"Soru..."
Faster than words could describe, Lancelot struck without any warning!
He abruptly lifted his foot and stomped down with tremendous force.
Accompanied by a deafening roar, an overwhelming power erupted, violently carving a deep pit into the solid ground.
Rubble and dust scattered in all directions.
Just as everyone stood stunned, Lancelot vanished like a ghost, disappearing without a trace.
In the blink of an eye, he reappeared as if teleporting, standing right before Broye.
"Not good!"
Broye inwardly cursed, but she was no pushover either. As a seasoned swordmaster, her reflexes were top-notch.
Almost the instant Lancelot appeared, she decisively gripped the hilt of the longsword at her waist and swiftly drew it.
A cold gleam flashed as the sharp blade transformed into a fierce arc of light, slashing toward Lancelot's neck from an incredibly tricky and unpredictable angle.
Facing such a vicious, lethal strike, Lancelot didn't dodge or evade.
He simply watched as Broye's sword cleanly struck his neck.
Yet, shockingly, despite landing squarely on its target, the seemingly devastating slash failed to inflict any tangible harm on Lancelot.
Towering over Broye due to his height advantage, Lancelot looked down at her with undisguised contempt in his eyes, as if she weren't even worth his attention.
"This... how is this possible?!"
Snack and Custard stared wide-eyed, their jaws dropping as if they could swallow an egg, both exclaiming in unison.
Their cries were filled with profound shock and disbelief, as though they had witnessed something beyond comprehension.
As Broye's siblings, they knew her capabilities all too well.
Though not among the world's absolute top-tier fighters, Broye was a genuine swordmaster!
The blade in her hand had severed countless enemies' heads, her swordsmanship so refined it inspired fear.
Across the world, there were certainly many who could withstand Broye's full-powered strike head-on and emerge unscathed.
But those who could take her sword slash with their bare flesh and remain unharmed were truly few.
Their mother, Charlotte Linlin, was one such individual—her "Iron Balloon" defense was legendary throughout the world.
Besides her, there was the captain of the Beasts Pirates—Kaido.
This formidable being possessed an indestructible physique, as if forged from steel.
Countless powerful warriors had battled him, yet only Oden had managed to leave a scar on his body.
Even the world-renowned Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, and Red-Haired Shanks lacked such defensive prowess...
However, at this astonishing moment, Lancelot's face was as dark as water, his eyes cold as ice.
He abruptly swung his right arm, and in an instant, a razor-sharp hand chop, like lightning tearing through the night sky, shot toward Broye with blinding speed.
Seeing this, Broye's face instantly turned deathly pale, and beads of sweat the size of peas rolled down her forehead.
An unprecedented fear surged in her heart, as if death was already at hand.
For Lancelot's speed was simply too fast—so fast it was jaw-dropping, as swift as a bolt of lightning streaking across the sky.
In the blink of an eye, that formidable hand chop was already within reach, about to strike Broye squarely.
'Gulp...' Broye swallowed hard.
At this moment, her heart pounded like a startled fawn, thumping wildly against her chest as if it were about to leap out of her throat.
Although her eyes could keep up with such astonishing speed, her body seemed to be under a paralysis spell, completely unable to react and evade the fatal blow.
Watching the hand chop hurtle toward her neck with unstoppable momentum, a deep despair filled Broye's eyes.
At this moment, time seemed to freeze. Everything around her grew hazy, with only the hand chop becoming clearer and closer.
"Broye!"
At that very moment, Snack and Custard, witnessing this, couldn't help but cry out in alarm, shattering the deathly silence.
They had seen this shocking scene with their own eyes, their hearts filled with endless worry.
At the same time, they were also stunned by the formidable power Lancelot had displayed.
Only now did they suddenly realize why Doflamingo had placed such a high bounty on this man in the underworld.
Looking back, Doflamingo had done so not merely out of fear of Lancelot's connections to the Holy Land, but because he knew full well that Lancelot possessed a truly fearsome strength.
"This is troublesome..." Snack and Custard's hearts sank straight down.
They were burning with anxiety to rescue Broye, but regrettably, even with their utmost efforts, they couldn't match Lancelot's lightning-fast speed.
This immense gap left them not only terrified but also filled with deep helplessness and powerlessness.
Meanwhile, Lancelot's hand chop, like a bolt of lightning, descended with overwhelming force directly onto Broye's neck.
Under the impact of such immense power, Broye's head jerked violently to the side, her eyes slowly closed, and she instantly lost all consciousness.
Immediately after, her tall figure collapsed heavily to the ground.
At that very moment, Snack and Custard sprang into action almost simultaneously.
Without hesitation, they drew their longswords and roared in unison as they slashed fiercely toward Lancelot.
All three of them were renowned swordsmen, yet their sword styles were vastly different from one another.
Among them, Broye pursued the path of technique, excelling at employing various exquisite sword techniques to overcome opponents.
Snack was the complete opposite, relying on his unparalleled brute strength to recklessly charge across the battlefield with his heavy sword, unstoppable by anyone.
As for Custard, she was renowned for her astonishing speed, her sword strikes swift as a gale, leaving others defenseless.
Yet now, facing the unfathomable strength of Lancelot, the superior techniques Broye relied upon proved utterly useless.
This harsh reality had just been personally verified by Broye herself.
So then, could Snack's power and Custard's speed withstand Lancelot's terrifying assault?
Everything remained unknown...
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