Pirate's Swordsman

♂nbsp; In the distance, on the Gale.

"Xia...Master Xia Nuo, he..."

Looking at the two people who were already at war on the sea, Laura's expression suddenly became nervous and uneasy, "Why are you fighting with Katakuri-san..."

"It seems that the conflict has escalated." Kidd, who was next to him, pushed up his goggles and looked into the distance with great interest, "But that's right, your yellow-haired brother dared to burn even the things on our ship. I'm afraid it's already I pissed off Brother Xia Nuo.”

"But, but..." Laura was anxious for a while, but she didn't know how to speak.

In her opinion, this kind and kind-hearted Lord Shano, although he is one of the Seven Warlords under the King, has defeated enemies of the level of Drought Jack, but on the other side, he is her brother Katakuri!

That was the highest masterpiece of the Charlotte family, the head of the four generals, a man who had never experienced defeat in his life!

If she could, she would never want the two of them to fight, especially since this disaster was caused by herself.

For a time, various emotions such as entanglement, guilt, and uneasiness lingered in her heart, causing her to subconsciously grasp the hem of her skirt and start rubbing it.

"Don't worry!"

At this time, Drump on the other side saw Laura's thoughts, patted her shoulder, laughed and comforted: "You don't have to worry about our captain, it's already this time, you should be worried about your brother That’s right.”

Eh?

Laura was stunned for a while, thinking she heard wrongly, but looking around, she found that the crew members of the Gale all nodded in agreement, obviously very much in agreement with Drump's words.

Is this considered the crew's absolute trust in the captain?

With such an idea flashing through her mind, Laura looked into the distance and found that the outcome of the battle at this moment was completely unclear. Her brother, who was originally invincible in her mind, was now in a difficult battle, and even looked like he was at a disadvantage. .

Could it be that……

There was a thump in her heart, and her mood became more complicated. She didn't know whether she should be happy or worried——

Brother Katakuri, is he really going to face his first defeat in his life today?

…………

Sea surface.

Boom!

He used the Trident Earth Dragon to push back the sword attack from Shano. Katakuri was also shocked and took several steps back, causing a series of ripples on the sea surface.

"call……"

He panted violently for a while, then stood up again and looked at Xia Nuo across from him. The expression on his face was more serious than ever before: "It seems that I underestimated you. It turns out that you are not only fast, but also powerful. No wonder Drought Jack's No monster is your opponent."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Xia Nuo on the opposite side took a breath, raised his head, grinned, and accepted the praise calmly.

At this moment, he has been fighting with Katakuri for more than ten minutes, and he barely has the upper hand in the confrontation, but because of the opponent's difficult fruit ability and the terrifying knowledge that can predict the future, he always has the ability to fight. The feeling of falling into the cotton with a sword is also not very pleasant.

Fortunately, in terms of physical strength, he and Ka Er are both monster levels far beyond ordinary people, so there is no need to worry for the time being.

"It's not a compliment, but frankly speaking, you are indeed very strong. It can even be said that the enemies I have fought before are not as strong as you."

Katakuri clenched the earth dragon in his hand, stood up straight and said: "So from now on, I will no longer retain my strength. Today's battle will be another battle where I will go all out after a few months. "

"What a coincidence, so do I."

Xia Nuo smiled, glanced at the Gale a few hundred meters away, and suddenly said: "In order to prevent others from being affected, I suggest moving to a farther place. What do you think?"

"Very reasonable advice."

Katakuri's eyes flashed, and without much hesitation, he nodded slightly.

After reaching this consensus, the two of them walked through the air at the same time and quickly retreated into the distance. In a short time, they were several kilometers away. After opening such a distance, the Gale, which was not far away in the first place, suddenly became a sight. Little black dot.

"continue."

After a reminder, Xia Nuo tightened his grip on the hilt of the Arashiri sword at his waist again, and his eyes gradually became sharper——

After all, the fight between the two just now seemed to be a lively and exciting fight, but after all it was just a test. The real fierce fight can only really begin from now on!

Swish!

In the next moment, his figure suddenly moved, leaving an afterimage that was difficult to discern with the naked eye, and then suddenly appeared behind Katakuri, slashing towards the opponent's neck with a sword.

when!

There was a dull sound of metal clashing, but Katakuri had turned the trident at some point and placed it in front of his vitals. At the same time, his left hand turned into a fist and suddenly clenched it. tight!

Boom!

The surrounding sea suddenly roared, and countless glutinous rice balls the size of bullets broke out like water droplets rising from the ground on a rainy day, shooting towards Xia Nuozan from all directions.

After awakening, this Devil Fruit has the ability to affect everything around him, which is fully displayed in his hands.

Chi Chi!

Glutinous rice bullets kept falling on Shano's body like rain hitting plantains. However, the latter's expression did not change at all, nor did he make any evasive action. He just stared at Katakuri's eyes and concentrated his strength on the hand. On the sword blade, the trident that was against it was pressed down inch by inch.

Has the armed color reached this level...

Katakuri couldn't help but feel a little shudder when he saw his Wusou rice cake bullet hit the opponent's body without leaving even a trace. He thought he was better than the opponent in terms of knowledge and knowledge, but in terms of the strength of armed color alone, I still can't do it to this extent.

"In that case..."

Katakuri's eyes were full of fighting spirit. He suddenly poured all his strength into it and deflected the sword blade that was getting closer and closer to Shano. Immediately when both of them were shocked back and forth, he suddenly raised his right foot and hit it hard. Step on the sea!

"Flowing glutinous balls!"

In an instant, the sea surface under his feet, as if given life, began to spread and flow around, turning the surrounding sea surface into reddish-brown glutinous rice balls.

And just when Xia Nuo stabilized his body and was about to launch the offensive again, the flowing glutinous rice ball that had spread to a radius of several hundred meters suddenly rose up from under the waves and overwhelmingly hit Xia Nuo head-on!

The momentum when the glutinous ball, which was more than hundreds of meters high, fell down was really shocking. From a distance, Xia Nuo was like a small boat struggling to support itself in a storm, and it seemed that it would be torn into pieces at any time.

In the distance, everyone in the Gale Pirates group couldn't help but feel moved when they saw this scene, and started talking one after another.

"It's too perverted to be able to control the sea for your own use at will..."

"Even if you are a Devil Fruit awakener, there are not many people who can do this so easily."

"As expected of a monster with a bounty of more than one billion, it seems that the captain is in for another fierce battle this time."

……

Everyone talked and talked about everything, but unlike those terrifying and powerful enemies they encountered before, no one had the slightest worry in their hearts, only full trust in their own captain.

After all, the captain has led them through desperate situations many times and created many miracles.

In contrast, in the battle in front of them, although the enemy was Katakuri, a man whose bounty was high enough to make them look up and marvel in the past, how could their captain be an ordinary person?

It was almost a year since they entered the new world. The latter's strength, because they hadn't tried their best for so long, had already reached a level that even they couldn't accurately predict.

Under such circumstances, no matter how huge and terrifying Katakuri's momentum was, everyone still believed that their own captain could still handle it and crack it.

…………

And this is indeed the case.

At the moment when the flowing glutinous ball met his face, Xia Nuo made a quick decision and quickly distanced himself backwards with the moon steps. At the same time, Iai drew his sword and slashed towards this huge and unparalleled glutinous ball at an incredible speed!

Chi Chi!

The faint white sword energy roared away, breaking through the sound barrier in an instant. Before the sound of breaking wind could be heard, the flowing glutinous rice ball surging in the distance was cut open in the middle by a sword, broken into two parts, and collapsed suddenly!

"A single sword is so powerful."

Witnessing this scene, Katakuri raised his eyebrows slightly. He thrust his trident towards his face and said in a deep voice, "I have fought against Bista, the foil sword of the Whitebeard Pirates. In terms of swordsmanship, he is not as good as you."

The swords and halberds intersected, and sparks immediately flew out. Xia Nuo used his skill to deflect the opponent's trident with one sword. Immediately, with a slight shake of his wrist, he changed the sword move into a horizontal slash and struck Katakuri's waist and abdomen, while remaining silent in his mouth, Didn't answer the call.

Although he and Bista had fought against each other many times on Frost Island before and won easily, this was only a private discussion after all. Only the members of the Whitebeard Pirates were lucky enough to watch the battle, so it was only spread in a small area. , it’s normal for Katakuri not to know about this.

On the other side, after narrowly escaping Shano's horizontal slashes, Katakuri found that it became increasingly difficult to dodge the opponent's slashes, even if he had the Haki of Insight.

After all, unlike a long-distance fight, in such a close and bullying fight, he didn't have much room to move when faced with a great swordsman's violent attack.

After judging this change in the situation, Katakuri instantly chose to change his fighting style.

In a flash, Katakuri once again opened a distance of tens of meters from Shano. Katakuri raised his right hand, and dozens of donut-shaped glutinous balls were formed in mid-air, with a small half extending into a hard strip. The rice cake formed a protective shield around him, and most of the remaining arms stretched out from them covered with armed domineering force, and at the same time clenched their fists with a "snap" sound.

"Unparalleled Nine-Headed Rice Cake!"

Amidst the deep shouts, all the arms suddenly moved and turned into fist shadows all over the sky, frantically attacking Xia Nuo below.

boom!boom!boom!

Countless roars sounded almost one after another, but under this suffocating offensive, Xia Nuo still remained calm, using his body skills to shuttle freely through the gaps between the fist shadows, as if he was strolling in a courtyard, dodging with ease. against all attacks.

The next moment, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, he drew his sword out, and suddenly cut out a sword from bottom to top.

Iai·Steel Cutting Flash!

Above the sea, violent winds roared suddenly, and the surrounding air seemed to be sucked out at this moment. A giant tornado with a height of more than 20 meters quickly took shape, and with an unstoppable attitude, it rushed towards the card in mid-air. Takuri swept away!