The bright moon hung high, its cold light spilling across the sea.
Midair, Sephiroth raised the Butcher Blade in his hand and brought it down fiercely.
A long, narrow blood-red sword aura, carrying an incomparably sharp force, slashed toward the middle of a pirate ship.
If the Flying Slash hit, the entire ship would be split in two!
A huge rectangular transparent barrier appeared instantly, blocking the sword aura.
"Hahaha! As long as I'm here, there's no way you'll destroy this ship."
Joseph Coote, a six-foot-tall man with a full beard and a bounty of 220 million Belly, stood by the rail. Crossing the index and middle fingers of both hands, he laughed smugly.
His Paramecia Barrier-Barrier Fruit could withstand all attacks. Bullets, explosives, cannonballs, sword slashes—it could defend perfectly against all of them!
"Urgh...!?"
Suddenly!
Joseph Coote felt a sharp pain in his neck. His eyes flew wide open, disbelief written all over his face. Lowering his head, he saw a long blade that had appeared out of nowhere before him and pierced straight through his throat...
As the blade was pulled from his neck, blood spurted out like a fountain.
Thud!
Until his death, Joseph Coote never understood how the other man's blade had bypassed his barrier and pierced his throat...
Sephiroth expressionlessly withdrew his blade, then raised his hand and unleashed another sword aura, cleaving the pirate ship below into two halves.
The barriers created by the Barrier-Barrier Fruit were incredibly durable. Even a Four Emperors-level powerhouse might not necessarily be able to break one...
If old man Zephyr ran into this guy, he would probably have a hard time too!
Unfortunately, Joseph Coote had encountered Sephiroth...
The Door-Door Fruit's power perfectly countered him. Coupled with the man's blind confidence, he had not even lasted a single