Clang...
"Um... Hey, Luo Chen, are you alright?!"
Catherine used her sword to cut through the pirates surrounding her, then turned to shout loudly at Luo Chen, who had been knocked away by Lucas, but received no response.
clatter...
clatter...
clatter...
"Hahaha, what a pity! Your companion isn't really dead, is he? I seriously doubt he's worth the bounty!"
Navy, no, not Navy Captain Catherine, you agree, right...? Hahahaha!!
Lucas walked up to her and said arrogantly with a smile.
"Hmph, Luo Chen won't be defeated by such a trivial attack! He'll be here to take you down soon enough."
Catherine glanced at him and said that after that incident, she had great confidence in Luo Chen's strength. Even Garp the Hero and Admiral Akainu couldn't defeat him, let alone this unknown pirate captain in front of her.
"Hahaha, since that's the case, then I'll wait for him to come. But before that, Miss Catherine, you'd better surrender obediently to avoid getting hurt, which would be difficult to explain to the Celestial Dragons."
Indeed, the moment Lucas saw Catherine, he decided to capture her and hand her over to the Gustav Family Clan, hoping to cultivate a relationship with the Celestial Dragons and gain their support for his own actions.
As for Luo Chen, he was sent to headquarters to exchange for the title of Shichibukai. It has to be said that Lucas's idea was very clever, but whether it could be realized depended on whether he had the ability.
"Don't even think about it... Flowing Shadow!!"
Catherine's brow furrowed as she roared, then she swung her knife at him again, the sword flashing like a shadow, silently slashing towards Lucas's neck.
"Hahaha, Mian Mian: Absorption!!"
Lucas smiled as he watched the slash come at him. Just as it brushed against the hair on his neck, he unleashed his full power and absorbed the entire attack.
"That was close... Here, take this slash back... Release!!"
Lucas spoke with a terrified air, but his expression showed no sign of panic.
Then he threw another punch at Catherine's location.
Bang...
"Not good!!"
Catherine hurriedly used the blade of her sword to block the attack, but a violent Impact sent her and her sword flying.
"Hahaha, how about that? My abilities?! By the way, that guy was also blasted away by the same attack you received."
Lucas stretched out his arms like sponges, displaying them to everyone, and asked with a smug smile.
"This is your ability? It's indeed a very powerful ability. I never imagined that a mere Sponge-Sponge Fruit could be used to this extent. You're quite remarkable yourself!"
Catherine stood up, her sword drawn, and spoke to Lucas, blood still stained at the corner of her mouth.
"Of course, I've honed this skill through countless life-or-death crises, so I'll let you witness it... Sponge-Sponge... Critical Strike!!"
As soon as Lucas finished speaking, he took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of Catherine. He stretched out his right fist, gathered all his strength into one point, and blasted it out towards her stomach.
"Blade... Flowing Wall!!"
Catherine reacted in the blink of an eye, gripping the sword hilt with both hands and Fortified Wall around, instantly creating a silver-white barrier in front of her.
Thump...
In an instant, Lucas's fist struck the Fortified Wall in front of her. The immense force of the impact produced a loud, bell-like sound, and then the Fortified Wall Fortified Wall, rippling outwards before shattering with a deafening roar.
"Hahaha, it's useless. My attack concentrates all my power into a single point and strikes that object. Even steel can't withstand it, let alone your ordinary Flying Slash!!"
"Give me a beating, Sponge-Sponge..."
After explaining, Lucas tried to use the same tactic on Catherine again, but Catherine, who already knew his abilities, wouldn't let him succeed so easily.
Just as Lucas was about to launch another attack, Catherine thrust her knife towards his chest, forcing Lucas to abandon his attack and instead protect his chest.
"It's useless. Didn't I tell you? This kind of attack can't even scratch a hair on my head. My defense Sponge-Sponge!!"
As Lucas spoke, he channeled his power into his chest, which instantly became covered in dense fibers. Then, like rubber, as the sword tip pierced through, his chest caved in and bulged out from behind.
"It seems that pure sword slashes and thrusts can't absorb and release Impact like before, am I right, Captain Lucas?"
Catherine seemed to have noticed his flaw and spoke with a smile.
"Eh!! Captain, is what she said true? Lord Lucas, are you really unable to unleash Impact?"
When his men heard this, they seemed unable to believe it was true, because if it were, their image of their captain as invincible would crumble.
"... Hehehe, what you said makes some sense. However, it's not that I can't absorb it, but that I've converted what I absorbed into other forms of defense."
However, after talking to you for so long, I'm getting a little annoyed. Let's just end this battle quickly!
call out...
After Lucas finished speaking, he suddenly stepped forward and disappeared in front of her in an instant.
"Hmm... this is the Shave technique from the Six Powers?! But how could he know it??"
Catherine saw him disappear before her eyes in a few steps and quickly realized that he was using the Shave technique from the Six Powers. But what puzzled her most was how a mere pirate could master the Six Powers.
call out
"You guessed right, I did use Shave, but you don't need to worry about how I mastered it. Sponge-Sponge... Double Critical Hit!!"
In One Flash, Lucas appeared in front of Catherine, speaking as he punched her with both fists.
"Unstoppable!! Tekkai!!"
Catherine realized that she could not withstand this attack at all, and could not even react. She could only passively use the Tekkai, which was also one of the Six Powers, hoping to block some of its power.
boom...
A powerful force traveled from his fist and slammed directly into Catherine's stomach. Even though some of the force was blocked, the remaining impact was still too much for him to withstand.
With a deafening roar, Catherine was thrown into the cabin of the Isel opposite, unable to move and her consciousness gradually fading.
"Heh heh heh heh, you lot, go and bring her back. Remember to be careful, otherwise if Miss Catherine gets hurt, I won't let you off the hook."
Lucas ordered his men to bring Catherine from the Isel and told the soldiers not to hurt her, completely unaware that he was the one who caused her the most serious injury.
"Yes!! Really, the captain really knows how to order people around. Wouldn't he be even harsher if he did it himself?"
The two pirates accepted the order and boarded the Isel to bring Catherine back. One of them muttered a complaint under his breath.
Shh!! Keep your voice down, or the captain will skin you alive if he hears you!"
He and his companions whispered a reminder.
"Okay, I understand. Thanks for reminding me!"
"Alright, enough of that, let's get Miss Catherine back first..."