"Is there really a need to tell me this?"
Sage slightly bent his body, like a beast about to hunt, his entire frame tensed up. He lowered his head a bit, and said in a deep voice, "I don't remember having offended your Kingdom."
Well, this bounty hunter business is about to come to an end.
Ennio bared his teeth viciously, "Haven't I said it? I like that head of white hair you have!"
Sage instantly took a step forward, his hands rising and falling, and delivered a fierce hand chop towards Ennio's face.
"Rock Mountain Double Slash Wave!"
Since they don't want him to have an easy time, there's no need to hold back!
Ennio didn't dodge the oncoming blow and let the hand chop hit his face.
Bang!
The Rock Mountain Double Slash Wave, a technique from the North Star Divine Fist, could easily split rocks when Sage used it, but when it struck this person's face, it couldn't even sink into the fat.
"Tekkai."
That face, as hard as steel, as Ennio smoothly grabbed Sage's wrist and moved it aside, "Nice strength."
Swish!
He swiftly lifted a foot, bringing a light blue slash directly towards Sage's body.
At such a close range, there's no way it could miss...
Sage evaded that extremely close slash by jumping into the air, using the grip on his wrist, his body elegantly twisted, his arm slipping away like a snake, flipping entirely to Ennio's back, his hands rising and falling, stabbing rapidly towards Ennio's temples like daggers.
Ennio was about to use Tekkai to block, but suddenly his pupils contracted, sensing something. His huge and corpulent body became soft like a candle flickering in the wind, swaying everywhere as if melted.
"Kami-e!"
His swaying body dodged Sage's hands, and Sage swiftly stomped down with a foot. At that moment, dozens of afterimages turned into his leg, capturing Ennio's twisting body.
"North Star Soft Breaking Slash!"
"Moon Step!"
At the moment when Sage's kick was launched, Ennio stopped twisting, stepped into the air, and suddenly bounced up, continuing to step a few times in mid-air, actually hovering there.
"Moon Step and Kami-e, mastered all the Marine Six Styles?"
Sage landed on the ground, turning to the already dumbfounded Lily, "Your bizarre father is quite impressive."
Mastering the Marine Six Styles suggests at least the rank of a Headquarter Rear Admiral, and an elite level one at that, with very keen senses. At the very least, he detected the danger in this move, or he wouldn't have used Moon Step to dodge.
Is this the value of a usurper?
Where did he come from?
Upon hearing this, Lily could only mutter in a daze, "I don't know..."
In her memory, except for Ennio's enjoyment, there was never a memory of his power.
During the last assassination, Ennio was completely defenseless and got stabbed by her. If it wasn't for the guards next to him stopping, perhaps she would have succeeded.
"Hahahahaha!"
Ennio, bouncing in the air, laughed maniacally, "What could she possibly know? Raised in the palace since childhood, no one knows her. Originally, I thought she could serve as a tool for alliances with other countries, yet she dared to assassinate me and is now talking about setting sail. Setting sail can avoid taxes, but do they dare?!"
Ennio gazed at Sage with inexplicable emotions in his eyes, his voice lowering, "But why, a man like you, don't you set sail?"
Sage got into a stance, exhaling turbid air, "Is it any of your business?!"
The North Star Soft Breaking Slash earlier was a typical kicking technique, using hardness against flexibility, designed specifically to counterbalance large and agile opponents. Against Ennio who used 'Kami-e', it was a perfect counter. If it struck, his body structure would be completely destroyed.
Unfortunately, he detected it...
In the air, Ennio appeared to ponder something, then as he stepped in the air to leap, he suddenly curled his legs up and stomped down chaotically.
"A single attack you can dodge, but how about this? Rankyaku: Riot!"
Countless slashes descended from the sky, indiscriminately attacking the ground. Sage's eyes contracted as he witnessed this.
Advanced Six Styles?
This isn't just any ordinary Six Styles user!
He focused intently on the incoming slashes, his body unexpectedly began to move softly, like dancing. He agilely dodged these devastating attacks capable of plowing deep furrows into the ground upon contact.
Swish!
The final slash aimed right at Sage's head but he easily leaned back, recoiling in mid-air, spinning a circle, landing steadily.
Amidst the scarred land, Sage stood up, looking provocatively at Ennio.
"Kami-e?" Ennio was momentarily taken aback, "You understand the Six Styles?"
Body Techniques are universal, they adhere to the principles of body techniques regardless of the world they're in.
The 'Kami-e' technique, Sage could tell, involved this guy releasing all his strength, relying solely on changes in the airflow to let his body adapt and evade attacks.
The 'North Star Sky Extreme Flow Dance' he used worked on the same principle, allowing the body to adapt with the airflow to dodge.
With the same principle, it can certainly be considered as 'Kami-e'.
However...
Why mention it then?
Sage sneered, "You guess?"
He gazed at Ennio's body bouncing in the air, his pupils narrowing.
Keep jumping, a bit longer, and he would also...
Boom!
The sound of a cannonball firing erupted from Ennio, his obese body resembling a round sphere, spinning as it rapidly descended toward Sage.
"Tekkai: Bullet!"
A deep voice, imbued with immense gravitational pressure, stirred the wind around Sage, causing even his facial skin to twitch slightly.
Such momentum...
Cannot be confronted head-on!
Initially intending to counterattack, Sage withdrew, letting this 'cannonball' descend, but as it neared the ground, it suddenly extended its limbs, lightly tapping the ground with two hands, spreading its legs into a split, forcefully spinning.
"Rankyaku: Circumference Sever!"
Buzz!
A circular giant Rankyaku flew from his legs, swiftly cutting toward the surroundings.
Sage was startled, his body bending backward heavily into an inverted U shape, barely dodging the slash, which quickly spread afar, horizontally slicing through nearby buildings, and creating a large gash in the steps extending upward at the rear.
The power...
Sage barely had time to catch his breath before a giant shadow overshadowed his body. As he raised his head, a fist was seen imprinted on his face.
Bam!
Sage's head tilted back, blood splattering forth, and his body, not yet upright, fell backward.
At that moment, taking advantage of his backward fall, he lifted his legs, directly wrapping around Ennio's arm, his body rising with the force, extending two fingers toward Ennio's arm.
If it hits...
"Tekkai Horizontal Lock!"
Sage only felt the arm he was entwined around harden suddenly. Ennio forcefully swung it, and not only did the immense power make it impossible for Sage to maintain his hold, but the arm also slipped out like an eel, flicking him away.
Clang!
The immense force even flung the slender sword at Sage's waist, making it roll a few times on the ground before landing right in front of Lily's feet...
"Combined Techniques?!"
Floating in the air, Sage was astounded. Was the move just now a combination of Tekkai and Kami-e?
Sage quickly glanced at Ennio, revealing a knowing look, his body spinning rapidly in the air, but before he could land, he saw Ennio, who had thrown him, moving his steps.
"Soru!"
His figure flickered, turning into an afterimage, swiftly appearing in front of the yet-to-land Sage, forming his five fingers into a blade and thrusting quickly.
"Finger Gun·Sword!"
The hand blade, slashing down as if tearing through the air, swiftly targeted Sage's chest.
Bam!
As if iron met iron, the moment the hand blade struck, it emitted a dull yet extremely hard sound.
Ennio looked surprised, "You..."
Only then did Sage land steadily, raising his head slowly, speaking in a subdued tone, "Tekkai."
The North Star Divine Fist is a martial art that has researched the human body to the extreme. Understanding one technique means understanding many; as long as the principles are the same, Sage naturally comprehends them.
He certainly doesn't know the Six Styles and is encountering a Six Styles user for the first time, but he can observe.
The principle of Kami-e is the same as the Void Extreme Flow Dance; one can execute it without even seeing, and the rest requires observation.
And now, with approximately a couple of demonstrations, it's nearly understood; if I still can't learn it, what a waste of this ultimate assassination fist's potential.
Tekkai requires a body honed by intense training, and then accelerating blood flow to speed up muscle movement, causing hardening; principles... it doesn't even need the understanding of the North Star Divine Fist, it's something all men can achieve, from partial to whole body, just intensified.
A well-trained body, Sage has that.
Quickened blood flow, after observing enough, executing it becomes natural!