King's eyes narrowed.
He knew the gap was large, but he hadn't expected it to be this immense.
His full-power strike had been so casually neutralized.
Facing the howling slash, King gripped Enma tightly in both hands, and swung his sword!
Enma met Shiki's slash, but not only did it fail to shatter it, King was also forced back by the immense impact of the attack.
Even with King's wings flapping vigorously behind him, he was carried hundreds of meters away by the slash.
King halted his momentum, deflecting the slash into the air.
Shiki, after delivering one strike, did not press his attack, a smile on his lips, playfully scrutinizing King.
Compared to Captain Kaido and Vice-Captain Noro, King left little impression on the world.
Even during the grand challenge on Baltigo, King only stepped in when Kaido and Noro were truly unable to act.
And even when King did step in, he couldn't win, though he didn't lose either, earning him the reputation of being evenly matched.
Although that was just a casual strike, considering his level as a pirate, being able to block it head-on already made him a formidable individual.
After deflecting the slash, the flames behind King suddenly extinguished. His wings flapped, and he transformed into an afterimage, charging towards Shiki.
Although he knew that his defense would decrease with the disappearance of the flames, to defeat Shiki, he could only abandon defense and win with speed.
King's so-called speed was like slow motion in Shiki's eyes.
When the gap was too large, no tactic was effective.
A mocking smile curled on Shiki's lips. He burst forth at an even faster speed. Just as King was about to close in, Shiki's figure flickered, easily dodging.
Then, he swung his sword back at King, this strike faster and fiercer than before.
King was too late to dodge. In his haste, he could only quickly ignite the flames behind him.
The sharp blade struck King's chest, but failed to wound him. However, under the immense impact, King was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string.
King's body smashed through several buildings in the air before finally crashing to the ground.
The ground instantly became a pit, and rising dust obscured King's figure.
Shiki was not the type to wait for others to get up before attacking again. He grinned savagely, drawing his other beloved sword, Kogarashi, from his waist.
"Lion: Shishi: Chigirigami!"
With Shiki's roar, his two famous swords rapidly swung, streaks of sword energy crisscrossing, sweeping through the void, slashing down towards King in the dust!
In the dust, King had not yet risen when he was struck again by the overwhelming sword energy.
Under Shiki's relentless bombardment, the surrounding buildings collapsed one after another from the aftershocks, erupting in deafening roars.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At this moment, two cannonballs, trailing flames, whistled towards Shiki.
Shiki glanced sideways, raising his Otohime and casually swinging it. A slash tore through the air, striking the cannonballs.
The cannonballs were split in two by the sword energy, exploding in mid-air.
However, Shiki underestimated the power of the cannonballs. The force of the explosion, even nearly a hundred meters away, sent a wave of heat rushing towards him.
"King, I'm here to help you!"
His voice was heard before he was seen.
Shiki's eyes narrowed. Through the thick smoke of the explosion, he curiously watched a figure he had never seen before, rapidly approaching from the sky.
During this time, it was continuously firing cannonballs.
What the hell is this thing? It can fly in the air?
A new weapon developed by Wano?
Shiki's interest was instantly piqued. A weapon that could fly in the air was perfect for his Flying Pirate Fleet.
"Jihahahahaha… What an unexpected harvest!"
Shiki grinned savagely, flying towards the unidentified flying object, casually cutting all the bombs along the way.
Queen, sitting in the cockpit of "Six-Eyed," looked at the constantly approaching lion on the screen, scoffing.
"Want to chase me? You can't even see my tail fin!"
Queen skillfully operated "Six-Eyed," firing various cannonballs like rain towards Shiki.
This fighter jet was Noro's concept, and Queen had spent three years researching it.
There was only one such aircraft in the world.
Initially, Noro had planned to use it to bomb that island nation. Just thinking about that scene made him uncontrollably excited.
Noro always felt that the world's technology tree was skewed. Robots, lineage factors, clones, artificial Devil Fruits had all been created, but no one had made airplanes.
Even transmigrators didn't bother.
Since no one else did, he would. Although he didn't understand technology, he had Queen.
If he could research Gundams, why couldn't he research fighter jets?
It was just that Queen had somewhat failed his expectations by not creating it in that year on Baltigo, and Noro was also eager to conquer Wano.
Ultimately, "Six-Eyed" couldn't fulfill the mission of bombing that island nation.
Facing the overwhelming cannonballs, Shiki was completely fearless, his two swords dancing impenetrably, shattering the cannonballs one by one, and continuously closing in on the fighter jet.
However, "Six-Eyed"'s thrusters suddenly ejected a powerful burst of air, instantly increasing its speed, actually leaving Shiki behind.
Shiki, seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but then the light in his eyes grew even brighter.
He really wanted it!
Normal men couldn't refuse a fighter jet, and Shiki was no exception.
Shiki, holding his two swords, chased after it like an arrow released from a bow, no longer caring about King on the ground.
Taking advantage of Shiki's attention being drawn by Queen, King, in the deep pit, flapped his wings, dispersing the dust.
Looking at Shiki chasing Queen in the sky, he gritted his teeth, gripping Enma tightly, and charged again.
"Shiki, I haven't lost yet!"
Shiki glanced sideways, scoffing disdainfully, "Do you really think I can't do anything against your Lunarian race?"
With his insight, he recognized King's race at first glance. When his first strike against King had no effect, he knew the rumors about that race were true.
His subsequent "Chigirigami" was just him being stubborn.
But that didn't mean he truly had no way against this so-called "Race of Gods."
Shiki paused his movement, Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupting, a chilling aura sweeping through the air.
On the blade of his right sword, Otohime, dark red lightning pulsed restlessly.
Shiki grinned savagely, looking at King charging towards him, and swung his sword.
"Zanba!"
A crescent-shaped slash tore forth, trailing raging dark red lightning, powerfully striking down from high in the sky towards King!
In that instant, King only felt a terrifying pressure rushing towards him, as if the sky was falling, making it difficult for him to even breathe, his heart pounding violently.
"Conqueror's Haki infusion?!"
King's lips, however, suddenly curled into a smile. He gripped Enma tightly, not dodging but advancing directly towards this sword energy.
At this moment, in King's mind, there was only one incredibly mad thought:
Avoid its edge?
If you have the guts, kill me!
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