Bang
Rosen swung his sword, creating a circular shockwave that carried black and red lightning, leaving cracks on the already battered ground.
Sniff
Redfield raised his blade to meet the attack. After the two black blades crossed, he trembled on the spot, and then his body shot back like a cannonball. Even his feet seemed unable to hold firm, almost lifting off the ground.
Clang
Seeing this, he immediately swung his sword back and stabbed it into the ground. Using the sword as support, he dragged his feet back into position, stabilizing his rapidly retreating body.
"I see."
"That's your limit."
"I've seen it all."
Rosen did not chase after him with his sword, but shook his head slightly.
Because before drawing his blade, he had already used his Observation Haki to see the brief future.
If he pursued, Redfield would end this contest of Haki strength and begin using the swordsmanship of a great swordsman.
"..."
Redfield didn't speak, but he clenched his teeth and stared at Rosen with cold eyes.
Not only did he possess innate, top-level Observation Haki — allowing him to read others' thoughts and memories at will — but through acquired training, he could also Future Vision.
He had just seen the same future Rosen saw.
However, what made Redfield feel gloomy was that although his Observation Haki could Future vision, he could not read Rosen's thoughts and memories.
This had only happened once before.
That was when he faced Gol D. Roger in his prime.
"Observation killing!"
"His Haki is not far from that step."
Redfield felt a chill in his heart, looking at Rosen before him, his eyes going a little dazed — as if he had returned to the past and was seeing the king who had once crushed his dream of becoming Pirate King.
Gol D. Roger.
"Then let me ask you again, Redfield. I will soon be in front of you. How will you respond then?"
Suddenly, Douglas Bullet's words from Infinite Hell resurfaced in Redfield's mind.
Yes!
How should I deal with it?
"No."
"He's just a Marine. How can he be compared to Gol D. Roger?"
"Even the former Fleet Admiral Kong was defeated by me."
As if responding to Bullet's words — or answering himself — Redfield roared in his heart and no longer held back.
He had originally held his sword with one hand, but now he gripped it with both, raising the blade above his head.
"Even Kong lost to me."
"You will be no exception."
"Rosen!"
Redfield roared and brought his sword slashing down.
Boom
At this moment, he showed his all-out strength.
With a swing of the sword, he released a massive slashing wave like a great Sea King, rushing toward Rosen with the force to split the sky and the earth.
"A slash at the level of a great swordsman?"
"Then I'll show you something interesting."
Seeing the Aloof Red fighting at full strength and displaying the swordsmanship of a great swordsman, Rosen's eyes flashed with a smile.
Clang
He held the Zanpakutō horizontally in front of him, opened his other hand, and curled his five fingers slightly — each pressing against the pitch-black blade like an eagle's claw.
"Grind · Pantera!"
With a cold, sharp shout, Rosen's entire body burst out with immense momentum — like a storm — rolling up a huge column of dust, while black lightning of Conqueror's Haki flew around like long dragons.
Once the terrifying Haki spread out in all directions, even Redfield's slashing wave that could split the sky was affected, its forward speed inevitably slowing.
Bang
At this time —
A pitch-black hand tore through the dust column like the sharp claws of a ferocious beast, shooting out from the smoke and grabbing the incoming slash with lightning speed.
Then —
Under Redfield's incredulous gaze, the black palm actually seized the slashing wave he had released, closing its five fingers like an eagle's claw gripping a snake, and forcibly stopping the slash that had carved a massive trench in the ground.
"Impossible!"
When Redfield saw this scene, he couldn't help but shout.
Although he hadn't used a sword in many years, his swordsmanship at the level of a great swordsman could not be faked.
Even after more than ten years of imprisonment, he had basically recovered his body after months of eating Sea King meat.
This slash was not much weaker than the one he had once used to defeat Kong Kong.
And yet…
The slashing wave released with his full strength was caught and stopped bare-handed by Rosen.
Redfield had only ever seen such a ferocious posture in two people.
That was Big Mom and Kaido.
Only Big Mom, the "Iron Balloon," and Kaido, the "Strongest Creature in Land, Sea, and Air," would dare to commit such an act.
Just as Redfield was shaken, a huge dust column exploded, revealing Rosen standing in its center.
Now —
Rosen's appearance had changed drastically.
His black hair reached his waist, blue markings appeared around his eyes, and a white bone mask grew on his forehead, adding both arrogance and wildness.
From shoulders to feet, he wore white, tight armor that radiated dominance.
Especially on his back — a tail covered in the same armor extended outward.
The iconic Zanpakutō had disappeared, replaced by sharp teeth and claws.
It was the Zanpakutō ability of Grimmjow from the Espada.
However, it was neither Shikai nor Bankai — but the unique Resurrección of an Arrancar.
Obviously —
Not only could Rosen use the Arms-Arms Fruit to create Shinigami Zanpakutō, he could also wield the Zanpakutō of a Hollow.
This was the Leopard King.
It was one of the abilities he had developed with the Arms-Arms Fruit while training in Infinite Hell.
Different from a Shinigami's Zanpakutō —
After summoning the Leopard King and performing the Return of the Sword technique, Rosen took on an Arrancar-like form, possessing all the abilities of an Arrancar.
For example, his skin became hierro — sword- and bulletproof, indestructible.
Thanks to the hardness of his hierro, Rosen could grab a massive slash like a Sea King's strike, in a posture that shocked the Aloof Red.
"Zephyr.
"Didn't Rosen eat the Arms-Arms Fruit?"
"With his current appearance, no one would doubt he had eaten a Zoan — and a Mythical Zoan at that!"
Sengoku, on the deck of a distant warship, saw Rosen's Leopard King form through the Video Den Den Mushi and couldn't help but sigh.
Even the development of a Paramecia-type Arms-Arms Fruit was this incredible.
He had turned a Paramecia into something that looked like a Mythical Zoan.
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