One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Shiryu now had two large, crisscrossing wounds on his body.

Gion's left shoulder was cut open, and bright red blood flowed out, staining her white military uniform.

As soon as Shiryu landed, he unleashed a furious slash of lightning from his hand.

"The Styx! The Hellish Burial!"

"boom!"

As he swung his sword with both hands, wisps of dark ghostly energy surged from behind him, instantly coalescing into a dark ghostly shadow behind him.

At the same time, endless blood gushed out from his body, as if giving flesh to the emerging ghostly figure, turning it into a three-headed, six-armed blood-red Asura. Along with the thunder and rain longsword he wielded, he swung three blood-red longswords at Gion.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!"

Four slashes, each over a hundred meters long, split the mountain in front of Shiryu into five parts. Narrow rock fissures, crackling and splintering, sliced ​​towards Gion with each explosive strike.

Gion gripped the swords with both hands, golden light swirling around the Kinpira swords, and high-level Armament Haki surged forth, seemingly distorting even the air above the longswords.

She twisted her body and swung her arms at a huge angle, as if she were playing golf.

"Kongo! Onikiri!"

"bass!"

In an instant, a clear and melodious buzzing sound, like the cry of a phoenix, rang out from the blade of Jinpilu.

Then, a dazzling, golden river of light burst forth from Kinpira, shattering the rocky ground hundreds of meters in front of Gion like a storm. The shattered rocks slammed into the four thick, blood-red slashes that were shooting towards them.

"Boom!"

Amidst a tremendous explosion, Shiryu's slash was utterly crushed by the curtain-like golden slash.

The crimson Asura head that rose up behind him flew high into the air, and then the huge body composed of blood and ghostly energy exploded with a bang, turning into a rain of blood that fell from the sky.

Not only that, Shiryu also let out a muffled groan as a long, narrow wound burst open on his chest. He was sent flying by Gion's sword and fell diagonally off the cliff.

Although he was not completely incapacitated, the outcome was already decided.

Chapter 730 Four Wins

The battles for selecting general candidates are naturally not real life-or-death battles, so they are basically just brief skirmishes.

Although neither battle lasted long, in a real life-or-death struggle, their fight would never have ended so quickly.

Even so, top-tier experts can still clearly discern the true difference in combat strength between the two sides.

For example, the two battles between Enel and Yamato, and between Gion and Shiryu.

In the eyes of Rorschach, Kizaru, and others, Enel's overall strength was actually inferior to Yamato's.

Both he and Yamato are top-tier ability users, and they possess all three types of Haki.

However, Yamato's Armament Haki is clearly stronger than Enel's, not to mention his Conqueror's Haki.

Enel's Conqueror's Haki had barely reached the point of being released externally, while Yamato had already mastered the top-level technique of Haki Entanglement.

Of the three types of Haki, Enel's only one that was stronger than Yamato's was Observation Haki.

In terms of physique, as Kaido's daughter, Yamato, who possesses the bloodline of the Oni race, is a race with a naturally strong physique. With the added physical enhancement of the Mythical Zoan type, Ooku Shinjin, her physical strength far surpasses that of Enel.

In terms of physical skills, Enel is also inferior to Yamato.

But Enel won.

He was able to win because of the advantage of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power.

Enel's long-range pinpoint strikes and unimaginable speed made it impossible for Yamato, who couldn't fly at high speeds, to catch up with him. Yamato was unable to demonstrate his powerful close-combat abilities and ultimately became a target for Enel, who used lightning to strike her from tens of thousands of meters in the air.

But if Yamato could fly and catch up with Enel in a short time, then she might not be the one to lose.

Between Gion and Shiryu, Gion's overall strength is clearly superior to Shiryu's.

His domineering presence and swordsmanship are slightly better than Shiryu's, but he's not the kind of overwhelmingly powerful figure who's like an adult bullying a child.

The difference in combat strength between the two is actually quite close.

In a life-or-death battle, this slight advantage would likely be even smaller.

Because of Shiryu's ability, he can continuously suck blood to replenish his stamina and enhance his strength.

In other words, in a battlefield with many people, Shiryu's ability to sustain combat is stronger than Gion's.

But this is just an internal competition within the navy, similar to a friendly sparring match, so there's no need to take it so seriously.

Thanks to the powerful healing abilities of Law and Mansherry, the selection battle for the general candidates continued into the third round after a rest of about an hour.

This match will be between Enel, the winner of the first battle, and Kake, the last of the five who did not participate.

On Vermeer Island, as Gates announced the start of the battle, before Kaji could even stand up straight, he saw Enel's figure dissipate into the air as shattered bolts of lightning.

He grinned, revealing a smile more like a grimace on his lewd face, which rivaled even Kizaru's. He slowly raised his head and looked up at the sky.

Ten thousand meters above the ground, a familiar scene reappeared.

Enel sat atop a height of ten thousand meters, with electric snakes dancing wildly above his head, continuously gathering lightning from nature to form a gigantic ball of lightning, like an infinite warehouse of firepower.

After his battle with Yamato, Enel finally understood what kind of fighting style suited him best.

With speed surpassing most of the world's strongest individuals and the ability to strike beyond visual range, he has absolutely no need to abandon his strengths and use his weak aura and physique to engage in close combat with his enemies.

Thinking back to the Marineford War, where he fought desperately against Marco and was utterly humiliated by Marco's formidable close-combat abilities, Enel's resolve at this moment only strengthened.

As a user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, he has no need to engage in hand-to-hand combat with others.

He is not a warrior, he could be a mage.

He is also a lightning archmage capable of unleashing catastrophic forbidden spells.

So, right at the start of his third match with Kake, Enel decisively abandoned close combat with Kake and instantly appeared ten thousand meters in the air. He then used the same tactic to create a lightning strike, preparing to use an anti-aircraft gun to slowly bombard Kake who was standing on the ground.

On the ground, Kaji couldn't see Enel with the naked eye at all; he could only sense his approximate location using his Observation Haki.

When he sensed a terrifying energy fluctuation gathering above his head, as if it were about to fall on him at any moment, Jiaji decisively stretched out his hands.

"I give up! I give up!"

He waved his hands and shouted at Enel, who was floating above.

"Enel, I concede defeat. You have won this battle."

Enel paused, halting the giant pillar of lightning he was about to pull downwards.

On G1 Island, the marines watched the live stream as Kake jumped up and down, shouting that he was giving up, and their expressions were incredibly varied.

They had expected to witness a spectacular battle, but who knew...

Sengoku gritted his teeth in anger and said, "That bastard Jiaji actually admitted defeat right away. He has no backbone at all."

Garp laughed, "Hahaha, you can't refuse to admit defeat, how are you going to fight like this? Are you expecting him to chase Enel using Moonwalk? He can't fly."

"We can't just admit defeat like that. This is being broadcast live worldwide. If he admits defeat like this, he'll completely embarrass our navy. Even if we can't beat him, we should at least put up a fight like Yamato did."

"I'm not happy about this," Zhan Guo complained.

"Alright, look at him, does he look like the kind of person who would consider such a thing?" Granny He comforted him with a smile. "Since the third match ended so quickly, who two people should go on for the fourth match?"

Garp chuckled and said, "I think we shouldn't go up there. Let Enel advance directly. With his style of play, he's already invincible among the five of them. Unless they have the ability to fly and dash forward at high speed, let alone Gion and the others, even if an Admiral came, they might not be able to beat this kid."

After thinking for a while, the group realized that Garp was right.

There's really no way to fight this.

However, would it be inappropriate to directly announce that Enel has won all four matches?

Everyone looked at Luo Xia, seemingly wanting to ask for his opinion.

Rorschach said nonchalantly, "Let's ask Gion and Shiryu for their opinions. If they want to go up and fight Enel, then let them go up and give it a try."

"Well, that's the only way. I'll go ask Kogion then." Granny Tsuru smiled and left.

After a while, news came that Shiryu had given up challenging Enel, but Gion wanted to fight.

And so, on the island of Vermeu, Gion, who had just emerged victorious from her battle with Shiryu, reappeared, wielding the long sword Kinpira.

When Gates announced the start of the battle, before Enel could even take off, Gion drew her long sword with lightning speed and launched a lightning-fast attack.

"One-Sword Style! Iai! Aurora Slash!"

The golden slash was like a bolt of lightning, instantly piercing through dozens of meters of void and striking Enel.

"boom!"

Enel's body exploded, transforming into countless thick electric snakes that scattered and crackled as they blasted towards the oncoming Gion.

Gion swung her sword, slashing out swirling mandala flowers that shattered the thick bolts of lightning that shot towards her.

In less than a second, she had rushed in front of Enel, her golden aura swirling around her, and slashed down with her sword.

but……

"Clap!"

With a crisp crack, the electric arc exploded, and Enel's figure, which had remained in place, vanished in a flash of lightning.

Meanwhile, under Gion's Observation Haki lock, Enel's aura was rapidly rising into the sky at hypersonic speed.

He's going to use the same trick again!

He absolutely could not let Enel distance himself from him, otherwise he would probably end up like Yamato.

With a light touch of her feet, Gion's tall body sprang up from the ground like a spring, and in a flash, her speed increased dramatically.

"boom!"

The sonic boom created by her excessive speed transformed into turbulent airflow overhead, hindering her progress.

Gion slashed at the sky with her sword, the sharp strike tearing through the heavens and cutting through the sonic boom. Her speed increased dramatically again, and she chased after the lightning spreading overhead like a meteor, as if she were walking on moonlight.

Her speed was undeniably fast, not even slower than Yamato's Divine Foot White Serpent Drive technique.

Even so, just as Gion reached a height of five or six hundred meters, a dazzling bolt of lightning, five or six meters in diameter, crashed down upon them.

There was nowhere to hide in Gion, which was suspended in mid-air.

The lightning bolt was too fast; even if one used Moon Step to unleash extreme speed in time, it would be impossible to dodge it immediately.