The Third Time-This Is the Current [Scholar] Advancement Task (Continued)

Adrian continued to control the Thousand-Armed Buddha, raining relentless blows on the giant iron ball below.

Ghost Energy Cannon blasts hammered down against Garp's Armament Haki, erupting in thunderous explosions and steadily draining both sides' strength.

Seeing Borsalino about to fly back up, Adrian shifted his gaze. His eyes cooled.

Looks like that Yellow Monkey still hasn't suffered enough...

More importantly, he won't trigger a single mission.

What good are you?

A red glint flashed through Adrian's eyes as he activated Future Sight.

Then...

He split his attention, diverting some of the Thousand-Armed Buddha's Ghost Energy Cannon fire toward the point where the Light Rail would end.

The deep, mysterious blasts sliced through the air and struck the end of the Light Rail in an instant.

Deep-blue beams collided with the bright-yellow column of light, scattering brilliant sparks as dazzling as fireworks in daylight.

His planned route cut short, Borsalino was forced to materialize early in midair. He used Geppo to steady himself.

Looking toward White Ghost, Borsalino knew destroying the Thousand-Armed Buddha would be anything but easy.

But among the Marines present, he was the only fighter capable of striking from the air.

Borsalino crossed his arms. Dazzling crosses of light bloomed once more at his pinched fingertips as he launched a probing attack.

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

Glint-Glint Light Bullets infused with Armament Haki hurtled toward Adrian.

But before the attack had made it halfway, while the bullets were still in flight...

Ghost Energy Cannon blasts detached from the Thousand-Armed Buddha scattered them in midair, reducing them to tiny motes of light.

So many blasts came his way, covering such a wide area with such force, that Borsalino had to dodge again to avoid the counterattack.

This time, though, dodging felt different.

Borsalino could clearly sense that White Ghost