"Guessed right, but unfortunately no reward," Rosse chuckled lightly, and the Trident of the Sea God smashed toward the Red Count's face.
BOOM!
Conqueror's Haki erupted once again on the Red Count's sword cane, and in an instant, it bounced the Trident of the Sea God away.
This time, the intensity of the attack almost surpassed all the previous ones.
But Rosse could sense an emotion that shouldn't be there from the Red Count's sword cane.
"Red Count, I felt urgency from your sword," Rosse laughed heartily, wielding the trident in an open and unrestrained manner, once again chasing toward the Red Count.
"Flustered? How could a brat like you make me feel such an emotion?", The Red Count sneered. Knowing he was beset from both front and back, he simply calmed down completely and began engaging Rosse in a frontal clash.
Panic? He did feel a little of it in his heart.
After all, this time was different from before; he was facing the World Government.
Pirate crews like Golden Lion's and Whitebeard's, when confronted, you only needed to deal with Golden Lion or Whitebeard themselves. The others simply couldn't intervene in their battle.
But the World Government and Marine were different, there were too many people who could participate in the fight.
When facing a gang-up, even Whitebeard would avoid a direct clash.
Only that fool Golden Lion dared to take it head-on, and now he was already locked up in Impel Down.
"Your sword is duller than just now," Rosse didn't slow down as he launched attacks while speaking to press him mentally.
At their level, once clashing began, even subtle differences could be immediately perceived.
This is what's often said, that only when swords clash can one understand the other's heart.
Although they weren't pure swordsmen, their strength had reached a similar level, making the principle almost the same.
The Red Count didn't reply, only continued striking, slashing one sword after another at the Trident of the Sea God.
However, whether in attack frequency or strength, it was much weaker than before, with more retreating than advancing.
Sakazuki was at most 2 kilometers away from their current battlefield.
Such a short distance was just a blink of an eye for strong individuals.
He had to divide his attention to that side, preparing to face two enemies at once, so of course, he wouldn't compete with Rosse for temporary dominance.
[Half a Minute Later]
The Red Count's expression suddenly tightened, and his long sword shot out like lightning, covered with Conqueror's Haki, stabbing toward the incoming Trident of the Sea God.
At the same time as he made this move, his right foot swiftly lifted, armed Haki cladding it like a layer of black armor, and viciously kicked backward.
At the same time, Sakazuki's figure appeared behind the Red Count like a ghost, without the slightest warning.
His right arm transformed into a ferocious magma hound, baring its fangs as it pounced toward the Red Count.
"HELL HOUND!"
BOOM!
CLANG!
Conqueror's Haki clashed with the Trident of the Sea God, magma collided with Armament Haki.
Almost simultaneously, two loud explosions erupted, as if to shatter heaven and earth.
The Red Count straightened in mid-air in an instant. His right hand gripped the sword cane tightly, Conqueror's Haki bursting forth, blocking Rosse's attack.
At the same time, his right foot, clad in Armament Haki, collided firmly with Sakazuki's magma arm.
The powerful shockwaves from the two collisions spread out like raging waves.
The dust on the ground was lifted high, as if stirred by an invisible giant hand.
The sand below rolled outward continuously, spreading at an astonishing speed for hundreds of meters.
In the blink of an eye, a sandstorm that blotted out the sky surged in the distance, yellow sand filling the air, shrouding the entire battlefield in chaos.
Sakazuki had always been one to act without unnecessary words.
Seeing the Red Count easily block his offensive, both his hands instantly transformed into magma hounds, lunging fiercely at the Red Count with a sharp assault.
"Hmph!", The Red Count snorted lightly, his temper flaring as well.
He gripped his sword hilt tightly with both hands, staying on guard against Rosse while his feet were already quietly wrapped in Armament Haki.
He didn't even look at Sakazuki, but his whole body rose into the air, legs kicking backward continuously.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
In just one second, Sakazuki's hands and the Red Count's legs had clashed over ten times. The Red Count's defense was impenetrable, blocking each of Sakazuki's attacks with precision, as if he had eyes on his back.
CLANG!
While doing all this, the Red Count still had the leisure to entwine Conqueror's Haki on his sword cane, engaging in intense melee combat with Rosse in front.
"This is the style of the Red Count?", Rosse looked at the Red Count holding his own against two opponents without falling behind and couldn't help but laugh aloud.
This was the image of the Red Count in his mind, only such a Red Count was worthy of that S+ overall rating.
Due to Sakazuki's joining, Rosse couldn't use large-area fruit abilities, so he switched to condensing seawater around his body. Using the seawater's power as support, he engaged the Red Count in close-quarters combat.
The Trident of the Sea God in his hand swung densely, clashing repeatedly with the Red Count's sword cane, with the sound of metal clashing echoing endlessly.
"Two youngsters, what can you do to me today?", The Red Count snorted contemptuously, moving his hands and feet together. With his full strength unleashed, he actually suppressed both of them to the point of being breathless for a moment.
He had encountered too many enemies in his life.
Just one glance at Sakazuki, and he could make a rough judgment.
His fruit ability and physique were strong, but his Haki was somewhat lacking. Simply put, he hadn't yet combined Haki with his fruit ability.
Compared to Whitebeard, the gap was not small.
Moreover, his Observation Haki could pre-read Sakazuki's movements, allowing him to break the assault easily.
If Rosse weren't present, he was confident he could defeat Sakazuki within three days.
In comparison, Rosse, who had trained Armament Haki to the internal destruction level, had a physique even above his, and Observation Haki that made him unreadable, was his true strong opponent.
Against opponents of Sakazuki's level, even if two came at once, he was confident in handling them calmly. Even if he couldn't win, he could retreat unscathed.
BOOM!
Waves of shock spread outward.
Due to Sakazuki's joining and the effect of his magma fruit, the entire desert was almost ignited, and fiery red clouds gradually gathered in the sky.
At this level, not to mention Arabasta's guards, even Gion didn't dare approach the center of the battlefield.
With her strength, she wouldn't be in danger, but being only at A+ level, her physique was a weakness. If she joined this level of battle, she'd be defeated within half an hour.
Even so, Gion still stood on the edge of the desert, ready at any time to support Rosse and the others.
"So terrifying...", The guards beside Gion, who originally held thoughts of avenging the king, were now almost all scared stiff by the scene of the battle.
Was such combat truly real?
"Lady Gion, who is Saint Rosse currently fighting?", the guard squad captain asked, trembling.
"One of them is Admiral Sakazuki, who just finished resupplying in Arabasta and rushed over for support."
"Huh? So Saint Rosse and Admiral Sakazuki are fighting together? Then who is the enemy that killed the king?"
Hearing that it took two strong warriors to fight him, the squad captain was almost dumbfounded.
"The one who killed King Cobra has been confirmed. It's the legendary great pirate, Red Count Patrick Redfield," Gion calmly spoke the name of the opponent, though a flicker of unwillingness flashed deep in her beautiful eyes.
Such a battle, yet she had no qualifications to participate in it, this made her feel very uncomfortable.
Compared to true powerhouses, she was still far behind.
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