Life Return · Eight Inner Gates Formation · Front Lotus

At this moment, Redfield's eyes turned sharp and fierce. Veins and blood vessels bulged on the hand gripping his umbrella sword, and the ground beneath his feet cracked densely as he exerted his strength.

He was no longer just serious; he was prepared to fight for his life.

Redfield knew Victor was strong.

Against a powerful opponent, there was no room for luck, only fighting with all his might!

"Very well, I am a qualified stepping stone," Victor said calmly, then struck a pose.

Redfield had never seen this pose before.

However, just because he hadn't seen it didn't mean Wright and the others didn't recognize it.

"It's Life Return: Eight Inner Gates Formation: Gate of Opening!"

Wright, Connor, and the others' eyes were filled with excitement.

Victor had written about it in Rokushiki Derivative Techniques.

Life Return: Eight Inner Gates Formation: Gate of Opening, by removing the brain's limitations, aims to unleash 100% of the body's potential.

Of course, the price was the body's energy being overloaded to enhance strength and speed.

However, they hadn't mastered it yet.

Because removing the brain's limitations was too insane for them!

Eric muttered, "Captain Victor wants to finish this quickly!"

As expected.

Under everyone's excited gazes, Victor instantly vanished from his spot.

So fast!

If Victor's speed just now was like a phantom, then Victor's current speed was unbelievably fast.

Wasn't that Victor's full power just now?

Is this his full power now?

While Redfield was internally shocked.

Victor raised his leg and kicked heavily at Redfield.

Redfield raised his umbrella sword, attempting to block Victor's attack.

However, Redfield was sent flying.

Swishhh.

Redfield's feet slid across the ground for a distance before he barely managed to stop.

He has this much power without even charging up?

Redfield was greatly shocked internally.

But before Redfield could even steady himself, Victor attacked from behind.

BOOM!!!

Accompanied by a sonic boom, Victor began to launch a barrage of heavy punches at Redfield.

This punch was also 100% power!

That kick just now was also 100% power!

After this punch hit Redfield's cheek, Redfield was in agony.

The punch had directly caved in his nose, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

But before Redfield could react, Victor's other leg had already kicked out, slamming into Redfield's abdomen and sending him flying backward again.

The attack wasn't over.

Victor was already catching up!

BOOM!!!

Another heavy kick.

Pfft~~~

Redfield spat out a mouthful of blood.

At this moment, he felt as if his internal organs had been shattered by the kick.

Redfield hadn't eaten a Devil Fruit yet, so he didn't have a vampire's abilities or the recovery power of an ancient mythical zoan.

"How is this possible..." Redfield looked at Victor in disbelief.

He had expected a brutal life-and-death struggle.

He never imagined he would be completely suppressed in terms of speed and strength!

Victor offered no explanation. His current state placed an extremely high load on his body, so the sooner the fight ended, the better.

He was about to end the battle with this next strike.

Victor vanished from his spot once more. His terrifying speed brought him before Redfield in an instant.

At this moment, Victor moved at high speed in front of Redfield, leaving afterimages in his wake.

Before Redfield could react, Victor suddenly attacked.

Victor's kick struck Redfield's chin.

This blow sent Redfield flying thousands of meters into the sky.

At this moment, Victor also disappeared.

With terrifying speed, he treaded on Geppo, charging towards the sky.

"Heavens, he actually caught up!"

"Victor senpai is too fast!"

Wright, Connor, and the others exclaimed in surprise.

At this moment, Victor appeared behind Redfield and then embraced him.

Then, he spun at high speed in the air, crashing towards the ground.

Redfield's head hit the ground!

With a deafening roar, the entire island shook as if a great earthquake had occurred. Cracks appeared all over the island!

This impact caused Redfield to suffer immense damage.

It was thanks to Redfield's strong physique and resilience that he survived; for anyone else, this move would have been fatal.

"It's Life Return, Eight Inner Gates Formation, Front Lotus!"

Wright, Connor, and the others held their breath. This was the first time they had witnessed this technique.

Victor looked at Redfield lying on the ground and then deactivated the 'Gate of Opening' state.

Upon deactivating the Gate of Opening, Victor felt a wave of fatigue.

It was like running a 1500-meter race in his past life.

Although he was tired, it was acceptable.

At this moment, Wright, Connor, and the others ran over.

The Marines raised their swords and guns, pointing them at Redfield on the ground.

"Don't worry, he's lost consciousness," Victor told Wright and the others.

"Count Red has been defeated by Captain Victor!"

"Long live Captain Victor!"

"Long live Captain Victor!"

"Long live Captain Victor!"

The Marines snapped out of their shock and began to cheer loudly.

Although many comrades had been killed just now, capturing Count Red alive was enough for them!

Victor said to Eric, "Send a report to Headquarters."

"Yes!" Eric immediately went to send the fax.

Marineford, Marine Headquarters.

Sengoku was formulating a new battle plan.

At this moment, a Navy Commodore excitedly ran in.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"

The Commodore, holding a fax, excitedly said to Sengoku, "Captain Victor has captured Count Red alive."

"What did you say?" Sengoku was stunned upon hearing this. After more than ten seconds, he finally asked, "What did you just say?"

The Commodore repeated, "Captain Victor has captured Count Red alive."

Sengoku was dumbfounded.

Victor had actually captured Count Red!

At the same time.

Within Marine Headquarters, including Vice Admiral Tsuru and Vice Admiral Wood, everyone learned the news that Victor had captured Count Red.

Kong, as Fleet Admiral, naturally also knew about this.

His reaction was the same as Sengoku's; he was shocked.

Come to think of it, Kong had wanted to capture Count Red when he was an Admiral.

But he had failed!

Knock knock knock.

At this moment, the office door was knocked.

"Come in," Kong shouted towards the doorway.

Sengoku pulled the door open and walked in.

Kong asked seriously, "Are you here to talk about Victor's promotion?"

Victor capturing Jonathan alive was already a significant achievement.

Now, Victor had captured Count Red alive as well.

If Victor wasn't promoted now, it definitely wouldn't be justifiable.