The Officers' Battle Against Rediat

The Night Pirates' officers stared intently at Rediat, this dangerous fellow. Although they didn't know what had happened, it seemed he was an enemy.

The air seemed somewhat heavy. At this moment, other nearby crew members began to arrive one after another.

Among them are Baccarat, Bonnies, Clemons, and some other powerful crew members.

"Don't come any closer. Go some distance. The battle that's about to begin is not something you can interfere with," Wallace said in a deep voice, glancing at the pirates around him.

"But!" Clemons started to say something, but Bonnies stopped him, grabbing his arm. "Let's go first. There's no point in staying."

That's right, the difference is huge. You can feel it from Gari's state. Gari's strength after transformation is terrifying. It takes them working together to deal with him, and that's when Gari is in a conscious state.

Even so, Gari was still defeated. While he was conscious, the specific details of the battle could not be seen, but it was clear from Rediat's state that he had easily defeated Gari.

The wind blew quietly, and the sound of falling leaves echoed in the surrounding woods. This battle was inevitable, but no action had been taken yet. The longer they waited, the heavier the atmosphere became.

Finally, Lafitte made the first move, sprouting bat wings on his back and transforming into a blood-red shadow. He instantly drew his staff sword. After successfully joining the Night Pirates, Teach handed over his treasured Ancient Species Night Blood Bat Fruit to Lafitte.

This powerful Ancient Species is a perfect match for Lafitte, granting Lafitte strong vitality, unpredictable speed, and greatly enhanced stealth capabilities.

With a flash of blood, Lafitte appeared directly above Rediat, his sword tip striking three times in the air, unleashing three deadly thrusts towards Rediat.

Upon seeing this, Rediat vanished from his spot in an instant, leaving only a blur. His speed was truly astounding, perfectly dodging the three sword strikes.

But Lafitte's attack couldn't end there. Seizing Rediat's trail, the Night Blood Bat appeared behind him without him even noticing. Its abilities granted Lafitte extraordinary sensory abilities, including ultrasonic waves and hearing.

He was already moving very fast, but he was unexpectedly overtaken. Rediat's kick was already out and would soon land on Lafitte.

Immediately afterward, Rediat's kick suddenly changed direction. Someone had arrived from the side—it was Pito, who had entered his strongest battle state. Pito's sharp Cat Claws tore through the air and viciously grabbed at Rediat.

The kick bypassed Pito's claws and landed directly on Pito's waist, sending Pito flying.

Pito landed on the ground, steadied himself, slid backward, and then launched his attack, rushing towards Rediat.

The other members also began to take action. "Zzz!" A small gunshot, silenced, rang out from the jungle as a bullet shot directly towards Rediat's head.

The bullet whizzed through the air. Facing Wallace's charging Molten Steel Fist, Rediat slightly tilted his head. The bullet grazed past his head, knocking off a lock of his hair.

A sharp bone knife pierced Rediat's body. In the sky, Lafitte and Xiouyapufu attacked simultaneously, wielding their weapons and aiming straight for Rediat's vital points.

A flash of blood appeared on Lafitte's staff-sword. He wasn't a strength-based character to begin with, but at this moment, he pushed his speed to the limit.

The Xiouyapufu, gleamed with a faint fluorescence, seemingly gentle, yet concealing a deadly intent.

In the shadows, Kos's second shot had already been fired.

Facing Rediat's face, "Molten Steel Fist!"

This was a joint attack by five officers—no, closely followed by Pito's claws. Nelson, gripping his longsword tightly in one hand, was ready to strike at any moment.

With a steel fist imbued with temperatures capable of melting steel, Rediat swung his longsword, slicing through the fist in an instant.

Clang!

Wallace's fist met the blade, and he involuntarily took two steps back, his arm trembling. Rediat's strength was far greater.

Before the attack was over, the two swords that were thrusting down at him from the sky flashed with a purple light. Xiouyapufu and Lafitte felt their arms tremble with a powerful force, as if their weapons were about to slip from their hands. However, they gripped their weapons tightly with both hands.

Kaguya reached out and grabbed Rediat's bone spur with his left hand. At the same time, Rediat's left hand was imbued with Haki. He could feel that some tiny bone fragments were lurking on the bone spur he held, seemingly wanting to enter her body.

Once inside his body, Kaguya could control them to grow rapidly, transforming them into deadly weapons that would tear through his body.

Behind him, Nelson appeared and thrust his knife at him, while in front of him, Pito's sharp claws gave him no time to breathe.

Clang!

The sound of metal clashing filled the air. To Nelson's astonishment, the blade struck Rediat as if hitting steel, but the man remained completely unharmed.

In front of Rediat, claws attacked, but the result was the same: they had no effect on Rediat's Armament Haki.

Rediat smiled, made a graceful turn, and kicked out with both feet in quick succession. Wallace couldn't help but change their expressions. The speed was too fast; they hadn't even had time to react.

Apart from Pito, who sensed the danger, Pito quickly retreated, avoiding the kick, and then retreated more than twenty meters away.

Wallace and his companions were sent flying backward uncontrollably, crashing into two trees and snapping them in two. Wallace's legs sank deep into the mud, allowing him to regain his footing.

Xiouyapufu flapped its wings, changing its posture, flying with the wind, changing direction, and standing upright in the sky.

Lafitte's body crashed directly into a tree, creating a huge horizontal crack in the tree trunk. The tree swayed slightly as Lafitte landed on the ground, using his sword for support while his other hand rested on the tree.

Because of this support, the tree, which was already on the verge of breaking, lost its last support and fell backward, crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

At the crucial moment, Nelson used his ability, appearing on a tree while flying backward. He used his ability several times to avoid collisions, and the powerful force he felt during flight was gradually weakening and being cushioned.

Kaguya forcefully withstood the kick. By the time Rediat's kick came, Kaguya's body was already covered in bone spurs, forming a hard armor.

The bone spikes pointed straight outwards, like a hedgehog, but this kick broke them. The defense that was almost impenetrable was shattered by such force.

Kaguya spread her legs, leaned slightly forward, and gripped the handles of two bone swords with her hands, digging them deep into the soil to prevent herself from retreating further.

In a brief exchange, they were defeated, realizing they were no match for Redart. Seeing Rediat's relaxed demeanor, as if he hadn't even used his full strength, they were astonished by the sheer power of this unfamiliar opponent.

Treat them the same way you would treat Teach.

In normal times, Teach would also fight against them, but they would team up to fight Teach. This was not only to train their strength, but also to let them see a higher level of power so that they would not lose their motivation to become stronger.

It should be noted that through diligent training, their strength has improved rapidly. Based on Teach's assessment of them, their combined strength is such that even Marine Vice Admiral would suffer a crushing defeat at their hands.

Power, speed, Haki, absolute crushing.

"How is this possible? Wallace and the others, even when they joined forces, couldn't do anything to this person." The members of the Night Pirates had begun to gather. Because they had followed Wallace's orders, they did not approach and stayed at a distance, but they were also watching the battle closely.

Although they couldn't discern anything from the brief exchange, the outcome was obvious.

"Sister Baccarat, do the math, is there any danger?" Clemons asked Baccarat anxiously beside him. Then he turned to look at the battlefield, clenching his fists tightly and gritting his teeth. He felt so weak that he didn't even have the right to participate in the battle.

"Don't worry, in my calculations, they shouldn't be in any danger." Baccarat smiled faintly, but a trace of worry remained on her face. In her eyes, Wallace and his group's luck had only slightly decreased, so it was probably just a friendly spar.

However, she was worried because the gaze directed at Rediat was extremely wary. She realized that her abilities had no effect on Rediat; she couldn't absorb Rediat's luck.

This is a huge difference in strength, but he couldn't absorb any luck at all. This has only happened to Teach before.

Because Teach knew her abilities, he could use Haki to envelop himself and block her power.

But how did Rediat know? Did he instinctively sense her use of her ability? But her ability is luck, which is something others can hardly perceive, or even have a premonition about.

More importantly, she is a powerful individual with strength comparable to Teach's, and her Lucky-Lucky Fruit can, to some extent, also have the effect of divination.

How does his strength compare to Teach's? In her eyes, good luck and bad luck are evenly matched, meaning their strengths are very similar, which is what worries him the most.

Unbeknownst to them, deep within Rediat's pupils, a purple light flickered slightly. He stood there, seemingly observing or contemplating something.

Wallace and his companions were somewhat surprised by his dazed expression, but they weren't about to let this opportunity slip by.

Nelson immediately attacked, using his ability to appear behind Rediat and unleashing a full-force slash at Rediat.

Rediat had already sensed Nelson's attack the moment he made it, and retaliated with a slash. However, in that instant, Nelson gritted his teeth, and Rediat's figure vanished from the spot, disappearing into Nelson's spatial dimension.

Nelson knew his own attack was useless, so he knew he had to rely on his current ability.

"Nelson's space." Rediat looked at the entire space and felt an immense spatial pressure, but he could withstand it completely.

He raised his longsword and swung it at the space. The Nelson Space was extremely fragile, and a huge crack appeared directly, though it was slowly healing.

Rediat was well aware of the limitations of this ability, and jumped directly into the spatial rift.

Outside, Nelson's eyes suddenly widened, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood. His body suffered a backlash from this ability, which was also its flaw, or even its uselessness.

Nelson felt completely powerless, even somewhat out of control.

However, this moment presented Wallace and his team with an opportunity to attack.

"I'll leave it to you." Nelson said softly, then used his ability to instantly appear a hundred meters away. He would only be a burden if he stayed here.

Rediat's body suddenly appeared in the void, and all around, Pido Pito were already close and ready. Just one second was enough for them to arrive.

At the spot where Nelson disappeared, Rediat had already reacted. Faced with these sudden attacks from all sides, even though he had noticed them, he was unable to dodge them.

However, in the face of absolute power, numbers are useless. With a thought, black Armament Haki covered his body.

Attacks rained down on him, but his powerful Armament Haki provided him with absolute defense.

They were all knocked away. Rediat smiled and struck again, sweeping his leg and kicking everyone in the body.

"Hungry!" Wallace's body slammed into the ground, creating a large crater, while elsewhere, Pito and the others were sent flying.

The result is the same; it seems there's been no change whatsoever.

But the battle is not over yet; they have not lost their fighting ability.

A few minutes later, the once powerful cadres were all in a sorry state, panting heavily.

Kos leaned against a tree, looking up at the sky. He was out of ammunition. No matter what he attacked, each time his attacks were evaded, making him start to doubt himself.

Xiouyapufu stood bent over on a tree, blood smeared at the corner of his Lafitte. He licked it with his tongue, making him look exceptionally alluring against his crimson lips. However, his hands and feet were trembling.

Kaguya, Wallace, and Pito received special care, but their strong vitality prevented them from collapsing.

Looking at Rediat, they had already tried everything they could, but they hadn't managed to inflict any damage on him.

He struggled to his feet, seemingly wanting to continue fighting.

Rediat didn't make another move, instead looking to the side. "Aren't you coming over?" he asked with a smile, looking at a tree.

Teach was standing right there in that tree, but none of them noticed, not even Kos.