The goat magical beast was undoubtedly strong. Its pure defense was like a solid fortress before human Nen Users.
If not for Nobunaga's 'Domain' being suited to counter the goat magical beast's short, explosive bursts, even with Uvogin's cooperation, they'd have been done for long ago.
Slash!
Once again repelled by a slash, the goat magical beast looked gloomily at the white mark on its chest.
'Not a coincidence!'
From the start of the battle until now, the goat magical beast had launched over fifty attacks, none failing, and was cut by Nobunaga breaking through its defense four times total. These four slashes all landed on the same spot.
The goat magical beast had been alert from the beginning, but precisely because of that big oaf human's assistance, its attacks kept being ineffective, always forced into openings.
If not for this, it would have killed that blade-using human long ago, not been hit four times.
'Even if I let you slash ten more times, so what?'
The goat magical beast inwardly sneered, then its sickle-like legs suddenly exerted force, its figure shooting forward towards Nobunaga.
'Here he comes.'
Nobunaga's brows furrowed with intense killing intent. His right hand gripping the hilt slightly tightened. There was no thought of defense in his mind.
What he could do was trust the defensive line Uvogin constructed, then find the only slashing trajectory, ensuring he wouldn't injure Uvogin while passing his long blade through gaps in Uvogin's body, then slash the goat magical beast's chest!
To do this was obviously not easy.
The goat magical beast closed in, suddenly twisted mid-air, using waist-twisting force to drive its sickle leg down at Nobunaga.
At that moment, Uvogin, within Nobunaga's Domain range, moved sideways, his strong arms crossed, blocking the goat magical beast's descending leg.
Boom!
Sharp energy splattered, sweeping away all accumulated dust on the ground.
Behind, Nobunaga's hair and clothes were blown by the fierce wind, but his eyes and right hand gripping the hilt remained unmoved.
Suddenly, a gleam flashed in his calm eyes, like stars in the dark night suddenly shining brightly, directly guiding Nobunaga's right hand. Immediately, the long blade unsheathed.
The Aura Blade passed narrowly through Uvogin's body, directly slashing the white mark on the goat magical beast's chest.
This slash still only added a trace to the white mark, not even drawing blood, but the force attached to the slash sent the goat magical beast flying.
'Fifth time.'
Nobunaga quickly retracted his long blade, coldly watching the flying goat magical beast.
The goat magical beast steadied itself, feeling the white mark on its chest with a cold expression, then said in awkward common tongue, "With damage like yours that can only crush ants, trying to hurt me? Dream on!"
Hearing the goat magical beast's words, Nobunaga and Uvogin remained unmoved, still adopting stances, waiting for the goat magical beast to attack.
Seeing this, the goat magical beast felt a flicker of anger rise in its heart. Kicking off with its feet, it attacked again.
Seconds later, the goat magical beast was slashed flying again.
"Useless!"
The goat magical beast roared, charging again, attempting to break Nobunaga and Uvogin's defensive line.
However, it was slashed flying once more.
At this time, Law arrived at the battle circle's edge.
His arrival immediately drew the attention of Uvogin, Nobunaga, and the goat magical beast.
"Huh?"
Seeing Law, the goat magical beast suddenly startled, subconsciously looking towards Ancient Claw's direction. Seeing Ancient Claw's horrific state of death, its face drastically changed.
"Law, don't interfere."
Nobunaga and Uvogin said almost simultaneously.
"Alright."
Law first glanced at Biscuit's battle situation, then straightforwardly agreed, standing with Kuro outside the battle circle.
The goat magical beast felt belittled. With mixed feelings, its gaze towards Uvogin and Nobunaga filled with icy killing intent.
Then, it moved again.
Under Law's watch, the goat magical beast was slashed again by Nobunaga, flying back. The white mark on its chest only deepened slightly.
'Such fighting style is like walking a tightrope.'
Law intently watched the situation within the battle circle.
Nobunaga focused on offense, while Uvogin on defense.
The former entrusted all defensive tasks to Uvogin, while Uvogin absolutely trusted Nobunaga's offense.
If Uvogin made a single oversight, he might not be seriously injured or die immediately, but Nobunaga, with no defensive posture, would definitely die instantly.
If Nobunaga's slashing trajectory deviated even slightly, he would injure Uvogin, causing Uvogin to face enemies on both sides, plunging into an extremely dangerous situation.
For both of them, this was a battle where no mistakes could occur.
Whether Nobunaga's precise slashes or Uvogin's excellent switching between Ryu and Ko surprised Law.
Law, who always looked ahead on his journey, now realized Uvogin and Nobunaga's strength had reached such a level.
Within the battle circle, both sides' fight was deadlocked.
"I told you, useless, useless!"
The goat magical beast's roars continuously echoed, while Nobunaga persistently kept slashing.
"My blade indeed isn't as sharp as Law's, but so what? If ten slashes don't work, then twenty. If twenty aren't enough, then fifty. Even a hundred… I can do it for you."
Nobunaga's eyes shone brightly, his whole body releasing a sharp Aura. He said gravely, "Wait, beast... I'll let you see your own organs flow out from your body!"
An Aura Blade flashed briefly.
The goat magical beast's roar abruptly stopped, slashed flying.
Up to now, the white mark on its chest had been hit ten times.
Outside the circle, Law silently observed.
Nobunaga's slash accuracy was terrifyingly high, but in terms of sharpness, it wasn't on the same level as Law's.
This battle entirely depended on whose stamina was stronger, but regarding error tolerance, clearly Nobunaga and Uvogin bore mountain-like pressure.
As the battle continued, Biscuit and Stargie dealt with their magical beast, came to Law's side, puzzled looking at the situation inside.
"Why aren't you helping?" Biscuit asked.
"Nobunaga said not to interfere," Law replied.
"What time is this for such willfulness?!" Biscuit widened her eyes. This wasn't a contest but a life-and-death battle.
"They can handle it." Law said calmly.
Hearing this, Biscuit continued watching the battle inside, quickly seeing the intricacies, then subconsciously looked at the cool-faced Stargie beside her.
Indeed, in battles with magical beasts, for humans to win, the obstacle to overcome was breaking the magical beast's defense… precisely the hardest part.
With Nobunaga's concentrated slash at one point, it only left a white mark on the magical beast. If it landed on a human Nen User without using Ko for defense, it would definitely cut a deep wound, possibly even a fatal slash.
But that goat magical beast fought using Ken from start to finish, yet in that state, could block Nobunaga's slashes.
'Those who can break a magical beast's defense, besides Law, are Stargie...'
Biscuit glanced at Stargie's profile. The reason they successfully dealt with their opponent magical beast was mostly thanks to Stargie's offense.
Perhaps Stargie's combat power might even be stronger than Ging's...
Speaking of which, Nobunaga and Uvogin's fighting method was too reckless. A single mistake could collapse everything.
"Is this necessary?"
Biscuit asked gravely.
If the three of them assisted, they could easily eliminate the goat magical beast. Letting Nobunaga and Uvogin continue like this might cause casualties.
"Yes, this is fine."
"Aren't you afraid of accidents?"
"I am."
"Since that's the case, you shouldn't stand here… you should do something."
Law turned to look at the serious Biscuit and said, "Of course I want to do something. But the problem is, if we intervene, Nobunaga and Uvogin will be very unhappy. Moreover, I believe in them."
Hearing this, Biscuit sighed deeply, rubbed her forehead, and stopped dissuading.
Stargie glanced at the two, then continued watching the battle inside.
The three of them being present, though not acting, still brought immense pressure to the goat magical beast.
"How could this be...!"
The goat magical beast couldn't understand why their side lost so completely.
'Had humans really grown this powerful?'
It couldn't comprehend.
But it knew what to do now.
That was, taking advantage of the humans' carelessness, first kill these two troublesome humans.
At the very least, in the battle so far, it felt no threat at all, instead always feeling it was about to kill those two humans.
Only hateful that it was always one step short.
But no matter, it would succeed… right before those three arrogant humans, kill that blade-user human and that big oaf human!
The goat magical beast wanted to kill Nobunaga and Uvogin, not knowing Nobunaga and Uvogin also regarded it as a whetstone.
Crossing here was the real beginning.
As members of the team, they wanted to do what could be done.