"Your slashes have enough power, but lack precision." Beckman assessed him as he smoothly reloaded, leaving not the slightest opening even in the midst of intense close combat-such was his combat intelligence, allowing him to reload, attack, and anticipate all at once without losing his composure. "You killed King through the destructive power of Conqueror's Haki infusion. But against me, destructive power alone is nowhere near enough."
He raised his gun. This time, the muzzle pointed not at Zoro, but at the sky.
"You need to learn to calculate how the battle will unfold."
"Gun technique: Heavenly Net!"
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!!
Five bullets whistled out in five different directions, tracing strange yet precise arcs through the air before detonating simultaneously five meters around Zoro!
The Conqueror's Haki compressed within the bullets erupted in an instant, forming five invisible Haki fields that trapped Zoro firmly in their center!
With five bullets infused with Conqueror's Haki, Beckman had established five points of Haki suppression. He used the power of Conqueror's Haki to interfere with Zoro's perception, distort his sense of direction, slow his movements, and throw off his judgment-this was how he fought, creating the greatest pressure with the least expenditure, using intelligence and Haki to seize control of the battle step by step.
"This is..." Zoro gritted his teeth and held on. The air around him felt increasingly heavy, his Observation Haki perception grew hazy, and his body gradually slowed. The combined effects of Conqueror's Haki suppression and perceptual interference left him feeling as though he were mired in a swamp.
"Under my suppression, your perception will be disrupted, your movements will slow, and your judgment will fail." Beckman's voice came from every direction, carrying a barely perceptible composure. Under cover of the bullets' detonations, he had already slipped