From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

He just threw a punch, and his fist was wrapped in dark armed color domineering, which was extremely powerful.

"Hit the rice cake!" Katakuri shouted.

Diarmuid's reaction speed far exceeded Katakuri's predictions. A moment before the punch landed, he pushed off with his feet, supported himself with his hands, and flipped backwards, dodging the punch with a precise reverse somersault...

Katakuri was surprised. Can't this person feel pain?

Generally speaking, after suffering a fierce attack and being injured, there should be some stiffness in the reaction. This is the body's instinctive way of feeling the pain and adapting to the injury.

But this Diarmait, although he had vomited blood after being hit by him, his movements were unusually agile, as if he was not injured at all and felt no pain.

Before Katakuri could finish this thought, he saw Diarmuid raise one arm, spread out his five fingers, and point it at him.

He was instinctively shocked, and the armed color domineering had already covered his body. At this moment, Katakuri saw Diarmuid reach out from the air and clench his five fingers into a fist.

"What is this?" Katakuri was puzzled, but also extremely alert.

Before he could react to what was happening, he suddenly felt his feet lighten.

"Is it weightlessness again?" He thought quickly in his mind, and at the same time, based on his previous experience, he made an effective response.

But the next second, he realized something was wrong. Why did the ground begin to crack?

The pieces of earth and rocks floated up with him, and then, they actually stuck to his body?

"Secret. Earth-shattering Star..." Diarmait said with a grin.

At this moment, he finally understood Borsalino's mentality.

As long as your own abilities are strong enough, why would you care about other messes?

No matter how fancy the opponent is, it's nothing compared to my absolutely powerful ability!

In fact, Borsalino did indeed follow this point, and he developed the Flash Fruit to be extremely powerful.

Diarmait had tasted the sweetness at this time, but he was not as extreme as Borsalino. He still believed that even if one had great abilities, one had to improve his other qualities. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if one really encountered an opponent who was unable to restrain one's abilities.

Every failure is a learning experience. Diarmait dared not be distracted again and released all the power of the devil fruit in his body.

He had already thought about the Chibaku Tensei move, but he had never actually put it into practice. This time, Katakuri got the jackpot.

As Diarmait gradually strengthened his abilities, Katakuri was completely unable to struggle out. He was in a state of weightlessness. At the same time, a large amount of earth and rocks were constantly manipulated by Diarmait to gather around him.

In just a moment, Katakuri was wrapped up by these stones, with only half of his head exposed.

But all this did not stop. He looked at Diarmait with a ferocious look, and his domineering power continued to overflow, trying to break free from the restraints, but he failed in the end.

Soon, even his head was covered by the stones, forming a real sphere that floated in the air.

This is not the end. Diarmait seemed that he wanted to use this trick to the extreme. He continued to control the gravity. The intact ground broke into pieces and turned into nutrients, which continued to expand the sphere.

After three to five minutes, Diarmait finally stopped.

At this moment, a wide and deep pit had appeared on the ground in front of him, which looked a bit creepy.

In the air, there was a huge earth and rock sphere floating, almost the same size as a warship. It was very spectacular!

"Is the seal successful? It feels quite easy, Katakuri... Judging from this level, am I too strong?" Diarmait thought in surprise.

He never expected that he would feel a little bit easy when fighting against Katakuri, a top master of the same period?

(Please give me flowers and monthly tickets, big guys!).

Chapter 58: The fierce battle is not over yet, the power of the devil fruit awakens! (Update )

In the port of Changhuan Island, Katakuri's pirate ship has been destroyed. A huge warship is anchored here, and many navy officers are escorting Katakuri's younger brothers.

On the warship, Admiral Zefa was looking up at the huge earth and rock sphere in the sky above Changhuan Island with a surprised expression.

Next to Zefa stood a beautiful woman, the commander of CP-9, Stussy.

Stussy was stunned at this moment, staring at the ball of earth and rocks floating in the air with a dull look.

Just now, she watched helplessly as the famous Charlotte Katakuri in the new world was gradually trapped in the earth and stone sphere.

This also reminded her of the scene when she fought with Diarmuid, the unknown rear admiral, in the welfare home not long ago.

At that time, she felt that Diarmait had not used his full strength and should have retained a lot of strength.

But now, she finally understood how strong this residual force was.

At first, when Stussy received the order from the World Government to cooperate with Diarmait to carry out the capture mission against Katakuri, she was a little unhappy.

After all, she had suffered at the hands of Diarmait not long ago, so it would be strange for her to be in a good mood.

But now, she was filled with gratitude that she did not refuse, otherwise she would be hated by this monster. Even if they were not in the same system, she would be scared.

"Admiral of the Navy...?" Stussy murmured softly, as if he suddenly thought of something.

She vaguely remembered Diarmait's invitation to her when she left the orphanage.

At that time, she said in a slightly disdainful tone that when you become a general, you may be qualified to invite her.

As it turns out now, if this guy hadn't died young, and had continued to develop in this way, it wouldn't be so impossible or outrageous for him to become a navy admiral, right?

"Not yet at the level of an admiral." Admiral Zefa seemed to have heard Stussy's murmur, came back to his senses, and said with a smile.

But soon, he continued, "But, perhaps, including that kid himself, we have all seriously underestimated his strength. Really... You never know until you test him, but once you test him, you'll be shocked. I originally thought he was about the strength of a vice admiral, but slightly weaker than Kuzan, Sakaski, and Borsalino. But now it seems that I underestimated him. Diarmait... has become one of the solid mainstays of the navy. He is no worse than those three little monsters Kuzan, Sakaski, and Borsalino!"

After a brief pause, Zefa glanced at Stussy, smiled, and said, "Perhaps, if he is given a few more years, he can really become a general-level fighter..."

Diarmait is now 22 years old, and Zefa is now very willing to believe that this kid will be able to stand among the world's top group of people before he turns 30 and become one of the real top combat forces of the navy!

This also made him feel a little emotional and fortunate. It was such a correct thing for him to go to the 103rd Naval Branch in the North Sea and bring this little guy back to Marineford for training.

It was such a lucky thing that he could follow Zhan Guo to the Eidwor Sea.

Due to various coincidences, the navy gained a very important power!

"I now also believe in your judgment, General." Stussy nodded in agreement.

After a brief pause, she asked again, "General Zefa, is it over? Should we land?"

Admiral Zephyr smiled and shook his head. "Over? Not yet. Katakuri isn't someone who can be defeated so easily... After all, if that were the case, his reputation would be too empty. He must have some tricks up his sleeve that he hasn't used yet."

At the same time, on Diarmait's side, looking at the huge ball of earth and stone in the air, Diarmait smiled, relaxed his mind, and checked his injuries.

It's not a minor injury, but it's not serious either. There are almost no external injuries. He just took a roasted rice cake from Katakuri and was penetrated by a very strong force, causing some damage to his internal organs.

If we can defeat and capture Katakuri alive with just this price, it would be a real bargain.

However, just as Diarmait was thinking about this, he suddenly felt a little palpitated.

As if sensing something, Diarmait frowned and looked at the huge earth and stone sphere in the air.

The earth and stone sphere was still intact, as if nothing had changed, but Diarmait always felt that something was wrong!

Before he could figure it out, he saw the ball of earth and rock gradually softening, as if it had turned into a rice cake.

"This is..." Diarmait's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and he exclaimed softly: "The devil fruit ability has awakened!?" In his impression, Katakuri's devil fruit ability had indeed awakened, but that was more than 20 years later!

During the fight just now, Katakuri had not used any awakened power at all, so Diarmuid naturally concluded that he had not awakened the ability of the devil fruit at that time. After all, there was no such mark in the information about Katakuri.

Before Diarmuid could think about this problem, the huge ball of earth and stone in the air exploded directly, and a large amount of rice cakes fell from the sky like a rainstorm.

The observation Haki was instantly opened, and a gleam of light flashed in Diarmait's eyes. He slashed with the long sword in his hand. The next second, a piece of rice cake liquid fell above him, and an arm stretched out with armament Haki to block the slash.

At the same time, Diarmait also stepped back suddenly, avoiding the rice cakes falling from the sky.

After the rice cake fell to the ground, it quickly squirmed and a tall figure gradually took shape.

It was Katakuri!

At this time, Katakuri's face looked very ugly, and his breath was a little unstable. His scarf had disappeared, and his ferocious face was completely exposed. There was a trace of bright red blood at the corner of his mouth where his sharp teeth were exposed.

It was obvious that he had taken Diarmait's Earthshattering Star head-on and was squeezed in such a space, so he was seriously injured.

"Three months ago, I awakened the ability of my devil fruit, but I have never shown this power, because in these three months, I have never met anyone who is qualified to let me use this power. I have to say, Rodriguez Diarmait, I really didn't expect that the first time I used this power against the enemy would be a small rear admiral like you. But I have to admit that your strength is by no means something a rear admiral can withstand. Although I haven't fought with Borsalino, Sakaski, and Kuzan, who were known as the three new monsters of your navy in the past few years, I think you should be a monster that is not inferior to them..." Katakuri said in a very serious tone.

Diarmait, holding a long sword, stood in the distance, his expression becoming serious. He replied softly, "Thank you very much for your affirmation."

"In the name of Katakuri, I recognize you, Diarmait. You are an opponent worthy of my full effort. In this battle, whether you win or lose, you will win my respect." Katakuri said in a deep voice.

Diarmait was stunned for a moment, then he spoke: "Although you are an evil pirate, from the perspective of fighting, I also respect an opponent like you. Be proud, Katakuri, you are also an opponent worthy of me, Rodriguez Diarmait, to fight with all my strength. And in the distant future, you will be proud of this battle today!"

…ask for flowers.

"Let's start the rice cake feast!" Katakuri shouted.

The power of the devil fruit in his body quickly spread out from under his feet, and wherever it passed, it turned into the characteristics of rice cake.

This is one of the manifestations of the awakening of the parahuman devil fruit, which can assimilate all matter around it into power.

Without wasting a moment, Katakuri shouted loudly, bent his waist, pressed his hand on the ground, and a large amount of rice cakes turned into liquid, stimulating several streams of fluid like water jets, shooting towards Diarmait.

Katakuri is very clear that his devil fruit ability has only been awakened for a short time. He has not yet fully controlled this power, nor has he developed it well.

At the same time, in this awakened state, his physical strength will decline rapidly, so he cannot hold on for too long. This is one of the reasons why he rarely uses this power to fight the enemy. Therefore, he wants to defeat Diarmait as quickly as possible!

"Gravity Blade. Tiger Bite!" Diarmuid faced the surging rice cake fluid and slashed with his sword without hesitation.

The brutal gravity instantly crushed the rice cake, but the awakened power of the devil fruit is not so easy to deal with.

0In just a short moment, the trend of the ground being assimilated had spread to his front.

"Gravity Blade. Hell Brigade!" Diarmait swung the blade towards the ground in front of him.

The ground that was not assimilated by Katakuri collapsed directly, but the ground that was assimilated by Katakuri into rice cakes only sank a little and quickly returned to its original state.

Then, the ground continued to rise and turned into a tsunami made of rice cakes, covering Diarmait.

The blade drew a flower-like shadow in the air, and the power of the devil fruit in the body quickly spread out. The ground under Diarmait's feet became lighter, and a square piece of earth and stone was peeled off from the ground, carrying Diarmait directly into the air.

The next second, the rice cake tsunami swept into the place where Diarmuid was just now.

Before he could react, the rice cake tsunami beneath his feet collapsed directly, and the assimilated ground shot a large number of rice cakes into the air, densely packed like a rainstorm.

Diarmait did not dare to be careless. He activated his inner power and the invisible gravity instantly spread out, covering all the flying rice cakes. Under the pressure of gravity, the dense rice cakes were all blocked under his feet.

At this moment, a piece of rice cake that was not very noticeable but closest to Diarmait suddenly changed, and Katakuri's figure emerged from the rice cake in a strange posture.

The change was too sudden, and before Diarmait could react, Katakuri had already broken through the gravity pressure and arrived in front of Diarmait. In an instant, his arm was hung in front of Diarmait's neck.

"You can also use the Thunder Blade???" Diarmait was shocked.

The next second, a powerful force burst out from Katakuri's hands, and with one blow, Diarmuid was knocked down from the air.