Red Hair drew his sword in that instant, but was noticeably slow. Just as the blade swung, the spiral light beam broke through, colliding with the dragon head statue on the Red Fos, blasting a hole between the bow and stern.
"Retreat!"
Red Hair's pupils constricted as he instinctively shouted.
All the Pirates jumped out following Red Hair's shout. Almost the moment they left the ship, that hole rapidly cracked and spread, turning the dimensional ship into shards like shattered glass, reducing it to tiny pieces that disintegrated into ashes over the sea, completely vanishing.
Just like the dissipating of that giant Tot Musica.
"Sage!!"
As Red Hair leapt up, seeing his ship completely gone, he stepped into the air, spreading smoke rings, and swung his sword heavily at Sage.
The Supreme King's color, like a red ocean, contracted at this moment, turning into red lightning on the blade. With one mighty swing, the surrounding environment lost its color for a moment, as if everything was engulfed in this splendid sword light.
"Kamusari!!"
Clang!!
In the sword light that made heaven and earth lose color, a wisp of white air suddenly appeared, forming a cocoon.
Red Hair's Gryphon hacked heavily on the cocoon, producing a metallic clang. As the cocoon unspiraled, it revealed Sage, transformed with hair burning like white flames.
Gryphon's blade was caught single-handedly by Sage, the black and red Haki all concentrated in his hand, rendering the incoming blade immobile.
"Couldn't foresee the future? No, there wasn't time to react. This move of mine, to some extent, can rival the old monkey!" Sage snickered at Red Hair.
"Oh~ To think you rate me so highly? But no, when it comes to penetrating and unstoppable force, my laser doesn't match up to your Haki compression."
At this moment, Kizaru, who had flown aside to watch the show, laughed gleefully.
They could see that Sage's Haki beam was a manifestation of his combining Haki into a tangible shock wave, which was his signature. Previously, the larger the impact, the larger the beam, focusing on overwhelming with dense Haki.
This time was different. He compressed those large impacts into finger-width rays, very similar to Kizaru's lasers. However, Kizaru's laser ability, when emitted from the fingers, had fixed power, unlike this compressive assault.
Such a degree of compression… that isn't simply summarized by ability development or martial arts prowess.
Compression in itself is a single move, yet reaching a profound level of simplicity to its extreme is something terrifying.
If this compressed speed is incredibly fast, it indeed rivals the fastest, Kizaru.
But in terms of oppressive force and potent Haki power, it's another league altogether.
Red Hair could foresee the future but lacked time to act, and Kizaru was the same; seeing it but knowing it was impossible to evade the inevitable retreat and dodge.
It wasn't any Observation Kill technique, just overly formidable compressed Haki. Observation Haki's crazy premonition would, instead, impair judgment, because getting hit by this isn't amusing.
The instant hesitation and indecision would cause a reaction too late, even though knowing precisely where the attack aimed was still uncapturable.
To such extent...
"Should I commend you as the first in the great sea..."
Kizaru glanced at Red Hair, "A technique distinct from Observation Kill."
"Hahaha! What Observation Kill? Just concealment, hiding aura! A true Observation Kill should eliminate people's Observational Haki!"
Sage's hand gradually pushed forward, deepening the grave expression on Red Hair's face.
"Lily, remember not to learn from this grand sea charlatan, these so-called grand pirates, practicing concealed methods. If you want to change the world, do it yourself, don't rely on others!"
Sage laughed, pressing the blade close to Red Hair's body.
Bam bam bam!
Just then, three gunshots rang out, and Sage's eyes twitched, stalled in action.
Red Hair seized the opportunity, gripping the sword handle tightly, twisting free from Sage's hand, about to continue attacking, when a blur flashed before him. His slashing blade instantly retracted defensively to his face, and a big foot stepped on it.
Boom!
The unstoppable force pressed Gryphon, slamming the sword's back onto his face, with the force rocketing him backward like a cannonball.
Kicked swiftly, Sage rotated, his legs like a scimitar, sweeping a large arc, accumulated Haki forming a defense, sparking in three directions, kicking away three bullets.
"Didn't learn a lesson, huh?"
Sage looked at Beckman, Yasopp, Lucky Roux standing on three fragments, smiling, "What I excel in isn't Haki!"
The three now uniformly posed with their guns raised.
A rifle, a sniper, a handgun, all posed significant threats.
"With mere bullets, even compressed Haki... It's useless. Now you have no ship, no way to escape."
Sage surveyed the Red Hair Pirates floating in the sea, the sinister intent becoming more apparent.
"A ship can just be seized again." Beckman calmly said, "Having it destroyed is in the past; thus, switching ships is perfectly normal. If so, then defeating you and taking your ship isn't an issue at all."
"Yes, although I loathe to admit it, the luxury of the Death Star outstrips our Red Fos. Ours is more traditional, lacking odd buildings on deck." Yasopp laughed jauntily.
A traditional pirate ship, or traditional sea vessels, is generally two decks with the captain's cabin, the hold being their main active space.
Yet, with rapid developments on the sea, various 'black tech' realities emerged, resulting in ships having structures built on them treating the ship like a fortress, even a city.
Red Hair's was a traditional vessel, while Sage's ship, without a doubt, belonged to the luxurious enjoyment type.
"Oh... came to my O'hara last time, now you want my ship too? Go ahead, all is based on strength in this sea. Beat me, do as you wish."
Sage laughed infuriatingly, extending his hands, clenching his fists.
"However, I'll counterattack too... So many here on the sea, who knows if they can evade my storm like last time?"
Rumble!!
As the rings on his fingers shattered into pieces, countless purple thunderbolts descended from the sky, falling on the rapidly enlarging shards, quickly liquefying in lightning and forming spears.
"Annihilate..."
Thunder, flames, and fierce winds gathered on the spears amidst the howl, also swirling around Sage, transforming into a disaster zone.
Amidst this madness, Sage's voice sounded like many mixed, sounding fiendishly violent.
"...Tenmago's Roaring Tribulation!!"
"Let's see how you escape this time! Hahaha!!"