Although the foundation of Elbaf was the World Tree, the Underworld—serving as the place where Elbaf connected with the outside world—still possessed vast stretches of rocky earth.
And in order to prevent the battle from causing too much damage to the World Tree, the area chosen by the giants just so happened to be a region made entirely of rock and soil.
As Shanks brought his blade down, he actually severed the entire area from its roots in a single slash.
Surging seawater imdiately poured into the Underworld through the abyss-like fissure, quickly flooding into the battlefield.
The waves crashed in, shaking seawater up into the air and forming a fine mist filled with a salty, damp scent.
The special factors contained within the seawater also spread throughout the entire space along with the drifting sea fog.
"With this, you won't be able to use your ability so freely anymore, will you!?"
Looking at the scene he had created with his own hand, the corners of Shanks's mouth suddenly curled upward. He lifted the tip of his blade and smiled at Law.
"Using seawater to restrict my ability, huh~"
Law raised a brow. His gaze followed the river beneath him all the way out toward the sea, and he could not help letting out a soft chuckle.
"As expected of a man even Lord Red warned us to be careful of. I really can't afford to be careless."
Feeling his [ROOM] space being mysteriously obstructed, a hint of helplessness flashed across Law's face.
Although his ability would not lose its effect the mont it touched seawater like Barto's barriers did, if too much PYROBROIN factor was contained within the [ROOM] space, it would still hinder the activation of his powers.
Not only would he have to consu more ntal strength and stamina, even the response speed of his ability would be affected.
One could say that this single move had directly lowered his combat power by more than thirty percent.
This was the drawback of being an ability user.
"However, if you think sealing off my Devil Fruit ability is enough to win this battle, then you're underestimating the power that cos from Pokémon far too much!!!"
Law suddenly raised his head. The confusion on his face had vanished completely, replaced by a mysterious pinkish-purple hue.
Whoosh~!
Under Shanks's shocked gaze, Law's figure actually disappeared once again, appearing directly behind him.
"K-ROOM · Poison Blade!!!"
Shnk!!!
The long blade, wreathed in dark green lightning, thrust out once more, charging straight toward Shanks.
Clang!
The familiar sound of tal rang out across the field again.
Shanks's eyes flickered as he looked at Law in shock.
"So that's how it is. Even without your Devil Fruit ability, you still have the Psychic-type move Teleport?"
"Just how exactly did you people load so many bizarre abilities into yourselves!?"
"Haha~" Law laughed softly. "Sorry, but even I can't answer that question."
"But one thing I can be certain of is… this is definitely not the only thing that will surprise you!"
As he spoke, Psychic Power surged out from Law's body once again.
"Power Swap!!!"
A plain and unadorned burst of Psychic Power suddenly rushed straight toward Shanks.
If even Bonney could use this move, how could Law possibly not know it?
It was just that the moves Law had used before had all leaned toward his Devil Fruit ability, causing Shanks to instinctively neglect guarding against these things.
Though even if he had guarded against them, it might not necessarily have been useful.
"What!?" Shanks was startled.
However, because the two consecutive Divine Departures earlier had consud too much of Shanks's Haki, he was montarily unable to adjust and bring out power to resist Power Swap.
The mysterious Psychic Power suddenly wrapped around his body, leaving behind an invisible ribbon of energy between him and Law, connecting the two of them together.
"Hah~!"
The sudden surge of blood and vitality flooding into him made Law let out a startled cry. Feeling the power that had abruptly appeared in his body, a strange smile appeared on his face.
"So this is the strength of an Emperor of the Sea!? Now I understand why Bonney was smiling so happily just now!"
Swish!
With a flash of arc light, the cursed blade Kikoku returned to its normal form once again.
In the next instant, Law's figure flickered again.
Only this ti, he did not choose to appear behind Shanks. Instead, he arrived directly in front of him, staring into his eyes.
"High-Frequency Scalpel!!!"
Sizzle!
Brilliant lightning gathered once again on Law's cursed blade, blooming with a dazzling blue radiance.
Law held the blade in one hand and suddenly thrust forward.
Clang!
As expected, Shanks once again foresaw Law's attack trajectory. He raised Gryphon in his hand and clashed against it.
However, in the next second…
Whoosh!
Under everyone's shocked gaze, Shanks's figure was suddenly sent flying backward, smashing hard toward the seawater-covered ground below.
Boom!!!
A huge pit abruptly appeared, but because the soil was far too damp, no dust was raised.
Instead, the seawater flowing in from the sea naturally split off and poured into the pit Shanks had smashed open, swallowing him whole.
"How is that possible?!"
Seeing Law send Shanks flying with a single strike, everyone around the world watching this battle revealed expressions of incomparable shock.
That was Red-Haired Shanks!
For more than ten years before the appearance of the Straw Hat Pirates, Red-Haired Shanks's fa had resounded across the entire world.
In an extrely short period after his debut, his status had risen like a rocket. In only a few years, he had gone from a small pirate crew all the way to becoming one of the world-famous Emperors of the Sea.
One could say that Red-Hair's life was a legendary life.
Until he sohow lost an arm in the East Blue, people had believed that he and Whitebeard would be the strongest contenders for the title of the next Pirate King.
And yet such a legendary figure had now been easily sent flying by a junior.
The audience could not see the details within the exchange, so naturally, they had no idea what Pokémon move Law had just used.
Therefore, after seeing Law's performance, a strange thought instantly flooded their minds.
Straw Hat subordinate = Emperor-level powerhouse.
"Shanks…"
Benn Beckman, who had already retreated back into the giant formation, looked at Shanks being knocked down, and a complicated look flashed through his eyes.
In just one short day, they had finally understood what it ant for the train of the era to never wait for anyone.
Clearly, just two years ago, they had still been a top-tier pirate crew roaming the seas freely, with no need to care about anyone except the other three Emperors.
Yet in just this one day, they had witnessed far too many miraculous thods and fighting styles.
What was even more terrifying was…
The Straw Hat Pirates seed to possess the ability to mass-produce such powerhouses.
After today, Beckman believed that the threshold of the Straw Hat Pirates would definitely be trampled flat by pirates and seekers of power from all over the world.
By that ti, who knew how terrifying the Straw Hat Pirates' sphere of influence would grow?
"So, is this your goal? Luffy… and that brat called Red?"
They were neither unfamiliar nor truly familiar with Red's existence.
After all, the Red Hair Pirates had stayed in Windmill Village for nearly a year back then.
During that period, they had still t Red a few tis before he crossed over.
It was just that, at the ti, they had only thought Red was an ordinary child and had not paid him much attention.
Who could have imagined that such an ordinary child would actually help Luffy create the Straw Hat Pirates as they were today?
"Cough… cough, cough…"
The sound of light coughing suddenly interrupted Benn Beckman's thoughts.
He raised his eyes and saw Shanks's figure suddenly leap out from beneath the water, landing on an open patch of ground nearby.
While coughing the bitter seawater from his mouth, he shook the droplets from his hair.
"That's a little terrifying, huh~"
Shanks touched the position of his heart, feeling the lingering numbness there.
In truth, rather than saying he had been sent flying by Law, it would be more accurate to say that this had been the escape route he had chosen.
Because Shanks had never expected that an attack he could easily block just monts ago would beco so terrifying after their strength was swapped.
His resistance had barely lasted even half a second before Law instantly pierced through his defense.
And although the strength had only just been obtained, Law showed not the slightest sense of unfamiliarity when using it in battle. Instead, from the very start, he aid straight for Shanks's vitals.
If not for Shanks's rich battle experience, using the collision to let himself be blown away, that lightning blade would have completely pierced through his heart just now.
Even so, Shanks had still been struck by Law.
Fortunately, the only thing swapped away had been his strength. With his astonishing defense and vitality, enduring a bit of high-voltage current was still not a problem.
"He dodged it?"
At the sa ti, Law in midair suddenly turned his head and looked at Shanks, who stood on the ground in a sowhat disheveled state, murmuring softly.
In the next instant, his figure flickered. Ignoring the energy consumption, he teleported in front of Shanks once again.
The lightning-wreathed cursed blade that had yet to dissipate reached forward, slashing toward Shanks's neck once again, as though he intended to take his head.
The ruthlessness of his thods shocked even Shanks greatly.
However, this could not really be blad on Law.
Because all of this was caused by Law's Pokémon Ability.
Law's Ability: Mind's Eye. Its effect was to grant sharper and more detailed combat vision and technique, making it easier to strike an enemy's vital points in close-quarters combat.
It was precisely because of the powerful effect of Mind's Eye that even the strength he had just seized carried no sense of unfamiliarity when used by Law.
In fact, combined with the characteristics of Mind's Eye, while he could not say that he could use this power more powerfully than Shanks, at the very least, in the control of combat details, he absolutely did not lose to Shanks in the slightest.
Seeing Shanks once again use Observation Haki to foresee his movents, Law could not help inwardly sighing at how frightening an Emperor of the Sea truly was.
But at that mont, his figure suddenly flashed.
A second consecutive Teleport combo!
Clang!!!
The black blade in Shanks's hand, covered in Armant Haki, violently collided with the lightning-blooming cursed blade, erupting with a surging blast of air.
However, at that mont, Shanks's eyes widened, and his body suddenly spun around.
Law had suddenly appeared behind him.
Shanks had never expected that Law would actually choose to give up controlling his blade, allowing the inertia brought by that imnse strength to make the cursed blade erupt with considerable power, forcing him to swing his sword in defense.
As for Law himself, he had directly teleported behind Shanks.
By the ti Shanks's Observation Haki sensed this dangerous scene, everything was already too late.
"Shigan Injection · Venom!!!"
Shnk…
Law's palm suddenly turned an eerie purplish-black. Imdiately afterward, he extended a finger and stabbed forward fiercely, just in ti to collide head-on with Shanks as he turned around!
Pfft!!!
The advantage brought by absolute strength allowed Law's Shigan to break through Shanks's Armant Haki and physical defense without the slightest suspense.
In an instant, surging Poison-type energy condensed into terrifying venom, rapidly pouring into Shanks's body along Law's finger.
In less than a mont, the sa eerie purplish-black color appeared on Shanks's chest.
Seeing this, the corners of Law's mouth lifted, and he chuckled softly.
"Looks like I'm taking the victory in this battle!"
Boom!!!
His figure flickered again and disappeared from where he stood.
Imdiately afterward, a slash blooming with red lightning suddenly fell, erupting with impressive force.
That was the power that had originally belonged to Law.
In any case, it was the strength he had cultivated for a full two years. To Shanks, it might not amount to much, but out on the sea, it was still more than enough to intimidate countless powerhouses.
The sharp slash flew out with the montum, carving a deep trench through the ground.
But looking at that completely ineffective slash, a helpless bitter smile appeared on Shanks's face.
At this mont, the toxin that had entered his body had already begun to take effect.
Shanks could clearly sense the intense pain coming from his chest, and it also made him understand why Dorry and the others had shown such miserable expressions earlier.
This feeling really was not sothing an ordinary person could endure~
He muttered inwardly, but even though he knew that his battle had entered its countdown, Shanks still did not give up.
If he were the type to give up so easily, he would not be Red-Haired Shanks, an Emperor of the Sea!!!
Relying on the aura captured by his Observation Haki, Shanks's figure also suddenly flashed, charging straight toward Law like a beam of light with his blade.
Rumble, rumble, rumble…
Knowing that he did not have much ti left, Shanks no longer held anything back this ti and directly unleashed his strongest Conqueror's Haki. Terrifying pressure swept across the entire Underworld like a tidal wave.
In an instant, crimson lightning suddenly enveloped the entire battlefield, tearing through the sky. It raged like a primordial beast, crushing every obstacle ahead.
Even though his strength had been stripped away, Shanks's power still could not be underestimated.
With only this refined Conqueror's Haki alone, ordinary Navy Admirals would not be his match.
Unfortunately…
A Navy Admiral?
Under ordinary circumstances, perhaps that was a powerhouse who could intimidate an entire region.
But on this battlefield, at this exact mont today, that was rely the threshold required to stand here!!!
"You still refuse to give up?"
A strange light flashed through Law's eyes.
Looking at Shanks as he erupted forward, Law simply beckoned with one hand, directly calling the Kikoku he had previously thrown aside back into his grasp.
Then he likewise transford into an arc of lightning, responding to Shanks's attack.
In an instant, the entire world seed to beco a trial ground for two gods and demons.
Crimson lightning born from Haki and dazzling thunder born from Devil Fruit power continuously clashed in midair, neither side willing to yield even a single step.
"Divine Departure!!!"
"R-ROOM · Psyshock!!!"
Whoooosh——————
The two sharp blades suddenly collided.
And behind those blades, the two n seed like two violent beasts, staring at each other as they stood locked in confrontation amid the sky full of surging lightning.
Neither was willing to take a single step back!
(End of Chapter)
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