Redfield raised an eyebrow, a wicked, battle-hungry smile appearing on his face.
"So it really is as I thought. Young man, you have successfully piqued my interest—and angered these old bones of mine."
He slowly raised the slender umbrella in his hand, its tip aimed at Adams.
"Then let me have a good look at what you, a brat bold enough to challenge and even scheme against me, are relying on!"
The moment his words fell, Redfield vanished from where he stood once more, moving so quickly that he left behind a fleeting afterimage.
In the next instant, he appeared before Adams. The seemingly ordinary slender umbrella in his hand was now coated in dense Armament Haki. He used no flashy technique, merely an unremarkable horizontal slash at extraordinary speed, aimed straight for his opponent's neck.
Adams's gaze sharpened. Not daring to be careless, he gripped Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs with both hands and held its massive blade horizontally before him like a door panel.
Clang!
The umbrella and greatsword collided violently, producing a piercing metallic clang as sparks scattered everywhere.
Yet at the very instant their weapons met, Adams's expression changed slightly.
Something's wrong! That seemingly simple horizontal slash from Redfield was actually hundreds of attacks launched in an instant!
Only because his speed had reached such an extreme that they visually overlapped did it appear to be a single strike. Every blow contained terrifying piercing and cutting force, like hundreds of fine saw teeth frantically cutting and battering Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs's blade and the arms Adams used to block.
The terrifying stacked slashes crashed down like a tsunami. Adams felt an unimaginable force surge through the sword, forcibly knocking his guard aside and leaving his chest wide open.
Screech—!
The umbrella tip, coated in top-tier