Back on the battlefield, beasts were still just beasts.
Aside from a few special abilities, Complete Beast Transformation was only good for crushing weaker opponents or fighting other giant beasts.
Even Kaido always fought powerful enemies in his Human-Beast Form. That was when he was strongest.
Liszt had summoned plenty of mythical beasts, but in Borsalino's eyes, they were too cumbersome.
So none of them had hurt him.
Golden light darted across the sky as he dodged attack after attack. He looked hard-pressed, but he hadn't taken a scratch.
Liszt lacked combat experience. Against Borsalino, he hadn't made full use of his abilities.
Plenty of people could see that, but Teach didn't care.
As long as things stayed this way and they didn't interfere with his fight against Garp, it was fine.
Then Borsalino sensed danger. A sharp streak of blood-red light flashed before his eyes.
He instinctively tried to use Elemental Transformation, but an unusual disturbance rippled through the air.
A series of deafening Sonic Booms followed. The air seemed to twist, surging in endless waves.
An eerie melody struck at the same time, unsettling his mind. It wasn't a direct Mental Attack, but it made him feel wretched.
He had to keep using Armament Haki to shut it out.
That inevitably interfered with his Elemental Transformation. Each interruption was brief, but the repeated, intermittent assaults caused him serious trouble.
Borsalino wasn't used to fighting this way.
In the past, his overwhelming speed had let him use Armament Haki on only the parts of his body that needed it most of the time, saving a great deal of stamina and Haki.
After all, Haki recovered, but nowhere near as fast as it could be spent.
Now he had to use much more Haki to deal with the situation.
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