"I can't get delayed, I have to leave quickly."
Kalifa looked at the woman in front of her, her legs tapping the ground more than ten times in an instant, using Geppo to move away.
Whoosh.
Kalifa instantly moved a distance. After leaping and landing, she intended to continue using Geppo, but at this moment, a figure followed and kicked out.
Bang.
Kalifa raised her leg, then retreated a distance. Her leg ached, and she gritted her teeth as she looked forward.
"She can actually keep up with the speed of Geppo."
Kalifa looked at the woman in front of her and found that she had changed. Her legs had turned into ostrich legs, her hands had become wings, her neck had transformed, and her mouth had become an ostrich's beak.
"A Devil Fruit user?"
Kalifa looked at the other party, her expression somewhat grim.
The other party had transformed into a half-human, half-beast form, and her speed was only slightly slower than Kalifa's Geppo.
Kalifa's Geppo involved stomping the ground more than ten times in an instant, advancing with explosive speed generated by the recoil.
However, the recoil was limited. After advancing a certain distance, she had to land and stomp the ground again to move.
The other party's speed allowed her to catch up the moment Kalifa landed again.
As for using Geppo to move through the air, the recoil from stomping on the air was weaker, not even half the speed on the ground. She couldn't possibly evade the other party.
In other words, it would be difficult for her to escape from the other party's obstruction.
Did she have to fight?
Kalifa looked at the figure in front of her, but the answer was already obvious. She gripped her long whip and lashed out at the figure in front of her.
Swish, swish, swish.
The long whip turned into streaks of afterimages, attacking the other party's form.
But Cecilia flickered and dodged the long whip, mocking, "Too slow."
"Is that so?"
Kalifa tapped the air with her foot, leaping into the air. Her long whip turned into streaks of afterimages, weaving into a large net.
"Geppo, Thorn Path."
Facing this attack, Cecilia didn't retreat but advanced. She leaped into the air with one foot and swung her other leg towards Kalifa's wrist.
"So fast."
Kalifa had just extended her long whip when Cecilia was already in front of her. Kalifa could indeed whip her, but she would inevitably be kicked.
Thump.
Kalifa stomped on the air, lunging forward and landing not far away. Cecilia also slowly landed.
"I can't use Iron Whip."
Kalifa was skilled at using her Iron Whip, but the whip was relatively long and soft. It required power transfer for the tip and body of the whip to strike, making it slower than a direct punch. Against an opponent like Cecilia, whose speed was only slightly slower than hers, it would be ineffective.
"Then close combat it is."
Kalifa snorted coldly and threw her long whip aside. But in the next moment, Cecilia was already close, unleashing a kick.
Bang.
Their legs collided directly. After the impact, Kalifa's leg ached, and she retracted it, standing back.
With the strength of her legs, she couldn't block Cecilia's kick after she had used the Ostrich Devil Fruit.
The moment she hesitated, Cecilia kicked her in the side.
Bang.
After a muffled sound, Cecilia actually took a step back, her leg hurting.
"This is Tekkai? You can make your body as hard as iron."
Cecilia gritted her teeth and asked. With that last kick, she felt like she had kicked a block of iron. The harder she kicked, the more her leg hurt.
"That's right. With your ability, you can't hurt me."
Kalifa said coldly.
"Is that so?"
Cecilia snorted coldly and then said, "But you can't move when you use Tekkai, right? I just need to stop you. I'm not worried about you leaving."
"You know so much."
Kalifa narrowed her eyes but didn't dare to delay. She raised her leg, bent it slightly, and then kicked out fiercely.
Whoosh.
A Rankyaku shot towards Cecilia.
Cecilia didn't dare to meet it. She bent her legs, and her figure instantly disappeared, dodging the attack.
As soon as she landed after leaping forward, a figure pressed close, pointing their right index finger.
Shigan.
Cecilia, who knew all the moves of the Six Powers, didn't dare to meet it head-on. She stomped her foot again and dashed to the side.
But Kalifa directly raised a leg, and a Rankyaku shot out, lashing towards her direction of advance.
Not good.
Cecilia continued to charge forward, about to collide with the Rankyaku, but she stomped her foot and changed direction, dashing towards the distance.
But in that instant, Kalifa closed in again, pointing a finger at her chest.
Cecilia quickly brought her wings up to block in front of her.
Poof.
Kalifa's finger pierced through Cecilia's wings, drawing a spray of blood.
But the next moment, Kalifa was sent flying backward. She stabilized herself in the air and, upon landing, knelt on one knee. She clutched her abdomen, a trickle of blood at the corner of her mouth.
"You..."
Kalifa stared at Cecilia, her expression grim.
The instant she had unleashed Shigan, Cecilia had kicked out.
As her Shigan pierced Cecilia's body, Cecilia's knee slammed into her abdomen. She used the force to retreat, barely managing to stabilize herself.
"Your speed is fast, but I can still avoid the direct hit."
Cecilia waved her injured wings and said with a smile, "But what good is avoiding it? It's better to trade injuries for an attack. You were attacking, so you weren't in Tekkai state."
Cecilia could have avoided the direct hit but chose not to, trading an injury to strike Kalifa.
"Again."
Kalifa slowly stood up, raised her right leg, and directly kicked out, sending a Rankyaku flying.
Whoosh.
Cecilia could only dodge, but Kalifa had already used Geppo to get close, firing again with her right hand.
"Again."
Cecilia blocked with her wings and swept her right leg towards Kalifa.
Trading injuries.
Kalifa didn't dare to take the hit and could only dodge.
From then on, neither of them could do anything to the other.
Kalifa couldn't escape if she wanted to, but if she attacked Cecilia, the latter would trade injuries.
And Cecilia couldn't land a hit on her, as she had Tekkai, was very fast, and had strong attacks.
So, the two were in a stalemate for the time being.
But at this moment, Kalifa had a premonition and suddenly leaped into the distance.
Poof.
A dull thud sounded where she had been standing, and Zala's right hand pierced the ground Kalifa had just occupied.
Bang.
As Kalifa landed, a leg shadow lashed out, striking her chest.
Bang.
Kalifa didn't have time to use Tekkai and was sent flying backward, crashing heavily onto the ground.
Cough, cough.
Kalifa spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to stand up, but Cecilia had already appeared behind her and kicked out.
Bang.
Kalifa directly used Tekkai, her body shaking violently. Although her defense increased, her internal injuries were aggravated, and she vomited blood with a waugh, releasing Tekkai.
Poof.
A spike pierced through her right chest.
"This... cough cough."
Kalifa looked at the spike, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth. Bang, Cecilia kicked her in the head.
Kalifa flew sideways and collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
"Don't kick her to death."
Zala retracted the spike and said irritably.
"I know what I'm doing."
Cecilia said with a smile. She looked at Kalifa in the distance and muttered, "She's not actually dead, is she?"
"You hit too hard. Carry her away first and take her to the submarine."
Zala said, and Cecilia walked over, picked up Kalifa, and headed towards the coast.
They reached the submarine, put Kalifa inside, and had the doctor there treat her wounds.
"Bruno is dead, Kaku and Kalifa have been captured, and even Hadori is dead."
Seeing Kalifa brought over lifeless, Lucci, who was in a cage above the submarine, sighed, knowing there was basically no hope of escape this time.
"You all head to Island Five from the back of the island. As for the Marine warship, leave that to me."
Xia Qiu said, then dove off the island first, charging towards the Marine warship faintly visible in the distance.
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