thefictionvixens Chapter 243 The Unwilling Sakazuki, A New Soul Spell
Chapter 243 The Unwilling Sakazuki, A New Soul Spell
"What kind of crappy ability is this! Watch me smash you to pieces!!"
After trying to find the invisible wall for a long time, Wald realized he hadn't figured it out. He decided to stop thinking about it and just break through it with force.
He bent down and dug a large chunk of ice into his hand.
"Moa moa! 100x shotgun!!"
The ice cube was crushed into countless tiny ice shards in his palm, and then he used his Devil Fruit power to throw it away.
Originally, the small ice shards, which were only slightly larger than a thumb in both volume and mass, were all transformed into large ice shards the size of a human head by the amplification of the Multiplying Fruit, and crashed into the invisible wall at 100 times the throwing speed.
Boom boom boom...
The ice shattered, but the invisible wall remained unscathed.
Yalma looked at Wald calmly, as if he were looking at an ant.
"It's no use, my ability is absolute!"
On the distant edge of the island, Kaido, who was also watching the battle, narrowed his eyes.
"Barrier-Barrier Fruit? No, the Barrier-Barrier Fruit user, Kurozumi Zenmaru, is still alive. So, there's only one Devil Fruit that fits this description!"
Paramecia-type Devil Fruit: Barrier-Barrier Fruit!
Its ability is to create invisible barriers, belonging to the strongest tier of spatial abilities.
Its greatest natural enemy should be the Door-Door Fruit, which is also a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit.
However, the Door-Door Fruit user Bruno in the story seems to have just been born, so Kaido doesn't know who the current Door-Door Fruit user is.
"If it's a barrier fruit, Wald will probably suffer a crushing defeat in this battle..."
Kaido muttered to himself.
As an amplification-type ability, the most annoying thing is encountering this kind of special effect, or rather, rule-based ability.
Because of this special ability, it is often difficult to destroy with force.
To put it bluntly, if Kaido were the one in the arena right now, he probably wouldn't have a good way to deal with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit either.
Because all the abilities of the Azure Dragon Fruit belong to the physical category and do not involve spatial attributes.
Flames, lightning, storms... No matter how powerful Kaido develops them, they are meaningless in the face of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit unless they reach the level of destroying space.
Conversely, if Kaido's abilities could even destroy space, he wouldn't need to hold this World Martial Arts Tournament. He could just storm Mary Geoise, beat Im to a pulp, and then declare himself the King of the World, thus ending the story.
Of course, while the Barrier Fruit is powerful, it cannot be absolutely invincible.
Because the barrier directly isolates space.
Users of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit can indeed create a spherical barrier to completely protect themselves, but... the oxygen in the spherical space is limited.
This weakness is actually similar to the spherical protection of the Barrier Fruit.
As long as you have a large enough area-of-effect (AOE) skill and can launch continuous attacks every second.
When the oxygen inside the protective sphere is exhausted, that is the moment when the user of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit or the Barrier-Barrier Fruit dies.
"Unfortunately, this is an untapped weakness for Wald; the compatibility between their abilities is too poor..."
Kaido sighed softly.
And the events on the stage unfolded much as he had predicted.
No matter what kind of attack Wald launches, it will be meaningless in the face of the absolutely defensive spatial barrier.
Yarma, in addition to creating barriers to protect herself, can also manipulate the movement and transformation of these barriers to achieve her attack effects.
Suddenly, the invisible barrier transformed into a giant hand, which slapped down where Wald was standing.
Wald didn't expect his opponent to have such a move, and was slapped directly into the ring.
Once he broke through the ice, a cube-shaped barrier immediately trapped him in mid-air.
Wald attacked the cube-shaped barrier with all his might, but he was unable to break it at all.
Yalma raised one hand high towards the sky, his palm loosely clenched.
"It's over, you sinful ants."
The loosely clenched hand suddenly tightened, and the cube-shaped barrier in the sky immediately began to shrink.
It started as a 6-meter square that just encircled Wald, and gradually changed towards 5 meters and then 4 meters.
Within the barrier, Wald gradually shifted from a standing posture to a cross-legged position, and his hands, which had been resisting the barriers on both sides, gradually contracted inward.
But it's meaningless.
No matter how strong your arm strength is, it's useless when faced with changes in space.
Seeing that he was really going to die, Wald let out a final roar.
Who do you think I am?!
"I am—Bondy Wald!!!"
Through the spatial barrier, those outside couldn't hear what Wald was shouting; they could only see that, accompanied by his silent roar, black and red Conqueror's Lightning suddenly exploded in his palm.
Whoosh!
With a sound like shattering glass, the barrier that had almost compressed Wald into a ball suddenly broke.
Kaido, who was watching the battle from afar, and a group of top-tier powerhouses with solemn expressions, all raised their eyebrows upon seeing this scene.
"Even though it's an invincible space-type ability, can it still be entangled and destroyed by Conqueror's Haki?"
From this perspective, this ability doesn't seem so invincible after all.
Because once Selene's illusionary smoke is inhaled into a human body, the abnormal state cannot be forcibly lifted unless one's domineering aura is significantly stronger.
In comparison, the strength of the Barrier Fruit seems to be even weaker than Selene's smoke.
Even the Barrier Fruit can block the Binding attack. In this instance, the Barrier Fruit's performance has instantly demoted it from a superior Barrier Fruit to an outlier fruit of the same level.
Of course, that's not how it's said.
The Barrier Fruit is inherently very powerful. Its maximum potential is extremely high, and considering that it cannot be destroyed without the Binding technique, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an invincible fruit.
Another point is that this fruit is most likely not yet awakened.
Once the fruit awakens in the future, it might be able to upgrade into a truly invincible absolute space. At that time, even the Overlord's Binding technique might no longer have any effect.
On the icy arena.
When Yarma saw that his space had been shattered, he clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Despite possessing such invincible abilities, the reason she didn't surpass Keith and Garin to become the new leader of the Knights of God is precisely because her abilities are not absolutely invincible.
"Well, so be it if it's broken. Anyway, letting you die like this is actually too good for you."
Yarma reached out and gripped the long sword at his waist, and an invisible spatial force immediately wrapped around the blade.
"Space Slash!!"
A beautiful sword draw slash, carrying the power of space, shot out.
Having just escaped from the barrier cube, Wald didn't dare to take the hit head-on and used Moonwalk, which grants him a hundred times the movement speed, to quickly dodge.
As soon as they landed on the ground, Yarma, who was holding a knife, immediately charged towards them, brandishing her spatial blade.
Wald coated his entire body with Armament Haki, swung his arms to block, and attempted to counterattack.
He clenched his right fist, ready to increase his speed by 100 when he threw a punch.
However, just as he was planning and about to do so, his left hand was cleanly and decisively cut in two with a single stroke.
Wald stared wide-eyed at his left hand, which had been cut open at the wrist.
"How...is this possible!"
Yalma maintained his calm, poker face as he raised his knife and slashed upwards.
Wald didn't even dare to block anymore and retreated at a hundred times the speed.
A crescent-shaped slash shot out, splitting the icy arena in two, and Wald appeared on the side of the arena.
The pain of the wrist being cleanly cut open had not yet reached the brain, or rather, the adrenaline secreted by the body prevented the brain from responding to the pain.
However, massive bleeding was unavoidable, and Wald had no choice but to use Life Return to temporarily seal all the blood vessels in his wrist.
Crimson blood left glaring marks on the ice. Yalma did not continue the pursuit, but returned to the location where Wald had lost his hand.
Using the power of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, he lifted the severed hand into the air, and the blade danced like a phantom.
A second later, countless pieces of flesh were scattered on the ice, and Wald completely lost hope of reattaching his severed hand.
When Wald saw this, his eyes widened in fury.
His anger caused his Conqueror's Haki to surge wildly once more, and black and red lightning appeared on his fist again.
"How dare you destroy my hand! Die!!"
"Moo! Moo! 100x speed!!"
At 100 times the speed of a shave, he rushed in front of Yarma and unleashed a massive fist crackling with Conqueror's Haki.
Yalma gripped the hilt of the knife with one hand and braced the back of the blade with the other, setting up a parry.
With a deafening roar, Yalma was sent flying like a cannonball.
Wald pressed his advantage, unleashing a furious barrage of punches with just one fist.
Yalma realized that this was a momentary outburst and madness from Wald, so she did not confront Wald directly and instead adopted an evasive strategy.
Try to dodge attacks that you can avoid, and parry or block those that you can't.
A few minutes later.
Wald, who had just finished venting his anger, was panting heavily.
The Conqueror's Haki lightning on his fist had disappeared, and even the Armament Haki on his entire body had begun to fade.
He really didn't hold back at all when he unleashed his full power just now.
Not only did he use all of his Conqueror's Haki, but he also unleashed Armament Haki like it was free.
Therefore, even though he possessed considerable domineering power, he still squandered it all at this moment.
Directly opposite, Yalma slowly rose from a patch of broken ice.
She looked a little disheveled, her clothes were torn in many places, revealing a bit of her skin.
Overall, however, she was not seriously injured and her condition is still around 90% of her peak.
He brandished his famous sword, and a spatial slash shot out.
Wald urged his mind to dodge.
Now that he can no longer use his Overlord's Binding ability, all he can do is dodge.
Fortunately, I still have enough stamina, so dodging the flying slashes shouldn't be a problem.
However, hiding like this isn't a good idea; Yarma won't give him time to recover his Haki.
However, Wald felt extremely unwilling to admit defeat so readily.
Kaido is one thing, but Yarma is a Celestial Dragon!
How could he possibly admit defeat to the Celestial Dragons?!
"Fuck you, you filthy woman! I'll kill you!!"
With a roar, Wald charged toward Yarma while dodging her flying slashes.
boom! !
The invisible wall reappeared, and Wald, charging at a hundred times the speed, was instantly knocked unconscious.
Yalma did not give Wald another chance.
After removing the spatial barrier, the spatial slash swept across the area.
puff!
A fine head rose into the air, and crimson blood sprayed into the sky like a fountain.
Wald... is dead...
In that instant, the whole world fell silent.
All the viewers watching the live stream stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the flying heads and spurting blood from the corpses on screen.
"Dead... dead?"
"He just died like that?"
"Really dead?!"
Incredible questions arose one after another until this moment, when everyone finally remembered the tournament rules that Kaido had publicly announced before the tournament began.
Aside from surrendering voluntarily and falling out of bounds, the only ways to be defeated are losing consciousness and dying.
Yes, this World Martial Arts Tournament is a place where people can be killed or even die.
Although, in the previous qualifiers, those players who did not make it into the top 32 suffered even worse fates in the subsequent infighting.
However, Wald is one of the top 32 players!
For a powerhouse of this caliber to die on the arena...
The impact of this was so great that even many of the other 32 contestants couldn't help but feel a surge of energy.
"Luckily, I surrendered decisively..."
Gloriosa patted her chest with lingering fear. Given Borsalino's position at the time, he probably would have killed her if given the chance.
The other contestants who had surrendered or been defeated were also filled with lingering fear.
Thanks to his opponent's mercy, otherwise he might have been the first of the top 32 to die in the ring.
The edge of the island.
Kaido, who was watching the battle, saw World be killed. Although his eyes were indifferent, he did not show any anger.
He set the rules for the competition, and Wald was fully aware of them before the competition.
In that case, there's nothing to complain about about him dying in the ring.
Kaido wouldn't openly apply double standards just because World is his subordinate.
"Wald!!"
In contrast to Kaido's composure, Najenda, Guyram, and Sebastian completely lost their minds.
He called out Wald's name as he ran quickly toward the ring.
On the stage, Morgans was also stunned for several seconds when he saw Wald being killed.
He wasn't shocked by the death, but in his mind, Kaido should have made his move before Wald died.
But no, it didn't happen.
Is it a case of the rabbit mourning the fox's death? Or is it something that chills the heart?
Not so much.
However, Wald's death made him realize more clearly that some of the rules Kaido mentioned were indeed being enforced.
Being killed is being killed. Even if you are Kaido's subordinate, if you know you might die and still choose to participate, then don't blame anyone for being killed.
After a brief moment of surprise, Morgans continued to perform his duties as host, loudly announcing Yalma's victory.
The direction of the arena.
As Yarma and Naiqin stepped off the ring, they passed each other.
Yarma, who was ready to fight, paused in her tracks, only to find that Naiqin and the other two hadn't even glanced at her and were heading straight for the arena.
“Wald…”