What Was the Speed of Light? This Was the Speed of Light

Facing Izo's attack.

Lin Yan had been dodging the entire time.

Every attack missed, every bullet registering as a miss.

Izo could not help growing anxious.

He sped up.

Trying to suppress Lin Yan with speed!

But when it came to speed,

how many people could surpass the Goro Goro no Mi?

If Kizaru's Pika Pika no Mi elementalization could raise his speed to the speed of light,

then Lin Yan's Goro Goro no Mi

could theoretically approach the speed of light indefinitely!

At that moment,

Lin Yan moved at light speed.

Izo felt immense pressure.

A red glint flashed in his eyes.

Observation Haki activated!

However,

even with Observation Haki,

he could not even catch Lin Yan's afterimage!

This...

Even Observation Haki could not catch him?

How damn fast was that?

Izo's eyes widened.

A rare look of shock appeared on his face.

He might have complained before that Lin Yan had been constantly dodging.

But now that he had seen his true speed,

at this moment,

Izo finally understood what a qualitative gap was!

Lin...

He was too fast!

Fast beyond all reason.

How could there be such a fast man in this world?

Lin Yan: ???

It was clear.

This Lin before him

had developed his Devil Fruit to an extremely high degree!

Izo became even more cautious.

But...

Being cautious alone

was completely useless.

Lin Yan moved.

He rode the Raging Thunder.

There were no excessive flashy abilities.

With Lin Yan already approaching light speed,

he merely threw a kick at Izo.

Izo instinctively crossed both arms before his chest at once, taking a defensive stance!

Unfortunately,

all of it was futile.

"Rumble!!!"

The scene erupted.

Rolling thunder tore through the heavens.

Izo did not react at all; Lin Yan's speed was horrifyingly fast.

Like a Supernova kicked by Kizaru,

he was sent flying.

He crashed headfirst into the ground.

His body carved a long trench across the earth!

Lin Yan tapped the ground with one leg, hands in his pockets, and said with the bearing of an admiral, "Ooh, have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"

Izo was in terrible pain. "Cough, cough—!"

Lin Yan's speed was so fast that he could barely react at all.

In his heart,

he could not help but feel shaken.

When the other members of the Sixteenth Division saw this,

they could no longer sit still.

"This..."

"That guy, he's so fast."

"No way, he injured Captain Izo with just one move?"

The Sixteenth Division members could not suppress the tremor in their hearts.

Watching their division captain get knocked to the ground by Lin Yan's kick,

they cried out in shock.

They could hardly believe their own eyes.

Izo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Lin Yan's strength

had greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Lin, you've truly surprised me!"

Izo climbed up from the ground in a sorry state and gripped his twin guns tightly.

If he had only been slightly interested in Lin Yan before,

then now,

the fighting desire in his heart

had been completely ignited.

Who did not yearn to compete with the strong?

His eyes looked at Lin Yan before him as though he were a priceless treasure.

The battle

had begun!

Ignoring his injuries,

Izo struck first.

He raised his twin guns and locked onto Lin Yan.

"Rat-a-tat-tat!!!"

Countless bullets erupted from his hands.

Lin Yan remained calm.

He activated elementalization.

He let the bullets pass through his body.

Seeing this,

Izo's heart tightened.

Then the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

He took a magazine from his pocket.

Upon closer inspection,

it was filled with Seastone Bullets!

Seastone

placed absolute restrictions on Devil Fruit users.

This was one of Izo's trump cards specifically meant for dealing with Devil Fruit users.

He drew his guns quickly.

Izo's hand speed was nearly comparable to a white-haired ninja from some village forming hand seals.

His magazine-switching speed was so fast that it almost left afterimages!

"Rat-a-tat-tat!!"

He fired three shots in rapid succession.

Seeing that Lin Yan still did not move,

Izo's eyes lit up.

Everyone knew

that elementalization could not block Seastone.

In other words,

if you did not dodge,

Seastone Bullets would definitely hit.

Even Kizaru would have to go down before Seastone Bullets.

Just as Izo thought Lin Yan was about to be hit and fall,

and the scales of victory were about to tip,

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!"

The three bullets passed through Lin Yan's body.

It was as if they had struck cotton.

They caused no ripples at all.

"What???"

Seeing this, Izo could not help widening his eyes.

The captain of the Sixteenth Division had lost all his imposing presence.

Seastone Bullets...

had passed through his body?

How was that possible?

That was not how elementalization was supposed to work!

Watching Izo's horrified expression,

Lin Yan remained calm and composed.

Elementalization indeed could not block Seastone Bullets.

But had he used elementalization just now?

A tomoe flashed through Lin Yan's eyes.

"Kamui: Lovers' Space!"

That was right.

At that very instant,

Lin Yan had used the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan's Kamui.

Through Kamui's "Lovers' Space,"

the Mangekyo Sharingan's Kamui

allowed Lin Yan to ignore all damage for a short period of time!

"What kind of ability is this?"

Izo asked in shock.

"You don't need to know!"

Lin Yan replied.

Izo frowned. This was more than a formidable opponent—he was practically a monster. There were simply far too many secrets on him!