Intense Battle, Victory (2)

A look of regret flashed in Miles' eyes. In order to make his close combat ability more aggressive, he had specially trained his tail and used it to perform the Tempest Kick.

This was originally Teach's advice to him. The "Storm Kick" is, to be precise, a slash caused by whipping up air. It can be used with hands, weapons, or feet, as long as you know how to use it.

Miles's use of his tail to unleash this attack was relatively weak, as he had only recently learned it and still needed practice. It was far less powerful than using his own feet; otherwise, with that previous Tempest Kick, he could have cleaved McGill's body in two.

Unlike now, McGill's waist has been cut off by a full fifth.

However, this outcome greatly affected McGill's combat effectiveness, and it can be said that Miles has already secured victory in this battle.

One has to admire his captain, Teach's foresight; once his tail was properly trained, it would be a deadly weapon in battle.

McGill was panting heavily, caught off guard by Miles's unexpected move, which had led to this situation.

The excruciating pain and bleeding prevented him from moving. The more he moved, the faster his blood flowed, making him feel weak and powerless.

Miles, however, wouldn't give him a chance, rushing forward quickly, his injuries severely impacting his fighting ability.

McGill's eyes widened as he turned his head. Miles had already run up behind him. He tried to turn around, but a sharp pain shot through him. The wound in his waist was deep enough to expose the bone, and blood had soaked through his trousers, dripping onto the ground.

Despite the pain, McGill forced himself to turn around, while Miles ran to the other side.

McGill glared at Miles, realizing that Miles was toying with him and playing a trick on him.

That's exactly right. The waist is a vital area, and a large part of the body's strength comes from the waist.

This made McGill even angrier. Despite the pain, he started running quickly towards Miles.

This is exactly what Miles wants. McGill's condition and speed have both decreased compared to before. Now, he just needs to wait for the opportunity to take him down in one fell swoop.

McGill unleashed a powerful, furious punch at Miles. Miles, not daring to take the blow head-on, raised his arms and crossed them in front of him to block McGill's attack.

"Still haven't you learned your lesson?" Miles sneered, bringing the enraged McGill back to his senses, but it was too late. Anger had clouded his judgment, and Miles' whip tail struck again.

In the same spot, a flicker of fear crossed McGill's eyes. A sharp slash struck McGill's waist, McGill pupils contracting sharply. The next moment, the blood-stained whip lashed out again.

McGill's body wasn't severed at the waist; he simply collapsed to the ground, unable to support himself.

However, due to his strong vitality, he was not dead yet; he was still breathing, unable to move his lower body but still able to move his upper body.

He closed his eyes in despair, knowing he was doomed. Miles didn't disappoint him; he stepped on McGill, raised his claws, bent over, and thrust them downwards into McGill's neck.

Blood splattered out, and the dripping claws were pulled from McGill's neck.

The death of a captain startled the struggling guards around him, while the members of the Night Pirates cheered and charged towards the guards.

After watching the battle between Xiouyapufu and the captain, Miles did not intervene. Having been in the Night Pirates for so long, his perspective had broadened, and he understood Xiouyapufu's current level and situation.

He turned and ran towards the guards who had not fallen, like a wolf entering a sheepfold, unstoppable.

After experiencing Teach's Conqueror's Haki, there weren't many guards left who were still awake. Coupled with the powerful members of the Night Pirates and Miles, who killed their captain, their morale plummeted, leaving them with only fear.

Before long, all the guards except those who surrendered were dealt with.

McGill's death startled Kayo, who was still fighting in the distance, and he felt a pang of sorrow.

They were comrades who had lived together for over twenty years. They had originally wanted a stable life, so they disbanded their pirate crew and joined the Kraken Kingdom. Unexpectedly, they died.

At the same time, Kayo gritted his teeth, his heart filled with rage, his gaze fixed on McGill's dead figure, imprinting it deeply into his mind.

"Don't worry, I will avenge you," Kayo muttered to himself. Then, gathering his strength, he said, "You will all stay here!"

"Kayo shouted loudly."

The air seemed to be battling. Kayo gasped for breath, his chest heaving. Using his abilities had taken a heavy toll on his stamina, but he didn't care anymore. A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

The air trembled violently, forming giant waves, some twenty meters high.

At the same time, the ground was shaking. Previously, because McGill was there, the effect of his ability on the ground had stopped, but now he no longer had any concerns.

Kayo's Wave-Wave Fruit is a type of superpower, though it has limitations. However, at this moment, it also displayed tremendous power. A colossal wave of rocks, reaching a height of twenty meters, crashed towards the members of the Night Pirates. Anyone swallowed by such a wave would surely perish.

No one expected Kayo to have this last move. Even Miles couldn't help but feel a flicker of fear. He was fast enough to dodge it, but there were other members behind him.

At this critical moment, a blinding sword light flashed across the sky, followed by a massive golden slash that cleaved both the air and the ground in two.

Xiouyapufu appeared in the sky, his beautiful butterfly wings fluttering behind him. After escaping from the brink of death, Xiouyapufu's appearance was like the arrival of an angel.

With the added special effects of Xiouyapufu's own appearance, shimmering scales surrounded him, and Xiouyapufu thoroughly enjoyed the gazes he received.

Miles looked at Xiouyapufu and sensed that he was completely different from before. If it were before, Xiouyapufu would not have been able to unleash such a massive slash. It seemed that Xiouyapufu had succeeded and successfully broken through to the realm of Swordmaster.

With a confident smile on his face, Xiouyapufu looked ahead. Kayo's attack was not over yet. Huge waves swallowed up and eroded Xiouyapufu's slashes.

The giant wave continued to crash towards Xiouyapufu and his group. Seeing this, Xiouyapufu unleashed another sword strike, but the giant wave moved much slower than Xiouyapufu's attack.

Seeing this, Xiouyapufu flapped his wings and followed closely behind his own slash, unleashing another slash just as the previous one was about to be worn down.

A single slash was enough to cover half the distance between them; two slashes, combined with Xiouyapufu's speed, were enough.

To Kayo's horrified gaze, Xiouyapufu had already arrived not far in front of him.

Kayo tried his best to use his abilities, but his original powerful abilities were useless against the breakthrough Xiouyapufu. The next moment, Xiouyapufu slashed with his sword, and Kayo screamed as his arms were severed and fell to the ground.

The intense pain made it impossible for him to maintain his abilities, and at the same time, using this powerful move left him with very little strength.

"Handcuff him with Seastone Handcuffs," Xiouyapufu said to Miles, who had walked up behind him. "Oh, his hands are gone, so handcuff his feet."

"Although I don't know why the captain wants us to spare this Devil Fruit User, we'll do as he says and make sure he doesn't die," said Xiouyapufu after a moment's thought.

"Hmm." Miles nodded, took out a Seastone Handcuffs from his body, and cuffed it to Kayo's feet. The moment he touched the handcuff, Kayo felt powerless all over, as if his strength had been drained away. He could feel that his abilities still existed, but he couldn't use them.

He would rather die directly, but the Xiouyapufu spared his life, and he didn't know what they were going to do with him, filled him with fear.

The pirates behind him were already prepared, laughing as they stuffed him directly into a large sack.

In the western part of the royal city, the battles were not as easy as in the north; they were more difficult. Because they were furthest from Teach, the Conqueror's Haki's Haki was less potent, and there were far more guards who were conscious.

There were over two thousand of them, several times the number of the Night Pirates here.

However, Teach and his team had also taken this into account, so they arranged for a larger number of members to be stationed in the western part of the Western Palace, a full 400 people.

Moreover, many elites were also here, including two bald monks, Clemons and Bonnies, who performed exceptionally well, charging through the ranks of these guards.

Bonnies's steel-like body and Clemons's taut muscles provided formidable defense. Furthermore, he could now control his muscles to clamp down on incoming blades, showing no fear for his life.

The battle between Lafitte and Kos and the two captains of the Western Guard, though not intense, was fraught with danger.

Lafitte transformed into a blood bat, his figure flashing through the air as he dodged the bullets fired by the Western Guard captain.

It looks effortless, but it's incredibly deadly. Masolin, Devil Fruit User, has bullets with a penetrating power amplified by his ability, making them even more powerful.

Similarly, the penetrating force of the bullet greatly reduces air resistance, allowing it to travel at a faster speed. In such weather conditions, neither wind nor rain will be affected by the bullet's penetrating power.

The impact on Kos is much greater; he has to consider more things. However, for a sniper, a distance of several hundred meters is very close.

Moreover, he possesses Observation Haki, which puts him at a disadvantage in terms of offensive power, but he controls their actions, meaning that the initiative is in his hands.

Lafitte was extremely cautious. Earlier, he had been careless and a bullet had hit his wing directly, piercing through it. The damage and power of that shot forced him to be extra careful.

If he were accidentally hit in a vital spot, he could die.

Although Lafitte has not yet Awakening Two types of Haki, his ultrasonic waves can replace some of the functions of Observation Haki.

Legart held a sword in one hand and a gun in the other, protecting Masolin while seizing opportunities to attack.

Now they knew who their opponents were: one was the man with bat wings in the sky, and the other was a gunman lurking in the shadows.

Kos, hiding behind the wall, knew the locations of Masolin and Legart. Masolin was too much of a threat; he had to be incapacitated first.

Taking a deep breath, he shifted his position between the houses under cover, finding a good vantage point. Again, behind a wall, he closed his eyes, carefully sensing their location and direction, taking advantage of the moment when Lafitte distracted them.

Gripping his spear tightly in both hands, he suddenly lunged forward and fired a shot in their direction.

A loud "bang" rang out.

Kos's bullet flew swiftly toward Masolin's position, aiming precisely for Masolin's head.

The moment the gunshot rang out, both Masolin and Legart reacted, but Masolin clearly couldn't react in time because the distance was too close.

However, just as Kos's bullet was about to hit, a flash of sword light appeared, and Legart reacted quickly, deflecting the deadly bullet with a single strike.

As a sharpshooter, Masolin had already determined the location of Kos's shot the instant the gunshot rang out. His trust in Legart allowed him to act without hesitation, instantly aiming his gun in Kos's direction.

The instant after Legart blocked the bullet fired by Kos, Masolin had already fired a shot. The powerful bullet, imbued with penetrating force, shot towards the wall behind him, the slight scraping sound barely audible to those with average hearing.

Leaning against the wall, Kos breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed his position again. He nimbly dodged the bullet; it was too fast, and he had to use Shave to avoid it.

His gaze was drawn to the wall that had been pierced. It wasn't just one wall, but two, because he was hiding behind the house, Masolin's bullet had pierced through both walls at an angle.

Immediately afterwards, a small hole appeared in the ground behind his original spot; the hole was sunken very deep.

Now, Kos had a clear understanding of the penetrating power of the Pierce-Pierce Fruit. In terms of amplifying the attack power of bullets, it was even more terrifying than Armament Haki, after all, he had seen Teach fire a gun.

If you add Haki to it, it's hard to imagine.