Chapter 1354: Battle of the Sabaody Archipelago (5)

However, what is puzzling is that such a once powerful and majestic pirate group suddenly disappeared, as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth.

Many of its crew members set up their own camps and created their own empires.

As for the exact reason, even Kizaru, the admiral of the navy, knows very little about it.

All signs indicate that there seems to be a mysterious force manipulating everything behind the scenes and deliberately concealing certain key information.

This makes the whole incident even more confusing and full of endless mysteries.

Kizaru's face, which always wore a faint smile, now lost that iconic expression. His eyes were fixed on the woman in front of him, and there was a hint of surprise and solemnity in his eyes that was hard to conceal.

Kizaru was seen floating in the air as light as a swallow, holding the extremely sharp Ame Kusuramochiri sword tightly in his right hand, the blade flashing with a chilling light.

He said to Xia Qi in a slightly threatening tone: "Madam, are you really determined to stop my actions?"

Xia Qi, who was standing on the ground, seemed unusually calm. She raised her head slightly, met Kizaru's gaze fearlessly, and responded firmly: "As long as you are willing to let the Straw Hat Pirates go and let them leave here safely, then I will naturally choose to give in."

Hearing this, Kizaru couldn't help but sneer, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a hint of contempt.

Then, he was heard to murmur softly: "Haha, in that case, let me learn from your great skills, senior!"

Before he finished his words, Kizaru's figure disappeared without a trace in an instant like a ghost.

In just a blink of an eye, Kizaru appeared in front of Xia Qi at astonishing speed.

The sword in his hand, Ama-Kurokumo-kiri, was filled with sharp sword energy and chopped down fiercely from top to bottom.

This sudden and fierce attack caught Xia Qi off guard, but the combat experience she had accumulated over the years allowed her to react quickly.

Xia Qi dodged to the side swiftly, and at the same time, she raised her feet without hesitation and covered them with a layer of hard armed color domineering.

Then, she exerted force suddenly, and her legs kicked towards Kizaru as hard as a storm.

For a moment, her legs were seen crossing and flying in the air, creating gusts of strong wind, and launching round after round of fierce attacks on Kizaru.

Ding ding ding! With a series of crisp and sharp collision sounds resounding through the sky, Xia Qi's feet wrapped in armed color domineering collided fiercely with the lightsaber in Huang Yuan's hand again and again.

Unexpectedly, when the two collided, there was a deafening roar and sparks flew, like the sound of metal hitting each other.

Kizaru retreated rapidly and in the blink of an eye he was already in the air.

His eyes were fixed on Xia Qi, who had a serious expression on her face, and he was secretly pondering the information he had gained from the brief and intense fight just now.

After just one encounter, Kizaru had already figured out his opponent's fighting style.

"It's actually the physical skills of the Nine Snake Island. It seems that you are undoubtedly from the Nine Snake Island!"

Kizaru raised the corner of his mouth slightly and spoke slowly.

However, what responded to him was Xia Qi's angry shout: "What nonsense!"

Xia Qi's legs suddenly bent downwards, like a spring compressed to the extreme, and then her whole body soared into the sky.

The leap was actually tens of meters high and as fast as lightning.

In the air, Xia Qi's legs turned into phantoms and kicked towards Kizaru like a storm.

Faced with such a fierce attack, Kizaru did not dare to be careless at all and immediately stopped holding back his strength.

The long sword in his hand flashed with cold light and instantly slashed down towards Xia Qi.

In an instant, the sword and the leg collided, making a deafening sound.

An extremely powerful force was transmitted along the sword. Xia Qi felt her legs go numb and her body was involuntarily knocked backwards by the huge force.

She forced herself to steady herself in the air, then landed heavily on the ground.

Due to the great impact when landing, a deep pit was smashed into the ground under Xia Qi's feet.

At this time, Xia Qi's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, but her eyes were still firm and full of fighting spirit.

"As expected of the admiral of the Navy Headquarters, his strength should not be underestimated!"

Xia Qi gritted her teeth, her face looked so ugly that it seemed as if water could drip out of it.

Kizaru slowly floated down from the air, holding a long sword with the tip of the sword pointing directly at Xia Qi, with a confident smile on his face.

"If this is all you have, you won't be able to escape today!"

Hearing Kizaru's provocative words, Xia Qi's anger grew even more intense.

"Asshole, don't underestimate me! This is just the beginning!"

With a delicate cry, Xia Qi exerted force again, and kicked her legs violently as if they were equipped with powerful thrusters, raising a cloud of dust, and rushed towards Kizaru at lightning speed.

At this moment, Kizaru slowly raised a finger with an expressionless face.

In an instant, a dazzling wave of light shot out from his fingertips like lightning.

This sudden change caught Xia Qi, who was charging at full speed, completely off guard.

She widened her eyes and groaned inwardly, she had never expected that Kizaru would use such a fierce killing move.

There was a crisp "whoosh" sound, and the light shot straight towards Xia Qi at an astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, it hit her shoulder accurately.

Because the incident happened suddenly and she was caught off guard, Xia Qi had no time to make any effective defensive moves, and her shoulder was instantly pierced by the powerful light.

Xia Qi, who had suffered severe injuries, was shaken violently, and her originally unstoppable charge came to an abrupt halt.

At the same time, strands of bright red blood gushed out from the wound like a spring, staining her clothes red.

Xia Qi gritted her teeth, endured the severe pain and uttered a low groan. She quickly covered her injured shoulder with her hand, her eyes full of vigilance and anger, staring at Kizaru not far away.

On the other side, Luffy, who was fighting fiercely with a pacifist, was suddenly startled when he heard Sha Qi's groan.

He turned his head quickly and when he saw Xia Qi injured and bleeding, he could not help but get furious and yelled at the top of his voice: "Senior!"

However, before he could take any action, several deadly rays of light shot out from behind like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.

Faced with this critical situation of being attacked from both sides, Luffy knew that he must not be distracted at this moment. He had to temporarily put aside his worries about Xia Qi and concentrate all his energy on dealing with the group of tough enemies in front of him.