One Piece: Starting with Breathing Techniques

How is that possible?!

How did they get their hands on sea stone?!

Seastone, isn't it a prohibited item that is tightly controlled by the World Government?

He caught a glimpse of Capone Bege's expression and felt a chill run down his spine.

The other person's expression, which had been filled with despair and terror, had now returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Was Capone Bege faking it, deliberately letting him lower his guard?!

In a flash, without time to think, Parsons leaned back with all his might, trying to dodge the sea stone.

However, the specially designed launcher was fired at an extremely high speed, and coupled with his already severely injured body, he could only barely avoid vital points, but was still hit by the Seastone.

laugh!

The sea stone pierced straight through his body and deeply penetrated Parsons' left abdomen.

The instant he was pierced by the sea stone, a strong sense of weakness and powerlessness surged into Parsen's heart once again.

He was already seriously injured, and this blow left him even more unable to hold on.

The restraining effect of Seastone on ability users was fully demonstrated at this moment.

Parsons stared wide-eyed in resentment as he watched himself fall to the ground.

Capone Begi spat out a mouthful of blood and pulled a cigar from his pocket, lighting it.

He took a deep drag on his cigar, walked up to Parsons, and suddenly coughed a few times, feeling a wave of dizziness.

Capone Becky slowly drew a pistol from the castle, looking down at Parsons at his feet.

Amid Parsons's face, filled with resentment and anger, a dark gun barrel loomed infinitely large in his pupils.

The distinct feeling of impending death gradually blurred Parsons's will.

"...I was careless..."

Bang!

A faint smell of gunpowder wafted from the muzzle of the gun.

The spent cartridge cases flew off and landed on the ground with a crisp sound.

Capone Bege pulled out a handkerchief, wiped the burning muzzle of the gun, and took a deep drag on his cigar.

Despite feeling intense weakness and pain throughout his body, he grinned.

What burned in his eyes was an ambition to become stronger.

"Is this the Grand Line?"

"interesting!"

The next moment, everything went black before his eyes, and he almost fell to the ground.

Although he used his superb acting skills to lower Parsons' guard and eventually succeeded in using the Seastone to kill his opponent, the damage he suffered was real.

Parsons's desperate attack just now contained a high level of Armament Haki.

If Capone Bege hadn't activated his Armament Haki in time to cover his head just before the attack, he probably wouldn't have survived until now.

To be honest, Capone Becky feels he's not much better off than Parsons was just now.

The cramping pain and weakness emanating from his body indicated that he was seriously injured.

Capone Becky took a difficult puff of his cigar when he suddenly heard heavy footsteps behind him.

Upon recognizing Saul as the newcomer, the wariness in his eyes subsided, and after sizing up the man, he showed some surprise:

"Sauro, what happened to you? You look so disheveled!"

"Where is the lieutenant general who fought you?"

Sauro had some bruises on his body and traces of blood at the corner of his mouth. He shook his head upon hearing this.

"I beat him so badly that he escaped."

After saying that, he looked at Capone Bege, who was seriously injured, and frowned.

"Your injuries are too serious, you need to get back to the Ryuga immediately!"

Before Caponebegi could respond, Saul scooped him up and leaped into the sea, swimming toward the still-drifting Ryuga.

"Hey, wait a minute! Saul, how's the captain doing? Have you seen him?"

Capone Bege coughed weakly, his tone revealing some concern for Kiro.

"Facing that kind of monster..."

Sauro shook his head, giving a negative answer.

"No, but..."

Looking at the view above Liuhua Island, Saulo's voice was filled with awe.

"Kilo kid, he actually managed to fight him to this extent."

"That's Borsalino, a sure-fire candidate for Admiral, a user of the Glint-Glint Fruit, and one of the Navy's monsters!"

Capone Bege followed Saul's gaze to the sky above Liuhua Island, his pupils constricting.

The clear sky, which had been cloudless, had somehow become overcast, with flashes of dark red lightning occasionally streaking across the clouds, casting bright red spots of light on them.

Under the cover of dark clouds, bursts of extremely dazzling flashes occasionally erupted, and several giant sword energies flew out from time to time, unleashing bursts of fierce aftershocks.

The strong winds generated by the aftershocks swept across the sea, stinging Capone Begi's cheeks and making the sea turbulent.

"All we can do now is patiently wait for the Kiro boy to come back."

"As for this level of combat..."

Sauro gave a wry smile, somewhat helpless.

"We have absolutely no way to get involved."

......

The sharp blade of the Dragon Slayer met the Kusanagi Sword, and the clash of the weapons produced a sizzling sound that made one's teeth ache.

Kilo stomped his foot hard, and the ground around him instantly cracked like a spider web, with his right foot as the axis.

The force travels from the soles of the feet, through the powerful spine like a dragon's back, to the right arm, and finally to the dragon-slaying point.

Bang!

With a powerful slash, Kizaru was forced to leap backward.

After the earlier probing, a hint of amazement crept into his usually calm eyes.

"As expected of a swordsman, even though his physique is not as good as mine, he is still better at slashing."

"Young people these days are really scary!"

The two men, swords in hand, faced each other from a distance, their invisible pressure almost freezing and sealing off the surrounding air.

They were now in a vast, empty square, littered with broken bluestone bricks.

The aftershocks of their fight alone devastated the facilities in the square beyond recognition.

All the surrounding civilians had already been evacuated by the navy.

Hundreds of meters apart, they gripped their weapons tightly, trying to find the slightest opening in each other's defenses.

At one point, his breath hitched slightly.

In the next instant, a yellow flash suddenly shattered the silence, and in the blink of an eye, the Kusanagi sword had already reached Kiro's eyes.

The Observation Haki immediately sent a warning, as if being pricked by needles.

Even through the Transparent World, he could barely see Kizaru's movements, but he couldn't keep up with that exaggerated speed at all.

Without Kiro needing to think, his body spontaneously prepared to defend itself, responding to muscle memory and adopting a counterattack stance.

Bang bang bang!

The yellow sword light flashed several times, precisely striking the same spot on the Dragon Slayer.

Feeling the relentless onslaught coming from his hands, Kiro immediately abandoned his defenses and retreated backward, yielding to the force.

However, in a flash, Kizaru's figure reappeared in front of him like a ghost.

Bang!

The Kusanagi Sword once again pressed against the Dragon Slayer, and Kizaru suddenly chuckled.

"Young people these days are really scary!"

"In swordsmanship, I cannot surpass you, but..."

"Battles aren't always fair competition."

Kizaru suddenly withdrew his Ama-no-Murakumo sword, causing Kiro to lose his balance for a moment, and then raised his right leg high from below.

Kizaru's right leg quickly became dazzling, and in just a moment he reached the unbalanced Kiro's side.

The dazzling golden light illuminated Kilo's face, which was clenched with teeth.

"not good!"

Just now, Kizaru seized a moment of opportunity, loosened his grip on the Ama-no-Murakumo sword, causing Kiro to lose his support and his balance to be broken in an instant.

But this insignificant moment was already seized by Kizaru, who possesses incredible speed!

"Speed ​​is weight!"

"Kilo, have you ever experienced a Flash Kick?"