Chapter 257: Light Feather
“This boring foolish play should end now.”
“Hm…?!”
A massive power suddenly transmitted from below his palm, causing Admiral Sengoku’s right hand to tremble uncontrollably.
“How… how is that possible?!”
Feeling his arm being pushed back bit by bit, Admiral Sengoku’s face was full of an incredulous expression.
『It actually pushed back from the front! This little girl’s power…』
But immediately he gritted his teeth again:
“I won’t let you succeed!”
“Hah!”
As if suppressing some world-destroying vicious beast beneath his palm, Admiral Sengoku, with determination to protect, erupted with another burst of power from somewhere.
Buzz~
This time his entire arm burst forth with blinding light, causing even the Beasts Pirates high in the sky to involuntarily squint their eyes…
“Ho~ I didn’t expect that old guy Sengoku still had this trick up his sleeve.”
Looking down from above, Kaido standing at the ship’s railing said with great interest.
The fully revived Kaido seemed to have undergone a subtle change in his entire demeanor; in Aoxi’s words, it should be a breakthrough from the peak grand completion to the next realm.
It seems this near-death recovery trick isn’t only useful for Saiyans.
“Hm?!”
Hearing this familiar voice, Burufaruto and Ember, whose attention had been on the battlefield below, immediately looked over.
“Boss Kaido (Mister)? You’re awake!”
“How’s your body?”
“Uro-ro-ro! Of course I’m fine!”
Actually, this guy Kaido had woken up long ago, but he felt that if he kept pretending to sleep, Ra would probably have to make a move with high probability.
After so long, he also wanted to know just what level Ra’s current strength had reached.
『However, it really is… completely unable to see the limit.』
……
Buzz—!
Irresistible, a heaven-shaking strike!
The Buddha Hand containing infinite power pressed down like a golden mountain!
Admiral Sengoku was determined to thoroughly suppress Ra with this strike!
『Sorry, child.』
『I absolutely cannot let a dangerous guy like you continue to grow!』
In just this short exchange, Admiral Sengoku had already sensed Ra’s abnormality.
Beneath that gentle and dignified exterior was hidden a twisted monster that viewed life as mere grains of sand, cold to the extreme!
“……”
“Adamantine Sky-Rending Palm… is that the name?”
“?! “
A familiar golden light appeared from below.
“Wha—”
Bang!!!
A violent impact suddenly erupted, instantly flipping over several nearby warships… while Admiral Sengoku’s massive Buddha body was directly blasted hundreds of meters into the high altitude.
“It’s not just pure Devil Fruit Ability; it also mixes in Armament Haki, combining flowing Haki with compressed impact…”
In just a few short words, he pinpointed the principle behind Admiral Sengoku’s killer move.
“Unfortunately, this move’s maximum power should be from above downward, borrowing the momentum of the heavens to strike… Doing it from below upward like this is a bit like imitating the cat while drawing the tiger.”
Retracting her palm, Ra glanced slightly around—
The Navy’s warships still had over twenty left, showing no signs of fleeing, still densely distributed across the sea surface.
Meanwhile, the pirate ships that had survived the previous strikes, flying pirate flags, had long detached from the fleet and fled far away like they were escaping for their lives.
Some ships with specially modified hulls, equipped with extra power, had even nearly escaped beyond vision.
Looking up again, Admiral Sengoku had already adjusted his posture, seemingly planning another set of descending palm technique…
If nothing else, Admiral Sengoku’s Golden Body truly had astonishing defense; up to now, he surprisingly hadn’t taken much damage.
“Hm…”
After thinking for a moment with her head lowered, Ra decided to get a bit more serious and quickly end this boring matter.
Ding bell~
A strange crisp sound rang out, followed by golden light surging forth.
Ra’s scarlet eyes slowly closed, only for a golden eye made of light to open at her brow.
With her chest as the core, golden patterns radiated outward along her torso; the golden hair ornament that was originally on one side now became symmetrical, one on each side like wings guarding the ‘sun’ at her brow.
Her originally plain long skirt now flickered and flowed like flames, ultimately transforming into golden armor befitting ‘battle’ with a black lining.
This was the theoretical final form of Aoxi’s so-called ‘fierce battle mode’—replacing ordinary eyes with the mind’s eye, beast transformation with armor, and wielding the violence of the Egyptian God Cards in human form…
This was Ra’s—Phase 1（PHASE 1）
“Roar roar! This form… finally using it again!”
Kaido on the ship saw Ra in this form he’d only seen once but left a deep impression, excitedly crushing the ship’s railing guard to pieces!
……
Bang~
Her gaze swept over, with no action taken, and the farthest fleeing pirate ship suddenly exploded into debris scattering across the sky.
Immediately after, the second ship, the third…
Bang~ Bang~ Bang~
Without any accidents, in an instant all the fleeing pirates along with everyone on board turned into fine fragments of sea trash…
The Navy soldiers just stared in a daze, taking no action, because no one knew what had happened.
After dealing with the distant ships, it unsurprisingly turned to the nearby ones.
“Aaaah!”
“Monster!”
“Don’t come over! Don’t look this way!!!”
Plop!
Finally, upon seeing Ra turn her line of sight to the warship he was on, a Navy soldier couldn’t hold back and broke down yelling, then dropped his weapon and jumped into the turbulent sea.
Immediately after, the second, the third, the…
There was no fourth; Ra’s attack landed when the fourth was preparing to abandon ship and flee.
The first warship, the second, the third, the fourth… the twenty-second.
In the blink of an eye, all the ships in this sea area were scrapped, leaving only those who decisively abandoned ship to escape still in a daze floating on the sea surface.
After making the fleet that served as background disappear, Ra looked up at Admiral Sengoku in the sky… even though he was desperately using Moonwalk to accelerate, he still couldn’t keep up with Ra’s speed of destruction.
This operation had undoubtedly failed.
But Admiral Sengoku still had no intention of giving up the fight; even if just to buy time for the survivors to escape, he had to fight with all his might until the last moment!
“Adamantine Sky-Rending Palm!”
……
Whoosh—
A golden light feather pierced into the palm heart of the descending Sky-Rending Palm, the blinding golden light instantly dimming, while Admiral Sengoku himself oddly froze mid-air.
“Ad, Admiral Sengoku?”
A Navy soldier softly called out, causing faint ripples in the air.
Crack!
Like fragile porcelain, fine cracks burst from Admiral Sengoku’s palm heart, then extended up his right arm to his chest and throughout his body—the indestructible Buddha Golden Body was breached.
Yay! Finished coding before the sun sets, that was a close call, giligili da na!
But this is… my victory!
