Weevil saw the shining wave of impact engulfing him. With a roar, he gathered Haki around his fist once more, then struck down with a spiraling shockwave through the air. The overwhelmingly powerful blow sent rings of transparent ripples shaking outward.
Seeing Weevil's punch, many of those around him finally realized that this bastard had been putting on an act from the start. He had pretended to be too weak to withstand their group assault, then seized moments when they let their guard down to land vicious blows and injure them.
"Hmph! What a despicable bastard!" Ronglin watched coldly as Weevil finally revealed his true strength. "You actually thought you could use this method to make us lower our guard and defeat us one by one."
The others felt the same, but Weevil had already successfully injured four people. Even Shiryu had been wounded due to a moment of carelessness, showing just how convincing Weevil's disguise had been.
A series of explosions rang out in the air. Shiryu flipped forward, and the Great Fast Blade in his hand swept up, sending out a flying slash wrapped in a curved, bending blade aura.
"Star Soul Slash!"
"Hm?" Ronglin was immediately curious. When had Shiryu's moves become so embarrassingly edgy? They all had "Star" in their names now. Was it because he had joined the Star Alliance and been influenced by it?
A powerful wave of force rippled outward. Weevil finally shattered Shiryu's Stardust Slash, blasting all those shining blade fragments apart.
But before Weevil's feet could touch the ground, before his triumphant smile could even appear, a massive, twisting slash sealed off the air before him.
Weevil was greatly alarmed. He flipped back in a hurried retreat, trying to evade the attack.
But the slash was incomparably strange. It traced an