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Chapter 396: This is Impossible!
Chapter 396: This is Impossible!
"That man has... thoroughly enraged Captain John."
Marco and Diamond Jozu on the shore watched this scene from a distance, their faces tense.
The man closest to a god,
and the renowned Captain John of the Great Sea.
If one were to ask which of these beings was more terrifying, there was no doubt that it was Feng Ye, who had destroyed the sacred land of Mariejois. But Captain John was also one of the formidable figures they knew to be at the pinnacle of the Great Sea.
What kind of battle would this be?
As Marco and Fiora watched, Captain John made his move. He unleashed his sword, brandishing it towards Feng Ye with fierce intensity.
"Sword Style: Empty Space Repeated Slash!"
With a low shout, Captain John's eyes seemed to transform into sharp blades themselves, exuding the aura of a great swordsman. It seemed as if he intended to split the entire sea in two.
The blade in his hand flickered, and in an instant, it created seven or eight afterimages. Swish, swish, swish—dozens of slashes were executed, and countless sword energies intertwined to form a net that rushed towards Feng Ye, aiming to tear him to pieces.
Faced with Captain John's attack,
Feng Ye stood his ground, his sword poised in a similar manner. His demeanor was calm, and his eyes shone with a faint azure glow as he captured every detail of Captain John's movements, replicating them flawlessly.
"Sword Style: Empty Space Repeated Slash."
The movements were almost identical, and so were the slashes.
But there was a difference.
Feng Ye was faster, creating more afterimages, and the sword net formed by the intertwining sword energies was denser and more formidable!
This was one of the basic abilities of the Sharingan—replication. As the owner of the Rinnegan, a certain pesky younger brother had this ability, and naturally, Feng Ye could use it too, and to an even more advanced degree.
Boom!!!
The two nets of sword energy collided in the air and shattered instantly.
They seemed almost identical, but the outcome was vastly different. Because Feng Ye's net of sword energy was denser, when it shattered, the shattered remnants pierced through the net and assaulted Captain John.
"How can this be..."
Captain John's eyes widened in disbelief.
This was clearly his technique!
How could Feng Ye also know it and execute it with even greater speed and proficiency? The slashes he unleashed were more powerful, too!
Sssss! Sssss! Sssss!!!
Given the nature of long-range sword techniques, there was almost no possibility of retracting the attack to defend against the aftermath. Moreover, in his state of disbelief, Captain John's reaction was a split-second slower, and he didn't have time to coat his body with Busoshoku Haki for protection.
In that moment, seven or eight blood stains appeared on his body!
Although the wounds weren't deep, blood splattered everywhere, making him look ferocious and terrifying. It seemed that with just one sword strike from Feng Ye, he had already sustained serious injuries!
"Captain John!!!"
Some of the severely injured executives behind him exclaimed in shock.
The intense pain forced Captain John to calm down. He clenched his teeth and glared at Feng Ye above him.
Coincidence!
It was just a coincidence!
He told himself not to be intimidated by Feng Ye's ability. As one of the great swordsmen at the pinnacle of the Great Sea, there was nothing his sword couldn't cut!
In the vast sea, every great swordsman was an extremely dangerous existence. It was challenging to determine the strength between a great swordsman and a Marine admiral or a Yonko because each person's nature was vastly different.
Great swordsmen were those who could almost abandon all defense
and focus solely on offense.
Perhaps in a light spar, a great swordsman's performance might not be that eye-catching. But in a life-and-death battle, a great swordsman relied on that one decisive strike, betting their life on that single moment!
Often, a single strike was all it took to determine victory or defeat!
In other words, no matter how severe the injuries a great swordsman sustained, even if they had already received a fatal wound, as long as they could still wield the sword in their hand, they still had the ability to release that final strike and take their opponent down with them!
So, sustaining injuries didn't matter. Falling behind in the clash with Feng Ye didn't matter either. As long as he wasn't dead, there was still a possibility to turn everything around with a single sword strike—a decisive battle!
"Sword Style: Ten Piercing Star Slash!"
Captain John roared, his lion's mane of hair billowing in the sea breeze as he unleashed his sword. In an instant, it seemed as if the dazzling starlight was woven into a cross.
The cross-shaped sword energy slashed down towards Feng Ye.
But.
Faced with this attack, Feng Ye's eyes glinted, and he replicated the move almost identically, but with greater speed and strength!
"Sword Style: Ten Piercing Star Slash."
A larger cross-shaped sword energy burst forth from Feng Ye, like a giant cross colliding with a smaller one, causing the sea to explode.
Captain John watched, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The previous sword style could be attributed to a coincidence—both of them mastering similar sword techniques. But there was no way this coincidence could happen again, especially with a technique like the Ten Piercing Star Slash!
Sizzle!!!
The two cross-shaped sword energies clashed in the air, emitting a sizzling sound. Then, the larger cross-shaped star slash that Feng Ye had unleashed forcefully pushed back Captain John's star slash, pressing it downward.
He leaped into the air, evading the attack.
The larger cross-shaped star slash pressed down on the smaller one, causing it to explode upon the sea's surface and create an enormous cross-shaped fissure that stretched for hundreds of meters.
Captain John, now in the air, tightly gripped his sword's hilt, preparing to strike Feng Ye again. But to his disbelief, Feng Ye's speed this time was even faster than his!
"Sword Style: Meteor Sword Pierce!"
Feng Ye's blade shot forward like a dazzling meteor, piercing straight toward Captain John.
Captain John couldn't help but exclaim aloud.
"This is impossible!!!"
This move was his own technique, and he hadn't even used it yet. It was the very move he had planned to use next, attacking Feng Ye from above.
Yet, Feng Ye had preempted him, using the same technique but from below!
How could this be possible!
How could such a thing happen!
As one of the top powers in this great sea, he knew that some people with highly cultivated Kenbunshoku Haki could see into the future, so it wasn't entirely unbelievable that Feng Ye could anticipate his moves. But to replicate his sword techniques to such a degree, in an instant and with such precision, was nearly inconceivable.
In that fleeting moment, even if one could foresee the future and the moves he intended to use, it would be impossible to replicate them perfectly. This was beyond human capability!
Clang!!
Due to Feng Ye's faster speed, Captain John didn't have time to execute his Meteor Sword Pierce and could only parry horizontally to block Feng Ye's incoming sword.
The blades collided in the air, emitting a crisp ringing sound.
Despite being imbued with his Busoshoku Haki, Captain John's sword bent like a bowstring under Feng Ye's piercing strike, as if subjected to some terrifying force.
Boom!!
Captain John couldn't withstand the force of Feng Ye's sword in midair. At the moment his sword bent to its limit, nearly touching his body, he was sent flying backward.
"Cough..."
He coughed up a mouthful of blood.
This was the damage inflicted by the highest level of Busoshoku Haki that Feng Ye's sword strike had contained—a force that could cause internal destruction.
"The future is like a river that constantly branches out," Feng Ye, floating in the air, calmly said as he held his sword toward Captain John. "The farther into the future, the more branches there are, and the harder it is to see all possibilities. But the near future is easier to discern clearly."
"I have seen through all your sword techniques."
He raised his sword, and its blade erupted with dazzling white light that soared into the sky, as if creating countless sword shadows. The shadows converged and merged into a blinding white light that descended upon Captain John.
It was Captain John's ultimate sword technique—
"Itto-ryu Secret Technique: Star Fall!"
"Thi-this..."
Captain John stood there, stunned.
He watched as Feng Ye unleashed the very technique he himself had mastered, a downward slash so powerful that it left him dazed for a moment.
Wasn't this his ultimate secret technique?
Wasn't this the move he had intended to use to find Feng Ye's weakness and end this battle?
How could Feng Ye be using it against him?
It was only when the dazzling white light descended that Captain John snapped out of his daze and reacted.
It was too late to attempt any evasive maneuvers, so he could only unleash his Busoshoku Haki to its limits and parry with his sword.
Having practiced this technique countless times, he was all too aware of its power. While Feng Ye's sword mastery seemed slightly inferior, his Busoshoku Haki, pure strength, and speed far surpassed his own.
The power of this strike was no less than what he could achieve.
Knowing the might of his own technique, he also knew that there was no way he could withstand it. The answer was unequivocally no, and if he hadn't been dazed and stunned initially, perhaps there might have been a slim chance.
It was over.
Buzz!!!
The white light illuminated the vast sea, obscuring Captain John's figure.
In his final moments, a bitter thought crossed his mind. To die by his own ultimate technique—for a swordsman, there could be no greater humiliation.
This was...
...the strength of a man closest to a god.
The abilities possessed by the man before him had indeed reached a level akin to that of a deity.
Silence fell.
When the light faded, all that remained on the sea's surface was an enormous abyss extending to the horizon, along with a deep and dark gully on the seabed, its depth unknown.
(End of Chapter)
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