"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
Vista clenched his teeth, his eyes filled with endless fury.
"As expected, the wailing of the weak. No matter how loud you scream, can it change the outcome?", Rosse shook his head with a smile, casually twirling the sword he had snatched, Armament Haki covering the blade, and lightly slashed toward Vista.
"Don't look down on me!", Seeing Rosse so relaxed and at ease, Vista's face twisted with rage.
This time, he wouldn't be dazed by Conqueror's Haki again.
"Haa!"
Vista covered both hands with Armament Haki, let out a roar, and charged toward his own sword.
He didn't believe it, could he not block such a light attack?
"Vista, get out of the way!", From behind came Leviathan's sudden shout.
Before Vista could react, he felt a sharp pain in his waist, he had already been kicked aside by Leviathan.
And after kicking him away, Leviathan could only brace himself to take Rosse's strike head-on.
From Vista's perspective, that light, floating slash landed on the fully-armored Leviathan, who was prepared for defense.
'Leviathan... is overreacting a bit, right?'
This thought had just emerged when Vista saw the most shocking scene of his life.
Rosse's blade fell on Leviathan's crossed, guarded arms.
What looked like a light slash now felt like it weighed a thousand pounds.
BOOM!
A thunderous explosion shook the skies and earth.
Leviathan, who had been in a fully guarded stance, didn't even last a second before being slashed away by Rosse's sword.
And along the trajectory where he was sent flying, a deep blue sword energy cut through everything in its path.
Buildings, split.
Mountains, cleaved.
Seas, parted.
With just one strike, Leviathan was sent flying nearly a kilometer, carving a terrifying abyss across the once-calm sea surface.
This strike not only stunned Vista and the others but also completely shocked the fish-men of Fish-Man Street.
This was their first time witnessing a battle between powerful humans.
And the first time they realized, humans could be this powerful.
With attacks like Rosse's, just a few more strikes could easily destroy all of Fish-Man Street.
"So strong!"
In the seawater, Jinbe's gaze was incredibly solemn, his eyes toward Rosse filled with respect.
Respect for the strong, that's the unchanging rule of this world.
And Rosse's strength was already enough to earn everyone's respect.
At least among those Jinbe had met, not one could compare to Rosse. Not even close.
Even Tiger, his strength was far from Rosse's.
"So this is Saint Rosse's strength," Otohime smiled slightly at the corners of her mouth, feeling honored to see Rosse show his power.
She had long known that Rosse was very strong. But in her eyes, strength was the least of Rosse's virtues.
With such immense power and unmatched background, yet still possessing such noble character, that, to her, was Rosse's greatest quality.
Others saw Rosse as a terrifying monster, but she saw him as a kindred spirit.
"What are you all so surprised about?", On the battlefield, Rosse glanced at Carlo and the others, who seemed too hesitant to approach, and felt a little bored.
"Since you came to Fish-Man Island and tried to draw me out, you should've been fully prepared. Don't you know I just killed the Red Count?"
"Wasn't that with the help of two Marine Admirals...", Vista reflexively retorted, but halfway through, wisely shut his mouth.
Before witnessing Rosse's strength, saying things like that was a way to console themselves. After all, they hadn't seen any Celestial Dragons with real strength before.
Though Pops (Whitebeard) always said Celestial Dragons were strong, they had never seen it themselves.
But now, having seen Rosse's power, to still say he wasn't strong would not only be stubborn, it would be slapping their own faces.
If Rosse wasn't strong, then what did that make them, who were crushed by him?
Even their strongest, Leviathan, couldn't take one slash from Rosse, let alone the rest.
"Your strength is great. We aren't your match. But you still have a weakness," Carlo couldn't stand Rosse, he was just too smug.
If he was really that strong, go fight their big brother. Bullying them, what kind of skill was that? [T/N: Tf? Wasn't it them who attacked him?]
After speaking, Carlo didn't wait for Rosse to respond. He activated the Bubble Fruit.
Four bubbles wrapped around him and the others, quickly sinking toward the depths of the sea.
Rosse's greatest weakness was being a Devil Fruit user, unable to fight in the ocean.
If they wanted to escape, Rosse simply couldn't catch up.
"You see, there you go imagining things again," Rosse let out a light chuckle, letting the bubbles drift off toward Fish-Man Island.
"Saint Rosse, do you need our help?", Seeing this, Jinbe quickly spoke up.
The sea wasn't Rosse's main battlefield, but they fish-men could exert 200% of their strength in it.
Even if those people were strong, in the ocean, they'd absolutely not be a match for them.
"No need. Just a few ants, not enough for you to worry about," Rosse said with a smile, then casually snapped his fingers again.
Snap!
With that crisp sound, time seemed to be pressed into reverse at that moment.
The seawater that had just surged into Fish-Man Street now rushed back out toward the open sea.
And the bubbles surrounding Carlo and the others were forcefully spat out by the seawater.
Crashing to the ground, the bubbles burst.
"This...", Jinbe and the others stared in disbelief, feeling as if they'd just experienced a hallucination.
The seawater had just risen over ten meters, yet within seconds, it had all receded, it felt like a dream.
"What kind of ability is this?", Vista looked toward Rosse nervously, his eyes filled with unparalleled unease.
Even fleeing was impossible now, they were in a desperate situation.
"Incredible. Why is your fruit's water control so strong?", Leviathan had more insight and quickly realized the issue.
The scene just now must've been Rosse using his water-controlling ability to reverse and forcefully repel the seawater, and them, with it.
"It's not the fruit that's strong. It's the person who's strong."
Carlo's lips were dry, his voice trembling, "His strength is just too great. If he had my Bubble Fruit, he could produce similar effects."
"At this point, all we can do is fight to the death."
Marco took a deep breath, enduring the pain in his body and barely managing to stand.
The situation was clear now.
Fight? They couldn't win.
Run? They couldn't escape.
If it were normal people, they might've already considered surrender.
But who were they? They were the Whitebeard Pirates.
Their Pops was Whitebeard.
"Looks like we're not leaving today," Leviathan exhaled a breath of turbid air, quickly recovering his state.
After all, he was a great pirate, he had seen far too many life-and-death situations.
"Come on, let's fight to the end!"
Carlo and Vista also raised their heads proudly, full of fighting spirit.
Even if their strength was inferior, they had never thought of giving up.
Lose? It just meant dying.
'WE'RE NOT AFRAID!'
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