"Having too many people is bad, but if I fight again next time, I won't choose to fight multiple enemies at once. I still prefer one-on-one duels!"
Nox couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Ivanov, who was now completely bewildered. Although Garp and the other one ran away, at least there was one left who couldn't escape, right?
"Thunder Movement!"
Seeing that he was still here facing the terrifying Nox alone, Ivanov had no intention of fighting Nox at all. The moment lightning stimulated every part of his muscles, he spread his wings and desperately flew downwards.
"Shape Shift!"
However, what Ivanov didn't know was that Nox's vampire bats were already hidden around here, and there happened to be a vampire bat in the direction Ivanov was diving towards.
"This move again!"
When Ivanov saw Nox appear below, his heart immediately tightened, and he instantly wanted to change direction and run away.
But at this moment, he already saw Nox about to draw his sword, and he immediately dismissed the idea of continuing to run.
He knew very well that once Nox's sword was unleashed, there was no possibility of it missing. He couldn't dodge it at all, so it would be better to take it head-on. At least he wouldn't be caught unprepared.
"Three Elements Merged - Haki Entwinement - Bagguk!"
A huge vortex of air currents rose from below Nox's feet, continuously compressing onto the blade of the Seven Star Sword.
As the Seven Star Sword slashed upwards from below, the violent air currents, guided by the combination of Haki and Sword Intent, transformed into a massive shockwave that blasted upwards.
Its speed was like lightning, and in an instant, it rushed towards Ivanov with the might of heaven.
"Divine Eagle Great Cannon!"
Ivanov transformed into the Full Beast form of the Thunder Divine Eagle, his entire body wrapped in dazzling lightning. The lightning converged on his eagle head, and he flapped his wings and dived down, treating himself as a thunder cannonball World as he charged down!
"Boom!!!"
He originally thought that since Garp could take a sword strike from Nox head-on, Ivanov himself could also take this sword strike from Nox head-on and then use the force of Nox's sword strike to fly backward and escape into the sky.
But reality gave him a harsh lesson.
He saw that the lightning power he had condensed at the very front was instantly destroyed by the Bagguk shockwave.
The power of the shockwave, which combined all of Nox's strength, was simply terrifying. The lightning power wrapped around his body as armor was directly shattered.
His incredibly hard feathers all over his body were as fragile as ordinary iron sheets in front of this shockwave and were pierced through. His muscles and bones all over his body were shattered, and his wings were completely broken by the impact.
His entire Divine Eagle body was forced out of its Full Beast form and into a Human-Beast form by the impact, and his body fell out like a kite with a broken string.
"Shape Shift!"
Nox would not let go of this good opportunity. With another displacement, he directly appeared above Ivanov.
"To make me use two moves to kill you, you're qualified to brag about it in the underworld!"
"Three Elements Merged - Haki Entwinement - God Slaying!"
All his strength converged on the sword blade once again. This sword move, capable of even slaying gods, was incredibly simple: it perfectly fused all the power that could enhance the sword move, such as Nox's Haoshoku Haki, Busoshoku Haki, Sword Intent, blood power, etc., and then simply unleashed this sword strike at the fastest speed!
"How could I possibly die? I haven't lived enough yet! I absolutely won't die!!"
"Thunder Gauntlets!!"
Ivanov roared angrily, gathering all his lightning power onto his hands to form massive, substantial Thunder Gauntlets. His entire body's Busoshoku Haki surged out, merging into the Thunder Gauntlets, turning the originally purple lightning into dark purple. With Busoshoku Haki covering his entire body, he stacked his defense to the extreme.
Only after all the defenses were stacked together did Ivanov feel a slight sense of security.
However, the moment the Seven Star Sword slashed towards his arms, he was completely stunned.
He actually saw that the Seven Star Sword, which was reputed to be the strongest sword in the World, was shattered by his Thunder Gauntlets when it slashed towards them!
This almost made his eyeballs pop out. Even his brain was burning up trying to figure out when his Thunder Gauntlets had become so strong.
However, before he could figure it out, he was horrified to discover that the blade of the Seven Star Sword, which he had shattered, had turned into a pool of blood.
Immediately after, Nox's body quickly swept past him, and the hilt of the Seven Star Sword also swept past his Thunder Gauntlets.
Most importantly, the hilt of the Seven Star Sword, which was originally shattered by his Thunder Gauntlets, surprisingly gushed out a large amount of blood.
Bathed in this large amount of blood, the shattered blade of the Seven Star Sword miraculously regrew.
At this moment, even if Ivanov was an idiot, he would understand what was going on.
But unfortunately, he was already too late to dodge this sword strike, and his body couldn't react in time.
His Thunder Gauntlets, which he was initially so proud of, were actually bypassed by the opponent in this manner. Then the blade of the Seven Star Sword appeared behind the Thunder Gauntlets and directly slashed towards his neck.
This was the first time he had seen the Seven Star Sword break by itself and then automatically regenerate.
And this was also the last time he would see it, because the Seven Star Sword, which had regenerated, mercilessly cut off his neck.
"Splurt!!!"
When Nox stood quietly behind Ivanov, blood had already gushed out from Ivanov's neck and all flowed into the blade of the Seven Star Sword. Ivanov's body turned into a dried corpse, just like Aymar who was killed before, and then fell from the sky.
"To be able to die under the Seven Star Sword's first blood transformation ability, you can be considered to have died a worthy death. After you go down, you'll have the capital to brag to those I killed before!"
Nox turned around and couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the falling dried corpse.
The Seven Star Sword ate the special Paramecia Blood-Blood Fruit, which allows it to elementalize itself like a Logia ability user.
Aside from not possessing the attributes of natural elements and being unable to massively affect reality, it can be said that the Blood-Blood Fruit is no different from a Logia Devil Fruit.
Previously, the Seven Star Sword turned into blood and broke, then rapidly recovered, allowing it to bypass Ivanov's Thunder Gauntlet defense and directly slash towards his neck.
This kind of method is generally only effective the first time it's used. If others know about it and are prepared, it will be difficult for it to work again.
This method isn't particularly clever. Many Logia ability users just haven't thought of it. If they could think of it and practice for a few more months, they could use it in battle.
Fortunately, only Ivanov knew about it this time, and he is already dead. Perhaps there will be unexpected gains next time.
After all, who would have thought that Nox's Seven Star Sword is a sword that ate a Devil Fruit?
"I feel like the Devil Fruit is about to Awaken, and the Sword God Body Tempering Art is also about to finish tempering my internal organs. The next major battle should be the real decisive battle!"
The current Nox can be said to be terrifyingly strong. Even a powerhouse like Garp, under extreme burst, would be defeated by one sword strike from Nox. If they continued to fight, even Garp might not last more than a few minutes against Nox.
With his current strength, besides the Imu whose power is unknown, he is completely invincible. Even if Garp and Sengoku teamed up, they would only face defeat in front of him!