One Piece: Haki at the Pinnacle
Chapter 202

An Opponent Hiding His Strength

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Although Kanbo had learned to shave, he was still a beginner and his speed was not as good as Rebecca's. Apart from his abnormal physical instincts, judging from their previous encounters, his swordsmanship was also inferior to Rebecca's.

After Rebecca gave up Observation Haki, his dodging became even more difficult. You instinctively dodge, and I instinctively attack. Eventually, an attack will be effective.

During the battle, Rebecca gradually regained her primal instincts, and her reactions became faster and faster, while Kanbo was already showing signs of injury.

Rebecca has been able to anticipate her opponent's moves through her instincts, which makes up for her weakness in Observation Haki. Instinctive reactions are unpredictable with Observation Haki, but instinct can predict other instincts.

Rebecca held her sword in one hand and stood very close to Kanbo, less than a meter apart. This fighting style was difficult to execute when both were wielding swords, but Rebecca engaged in close combat and moved her body with great agility, putting Kanbo at a significant disadvantage.

Rebecca's downward slash was blocked by Kanbo, but in the next instant, Rebecca's long leg kicked Kanbo in the chest. As Kanbo was sent flying, Rebecca disappeared from the spot.

With a loud "bang," Rebecca reappeared above the flying Kanbo, her longsword already raised above her head in a wide arc.

To Kanbo's great surprise, the longsword was already aimed at his neck. At the critical moment, Kanbo slightly parried the sword with his longsword, and the sword deflected from his neck but struck his shoulder, leaving his entire right shoulder covered in blood.

The blue blade's downward slash was blocked by the longsword and Kanbo's collarbone. Seeing that her attack was powerless, Rebecca kicked Kanbo in the chest, sending him flying backward with a backflip.

Kanbo spat out another mouthful of blood, creating a large crater in the ground.

After kicking Kanbo Rebecca retreated to her original spot, took a slight breath, and did not pursue him relentlessly; the enemy had already been seriously injured by her.

Kanbo lingered in the pit for a while, spitting out another mouthful of blood before standing up. His right hand was completely unusable at this point, but he hadn't given up yet; he had already switched the knife to his left hand.

"Actually, I'm a Two-Sword Style swordsman, but I broke one of my swords in a recent battle, and I haven't been able to find a suitable one since." Kanbo's words were calm, not like someone suffering from great pain, or perhaps he was used to such injuries.

"Oh! You mean I took advantage of you today, and you didn't fully demonstrate your abilities?" Rebecca asked, somewhat displeased.

"Of course not. Even if I had both swords, I wouldn't be confident of beating you, but at least I wouldn't let you win so easily."

What I'm trying to say is that my left-handed knife is stronger, so watch out!

After saying that, Kanbo disappeared from the spot. He used the Six Powers of Shave, which he had just learned and was putting to use. The moment Kanbo disappeared, Rebecca held her sword upright in front of her with both hands.

"Bite"

A metallic clang rang out, and a knife was already pressed against the blue blade; the sword and blade were locked in a struggle.

Kanbo only had one hand, while Rebecca wielded her sword with both hands. Moreover, Rebecca never stopped training her strength, and in this contest of strength, Rebecca completely won. Rebecca suddenly increased the force with both hands, sending Kanbo flying, sword and all.

Kanbo's left-handed sword was no pushover either. After taking to the sky, he spun around and unleashed a slash from his longsword toward Rebecca. The bright Sword Gang sliced through the air, producing a continuous whistling sound.

" Flying Slash!" Rebecca exclaimed, cursing inwardly. This guy clearly knew how to use Flying Slash, but he never used it before. Now that he's injured, he's finally using it. What a liar!

Despite cursing in her heart, Rebecca dared not slack off in the slightest. Although this person's Flying Slash was far inferior to Vic's, she didn't know how to do it either, so she could only give it her all.

Rebecca, holding her sword with both hands, caught the Sword Gang. Her defensive stance remained unchanged, but she was still thrown back more than ten meters by the Sword Gang, which plowed two small furrows into the ground. The soles of Rebecca's shoes were almost worn through and nearly caught fire.

"Its power is decent, but it's not enough to hurt me. I wonder if it has any stronger attacks."

Rebecca weighed Kanbo's attack in her mind and became wary.

" Rebecca has met her match. They've been fighting for so long and still haven't decided a winner. Where has Vic gone? Why isn't he showing up? Is he doing this on purpose again? What's he up to?"

Wendy muttered to herself around the round table, wondering if it was like the time with Red-Hair before, where he hadn't shown up so that Rebecca could improve her cultivation level. If Vic knew, he would definitely say, "No, this time it's not like that. You're overthinking it."

"Is that really so? Rebecca will be fine!" Frodeku was a man who could Future Sight, and he had no worries about Rebecca's safety.

" Rebecca's enemy this time is really strong; even though they were injured, they still managed to force her to retreat!"

"Yeah, even the fight with the Commodore at that Marine Base didn't last this long."

"What do you know? This enemy's swordsmanship is clearly superior to Rebecca's. He was obviously holding back the whole time. They're evenly matched, at least Rebecca isn't injured yet!"

"Yeah, let's wait and see. Vic hasn't even shown up yet. With so many of us, do you think he'll bully Rebecca?"

Seeing Rebecca Flying Slash, the Elite Camp members couldn't help but discuss among themselves. The other onlookers just felt that the two were very strong, moving quickly and powerfully, and could no longer be classified as ordinary people. Both of them could be called sword masters, and were already rare and powerful individuals.

Rebecca couldn't help but sigh, "Such strength, and he's only a second-in-command?"

She glanced at the round table beside her and felt relieved. This Devil Fruit User was quite capable, but he relied too much on his Devil Fruit ability, and his physical skills were terrible. He almost got kicked to death by her.

In the eyes of people at Rebecca's level, the Flying Slash poses little threat unless one reaches a certain level of proficiency.

Kanbo's slash was like that; it wasn't fast enough to be unavoidable, nor was its range large enough to be impossible to dodge, and its power wasn't unstoppable. Therefore, for Rebecca, the two were still on the same level.

Several more Sword Gang flew towards Rebecca, but she blocked them all. Kanbo knew that for his Flying Slash to be effective, it would have to be after Rebecca was seriously injured. But could he really hurt Rebecca? The answer was that it was difficult. He himself was already injured, and the wound was quite large, still slowly oozing blood. Any large movements would aggravate the wound.

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