Chapter 650: Honeycomb Wave!
Chapter 650: Honeycomb Wave!
The moment the island shattered, the darkness covering it was stripped away. The surging seawater was about to rise, but it quickly froze, forming a massive ice surface that connected the fragmented pieces of the island, forcibly merging them into a single entity. The ice waves that had been frozen at higher elevations were shattered by the vibrations, turning into ice crystals. The surrounding waters, affected by the vibrations, tilted and shook, causing the mushroom cloud of smoke to disperse.
Simultaneously, the freezing ice fog rising from the ice surface drastically lowered the temperature, and snowflakes began to drift through the air. As they fell, they brought even colder air, freezing everything in their path.
On a relatively intact piece of land, several people appeared through teleportation. After teleporting the last person, Lafitte, Van Oka knelt on one knee, using his sniper rifle to support his trembling body, preventing his battered form from collapsing.
With just one strike.
Van Oka looked at the people lying on the ground, each injured and gasping for breath, and pursed his lips.
The gap between them was too great.
Worst of all, Poison Q was the first to die, and there was no way to heal him.
“Ha, ha...”
Titch lay on the ice, his left hand clenched into a fist, emitting a faint white light. The darkness behind him had just receded, leaving his face even paler than before, his brows knitted in pain, and his features twisted in agony.
His mouth, which had grown stronger teeth due to his improved strength, was now missing a few teeth.
The damage was absorbed by the darkness, but the explosive pain, as if every cell in his body was rupturing, continued to pulse through him, making him wish for death.
It hurt too much!
How could it hurt this much!
Was this even humanly possible?
If Titch hadn't been prepared, using his darkness to absorb the impact and his vibrations to counter Sagel's attack, the pain might have killed him outright.
His pride in his darkness, which rendered the abilities of Power Holders ineffective, was completely useless against Sagel.
Sagel's power wasn't external but internal, relying on physical techniques and Haki to combat his enemies.
He was being completely countered!
“No time to catch your breath, Titch!”
Titch's thoughts were interrupted by Kuzan's shout. His scattered gaze immediately focused, and he saw a large number of ice spikes shooting through the air. Amidst the barrage, a figure walked as if on a leisurely stroll.
The ice spikes either missed him as he dodged with a tilt of his head or a sideways step, or were shattered with a casual wave of his hand. Even when the freezing aura from the ice spikes caused his arm to frost over, it quickly shattered.
“Interesting, you managed to take on a part of it, huh?”
Sagel snapped his fingers to shatter an incoming ice spike, then dodged another by tilting his head. He suddenly accelerated, reaching Titch in a few quick steps, and brought his hands together again.
“Let's see how you handle this again.”
Kuzan wasn't afraid of the sea, but what about the other Power Holders? Since there was an island in this area, it wasn't the deep sea. Even if the darkness in the sky absorbed his lightning clouds and the dark clouds he used to fly, it didn't matter.
Even if he entered the sea, his current size wouldn't make him fear it at all.
“Ice Age!”
Seeing Sagel about to repeat his move, Kuzan burst with intense freezing aura, freezing everything in front of him. In an instant, the ground, the nearby seawater, and the air in the surrounding space were all frozen into a massive ice block.
The power that could freeze the sea for a seven-day journey, connecting islands with ice, wouldn't find it difficult to freeze the air over an island.
“Dark World!”
Titch staggered to his feet and pressed a hand to the ground. Beneath the massive ice block, darkness formed, swallowing it whole. At the same time, the darkness that had been obscuring the sky began to drift down, merging with the darkness below, forming a black curtain that began to engulf the ice block.
Swallow him!
As long as the darkness could consume him, Sagel would no longer be a threat!
But just as the black curtain began to erode the edge of the ice block, several large cracks suddenly appeared at its center, and fragments of ice crystals began to fall.
“Titch!” Kuzan called out.
At this level, Sagel would likely break free before the darkness could consume him.
“Haa!!”
Titch shouted, his fist, glowing with vibration, struck the air, causing a massive crack to form. The ice block, which occupied a large portion of the island and the ice surface, shattered like glass, scattering in all directions.
“Ice Age!”
Kuzan moved his hands, and the ice crystals, like a rain curtain, emitted a strong cold, forming a freezing fog. The freezing aura from the fog mingled with the darkness above and below.
The white mist rapidly pulled into the darkness, speeding through the tiny gaps within Ice Crystal, creating a chaotic scene.
"Ha ha ha, the gravity of darkness, the freezing delay, and my destructive vibrations! Sagel, I told you, coming alone was the most foolish move! Everyone, attack!" Titch laughed heartily.
Bang!
Van Oka was the first to fire, not even needing to aim. With a few quick pulls of the trigger, several bullets filled with powerful Haki shot out, piercing into the chaos.
Killer displayed his Iaijutsu stance, swiftly drawing his sword and unleashing a series of Haki-infused slashes.
Bashas swung his elbows wildly, using the armor on his elbows to release wave after wave of vibrations.
Lafitte spread his wings and soared into the sky, drawing the sword from his cane and launching a series of piercing strikes, like spears, into the chaos.
The chaotic scene was soon completely enveloped by darkness.
"Dark Vibration!!"
Titch clenched his fist and roared, causing the curtain of darkness to tremble violently and begin to collapse inward.
"Sagel! Darkness and vibrations are not opposing forces. I can combine them, not just you! In my darkness, I can use vibrations and gravity freely. In my darkness, you, as a Power Holder, can only be torn apart!"
Titch laughed maniacally: "Ha ha, ha ha ha ha! Sagel, blame your lack of generosity. If you had shared with me from the beginning, we might have stayed friends longer! Then, you'd still be my good partner!"
Titch, who strictly adhered to the principles of the Pirates, believed that once his interests were threatened, it was only natural to turn against his allies. He needed partners, but they had to be beneath him or useful to him.
Sagel and he no longer shared the same goal.
Now was the time!
Defeat this most dangerous enemy, then head to the first half of the New World, and establish the Pirate Kingdom. Everything in the New World would be his!
"Pirates, we take what we want!" Titch's face twisted with a grimace, and he clenched his fist, causing the black curtain to collapse in a spiraling motion.
This move was currently his most powerful. He had tested it and knew it could easily destroy a country like the one Sagel had once obliterated with a single strike, and it was even more terrifying, capable of erasing everything on an island.
Under this power, even Sagel...
Whoosh!
A thin, finger-like beam of black light sliced through the air, sharply breaking through and destroying everything in its path.
From the collapsing black curtain, a hand suddenly emerged, its index finger pointing forward.
"Captain, Captain..."
A soft whisper sounded from beside him.
Titch's eyes widened, and cold sweat poured down his face. Instinctively, he turned his head to see Bashas, who was clutching his chest in shock. In his large palm, fragments like ash were scattering, and a hole was rapidly expanding, growing larger until it covered his entire chest, then his shoulder.
"I—"
Bashas managed only a single word before his head turned to ash and scattered, followed by his legs, which dissolved into nothingness with the wind.
The others instinctively took a few steps back, their faces somber as if they were witnessing the end of the world.
"Hey, hey, that move..."
Kuzan, who usually maintained a cold expression, now stared seriously at the hand emerging from the black curtain, cold sweat streaming down his face.
This wasn't just a matter of power.
Sagel's techniques were renowned for their precision and strength. It was normal for them to be powerful, but what terrified him was the piercing force and the concentration of Haki in this move!
In terms of intensity, this move was clearly similar to the 'Great Redertia' he had used earlier, but the terrifying aspect was that while Great Redertia was a high-intensity, full-power destruction, this beam was singular!
Unlike Great Redertia, this move couldn't be blocked!
The collapsing black curtain spiraled inward until it became a small, pitch-black point and then vanished, revealing Sagel's figure.
He smiled, white vapor rising from his body, indicating he was unharmed.
"It was too unstable inside, and everything was shaking. I couldn't see my target clearly."
Sagel chuckled, "Turns out I hit Bashas."
Titch's eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "What was that, Sagel!!"
Despite the combined efforts of his and Kuzan's techniques, Sagel was unscathed. The move had only left him with a deep sense of terror and profound helplessness.
Unstoppable!
"Of course, the technique is just an advanced use of Haki. Without precise control over Haki, it can't be learned."
Sagel laughed, then looked at Kuzan. "Also, while I may not be the perfect genius you think I am, my application of Haki surpasses anyone else's. The previous move was just a small experiment. Even if it failed, it doesn't matter. This is the technique I originally developed."
"Is this the ultimate compression of Haki?" Kuzan asked in a deep voice.
The four techniques of Haki—Hardening, Wrapping, Emission, and Destruction—and after mastering all of them, one can elevate Haki to its peak, delivering a strike that brings out a black flash, the ultimate Buso Rend.
Since Haki has its techniques, there are naturally even more powerful forms that only a few on the seas can use.
Garp's Impact, Big Mom's Piercing, Kaido's Instant Burst, and the 'True Damage' Sagel often mentions—all of these fall into this category in Kuzan's eyes.
He didn't expect that this guy had made another leap in his Haki usage.
"Tianma Haocollapse, quite powerful, right?" Sagel smiled.
Sixty times, aside from the enhancement of his physical strength, his Haki has also been strengthened, because this form is the full activation of both his ability and Haki.
Just enhancing his ability wouldn't reach sixty times.
Since he can now 'adapt Haki,' he can focus it in one place, creating the most compressed impact possible in this form.
Compared to 'Tianma Haowave,' the long-range version of Great Redertia, this technique is more focused on a single target, using the strongest compression, combined with the impact, burst, and piercing techniques he has learned, as well as his own 'True Damage,' to deliver an absolutely undefendable strike.
Just like steel being repeatedly forged to become a sharp blade.
Pure steel would deliver a broad slash, while a blade would cut through a single point.
When struck by this technique, the power of the Hokuto Shinken can destroy a person's secret acupoints and even their entire body, causing a similar effect to Great Redertia, where the target disintegrates into fragments upon impact.
In simple terms, Tianma Haowave is a wave of energy, while Tianma Haocollapse is a focused Honeycomb Wave.
A compressed, single-target Honeycomb Wave.
"Of course, it's not just for long-range attacks. Kuzan, you know that every part of my body can become a weapon."
Sagel extended his index finger, and a terrifying Haki fluctuation, like a black glove, enveloped his finger.
He stuck out his tongue, and the Haki disappeared from his finger, covering his tongue instead.
His teeth, forehead, elbow, knee, toe, and even his hips all sequentially emitted Haki fluctuations.
Finally, the Haki reappeared at the tip of his index finger, forming an unstable black-red singularity, aimed directly at Titch.
"Titch, let's see if you can endure this pain."
Whoosh!
As soon as he spoke, a black-red beam erupted from his index finger, as fast as lightning. It was so fast that Titch's body didn't have time to react, even though his Haki sense had already detected it. Just as Titch raised his hand to block, the beam hit his chest and was swallowed by darkness.
Titch's eyes rolled back involuntarily, and he fell forward.
Whoosh!
At that moment, Van Oka instantly appeared next to Titch, disappearing with him. Kuzan also sank into the ice beneath his feet, instantly freezing the surrounding sea.
Meanwhile, a massive shadow covered Sagel's back.
Saint Juan the Wolf, who had been knocked unconscious, descended, using his upper body to block Sagel's view and delivering a powerful punch.
His body, already at 180 meters, had a large fist, but this punch clearly grew several times in size mid-air, like a mountain, smashing toward Sagel's body.
Snap.
Then, a single finger casually blocked this massive punch.
"Great Red Fruit, my subordinate."
Sagel shook his head and smiled. "Where did you get the courage to face me head-on? Do you have sixty times the strength?"
Whoosh!
A black-red beam shot from his index finger, piercing through Orochi's fist and the head that was pressing down.
Holes formed in his head and fist, turning both into fragments. The damage spread to his massive body, turning it into ash that scattered into the sky, restoring Sagel's vision.
In that instant, Van Oka had already stuck to Lafitte and Titch, disappearing instantly, leaving only a small part of the island and a wide expanse of frozen ice.
Honeycomb Island was left with just a bit of flat land, and the surrounding ice would likely be hard to melt, probably turning this place into a cold climate.
Sagel sneered, "The tide of the era will crush you. Run, and I'll see where you can go when I take over the other half!"
(End of Chapter)
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