'Resurrection Blue Flames' ignited within him, rapidly healing his injuries.

"Five Thousand Brick Fist-- "

The enormous Whale Shark Fish-Man, surprisingly, moved with a speed beyond his physique, transforming into a blur as he rushed behind Arthur, assuming Fish-Man Karate stance.

With a clenched fist, and with the power to cleave five thousand tiles, he slammed it toward Arthur's head.

With Arthur's physique, which has never been trained and has only gradually become stronger thanks to the enhancements given by the system, if he were hit by this punch, he would be in serious trouble without using Mana Burst (A) and Armament Haki (A+) for defense.

It will inevitably end up like a smashed watermelon, with red and white splattered everywhere.

The idea was good, but reality is often disheartening.

After indirectly acquiring the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and raising his Observation Haki to (A++), Arthur, aside from suffering a loss due to carelessness in his fight against 'Big Mom' Charlotte Linlin, has never been injured, even when facing Kaido, the Strongest Creature.

It had become almost an instinct to Future Sight; the moment Jinbe set off, his future actions had already appeared in Arthur's mind as a Projection.

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'Call out--'

Arthur, suspended in mid-air, remained with his back to Jinbe, seemingly unaware of Jinbe's attack.

Just when Jinbe thought his attack might work, he found his fist had missed its mark.

Strands of electric arcs scattered around his fist.

'Sizzle sizzle...'

Jinbe, watch your back!

Just then, the sound of electricity colliding came from behind, and at the same time, Ace's brother's warning rang out from below.

'Bang!!'

Reaction time is one thing, but whether the body can keep up with the rhythm is another.

Clearly, even if Jinbe knew Arthur was behind him, it was to no avail.

All he could do was keep a calm expression on his face, his lips pursed, his back now a pure black color, gleaming with a metallic sheen.

A steel boot, crackling with blue and white lightning, landed on Jinbe as if stepping on the ground.

'Whoosh-- Boom!'

In an instant, Jinbe fell like a shooting star.

It smashed the ground, creating a huge crater and kicking up a cloud of dust.

This scene left everyone speechless.

Arthur kicked Marco and Jinbe away in quick succession, all within ten seconds.

The scene was so exaggerated that it gave no one a chance to react.

When they came to their senses, they were astonished to discover...

Marco, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates Division, and Phoenix Jinbe, one of the Shichibukai of the Knight of the Sea, are actually just ordinary guys.

This is simply unbelievable!

People naturally wouldn't think that 'Phoenix' Marco and 'Knight of the Sea' Jinbe were Jinbe weak.

On the contrary, both of them are very famous in the ocean.

One is a Yonko's second-in-command, Whitebeard Pirates's rightful second-in-command.

The other is the captain of the Sun Sea F, a former Shichibukai, one of the three major powers of the Grand Line.

It's not that they're too weak, but rather that the 'King of Knights' is far too powerful.

Chapter 266 King of Knights vs. Whitebeard (Part 9)

"Damn it! Fire Pistol-- "

"Sacred Fire Shiranui!"