One blow with the back of his blade. An instant kill.
Even the desert wind seemed to stop.
Lin Xuan flicked his bloodless scabbard, his brow creasing slightly, seemingly dissatisfied with his control over his strength. "Looks like I need to adjust to the gravity here, too. I only meant to send her flying... forget it. She was only a half-baked fighter anyway."
"Valentine?"
Behind his sunglasses, Mr. 5's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. His mouth, which had been shouting threats a second earlier, hung wide open. His killing intent instantly gave way to terror.
A brat who hadn't used Haki or even drawn his sword had actually killed a user of the Ten-Thousand-Kilo Fruit?
After the terror came humiliation and fury.
"Bastard! You killed her!"
Mr. 5 roared, frantically digging around in his nostril. "I'll blow you to pieces! Try this! Nose Fancy Cannon!"
A gray-black pellet shot from his fingertip...
Watching that "bullet," still carrying body heat and mucus, fly toward him, Lin Xuan's previously calm expression finally shifted.
It was disgust.
"You..."
The corner of Lin Xuan's mouth twitched. The indifference in his black eyes instantly turned to revulsion, and he even instinctively took half a step back. "Could you not fight in such a disgusting way? That's a booger!"
He didn't hesitate, moving with a touch of urgency.
Shing-!
For the first time, the clear ring of a blade rang through the ruins.
In that instant, Vivi saw only a streak of white light cut through the air.
There was no explosion.
The booger bomb was precisely bisected in midair. Then, without losing momentum, that white slash swept through Mr. 5's rigid body.
Lin Xuan reversed his grip and sheathed his sword in one fluid motion, so fast it seemed he had never drawn