One Piece: Space-Space Fruit, Joining the Rocks Crew

At this moment, his only thought was to arrest Luo Tian.

If we cannot capture him alive, then we shall kill him on the spot!

This determination was not for the Celestial Dragons, not for the World Government, and not even for his own duties as an Admiral.

For the future of the Navy.

The Luo Tian before me is more dangerous than Lockes.

On Luo Tian's side, although he was confident, he also knew that he could not fight here for long.

He had no intention of getting too entangled with Admiral Qiongqi, but who knew how many people the navy had actually sent this time?

It's possible that more than one general came, but General Qiongqi was faster and arrived at the battlefield first.

Therefore, a swift and decisive victory is necessary.

Sword intent erupted from Luo Tian's body.

The powerful aura of the Ryuo form, like a current of air, coils around the supreme grade sword "Black Dragon".

Dark red flames ignited on the blade.

Luo Tian gripped the knife with both hands and raised it above his head.

cut--

A crescent-shaped slash of blood-red light tore through the sky!

What is most striking is the dense arc of lightning that wraps around the slash.

This is an energy discharge phenomenon produced when Armament Haki is highly condensed.

"Ryuo's domineering style?!"

Kleist narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression becoming somewhat serious, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

To his surprise, the domineering aura that Luo Tian was displaying at this moment was completely different from the description in the naval intelligence.

At a high-level meeting at headquarters, Zephyr and Garp personally confirmed:

Although Luo Tian's Devil Fruit ability is bizarre, he has a clear weakness: he is not proficient in using Haki and has not mastered advanced techniques such as Ryuo Haki.

Otherwise, when Zephyr fought him, it probably wouldn't have been just a matter of being "suppressed".

If Luo Tian had used "Flowing Cherry Blossom" back then, Zefa would likely have been seriously injured, or even killed in battle.

But what's with this overwhelming aura of flowing cherry blossoms right now?

Could it be... that this kid has mastered the techniques of using Ryuo Haki in such a short time?!

This rate of growth can no longer be described as "genius".

This is a monster.

Despite being filled with doubts, there was no time to think about it at this moment—the powerful slash was already upon them!

Kleist gripped his greatsword tightly, his powerful Armament Haki swirling around the blade like a stream of air.

He also possesses the domineering aura of flowing cherry blossoms, but it is even more refined.

The same slash, imbued with the domineering aura of Ryuo, and infused with his chilling sword intent, met him head-on.

The two sword strikes collided and stalemated in mid-air!

A moment later, Kleist's slash finally split Luo Tian's blood-red slash in two!

The cleaved blade split in two, passing by both sides of Kleist's body and falling into the sea behind him, exploding into two towering columns of water.

But Luo Tian's attack did not end there.

As he unleashed his first strike, he began preparing for his next attack.

"cut!"

"cut!"

"cut!"

Luo Tian swung his sword repeatedly.

More than a dozen blood-red slashes, imbued with the domineering aura of flowing cherry blossoms, followed closely after the first one, locking onto Kleist like tracking missiles, pursuing him from different angles and trajectories!

These strikes were not fired randomly, but formed a three-dimensional attack network that sealed off all of Kleist's room to dodge.

You either have to take the hit head-on or get cut down.

"Boy! Your arrogance is nothing compared to mine—"

Kleist gave a cold snort.

As the navy's top combat force, he remained completely calm in the face of the sudden attack by the slashing group.

Instead, he saw Luo Tian's weakness.

The essence of Ryuo's domineering style lies in "concentration" and "control".

Only by highly compressing and concentrating domineering energy at a single point can its maximum power be unleashed.

Although Luo Tian's slash was entangled with the Haki of Ryuo, the Haki was scattered.

"Watch closely! This is the true—Ryuo Haki!!"

Kleist gripped the swords with both hands, and his intense Armament Haki, compressed to a high degree, underwent a qualitative change!

The blade emitted a blood-red aura, a phenomenon that occurred when the concentration of Armament Haki reached a certain critical point.

With a burst of power from his feet, his body shot out like a cannonball!

He slashed at the high-speed, blood-red slash!

"boom--!!!"

That blood-red slash, powerful enough to slice through a warship, was shattered!

The moment the first strike shattered, Kleist's blade, unstoppable, met the second blood-red slash head-on.

The second step: Crush!

The third step: Shatter!

In the blink of an eye, all of Luo Tian's blood-red slashes were shattered by Kleist!

Although he was shocked by Luo Tian's mastery of the Ryuo Haki, he had already figured out Luo Tian's strengths and weaknesses through their previous exchange.

Very strong, but not enough.

His use of Ryuo Haki is still somewhat immature, and he lacks combat experience.

With such an opponent, Kleist was confident that defeating him would not be difficult.

"If this is all the strength you have, then spend the rest of your life repenting in Impel Down."

Before he could finish speaking, the wings on Kleist's back suddenly unfurled.

The next instant, he stepped into the void, the air beneath his feet exploded, and his figure shot towards Luo Tian like a cannonball!

Just as Kleist closed to within five meters of him, Luo Tian raised his right hand, his five fingers spread wide.

The air in front of my palm began to distort.

In front of that palm, an invisible "singularity" is forming, a phenomenon that occurs when the spatial repulsive force is compressed to its extreme.

Then, release.

"Shinra Tensei—"

Om-! ! !

An invisible repulsive force expanded like a barrier, forming a repulsive force field centered on him.

"I knew you'd pull this!"

Kleist roared, his voice surprisingly tinged with excitement.

He had studied Luo Tian's combat data. Although the intelligence was limited, the "Shinra Tensei" move had been used many times in the battle to plunder the Heavenly Gold and had been analyzed countless times by the Naval Tactics Department.

The solution is simple: address the problem from a specific angle.

Concentrate your domineering aura and power onto the smallest possible attack surface, and pierce through the repulsive barrier with absolute sharpness.

The compressed Haki, pushed to its limit, coiled around the blade like flames, with crimson aura even overflowing from the edge.

Kleist gripped the knife with both hands and raised it high above his head, all the muscles in his body working together at that moment.

Then, it falls!

"cut--!!"

The moment the blade collided with the repulsive barrier, time seemed to stretch out infinitely.

boom--! ! !

The blade struck the repulsive barrier heavily, but neither penetrated nor bounced off.

It stopped there, the tip of the blade pressed against an invisible barrier, the blood-red flowing cherry blossom aura and the silver-white spatial repulsion clashing, annihilating, and dissolving wildly.

Sizzle—!!!

The crimson aura clashed violently with the spatial repulsion, sparking dense arcs of electricity.

Rippling vibrations spread across the surface of the barrier, like a stone thrown into a lake.

Feeling the overwhelming repulsive force in front of him, Kleist's eyes widened.

His arm muscles bulged, veins coiled like dragons, and bones made a faint cracking sound under the pressure.

But he did not back down.

We cannot retreat even a single step.

Because once he retreats, the repulsive field will expand instantly and engulf him.

At that point, it won't be him piercing the barrier, but the barrier crushing him.

We must move forward.

We must break through!

"Break for me!!!" Kleist's voice boomed like thunder.