Smoker, on the other side, was indignant upon hearing Onigumo's remarks and walked straight over there. Vic didn't stop him, knowing Smoker's inherent sense of justice.
"Hey, Vice Admiral Spider, I can't pretend I didn't hear what you said. Even though you're a superior, you still have to be responsible for your words."
Smoker parted the crowd and came to the three of them. Smoker was only about 2.2 meters tall, much shorter than the three of them.
All three looked at Smoker, knowing he was a top student in this year's Elite Camp, a Logia Devil Fruit user. However, none of them took him seriously, Logia weren't invincible.
"What, kid, you want to stand up for them? You're from the Elite Camp too, right? Of course, what I just said included you!"
"You're supposed to be the top dog in the Elite Camp, right? What happened to you? You're so bad, you can't even handle a new recruit. I heard you surrendered on your own? Where's your dignity? Where's the honor of the Elite Camp?"
Onigumo started mocking again; he really looked down on this year's Elite Camp.
He was furious when he heard that the Elite Camp had been picked off by a new recruit. He even blamed Teacher Zephyr, thinking that if the recruit was so bad, he shouldn't teach him and that he was lowering the prestige of the Elite Camp!
He really wanted to come back and get revenge, to tell that new recruit: it's not that the Elite Camp is no good, it's that this year's Elite Camp is no good.
Smoker couldn't stand this any longer and flew into a rage. He didn't care about anything else, his arm turned into smoke and sprayed out, his fist flying out straight at Onigumo's face.
Onigumo is a user of both dual-color Haki and the Six Powers, so such an attack couldn't touch him at all; he simply tilted his head and dodged it.
With a single "Shave," the person vanished, appearing directly in front of Smoker and delivering a punch to Smoker's chest.
The fist passed right through Smoker's chest and came out from behind. Smoker didn't bleed or get injured; Onigumo didn't use Armament Haki to attack.
"Kid, Logia are only somewhat useful in the first half of the Grand Line; you're not good enough for me."
Onigumo immediately retreated, as if to tell Smoker, "I haven't used Haki yet. If I Haki, you would have been injured."
But Smoker was stubborn and felt humiliated, so he used a "Shave" to dodge next to Onigumo and punched him in the chest.
Onigumo hadn't expected this kid to come back, and he was careless. He didn't dodge and was hit by Smoker's punch. Onigumo was knocked back two steps and didn't have time to do anything. The hit did hurt quite a bit.
He clutched his chest, angrily saying, "Kid, I already went easy on you! You're really ungrateful. I'm going to teach you a lesson on behalf of Teacher Zephyr!"
After saying that, his fist turned black, and he charged towards Smoker in one step.
Smoker quickly used Shave to dodge, knowing that Haki could counter him, so he released a large amount of smoke from his body to try and confuse Onigumo's vision.
But he has Observation Haki, so it's not that easy for him to dodge. Onigumo used Geppo to reach the air.
He located Smoker's physical form floating in the air and punched him, dispersing the Smoker and knocking Smoker to the ground.
The smoke cleared, Smoker struggled to his feet; his Haki punches still dealt significant damage.
Onigumo flashed to Smoker's side again and punched Smoker into the air, causing Smoker to cry out in pain!
Before his flight had even finished, Onigumo had already reached a position parallel to him and struck Smoker with another punch, sending Smoker flying sideways.
Before Smoker even arrived, Onigumo was already waiting in front of him, blocking Smoker's path and delivering another kick.
Smoker couldn't react at all. Onigumo's Shave technique was used very well, and Smoker couldn't land at all, being hit around like a ball.
" Vic, please save Smoker! This guy has gone too far, hitting him so hard! If this continues, Smoker will be seriously injured even if he doesn't die. Hina, please help him."
Hina shook Vic's arm anxiously, looking at him with hazy eyes, while Rebecca also tried to persuade Vic.
"Alright, he's had his fill of suffering now. Let's see if he'll still focus on his cultivation from now on!"
Vic agreed. He also wanted to teach Smoker a lesson, to show him that Logia users weren't so great. If he had Armament Haki, he would have beaten Smoker up long ago.
"Ugh, I got tricked by Onigumo! My Armament Haki, when will you Awakening?!"
Vic sighed. If Smoker knew this, he'd definitely say, "I might not be human, but you really are a dog."
Vic flashed to the battlefield in a few quick movements. Yubashiri her sword and blocked the fist that Smoker was about to use against Onigumo. The sword didn't budge. Smoker finally landed, but he was already bruised and swollen with blood coming from the corner of his mouth.
"Hey kid, who are you? Are you trying to interrupt my training of new recruits?"
When Onigumo saw that Vic had easily blocked his attack, he thought he was a veteran, but he had never seen him before.
"I'm the recruit who took down the Elite Camp. You seem pretty unconvinced, so I wanted to test your mettle as Vice Admiral," Vic said nonchalantly.
Hearing Vic's words, Onigumo was furious. He was a lieutenant Vice Admiral, and he needed a recruit like Vic to test his mettle!
That last strike was quite powerful, but who is Onigumo? He's a swordsman of the Ten-Sword Style, wielding Six Powers and dual-color Haki. He can get by anywhere.
Vic was unaware of Onigumo's thoughts. If he had known, he would have sent him to Kaido's tutoring class, and it would probably have been a short-lived experience.
"Alright, kid, let's see how strong you are. The Elite Camp isn't just made up of them; I came from there too. Let me test your skills."
Onigumo revealed a fierce face and said that his face was indeed fierce, and he was also extremely ruthless.
"I'm also curious to see what kind of abilities the Vice Admiral from the Elite Camp have, and how long it will take me to defeat you," Vic said with a smile.
"Arrogant!"
"Onigumo!" he roared, and then his hair began to dance, splitting into eight strands as thick as forearms that ran from his shoulders down to his waist.
His hair grabbed the hilt of a sword, drew eight rapiers, and swung them behind his back, transforming them into eight spider legs. Then, he drew the last two swords from his waist, making a total of ten swords that bared their fangs and claws, pointing them at Vic.
Ten swords! If they were thrusting at high speed, it would be like a rain of swords! Everyone around was stunned!
This is a spider-like monster! They were all a little worried about whether Vic could escape unscathed. After all, they had already used knives, and Vic had now proven himself for them. They didn't want Vic to get hurt.
" Rebecca, do you think Vic will be alright? That Onigumo looks terrifying!" Hina had never seen anything like this before and sought comfort from Rebecca.
"Don't worry, Hina, Vic is very strong, he'll be fine, hehe!"
Rebecca comforted Hina, explaining that she knew Vic had eaten Devil Fruit that allowed him to accelerate, making him incredibly fast and certain he wouldn't lose.
Vic also drew another knife from his waist— Blood Wither.
Two-Sword Style versus Ten-Sword Style. Vic wasn't worried about the number of swords, but Vic was still a little concerned about Armament Haki, wondering how long this guy's Haki could last.
Vic drew his knife, said nothing more, took a step, and vanished. When he reappeared, he was already beside Onigumo.
The figure flashed briefly and then disappeared; only Yamakaji and Strawberry saw it.
Onigumo glanced sideways in the direction where Vic had disappeared. When Vic reappeared, he was already behind Onigumo. At that moment, two swords and two strands of hair fell from Onigumo's back.
Yamakaji and Strawberry were shocked by Vic's speed, and Onigumo was also dumbfounded, turning around to stare blankly at the knife and hair on the ground.
Vic could have cut down all the swords at once, but he didn't because he wasn't sure of Onigumo's strength. After all, there were too many swords on the opponent, and it wouldn't be worth getting cut himself.
The other students then realized what was happening and became excited, their faces breaking into smiles.
"Weren't you so tough? You couldn't even withstand one move?"
"Yeah, it's not that great, despite all the fancy talk."
" Vic is the best, no arguments allowed..."
"This guy's even faster now! How are we going to catch up?"
The trainees unleashed their taunts and encouragement. Vic knew that Onigumo had been careless. He wasn't sure if Onigumo could currently coat his hair and sword with Armament Haki. If he could, he would be much harder to deal with, so he could only adopt a hit-and-run strategy.