Chapter 247: Union
“Roaring Thunder Bagua!”
Entering a fierce battle state, Aoxi’s speed and power both rose to a higher level. Feeling the divine power constantly flowing through her body, she didn’t hesitate at all and proactively launched an attack.
No longer engaging in any evasive maneuvers, Aoxi was like a ferocious little red dragon, directly swinging her fist at the golden body Buddha in front of her.
Sizzle—
Countless golden thunders coiled around that small fist, creating an illusion that it was impossible to resist.
Through long-term sparring with Kaido, Aoxi had already learned about seventy to eighty percent of his moves.
Now using this advanced version of “Thunder Bagua” was also effortless, with at least seventy to eighty percent of Kaido’s own power.
Even for a Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral, it would mean death on contact and injury on a graze.
But…
Aoxi’s opponent was the Navy Headquarters’ only current Admiral, in the prime of his fighting years.
As the Navy’s highest combat power, even Kaido himself would only have the share of getting beaten if he came now.
Hum~
The solemn Buddhist chant echoed, Buddha Light shone everywhere.
Still that plain golden impact, still as immovable as a mountain.
“Buddha Shockwave!”
The ferocious and brutal red dragon fist and the Buddha palm that overwhelmed all things produced a blinding light the moment they made contact.
Screech—!
Hum—!
The profound Buddhist chant intertwined with the Chidori’s shriek, the chaotic and disordered frequency enough to instantly pierce through eardrums.
“Everyone, cover your ears, don’t look at the sky!”
The commanders on every warship issued the same order at the exact same moment.
And those pirates in the farther rear positions of the fleet, who had come originally to deal with Wald, were now painfully clutching their ears because they hadn’t received prior warning.
“Ah—!”
“Damn it! My ears!”
“Is that Sengoku making a move?!”
“Wasn’t it said that we were coming to deal with that bastard Wald? Who the hell is this thunder-making brat?!”
Due to deliberately keeping distance from the Navy, plus no intelligence sharing, this group of pirates still didn’t know that the target they wanted to take down was already dead.
And Sengoku himself, who wanted to continue borrowing this group of pirates’ power, was deliberately concealing this intelligence. Anyway, when the time came to face the Beasts Pirates fleet directly, with the matter already set in stone, they would have to fight whether they wanted to or not.
Besides, with the Navy clearing the way ahead, this group of vultures had no reason to give up the fat meat that was the Beasts Pirates.
……
The standoff between Aoxi and Sengoku didn’t last long. With Sengoku’s second burst of power, within a short few seconds, Aoxi was once again knocked away and fell into the sea.
Plop!!!
Looking at the water column shooting into the sky, Sengoku showed no slack this time, continuing to use Moonwalk in the air, staring intently at the sea surface.
『From that last time, this brat seems able to immunize herself to the effects of seawater, even able to remove Seastone handcuffs.』
『Is it some special ability protecting herself… If it’s a Mythical Zoan, that’s indeed possible.』
The abilities of Mythical Zoans are sometimes even more unbelievable than Superhuman types, and Sengoku didn’t dare to say for sure there wasn’t some special ability here that could counter the sea’s curse.
After all, on this vast sea, nothing that happens is worth being surprised about.
While Sengoku was on alert and thinking, faint ripples suddenly appeared on the sea surface…
Whoosh—!
“Here it comes!”
Observation Haki fully activated, instantly locking onto the high-speed moving object under the sea surface.
“This is… coming straight at me!”
Channeling his golden right palm, after confirming the opponent was coming straight at him, Sengoku unhesitatingly slapped downward!
Hum~~
Sizzle!
The golden light orb instantly burst out of the sea, crashing into Sengoku’s right palm with thunderous speed before…
Bang!!!
Blinding light and intense electromagnetic storm instantly enveloped Sengoku’s body, the brief intense stimulation causing his Observation Haki to glitch for half a second.
And Aoxi was waiting for exactly this moment!
Swoosh—!
The crimson meteor instantly crossed the air-liquid boundary, arriving behind Sengoku in a flash.
“Light Backstab!”
Screech—!
The sound like a Chidori shriek rang out again, a thunder-rampaging fist smashing fiercely into Sengoku’s back!
Clang—hum hum hum!!!
“Huh?”
Like striking a thick ancient millennium bell, a deep metallic vibration spread from near to far, rippling circles of waves on the sea surface…
That bell toll was distant, solemn, majestic, and numbing to the hand~
“This, this is Golden Bell Shield!”
“Or is it the legendary indestructible Golden Body?!”
Shaking her numb little hand, incredulous Aoxi flapped her wings, backing away a few steps.
“This is Buddha Golden Body, brat.”
Sengoku clearly had his own naming convention.
He turned around, looking at Aoxi who was staring at his Buddha body with a wonderfully expressive face, and praised:
“Not bad tactics. First using a feint to deceive my Observation Haki, then relying on your main body’s extreme speed for a back sneak attack… Most people seeing this combo for the first time would probably suffer a big loss.”
“It’s really a pity for talent like you to be a pirate.”
In Buddha form, Sengoku’s entire demeanor was even more solemn and serene, his tone carrying a sense of transcendent wisdom that involuntarily inspired trust.
“I’ll give you one more chance—join the Navy.”
“This is the path you should take.”
“Otherwise, with the strength and potential you’ve shown so far, I will go all out to eliminate you, this threat, right here!”
When saying the latter half, Sengoku rarely burst out his Conqueror’s Haki, an overwhelming pressure like a hundred mountains crashing down surging forth.
“…”
……
……
Aoxi fell silent.
She rubbed her white tender little hand while furrowing her brows, as if deep in thought…
……
“Gulp~”
After a long moment, Aoxi seemed nervously to swallow, speaking haltingly:
“As long as… as long as I join the Navy… as long as I obey you, that’s enough?”
“As long as I join you all, as long as I join you, you’ll… you’ll really spare my life…?”
“Yes! I guarantee it in the name of a Navy Admiral!”
“So, child, come join the Navy!”
Sengoku did a ‘Buddha Nod’, followed by a ‘Buddha Reach’.
Looking at the gleaming golden hand extended before her, Aoxi, like a little rabbit distrusting a stranger, carefully reached out her own little hand that had just been repelled.
In Sengoku’s expectant gaze, as the big and small hands were about to touch, as the Nokia was about to power on…
“Daka, oral wall!”
“One of the things I, Aoxi, love most is using【NO】 to reject self-proclaimed strong people!!”
“What?!”
In the opponent’s shocked gaze, Aoxi’s extended right hand suddenly flipped, then pointed her thumb at herself.
“Fooled ya, Navy!”
“This is my【Time Delay Plan 2.0】!”
“Compared to me, Grandpa Aoxi, you’re still a bit green in scheming!”
“You little brat!”
Realizing he’d been tricked again, Sengoku directly clenched his hand to grab Aoxi.
But the prepared Aoxi did a ‘falcon flip’ out from beside his palm, then shot into the sky, arriving under the cloud layer that had somehow been blasted with a big hole.
Blinding sunlight shone straight down from behind Aoxi, forcing people to squint.
In the daze, the crowd seemed to see another figure appear behind Aoxi high in the sky…
“Heh~ time for the third round.”
As the words fell, Aoxi in the sunlight directly yanked open her jacket at the chest, striking a strange but rather cool pose.
“Appear! My other half, my… STAND!!!”
