Chapter 271: Respective Victories and Defeats
Faced with Yamato's challenge, Reiner remained silent, slowly standing up from Apis.
Is he finally going to make a move?
The several pirates at the side had grave expressions. They looked again at their captain, a bit more worry in their hearts.
They didn't know how much Luffy and the others had grown, but they had witnessed Reiner's performance on the battlefield back then.
If you had to say who in the Straw Hat crew could defeat Yamato, they undoubtedly all believed that Reiner was the most likely candidate.
Would Yamato's undefeated record since she set out to sea, where she had crushed every enemy, be broken here?
This thought rose in everyone's mind at the same time.
Seeing Reiner stand up, Yamato also reacted. This was him accepting the challenge.
She immediately swung her spiked club, bent her knees slightly, and with a brief preparatory motion, charged straight up.
"Here she comes!"
"Quick, retreat! Don't get in the way of Big Sis's fight!"
"Go for it, Big Sis!"
The several pirates shouted as they scattered.
"So impatient," Reiner waved his hand, signaling Apis to retreat. He said from his high vantage point, "Aren't you going to recover from your injuries first?"
"Is that pity for me? I don't need such things!" Yamato grinned, her eyes glowing with fighting spirit.
She had heard the names Luffy and Reiner countless times on the ship and had long been impatient to have a match with them.
Her geta sandals thumped rapidly as the white figure dashed up the cliff face.
"In that case, then bring it on."
Reiner rested his arms at his waist, spread his legs into a half-squat, and stood firmly, waiting for the opponent to come up.
The moment she got close, Yamato leaped into the air with a single step, raising her spiked club high with both hands.
The icy cold air erupted and covered it, and a powerful Haki displayed her fighting spirit to the fullest.
The spiked club transformed into a blade of extreme cold, violently chopping down at Reiner from above!
"Hassaikai!!" (Ice Slasher!!)
Boom!!
This club came crashing down solidly. Reiner's entire person was directly smashed into the mountain peak.
The next moment, his entire person pierced through the other side, shooting out like a cannonball and crashing straight into the ground. The ground instantly exploded with a huge web of cracks.
The mountain peak then collapsed into countless falling rocks.
Yamato landed on top of it, without a trace of joy on her face. She gritted her teeth at the cloud of smoke and dust rising below and said grimly:
"What do you mean by this? Do you think I'm not worthy of you making a move?"
"Hiss, that hurts."
In the ruins, Reiner sat up, holding his bleeding forehead. He shook his head, then looked up at Yamato.
"I don't look down on you, quite the opposite. Since you didn't plan on recovering..."
Reiner let out a long breath, stood up again, and stood firm. He said with a cold, light laugh, "I have taken the price for their defeat. There is one more club. Come on."
Yamato paused for a moment, glanced at Nami and Robin, and immediately understood Reiner's meaning.
"I see..."
"You don't want an unfair victory? You, you're pretty good."
Yamato turned her head back, a hint of fondness in her eyes. "In that case, one more club. Be careful."
"I don't need affirmation from the weak."
Reiner's smile was cold. "It doesn't matter how many tickling moves you use."
"Then let me see if you're as tough as your mouth."
A corner of Yamato's mouth lifted. Her fondness and contempt for Reiner rose at the same time. She felt she finally understood the feeling of loving and hating a person at the same time.
Her gaze focused, and Haki once again coiled around her weapon.
She said she wouldn't hold back, and she wouldn't. She would show Reiner enough respect with her full strength!
In an instant, an overwhelming aura erupted from Yamato's body. She dragged her spiked club behind her and, with a heavy stomp of her foot, shot out like an arrow!
Reiner's eyes hardened. The muscles in his chest bulged, straining his thin shirt, as he stood firm to receive the opponent's explosive attack!
"Shinsoku: Hakujaku!!" (Divine Swiftness: White Serpent Rush!!)
Yamato's body transformed into a streak of light, like a great white serpent swimming rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she flashed before Reiner, her spiked club smashing heavily into his body!
Bang!!!
A dull impact sound shook the whole area. The heavy hammer pierced his chest, and a solid home run sent him flying. His entire person shot out in a straight line, crashing into a mountain peak!
One crack after another spread, in an instant covering the entire mountain peak, and then it crumbled with a roar, burying Reiner.
"Waaah! That bastard is so cool!"
"Little bro Reiner is a real man, wuwu!!"
"Get up, you bastard!!"
A group of pirates cried out, all of them shouting their support towards the collapsed mountain.
Their positions were no longer important at this moment. Both Yamato and Reiner were worthy of their admiration.
"What are they getting so emotional about, a bunch of idiots."
Nami was speechless. Wouldn't it be better to just attack when the opponent is weak? And he has to take two hits for nothing. She said irritably, "Men are all fools."
Robin just smiled gently and said nothing.
"Cough, cough!"
The smoke and gunpowder gradually dissipated.
In the ruins, Reiner couldn't help but cough up blood. He propped himself up with his right arm and slowly stood up, raising his hand to wipe away the crimson from the corner of his mouth with no concern.
"—Phew!"
"So heavy. My whole body feels like it's going to fall apart. I almost died."
"Stop pretending," Yamato sneered, her spiked club pointed directly at Reiner. "Now we're both injured. You can fight me properly now."
"Ah, get ready to taste defeat."
Reiner raised his hand to grip a bone handle, and a single-edged white bone battle-axe as tall as a person was drawn out. A green cloud of flame coiled behind him, and an aura of death emanated without end.
The next moment.
A fierce wind arose from the flat ground. A majestic aura erupted from him as the center!
Reiner did not hesitate and directly erupted into his strongest form.
Azure flames enveloped his body. A demon descended!
"What is this form?"
Yamato's expression was grave. Her throat bobbed, and she subconsciously tightened her grip on her spiked club.
"The same type of ability as me?"
"Two awakened Zoan users fighting would be endless."
Immediately, Yamato's mind was made up. Her gaze was resolute as she said, "Let's make this quick!"
"Your worry is unnecessary," Reiner sneered.
A corner of Yamato's mouth also lifted.
Two waves of Conqueror's Haki shot up into the sky, clashing against each other and pushing with great tension. The sky, filled with lightning, dimmed.
The next second.
The two of them moved at the same time, each dragging their weapons as they charged at each other.
Reiner held the white battle-axe with one hand. His movements were wide and open, and he chopped down vertically with immense force.
Clang!!
Yamato raised her pitch-black spiked club horizontally to block. The moment they made contact, she instantly gritted her teeth.
It was as if she had caught an entire mountain. An overwhelming, irresistible force pressed down!
Boom!!
The ground couldn't bear the load and cracked open. Her feet, like nails, sank into it, and the two arms supporting the spiked club began to tremble slightly.
"Is this really a strength a human can possess?"
Yamato gritted her teeth, unable to help her shock. She, who had the blood of the Oni race, was actually at a disadvantage in terms of strength.
Dark red lightning erupted between the two of them. Reiner grinned sinisterly, the veins on his body bulging as he exerted force again!
Boom!!
Under the immense force, Yamato's back scraped along the ground as she was sent flying backward directly.
She plowed a trench dozens of meters long in the ground, only stopping when she crashed through a giant rock.
Before she could catch her breath, Reiner, holding his giant axe, descended from the sky again!
"Kagamiyama!!" (Mirror Mountain!!)
In her urgency, extremely cold air emanated from Yamato's body, rapidly spreading over her and condensing into a layer of hard ice.
Bang!
His feet landed heavily on the ground. Reiner sneered contemptuously, his giant axe casually chopping down on that hard defense.
"Resonance Blade!"
The next moment.
With a 'buzzing' sound, a high-frequency, minute vibration was transmitted from the axe blade.
Crack, crack!
A dense web of cracks suddenly appeared at the point of contact, spreading over her entire body in the blink of an eye.
—Bang!!
Yamato's highly confident defensive move was actually shattered so easily in an instant!
"How could this be!"
Before her disbelieving eyes, a giant axe blade came crashing down!
Bang!!
An explosive sound rang in her ears. The atmosphere shattered like a mirror, creating numerous cracks!
The terrifying force of the tremor instantly engulfed Yamato. She spat out blood, and her figure was sent flying again like an arrow from a bow!
One misstep, and every subsequent move was passive.
Before she could stop, Reiner pushed off the ground with explosive force.
Taking this opportunity, he would take her down in one go!
Arriving above Yamato, who had not yet stopped, he raised his giant axe high with both hands and chopped down fiercely!
Boom!!
The heavy-as-a-mountain strength combined with the ultimate destructive attribute came down without mercy, smashing Yamato deep into the ground!
In an instant, the entire island shook violently. Both space and the earth were twisted and shattered.
Fierce waves continuously crashed against the shore, and even the dark clouds densely covering the sky began to churn without end.
"Big Sis..."
A group of pirates' mouths were slightly agape, unable to speak. Reiner's terror was beyond everyone's imagination.
The battle below had almost turned into a one-sided beating.
Yamato had never expected her Mirror Mountain defense to be broken in an instant.
One miscalculation, and the opportunity was seized. The all-out Reiner pressed her so hard she had no room to breathe.
The successive axe blades made Yamato retreat step by step. She could only grit her teeth and parry with her spiked club.
However, the vibrating force that erupted from it continuously bombarded her body. She could only rely on a large consumption of Armament Haki to wrap around her body and barely resist.
After only a dozen or so exchanges, Yamato was already in tattered clothes and covered in blood.
The aura on Reiner's body showed no signs of weakening, and was even continuously climbing.
Wide-open movements, extreme violence combined with powerful Haki.
Yamato's arms trembled slightly, gradually going numb.
Looking at the increasingly fanatical Reiner, a strange palpitation suddenly arose in her heart. A certain hateful figure unconsciously appeared in her mind.
Clang!!
A heavy horizontal slash suddenly sent the spiked club flying from her hands. Yamato was instantly shocked.
"The victor has been decided!"
Reiner sneered, a scarlet, ferocious glint in his eyes.
Haki coiled around his battle-axe at full power, and a ball of white energy was enveloped as he chopped down fiercely!
Boom!!!
A heaven-and-earth-shaking tremor overturned the world. It instantly spread to the entire island, and even the nearby sea became extremely turbulent.
And on the sea, a small boat was shaking violently. The several Marine soldiers who were monitoring the movements on the island were holding on tightly to the railing.
Looking at the scene on the island, their faces were grave, and they couldn't say a word.
The destructive power Reiner now displayed, how was it any different from Whitebeard during the Summit War?
A giant cloud of dust and smoke slowly rose into the sky.
In a pile of rubble, Yamato lay sprawled on her back.
Her body was covered in wounds of all sizes. The fiery pain came from all over. Her whole body felt like it was going to fall apart.
"I can't move..."
Yamato tried to move her fingers, but her arm, as if out of control, couldn't be lifted. She quietly looked at the gloomy sky, as if she had returned to that Onigashima that had imprisoned her...
"I lost so badly..."
"If this continues, when will I ever be able to go back and beat that bastard..."
The lightning seemed to be mocking her. A ferocious face slowly appeared. Hateful, yet unbeatable.
"Kaido..."
A sense of powerlessness welled up in Yamato's heart. "When... will Wano Country be opened..."
Putting away his weapon, the azure flames on Reiner's body slowly faded, and he returned to his mature and steady appearance.
"Second victory, secured."
"It's the third, actually."
An unfriendly voice came from above. A green-haired figure, dragging his bloody body, walked out from the edge of the cliff.
Zoro was bare-chested, his entire chest covered in a ferocious gash. He sneered at Reiner, "Sorry, I was a step ahead of you."
"Whatever. Only a fool would care about such things. Hurry up and find Chopper for treatment."
Reiner didn't even look at Zoro and went straight to regroup with Nami.
He wasn't surprised that Zoro had won, but that he had won so quickly...
Hmph, trying to show off in front of me? Not a chance.
"Roronoa?"
Several pirates, seeing Zoro's figure, suddenly reacted to something and looked at Zoro with disbelief.
"Could it be!"
"Was Captain Vista defeated?"
"For real..."
"You can go and see for yourselves," Zoro jumped down from the cliff. He rested his left hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist, and with his right thumb, he pointed behind him and said lightly:
"If you go late and he bleeds to death, don't blame me for not reminding you."
"What!"
Hearing this, several pirates hurriedly turned around and ran frantically in the direction Zoro had indicated, leaving only two to look after Yamato.
At this time, on the other side of the island, in an open field.
Countless towering stone pillars had been reduced to short stumps. Rubble was scattered all over the ground, and even the peaks of several nearby mountains had been shaved off.
The surroundings seemed to be still filled with the raging remnants of sword energy. A man in a high hat and a gentleman's attire lay in a pool of blood in the very center.
It was none other than the fifth division commander, Flower Sword Vista, who had been defeated by Zoro.
No one had witnessed their battle, but from this devastated battlefield, it was not difficult to see how fierce the fight had just been.
"The young people these days are really incredible. Ace, and Yamato..."
"And Roronoa, Straw Hat Boy, and that Black Snake Reiner..."
Supporting himself on the ground with his white-gloved hands, Vista struggled to turn over and said with a self-deprecating smile, "One by one, they're all starting to ascend to the highest stage of the sea. Tell me, are we really getting old?"
"The only one who's old is you. I won."
A muscular, dark-skinned, burly man strode over with heavy steps.
The armor on the man's body was slightly tattered, but his pace was steady, and he clearly had no injuries.
The newcomer was none other than the strongest shield of the Whitebeard Pirates, Diamond Jozu.
He came to Vista's side and sat down, then took a flask of wine from his back waist and took a drink.
"You've been cut up so badly. How tragic."
Jozu put the wine on the ground and gestured. "Want some?"
"—Urk," Vista grunted, pushing himself up with force. He ignored the injuries on his body, directly picked up the wine, tilted his head back, and chugged.
It wasn't until the alcohol stimulated his wounds that Vista put down the wine flask, raised his hand to wipe his two-pronged mustache, and said defiantly:
"What are you talking about? That kid was cut up pretty bad by me too."
"Ah, right, right. Drink, drink. The medical team should be here soon," Jozu waved his hand, not wanting to listen to the other's excuses at all.
All swordsmen are the same. Their mouths are harder than their swords.
(End of chapter)
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