Guan Yu's green robe had suffered several more tears, and a strand of hair at his temple had been severed by a sword's edge, but his gaze remained sharp as a blade, his presence as formidable as ever. Figarland's knightly uniform had also lost its pristine appearance. A shallow blade wound across his chest oozed beads of blood, and the indifference on his face had given way to the gravity of facing an equal.
"Guan Yu... your strength has indeed exceeded our order's estimates." Figarland slowly raised Cerberus, pointing its tip at Guan Yu. "But the dignity of the Holy Knights shall not be defiled! Now, you shall witness what true 'divine punishment' means!"
The dark red Conqueror's Haki surrounding him surged once again, but this time, rather than spreading outward, it converged frantically on the rapier in his hand like rivers flowing into the sea! An ominous dark red gradually stained the blade's ghostly blue glow, and the eyes of all three heads of the hellhound carved into its guard suddenly blazed scarlet! An aura far more terrifying than before, one that made souls tremble, spread outward!
"Secret Art: Cerberus's Final Elegy!"
Figarland thrust his sword! The movement seemed slow, yet it seemed to draw upon the rules governing the entire battlefield! Wherever the sword's tip passed, space shattered inch by inch like glass, revealing the pitch-black void beyond! Three sword intents infused with Conqueror's Haki-destruction, withering, and eternal silence-became three tangible giant hellhounds with scarlet eyes. They sealed off every avenue of escape for Guan Yu and lunged at him with roaring jaws, bearing the will of judgment and finality!
This strike had already reached the very limit of an Admiral's peak, and even seemed to brush against a higher level!
Facing this killing blow, Guan Yu showed