Kizaru certainly didn't disappoint them. He pushed aside the tattered debris pressing down on him and stood up. However, the whip kick didn't hurt Kizaru much either. Although he didn't vomit blood, it was very painful. He was rubbing his chest as he stood up, which made it quite obvious.
"These young people nowadays are really fierce! Lightning's speed exceeded my expectations, but speed alone isn't enough to defeat me, Ama no Murakumo Sword!"
Kizaru looked at Vic with a serious expression and then clasped his hands together and gradually opened them, revealing a longsword made of golden light between his hands. He then leaped, gripped the hilt of the sword, and slashed at Vic.
Vic didn't take it lightly and tried to block it with his bare hands. He drew the Blood Wither from his waist and held it in front of him. The clash between the lightsaber and the Blood Wither produced a metallic clang.
Neither of them retreated after the collision, as if they were stuck together by their swords. However, judging from the fact that Vic blocked Kizaru's two-handed attack with just one hand, Vic had an absolute advantage in strength.
It wasn't that Vic's younger age gave him an advantage in strength; Kizaru was only in his early forties, practically in his prime, so his age should have been the real advantage.
However, Kizaru relies too much on his Devil Fruit ability, neglecting to train his strength, Haki, and techniques, making him incomparable to someone like Vic who is always strict with himself.
However, even if Kizaru, being a monster, neglects training, his strength, physical skills, and Haki are still unmatched by ordinary people; it's just that they're not enough for Vic.
While Kizaru and Vic were locked in a standoff, the other Vice Admiral of the Navy realized that if they couldn't get the pirate ship into the range of the warship's cannons, they would be constantly on the defensive.
The sniper rifles on the pirate ship seem to be specially made, with a longer range than the Fire Pistol on their warships. Moreover, the sniper is a Devil Fruit User, whose bullets can turn into cannonballs, making them a huge threat.
Therefore, the Vice Admiral have already ordered the warships to continue sailing closer to the pirate ship. The vice Vice Admiral are on full alert and ready to intercept Wendy's sniper cannon at any time.
Wendy certainly wouldn't let the warships pass without any resistance; her sniper rifle never stopped firing, each shot equivalent to a cannon shot, and at a much faster rate of fire than a cannon—the speed of a bullet.
With the added support of the cannons operated by Frodeku and the long-range interference of Rebecca's flying swords, it became extremely difficult for the warships to advance. Some Vice Admiral even tried to withstand Wendy's sniper shells with Tekkai, only to be blasted into a sorry state.
Frodeku's was even more outrageous; he possessed Future Sight Observation Haki, which allowed him to foresee whether a shell would hit its target. Therefore, he didn't need to waste his efforts, and each shell would cause significant obstruction to the warship's progress.
This was only because the warships hadn't fully entered the cannon's range. If the warships had actually entered the range, then all the warships would have become targets for Frodeku, and they wouldn't have been able to dodge them unless a navy with Haki and Six Powers came to their rescue.
Rebecca's flying swords ignored the distance, and she controlled several of them to cause trouble on the warship. She did not harm the marines, or rather, as a former navy officer, she couldn't bring herself to harm these ordinary marines.
Otherwise, given Rebecca's current control over the flying sword, she would have already impaled those marines who weren't being watched by the Vice Admiral admiral, causing countless deaths and making the Navy's pursuit end tragically. As for the other people on the pirate ship, they didn't participate; they had to be ready to deal with any emergencies and maintain control of the pirate ship.
Meanwhile, Vic and Kizaru were already engaged in fierce combat, one wielding a sword and the other a lightsaber, slashing at each other. Seemingly afraid of damaging the warship, neither of them casually unleashed their moves and power, as if they were simply comparing sword techniques.
Vic never used his other sword, easily dealing with Kizaru with just one. No matter how Kizaru attacked, Vic blocked it all.
Kizaru is not a true swordsman; the lightsaber is merely a weapon he conjures using his abilities. He can freely condense other types of weapons, such as spears, greatswords, and pheasant swords, but Kizaru simply chose to condense it into a sword for convenience.
He doesn't have any profound sword techniques; he simply relies on speed, strength, and the extra damage from his lightsaber to overwhelm opponents. But these are of little use to Vic. Vic has already figured it out: apart from his Devil Fruit ability, Kizaru doesn't have any particularly outstanding abilities.
After blocking the lightsaber once again, Vic kicked Kizaru in the chest. This was no ordinary kick; it was a kick imbued with Armament Haki, sending Kizaru flying from the warship to another warship in the distance, smashing the Kizaru turret.
Vic had only used his sword to defend himself, not because he didn't know how to use his fists and feet when he used a sword, but simply because he wouldn't use his fists and feet if he could handle the situation with a sword. However, Kizaru was too fast, and Vic couldn't hurt Kizaru with just a sword, so he had to resort to his fists and feet. Swordsmanship is never just about using swords and knives; fists and feet can also be used in conjunction with swords.
Kizaru pushed aside the warship debris that was pressing down on him and stood up, a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. Both of Vic's Haki attacks had hit his chest, and Kizaru's internal organs had been slightly injured.
Although Vic didn't use Ryuo directly, his Haki attack alone was still quite powerful. The fact that it only took two kicks to make Kizaru bleed already proves his defensive strength; anyone else would have been lying down and unable to get up.
" Vice Admiral Kizaru!"
The marines on the warship initially thought the ship had been hit by cannon fire, until they saw Kizaru stand up and realized it was a person who had been shot at.
They had seen Kizaru fighting Vic on that warship before, but they never expected that it was Kizaru who was knocked away. They all exclaimed in surprise when they saw Kizaru stand up from the ruins.
They were Kizaru's direct marines who had been with him for many years. Kizaru rarely got injured or bled, and he always managed to escape unexpected dangers by using the elemental transformation of the Glint-Glint Fruit. But what happened this time?
Kizaru is undoubtedly very strong. With the Glint-Glint Fruit combined with his physical skills and Haki, even Zephyr couldn't easily defeat him. Zephyr was a former Admiral, so his combat strength is self-evident.
As for pirates, as long as he doesn't encounter someone like Whitebeard, Big Mom, Kaido, Kizaru can handle them quite easily.
However, Vic is different. Although he doesn't yet possess Kaido's top-tier Haki and defense, his speed isn't much slower than Kizaru's. Coupled with the Speed-Speed Fruit's enhanced decision-making and reaction speed, this is why Vic was able to injure Kizaru despite his monstrous speed.
The Speed-Speed Fruit's ability to accelerate thought processes is an incredibly powerful ability, allowing the user to instantly devise the best countermeasures, making it overwhelming when used offensively.