"Tempest Kick!"
Lucci's leg sent forth massive shockwaves resembling powerful sword slashes from a famed blade, slicing through the air in rapid succession toward Gin who charged forth like a wild tyrannosaurus.
"Hahahaha, exhilarating!"
Gin blocked with his giant black spiked club, burying his head while completely ignoring the torrential Tempest Kick waves striking his body, creating numerous bloody wounds.
His aura turned savage, as if reveling in the ecstasy of pain, unleashing hearty laughter.
"Roaring Dragon Shatters the Void!" Gripping the spiked club with his right hand, he shattered the countless light blades and swung directly at Lucci's head."
"Secret Rokushiki Technique: Six King Gun!"
The distance was too close, and Gin's violent momentum had firmly locked onto him. Retreating now would inevitably invite a storm of relentless blows.
As CP's most outstanding genius in centuries, Lucci possessed his own pride.
Instead of evading, he decisively swung both arms to meet Gin's spiked club head-on!
Boom!!
Two fists coated in black Armament Haki clashed mid-air with the giant spiked club, generating a colossal shockwave that forced surrounding spectators to stagger backward, nearly falling.
"What?!"
Instantly, Lucci's face contorted in shock.
The moment his fist connected with the massive spiked club, an invisible yet ferocious shockwave enveloped him completely.
From the outside in, it crushed and compressed his robust physique, causing blood vessels across his body's surface to rupture.
In that instant, Lucci heard the agonized groans of his own bones and muscles buckling under the overwhelming strain.
"Shockwave?"
"Hahaha, what's wrong? Rob Lucci, I've heard of you. You were defeated by Luffy, right? I'm somewhat acquainted with him too. CP's strongest lapdog, remember my name—Ghostman Gin! Vice Commander of the Fierce God Legion, Beast God Pirates!"
Gin grinned, revealing a mouthful of stark white teeth.
The muscles in his arms coiled into solid masses as immense power erupted forth, pressing down on Lucci's arms and forcing them toward the ground.
Boom!
A heavy, muffled impact echoed as everyone watched Rob Lucci being forced into a kneeling position by Gin, the ground beneath him cracking extensively from the pressure!
Lucci's eyes instantly reddened.
A surge of overwhelming humiliation fueled an explosive burst of strength, and with a violent shake of his arms, he repelled Gin's spiked club.
"Raaaah!! Six King Gun—Secret Technique: King's Finger Pistol!"
Blood sprayed from his entire body as he unleashed a forbidden ultimate move from the Rokushiki.
In an instant, countless finger shadows blotted the sky, penetrating every opening like a storm.
Enhanced by Armament Haki, they transformed into indestructible spear tips, whistling through the air like a torrential downpour to pierce Gin's towering frame.
Thud-thud-thud!
In the span of a single breath, countless bloody holes appeared across Gin's body.
Blood gushed out as if it cost nothing, dyeing him crimson from head to toe.
Yet, Gin's gaze shone with unprecedented intensity.
His aura surged wildly, like a volcano long suppressed on the verge of eruption!
He roared furiously, gripping his spiked club with both hands, and channeled every last drop of his Armament Haki.
Disregarding all consequences, he executed a technique passed down from Caesar—a move inherited through generations of Barbarossa Caesar, designed to cure kings of their addictions.
"Thunder Bagua!!"
Lucci's eyes twitched violently. He pushed off with his feet, attempting to flee.
But a wave of Conqueror's Haki, infused with shockwaves, erupted from Gin's body.
It struck Lucci's mind faster than he could react, blanking his thoughts for a split second!
"Damn it!"
In a battle between masters, a momentary lapse could decide the outcome!
The next instant, the pitch-black spiked club, roaring like rolling thunder, shattered the myriad finger shadows and slammed diagonally into Lucci's waist!
BOOM!!!
Lucci's body was sent flying like a batted baseball, shooting straight as a cannonball through several newly erected stone pillars before sliding down a wall like a dead dog.
Gin's face was pale from excessive blood loss and completely exhausting his Armament Haki in one go, leaving him weakened.
But a morbid grin stretched across his face as he swayed his burly frame over to Lucci's side.
He hoisted up the broken body—half its bones and muscles shattered by the single blow—and staggered back to Caesar's side.
The pirates buzzed with discussion.
"Gasp... Rob Lucci, that CP genius seen once in five hundred years, was actually defeated by Vice Commander Gin just like that?"
"So strong! That blood-soaked stance truly lives up to his epithet, Ghostman!"
"More than that! If he hadn't insisted on tanking the hits and ending it quickly, he probably could've taken down CP's strongest agent without getting hurt!"
On the platform, seeing the blood-drenched Gin dragging Lucci by the head, Roswald and Charloss were utterly dumbfounded, collapsing onto their backsides in terror.
"No! Impossible! How could Rob Lucci be defeated so easily? He's the strongest CP agent, no less powerful than a Marine Admiral!"
"No less than a Marine Admiral? Hahahaha, what a frog in a well."
Gin grabbed Rob Lucci's head, drew a meter-long dagger from his waist, and with a sickening crunch, severed Lucci's head from his neck with a single chop.
Gin glanced at the ferocious, unwilling expression on the severed head, sneered, and casually tossed it onto the platform, where it rolled right to Roswald's feet.
"Waaah!" The old man was so terrified he wet himself, a puddle of yellow liquid spreading beneath him.
A tall, thin pirate obsequiously scurried up to Caesar, extending a hand that produced large clumps of a clay-like substance.
"Sir! I'm a Clay-Clay Fruit user. Let me help remove her cuffs?"
Caesar glanced at him and nodded.
Immediately, the pirate whose name Caesar didn't know molded a key from the clay in his hands.
With two clicks, the Seastone Cuffs restraining Hancock sprang open. Her body swayed, she stumbled, and collapsed against Caesar's leg.
Kaido and Shiki exchanged a look, shrugged, and turned their attention back to the platform.
Up there, the two Celestial Dragons, father and son, had resumed trying to kill each other.
Hancock leaned weakly against Caesar's leg, looking up at the Celestial Dragons hacking away at each other on the platform.
Her face, pale with exhaustion, suddenly broke into a satisfied smile.
Caesar looked down, his gaze cold as he regarded the peerlessly beautiful Pirate Empress.
"Why are you pretending to be my woman?"
Hearing Caesar's voice, Hancock's delicate body trembled, and a captivating blush quickly spread across her cheeks.
Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz as she timidly replied, "I'm not pretending. You... you did that to me last time, so of course I'm your woman."
Caesar felt veins bulging on his forehead.
Behind them, Kaido and Shiki subtly perked up their ears.
Doflamingo and the thin pirate quickly scurried away, not daring to eavesdrop on such potentially lethal information.
"Hey now, what do you mean 'did that'? I didn't do anything to you!"
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