Wherever Sandai Kitetsu's edge passed, metal snapped and rock crumbled. Nothing could withstand its sharpness!
Churning black-and-red mist spread outward, swallowing the space within thirty meters into chaos.
Gamenio dodged the flashing blade in disarray. Countless fine needles seemed to writhe beneath his skin, the pain and itching slowing his movements until he could barely fend off the attacks.
The opportunity would vanish in an instant.
Rossi had no stubborn insistence on a fair fight against a powerful enemy.
Since Gion's ability had already planted troublesome restraints in their opponent, this was the best moment to end the battle.
"You bastard..."
Forced to activate that borrowed brilliance, Gamenio instantly covered his torso in hard crystal.
Yet the slashes coming at him grew faster with every stroke, targeting his joints and vital points. Worse, the black-and-red mist burrowed into every gap like a living thing, weighing down his limbs and slowing him further.
Besides, his imitation of Jozu's ability was shallow to begin with. Under the relentless assault, his diamond-like exterior kept cracking and scattering, its defenses on the verge of complete collapse.
"Sky-Splitting Lion Bite!"
At that critical instant, a fierce vacuum slash tore through the air, forcing Rossi to dodge sideways.
"My lord, how are your injuries?"
A figure sped over and steadied the stumbling Gamenio.
"Cough... I was careless."
In terms of actual combat strength, Gamenio should have stood above Rossi and Gion.
But he relied too heavily on the tricks his fruit provided. Against a Haki expert of the same caliber, Gion's all-pervasive thorns would probably have struggled to significantly affect a body fully coated in Armament Haki.
The silver-eyed Lion King, Ricardo?
Then Doffy-
Rossi stepped half a pace back, his Observation Haki spreading in ripples. Only when he caught a familiar presence still moving in