The aftermath spreads.
The whirlpool-like earth has returned to calm, and there is deathly silence inside. The ground in the entire area is full of bright red color, mixed with forest-white bone fragments.
In the center of this area, Rhodes was standing there, maintaining a fist-waving posture. Opposite him was Vice Admiral Dalmecia, also maintaining a fist-waving posture.
The fists of the two men were touching each other, trembling constantly, and they were obviously competing.
finally.
Rhodes shook his body and took two steps back, while Dalmesia also stepped back. The arms of both parties shook slightly, and it was unclear who had the upper hand in this attack.
Dalmecia came with anger. This attack almost tried his best to interrupt Ross's massacre, but in the end, it only managed to interrupt Ross's vortex strangulation, and could not gain any upper hand, which made him a little surprised. .
"Lieutenant General Dalmecia!"
Rohan and Xi Ze, who survived, looked at Dalmecia, who had exchanged moves with Ross and blocked Ross's ability. They were relieved in their hearts, and they felt like they were surviving after a disaster.
Dalmecia stared at Ross coldly and signaled Rohan and Xi Ze to step back. Rohan and Xi Ze looked at each other and quickly stepped aside to deal with their respective injuries.
"Lieutenant General..."
Rhodes took two steps back and looked calmly at Dalmecia in front of him, glancing at the opponent's epaulettes, which were high-level epaulettes representing Vice Admirals.
From being famous all over the world in a small area in the West Sea to finally being able to face the Vice Admiral directly, although it took him nearly two years, he did it step by step through his own efforts, rather than under the halo like Straw Hat Luffy. All kinds of cheating.
Dalmecia glanced around, and everywhere he looked, there were shocking scenes. Even though he had hunted down countless pirates and seen many villages massacred by pirates, he could not remain calm when he saw the scene in front of him.
"Sure enough, being defined as the most ferocious and dangerous pirate by this department is not unreasonable. Such cruel methods... I will never let you go to the sea to act recklessly again!"
Dalmecia's heart was burning with anger, and he stared at Ross coldly.
After listening to Dalmecia's words, Rhodes felt no fluctuation in his heart. Anyone who dared to deal with him would be regarded as an enemy by him, and he would not have the slightest bit of so-called kindness towards his enemies.
"It's always been your navy that got me to where I am now, isn't it?"
Ross looked at Dalmecia calmly.
Hearing these words, Dalmecia's face instantly became a little gloomy. As a vice admiral, he has the power to access many inside stories. Regarding the truth of the Rhodes incident, when he received the order to deal with Rhodes, He already understood it clearly.
He actually didn't think that Dauberman's choice and judgment were wrong, but no one could have imagined that an ordinary pirate hunter from the West Sea could break out of the Navy branch, grow at an almost unbelievable speed, and become a leader of the Navy. The existence of more and more headaches.
"It's useless to talk more, just let's arrest him without mercy!"
Dalmecia didn't want to think too much about this matter. After he spoke coldly to Ross, he stepped forward and rushed towards Ross.
As a master of physical skills and domineering, he can cross several streets in a few seconds from a very distance, rush into the battlefield, stop Ross's vortex strangulation, and save two major generals Rohan and Xi Ze, Dalmecia's Speed is of course no small matter.
Whoosh!
Almost instantly, he crossed the five steps distance between him and Ross, and punched Ross in the face.
Ross's heart is always at peace. In a calm state, the Observation and Color Haki is naturally in the best state to activate. Even though Dalmecia is much faster than him, with the perception of the Observation and Color Haki, he can Still reacted.
boom!
This was the second confrontation between Rhodes and Dalmecia. Dalmesia attacked at full speed, while Rhodes counterattacked with a backhand and faced off head-on.
The fists of the two collided together. Dalmecia's domineering power could not be used to its limit. Ross's twisting power could only be mobilized to a certain extent. After the confrontation, they were evenly matched.
but.
This time Rhodes did not let Dalmecia take the initiative. Instead, at the end of the fight, he fully activated the power of distortion and quickly swung his fists towards Dalmecia.
Dalmecia snorted coldly, without any fear, her arms were filled with jet-black armed domineering energy, and she faced Ross head-on.
boom! boom! boom!
During the fight, Rhodes gradually recovered from his over-explosive state and began to unleash his twisted power. After more than a dozen punches, Dalmesia's armed domineering power was clearly at a disadvantage, and he was finally shocked. Back away.
Dalmecia's domineering power and strength are even higher than those of the Ghost Spider, but since he is not a swordsman, his attack power is not much stronger than the Ghost Spider's.
In comparison.
Ross' current strength is much stronger than when he fought against the Ghost Spider. Even if he was attacked by Dalmecia and responded hastily, he could still defeat Dalmecia head-on after gaining a firm foothold!
Dalmecia, who was knocked back by Ross, felt a slight numbness in her arm. Her expression changed involuntarily, and she looked at Ross with a somewhat solemn look.
"Twisted fruit? I didn't expect you to develop this fruit to this extent."
He had seen the power of the distortion fruit once before. When he was still a colonel, a pirate he had killed was the user of this fruit's ability. At that time, this fruit caused him a lot of trouble, but It's just a bother.
Now that many years have passed, his strength has become dozens of times stronger than before. But after this fruit reappeared and fell into Ross's hands, the power it exerted was far beyond what the pirate he had encountered could compare to. !
"It seems like you have seen the power of this fruit."
Ross responded calmly, without much unexpected emotion in his heart.
Devil Fruit will reappear somewhere in the world within a few years after the death of the person with the ability. It is normal that he is not the first user of the Twisted Fruit.
"That's right, that guy is much weaker than you... It's really difficult for you to develop such a weak fruit to this extent." Dalmecia said indifferently.
"No."
Ross said calmly, "You are wrong. There is no such thing as a weak fruit. Any devil fruit has its effect."
Of course, being able to develop the power of the twisted fruit to this level is inseparable from his own hard work and careful study.
Whoosh!
The moment the words fell, Ross suddenly rushed towards Dalmecia and launched a counterattack.
Even though Dalmecia is faster than him, with the domineering power of seeing and hearing, he can catch the opponent's movements in advance, and even if his speed is slower, he can still keep up!
"Twisted Fist!"
Ross clenched his fingers and punched suddenly.
Dalmecia looked at Rhodes coldly. Even though the power of Rhodes' punch was extraordinary and more powerful than what he had shown before, he still showed no fear.
"Devil Fruit... you are not the only one who has it."