Chapter 79 (1/2)

Grandline, Paradise, Impel Down

Falling back into his favorite fighting stance Azul kept his eyes on his shining opponent only to have his eyes widen in the next second as admiral Kizaru had disappeared in a yellow flash of light right before his eyes and in the next second a yellow foot was colliding with his face, catapulting Azul backwards with unprecedented force and smashed his body into the wall of Impel Down.

While this was happening Crocodile had engaged the officers under Kizaru that had rushed forwards to support their superior but were kept from doing so by a veil of sand that pushed them backwards.

The strawhats meanwhile had begun to take over one of the marine battlesh.i.p.s while the rest of the prisoners rushed forwards to engage the rest of the sh.i.p.s, some deciding to keep observing the fight between the leaders of the two factions like salivating reporters.

Jumping back to his feet while brushing the veil of dust aside Azuls mind kept analysing what he had seen and felt so far from the admiral his eyes setting on his calm opponent.

'Light! The motherf.u.c.ker can move at the speed of light! God damnit Crocodile... couldn't you have been a little more specific about that teeny tiny detail you asshat?!' Azul thought to himself while his subconcious formulated different strategies and plans on how he could fight someone that was able to move at such speeds. Momentarily his thoughts came to a pause though as his eyes remained on his opponent which should simply not be possible if said man traveled at the speeds of light but here he was, visible to the n.a.k.e.d eye which only meant one thing.

'He has to actively apply his devilfruit for him to move so fast. It is not a passive ability of his. Found your weakness buddy!' With a growing grin on his face, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth in a disregarding fashion Azul unleashed his conqueror's haki in full force which exploded outwards like a near invisible, slightly red tinged, shockwave while his body changed into his hellhound form, height remaining the same. A second shockwave exploded outwards as his arms and legs ignited, bringing incredible heat to his surroundings while Azul roared to the high heavens, making Kizarus eyes sharpen and his body to glow yellow once more.

Stepping forward Azul cracked the ground as with the next step he exploded forwards towards his opponent who seemingly vanished from his previous spot only to appear right above Azul with Kizaru's leg shining in an ominous light. Azul meanwhile had tried to always keep Kizaru covered in his observation haki, which was incredibly hard due to said man being very adept at masking his signature and possessing that unbelivable speed.

With a push downwards Kizaru shot a yellow beam at the beast below him which rotated its waist clockwise to escape the beam but in the end was still grazed by it and sent flying by the explosion that followed afterwards.

Azul though didn't really care about the wound he had sustained just now as his body was already regenerating at incredibly high speeds, thanks to being a zoan, and thus burst forwards once more while running on the air with flames following his every step. Kizaru's body meanwhile had lost its shining light, bringing another revelation to Azul.

'So he cannot permanently stay in his high movement state. Got ya, bitch!' With a roar Azul appeared before the admiral with his right claw raised to cleave the man apart who sent a haki infused kick to the ripping claw in order to push aside the attacking arm, suceeding and giving the admiral time to assess the new situation he found himself in.

Acting on reflex the admiral gathered yellow light in between his two hands he had pulled towards his c.h.e.s.t intoning: ”Yata-mirror!”, shoting a yellow light beam forwards which bounced onto one of the warsh.i.p.s, after which Kizaru disappeared from his previous spot, in the process dodging a devastating thrustkick from Azul that caved in the wall it impacted after his original target had disappeared from before him.

Finding his opponent on top of one of the marine sh.i.p.s, where fierce fighting was raging on, Azul jumped into the air on roaring flames, bringing his claws next to his feet as he crouched down in the air, the flames growing stronger and stronger as if they were about to burst forth at a moments notice.