162 The Terrifying Xuanye

"Whoosh..." With a blast of air, two long robes dropped to the ground, revealing the appearances of Weevil and Miss Bakin.

Standing ahead of them, Xuan Ye breathed heavily, his hands clenched tightly, his face looking extremely ferocious, while sparks began to constantly erupt all around his body.

Without wasting any words, his entire body shifted rapidly, and his figure vanished on the spot.

"Mother, get away from here." The heavy naginata slammed hard onto the ground, and Weevil wore a grave expression, staring fixedly at the empty sky.

"Boom..." A terrifying wave of air erupted, the atmosphere went into disarray, and a dreadful whip-kick descended like a judgment from the heavens. Even before it arrived, its sheer momentum caused the ground to explode and gradually crack apart.

"Bang..." Weevil gritted his teeth, his feet sinking deep into the earth, holding the naginata with both hands and blocking firmly in front of him. His ox-sized eyes stared relentlessly at that pair of tyrannical golden-white pupils.

"I won't let you escape again. Today, you must die." Like a demon, chilling to the bone, Xuan Ye suspended mid-air, a murderous intent lurking everywhere.

"You think I'm afraid of you?" Panting heavily, Weevil acted like a stubborn young bull, bursting with reckless bravado.

"Courting death." His eyes widened, pitch-cold and freezing, Xuan Ye spun around, his left foot coated in Busoshoku Haki, and plunged downward once more. At the same time, a flaming barbed spear appeared in his hand. At that exact instant, even the space itself buzzed and hummed.

"Boom... Rumble..."

Weevil twirled his naginata to parry the incoming spear, freeing his other hand to throw a punch overflowing with white energy, charging forward aggressively.

"Bang... Crack..."

The ground shook, and countless fissures spread out, forming a deep crater shaped like a spider's web.

"Whoosh..." Sand and stones flew everywhere, leaving a deep trench carved across the ground as Weevil was sent flying backward, his face turning pale with disbelief.

Flipping in the air, he landed heavily on the ground with his feet sinking deep into the earth. Xuan Ye raised his head, hostility surging out of control.

"High-Speed Flash."

"Boom-crack-crack... Boom-crack..." Continuously echoing, Xuan Ye's feet were pitch black, as countless flames condensed and then detonated, causing the entire ground to roar and tremble without stopping.

"Whoosh..." His figure vanished, the entire sky kept roaring, and an invisible afterimage instantly materialized in front of Weevil, radiating an icy chill that made the hairs on Weevil's body stand on end.

"Bang..." With immense force, a flaming blade slashed downward, and the tearing energy made Weevil's eyes twitch.

Overflowing with white energy, Weevil raised his blade, lifting it diagonally upward.

"Boom... Boom..." An invisible storm emerged, sending a monstrous tidal wave of pressure sweeping outward.

"Run! Get away from the battlefield!" In the surrounding area, Neptune wore a look of utter horror, because the battle before his eyes was simply too terrifying. If anyone stayed here to watch the show, they would surely die.

Instantly, upon hearing the King's voice, all the mermen fled in panic, their faces filled with terror.

Were humans really all this strong? Up until this moment, some mermen who harbored hatred toward humans began to reflect. If the humans on the surface were all as powerful as these two, were the mermen truly the proudest race in the world?

Compared to the panicking and fleeing mermen, the center of the battlefield had already escalated into a full-scale white-hot clash.

"Boom..." Dark clouds pressed down, dark red lightning began to spread, and two domineering wills pressed downward.

"The end of the world... Humans are too far beyond us." Far from the center, all the mermen watched the heaven-destroying spectacle at the core, their hearts filled with doubt.

"Boom... Boom..." Amidst wild bombardments and the spraying of blood, the terrain at the center of the battle had been completely altered. Hills rose from the flat ground, and basins gradually formed.

At the epicenter, two humans whose bodies were wreathed in astonishing energy stared each other down.

"Huff... Huff..." Breathing slightly, Xuan Ye's hair was disheveled, his extraordinary face glaring fiercely at Weevil as if he might tear him apart in the next second.

Compared to Xuan Ye's disheveled state, Weevil looked rather unsightly.

"Cough... Cough..." Unable to stop himself, blood spilled from the corner of Weevil's mouth. He reached out to wipe it away and muttered gruffly, "How can your strength be this terrifying?"

"Last time, I underestimated you. So this time, I'll go all out. Today, you are bound to die." His feet pounded the ground relentlessly, causing it to fracture continuously. Xuan Ye was engulfed in roaring flames, overwhelmingly tyrannical.

"You actually concealed your strength?" His pupils constricting, Weevil looked completely incredulous.

Without further words, Haoshoku Haki crushed downward continuously, and Xuan Ye's figure vanished once more.

"Damn it... Mother, run! This bastard was hiding his true power!" Without even time to turn his head, Weevil roared urgently toward Miss Bakin in the distance.

"What?" In the distance, Miss Bakin's pupils dilated as well. She doubted whether she had heard correctly; that madman had actually been hiding his strength?

"Today, no one gets away." Appearing on Weevil's left side, Xuan Ye blasted the air apart with a single kick.

"Shockwave!" Clenching his fist into a vacuum of white energy, Weevil met the attack head-on.

"..." The ground collapsed, and at the center of their clash, a storm whipped up into a raging hurricane, ravaging the surroundings with overwhelming force.

"Endless Arrows!"

High up in the sky, fire-clouds pressed downward as countless blades, spears, swords, and halberds pierced through.

"Bang... Bang..." Explosions thundered, sand and rocks flew, shifting the landscape like moving mountains and seas.

"Shock: World-Destruction!"

White energy surged all over his body as Weevil gripped his naginata with both hands, unleashing an explosive power that erupted straight from the earth.

"Clang... Clang..."

Non-stop, the ground gradually sank lower, while Weevil's body was forced back step by step.

"Underworld Flame Blossom!"

With a ferocious expression, he brought his hands together and then flung them apart, causing a tiny spark of fire to expand rapidly.

"Hum..." The air exploded, and a two-meter-wide pillar of flame surged toward Weevil like an evil dragon.

"Damn it."

His expression shifting drastically, Weevil harbored a deep, agonizing hatred for this particular move.

"Shock: Heaven-Shattering and Earth-Splitting!"

Driving his naginata deep into the ground, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, Weevil brought his fists together, detonating his white energy to meet the incoming pillar of flame head-on.

"Crack... Crack..." Visible to the naked eye, the atmosphere began to sprout countless fractures as if space itself were shattering, and a mountain-like impact pressed down from the sky.

"Boom..." A terrifying mushroom cloud billowed outward, sending a violent storm sweeping across the terrain.

"Haki Ignition!" Wearing a malicious sneer, the pillar of flame suddenly expanded, turning pitch-black and blood-red as it tore forward once more.

Gritting his teeth fiercely, Weevil's body was continuously forced backward, and blood spurted incessantly from his mouth.

"Burst!" Vomiting blood, Xuan Ye stepped forward, the energy in his hands suddenly expanding. In a split second, the dark red pillar of light compressed and detonated.

"Boom... Rumble..."

Turning the world upside down, countless boulders flew into the air, and yet another mushroom cloud soared into the heavens.

"Puff..." Spitting a mouthful of blood, Weevil was covered in wounds as his entire body plummeted heavily onto the ground.