The departure of Zack, the "Overlord Dragon," allowed the member of the God's Knights fighting him to breathe a sigh of relief.
Zack had put considerable pressure on him. His fruit was one of the very finest mythical zoan Devil Fruits—the mythical zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Yinglong Form. It embodied a legendary divine dragon, ranked even higher than the CP0 Chief's Black Dragon Fruit.
As a Celestial Dragon, his own Devil Fruit was undoubtedly top-class, but Zack had the greater advantage as a powerful mythical zoan Devil Fruit User.
Although they were evenly matched in strength, Zack's advantage had grown as time passed, while he had gradually fallen behind.
But this was no time to relax. The CP0 Chief had yet to arrive and did not know the threat posed by "Death Gun" Leon. He did, however, and Leon had to be kept in check.
Just as he was about to move, Leon, who had already locked onto him, seized on that brief lapse.
Clearly, Leon also knew that under these circumstances, he would soon become someone else's target again.
So he intended to strike first, and that was exactly what he did.
A deadly threat surged toward the member of the God's Knights, who dodged the long-range sniper shot in the nick of time.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, every hair on his body stood on end.
It felt as though needles were touching his skin, his body itself sounding a warning.
Four bullets came in succession, targeting vital points on his body and cutting off his escape routes. Whichever way he dodged, he would be hit.
And "Death Gun" Leon had already appeared, charging toward him with smoke rising from the twin guns in his hands. A third volley was about to begin.
Leon's assault was