At Mary Geoise, the Five Elders and Kong stared at the countless enormous arms swinging down at them, their hearts turning cold with fear.
"Run!" the sword-wielding Elder shouted. This was simply not something human strength could withstand.
But by the time they kicked off and fled into the distance, it was already too late. The giant Buddha's attack covered far too wide an area. Countless arms swung so fast they left afterimages, each blow carrying tremendous force. The Five Elders and Kong devoted every shred of their concentration to dodging, pushing their Observation Haki to its limits.
Even so, faced with such densely packed attacks, they still took several heavy hits from time to time. Almost every blow landed with the sound of cracking bones and tremendous impact. They wanted to fight back head-on, but the blue armor encasing the wooden Buddha's arms was far too hard. Nearly every arm took several uninterrupted attacks to shatter.
For a time, they were like tiny fish struggling in a raging torrent.
"Damn it!" The sword-wielding Elder's face was swollen and bruised, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and his left arm hung limp. His black suit was in tatters. Gone was his former composure; all he felt now was humiliation and frustration.
He had thought that three of the Five Elders, together with Kong-four admiral-level fighters-could easily subdue the two intruders who had stormed the Holy Land. None of them had expected these two to be as strong as monsters.
Looking back, he saw that the others were also covered in injuries. But in that moment of distraction, a massive palm slammed toward him. Panic seized him. He raised his Samurai Sword in his right hand and slashed at the palm with powerful Sword Aura. To his despair, however,