The fallen giant's wounds were still bleeding profusely, and his headless body thrashed ceaselessly.
Figarland ignored the figures falling one after another, his gaze fixed solely on one person: Kenji.
"Marine..."
Figarland's right hand, gripping his sword, tightened instantly, and a chilling killing intent radiated from his cold eyes.
"Hey, Commander!"
At this moment, Sommers suddenly spoke, calling for help in a slightly exaggerated tone.
"This big guy is a bit tough, lend a hand."
"Wah! Damn it, my body is splitting open again... As expected of the King of Elbaph, possessing the Ancient Giant Bloodline, he's truly strong!"
Sommers's body was once again shattered by Harald's slash. Although the fragmented flesh was rapidly regenerating, it still required some time.
Figarland turned to look at the battle situation, then frowned slightly, his eyes filled with anger.
"Mere false king..."
He raised his sword with a gloomy face and launched a slash towards Harald.
On the other side of the battlefield, Kenji quietly watched the headless body before him.
At this moment, the fragmented flesh and mushy brain matter converged like paper scraps towards Black's bloody neck.
At close range, Kenji observed more directly and meticulously, clearly seeing the entire 'revival' process.
"Looks a bit like a forbidden jutsu from Naruto..." Kenji stroked his chin, calmly commenting to himself.
At this moment, Black, who had fallen to the ground, was slowly getting up.
At the location of his head, countless fragments converged like points of light, quickly forming the prototype of a skull. As time passed, the entire head was continuously repaired and perfected.
Upon seeing this, Kenji's heart suddenly stirred, "Let's try... that power."
Although Kenji knew how to restrain the so-called 'immortality' characteristic of the God's Knights, he had never actually put it into practice, only understanding the general principle.
After all, he usually didn't encounter those God's Knights.
Of course, more importantly, in the past, he did not possess the power to restrain revival.
"Hmm, this... should be enough, right?"
It was his first attempt to restrain revival, so Kenji operated with great precision, not preventing Black's flesh from reforming on a large scale, intending to only stop a small portion of the area.
Then, Kenji focused his attention on Black's fallen ear.
Rumble!
A flash of dark red light, and Conqueror's Haki instantly surged forth.
Soon, Black, whose head was almost completely reformed, suddenly felt a little out of sync.
"Something seems to be missing?"
He raised his hand to touch, only to find his right ear was gone, making him one-eared.
"Missing an ear? Where's the ear?"
Black frowned and scanned his surroundings, quickly spotting his bloody right ear lying not far away, but his expression grew even more perplexed.
"Strange, why is it that only this couldn't revive?"
"Could there be some problem..."
Perhaps because only his right ear had failed to regenerate, Black didn't think much of it at the moment, as it was an isolated incident.
Perhaps he also felt that 'an individual case cannot represent the whole.'
Afterward, without waiting for anyone to call him, Black proactively walked over and picked up his ear.
He even tried to reattach the ear with his hand, and surprisingly, it worked.
Because Kenji had already completed his experiment and withdrawn his Haki.
"Hmm, finally fixed." Black patted his head, a satisfied smile on his face.
Then, he turned to look at Kenji, a bloodthirsty smile on his face.
Whoosh!
The next moment, his figure flashed, disappearing from his original spot.
However, just as his body traversed into the alternate dimension, a beam of Conqueror's Haki precisely struck the spot where he had vanished.
Boom!
The muffled sound was not loud, but the space tore open, and Black, falling out of the alternate dimension, plunged headfirst onto the ground.
The incident was sudden, and Black was completely unprepared, as he had never imagined his alternate dimension could be shattered.
With a splat, he fell face down, landing on the ground in an extremely undignified posture.
Immediately after, before he could even get up, an extremely powerful oppressive aura descended upon him.
Black was firmly pressed against the ground. The intense humiliation and extreme anger nearly drove him mad. Blood instantly rushed to his face, and his veins bulged.
"Bastard! I am... a noble God's Knight!" Under the surge of emotion, Black's entire body pulsed with Haki, forcibly breaking through the suppression.
Then, his bloodshot eyes locked onto Kenji. He gripped his greatsword with both hands, no longer using any Devil Fruit abilities, and charged directly forward.
Black was incredibly fast, his figure merely flashed, and he was already in front of Kenji.
The next moment, the greatsword, covered and imbued with high-intensity Haki, slashed down fiercely.
Clang!!
A crisp sound rang out, and the sword snapped without warning.
Black only saw a dark red light flash before his eyes. Then, not only the greatsword in his hand but also his own leaping body was heavily struck down.
He crashed onto the ground like a falling aircraft.
Bang!
This impact was not as light as his previous fall from the alternate dimension.
His body instantly shattered, and a large amount of blood splattered.
However, he still largely retained a human form and did not suffer the absurdly severe injuries like when his head was blown off earlier.
"Is it Conqueror's Haki again?"
Black recalled the situation just now while waiting for his body to automatically repair itself.
He clearly saw Kenji make a move, releasing Conqueror's Haki again, and it was a Conqueror's Haki he couldn't comprehend.
"That guy's Conqueror's Haki... why does it seem inexhaustible?"
"When did the Marine produce such a monster?!"
Amid his shock, Black discovered that he was once again suppressed by an invisible presence and couldn't get up.
"Bastard!"
He was instantly enraged, exerting all his strength which only agitated his wounds, causing blood to gush out.
However, the next moment, a foot stepped on his head, and all his efforts instantly vanished. He felt that his body was no longer under his control.
Because his entire body had already been torn into pieces, and this time, the shattered body did not reform.
"He stopped my revival..."
Black looked up at the indifferent Kenji, his eyes filled with terror.
"Hmm, it doesn't seem as difficult as I imagined!"
Kenji scanned the shattered limbs that were prevented from reforming by the Haki, nodding in satisfaction.
"I thought it would be a very difficult technique... maybe my power has reached the required level."
Kenji raised his head to look at the other side of the battlefield, only to meet a pair of angry eyes.
Figarland had already turned around and was looking towards Kenji, his angry eyes almost spitting flames.
Behind him, Harald's massive body had fallen, covered in wounds, the most prominent of which was a long, bloody gash on his chest.
"Damn it, what did you do to my father?!"
Loki's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He dragged his heavily injured body and forcefully charged towards Figarland.
(End of Chapter)
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