Chapter 92: The Victor is Decided!
The sun descended, radiating an extremely terrifyingly high temperature. The entire world seemed to be dragged into hell, with searing flames everywhere.
The clothes of the Marine soldiers, CP agents, and even some of the giants and God's Knights' new bloods whose Haki was not strong enough were ignited, and they burned like human torches.
In the flame-filled battlefield, a young swordsman, also affected by the high temperature, frantically patted the flames on his body while raising his sword to block the attack from in front of him. The young swordsman looked at the girl before him who, even with her entire body ignited, was gritting her teeth and launching a desperate attack. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
In the exchange just now, he had already noticed. This girl who had sought him out for a one-on-one fight was physically weak, knew nothing of Haki, and her swordsmanship could only be considered third-rate in his eyes. But it was this insignificant lower-species, even after being cut with bloody wounds and with her clothes almost completely stained red with blood, who had stubbornly held him off until now.
And now, she was enduring the pain of the burning flames, trying to drag him down with her!
This was completely unacceptable to the young Celestial Dragon swordsman. Her body was clearly on fire, so why were her eyes still so calm? The flames had already destroyed her hair and the skin on her arms, so why was the hand holding her sword still so steady?
The pain of the burning flames, and the jealousy from witnessing the girl he considered a third-rate swordswoman perform a hundred times better than him, had muddled the swordsman's mind. The hand patting his body began to burn, and the movements of his sword to block the girl's attacks became chaotic.
Opposite him, Kuina felt the pain of the burning flames and whispered in her heart, "I... I think I can hold on a little longer."
The clothes on her body, which were originally soaked in her own blood, seemed to buy her a trivial amount of time in this sea of fire. Although her vision was gradually blurring and her skin was completely charred, she still followed her own rhythm to attack. The Wado Ichimonji in her hand gradually bypassed his defense, cutting wound after wound on his body.
Kuina's heart was as calm as still water. The flames had seared her eyes, but the world in her vision had become clearer. The panicked and pained look in the man's eyes, the petite figure swimming toward her through the flames not far away—everything was within her sight.
A moment later, Kuina felt that her life seemed to have reached its end. At this moment, she felt that the Wado Ichimonji in her hand was somehow different. Although her hand had been destroyed by the fire, the smoothness she felt when she swung her sword was far greater than before. Not only that, but the enemy's movements, which in her eyes were merely somewhat panicked before, were now riddled with openings.
At this moment, a difficult-to-discern smile appeared on Kuina's flame-scorched face.
"At this moment, the victor is decided!"
Kuina smiled, casting aside life and death. She leaned forward slightly, then took a deep breath of the scalding air and took a step forward. Her almost-charred hand gripped the Wado Ichimonji, raised the sword, and swung.
The Wado Ichimonji cut through the flame-filled atmosphere with a clear ring. The posture, strength, and speed of this swing were no different from Kuina's usual casual slashes, but it had shed its former weakness. It cut straight through the sea of fire, clearing a large, flame-free zone in front of her.
In the sea of fire, the panic on the young swordsman's face turned into an unshakable confusion. He stared blankly at the katana in his hand. The next second, under his confused gaze, the expensive katana broke, and half the blade fell to the ground, embedding itself deep in the earth.
For a swordsman, having their blade destroyed should be a very serious matter. But the swordsman showed no reaction at all. His eyes rolled back, and the blood that splattered from his flame-wreathed body sprayed across the land. His body fell back powerlessly, plunging into the sea of fire.
In the crimson inferno, Kuina raised her sword to flick off the blood, then twirled it in a flourish and sheathed it. Then, as if she had lost the last of her strength, she collapsed straight onto Uta, who had just arrived.
Uta looked at the dying Kuina, reached out to wipe the dust from the wounds on her face, and a faint smile appeared.
"You did great, Kuina!"
"You've taken another step in the direction you envisioned. That's amazing!"
As if hearing Uta's voice, Kuina replied in a weak voice, "But... I'm going to die."
To this, the smile on Uta's face remained. "Have you forgotten how Louis saved you back then? You'll be healed soon!"
As if in response to Uta's words, a golden canopy spread from the distance, enveloping several battlefields at once. The flames that had covered the battlefields all dissipated.
Specks of holy light fell from the sky like rain, merging into the bodies of all their allies. Life force burst forth, reversing their injuries. The wounds of all the injured healed at a rate visible to the naked eye. Fatigue, muscle damage, and more all dissipated with the rising of the pale golden light.
This turn of events made the faces of the survivors from the World Government's side fill with despair.
This sudden change caught everyone's attention, and they all looked toward the source of the phenomenon. At the end of the horizon, a golden figure flapped its wings and rose into the sky, meeting the rapidly falling sun head-on.
In his high-speed assault, a red light flashed in Louis's cold eyes. The Seven Star Sword, held tightly in his palm, once again crackled with black and red arcs of electricity. At the same time, a pale golden light spread along his arm, enveloping the Conqueror's Coated sword.
In an instant, Louis charged straight into the red sun, and his figure was instantly reflected in Cabanha's eyes.
Seeing Louis's figure, Cabanha was first taken aback, then became furious. "How dare you..."
However, Louis ignored his shouting. He flashed and instantly appeared in front of him. The blade, wreathed in Conqueror's Haki and the power of the Life-Life Fruit, was swung like a bolt of lightning.
CLANG—
A powerful wave of Conqueror's Haki erupted, breaking through the bloody sun and instantly changing the face of the world. It crossed several battlefields, knocking the surviving soldiers to the ground.
And Cabanha, who had taken the full brunt of this Conqueror's Coated blow, didn't even have time to make a sound before his eyes rolled back and he lost consciousness.
The powerful shockwave, combined with the black and red lightning, directly scattered the high-temperature air, forming a raging hurricane that swept across the entire island. It lifted the debris from the shattered battlefields and carried it to the horizon.
Scattered fragments of the sun fell like a dense barrage of meteorites, as if a planet was crashing into the earth. They covered most of the island, blasting out terrifyingly deep pits and challenging the understanding of the residents of the distant town.
SWOOSH...
The unconscious figure fell from a height of several hundred meters, crashing directly in front of the giant rock that Louis had leveled.
THUD...
Louis folded his wings and landed. He flicked the blood from the Seven Star Sword and sheathed it. He then once again raised his hand and summoned his spear, piercing it through Cabanha's heart and hoisting him up.
Then, he pinned him in a kneeling position before the black wings...
Meanwhile, at the Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
In a secret room, a Vivre Card was rapidly burning. Next to it, on the spot where other Vivre Cards were kept, a card that should have been there had disappeared at some unknown time.
THUD... THUD...
Just then, a series of footsteps, accompanied by the brightening of lights, slowly approached.
"Whose Vivre Card is this that's burning out?!"
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