Chapter 265: Fierce Battle
"Is Altria going to be okay?" Rui Mengmeng asked worriedly.
"No, if there is real danger, what we should see now is a 40-meter-long sword." Zhang Da also has confidence in Altria, and now it can probably be regarded as a warm-up stage.
Sure enough, after the Golden Lion's slash flew near the ground, it was blocked with a clang, then changed direction and flew horizontally towards the Golden Lion's palace.
He used the same technique that he had used to deflect Hawkeye's slash when they were sparring in the Sabaody Archipelago. The huge golden slash flew hundreds of meters, cut off dozens of Daft-Greens, and finally destroyed the palace gate.
Altria stood with a sword in her hand, leaving tiny scratches on her silver armor, which were then quickly repaired without her looking at all disheveled.
The entire ground within a fifty-meter radius of her was turned over, and only a small area under her feet remained in its original state.
"You're quite capable!" The golden lion swooped down to meet Altria who jumped up again.
He didn't care about the damaged palace. If it was destroyed today, someone would naturally repair it tomorrow. He left the village of Melviu so that he could capture laborers when necessary. There was no need to worry about such a small matter.
The two swords collided again and again, and the two swords under the Golden Lion's feet left afterimages. The sword in Altria's hand... was completely invisible. One could only see the Golden Lion slashing out sparks in the air.
In addition, the Golden Lion took advantage of the fact that Artoria could not move freely in the air and frequently used stones and soil to make spikes to interfere, hoping to make Artoria suffer a little loss between each round of fighting.
As for why he didn't just float high in the sky like a bomber, but had to engage in close combat -
That's because this is Golden Lion's own territory, with important research results. He can't just use the island to hit people, and it's too difficult to hit an opponent of this level by simply launching a flying slash from high in the sky.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of rounds passed, and the two fought with swords in the air. The golden lion retreated diagonally upwards, while Altria fell downwards.
At the same time, dozens of sharp earth spikes rose from the ground and shot towards Artoria.
Each earth spike is only about one meter long, which is the result of many adjustments made by the Golden Lion. If it is too small, it will have no killing power, and if it is too big, it will easily become a stepping stone.
Altria turned in the air and cut off all the earth spikes with one sword. Then, without looking back, she swung her sword back to deflect the golden lion's slash. Finally, she half-knelt and landed on the ground with her sword in one hand. Her movements were smooth and handsome.
It was not as if Altria could handle this double-sided attack so skillfully at the beginning. She already had some scratches on her body, but she did not look embarrassed because her skirt armor could be quickly repaired by magic.
"Who are you with such outstanding observation and reaction ability?" The Golden Lion became more and more frightened as the fight went on. Such a strong man should not be encountered casually in the paradise.
Artoria stood up and gave her name: "Artoria Pendragon, swordsman and helmsman of the Amber Travel Group ."
"Tour group?" This was the second time that Golden Lion heard this word. Before, he thought that the smooth-talking boy was playing a trick on him, but he didn't expect it to be a real tour group.
“People like you shouldn’t be buried in a small tour group. I’m Shiki the Golden Lion, and sooner or later I’ll take over this world!
Come, join my pirate group and become the true overlord of this sea with me!"
The Golden Lion extended a sincere invitation to Altria, and his bold and arrogant words resounded through the sky, as if he was not the one who had just said that the sea did not need so many kings.
Altria was not impressed by the Golden Lion's invitation and pointed the tip of her sword at him: "Unfortunately, our part-time jobs are bounty hunters. A pirate like you must have a lot of bounty, right?"
"Hahaha! No one has dared to covet my bounty for many years." The Golden Lion seemed to have heard something funny, "If you can do it, just come and get it!"
At this time, a misty flag demon floated behind Altria and whispered a few words.
Altria hesitated for a moment but nodded slightly, then rushed towards the golden lion again.
The swords on the golden lion's feet crossed to block Altria's sword: "How many times do you have to try? Such attacks will only increase the wounds on your body!"
After the swords collided, the two separated again, but the difference this time was that when Artoria was about to start falling, a flag demon condensed into a physical form under her feet, clenched its fists in front of it, held Artoria's feet, and threw her forward.
"What is that?" The Golden Lion was shocked and hurriedly blocked the sword that Altria stabbed at his chest, but his arm was still cut by the blade.
The two separated, and when Artoria was about to fall again, another flag demon condensed into a solid body and used the same method to lend Artoria strength.
The flag monster fell a short distance and then immediately turned into mist, preparing for the next attack.
At this time, there were a total of eight misted flag monsters in the air. Under Ye Yan's threat, they rushed back without stopping. Then, because Zhang Da saw that Altria was at a disadvantage in the air battle, he came up with this bad idea.
Shark Chili asked, "Can't Jin Erpeng fly? Why not let him take Altria with him to fly and fight?"
Ye Yan said: "Jin Erpeng's fighting ability is not good. If they fight, Altria will have to distract herself to protect him. Moreover, if the two of them don't cooperate well in that kind of fighting style, it will only cause more trouble. It's better to let them be stepping stones and escape after a while."
Thus, with the selfless dedication of the flag monsters, Artoria had eight mobile footholds in the air, and the offensive was much more coherent than before, catching the Golden Lion off guard for a moment.
"Nature type?" The Golden Lion made a preliminary judgment as he watched the misted flag monster being pierced by his earth spikes, but immediately denied it. "No, no matter what, there shouldn't be eight of them at once. So is it the product of a special ability?"
After all, he was a great pirate with rich combat experience. After another confrontation, the Golden Lion immediately retreated and attacked when Altria was about to step on the hands of the flag monster: "Lion Chikiri Ya!"
Hundreds of slashing attacks simultaneously covered Artoria and Lu Dashan who had just condensed into a physical form. Artoria could block some of them, but she could not help the huge Lu Dashan to defend himself. Several slashing attacks hit Lu Dashan's big belly.
"Wow!" Before Lu Dashan could turn into atomizer, several wounds appeared on his body. He fell down with a scream.
"Lu Dashan!" Artoria shouted worriedly, and fell down as she lost her fulcrum.
The flag monsters shouted, "Don't worry about him, he won't die!"
The Tidecaller filled the position in time, allowing Altria to use the force to rush towards the Golden Lion again and stop him from chasing.
“Collect!” Ye Yan raised the Huang Yao Banner, and Lu Dashan’s body turned into smoke and was sucked into the Huang Yao Banner. This kind of injury will heal in a few days, but he cannot be allowed to fight during this period. “This guy is really powerful. He can catch the flaw of materializing for less than a second.”
Zhang Da also said: "After all, he is a legendary pirate. We may have underestimated him."
"Hahaha! I see." The Golden Lion smiled as he parried Altria's attack. "These things are the abilities of that brat. They are the best way to deal with unknown abilities..."
The Golden Lion swung his sword with all his might, temporarily forcing Altria to retreat. He stretched out his hand and clenched it tightly, continuing: "That is to get rid of the ability user himself! Lion's Might - Earth Scroll!"
The ground began to shake, and eight lions made of earth and rocks that looked like small hills surrounded the people who were watching the battle, just like they did at the beginning.
The Golden Lion tried to divert Altria's attention: "Aren't you worried about your companions?"
"Such an attack can't hurt them." Altria remained unmoved and continued to attack the golden lion.
She knew that even if she didn't care, Rui Mengmeng now had the power to break those hills, and the shark giant should be able to do it too. Otherwise, Tatsuya and Tom must have some incredible methods.
Sure enough, Rui Mengmeng blasted a big gap in the encirclement wall with a sword, and everyone ran out through the gap.
Zhang Daye and Ye Yan, two civilized people, were cursing as they ran.
Ye Yan cursed: "This bastard has no martial ethics. If you want to fight, just fight. Why does he sneak attack the spectators?"
Zhang Da also swore a few times: "Fuck, I can't stand this injustice. He does it on the first day and we do it on the fifteenth. Let's go over there!"
"what?"
"Let's tear down his palace. There's no one on this island who can fight except the Golden Lion. He got to us first, so he can't blame us for bullying his men, right?"
Tom was the first to raise his hand in response. Usually he was the one who provoked others and then got beaten. There was no reason for him to be bullied for no reason. Tom would never wait until tomorrow for his revenge!
Mainly because you might forget it overnight.
So, at Zhang Daye's suggestion, everyone prepared to bypass the battlefield and go to the palace with Golden Lion and Altria as the center.
"There's a strange clown behind that rock!" Perona was still in the cockpit of the Shark Giant, but she had already released the negative ghost to guard around the battlefield.
After all, Perona is working hard because Altria has entrusted her with the responsibility.
Looking in the direction Perona said, a clown in a white coat was hiding behind a big rock and peeking out.
Blue hair and pale face. If it weren't for the red nose, Zhang Da would have thought it was the famous clown.
Indigo the clown took out some potion from his clothes, and small balls of yellow and purple flames floated in his palms:
"I didn't expect that Lord Shiki would be in such a tough fight. That swordsman is so strong. How about trying my chemical juggling ball? Beep, beep, beep, beep..."
A small translucent ghost appeared in front of him, fluttering up and down.
"What is this?" Indigo looked at the little thing in confusion, and then suddenly remembered something, "This is the ability that makes the entire exploration team depressed!"
After seeing that Indigo wanted to sneak attack Altria, Perona controlled the little ghost to pounce on him.
Indigo quickly threw the flaming ball in his hand: "Chemical Juggling Ball Combo!"
A dozen fireballs passed through the little ghost's body and caused a huge explosion on the ground not far away. The power was almost as powerful as the bomb that Tom used to blow up the gorilla Scaredo.
But it was no use, the little ghost passed through Indigo's body smoothly.
Indigo fell to his knees: "What chief scientist? I'm just a clown!"
After a few seconds, Indigo jumped up: "Is this what the exploration team experienced? I am not the kind of person who is not strong-willed..."
Two consecutive piercings of the little ghost.
"I haven't perfected the SIQ potion in ten years. I'm such a loser..."
"Damn it! This time I will definitely..."
Little Ghost scored a hat trick.
"Ah, I also make a puffing sound when I walk, it's so gross!"
Even a tough guy like Zoro couldn't handle the negative ghost, so it was impossible for a clown like Indigo to hold on by willpower.
Until Zhang Daye and his men bypassed the battlefield and reached Indigo, the poor clown was still kneeling on the ground repenting, and his whole body was shrouded in low pressure.
Even if the negative ghost was simply floating around, he was still immersed in sadness, looking like he was being played with.
"You deserve it! I told you to try a sneak attack, hehehehe..." Perona put her hands on her hips, very satisfied with her performance, but then looked at Zhang Daye's face and asked uncertainly, "Did I go too far?"
Huh? Zhang Da looked at her in surprise. It seemed that the elementary school rules were not learned in vain. The willful ghost princess had become polite.
"You didn't do anything wrong. You did a great job." Zhang Daye touched Perona's head and said, "The manners and morals I taught you are all for friends. For enemies, you should make them lose their ability to resist as soon as possible."
Perona knocked Zhang Tatsuya's hand away: "Don't touch my head!"
Zhang Daye pointed at Indiago and said, "Ye Yan, sleep with him!"
"I beg you to be careful with your wording and not describe other people's moves as so perverted!"
"Oh, that made him faint."
…
The sound of the chemical juggling ball exploding caught the attention of Golden Lion. He took a quick look and found that Indigo was surrounded by the people he had just wanted to kill.
Golden Lion suddenly became anxious, because Indigo was his chief scientist, and SIQ was counting on him to develop the potion that could make all kinds of animals evolve into ferocious beasts. If Indigo was killed, all his ten years of hard work would be in vain!
This is probably called retribution. He wanted to distract Altria and make her lose her footing in the air by attacking his companions, but now he is distracted because his companions were attacked.
After Altria left a wound on the Golden Lion's waist, the Golden Lion finally got angry: "Little devils, stop it!"
Golden Lion pointed one hand in the direction of Zhang Daye and the others, bent his fingers, and wanted to use Daft-Green, who had been chopped down earlier, to hit Ye Yan who was about to knock Indigo out.
But Altria blocked his view and stabbed him with a sword: "Your opponent is me."
The golden lion swung his sword to block in annoyance: "Get out of the way! This move is useless no matter how many times you use it!"
"Is that so?" The invisible wind on Altria's sword began to stir:
"The Wind King's Hammer!"
