Shang!
"You are more of a monster than I thought."
Shang!
"But still an injured monster nonetheless!"
The pirate Captain is holding two swords in his hands, he pointed them at me, then dashed forward.
/A slash at his head and a slash at his midsection/
Whoosh!
Whoosh!!
He attacked with his right-handed sword at my head while making another one at my arm…
I stepped aside to dodge the strike at my head, while aiming to stop the one aiming at my hand with my sword.
/A slash at his neck/
Not giving me a chance to do anything, and he followed with another attack.
I took another step back, dodging again, only for another attack to follow.
/A stab at his heart/
'Damn!'
He is not giving me a chance to counter!
Retreating again, I was trying to make any attack or hit his sword, but he was chaining his attacks in very fast sequences.
/A slash at his head/
/A slash at his midsection/
/A slash at his neck/
/A stab at his heart/
Knowing that I was trying to target his sword, he made sure that every attack was lethal.
Even if I managed to get his sword, he will punish me with a fatal wound.
I found myself retreating constantly, whenever I tried to counter, he would attack with his other sword, forcing me to retreat.
The difference in our skill level is very obvious, and the pirate Captain is making sure to use it to his advantage.
Slash!
I managed to dodge a slash at my midsection, but not completely, he managed to reach my waist.
'Shit!'
So this was his plan, the more injuries will accumulate, and it will slow me down.
And he will be ready to finish me by then.
'If it is like this, then…'
Slash!
I dodged a vicious strike at my neck, however, instead of moving away or retreating, I ducked my whole body down.
This action must have surprised him, and I am sure he will use this opportunity to chop at my head.
Unexpectedly, he didn't. What he actually did was retreat a step.
'Is he afraid that I will use my Hamon on him by touching his leg or something?'
Well, it doesn't matter, my aim was something totally different.
'You only thought that I could use the Crush Overdrive only on you in this battle. But you don't know that I can use it on my surroundings as well!'
I use my sword to stab the ground with all of my strength, and the Ripple flowing through my sword flows through the wooden deck.
In the direction of the Captain, the ground under him started cracking and eventually broke apart.
"What the…!" Suddenly losing his footing, the Captain was surprised and confused, and I knew that this was my chance to strike.
All of my strength was accumulated in my leg, and in a split second, I leapt at him.
The first thing I targeted was to disarm him of his closest sword to me.
Slash!
Seeing me lunging at him like that and slashing at his sword, he instinctively let go of it.
Vooooooo!
Crash!
Being hit like that, the sword flew away, but I didn't care about that, all that I cared about was the enemy in front of me.
He lost a sword, but he managed to get a footing. However, with the speed I am heading towards him with, he won't have the time to dodge.
So he could only try to attack me with all of what he got.
His sword swung with all of his power to stop my sword from making a gash across his chest.
CLANG!
For the first time, our swords met.
The sound was loud, and bits of sparks flashed. This should be the end of this fight, but it wasn't.
I used the Crushing Overdrive in my attack just now, but it still didn't affect him or even disarm him.
'But why?'
The Captain was fine, and he had a surprised look on his face. I am sure it is mirroring my own expression as well.
And this was a mistake, realizing that nothing happened to him, unlike what both of us thought, told him that my Hamon won't necessarily work on him.
Looking at his demeanor and expression, this gave him courage as he swung at me again in a wide swing with all of his power.
Not willing to let go of this opportunity, I of course swung at him with all of my power too, while using my Crushing Overdrive to the maximum.
CLANG!
Our swords clashed, the sparks were larger this time too, and so was the sound.
From the looks of things, my Crushing Overdrive should have worked.
However, other than the Captain's sword shaking for a bit, he was fine.
What made me even more puzzled about this is his expression, he seemed to have understood something from this.
'Did he figure out my technique?'
I didn't need him to say it, the confident look on his face made it all clear.
If that was not enough, then his next confident full-powered swing should do the deed.
'Damn it! Nothing seems to work my way!'
Taking a good step plus a very deep breath, which flared my Hamon like a halo around me, I too swung my sword at him.
'Please fall!'
CLAAANGGG!
Our swords clashed one more time with even more power and momentum, I was praying for it to be the last of it.
Crack!
And technically it was, as the Captain's sword was shattered.
Not wanting to waste this chance, I followed up with another slash, but the Captain was faster than I, as he threw the broken sword at me!
Clang!
Deflecting it was on time, but I wasn't able to catch up to the captain on time as he rolled away from me, picking up another one of his subordinates' swords.
"Hehe, I see! So this is your powers, eh?" The captain said that with a smile on his face.
"You can turn the power of your attacks into a shockwave that passes through your enemy's defense! A very dangerous power indeed."
'…He really figured out my Crushing Overdrive.'
Tsk, is he for real now.
"And because it is a shockwave, it can be stopped or negated as long as there is enough opposite power to stop it. Am I right?"
'Damn!'
"From the look on your face, I am right!" the Captain said as he began to take a few steps to the side.
After walking for a few steps,
Clank-Clang!
He threw away his sword…
'Huh? Did he give up…'
"Usually, against other morons in the sea, your powers would have been enough. But unfortunately, you are facing me, the Storm Axe Johnson!"
As he said that, Captain…Johnson picked up his large axe with a practiced leg move.
Then, holding it from the belt at the end, he started spinning it at a very fast speed.
Voovoovoovoo!
I don't know if it was because of the weight of the axe or the speed of the spin, but the axe in his hands looked like a small storm.
'Is this why he has the silly name Storm Axe?'
"'Is this why he is called the Storm Axe Johnson?' Is what you are thinking, right?" Johnson? Said with a smug smile on his face.
"Well, if you live long enough-"
/A wide high-speed swing to cut him in half/
"You will understand!"
BUZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!
Johnson said this as the Axe in his hand suddenly slashed at me with incredible speed!
As the voice had told me, I too raised my sword and swung it to intercept his axe.
CLAAAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!!!
The collision was violent, and I felt like a gust of air sweeping over me. Adding that to the loud sound and flashing spark made me think I was in the middle of a storm.
'He is using the power from the spinning of the axe to stop my Overdrive, now that the axe is going to stop, I should make use of the window…'
However, just before the axe was going to stop, Johnson started spinning it again from its end, recollecting the power and even adding to it.
Voovoovoovoo!
/A wide high-speed slash at his shoulders to cut him in half/
BUZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!
Like the previous time, the axe suddenly changed motion from rotation to a wide arc-like move at lightning speed!
I can only move my sword to intercept the approaching axe!
CLAAAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!!!
The sword stopped the axe, but I felt it vibrating from the intensity of the force.
'My sword won't keep up like that! He is beating me in a power game…!'
/Another wide slash at his thigh/
'…And speed too!'
Just like before, he started spinning the axe again before it came to a stop, charging the force again!
I could only take a step back while intercepting the storm-like axe with my Hamon-charged sword.
CLAAAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!!!
'Damn it!'
Then the barrage of attacks started!
CLANG!
CLAAAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!!!
CLAAAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!!!
CLANG!
Facing the storm of slashes, I could only fall back and take the hits.
Power and speed, I had the advantage in those, but now I was on the back foot in both.
'If he always fights like this, no wonder they call him that silly name!'
It is no longer silly, this is simply inhuman!
'I only thought you could see those things in an over-the-top martial arts movie. Is this guy really a human?'
If he is really a human, then I hope they teach these things at school instead of tennis.
Sorry Totsuka, but this is way cooler.
'If he is not...Then damn! Where the hell am I?!'
My Crush Overdrive can't fully exert its power now, nor can I really stage any counterattack from the continuous flow of attacks.
And the sword in my hand has cracks all over it, a hit or two from those will break it down.
'Knowing my luck, one hit will be enough!'
My back is also against the wall literally, the only way for me to run is the sea.
I can only gamble everything I have on the next attack, if I lose, I will be done for.
Voovoovoovoovoovoo…!
As if he sensed my intent, Johnson started spinning the large axe wildly above his head, spinning the air with it like a ridiculously large fan.
"You want to end it with the next move? Fine by me!"
"You are a dangerous monster kid, Unfortunately, you ran into an even bigger monster!" Johnson said with a savage grin.
Taking no heed of his word as I was focused on my next and maybe last move, I take the deepest breath I had ever taken using the Hamon rhythm.
'I hope this will work!'
Ripples of the sun-like energy course through my body, and I direct it towards my hand and then my sword.
/A wide spin swing toward his lower chest/
The moment I heard the strange voice, I took a step to make a strike too, while directly looking at Johnson and…
…I spat on him…
Yes, I launched the accumulated saliva in my mouth at him like a bum.
Vuuuuuuu!
However, this spit didn't fly at him normally, it was blasting at him with a bullet-like speed!
This is the same technique Zeppeli used against one of the ghouls in Jojo, but he didn't use his spit, but wine.
As I don't have the luxury to recreate the technique accurately again, I will have to improvise.
Luckily, it worked!
To avoid the bullet-like spit, Johnson stopped his attack, wasting the power accumulated in the axe, making him stand awkwardly.
Usually, I won't need to use my insurance move if the first trick worked, but I only have one life, so I will stake everything!
CRACK-CRAAACK!
My forward feet touched the deck, the Ripple spread through the ground, cracking and destroying the area in the pirate's direction.
I don't need my sword to crack the ground like that with my Crush Overdrive, just a punch or a kick will do.
Johnson lost his footing due to the sudden destruction of the ground and him trying to dodge my Spit-bullet.
With this as my chance, the sword in my hand swung at him with everything I got, and he could only use his axe to defend.
Crack!
The sword in my hand broke from the impact, but I didn't care as it had done its job, and the axe in the pirate Captain's hand flew away from him.
I managed to disarm him.
Not leaving any more room for error, even if I would hurt him badly, I jumped at the hateful pirate Captain, and swung my Hamon glowing fist at his head!
"Hamon Crush OVERDRIIIIIIIVVVVE!!!!!!!"
BAM!CRACK!
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A/N: Btw, my plan is three chapters a week. I know you guys might be thinking that the current update rate is slow. However, I am actually at my limit.
I am hoping that as time goes by, I will be able to increase the rate a bit more, but for now, I will fight for just keeping up with it.
Anyway, That's it for now.
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