"Thunderbolt Sword Drawing Technique!"
The moment Kizaru dodged Kizaru's attack, Valent didn't continue elementalizing. At such close range, he suddenly exerted force with his feet and instantly rushed in front of Kizaru. His Supreme Grade Swords, Raikiri, at his waist instantly unsheathed and slashed towards Kizaru's head.
Kizaru's pupils constricted. He immediately dodged Valent's sword strike at the fastest speed, then turned into a beam of light, broke through the roof, and rushed towards the sky.
"What a fast sword!"
Kizaru touched his numb and slightly painful cheek. A shallow sword mark appeared on his face, leaving a few drops of blood.
He had only heard of the name Valent, the guild master of the Quicksand Guild, before, knowing that he was a user of the Thunder Fruit, said to be the strongest Logia type. His specific combat power was unknown, but he didn't expect to encounter him today!
Valent also knew that with Kizaru watching from the side, it was impossible to get the Ope-Ope no Mi. He had to defeat the other party first. Otherwise, if the other party couldn't get it and destroyed the Ope-Ope no Mi, it would be troublesome.
"Ama no Murakumo!"
Seeing Valent turn into lightning from below and rush up with his sword, Kizaru also condensed a light sword and slashed over.
"Bang!!!"
The power of light and lightning collided in the air, but it was clear that the power of lightning was superior. Kizaru was repelled by Valent's sword strike for over a hundred meters.
This was irrelevant to Kizaru. As Valent chased after him, the two clashed again in the air.
"Crack!!!"
However, after Kizaru's Ama no Murakumo clashed with the other party's sword a few times, it was instantly defeated and dissipated into light points in the air. Kizaru was even cut by Valent as a result, leaving a scorched sword wound on Kizaru's abdomen.
"Compared to my swordsmanship, you are far from it!"
"Thunderbolt Slash!"
Valent sneered disdainfully, then the thunder on Raikiri violently flickered and compressed, carrying the force of a thunderbolt as he slashed down.
In an instant, the heavens and earth roared, and the sky was engulfed by lightning. Even light found it difficult to penetrate this layer of lightning coverage.
"Yata no Kagami!!"
Seeing Valent unleashing a big move, Kizaru didn't dare to clash head-on. He immediately condensed a light mirror. The next moment, the light mirror split and flew in all directions. Kizaru turned into a beam of light and rapidly traveled and reflected within these several light mirrors, finally narrowly dodging Valent's Thunderbolt Slash.
Kizaru subconsciously looked behind him. The massive Thunderbolt Slash cut across the sky and soared straight into the clouds. The distant clouds were instantly split open by the massive Thunderbolt Slash, dividing the cloud layer into two parts. The entire sky seemed to have been split open by this single sword strike.
"Fortunately, I dodged it, otherwise it would have been troublesome!"
Kizaru swallowed and said to himself. His frontal explosive power couldn't compare to this sword strike. If he clashed head-on, he would be the one to suffer.
Just as Valent said, his swordsmanship was not brilliant at all. In front of Valent, this Grand Swordmaster of Thunder, it was simply not enough. So, Kizaru simply stopped using his weakness against the enemy and chose to use his greatest strength, speed, to counter!
"Thunder Flash!!"
Valent's sword strike missed. The next moment, he transformed into lightning and rushed towards Kizaru, while Kizaru also turned into a flash and dodged, then waited for an opportunity to counterattack with light energy.
Both of them were Logia users, and both were very fast. In the blink of an eye, they had already exchanged blows for over a hundred rounds.
A large amount of lightning raged in the sky, and infinite flashes filled the air, as if two gods were engaged in a divine battle in the sky.
Even just the aftermath made Barelus below feel a suffocating sense of fatality.
He never expected that the Ope-Ope no Mi would attract two such powerful monsters, and neither of them played fair. They came here just to snatch the Ope-Ope no Mi from his hands, not even willing to give him any Berries.
This made Barelus feel both angry and sad. Now he finally understood what kind of role he was in the eyes of those people. He was just an insignificant ant, the kind that could be easily crushed at any time.
Only the person in the sky would unscrupulously snatch the Ope-Ope no Mi.
"No, I must not hand over the Ope-Ope no Mi!"
Barelus gritted his teeth and climbed up from the ground, then went to a tree outside the house and dug out the buried Devil Fruit.
He had buried this Devil Fruit here, and no one else knew about it. Now he just wanted to take advantage of the two monsters fighting and not paying attention to him, take the Devil Fruit, and quickly escape from this island.
Next time, even if he sold the Ope-Ope no Mi again, he would absolutely not risk himself.
On the other side, after seeing Kizaru start a big battle with someone, Aramaki and Doflamingo rushed towards the island even faster.
However, after Aramaki discovered Doflamingo, he directly stopped Doflamingo.
"Doflamingo, I have accepted the Gorosei's order to seize the Ope-Ope no Mi. As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you should cooperate with my mission, right?"
Aramaki looked at Doflamingo and said.
"Fufufufufufu, since it is the Gorosei's order, I will naturally cooperate. Now, let's quickly go and see what's going on, lest someone gets there first!"
Doflamingo said, suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart. The Ope-Ope no Mi was not yet in sight, and he didn't want to fall out with this guy in front of him, but when he actually saw the Ope-Ope no Mi, falling out would be another matter entirely!
"Very good, you know what's good for you!"
Aramaki said, and then flew to the center of the island with Doflamingo.
However, before they reached the center of the island, they had to stop because someone was blocking their way ahead. It was a woman wearing an ice-blue tight-fitting outfit and exuding a cold aura from head to toe. This woman standing there made people feel colder than the entire winter.
"Limitless Pirates Captain's Daughter Esdeath!!!"
The moment they saw this figure, both Aramaki and Doflamingo recognized the other party immediately. They never expected the person who came to be Esdeath, the famous Ice Witch.
Seven years had allowed Esdeath to build up a formidable reputation. Almost no Pirate in the New World didn't know the name Esdeath. That was a reputation Esdeath had earned by killing with the sword in her hand. Since her debut, at least tens of thousands of people had died by her hand!
More importantly, Esdeath became a core Executive Officer of the Limitless Pirates five years ago. Becoming a core Executive Officer at the age of 21 represented limitless potential.
No one knew how strong Esdeath was specifically now, but everyone knew that Esdeath's future would be boundless. Perhaps she would become the next Nox!
The moment he saw Esdeath, Doflamingo shivered internally. The fervor for the Ope-Ope no Mi in his heart was instantly frozen by Esdeath's ice.
Although his strength had continuously increased over the years with the development of his Devil Fruit, he had long since given up the idea of catching up with monsters like Esdeath. That was simply not something a human could catch up to!