Chapter 523: The Continuation of the War (1)
Katakuri looked at Kizaru floating in mid-air, then stretched out a hand. He made a grasping motion with his five fingers in Kizaru's direction. The surrounding mochi walls seemed to come to life. One after another, Haki-coated spikes shot rapidly towards Kizaru.
This scene caught Kizaru completely off guard. No matter where he flashed, a mochi spike would be waiting for him in advance, before erupting in a violent attack.
"Predicting the future with Observation Haki... how troublesome!"
For the first time, Kizaru felt that his speed might not necessarily give him an advantage. The young man before him was as slippery as an eel. No matter what he did, his opponent could always react a second ahead of him, giving him no opportunity to get close.
Kizaru looked at the mochi tentacles winding towards him from all sides, and the shrinking mochi walls.
Troublesome. This was the first time he had felt so stifled since his debut, even more so than with that lightning kid.
"I'd like to see how long you can maintain this!" Kizaru gnashed his teeth, dodging left and right as he flew in mid-air.
Katakuri remained expressionless and didn't reply. His eyes were fixed on Kizaru, as tentacles extended from the surrounding mochi walls, stabbing towards him. The entire awakened space was covered in pitch-black Armament Haki as the mochi spikes thrust at Kizaru.
"Damn it!"
Kizaru was going crazy! He continuously fired lasers at the surrounding walls. But the walls were like the surface of water; the lasers simply ricocheted off them, having no effect on the mochi walls. When Kizaru threw a light-speed punch, the mochi wall was as hard as iron, letting out a dull thud.
No matter how Kizaru attacked, he couldn't shake the mochi walls. And he had to deal with Katakuri's attacks at the same time.
Just as Kizaru was at his wit's end, the battlefield outside changed.
The stalemate on the battlefield was broken first by the Rockefeller Pirates. The commanders of the Rockefeller Pirates, led by their 1st Division Commander Esdeath, broke through the phalanx formed by the Marines.
"Kill them! Leave no one alive!"
Esdeath slashed back a Marine Vice Admiral with her sword, cutting a long gash across his chest.
"Vice Admiral Rokai!" the surrounding Marine soldiers shouted when they saw Rokai being cut down.
Vice Admiral Rokai fell to the ground, blood flowing continuously from his body. He struggled to get up, but the wound on his body left him powerless.
"The time for the Marines to go to hell has arrived!" Esdeath said with a blank expression, looking at the fallen Rokai. She twirled the longsword in her hand.
A cold light flashed. The blade appeared before Rokai's eyes.
"Pirate... I'll be waiting for you... in hell!" Rokai watched helplessly as Esdeath's sword slit his throat.
The first death of a high-ranking officer on the battlefield had occurred. This was the first high-ranking officer to die since the war began. The death of a Marine Vice Admiral completely shocked the surrounding Marine soldiers.
"Kill them for me!" Esdeath shouted at the stunned Marines, flicking a trace of blood from the tip of her sword.
With that, she plunged into the midst of the Marines and began a ruthless slaughter. The war machine of the Rockefeller Pirates revealed her astonishing power at this moment. Wherever Esdeath passed, Marines were frozen solid, like ice sculptures preserving their final living moments.
"Kill!"
"Quick! Keep up with big sis!"
Esdeath's valor inspired countless members of the Rockefeller Pirates, who raised their weapons high and charged the Marines.
And Esdeath immediately locked onto the position of Robert and Deidara, heading over to support them.
"Deidara, watch your back!"
Robert and Deidara were on the battlefield. The two of them were working together to fight an elite Marine Vice Admiral. But their abilities were still finding it difficult to deal with this elite opponent.
At only eighteen years old, although their strength had improved rapidly and was complemented by their respective Devil Fruit abilities, surpassing most of their peers, they were still struggling against a veteran elite Marine Vice Admiral. Several near-death experiences had left both Robert and Deidara on the verge of collapse.
They looked at the Vice Admiral before them, whose hair was already streaked with white. He was clearly from the same era as Garp. Having been active on the front lines of Marine combat for so long, his battle experience was far greater than that of these two kids, Robert and Deidara.
"Kids, it's time to go to hell!"
A longsword appeared behind Deidara. The cold glint from the blade sent a cold sweat down his back. A sense of deadly crisis enveloped his heart.
Am I going to die? Deidara wondered.
The sound of the blade cutting through the air behind him whistled. Deidara simply couldn't react in time. Robert wanted to go forward to support him, but he was too far away to intervene.
Bang!
The sound of an explosion rang out. Deidara's figure was thrown more than ten meters away.
"Deidara!" Robert shouted from a distance, seeing Deidara sent flying.
A figure suddenly appeared. A magnificent longsword pierced through a body.
"What do you think you're doing to my little brother?" a voice full of killing intent sounded, like a whisper from the abyss.
The old Vice Admiral didn't speak, but lowered his head to look at the sword tip emerging from his chest. He then gave a bitter smile.
"Is my road going to end here!" he sighed with resignation.
Shing!
The longsword was pulled out! The elderly figure slowly knelt down and then collapsed softly to the ground.
Esdeath stood behind the corpse with a blank expression, her face stained with a trace of blood.
"Big sis!" Robert ran over, looking at the suddenly appeared Esdeath.
"Protect yourself, and protect the brothers around you!" Esdeath flicked her longsword, wiping the blood from the blade clean, and then silently walked away.
Robert stared at his big sister's back, somewhat dazed. When he came to his senses, he immediately ran to Deidara's side.
At this time, Deidara had already stood up.
"My butt hurts so much!" Deidara immediately rubbed his butt after getting up, howling in pain.
Just now, to save Deidara from that sword strike, Esdeath had directly kicked him out of the way, sending him flying.
"Haha! It's good that you're okay!" Robert said with relief, seeing the lively Deidara.
"What just happened?" Deidara asked, looking at the dead Vice Admiral on the ground. One second he was fighting them, the next he was lying on the ground. He then glanced at his sister, who had charged back into the Marine ranks, moving among their other brothers and sisters to help them deal with their opponents.
"Let's go, the battle isn't over yet!" Robert patted Deidara's shoulder and then pulled him along.
"Mm!" Deidara nodded and immediately charged into the Marine formation with Robert.
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