I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Wald looked down at his palm.

My palm was charred black. The blood was evaporated by the high temperature of the laser the moment it flowed out. My skin and flesh were also burned and carbonized by the high temperature. There was a burnt smell and a sharp pain.

Despite the pain, the time it took to catch the lightsaber was very short, so it wasn't a serious injury.

"Strange moves..."

Wald snorted coldly, while his eyes couldn't help but glance at the pirates watching the battle in the distance.

Such an arrogant person as him, who had even killed Celestial Dragons, would find it incredibly painful if his subordinates actually saw him kneeling on one knee in front of Sigurd.

As he expected, the pirates all looked astonished.

What just happened?

"Didn't see clearly... Captain Wald's hand, it seems he suffered a minor injury?"

"Looks like this guy isn't easy to deal with either. No wonder he's the strong one who defeated Barrett..."

"But Captain Wald is the strongest."

The pirates looked surprised, but they did not lose confidence.

This made Wald feel relieved, but also somewhat disappointed.

Well...

It has to be said that his men were too weak; they couldn't even see his fighting clearly...

Or perhaps, luckily he knelt down quickly and ran even faster, so his subordinates didn't see him clearly?

Are you kidding me?

Wald snorted coldly, this time he wasn't so impatient.

The strength that Sieg showed forced him to take it seriously.

Bang bang bang bang!

Meanwhile, Sieg's heartbeat quickened.

Only after Wald left did he belatedly realize what had just happened...

When he activated the Momo-Momo Fruit ability, Wald's speed exploded tenfold, several times faster than "Shave," far exceeding Sigurd's reaction speed, and even his Observation Haki could hardly detect it.

The two sides differed greatly in speed and strength, putting them at a significant disadvantage in close combat.

Strength is not a big deal. Among the strong individuals that Sieg has encountered, there are quite a few whose strength and destructive power are on par with or even stronger than Wald's.

It's all about damage overflow anyway, so there's no difference.

However, Wald's speed, when unleashed through his Devil Fruit ability, is far too fast, which is a disadvantage.

Thanks to Sieg's timely intervention that allowed Wald to catch the lightsaber with his bare hands, they gained a precious respite.

"He caught a blade bare-handed once again and made a meritorious contribution..."

Sig felt relieved.

A lightsaber is still a sword.

It has no physical form and cannot be caught with the palm of your hand.

So the instant he caught the blade barehanded, Wald regained his mobility and, in surprise, retreated far away.

But Sieg also knew that he was walking a tightrope.

This control skill forcibly closes the distance between the two sides, and Sieg's speed is far inferior to these masters of physical combat.

Therefore, the moment of escape is the most dangerous time for Sig. If the opponent takes the opportunity to launch a strong attack, Sig will not be able to react at such close range.

"It seems we still have to stick to the plan and keep him guessing about my true intentions..."

Sieg looked toward Wald, who was a dozen steps away.

After kneeling, Wald became much more cautious and did not attack easily.

This is a good omen.

Sieg raised his chin, a faint smile playing on his lips.

He held a blazing laser sword in his right hand, while a ball of pitch-black flame suddenly burst into flame in his left.

Dark Flame Master, Stage Three!

"What? You're not going? Then I'm going to go."

As Sieg smiled faintly, the pitch-black flames surged, almost engulfing his entire body.

This strange scene made Wald even more cautious.

Sig's previous moves were too strange, which made him suspect that Sig was some kind of strange ability user, so he had to be careful.

"A deep, surging torrent!"

He opened his left palm toward Wald, and a torrent of black flames shot out from his palm, pointing directly at Wald.

"10x speed!"

This time, Wald appeared very restrained. He used the same trick as before, dodging the torrent of flames and appearing more than ten meters away in a flash.

"Too slow---"

Wald snorted coldly, but before he could finish speaking, he saw the ground where the black flames had disappeared, and his words stopped abruptly, his pupils shrinking slightly.

The torrent of black flames swept across, scorching and eroding the ground, creating huge craters and causing a large section of the hill to sink silently.

Wherever it went, trees, rocks, and clods of earth were silently burned and completely destroyed.

"A strange flame, seemingly without temperature, yet possessing considerable destructive power, and its power is different from the glowing sword in his hand..."

Wald glanced at his charred palm, his expression growing even more somber.

With the power of the Momo-Momo Fruit, he has extremely strong explosive power, and his speed and strength are astonishing in a short period of time.

However, his mastery of Armament Haki is relatively weaker. He can easily cover his entire body, but the strength is slightly inferior, lacking his astonishing speed and destructive power.

Having just had his hand easily slashed by Sig's flaming laser sword, he had no desire to get involved with this strange black flame again.

laugh!

While he was thinking, Sieg stood still with his sword in hand, his left hand forming a palm and continuously thrusting out, a torrent of dark flames bombarding Vald, almost with an overwhelming force.

But Wald is faster!

"20x speed!"

Wald's figure flickered continuously, completely disappearing from the sight of Sig and the pirates.

"Too slow..." Wald's voice came from all directions, accompanied by a cold laugh:

"I'll say it again. No matter how powerful a move is, if it can't keep up with my speed and can't hit me, then it's meaningless!"

Wald's figure moved swiftly in all directions; one could only hear his voice, not see his human form.

The black flames emitted by Sieg had already eroded the earthen hill beneath his feet, leaving it riddled with holes, but they had never struck him.

"Luckily, he missed. If he had, he would have realized it was just a paper tiger..."

Sig remained expressionless, controlling the black flames in his hand to dance and burst forth from his palm, continuously blasting towards the direction from which the sound came.

As time passed, the black flames enveloping Sieg gradually thinned, especially in an area to his left front...

This was also noticed by Wald, who had been dodging for a long time.

Chapter 808 Within Three Steps, the Sword is Swift

"Looks like you can't keep up with my speed!"

Wald snorted coldly.

The speed, which was already at its maximum, actually increased significantly at this moment.

The jet-black Armament Haki hardens the entire body, giving it a metallic texture under sunlight.

"30x speed!"

Wald's speed surged, his figure sweeping hundreds of meters in an instant. He broke the sound barrier with just his movement, tearing the air with a sharp bang, and rushed from a distance to the sparse flames to the left front of Sig.

At this moment, Wald was only three or four meters away from Sieg!

For Wald, who was traveling at 30 km/h at that moment, the distance of three or four meters would not even take a moment.

He takes a step forward and charges forward. With the momentum, he can smash through a mountain with one punch and then burst out from the other side of the mountain.

"30x speed punch!"

He took a sudden step forward and lunged forward, his fist clenched, ready to unleash a powerful punch!

But with that step, Wald immediately sensed something was wrong.

He darted out, but not as swiftly as expected; his speed suddenly decreased by several tens of times.

No, it didn't decrease by dozens of times.

Instead, it returned to normal speed and did not use the Momo-Momo Fruit's normal speed!

It was as if he had punched cotton with all his might. The huge gap between his expectations and the reality made his steps slightly unsteady, and he almost fell to the ground.

"What's going on? Why has my speed suddenly slowed down?"

All I could hear was Sieg's deep voice.

"Three steps away, hurry up."

"Within three steps, the sword is swift!"

Wald looked at Sig in horror, only to see that the Flame Laser Sword in Sig's right hand was now shining brightly, emitting light like a small sun in his hand. An invisible ripple spread out, enveloping Sig and even the sparse flames three or four meters away.

Sig raised his flaming laser sword as if holding a sun, and slashed forward with it!

Suddenly, Wald lost control of his body once again, stumbling and rushing towards Sieg.

Three or four meters to the left front was just a trap left by Sieg.

The forceful slamming of the floor with pitch-black flames was merely a preparatory step to drive Wald into the trap.