Chapter 58: Battle Suspended

Iai·Knight's Elegy!

This is the first move Coles meditated on. In the past ten months, he has been strengthening his practice.

It can be said that this Iai move is Coles' strongest sword move at this stage.

The body is slightly bent forward.

It is like a bow and crossbow.

The posture of the waist and thighs is coordinated, and the explosive combination of power is formed.

In this move, the power and spirit are gathered together.

Swish!

Facing Coles's move.

William's face also showed a solemn expression, and he also used Iai to counterattack.

In an instant.

Two sword lights, one blue and one red, appeared on the deck, and finally collided and crossed each other.

Coles and William each turned their backs.

The spectators watched and waited nervously, and the atmosphere in the field fell into silence for a while.

Swish!

A bright red knife wound appeared on Coles' chest, and the blood quickly dyed the white military uniform red and red.

This blow was a slash.

He was seriously injured.

On the other side.

On William's abdomen, the white shirt tore open, and a ten-centimeter wound appeared.

Same.

Blood seeped out from it.

Although it was slow, he was indeed injured!

There was some disbelief in William's eyes. His strength had already broken through to the level of a swordsman. In this East China Sea, there was actually someone who could hurt him?

It was really rare!

"I am very happy to meet an opponent like you, but unfortunately, it's over!"

William took a step, turned slowly, and there was no more contempt in his eyes. A violent sword move slashed at Coles.

"Waveless Slash!"

A surging blue sword light surged out.

Like the raging waves on the sea, it rushed towards Coles unstoppably.

This is not the difference in sword moves.

This is the essential difference in sword power.

Facing William's extremely powerful sword energy slash, Coles did not turn around, because the demon sword was violently affecting his mind.

Want to control him completely.

His handsome face was wrinkled under the influence and control of this distracting thought.

The body was unable to move for a while.

At the critical moment, Coles's clear voice suddenly sounded on the ship.

"【Lanlos】!"

Behind Coles.

Shadow power surged.

A black knight wearing black armor and a red cloak quickly appeared. It was the 【Lanlos】 who disappeared before!

"It is my duty to protect the king."

As the strongest knight in the Silver Moon Kingdom, 【Lanlos】 raised the black sword in his hand high and fought for protection again!

"Silver Moon Slash!"

The black sword fell.

A dazzling sword light was slashed out.

Under the illumination of the clear moonlight, this sword energy attack was like a white crescent moon.

Boom!

The two sword energy slashes collided with each other.

The violent energy fluctuations spread out, and the strong white light forced the spectators around to cover their eyes with their hands.

Avoid eyes being hurt by strong light.

Slashing the center of the collision, the wooden deck was tattered by the energy impact.

Before the light faded, William rushed forward and attacked again.

And [Lanros] also followed his duty and guarded the "king" closely.

Swish!

William cut [Lanros]'s arm with a knife, but his thigh was also cut by [Lanros]'s shadow sword.

The next moment.

[Lanros]'s shadow body recovered and continued to fight William without any impact.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The swords continued to collide.

After fighting [Lanros] who was not afraid of injuries, William's injuries gradually increased!

We can't fight like this anymore!

William felt a sense of urgency.

Because [Lanros] still maintained his peak combat power with the immortal recovery characteristics of the shadow soldiers, while William's injuries gradually became serious under the superposition.

Suddenly.

William's offensive changed, and he unexpectedly killed Coles who was not prepared at all.

"Your devil fruit ability is indeed powerful, and the shadow soldier has a nearly immortal characteristic, which is extremely difficult to deal with."

"But you seem to have forgotten."

"As long as the devil fruit ability user dies, any powerful ability will become ineffective."

When William's attack was about to come.

Coles suddenly opened his eyes, and the remaining struggle on his face disappeared.

Shadow power emerged next to him.

A sturdy, red-bearded [Barbarossa] appeared!

[Barbarossa] blocked the fatal knife for Coles, and his body was chopped into pieces.

But this did not have much impact on [Barbarossa], because the shadow soldier is immortal.

"You also seem to have forgotten that I have never fought you alone."

Coles abandoned the demon sword and turned to fight William with the shadow fruit ability.

Shadow soldier [Along] appeared behind William, and his sharp teeth suddenly bit William's shoulder.

If bitten by the terrifying bite force, William's knife arm would inevitably suffer severe damage, and he could only fight back with his elbow.

Bang!

The powerful force smashed [Aaron]'s jaw into a shadow.

But this also exposed William's flaw.

In front.

Coles seized the opportunity and raised his right leg, like a powerful crossbow ready to be fired, with the shadow power surging violently.

Then, the right leg kicked out suddenly!

"Shadow Meteor Kick!"

During this period, in addition to honing his precise swordsmanship, Coles spent most of his time developing and mastering the power of the Shadow Fruit.

"Shadow Rising Dragon Fist" and "Shadow Meteor Kick" are the powerful attacking moves he developed!

This extremely fast kicking technique carrying the power of shadow made it impossible for William to dodge.

The kicking technique hit William's chest fiercely, and the powerful force directly kicked him dozens of meters away.

On the way of flying backwards at high speed.

William could no longer suppress his injuries, and spit out a large mouthful of blood from his mouth, floating in the air.

Boom!

In the end, William's figure smashed the wooden wall of the cabin building and flew into it.

"Captain!"

"Are you okay!"

Seeing this, the crew members of William's pirate group couldn't help but exclaimed and rushed there.

After a few breaths, William walked out of the broken cabin, with blood hanging from the corners of his mouth and his chest heaving violently. It was obvious that he was seriously injured.

"Captain, let's go together!"

"Yes, let's deal with this group of navy together!"

The crew members of William Pirates spoke one after another, obviously feeling strongly indignant about Coles summoning multiple shadow soldiers to fight.

In response to this.

Coles was not afraid at all.

Because he had nearly a hundred immortal shadow soldiers, he was not afraid of group battles at all.

Just as the pirates of William Pirates were excited and ready to fight the captain together, a young pirate who was observing the sea suddenly spoke.

"It's bad, Captain! Several warships are coming on the sea in the distance!"

On the navy side, someone also discovered the ships in the distance. After confirming the situation, he reported to Coles with great joy.

"Lieutenant, Lieutenant Coles, it's Colonel Smoker who brought people to support."

"Great!"

"We have hope of survival!"

The appearance of several warships.

The navy present immediately got rid of the gloom in their hearts, not to mention that these warships were led by Colonel Smoker himself.

"Don't worry about me, you go first."

The captured Ajin also knew the change of the situation and immediately shouted to William.

William remained silent.

The atmosphere on the scene was tense for a while.

Vice Captain Jeff turned his head and looked at the warships in the distance. After judging the combat power of both sides, he said anxiously.

"Captain, the situation is not good. Let's retreat first and rescue Ajin later."

William was seriously injured at this time. If he was surrounded by Smoker and the warships, this time William's pirate group would definitely fall here.

William sighed in his heart.

In the end, he could only choose to evacuate temporarily.

"Charlotte Coles, today's battle ends here. Next time, I will rescue Ajin again. Let's go!"

The people of William's pirate group quickly returned to their pirate ship and left before Smoker and several warships arrived.

As William's pirate group disappeared, Coles finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that he didn't want to stop them.

It's just that his injuries forced him to stop, and his mental strength was severely depleted.

The shadow soldiers can't last long. If they continue to fight William, the situation behind is full of unknowns and unpredictable.

It's better to temporarily stop the battle.

I'll fight William next time!

Coles didn't take back the shadow soldiers until Smoker approached with the warship.

After reporting to Smoker what just happened, Coles went to receive treatment. After all, he was seriously injured in the battle with William and had to be treated as soon as possible.

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PS: According to a reader's question, a bug of the shadow soldiers was modified. The shadow soldiers are still afraid of the sea water, and the fish soldiers cannot go into the sea.

The author didn't think it through at the time, and I'm very sorry. If you find any problems, please mention it. (The shadow soldiers retain the devil fruit ability, but just maintain normal combat power, and will not be modified)