Chapter 601 Abilities
Vic was covered in blood, and was torn left and right by the three hunters like a trapped beast. He could block those who faced him head-on, but he could not block the harassment and sneak attacks from other directions.
However, as time went on, although the wounds on Vic's body continued to increase, the number of times his observation Haki was wrong was becoming less and less.
Although his Observation Haki rarely made mistakes, the time he had to react after predicting the enemy's movements was still too short. He still could not withstand the siege of the three people, and his physical injuries were gradually approaching his limit.
Vic could already feel his mind becoming unstable. Physical fatigue and pain were besieging his consciousness. Even his iron will could not suppress it.
But the observation Haki no longer had any wrong predictions, and the moves of Burns and the other two all appeared in Vic's observation Haki's predictions.
Although Vic closed his eyes, the scenes he perceived with his seeing color became clearer and clearer, and more and more coherent, just like standard definition became high definition, high definition became blue ray, animated images became short videos, and short videos became micro movies. But it ended here, as if he had fallen into some kind of bottleneck, and his body was almost reaching its limit.
"My body can't hold on any longer! Do you want to leave now?"
Vic closed his eyes and thought to himself, the reason he didn't use his ability was that he wanted to see his true level, and the other was that he wanted to force himself. If he really wanted to leave, these three people couldn't stop him. He hadn't even used the Domination skill yet, and if he suddenly attacked, these three people would definitely not be able to besiege him.
"Something's wrong! He seems to be using us as a whetstone. The damage we cause to him is getting less, and his foresight is becoming more accurate!"
"You're using us as a whetstone? You're really not afraid of death. Then we'll grind off his sharp sword!"
"Although this sword has indeed become sharper and more spiritual, the blade is already covered with scars. I'm afraid it can't withstand our grinding. This precious sword is about to fall!"
The three of them also noticed that something was wrong with Vic, but it was not from the fact that Vic closed his eyes. The strong ones all have Observation Haki, so they don't need to use their eyes to see at all. Observation Haki is faster and more accurate than the eyes, so there is nothing strange about fighting with eyes closed.
What really made them suspicious was that although Vic was still unable to withstand their siege, his judgment and response to their moves became more and more accurate.
They could not help but be amazed at Vic's audacity. This was like dancing on the edge of a knife, like pulling out a tiger's beard! But they were also angry at Vic's behavior. This was a sign of contempt for them! So they decided to sharpen Vic's precious sword.
"Gamble!"
Vic said to himself, and continued to rush towards the three people. Although his body was about to reach its limit, wasn't this exactly what he wanted? At this moment, he forgot about his fruit ability, his Conqueror Haki, and his injuries, and followed his Observation Haki to rush into the siege of the three people!
Vic slashed at the unarmed Burns with a knife. The surging stream of blood reflected on Vic's bloody face, making him look like a Shura from hell.
Burns' arms were also wrapped in Ryuying, blocking the knife head-on, but he couldn't help but retreat several steps. Vic ducked to avoid the knife that was coming towards his neck, and used Allen in his hand to cut at the man's lower body. Abra stomped his feet in the air and let his body continue to fly upwards, thus avoiding Vic's knife.
Vic did not chase Abra, but instead used a heavy weight to instantly lower his body in the air, and a thin sword wrapped with Ryuzakura passed through his back.
The flowing water from the rapier tore the blood-stained cloak on Vic's back, but did not really hurt Vic's body. Vic narrowly avoided the sword, but the failure of this sword made Ralph's face gloomy, because this was a sword that he was determined to win.
Vic ignored Ralph's changing expression, stomped hard on the air to raise his body again, and slashed at Ralph on the right rear side with the Blood Sword in his hand.
Allen on his other hand followed closely as Vic's body turned. Vic moved without pause. After dodging Ralph's sword, he immediately counterattacked instead of fleeing.
So Ralph, who was very close to Vic, could no longer dodge and could only retract his rapier to block the bloody sword that was slashing towards his ribs.
There was a clanging sound of metal clashing, but it was not as clear as the previous collision of weapons. This time the sound was a bit dull, and the feeling from the rapier made Ralph's face change slightly.
Vic did not use the same tremendous force as before when he stabbed the knife, otherwise he could have used this force to get away from Vic. He quickly mobilized the domineering aura in his body to cover his waist.
Allen followed closely behind and slashed there. Although he covered his waist with domineering aura, he was still injured by Vic's Allen. A long and narrow wound was bleeding. This was the first time that Ralph was injured by Vic.
At this moment, Burns, who was repelled by Vic, came to support and punched Vic in the head. Vic had to give up Ralph and use Allen to block the punch.
After that, Ralph took the opportunity to stay away from Vic. He ignored the wound on his waist, but the wound was slowly healing.
Ralph looked at Vic with even colder eyes. He thought Vic was at the end of his strength and they would be able to kill him soon. He didn't expect that Vic was more difficult to deal with than before. It was even possible to hurt him in this situation. Ralph couldn't help but be more vigilant.
The other two Celestial Dragons who saw Ralph injured also became alert. They also found that Vic was a little different from before. Then the three of them looked at each other and seemed to have made some decision.
Ralph shot the rapier in his hand, but not at Vic. He aimed at the warship. The rapier directly pierced into the deck of a warship. The entire sword body was completely submerged in the deck, leaving only the slender hilt with a guard outside.
Ralph stood in the air, his fists crossed in front of his chest, his head leaning forward and buried in his crossed arms, his whole body trembling slightly, as if he was struggling to break free of something.
Soon Ralph's body was fully stretched out, he raised his head and stretched his arms to both sides of the sky, and the whole person looked like a capital X.
Just as Ralph stretched out his body, his body swelled slightly, and his originally well-fitting shirt was directly burst, revealing his strong and well-proportioned upper body muscles.
What followed was thick black hair that quickly covered his body. Except for the pectoral muscles and a few abdominal muscles, his entire body was covered in shiny black hair. His face also turned into a hybrid of a human and a cat with a humanized expression.
A thick black tail pierced through his trousers and stretched out from his buttocks. His feet also became jointed like those of a cat. A red and black flame cloud was wrapped around Ralph's shoulders and head.
It looks very similar to Roblucci's appearance after the Neko-Naka Fruit's leopard form awakens, but Ralph's body is pure black without any stray hairs, and Flame Cloud is also different, with narrower and sharper eyes, making him look more powerful.
"There are people with special abilities among you! They are hiding... Not good!..."