Vic was relieved to see that neither Rebecca's group nor Kanbo's pirate ship were damaged. So what if the pirate ship was damaged? As long as everyone was safe, that was all that mattered.
He was now able to seriously contend with these three Celestial Dragons. Facing the combined attack of the three Celestial Dragons, Vic was not having an easy time either. The three coordinated very well, with two of them always trying to hold him off while the third launched a surprise attack.
Burns, the Celestial Dragons was the first to rush in front of Vic, actually knew the advanced version of the Six Powers Shave, just like Gion. His sudden attack was also terrifying, as all of his techniques were imbued with Ryuo.
Although he fought bare-handed, this was enough to show that his Haki was the strongest among the Celestial Dragons. His entire body was a deadly weapon, and he didn't need any external objects to fight.
Therefore, Vic didn't gain any advantage in the fight here. In fact, he was ambushed and hit twice. Fortunately, Vic's physique and defense were quite good, otherwise he would have been injured.
One wielding a knife, one with a sword, and one unarmed—the three of them ganged up on Vic. Moreover, all three possessed considerable Armament Haki and Observation Haki; decades of accumulated experience were not something Vic could overtake in just a few years.
Fortunately, Vic is a Logia Fruit user. When he sensed something was wrong, he immediately transformed into his elemental form and fled into the distance. However, his Observation Haki was not as strong as the three of them, and he still made mistakes.
This made Vic yearn for the Observation Haki that Future Sight. With his speed and the assistance of Observation Haki that allows him to Future Sight, one can imagine how he could easily toy with his enemies. Defeating or killing them would be a piece of cake. For those who do not have Observation Haki that Future Sight, it would be a complete dimensional reduction attack.
Vic's twin swords, adorned with flowing Ryuo, blocked the rapier, which was also wrapped in Ryuo. Just as he was about to deliver a blow to Abraham with his other sword, Burns used a high-level Shave technique and instantly appeared beside Vic.
The fist wrapped in Ryuo struck Allen, who was halfway through his Ryuo created ripples in the space, causing the moisture in the air to condense and fog up repeatedly, making the fight look somewhat illusory.
After taking the hit, Vic felt a sense of danger. Without bothering to use the moves he had prepared against the two, Armament Haki Emission blast them away and immediately vanished into his elemental form.
When he reappeared, there was a tear in his clothes on his back near his chest, revealing a bleeding wound. Although the wound wasn't very deep, the location was quite dangerous; if it had gone any deeper, it would have damaged his heart.
This kind of wound had never appeared on Vic before. Most enemies were defeated by him without even touching his body. Only a very few could leave a mark on him, but never in such a life-threatening place. He had always deliberately protected this fatal spot.
But this time, just as he was about to leave after transforming into his elemental form, he was suddenly slowed down by the Armament Haki released by Abraham and Burns, which made him escape a fraction of a second later, and he was stabbed by Ralph's sword wrapped in Ryuo.
Although he had already transformed into his elemental form, some of those elements were still suppressed and held in place by the Armament Haki released by the two, allowing the weapon imbued with Haki to inflict this damage on him.
Unless all the transformed elements are far away from the attack entangled with Haki, they will not be injured, just like Katakuri, who completely predicted the spatial direction of Luffy's attack and then used the pseudo-elemental transformation of the Mochi-Mochi Fruit to dodge it in advance.
It looked like an attack without any Haki attached to it hitting Logia Fruit user; it completely passed through without causing any real damage. Although Katakuri's pseudo-elemental dodging was very small, it was probably only a few millimeters away from Luffy's fist.
However, he only dared to do so because he had a complete understanding of Luffy's attack. If he couldn't have a complete understanding, Luffy's fist, which was wrapped in Haki, would most likely hit other parts of him that hadn't yet been pseudo-elementalized. In that case, the parts of him that had been pseudo-elementalized would need more leeway to avoid being hit.
Of course, the safest response is to run far away. Vic just couldn't accurately predict the attack's landing point, which is why he thought of getting completely away to avoid the attack. However, he didn't expect that Ralph would still catch the little tail he left behind after he transformed into an elemental being.
Vic wasn't too concerned about the minor injury, but the teamwork of the three behind it raised his vigilance to a new level.
Everyone has their own area of expertise, and by perfectly combining their strengths, the Five Elders' selection of these three individuals to hunt down Vic clearly shows careful consideration and not blind arrogance. This also demonstrates the Five Elders ' strong determination to eliminate Vic.
Vic glanced at the three of them, and seeing that they didn't attack him immediately, he used his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability to quickly heal the wound on his back.
Whether these small wounds heal or not won't affect Vic's combat strength, but he doesn't want them to bleed any longer. Too many wounds and too much blood loss would greatly impact his ability to fight a prolonged battle.
If left untreated, the accumulated wounds would become a burden. Therefore, he used his abilities to repair all of Vic's previous wounds. Sensing the rapid healing of Vic's wounds again, Abraham and the other two exchanged meaningful glances.
"Such strong self-healing ability? That should only be possible after achieving the Great Perfection of Life Return! But there must be a price to pay. I don't believe you can keep going like this forever. We can wear you down!"
After Abraham finished speaking, he flew towards Vic again. What he said was both right and wrong. Vic did not do it with Life Return. Although Life Return could also do it, Vic's Life Return was not yet fully developed and could not heal the wound so quickly.
Even if one achieves a high level of Life Return, it's difficult to heal as quickly as Vic. However, doing these things does require some effort, such as consuming physical strength and the energy stored in the body.
So Abraham wasn't wrong when he said they could wear down Vic. Burns and Ralph saw that Abraham had already charged forward, so they immediately surrounded Vic as well.
The battle on Vic's side has reached a stalemate. There are no more fancy moves; it's all about the clash of Haki. Although the battlefield is in the air, the aftershocks of the battle are also affecting the surrounding warships and the sea.
The sails of the warships rattled and swayed violently from the aftershocks of the battle, causing the entire ship to rock, while huge waves were created on the sea surface by the impact of the aftershocks.
If both ships hadn't been large warships, they would have been capsized by the continuous waves long ago. Battles between strong individuals have a significant impact on the surrounding environment; a casual strike can be incredibly powerful, and a serious strike can destroy a town.