A moment earlier, on the left side of the harbor.
Lightning suddenly erupted.
With a tap of his toes, Enel instantly transformed into a golden-white blur of wind and lightning, tearing through the battlefield smoke as he lunged straight at Vista's face.
He was so fast that the surrounding pirates had not even had time to see him clearly before a piercing Lightning Roar rang in their ears.
A red gleam flashed in Vista's eyes. He held his twin swords horizontally before him, unshaken by that beast-like pressure.
The next instant, Enel was already upon him.
The White Tiger's claw blades carved an arc through the air as lightning and gale-force wind gathered into several crisscrossing slashes.
"White Tiger: Thunderwind Slash!"
"Screech, screech, screech—!"
Several wind-and-lightning blades slashed out in unison.
The attacks were so swift that they seemed to bend through the air, locking onto Vista's shoulders, neck, waist, abdomen, and legs.
Vista's gaze sharpened. His twin swords spun together, and rose-petal sword energy whirled into a wall before him.
"Scarred Rose Slash!"
The sword edges tilted slightly.
Rather than block head-on, he precisely slashed sideways along the trails of the wind-and-lightning blades.
"Clang, clang, clang—!"
He actually cleaved apart the lightning trails one strike at a time.
The remaining sword wind swept back, petal-like sword energy exploding against the lightning and forcing Enel to flash backward half a step.
"Interesting!"
The next instant, wind and lightning surged around Enel.
Arcs of electricity coiled around his arms, while black Armament Haki covered his fists.
"White Tiger: Thunderclap!"
Fist shadows poured down like a torrential rain.
Punch after punch, carrying blinding lightning and muffled explosions, crashed wildly toward Vista.
"Boom!"
"Boom, boom, boom—!"
The ground continually exploded. Rubble was swept up by the force of his fists, only to be