Fierce Battle: Victory (1)

The reporter who was broadcasting live from the shadows was also bold. As if he knew what the audience was thinking, he turned the camera to the ground where the giant tentacle had struck.

Although he possessed some strength and could withstand Teach's Conqueror's Haki, he dared not get too close to the battlefield for the sake of his own life.

Fortunately, this live-streaming Den Den Mushi, while lacking fast-forward and rewind functions, does allow users to zoom in and out of the screen.

As the image zooms in, a figure can be seen in the area where Teach was hit.

Teach did not fall; he managed to withstand the enormous and powerful tentacles.

As you can see, Teach raised his arms high to support the falling tentacle, and both his arms and the area where Pande's tentacle made contact with Teach turned black.

Both of them were covered in Armament Haki, Teach's legs were driven into the ground like pile drivers under such powerful force.

Teach remained standing, completely withstanding the blow, relying solely on his own strength.

This is somewhat shocking; is this even a human being capable of possessing such power? It's as if the power to support the heavens has been bestowed upon him.

Suddenly, Teach's expression changed. He exerted force with both arms and legs at the same time, lifting up Pande's entire tentacle. Then he released it, Teach took advantage of the gap to disappear from the spot and escape the tentacle's range.

Suddenly, a terrifying suction force erupted from the suction cups of this tentacle, and one by one, these suction cups opened before everyone's eyes, revealing terrifying mouths with spiraling sharp teeth, like gaping maws from an abyss, ready to devour everything.

And these mouths are exactly the same as the mouths that Pande has hidden, only much smaller.

Teach was a little shocked. What a close call! Even he couldn't avoid such a suction force. Unlike before, when the suction force of those small tentacles didn't affect him much, it only slightly affected his movement.

However, Teach has already figured out the secret of Pande's suction power. It's not a superpower; it comes in two forms. One is the stickiness of the suction cup itself, which firmly adheres to the object it holds.

The other method involves absorbing air. The suction cups open, and those disgusting mouths suck in air. This is what Pande just used.

With its densely packed suction cups and mouth full of sharp teeth, Pande's abilities were quite troublesome.

It was like fighting a boss. Pande's body didn't move; he had no body, only a head and tentacles. Pande's tentacles attacked one by one, giant tentacles and small tentacles.

It's probably because moving around is too cumbersome. Although he can use his tentacles to support himself on the ground, giant sirens are mollusks, so it would be better if they were in the water.

The battle between Teach and Pande continues, with Teach maintaining his offensive stance, but it will take several days and nights to defeat Pande.

Therefore, he was waiting for an opportunity, a real opportunity to counterattack, and before that, he wanted to wear down Pande's strength as quickly as possible.

Elsewhere, fierce battles have begun. Gari is taking on two opponents single-handedly. Faced with his relentless attacks, even Oakes and Haocheng are forced to retreat steadily, barely managing to hold him off.

At the northern gate of the royal city, Captain Kayo of the Northern Guard and McGill faced Xiouyapufu and Miles.

Compared to McGill, Miles is still a bit inexperienced. Although Miles has experienced many battles, McGill fought on the seas in his early years and experienced many battles after joining the Kraken Kingdom.

McGill is over forty years old and has far more experience than Miles, who has been with the Night Pirates for less than two years.

Furthermore, the 70 million Beli bounty was from his early years, and it hasn't increased in the past ten years or so, but his strength has still improved.

However, the improvement was not significant. Life in the Kraken Kingdom was much more comfortable than before, unlike at sea where one's head was always at risk.

Just look at McGill's condition to know. McGill used to be very strong, but now McGill looks a bit chubby, and has gained weight.

However, compared to the current Miles, he is still stronger. His powerful punches forced Miles to temporarily retreat. But Miles' advantages are also very obvious. The Zoan Devil Fruit gives him a powerful boost. When Miles fully enters his Human-Beast Form, both his strength and speed are greatly enhanced.

More importantly, the regenerative abilities granted by Zoan Devil Fruit allowed Miles to nimbly dodge McGill's punch and seize the opportunity to unleash a claw attack on McGill.

"What a nuisance, this ability user." McGill thought to himself as he saw how troublesome Miles was, but a hint of envy was also revealed in his voice. Miles' strength was not as good as his, but he was able to reach the same level as him by virtue of the ability of the Zoan Devil Fruit.

He knew the power of Zoan Devil Fruit; among the ten captains of their city guard, several were Zoan Devil Fruit users. If the fight continued like this, he was likely to lose. Therefore, he needed to eliminate Miles as quickly as possible.

The battle on the other side was undoubtedly much more dangerous and intense.

The captain, named Kayo, stared intently at Xiouyapufu and unleashed a punch towards Xiouyapufu in the sky, declaring, "Wave Fist."

His fist seemed to possess a strange power, striking the air and creating ripples that resembled ocean waves, crashing towards the sky's Xiouyapufu.

This is the power of the Kayo- Wave-Wave Fruit, which allows anything it touches to create waves. The stronger the ability is developed, the larger the range and scale of the waves that can be created.

As for his ability and techniques, Xiouyapufu and the others were naturally aware of them. Teach had told his other companions that if this ability were developed well, it could easily trigger a tsunami, although this was only in theory.

The airwaves surged toward Xiouyapufu was not careless. He flew through the air, flapping his wings and rising slightly in the sky. He drew his sword and slashed down at the wave.

A brilliant golden slash appeared, cleaving the wave in two.

The wave wasn't a single wave, but rather layer upon layer, constantly eroding the power of Xiouyapufu's slash. Before it even reached Kayo, the slash had completely dissipated.

The remaining waves crashed in, and facing the flying Xiouyapufu, Kayo had no other choice.

Xiouyapufu flapped his wings, avoiding the layers of impact.

Although it is a wave, it is still caused by air, and the wave shape is caused by the force of the air.

Such an impact is undoubtedly gentler than a normal impact, but it is continuous and its true power is terrifying. Think of a tsunami; one cannot fight against the might of nature.

Over the past month, Xiouyapufu's swordsmanship has improved significantly, especially after witnessing the fierce battle between the two Swordmaster, Teach and Rediat. He is now just one step away from reaching the level of Swordmaster.

Even though he had experienced many battles in the past month, and had also Observation Haki in his fights with others, the level of Swordmaster remained a hurdle, right in front of him, yet he was unable to achieve it.

After all, his swordsmanship was different. Unlike Lafitte, whose sword was merely a weapon for killing, Lafitte's progress in swordsmanship, even though it was slower than Xiouyapufu's, had surpassed Xiouyapufu and become a Swordmaster within a month.

However, Teach and the others knew that Lafitte's path to Great Swordmaster was blocked. Lafitte had no interest in swordsmanship; the sword was merely a tool to help him kill more effectively.

However, now, Xiouyapufu vaguely sensed that the closed door had opened a crack, and the path of the Swordmaster was slowly appearing before him.

A joyful smile involuntarily appeared on his face, a smile that would make everyone else envious.

"A raging storm." Kayo saw that Xiouyapufu strike and Xiouyapufu's speed were not affected at all by the heavy rain.

Kayo shouted, stomped one foot on the ground, and raised his hands.

The air and the earth seemed to change. Under Kayo's Devil Fruit power, the earth began to flow, like ocean waves, undulating in an instant.

Miles and McGill, who were fighting not far away, were both affected. Standing on the constantly shifting and undulating ground, they could barely stand and felt dizzy and disoriented.

Miles is alright; he inherited the lion's stability, running left and right on the shifting ground. Although he can't attack, he can maintain his own stability.

McGill, however, was different. He clung tightly to a pillar, saying, "Boss, make the area smaller; it's affecting me."

McGill shouted at Kayo seemed to hear him; the flow of the ground stopped.

However, Kayo's ability completely changed the entire field. The originally flat ground became undulating like waves, and the ground itself seemed to be affected, bending like waves.

Further afield, in areas affected by the disaster, houses have collapsed and turned into ruins.

The effects of Kayo's abilities startled Xiouyapufu, but his attack was not over yet.

The air rippled like the ocean, rushing towards Xiouyapufu. Seeing him, Xiouyapufu felt as if he were facing a giant wave crashing towards him.

Xiouyapufu quickly moved backward to escape the range of Kayo's ability. Kayo's ability had a limited range, but although these giant waves of air were out of control, they became even more unpredictable due to the loss of control.

Kayo's attack had a wide range and was more powerful than the previous one, so Xiouyapufu had no way to avoid it.

His Observation Haki also became ineffective. Faced with the oncoming air wave, he couldn't control the scales he created and was swept away by the air wave.

Seeing this, Xiouyapufu shouted, "Butterfly Dance Trio!" His figure spun in the air, and his longsword unleashed three golden slashes in succession, splitting the giant wave. However, the slashes were quickly swallowed up.

The massive air surge that had been cut apart was recovering, and the gaps within gave Xiouyapufu a chance to dodge, instantly creating distance. The violent air vibrations made him almost unable to fly steadily.

Maintaining his distance from Kayo, Xiouyapufu resisted the oncoming airflow, repeatedly swinging his longsword.

Each slash was swallowed by the air. "It's useless. You can't even get close to me against my waves," Kayo said confidently, looking at Xiouyapufu's seemingly struggling and desperate efforts.

However, what he didn't notice was that each of the slashes that Xiouyapufu unleashed was more powerful than the previous one.

Xiouyapufu's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and each slash he made became smoother than the last.

Kayo is very powerful; his abilities form a domain, a wave domain, which he can create waves at will, both offensively and defensively. Even Xiouyapufu cannot get close to him; no matter how he attacks, it's useless.

However, this also limited Kayo. Kayo did not cause any damage to Xiouyapufu, and Xiouyapufu could easily dodge his larger wave punch.

He was unaware that he had become a testing ground for Xiouyapufu, a stepping stone to the realm of Swordmaster. Once Xiouyapufu successfully stepped into the realm of a Swordmaster, his death would be imminent.

Miles, with his powerful lion claws and a roar, vanished from his spot in an instant. Compared to McGill's unorthodox methods, Miles's skills were undoubtedly superior.

He has mastered the Marine Six Styles, although he only knows the Shave and Tempest Kick.

The Marine Six Styles are said to be physical techniques developed by the World Government that surpass the limits of the human body. Although the learning methods are not exactly common knowledge on the high seas, they are certainly not a secret in the New World.

However, these are just the basics; the true essence can only be learned within the Marine Headquarters or the World Government.

However, Teach's Marine Six Styles were not bad either. They were a summary of a Marine Vice Admiral's experience, combining the training methods of the Marine Headquarters with his own experience, and were by no means inferior.

McGill raised his arms, using his wrist guards to block Miles' claws, but a flash of silver light appeared on Miles' tail, and Miles' body twisted slightly.

Controlling its tail, it lashed out at McGill's waist with incredible speed, unleashing a Flying Slash. At such close range, McGill couldn't even react in time, and the slash struck McGill directly.

McGill was slashed across the waist with a huge bloody gash. The next moment, Miles' lion tail struck McGill twice, and McGill trembled in pain.

This gave Miles an opportunity. With a roar, he overpowered McGill with his strength, forcing McGill to take two steps back, blood flowing continuously from his waist.

Miles then unleashed a powerful claw strike, tearing gruesome bloody gashes into McGill's body. Enduring the pain, McGill threw a punch with all his might. Miles quickly retreated, and McGill seized the opportunity to widen the distance between himself and Miles.