After speaking, Vic disappeared from the spot and reappeared standing where Renka had been standing, his sword already drawn.
Renka also drew his sword and held it horizontally in front of his chest, but his expression was somewhat solemn. He had sensed danger just now and wanted to draw his sword to defend himself, but his opponent was already in front of him. He could only hurriedly block the dangerous blow with his sword, but he was knocked back by the enormous force.
He was initially surprised by Vic 'Vic speed when he saw him defeat the masked man in one move, assuming that Vic had taken the man by surprise. Now, he was even more surprised by Vic's strength. Vic's speed and strength were both superior to his own, making him a formidable opponent. He realized that he had underestimated Vic before coming to carry out this mission.
Vic had intended to pull off another surprise attack; he didn't want to waste too much time here. However, the Celestial Dragons in front of him had impressive Observation Haki.
Vic had stopped releasing his Conqueror's Haki, but he didn't care. Newly Awakening Conqueror's Haki couldn't be perfectly controlled immediately. He simply wrapped his Ryuo around Blood Wither and then disappeared again.
The speed at which a powerful individual moves is imperceptible to the naked eye, so it's like teleportation—one moment here, the next there. Only when two people collide can the immense resistance cause them to appear in the same place for a fleeting instant.
The two are currently in this state, locked in a fierce battle of speed, power, and Haki. In just a few seconds, they have already exchanged dozens of blows, leaving the surrounding buildings in ruins, with spilled Sword Qi and the debris left by their Haki slashes everywhere.
Renka was increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed. The young man in front of him, who was not even twenty years old, possessed a level of Haki aura and reserves that far exceeded his expectations. He had thought that in this clash of domineering Haki, Vic would soon exhaust his own and be at Lunka's Haki.
However, Vic's Haki seemed inexhaustible, not at all like the reserves a young man should have. Little did he know that Vic had been racing ahead on the road of Haki power, and in the last year he had achieved what others had accomplished in several years. Coupled with Vic's speed and strength, Renka gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.
In fact, Vic wasn't using his full power. He only used 30% of the Speed-Speed Fruit's power, Rumble-Rumble Fruit. He was constantly on guard against this member of the Holy Knights, whom he had never heard of before. He even suspected that the group of powerful people Fisher Tiger saw in Mary Geoise were the so-called Holy Knights, but he couldn't be sure that they were Celestial Dragons.
All he knows right now is that Renka is Celestial Dragons, but unlike other Celestial Dragons, he doesn't dress like a bum. His eyes and aura are different, somewhat like Shanks, Celestial Dragons grew up at sea.
It was only then that Vic learned that among the Celestial Dragons, there were those trained as elites and those raised like pigs, and that there was a considerable number of such elite Celestial Dragons. This was very important information, and it was necessary to inform Dragon.
Vic doesn't know if this person has Devil Fruit abilities, so he hasn't used his full strength to guard against that.
"I heard you're a superhuman? How come I've never seen you use your abilities? Are you looking down on me?"
After another strike, the two retreated and faced each other. Renka, his chest heaving, said that even he couldn't keep up with his speed and strength for long, let alone resist Vic's immense power.
"If you're useless, why should I use you!"
In contrast, Vic's breathing was even and long, and his chest remained unchanged, indicating that he was completely at ease.
"If I were a power user, I would have already used it. Your strength far exceeded my expectations. Those five old men underestimated you and caused me great suffering. However, I believe that today's battle will be the most exhilarating battle of my life!"
There was one more thing Renka didn't say: this battle might very well be the last one of his life. The young man in front of him was terrifying; his eyes always held the look of someone who was about to die.
However, he was not afraid. His experience was completely different from those incompetent Celestial Dragons. Cowardice, fear of death, and begging for mercy would not appear in him. He had killed countless people in his life and was full of indifference to life, even his own. Only killing could stimulate him!
Vic didn't believe Renka's words. This man was no Celestial Dragons. He didn't reply and launched a fierce attack again, this time with even greater speed, leaving several wounds on Renka.
Although Renka used Haki to defend, Vic's speed was too fast. Although Lenka mobilized Haki, the time was too short, and the strength of his Haki was not enough to stop Vic's Ryuo.
After a dozen or so moves, Vic knew that what Renka said was probably true. This Celestial Dragons might not actually be a Devil Fruit user, just like many of the older generation of powerful figures who didn't eat Devil Fruit. With that, Vic had a better understanding of the situation.
"Your body? You can't move?"
Suddenly, Renka saw a slight smile appear on Vic's otherwise expressionless face. Immediately afterward, his body went out of control. His conscious mind had already planned the next move, but his body suddenly paused, as if it had not received any instructions from his brain.
At that moment, time seemed to slow down countless times. In Renka's eyes, Vic's figure slowly grew larger and larger, gradually filling his entire pupil, and then he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
The long-lost pain spread throughout Renka's body, making him feel increasingly heavy. It was as if all the strength in his body had found an outlet, flowing rapidly out of his heart!
"This... could this... be... your... power!"
After uttering his last words in fits and starts, Renka fell forward, crashing into the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust. A few specks of dust floated and stuck to his still-open eyeballs.
There was a very conspicuous tear in his clothes at the chest, where a large patch of blood had stained it. Blood was also stubbornly flowing from beneath him into the low-lying area. The blood of Celestial Dragons was also bright red, no different from that of an ordinary person!
When they first clashed, Vic had already deployed a large number of charged particles in the surrounding space. These particles were invisible to the naked eye and even with Observation Haki. After a period of fermentation, they had entered Renka's body in large quantities under Vic's active control.
The human body is inherently electrically charged, so Renka didn't sense anything amiss. Once Vic determined that the person most likely didn't have a Devil Fruit ability, he decisively combined the charged particles into bioelectricity.
In that instant, Renka's conscious mind had already coordinated his body, and his subconscious mind had also reached the corresponding control areas, waiting only for the neurons to send all the electrical signals to all parts of his body, and then, through precise coordination, to complete a counterattack.
However, the bioelectricity invaded by Vic neutralized the rapidly transmitting bioelectricity in Renka's neurons. In that instant, his bones, internal organs, meridians, muscles, and skin would not receive any command electrical signals, and his body would naturally freeze there as if it were out of control, with only inertia supporting his movement.
In addition, as a precaution, Vic also used the speed-deceleration effect of the Speed-Speed Fruit. The combined power of the two fruits acted directly on Renka, causing his body to stop moving for a moment.
Although it was only for a moment, what is inertia in the eyes of such a strong person? Even a 0.01-second pause is fatal. Renka is an example. He was stabbed through the heart by Vic's sword with Ryuo. Without any special Devil Fruit ability, Renka was doomed!
"Although you consider yourself a god, unfortunately your body is not divine; it's just a mortal body!"
Vic flicked the blood off his Blood Wither and said, then sheathed the twin swords, whose Haki was slowly dissipating, back into his waistband.
Renka believed in his heart that he was a god, a descendant of the creator, so he did not regard other humans as his own, and therefore had no compassion for them, only taking them for granted.
Just like when you slaughter pigs, cows, and sheep to eat meat, how many people would consider it a sin? It's entirely a matter of subjective mindset, but it's also the root cause of the world's chaos!