"How is this possible!"
Carl clearly perceived that not only did his ability fail to affect Esdeath, but his own consciousness was also affected by hers. His body wasn't affected by her, but his consciousness was influenced first!
"Ice Slaughter · Abyssal Three Swords!!"
Esdeath instantly unleashed her full power, her figure transforming into three, striking simultaneously from three directions.
Carl, whose consciousness was slowed by the freezing, only barely noticed Esdeath's attack when she was about to strike.
However, Carl was, after all, a person with strong will and powerful strength. Relying on his many years of combat experience, he successfully blocked Esdeath's attack.
"Rip!!!"
Yet, before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, a fatal sense of crisis instantly came from behind him. He instinctively covered his back with Busoshoku Haki.
Then, he immediately felt a powerful force strike his back, sending his entire body flying forward.
"Damn it, that was a decoy!"
Under the intense pain, like Esdeath before him, his consciousness, which had been frozen and affected, recovered.
At this moment, he finally understood. What Abyssal Three Swords? There were clearly four swords, one of which was hidden. If his consciousness hadn't been affected, with his brain working at full speed, he would have been able to detect that hidden sword.
But his consciousness had been frozen and slowed down, hindering his analytical ability by a notch, making it impossible to discern the hidden sword!
"Hmph, that's all you've got. If you don't have any new moves, then die by my sword!"
Esdeath attacked Carl again in the same manner.
Facing Esdeath's even stronger consciousness-freezing ability, Carl's chaotic consciousness ability was directly countered. Using it could only block a portion of Esdeath's freezing power; it was completely ineffective and couldn't fully resist.
Instantly, the battle between the two returned to the initial scene where Carl was being overwhelmed by Esdeath.
Under Esdeath's relentless assault, Carl was constantly suppressed, accumulating more and more wounds on his body, while the freezing power continuously invaded both his body and consciousness.
If this continued without any unforeseen circumstances, Carl would have absolutely no chance of survival!
"Damn bastard, I'm a Celestial Dragon! How could I lose to a red-haired girl!"
Carl roared in anger, his chaotic power surging wildly. The moment he charged towards Esdeath at full speed, a spatial tunnel suddenly appeared in front of him.
This was the spatial tunnel he had created by using chaotic power to influence space, the same move he had used to escape Father Nox's pursuit back then.
He now clearly understood that in this chaotic region, no, it should be called the freezing region, the home ground advantage had been reversed. Therefore, he had to escape from this area, or his disadvantage would become increasingly obvious.
"This guy is really good at escaping. No wonder he could escape from Father back then. But this battlefield is only so big. I don't believe you dare to escape directly from this battlefield!"
Esdeath hadn't expected this guy to look so determined, only to run away the next second.
However, Esdeath's Kenbunshoku Haki quickly located the end of the spatial tunnel, and she immediately charged towards it with her sword raised.
She chose to face Carl alone. If she couldn't defeat him, where would she put her face as the eldest princess of the Limitless Pirates?
The great battle continued, but the fighting here was mostly individual duels, at most two-on-one or three-person fights. There was hardly any group combat; at most, they divided their respective combat zones.
In the Limitless Pirates' combat zone, the intensity of the battle was much higher than in other areas, as the number of people here was far greater than all other combat zones combined.
The World Government's top powerhouses could only barely hold on against the Limitless Pirates' offensive. As long as a breakthrough was made, the World Government would fall into complete collapse!
Among the twenty-three Executive Officers of the Limitless Pirates, only Kyle didn't directly engage in combat. Instead, he used his invisibility ability to move around the edges of the battlefield.
Even if Kyle didn't fire a single shot, merely locking onto opponents with his Kenbunshoku Haki was enough to deter all the World Government's top powerhouses, forcing them to constantly divert some of their attention to guard against Kyle's Bullets.
With the former world's number one sniper having retired many years ago, Kyle had become the undisputed number one sniper in the world today!
Relying on the world's strongest sniper rifle manufactured by the Limitless Pirates, along with Kyle's own Invisibility Fruit ability and strength, Kyle had been listed as a key target of concern by the World Government. His danger level was even comparable to Bullet, and sometimes, especially in large-scale wars like this, Kyle's danger level was far greater than Bullet's!
This was the deterrent power of the world's number one sniper!
"Donquixote Doflamingo, you damn traitor, how dare you lay a hand on us noble Celestial Dragons! You must die today!"
Erebus Oliver looked at Doflamingo in front of him, filled with intense hatred.
He hadn't expected the former Celestial Dragon, now a lowly Pirate, Doflamingo, to actually ally with the Limitless Pirates to attack them, the Celestial Dragons.
This made Erebus Oliver, as a proud Celestial Dragon, feel an unprecedented humiliation, as if someone he had once trampled underfoot, someone he wouldn't even spare a glance for, was now stepping on his head and defecating. It was utterly disgusting and repulsive!
"Fufufufufu, what noble Celestial Dragons? You are just the parasites of the World!"
"You once looked down on me as an ant. Today, I will drag all of you down from your pedestals!"
"The pain you brought me back then, I will return to you a thousandfold!"
Doflamingo laughed maniacally with a twisted expression.
He had always dreamed of destroying the Celestial Dragons for revenge, but back then, even in his dreams, he didn't have the power to destroy them. But now, he had boarded the large ship of the Limitless Pirates, and he finally had the ability to overthrow the Celestial Dragons.
Even if he wasn't the one to annihilate the Celestial Dragons, at least he was participating, able to contribute a small amount of power to the process. He was already immensely satisfied!
"Lion King Punch!"
Erebus angrily transformed into his human-lion form, instantly rushing in front of Doflamingo and throwing a punch.
"Spiderweb!!"
The moment Doflamingo extended his hand, countless white threads turned into a spiderweb blocking the front, and Busoshoku Haki dyed the white spiderweb black.
"Bang!!!"
However, even though the spiderweb blocked Erebus's punch, the powerful force of the punch penetrated the web and directly struck Doflamingo's body.
"Cough cough!!"
Doflamingo was sent flying dozens of meters back, spitting blood from the punch.
"Hahahahaha, Doflamingo, you have a foul mouth, but your strength is weak!"
Erebus burst into laughter, directly tearing through the spiderweb in front of him, and then charged towards Doflamingo.
He had to kill Doflamingo today to vent the anger in his heart!
"Whoosh!!!"
However, at this moment, a completely invisible Bullet silently shot towards Erebus's heart.
Erebus suddenly felt a fatal threat, but his Kenbunshoku Haki hadn't reached the level of predicting the future, and his Kenbunshoku Haki couldn't detect any danger.
But the fatal threat that struck his soul was not fake; it was truly present. This caused Erebus's heart to suddenly stop, and cold sweat poured down.
Kyle's stealth ability had reached a point where it could completely conceal everything about the Bullet itself: the Bullet's size, the airflow fluctuations generated during flight, sound, and even spatial ripples could be fully hidden.
After concealing all these things, even Kenbunshoku Haki found it difficult to detect the Bullet's existence.
To know about the Bullet's presence, one needed to rely on the innate instincts of a strong person, or abilities like Kenbunshoku Haki that could predict the future.
Erebus, being a master of body art, under the influence of his animal and physical instincts, twisted his body with all his might and charged forward!
Since he didn't know where the danger was, he would do his best, move away from his current position as quickly as possible, and simultaneously twist his body to shift the potential damage location.
It must be said that Erebus's intuition was very accurate. After he moved, the Bullet that was originally aimed at his heart ended up hitting Erebus in the waist due to his movement.
The moment the Bullet entered Erebus's waist, his full beast transformation immediately receded, and a feeling of weakness spread throughout his body. The power of his Zoan-type Devil Fruit was sealed.
"Sea Stone Bullet! The Limitless Pirates' sniper, Kyle!"
Erebus instantly determined that he had been hit by a Sea Stone Bullet!
Just then, Marcus transformed into his Sulong form, his fur growing wildly, and the static electricity power throughout his body surged madly, as if he were the Thunder Fruit user.
"Static Penetration!"
Marcus instantly charged in front of Erebus, his numerous hairs on his hands converging to form a cone, carrying countless static electricity forces, and directly stabbed towards Erebus's injured waist and heart!
Although Erebus couldn't use his Devil Fruit ability anymore, he was inherently a powerful body art master. Even without the power of his Devil Fruit, his own strength was not weak!
"Damn Pirate!"
Facing Marcus's sneak attack, Erebus blocked Marcus's attack with his hands covered in Busoshoku Haki. However, his strength was too weak at this moment. Although he blocked it, it only managed to deflect Marcus's attack slightly.
Marcus's cone-shaped hands still forcefully pierced Erebus, creating two large wounds on his body with their powerful penetrating force, sending Erebus flying over a hundred meters away.
"Bastard!"
The moment Erebus flew back and fell to the ground, he used the power of Life Return to squeeze out the Sea Stone Bullet from his waist.
This ability, since Kyle became famous, was something almost all World Government top powerhouses needed to master, precisely to quickly remove Sea Stone Bullets from their bodies.
"Fufufufufu, it's good to have a sniper hidden on the battlefield!"
"Kick Line!"
Just then, Doflamingo had appeared beside Erebus at some point. Taking advantage of the moment Erebus was expelling the Sea Stone, he kicked Erebus towards Marcus.
"Hahahahaha, well met!"
"Infinite Finger Pistol · Electric Shock!"
Marcus laughed heartily, his elongated fur curling into finger shapes, carrying a large amount of static electricity, and attacked Erebus like a machine gun.
"Roar!!!"
After the Sea Stone was removed, Erebus immediately recovered his human-beast form. Facing Marcus's attack, Erebus was about to counterattack, but he suddenly felt another Kenbunshoku Haki locking onto him, and he thought of Kyle hidden in the dark.
This distraction caused Erebus to be instantly hit by Marcus's Finger Pistol. Even his human-beast body suffered finger-sized wounds, and the static electricity power paralyzed his entire body.
"Damn it!!"
Erebus was incredibly frustrated at this moment. He was targeted by a sniper in the dark and also had to face the combined assault of Doflamingo and Marcus.
This made his earlier thought of killing Doflamingo fade. Now, he only thought about how to stabilize the situation.
"Infinite Wind Blades!!"
Anton Corrado, the Logia-type Hurricane Fruit user, used his speed advantage to distance himself from Bullet, specializing in kiting from afar. He continuously attacked Bullet with his ability, giving Bullet no chance to get close to him!
"Such weak and powerless things!"
Facing this level of wind blades, Bullet, after transforming into his human-titan form, punched through each one.
Sometimes he was even too lazy to block. The wind blades only created insignificant cuts on him, not even making him bleed. These wounds healed completely in less than half a minute, leaving no trace.
"Don't think speed alone can block my fists. Wind is also affected by gravity!"
After observing Antonine for a while, Bullet understood his opponent's purpose and approximate strength. Facing this type of speed-based opponent, Bullet already had his own experience and methods!
"Gravity Zone!"
Bullet slammed his fists into the ground. Instantly, the gravity within a radius of a thousand meters increased a hundredfold, causing the entire ground to collapse several meters deep!
With the gravity increased a hundredfold, Antonine instantly felt an indescribable pressure on his entire body. Even when he transformed into a hurricane, this pressure was everywhere.
"No, it's not everywhere. This is the opponent's ability, there must be a range!"
Antonine knew that Bullet's power was gravity, so he quickly thought of a way to break free: get away from this area!