Kenji is Injured?!!

The power of 'Titan Impact' and the slash tornado continued to erupt.

The intense light from the exploding punch energy wave had not fully dissipated when the slash tornado exploded with a roar due to the punch collision, and endless, shattered, and incredibly slashes swept across the battlefield, both inside and out.

At this moment, the distant cannon fire from numerous pirate ships was suppressed, and the aftermath of the battle destroyed the three closest floating pirate ships.

Kenji stood on a floating pirate ship further away from the energy explosion point, similarly ignoring the muzzles of the guns that the other pirates on the ship had turned to aim at him.

At this time, his eyes were fixed on the center of the light in the distance, as if his eyes could penetrate the intense light to clearly see Shiki's position further away.

In reality, he could indeed see Shiki. He saw him through the 'Future Vision' ability of his Observation Haki.

In the foreseen future, Shiki was wildly slashing with both swords, each strike enhanced with Conqueror's Haki. He was using Conqueror's Haki as if it were free, without any reservations whatsoever.

"A healthy Shiki is indeed quite strong." Kenji observed, frowning slightly.

The Golden Lion Shiki of this era had not yet developed 'senile dementia,' nor did he have a 'rudder growing on his head,' allowing him to freely use Conqueror's Haki.

In such a state, he was truly a Legendary Pirate on par with Roger and Whitebeard.

This put Kenji under increased pressure, mainly because the opponent also possessed the Float-Float Fruit ability, making the sky his main battleground.

"I can't keep fighting defensively... I need to take the initiative."

After the recent exchange, Kenji quickly changed his strategy.

The sky is Shiki's home turf, and if he doesn't take the initiative, he will be passively beaten.

After all, with the Float-Float Fruit, Shiki can fight however he wants in the air, moving freely through the sky.

If Shiki is determined to play 'dirty,' he can exhaust Kenji's stamina by constantly dodging.

Even if he occasionally couldn't dodge an attack, he could block it with his sword.

In the sky, whether attacking proactively or defending passively, it was a huge advantage for Shiki.

Fortunately, Shiki didn't have the idea of playing 'dirty' tactics yet.

"It seems there's some benefit to him hating me so extremely." Kenji thought, suddenly finding it amusing.

"Let's switch to a more advantageous battlefield while we can."

"Hmm, at least there need to be more 'footholds' from floating pirate ships..."

Then, Kenji turned his head and scanned his surroundings, searching for a more suitable battlefield.

However, at that moment, the light in the distance began to weaken, and a slash cut through the light curtain, striking at high speed.

One slash was followed by a second, then a third...

Just as Kenji had seen in his 'Future Vision' earlier, the future had arrived at this moment.

"All Conqueror's Haki enhanced slashes!"

Kenji frowned slightly, raised his hand, and swung his fist, shattering the incoming slashes with punches enhanced by Armament Haki.

Bang... Bang... Bang!!

Amidst muffled thuds, the sharp slashes shattered one by one like mirrors.

But while shattering the slashes, Kenji's body also suffered indirect damage, his body vibrating repeatedly.

Although the power of Conqueror's Haki couldn't truly harm him, it did indeed make the blood in his body boil.

"Gurararara! Old man, how much longer can you last?"

In the distance, Shiki crossed his swords, accumulating power for his strongest slash.

Two famous swords, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, seemed to cut cracks in space as a cross-shaped slash fiercely erupted.

But Shiki's attack was far from over. As he unleashed the slash, he had already quietly prepared his Float-Float Fruit power and subtly floated higher.

As soon as the slash erupted, Shiki raised his hand again, using his Devil Fruit ability to stir up wind and rain, creating a spiral storm.

It was released from a commanding height. Looking up from below, one could only see endless dark clouds violently rotating and surging in the sky, pressing down as if the sky itself were collapsing.

Soon, the Conqueror's Haki enhanced slash and the storm's suppression descended upon Kenji's head.

"Damn it!" Kenji realized the situation was extremely unfavorable.

"Planning to overwhelm me with power? This guy..."

Under the unfavorable circumstances, Kenji clenched his heavy fists and met the attack, smashing out a sonic boom cloud.

"Titan Impact!"

The punch energy beam instantly broke through the storm and collided with the slash.

Buzz~ Boom!!

As the two massive energies collided and exploded, a violent current swept across the entire area.

The pirate ship Kenji stood on, being closer, naturally suffered the earliest impact. The entire ship plummeted at high speed, simultaneously beginning to dismember and collapse along the way.

Finally, the fragments of the pirate ship were squeezed by the airflow and slammed violently into the sea, while Kenji himself moved continuously with Geppo, eventually disappearing into the gloomy, stormy weather.

"Gurararara! Is this the end?"

In the sky, Shiki threw his head back and laughed, seemingly finally releasing the anger that had been suppressed in his heart for many years.

"Old men of the old era should have exited earlier."

"But luckily you're still around, otherwise I wouldn't even have a chance for revenge."

Just as Shiki was laughing arrogantly, on another distant sea battlefield, on a Marine warship, Anna and many Marine officers and soldiers noticed the sight of Kenji being swept away by the slash storm.

"Kenji!" Anna exclaimed, anxiety showing in her eyes.

Even though the warship was still under siege, she didn't care about much else. She quickly leaped up, and rushed rapidly towards Kenji's direction using Geppo to run through the air.

On the warship, the other Marine officers and soldiers quickly understood the situation and began to change course, preparing to rush to Kenji's aid.

"Gurararara! A bunch of clueless fools, what a waste of effort!" Shiki surveyed the sea below, completely indifferent to Anna and the warship's movements.

In his eyes, Anna's full-speed sprint using Geppo looked like a tiny insect jumping little by little. Her speed was more than ten times slower compared to Kenji who had soared into the sky earlier.

At this moment, Shiki surveyed the Marine personnel below from a victor's stance, feeling immensely satisfied and avenged.

For over twenty years, the unvented hatred had almost solidified in his heart, or rather, Kenji had almost become his inner demon.

Finally, on this day, he had done it. He had defeated the enemy hidden deep within his heart.

"So, next will be... Hmm?" Shiki suddenly frowned, sensing something was off.

At the same time, on the sea surface below, a pile of ship wreckage scattered with a bang, revealing Kenji's figure.

Under the double assault of the storm current and Conqueror's Haki slash just now, even though Kenji continuously punched to borrow force and used Geppo to leap through the air, he still found it difficult to escape the influence of the storm and slash.

Being passively on the defensive in someone else's aerial home ground made the situation very difficult to improve.

Of course, that wave of storm current and slashes were still unable to break Kenji's defense or injure him.

It was just that being swept downwards by the slash storm the whole way made him a bit disheveled.

There was no harm, but the insult was quite great.

At this moment, he looked up and saw Shiki's unrestrained, laughing expression, and a cold sneer involuntarily curved his lips.

"A remnant of the old era?"

"I'm really being underestimated!"

Kenji stood on a broken piece of ship plank, moving his limbs, and a 'crack-crack' sound of bones popping emanated from within his body.

"My body has been dormant for too long, it's time to get a good workout."

The next moment, his gaze suddenly sharpened. He clenched his fists, Armament Haki enveloped and strengthened his limbs, and dense Haki traces coalesced into light swirling around his body.

Boom!!

Kenji suddenly rose, and the wooden board he stepped on instantly shattered into dust due to the immense force.

Kenji transformed into a streak of fire, instantly arriving at a pirate ship in mid-air over ten meters away, simultaneously punching it to explode.

Without stopping, he used the force to launch himself again, reaching a pirate ship higher in the air, and likewise struck it with a powerful punch.

One after another, as Kenji continuously struck, the pirate ships in the air, smashed down by his heavy punches, exploded, igniting soaring flames.

Due to Kenji's extreme speed, from a distance, under the dark rain curtain, these pirate ships in mid-air seemed to ignite simultaneously, and the soaring, scorching flames illuminated the darkness for a time.