Advanced Armament Haki

"Did you see through me?" Victor smiled calmly. In fact, he had never intended to hide his strength.

Ever since he crossed over, he had been high-profile.

From childhood onward, he had always been a genius in the eyes of outsiders.

Whether it was his talent or the diligence he put into training, he had always been number one among his peers.

Therefore, it was only natural that he was strong.

"Hahahaha."

Redfield suddenly burst into laughter. Then he raised the umbrella sword in his hand, pointed it at Victor, and said mockingly, "If I kill a genius like you, the higher-ups in the Navy will surely be heartbroken!"

"Kill me? Do you have what it takes?"

Victor smiled and shook his head as he spoke, his attitude clearly mocking and ridiculing Redfield.

"Boy, prepare yourself to die."

Anger appeared in Redfield's eyes. Then he swung the umbrella sword in his hand and thrust forward.

A blood-red sword flash stabbed toward Victor.

Victor tilted his head and dodged the attack.

Redfield stepped on Soru and vanished from Victor's sight in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared before Victor like a ghost.

However, Victor had already seen Redfield's movements. His heavy fist suddenly slammed out, striking toward Redfield's cheek.

Redfield took the punch to the cheek.

However, he had deliberately allowed himself to be hit.

Although the punch was heavy, Redfield used the backward lean caused by the impact to deliver a vicious side kick at Victor.

Victor took the kick to the abdomen and slid backward.

The kick was brutally powerful. Armament Haki coiled around the sharp toe of Redfield's shoe, allowing it to easily kick a hole through a warship.

One step, two steps, three steps.

Victor brought his right foot down heavily and steadied himself.

When experts of their level fought, relying solely on Observation Haki would result in a lengthy battle of attrition.

Therefore, if they wanted to decide the outcome quickly, they could not compete through Observation Haki.

They had to compete through their respective physical constitutions.

Simply put, the stronger and more durable one's body was, the more punishment one could endure and the longer one would survive.

Redfield was forty-four years old and still in his prime. He was not afraid of a physical confrontation.

Moreover, ever since he had gone out to sea, he had experienced countless fierce battles, including more than a dozen fights in which he had come close to death.

Victor, on the other hand—

In Redfield's eyes, Victor was merely a young man. No matter how strong he was, he had never undergone the trials of life and death.

Whether in physical toughness or personal willpower, he could not compare with Redfield.

"Again!"

Redfield charged forward once more.

The blood-red cape on his body fluttered as he darted through the air like a vampire.

Victor snorted coldly and clenched both fists, charging them with power in a short time.

"Six Powers Secret Art: Rokuogan!"

This was originally the strongest physical technique of the Six Powers, one only Rob Lucci could use. It was the ultimate secret art that could be comprehended only by someone who had mastered the Six Powers and cultivated them to the extreme.

However, Victor's talent could only be described as monstrous.

He could use every physical technique he had seen in his previous life.

At that moment, he pressed both clenched fists together and unleashed an attack resembling a shock wave. The shock wave struck Redfield.

Redfield was hit, and blood sprayed from his mouth.

However, Redfield's attack arrived at the same time. He swung the umbrella sword in his hand and slashed forward.

The blood-red slash struck Victor.

Blood burst from Victor's body.

Yet the two of them acted as though nothing had happened.

They both appeared to have suffered serious injuries, but neither paid them any mind.

Victor and Redfield each adjusted their stance, then vanished again.

Both of their speeds were ghostlike.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

From the moment they vanished together to the moment they reappeared together, it seemed to take only a single breath.

Victor viciously kicked out, and Redfield kicked out as well.

With that heavy kick, both of them unleashed the full strength of their bodies.

Armament Haki crackled. The collision generated shock waves that spread outward.

Madness appeared in both Victor and Redfield's eyes.

"You're strong," Redfield said to Victor.

"You're not weak either," Victor replied.

Redfield's face twisted into a savage grin. "If you had a few more years, perhaps even Roger and Whitebeard wouldn't be your match."

"I've never considered them my targets," Victor said.

A trace of surprise and curiosity flashed through Redfield's eyes, but it quickly vanished.

Because the next instant, Victor threw a heavy punch at Redfield.

Redfield raised the umbrella sword in his hand, and Armament Haki wrapped around it.

The collision between the two forces once again produced a tremendous explosive boom.

The shock waves generated raging gusts that completely destroyed the surrounding forest.

The trunks of the trees knocked down or even snapped in half by the shock waves were torn apart into a sky full of splinters under the ravaging force of the overflowing Armament Haki.

The clothes on Redfield's body had also been shredded into strips.

By then, the two had already appeared within the Marines' line of sight.

The surrounding forest had vanished completely, leaving only traces of devastation and destruction across the ground.

The sight left Eric and the others dumbfounded.

"This guy's Armament Haki is strange!"

Redfield widened his eyes and quickly separated from Victor.

Just now, he had discovered something abnormal about Victor's Armament Haki.

Victor's Armament Haki could actually break through his defenses!

In Redfield's understanding, Armament Haki had three forms: hardening, emission, and infusion.

Hardening and infusion could both enhance attack and defensive power.

Emission involved gathering Armament Haki in one's hands or weapon and then releasing it, directly transforming it into tangible offensive or defensive power. It could unleash powerful blasts to send enemies flying, form a protective barrier, and even defend against intangible attacks.

However, the Armament Haki Victor had just released was actually like a drill, boring into Redfield's body.

Although Redfield's defenses had prevented it from causing serious injury, it had already put him on alert.

"Did you notice?" Victor smiled faintly.

Ryuo was used similarly to the hidden force in martial arts novels. It was a unique method of use from Wano Country.

After Wano Country closed its borders, the method of using Ryuo was not transmitted overseas.

It was only after Oden Kozuki and the others went out to sea that they passed the method of using Ryuo on to Whitebeard and the Roger Pirates.

"It seems that killing you will require me to pay a considerable price."

Redfield's gaze turned gloomy. He knew that he had underestimated Victor.

Victor was very strong.

Although Victor was young, he had mastered a more profound method of using Haki.

To kill Victor, Redfield could only risk his life!

And risking one's life came at a price.

That price might be an arm, a leg, or an even more serious disability.