The Azure Dragon Shattered Hell! The Martial Saint Cut Down the Three-Headed Hellhound! (Part 2)

Both men retreated several steps at the same time. The stone slabs beneath their feet had all shattered, exposing the steel framework below.

Before the dust cleared, Saint Shamrock launched his second round of attacks. He twirled the rapier in his hand, and its blade split into three independent swords, their hilts shaped like the heads of the three-headed hellhound. He held one in each hand, while Haki controlled the third in midair. Black flames burned on the left sword, poisonous mist wreathed the middle sword, and shadows flowed along the right sword. All three slashed down from different directions at once: the left sealed off retreat, the middle broke through frontal defenses, and the right thrust out from the shadows behind Guan Yu.

[Trinity: Hell Judgment].

The three slashes interwove into a net of death.

Seeing this, Guan Yu traced a full circle before himself with the Green Dragon Crescent Blade. Rayquaza's divine power and Ryuo Haki, both coiled around the blade, erupted together. A ring-shaped azure slash spread outward, its light swallowing the black flames, its cutting wind scattering the poisonous mist, and its blade radiance piercing the shadows. All three sword strikes were blocked.

But Saint Shamrock was no longer where he had stood. The swords in his hands had merged back into one, and the phantom of a three-headed hellhound appeared on its blade. He gathered Conqueror's Haki in his bare right hand, instantly coating the rapier with it, and thrust straight at Guan Yu's back.

[Conqueror's Coating: Shadow Thrust]

Guan Yu did not look back. He stepped forward, Conqueror's Haki coiling around his right hand and instantly spreading to his blade. He rotated the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, suddenly turned, and delivered a backhand slash at Saint Shamrock, catching his opponent by surprise.

**[Conqueror's Coating: