Victor said expressionlessly, "I'm curious too. Just how strong is Beast Kari?"
"You'll regret offending me, brat!"
Kari was seven meters tall, towering far over Victor.
"Let's find out." Victor beckoned to Kari with a finger.
At that moment, Kari rose to his feet, raised his hand, and punched toward Victor.
Victor did not dodge. Instead, he raised one hand and blocked Kari's fist with his palm.
The black-market executives inside and outside the room were all shocked. They knew how terrifying Kari's strength was. Even Sea Kings could be torn apart by his bare hands!
"You!" Kari was surprised as well. Although he had expected Victor to be strong, he had not expected Victor to block his punch so effortlessly.
"Surprised?" Victor said calmly.
"You only blocked one punch. Don't get cocky, bastard!"
Although Kari was shocked by Victor's strength, he was the king of the black market and the absolute ruler of this city. He also possessed strength no weaker than a Marine Admiral's.
At least, that was what he believed!
Victor said, "I'll give you one more chance. If you can obey my orders, I can guarantee that your business will continue as usual."
Victor's words caused Kari's fist to stop abruptly.
Before Kari could react, Victor warned him again, "If you continue refusing, you may end up in a sorry state. You might even die."
"That's what I should be telling you, brat!"
As Kari spoke, he had already thrown dozens of punches in succession.
Every punch carried enough destructive power to shatter a warship.
However, Victor dodged them with ease. Kari did not even touch the hem of his clothes.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Although the fortress floor was sturdy, Kari possessed strength no weaker than an admiral's. Under his fierce assault, he smashed a hole through the office floor.
"What happened?"
"What was that noise?"
"Something seems to have fallen!"
"Go take a look!"
The nearby guards immediately came running.
At that moment, Victor stood in front of Kari.
"Die!" Kari struck out with both fists.
Victor was moving rapidly. Before everyone's eyes, only afterimages remained.
Behind him!
Above him!
Kari's Observation Haki locked onto Victor, and he quickly raised his hand.
"Finger Pistol: Fortress Cannon!"
Victor's Finger Pistol carried power like a fortress cannon.
He concentrated Armament Haki over his entire body into a single point, then released it.
Kari was struck head-on and blasted away.
However, Kari was not seriously injured. He had blocked the attack at the last moment.
At that moment, Kari glared at Victor as Armament Haki covered his entire body.
Although covering his entire body in Armament Haki consumed a considerable amount of his stamina, Victor was faster than him.
He had to make his defenses as solid as possible.
"Not bad." Victor disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of Kari.
Victor leaped into the air and swept a high kick toward Kari. Kari raised his arm and blocked it.
However, the ground beneath Kari's feet shattered as he dispersed the force.
This guy is incredibly strong!
Kari was horrified. He had gained a deeper understanding of Victor's strength.
However, he could not afford to back down!
Victor did not continue attacking Kari. Instead, he said coldly, "Surrender. You can't beat me. If you die here, I'll be troubled as well."
The black market was also one of CP0 and the Marines' sources of intelligence.
If Kari died, the black market would be leaderless for some time.
The black market in Saladi might even disband.
"Surrender? Do you think this is the extent of my strength?"
Kari said coldly. He would never admit defeat.
Victor shook his head and said regretfully, "You won't surrender? What a fool."
"Shut up, you bastard! I'll teach you a lesson!"
Kari's eyes were filled with killing intent.
Gion sensed that something was wrong and immediately warned him, "Victor, be careful of his Devil Fruit ability!"
As the king of the New World's black market, Kari had conquered his territory through his own strength and might.
He possessed an extremely terrifying Devil Fruit.
It was the Paramecia-type Decay Fruit.
Any living being Kari touched would rapidly age.
It was as if the moisture in its body were being drained away, until its skin completely withered and it became nothing more than skin and bones.
Kari's ability made countless people terrified.
"Brat, if you apologize to me now, you can still leave here with your dignity intact. Otherwise, you'll end up like him."
Kari pointed at a guard hiding in the distance, then suddenly disappeared from where he stood.
At that moment, a purple-black radiance emanated from Kari's palm.
He pressed it against the guard's head.
The guard's body began to change.
His body started shrinking, and his formerly healthy skin became dull. It turned black and red, like charred coal.
In the end, the guard became a blackened, withered corpse.
Victor looked at the dead guard and murmured, "That's an ability meant to scare people."
Kari said coldly, "What? Do you think I'm trying to scare you?"
"Isn't that what you're doing?"
Victor smiled.
"You'll regret this!"
Kari disappeared again. He could use Soru as well, and he had mastered it to the same degree.
However, Victor was faster than Kari.
Where is he?!
Behind me, to the left, to the right.
In front!
Kari tried to use his Observation Haki to lock onto Victor's position, but Victor moved too quickly. Even after Kari locked onto him and predicted his movements, his speed simply could not keep up.
"You want to avoid touching me? You're too naive, brat!"
Suddenly, large amounts of blood sprayed from the pores all over Kari's body.
Purple-black blood shot in every direction, leaving nowhere to hide.
The nearby guards were splashed by the blood. They did not even have time to react before the skin on their bodies dried up like withered grass. Gradually, it became like dry tree bark. Each of them collapsed to the ground, unable to breathe, and turned into a withered corpse.
"This is the price of angering me, brat."
Kari snorted. Then he turned to look at the corpses on the ground and snorted again. In this environment, Victor had nowhere to hide.
He should have become a withered corpse like everyone else.
Just as Kari was about to turn and leave, he heard Victor's voice from behind him.
"Where are you going?" Victor asked with a smile.
Kari thought in terror. He could not understand how Victor had managed to evade it.
"Tempest Kick—Crescent Moon Sky Charge!"
At that moment, Victor kicked out a white slash that flew toward Kari.
Kari screamed!
Gion and the others looked down, only to see that Victor's Tempest Kick had severed Kari's left arm.