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Chapter 94 Guan Yi vs. Kizaru! (Please continue reading!)
While he claimed the rescue plan had failed, Kizaru was actually only thinking that his subsequent plan to hunt down the Yonko Charlotte Linlin had fallen through.

After all, to achieve that goal, he had to rescue Aokiji and Garp, and while Ian and Kaido were away, he and the others would gang up on Big Mom.

With Garp in poor condition and Aokiji severely injured by Ian, even if the ancient saint Grin himself were to arrive, their strength advantage wouldn't be significant. It might be necessary to change our target.

'At least Kuzan and Lieutenant General Garp must be taken away.'

Unlike last time, this time it's just Flame Tiger Ian in front of me. As long as I defeat him and retreat with the two of us, he can't stop me.

Thinking of how Guan Yi had beaten him from behind and forced him to retreat last time, Kizaru felt a rare surge of fighting spirit, and his expression became serious.

"Tian Cong Yun Sword."

His arm moved, and the blade, formed from pure light, was grasped in his palm, imbued with the power of the highly developed Glint-Glint Fruit.

Opposite him, Guan Yi was engulfed in raging flames, transforming into a flowing, crimson, magnificent armor of fire, compressed tightly around his body.

The Conqueror's Haki tore through the air, and not far behind him, Bruno, who had just opened a passage with the Door-Door Fruit, was directly struck by an arc of electricity, his eyes rolled back and he fell unconscious, and the portal closed as well.

Without even turning his head, Guan Yi thwarted the plan of the three Divine Knights to ambush him.

At the same time, Kizaru also made a move!

Golden light shimmered and gathered behind Guan Yi.

Moving at a speed that surpassed sight and even space, Kizaru appeared behind Guan Yi, his Ama no Kusanagi sword flashing with a sharp light as it pierced straight towards Guan Yi's back!

However, Guan Yi still did not turn back.

His body spun halfway in a way that defied the laws of physics, and his right hand reached out. At the same moment, the palm shrouded in crimson fire armor was covered with dark red flowing cherry blossom armor color, revealing a purplish-black luster under the color.

Its movement trajectory was ordinary, and its speed was incomparable to the speed of light, yet it arrived first despite being behind, and precisely grasped the blade of the Kusanagi Sword!
"what?!"

Kizaru's pupils contracted sharply. His slash had actually been caught bare-handed?!
Not only that, the lightsaber was even firmly locked in place, unable to move forward, and even unable to be extracted as an element. Guan Yi's eagle-beak-like hand was like an iron clamp, constantly squeezing and crushing the Kusanagi Sword!

Before there was time to engage in further swordplay, Guan Yi's left fist, like a dragon emerging from the abyss, was wrapped in blazing white flames and slammed straight into Kizaru's face.

Kizaru was forced to abandon his sword and instantly retreated as a photon, but the air cannon compressed from his fist continued to blast his body apart!

"Yasakani no Magatama!" His figure reassembled in mid-air, and Kizaru shot out countless golden streams of light with his backhand, pouring down on Guan Yi like a torrential rain. However, they all shattered into light fragments in front of the wall of flames released by Guan Yi's wave of his hand, unable to advance an inch.

Something is not right.

Although they had only exchanged two simple moves, Kizaru felt a sense of unease. The Flame Tiger Ian in front of him seemed to be different from the one he had faced last time. But it had only been a little over three months. How much could he have changed?
The abandoned Ame-no-Murakumo sword had been shattered into pieces in Guan Yi's hands. Kizaru once again drew the Ame-no-Murakumo sword from his palm and increased his speed to its peak.

As the user of the Glint-Glint Fruit, Kizaru's speed is undoubtedly the fastest in the world. Even if he hasn't actually reached the speed of light, only those renowned powerhouses can track his attack trajectory on the high seas.

He weaved around Guan Yi from all sides, his sword flashing out in all sorts of tricky trajectories, trying to force Guan Yi back. He first grabbed the Aokiji at Guan Yi's feet to see if the Aokiji could still be 'saved'.

But Guan Yi simply stood still, sometimes slightly turning his body, sometimes raising his hand to block, sometimes throwing a simple straight punch. Each time, he appeared precisely in the path of Kizaru's attack, and the Armament Haki on his fist completely defended against every slash!
How can this be? !
If it were just a matter of having one's attack route predicted, Kizaru wouldn't be too surprised. It's not surprising that a top-tier powerhouse like Guan Yi possesses Observation Haki at the level of foresight; in the last battle, Guan Yi repeatedly displayed his strange Observation Haki, which allowed him to completely eliminate his own aura.

What surprised Kizaru was Guan Yi's astonishing physique and the strength of his Armament Haki. Facing the Ama no Kusanagi Sword with his bare hands, he was not at a disadvantage. In fact, when their fists clashed, the powerful force made Kizaru's fingertips go numb.

He felt as if he had returned to his youth, shortly after obtaining the Glint-Glint Fruit, when his teacher Zephyr had also warned him in a similarly forceful manner not to rely too much on the fruit. But now, he should be far, far stronger than he was then!

It's impossible not to break through the opponent's defense!
With a whoosh, in another instant of lunge, Kizaru fully activated his Ryuo Armament Haki, covering his Ama no Kusanagi sword. Wielding the sword with both hands, he unleashed his most ferocious slash!

The sharp sword finally tore through Guan Yi's fire armor and Armament Haki, cutting into his fist and then getting stuck between his hard bones, unable to go any further!

At the same time, Guan Yi also raised his leg to kick.

Its movements were simple and unadorned, yet as heavy as a mountain. It arrived at the very moment the bones jammed the Ame-no-Murakumo sword, imprinting itself on Kizaru's waist.

Kizaru felt an incredibly violent force surge into his body, causing his body to transform into light and shoot out, piercing through dozens of building ruins before finally stopping after flying back a thousand meters!
After the light reformed, crimson traces flowed down from the corner of his mouth, and disbelief deepened in his eyes. Such power, such intensity, involuntarily reminded him of someone.

In the distance, Garp struggled to pull his head out of the melting chocolate street, his old face staring in astonishment at Guan Yi, who stood beside the heavily injured Aokiji and had not moved an inch despite Kizaru's attack. In his dazed state, he saw only the shadow of himself from 30 years ago!
[Physical Peak Ascension Progress: 45%]

[Gain a 45% bonus to physical fitness]

This is the bonus data Guan Yi received after completing the third international superstar interaction!
The strength increased by 0.45 times?
No, it's strength, defense, bone toughness, Armament Haki intensity... and all other aspects that have increased by 0.45 times!
It's not an addition, but a product.

"Absolute strength, absolute speed, and maximum defense are all about three times what they were before."

Flames burned brilliantly at the wound on his right fist. The precise control over flesh and blood, combined with the convenience of the Flame-Flame Fruit's elemental transformation, allowed the wound to stop bleeding and heal quickly, returning to its original state in no time.

Guan Yi stretched her wrists and twisted her neck: "I've almost completely adapted!"

The next moment, Guan Yi was moved.

He ceased his passive defense and instead took a step forward, flames rippling beneath his feet as his figure vanished instantly. It wasn't elemental transformation; it was a pure burst of speed combined with fiery propulsion.

In short-distance travel, his speed is almost on par with that of the nimble Kizaru!
In the blink of an eye, Guan Yi was already close to Kizaru, throwing punches. There was no dazzling, wide-ranging firestorm, only blazing iron fists that compressed flames to the extreme at the tip of his fists!
Kizaru was forced to swing his newly formed Ama-no-Murakumo sword to parry—Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Each collision unleashed a deafening roar and blinding light. Kizaru's arm went numb from the impact, his hand split open, and his lightsaber shattered and healed time and again.

He tried to dodge and create distance, but Guan Yi always anticipated his landing point and unleashed a barrage of punches.

Unless he abandons the mission and disappears into the distance, he cannot completely evade Guan Yi, who is like a leech, even during short-distance maneuvers.

Finally, after dozens of flashes of light clashing, Guan Yi's fist pierced through Kizaru's defenses and struck him hard in the chest.

"Pfft—" A mouthful of blood gushed out. Kizaru, who had been forcibly bound into a physical form by the Armament Haki on that fist, failed to transform into light this time and was thrown back, exploding into the ruins of a cake shop that was tens of meters high.

Lying disheveled amidst the margarine, Kizaru's eyes glazed over as he gazed listlessly at the sky: "Only three months... Ian the Fire Tiger, what a terrifying monster~"

The plan had completely failed. Taking Kuzan and Garp away right under his nose was utterly impossible. Kizaru wanted to retreat, but it seemed impossible to do so. His Observation Haki detected three powerful auras rapidly approaching the battlefield.

"Are they from the Knights of God? It wouldn't be right for an old man to run away like this."

Then... we'll have to fight tooth and nail!
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