One Piece: Ascending the Divine Path

Even without extinguishing the flames behind her head and switching to speed mode, Luna was still incredibly fast, her greatsword drawing a sharp arc of light.

However, this arc of light shattered in the next instant.

The pitch-black iron fist slammed into the blade of the giant sword.

The air exploded, the ground shattered, and a huge shockwave whipped up a fierce wind.

Luna felt a jolt in her arm, and the greatsword in her hand flew uncontrollably backward, causing her to lose her balance.

What amazing power!

As expected of Lord Knight!

Knight smiled.

While the Lunaria bloodline is incredibly powerful, the increase in sheer strength is not significant.

On the contrary, his own body, even though it was not of a special race, possessed extraordinary power.

Strength is about becoming stronger.

Speed ​​means being faster yourself.

A domineering presence comes from being stronger.

Luna, it seems I have indeed made more progress this past year!

"Fingergun - Sudden Rain!"

  

Knight's hands conjured hundreds of afterimages, raining down attacks on Luna, who was off balance.

In an instant, the index finger, covered in jet-black armor color, pierced every corner of Luna's upper body.

"Miss Luna!"

Anthony cried out in surprise from the side of the ship.

Wait, wasn't he supposed to be the representative of adults? How come he's so weak!

Being weak is one thing, but being so arrogant, talking about playing around, isn't that just asking for trouble?

Oh no! If Miss Luna gets killed, will the master hold a grudge against us?

That's what he thought.

"Calm down, you idiot, look carefully!"

Baginom's tone was grave.

Anthony was taken aback, then stared intently, and what he saw left him completely stunned.

He wasn't the only one stunned.

"How is that possible?!"

Not far behind, Ain, who was intently observing the battlefield, exclaimed in disbelief, "Knight's attacks are completely ineffective!"

Knight's attack was ferocious and swift; even steel should have been riddled with holes by now.

However, the white-haired woman's skin wasn't even broken; all of Knight's attacks seemed to be just tickling her.

"What on earth is going on?"

One of the fugitives couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment, "Miss Luna didn't even use Haki for defense, did she?"

"This must be the innate ability of the Lunaria race."

"That's terrifying," Salt exclaimed.

That brat's attacks were already quite powerful, but he couldn't do anything to Miss Luna.

That's really tough.

Knight couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

As a member of the Lunaria race, Luna needs to train her own physical strength, power, and domineering aura.

Defense is the only area that doesn't need defense.

As an adult Lunarian, Luna's physical defense is probably no less than that of Jhin; it's a level of defense that few could break through even if you searched the entire ocean.

Every part of his body was incredibly hard; only after the flames behind his head were extinguished would his body become soft again.

Yes, Knight experienced this a year ago when he first transmigrated here.

"Open the mountain!"

Completely ignoring Knight's attack, Luna simply swung her greatsword, the heavy blade slashing down. Although she couldn't harden it yet, Armament Haki still clung to it.

"Storm Kick!"

Knight stomped his right foot on the ground, twisted his body, and used his waist to thrust his left leg straight out like a steel whip, lashing it fiercely against the greatsword.

The greatsword was kicked off its trajectory again, and then Knight twisted his body in a way that completely defied the logic of physics, forcibly getting close to Luna.

Life is returned!

The dark fist slammed into Luna's face without any hesitation.

Then, the storm came again!

Knight transformed his entire body into weapons—fists, feet, knees, elbows, and shoulders—covered in domineering aura, and unleashed a furious barrage of attacks on Luna.

Luna's approach was simpler and more direct.

Without any defense, he simply kept swinging his sword at Knight.

The main idea is that you do your thing, and I'll do mine.

"Six Kings Spear!"

Knight deflected Luna's greatsword once again and placed his hands on the woman's lower abdomen.

A violent shockwave erupted at that moment.

"Hmm!"

Luna frowned slightly, and her tall figure was blown away.

Still no results?

Knight clicked his tongue slightly.

Without using projection, this is already his strongest attack.

This kind of penetrating move should be very effective against physical defense.

But it doesn't matter, the purity of power and defense is too low.

For true top-tier masters, domineering aura is the real decisive force. Otherwise, how could Rocks have fought Harald head-on? And how could Shanks have arrested Loki?

Of course, adding a powerful Devil Fruit to the already strong and domineering foundation would make it perfect.

Not far behind Knight, Ian gritted her teeth. Did this move have no effect on this woman?

Her defenses were so strange that Knight couldn't do anything about them.

So, while she's being knocked away, let's take advantage of that moment!

"fall back!"

Ain's hands flashed red light, and with a mighty flick, two balls of flame shot straight toward Luna.

Luna, who had been knocked away, flapped her wings and soared into the air. In that instant, flames erupted from the greatsword in her hand.

The dark red flames were viscous like magma, and their scorching heat spread outwards.

She simply raised her greatsword and easily blocked Ain's two flames.

The flames hit by the red fireball disappeared for a moment, wiped away by the recoil, but the next moment, the flames began to surge again.

"flame?"

Anthony asked in surprise, "A Devil Fruit ability?"

"perhaps,"

Solt guessed, "Is it another innate ability of the Lunarians?"

"How is that possible—"

Anthony forced a smile.

Surely there isn't such a terrifying race?

"If they're in your way, execute them!"

The greatsword cleaved downwards, and the viscous flames transformed into a powerful blazing strike that hurtled straight towards Aion.

Ain's pupils constricted.

"Aien, step back! Storm Kick - White Lightning!"

Knight leaped up, blocking the slash.

With a powerful flick of his right foot, a narrow, laser-like vacuum wave shot out, instantly piercing through the fiery slash and turning it into a shower of sparks.

Amidst the scattering flames, a figure trailing a long fiery tail plummeted like a shooting star.

Luna gripped her sword with both hands, flames erupting from its blade. "Burn the City!"

Knight's body suddenly turned completely black.

Although hardening the whole body is the most wasteful way to use a powerful move, it's the only way to tough it out for now.

Knight raised his fist high.

All distracting thoughts vanished in that instant.

An unwavering belief, a will to follow one's heart, and unreserved sincerity.

Everything was poured into this punch.

A serious punch!

Then Knight threw a punch.

The world seemed to freeze the moment the fist collided with the greatsword.

Then, amidst a roar, jet-black lightning leaped.

The raging flames spread out like a tsunami, forming a huge fireball that engulfed Knight instantly.

"Knight!!"

Ain was blown away by the spreading blast of air, and she screamed Knight's name almost as if she were screaming.

The call had an effect.

At the center of the spreading flames, the surging flames suddenly exploded open, creating a huge gap, and a figure flew backwards into the sky.

Knight, completely black, launched himself into the air and slowly let out a sigh of relief.

It's really hot.

However, Luna's direct combat ability is indeed weaker than his own.

That's true. She's only been training for a year, and her physical strength, power, domineering aura, and even her innate flames are not yet considered strong.

"Knight!"

After scrambling to her feet, Ain breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Knight was safe and sound.

In mid-air, Luna flapped her wings to steady herself, raised her greatsword and looked at it. The greatsword was only half left, the front half of the blade had flown away somewhere.

"That was a really powerful punch."

On deck, Anthony commented, "This kid is very strong. It won't be easy for me to take him down."

"Hey! What's that?!"

Solt pointed to the sky not far away.

In the distance, a dark shadow streaked across the sky.

Bagingom looked closely, and his expression changed drastically. "It's Zefa!"

"Zeffa?"

Anthony and Salt couldn't help but shudder at the mere mention of the name, "Black Arm Zeffa?"

"So, it's about time, right?"

Bagingom narrowed his eyes as he looked at Knight and Luna, who were facing off across the distance.

Zephyr has arrived; the show should be over by now, right?

She cleared her throat and exclaimed in feigned panic, "Miss Luna! The membrane inflation is complete, we can set sail!"

Upon hearing this, Luna glanced at Knight, then turned around without hesitation and flew towards the ship.

"Don't even think about running!!"

In the sky, Zefa roared as it charged in from almost the other side of the island, its speed suddenly increasing by another fraction.

"Teacher Zephyr!!"

Ain was so excited she almost cried.

finally come!

"Are they here?"

Knight slowly let out a sigh of relief.

Although the fight with Luna was quite intense, it only lasted a few minutes in total.

In that case, this show should come to an end.

"Don't even think about running away!"

Knight stepped on the air and chased after Luna.

Luna didn't turn her head. "Weevil."

"Weebull! Hurry!"

On deck, Baggingom called to his son, "Stop that kid!"

"Okay, Mom!"

In the next instant, a powerful shockwave swept past Luna's side and blasted directly toward Knight.

Naturally, Knight could only helplessly be blasted away.

Meanwhile, Luna had returned to the ship. The membrane had fully swelled, rendering the buoyancy of the seawater ineffective, and the ship had begun to submerge.

"You bastard! Stop right there!"

Fortunately, Zephyr arrived at this critical moment and crashed into the ship like a meteor.

in time!

Rather, these fugitives are courting death. Many of them are superhumans. If you break the coating while they are diving, they're finished!

On deck, the fugitives also realized this.

Anthony watched Luna's retreating figure anxiously. "Miss Luna, what should we do now? That's Black Arm Zephyr!"

The former admiral's formidable reputation instilled fear in them.

"What's the rush?"

Luna simply spoke.

"There's nothing he can do."

The same calm voice rang out.

The fugitives turned around and saw Bandi Waldo with an indifferent expression.

No, it's not Waldo!

"grown ups!"

After being blasted away by Weevil's shockwave, Knight was able to remotely log in.

He looked at Professor Zephyr descending from the sky and raised his right hand.

I'm sorry, Professor Zephyr.

The invisible substance first separates into inner and outer layers to protect the membrane.

Then, connecting lines extend from the palm, linking to giant swords that have formed outside the membrane.

With an imposing aura, the giant swords materialized.

Then, the Momo Fruit activates.

Hiss!

One after another, giant swords shot into the air like missiles, their speed and size increasing dramatically the moment they detached from the connecting wires.

In an instant, half the sky was covered by giant swords, and hundreds of giant swords almost formed a thick dark cloud.

"Waldo!!"

As Zefa fell, he immediately gritted his teeth.

The man known as Black Arms suddenly turned his arms black, with invisible waves swirling around them.

"drink!"

He swung his fist downwards with all his might, and the surging domineering aura transformed into a massive shockwave that instantly destroyed a section of giant swords.

But in the next instant, even more giant swords were already upon them.

Zefa could only grit his teeth and throw a punch to meet the attack.

"Let's go."

On the deck, Knight's lips curled into a smile.

At this point, Zephyr's strength was probably no match for Magellan's.

The ship is sinking rapidly.

"Damn it!!"

In the sky, Zefa was practically gritting his teeth.

But it was no use; the giant swords swarmed in like an endless stream, giving him no chance to reach the surface of the sea.

He could only remain angry.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Seeing this, Baggingom couldn't help but burst into laughter. "No need to see Zefa off! Oh, and I should thank you! Without you, the master's plan wouldn't have succeeded so easily!"

"Are you kidding me!"

Zefa roared.

Then continue fighting with the greatsword.

Thus, the ship successfully submerged into the seabed.

"We need to speed things up."

Knight casually pressed his hand onto the deck. Since the membrane had already been reinforced, he activated the Momo-Momo Fruit ability!

"Wow!"

A series of screams erupted on the deck as the ship hurtled downwards at high speed.

The howling of the giant swords finally stopped.

Zefa landed safely on the shore.

However, the chief naval instructor's face turned ashen.

Knight, who walked over slowly, also had a gloomy expression.

Following behind Knight, Ain opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

This interception operation was a complete failure; they could only watch helplessly as the fugitives escaped.

"so,"

Knight suddenly chuckled softly. "Am I still too weak?"

"Knight—"

Ian had never seen Knight like this before.

Could it be that Knight, who is usually narcissistic and arrogant, also blames himself for setbacks?

Perhaps we should comfort him.

Then, just as Ain was about to speak.

"Buzz!!"

An invisible aura suddenly emanated from Knight.

Ain suddenly felt dizzy and unconsciously took a few steps back.

Zephyr, who had been staring intently at the sea, froze, and instinctively turned to look at Knight.

Even in such a furious moment, he was still somewhat dazed.

Is he so angry that he awakened Conqueror's Haki?