The black light nearly engulfed William's body, causing his expression to turn gloomy, yet amidst this gloom, his pupils shone terrifyingly bright.
Bam!
The sword hilt erupted with sound as he gripped it. He raised the blade, enveloping it entirely with Haki, and swung it fiercely at the black light.
"Lion Fall!"
Boom!!
Compared to the black light, William's middle seemed like a toy sword, yet when this toy sword cut down, the coiling Haki forcefully resisted the descent of the black light.
Crack!
The impact from the colliding black light spread outwards, shattering the already damaged ground and breaking apart the armor William wore.
During the previous battle, his armor was already fractured, and upon being hit by this shockwave, it disintegrated into pieces and flew backwards.
Flying backwards along with it was William's body.
The pressure of the black light crushed his body, causing his bones to emit creaking sounds, and blood continuously emerged from his body, dyeing the clothes he wore underneath.
His physique was constantly compressed by the black light, swiftly sending him flying back, demolishing everything in its path, rendering the North District from a vantage point like being swept by a black pillar, numerous buildings crumbled upon the sweep of the black pillar, unable to even form ruins before being blown apart.
Crackling...
And repeatedly resisting the black light, William's heavy sword trembled incessantly against it. He clenched his teeth, his scar-laden, bloodied face was fierce, as he kept retreating against the impact until suddenly halting his steps, his resistant heavy sword mercilessly chopped down.
"I broke..."
Boom!!!
The black light exploded, forming a vast Haki shockwave, shattering all the surrounding buildings and enveloping most of the North District, blasting buildings apart and creating a massive dent in the ground.
"You haven't broken it."
Sage withdrew his hand and leapt into the air, laughing, "It's just reached the time limit!"
This move, causing even the amount of Haki to temporarily halt recovery.
Just like back when lacking sufficient Haki, initially mastering Galaxy Impact.
About...
A halt of two breaths.
"Lion Flash!"
As Sage bounced in the air to maintain suspension, within the smoke created by the massive impact, a lion's head-like slash tore through the smoke, directly charging skyward.
In that position, William's figure swinging the heavy sword emerged.
"Hmm?"
Sage was astonished, he tread multiple smoke rings to evade the slash, then flashed downward, arriving in front of William, Haki restored at that moment, igniting a black flame on his fist and fiercely flinging it towards William.
Bam!
This fist struck William's abdomen, bending his body slightly, but the heavy sword in his hand nonetheless slashed down.
Ding!
Sage punched with his other fist, bouncing the blade away, ready to continue attacking when suddenly the fellow charged forward, head-on crashing.
"Hahaha, good!"
Sage grinned widely, not dodging, he coated his forehead with Haki, collided with William's head vigorously, eliciting an impact while swiftly spinning, side-legging horizontally, kicking him far away, carving a deep rut into the ground, before jumping back up and landing.
"Cough!"
Upon landing, he coughed blood intensely, instinctively covering his abdomen, speaking deeply, "Internal Destruction? No... Stronger, is this your uniqueness, Pirate."
"A rare warrior!"
Sage's eyes burned passionately, "To die like this would be a shame, really not considering it? The sea is vast, it's unnecessary to hold on here, come and explore with me!"
He braved the big move, even got struck by Haki penetratively, his insides surely shattered, yet at this moment he's not weakening, instead his aura strongens!
William heard, fell silent for a while, raised the sword again, aiming at Sage, tone firm:
"To kill me, it's not that easy, until the last moment no one knows who will triumph. I've encountered Kaido, he said similar things to you, but in the end, I drove him back... For me, Gares is my sea!"
"Pirate, let's continue the slaughter!"
William raised the heavy sword, gripped with both hands, stepped slightly forward, "In the name of 'Young Lion,' I won't lose!"
He won't lose!
Until the last moment of the battle, he definitely won't lose!
This is the vow!
Before he dies... The vow!