"Did it work?"
In the air, Catarina Devon, floating like a bird, stared closely at the smoke and dust below.
Her pupils glowed red, and she was about to use her Observation Haki to sense Rosen's condition in the smoke, but she never expected that a deep black light suddenly burst out from the smoke.
Whoosh—
A black light broke through the air, tearing through the smoke and dust like a dragon flying into the sky, carrying a sharp edge that pierced through the sky, and slammed straight into Catarina Devon in mid-air.
"Not good!"
Catarina Devon's pupils shrank as she looked at the black light that was growing larger and larger in her sight. She subconsciously turned her body to the left.
Then—
Bang—
Snap—
A powerful force struck her chest, causing her to tremble uncontrollably and retreat. Immediately afterwards, she heard a series of sounds similar to cloth being torn and bones being broken.
Catarina Devon looked closely and found that the black laser shooting towards her from the smoke was the Shinsō that had killed Avalo Pizarro at the beginning of the fight.
Furthermore, it was a Shinsō that was transformed into a black sword by Armament Haki.
She continued to move her eyes downward, following the Shinsō all the way to her pain point, and found that the black sword-Shinsō had pierced through the center of her chest.
The skin, flesh, and bones were all pierced.
This black sword Shinsō pierced through her body from front to back like a barbecue skewer and nailed her to the ceiling.
At this time—
Catarina Devon fell to the bottom of the sea with one move, and the smoke and dust stirred up by being thrown from mid-air to the ground also dissipated.
She endured the pain and lowered her eyes to the ground, trying to see how Rosen was injured after being hit by her Undersea Drop.
But what finally came into view was not the miserable appearance of Rosen injured and vomiting blood as she had imagined, but a giant skeleton that was completely purple, with only the upper body, and its surface wrapped in deep purple light.
As for Rosen, he was inside the body of the skeletal giant and was well protected by it.
Not to mention being injured and vomiting blood—
Even the clothes on his body were not stained with a speck of dust.
The black sword Shinsō in the right hand.
The black blade Senbonzakura in the left hand.
Wearing the first form of Susanoo.
Seeing Rosen showing such a horrifying posture, Catarina Devon's pupils could not help but shrink. Her face turned pale, and a trickle of blood flowed out of her mouth, running down the corner of her lips and slowly dripping downward.
Not only the blood, but also her heart fell into the abyss.
Three against one.
At the beginning, the Corrupt King Avalo Pizarro was shot away by the Shinsō.
The fire dragon released by the Heavy Drinker Vasco Shot was chopped into pieces by Senbonzakura.
Even she herself was pierced through the body by the Shinsō and nailed to the ceiling of Infinite Hell.
Rosen, on the other hand, was unharmed and displayed even more terrifying strength than yesterday.
"Oh?"
"Did the stab go astray?"
"I was going to pierce your heart."
Rosen was clearly facing downward, but under the protection of the first form of Susanoo, his body was strangely suspended in mid-air and did not directly touch the ground.
His gaze moved upwards, following the Shinsō all the way to Catarina Devon. He was a little surprised to see that the other party was not pierced through the heart by the Shinsō as he had expected.
"What a quick response."
"You can even avoid this."
"It's probably because of the ability of the Mythical Beast species!"
Seeing that Catarina Devon had avoided the fatal stab, Rosen couldn't help but praise her reaction.
This kind of reaction at a life-and-death moment, which can be made based on physical instinct without the need for Observation Haki to perceive, is not something that everyone can possess.
Obviously—
This keen intuition about danger was also granted by the ability of the Zoan-type, Mythical Beast: Nine-Tailed Fox form.
Suddenly—
Clang—
Catarina Devon reached out and grabbed the black blade that had pierced her chest.
"I've caught your sword."
Her hands and the chest that was pierced by the Shinsō were hardened by Armament Haki. Then, she exerted force with her ten fingers and tightened her chest, actually clamping Rosen's Shinsō tightly.
"Interesting."
"What do you want to do with my sword?"
"Or do you think that the reason I'm so powerful is entirely because of the Zanpakutō in my hand, so you just wishfully think that capturing my Zanpakutō is equivalent to capturing victory?"
Rosen chuckled upon seeing this.
Since Catarina Devon wanted to catch the Shinsō so much, he would let her catch it as much as she wanted.
But—
He tightened his grip on the hilt of the Shinsō slightly, then pulled it downward.
Clang—
The black sword that pierced into Catarina Devon's chest began to slash downward toward her abdomen. Although Catarina Devon held it tightly with her hands hardened by Armament Haki, and her chest was also hardened by Armament Haki, she was still a flesh and blood body after all—
Especially since the blade of the sword had already pierced into her body.
Even if she tried her best to clamp it, the blade of the Shinsō still cut from the chest to the abdomen little by little.
With every movement, her expression became more twisted, and the pain—like a thorn piercing the bone—grew more intense.
"Aghhh—!"
Faced with the piercing pain brought by the dragging of the Shinsō, even though Catarina Devon was mentally prepared and full of resolve, she still felt heart-wrenching pain and couldn't help but let out wails and screams—
But she still refused to let go of her hands that were holding the blade of the Shinsō.
First, she must not let Rosen take back the Shinsō.
Second, once she let go, the Shinsō that had pierced her body would fall down and cut her in half.
"Pizzaro—"
"Shot—"
"How long are you two going to dawdle?! Can't you see that I can't take it anymore?! You two bastards!!"
Catarina Devon roared as she clutched the Shinsō.
"Drunkard Flying Star!"
When Vasco Shot heard Catarina Devon's screams, he knew she was about to collapse. He did not dare to delay. He opened his mouth and spurted out bubbles of alcohol, then snapped his fingers continuously.
Snap—
Boom—
With every snap of the fingers, the alcohol bubbles suspended in the air would ignite with blazing flames and turn into a burning fireball.
In an instant—
Dozens of alcohol bubbles turned into fireballs, and then like a group of meteors streaking across the sky, they rushed toward the cherry blossom blades floating around Rosen.
"Pizzaro!"
After restraining Senbonzakura, Vasco Shot immediately yelled.
Whoosh—
A rapid sound of breaking through the air suddenly rang out.
Immediately after—
A figure broke through the air from the depths of Infinite Hell, like an arrow shot from a bow, making sharp whistling sounds in the air, and rushed all the way to Rosen.
Through Rosen's Armament Haki, he had created the first form of Susanoo and faced the enemy head-on.
"Brat."
"We've played around with you long enough in Infinite Hell. You've had your fun, right?"
"Without these two blades—this is your end."
The man who came was Avalo Pizarro, who had been blasted away by the Shinsō at the beginning.
"I see."
"It seems Catarina Devon isn't the only one who thinks that if you seize my sword, you win."
"Even if you think so."
Rosen glanced at Senbonzakura that had been blown away by the fireballs released by Vasco Shot, and the Shinsō that was caught by Catarina Devon.
The thoughts of these three prisoners were self-evident.
"You're absolutely right."
"Without these two swords—what else can I do?"
Avalo Pizarro had a grim smile on his face, clearly believing it to be true.
"Rosen."
"This time, it's your turn to fall."
He stretched his right arm back, and Armament Haki burst out from his fist, swirling like a vortex around his arm.
"Die!"
Avalo Pizarro roared, and his right fist, filled with violent Armament Haki and murderous aura, punched Susanoo's sternum.
Snap—!
Once the overwhelming force was released, it sent out a terrifying shockwave that shattered every rib of Susanoo's first form.
This scene landed in the eyes of Catarina Devon and Vasco Shot, and they could not help but show joy on their faces.
Not just them.
With Avalo Pizarro's powerful punch, Susanoo's ribs were broken, and even the prisoners in other cells of Infinite Hell showed excitement on their faces.
They all seemed to have seen—
The moment Rosen would be finished and completely eliminated from the stage.
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