The moment Bude was hit by the surge of power, he knew what it was, and he exclaimed in shock, "Conqueror's Haki!"
Unfortunately, it was too late. The instant he was hit head-on by the Conqueror's Haki, his strength faltered. Raiden Ei certainly wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass. Gripping the kusanagi with both hands, she brought it down heavily, 'Bang!' knocking Bude to the ground. The bull's head gained a deep, bone-visible gash, and blood immediately flowed from the wound spanning from his eye to his mouth.
It was then that the few vacuum slashes reached Raiden Ei. She swung the kusanagi in her hand, directly slicing the vacuum slashes in half, and turned to look in the direction of the attack.
Karen put Naoki down. He had only gone into the sea to retrieve Naoki, and the situation here had already devolved like this: "Uesugi, what's the situation?"
Uesugi had been circling around, ready to ambush White at any moment, hoping to help Bude kill her quickly. He seriously reported to Karen and Naoki, who was beside him.
"Captain Bude and that woman are fighting to a standstill, but that woman possesses the extremely rare Conqueror's Haki. We need to join forces to kill her."
Karen said, "It's the Conqueror's Haki that only one in millions possesses? Then we must strike and kill her here."
Uesugi looked at Naoki: "How is it? Can you still fight?"
Naoki currently had a deep, bone-visible wound on his body, and blood was still oozing from it. He replied while still panting heavily, "I can." The three of them had a brief exchange.
Raiden Ei looked at the three of them and Bude, who had gotten up from the ruins: "You guys really have tough lives, but next time I won't cut crookedly."
The previous Conqueror's Haki had directly knocked everyone on the nearby three-masted ship unconscious, except for Shidoga. Shidoga was also greatly alarmed and hurriedly checked on Saint Chesterton's condition: "Phew, good thing he only fainted, but this still counts as attacking a Celestial Dragon."
Shidoga quickly took out a den den mushi from his clothes. He had to notify the Marines immediately, otherwise, whether the fight below was won or lost, they would all be treated as Slaves.
The den den mushi is an animal in the world of the One Piece used for communication. It resembles a snail, has spots or stripes or is solid-colored, and has an earpiece or buttons on the top of its shell. It sleeps when not connected and wakes up when connected.
It emits a 'Boru Boru' sound. During a call, the den den mushi's mouth moves just like the speaker's mouth. Some den den mushi can even understand human speech. Its working principle is to convert human voices into the den den mushi's sound for long-distance transmission.
"Boru Boru." Soon, the den den mushi connected, and a rough man's voice came from its mouth: "Hello, who is it?"
Shidoga saw the call was connected and quickly said: "This is the location of His Highness Saint Chesterton, a Celestial Dragon. While patrolling the East Blue, Saint Chesterton encountered an attack by a powerful woman, and Saint Chesterton has now fallen into a coma. We request the support of an Admiral."
The voice from the den den mushi immediately rose by 8 octaves, and the entire den den mushi jumped in Shidoga's hand as he roared: "What! Someone attacked a Celestial Dragon! Where are you right now? I'll send people over for rescue immediately!"
Shidoga quickly said: "We are currently near the Thousand Shark Bay island in the East Blue. Please come to our aid as soon as possible. If anything happens to Saint Chesterton, the Marines will be held responsible."
"Kacha." The den den mushi's eyes closed.
After listening to Shidoga's account, the person on the other end of the den den mushi directly hung up, showing how urgent the situation was.
Marine Headquarters Marineford, Fleet Admiral's Office.
Kong cursed angrily while dialing another den den mushi: "Someone actually dared to attack a Celestial Dragon, and in the East Blue!"
"Boru Boru." Soon, Sengoku's voice came from the den den mushi: "Fleet Admiral, what can I do for you?"
Kong said: "Someone attacked a Celestial Dragon in the East Blue. Sengoku, you must go to the rescue immediately. Time is short. The location is Thousand Shark Bay island. Don't worry about anything else; hurry up and go!"
Sengoku replied, "Alright! I am still at Headquarters right now. By the time I get there, everything might be over. Garp is in the East Blue right now, Fleet Admiral. You could try contacting him."
Kong shouted angrily: "You know Garp's attitude towards the Celestial Dragons. If I send him, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until the Celestial Dragon is dead before he bothers to show up."
Sengoku reluctantly said he would hurry to the East Blue: "Fine! I'll rush over now." "Kacha."
Under the gloomy sky, on the dilapidated dream ship, Raiden Ei walked toward the few CP members, gripping the Kusanagi no Inabikari kusanagi. Her steps were steady, and her breathing was completely undisturbed, as if the previous battle had caused her no physical exertion whatsoever.
Bude reverted to his beast form, panting heavily, the wound on his face healing rapidly. He roared, "Moo!" and instantly recovered more than half of his imposing aura.
"Rankyaku Lightning." Karen kicked out quickly, sending a lightning-shaped vacuum slash flying rapidly toward Raiden Ei's location.
"Geppo." Uesugi stepped on the air and flew up into the sky.
Naoki stood up from the ground: "Life Return." His wound healed rapidly; in less than one or two breaths, the wound was completely restored. Aside from his torn clothes, one could hardly tell he had been injured.
Raiden Ei slightly leaned sideways, dodging the vacuum slash. She swung the kusanagi horizontally in her hand, instantly sending a massive slash toward the group. Her steps didn't stop as she charged rapidly toward them.
Bude, Naoki, and Karen, facing this slash head-on, all chose to evade.
Raiden Ei rushed directly in front of Naoki and swung the kusanagi held in both hands toward him again.
Naoki covered his hands with Armament Haki and roared, "Hah!" His heavy punch shot directly toward Raiden Ei, while the other three attacked her simultaneously upon seeing this.
"Bang!" The fist collided with the kusanagi, but in an instant, he was sent flying by the kusanagi held by Raiden Ei. Blood poured from Naoki's mouth, and his body flew uncontrollably toward the sea.
Raiden Ei only made one swing before having to leave her original spot, as the place where she had been standing was instantly covered by the attack. "Bang!" More than half of the ship was submerged in seawater.
Raiden Ei stood on the ship's railing to one side and thought: I can't let this continue, or I'll fall into the sea. I must do something.
Her feet rapidly stomped the ground in succession; her figure instantly crossed a distance of several meters.
Bude and the others were shocked. Wasn't this the "Soru" they used? How could she use it? Although she wasn't as proficient as they were, they still found it hard to believe that she could learn something just by watching a few times.
Raiden Ei didn't stop her steps, testing it back and forth a few times on the small ruin: "This isn't that hard either!"
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