Super Card System

Just like many who have faced Kizaru realize their speed is insufficient, Arest felt the same way when confronting Ian at this moment.

In his Super Saiyan state, Ian’s supersonic movement ability, although not as fast as Kizaru’s light-speed movement, was still so swift that Arest couldn’t even react.

No, perhaps he did react, but he couldn’t keep up with such speed. Therefore, Ian’s first slash wasn’t blocked by Arest at all and directly struck his shoulder.

The blade sliced into muscle, causing blood to spurt instantly. Arest’s pristine white robe was immediately stained with a large patch of red. However, since they were fighting in mid-air, the force of Ian’s downward slash sent Arest plummeting downward, so the strike didn’t sever Arest’s entire arm.

Even so, Arest, who had been struck, fell like a meteor, turning into a straight line from the air and crashing heavily onto the ground.

Immediately afterward, Ian extended his left hand, fingers spread, aiming at the spot where Arest had fallen.

With a light whooshing sound, a sphere of light shot out from Ian’s palm, heading straight toward Arest below.

“Damn it!” After landing, Arest hurriedly stopped the bleeding on his wounded shoulder. Since he could manipulate others’ blood, he could naturally control his own. The blood at the slashed area immediately coagulated, sealing the damaged wound.

But as he just looked up, he saw a bright sphere coming down directly at him from above!

Boom! The moment the light sphere hit the ground, it suddenly exploded. That tiny sphere unleashed a power no less than a large-scale bomb in an instant. A ball of fire rose, and the explosion’s shockwave swept across the entire area.

This was the Ki Blast from the Trunks card, releasing his own Nen after high-energy compression, resulting in a powerful attack.

This move was something Arest had never seen before. Countless fragments of stone, along with shockwaves, smashed onto Arest. Although he wasn’t directly hit by the Ki Blast, when he just got up, he found that Ian was relentlessly shooting these explosive light spheres from his palms one after another. Five or six light spheres were almost simultaneously descending, blocking all possible escape routes for Arest!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Continuous explosions followed one after another. Even those watching from not far away felt the ground trembling. Dust and smoke were blown toward them by the explosive airwaves, forcing them to raise their hands to shield themselves.

When the dust settled, everyone saw Arest within the explosion range, looking rather battered. His originally pristine white clerical robe was now riddled with holes.

However, he wasn’t too badly injured because a circle of red and black shields had protected him.

This was a shield Arest had created using another blood sphere, hardening the blood into plates, and then coating them with Armament Haki, resulting in top-notch defensive ability.

Arest raised his head, just about to look for Ian to counterattack. However, he suddenly found that Ian was no longer in mid-air. Instinctively sensing danger, he immediately placed the Blood Shield in front of himself.

The next moment, Ian appeared right in front of Arest, stabbing his sword toward Arest’s shield.

With a cracking sound, the blade enveloped in black flames pierced directly through Arest’s shield. The intense heat of the Flame of the Demon King instantly incinerated the Blood Shield before Arest, turning it into a plume of drifting black smoke. ṛÄＮ𝙤βÈș

Because the shield blocked the blow, Arest gained a bit of time. At the moment the shield shattered, his entire body suddenly turned bright red, and he burst forth with unprecedented speed, brushing past Ian.

At some point, he had once again condensed a blood dagger in his hand and slashed it toward Ian’s throat.

Ian raised a hand to block at his throat. The black blade of the dagger sliced against Ian’s equally black wrist, even producing a shower of sparks.

With his attack ineffective, the Blood Wings behind Arest suddenly transformed into countless black spikes, stabbing toward Ian from all directions like a porcupine.

“Blood Thorns!”

Facing this kind of attack, Ian could only cover his entire body with Armament Haki for defense. However, by doing so, the defensive strength naturally decreased significantly. As a result, Arest broke through his Haki defense, leaving countless bloody small wounds on his body.

Seeing that he had once again inflicted wounds on Ian, Arest felt a surge of joy. He spread his hand and activated his ability against Ian.

A strong feeling of dizziness came over Ian. His blood pressure instantly dropped significantly, and he staggered, about to collapse to the ground.

Arest was just about to pounce, but at that moment, a strong sense of danger surged. The seemingly about-to-faint Ian suddenly extended a hand and unleashed a Black Dragon Wave directly at him!

The rampant and surging immense heat, along with the ferociously flying Black Dragon Wave, rushed toward Arest, forcibly halting his movements and compelling him to hurriedly retreat.

At this moment, Arest’s entire body was bright red. This was caused by oxygenating his own blood. This ability was like injecting himself with a stimulant, making him stronger in a short time. Even his own speed had increased a notch. With this retreat, he managed to stay ahead of the Black Dragon Wave. Although the Black Dragon Wave opened its huge mouth trying to devour him, it just couldn’t catch up, being led around in all directions by Arest.

The fierce heat permeated the air. Even those watching from not far away felt as if their hair was about to be scorched. Instinctively, they hurriedly retreated a considerable distance.

When the Black Dragon Wave finally dissipated, everyone saw that the scene was a complete mess. The entire ground looked as if giant worms had crawled over it, with winding grooves everywhere. These were caused by the ground being scorched by the Black Dragon Wave. On this area of affected ground, there were also the Homies created by Big Mom. But under the rampage of the Black Dragon Wave, they didn’t even have time to utter a sound before they were turned into black charcoal. The surviving Homies shivered as they watched this scene…

As for Arest, he wasn’t doing well either. His clerical robe had been completely burned by the high temperature. Naked, his whole body emitted a charred smell. He had been the closest to the Black Dragon Wave earlier, and even with Armament Haki protecting him, his body hair had been completely scorched. If it weren’t for the fact that he was always bald, his head would now be covered with a pile of black dust.

Naked, Arest’s skin was bright red all over, and one could even see steaming vapor rising from his body. He was panting heavily, his hands and feet trembling. This was not only due to the effects of the Black Dragon Wave but also because of the burden brought by the high-oxygen blood in his body. Faster blood flow and higher oxygen content, while giving him stronger physical abilities, were also a kind of destruction to his body.

He gasped for breath, raised his head to look in Ian’s direction, only to find that Ian was once again standing intact in his original spot. The wounds that Arest’s Blood Thorns had inflicted on Ian earlier had disappeared again!

“Damn it! What kind of healing ability is that?” Arest cursed inwardly. His Blood-Blood Fruit ability was originally a formidable nemesis to most creatures. Plus, with the ability to manipulate blood, he could make people bleed incessantly. One could say that once the body had a wound, even Logia users might not be his match.

But when facing Ian, his ability was ineffective, which invisibly brought a huge impact on Arest’s battle.

When his Devil Fruit ability couldn’t exert overwhelming control over the opponent, it meant that Arest could only engage in a tough fight.

Only Ian understood what was up with his healing ability. In fact, he hadn’t even used the “Sōten Kisshun” from the Orihime Inoue card to heal himself. This super-strong healing ability actually came from the innate five-star red card he had recently obtained: Ulquiorra Cifer’s ability.

High-Speed Regeneration!

When a normal person is injured, even if the wound isn’t deep and the bleeding isn’t heavy, it would probably take more than a day from stopping the bleeding to the wound healing. But in the state of High-Speed Regeneration, the wounds Arest inflicted on Ian could return to normal in just a few seconds!

Especially since this High-Speed Regeneration in Ulquiorra’s card is a passive ability. After equipping this card, Ian also gains a passive recovery effect!

Even if Arest could control the coagulation effect of platelets in the blood, for Ian, this regeneration was at the cellular level, so no matter how Arest tried to stop it, it was useless.

If it were a normal person, upon discovering that their Devil Fruit ability was greatly reduced against the enemy, they would probably consider how to withdraw from the battle. But the problem is that Arest wasn’t a normal person. The stronger Ian appeared, the more fanatical Arest became in his desire to kill him!

“More! I need more!”

The blood Arest had previously absorbed had been consumed in his fight with Ian just now. Now, if Arest wanted to continue fighting, he had to have more fresh blood.

Clenching his teeth, Arest suddenly let out a wild roar. Then, in the next second, the wounds of those supplying him with blood suddenly burst open and expanded!

The bleeding from their wounds, which had originally been like thin threads, quickly turned into blood flows as thick as chopsticks, rapidly converging toward Arest.

This was getting out of hand. The human body has a threshold for blood loss. Once blood loss is severe, aftereffects immediately appear.@@novelbin@@

With a thud, a thin and small pirate from the Big Mom Pirates collapsed to the ground. He had already fainted due to excessive blood loss.

Not just him; several more people collapsed one after another. At this moment, everyone realized what was happening. In horror, they desperately tried to cover their wounds to prevent their blood from flowing out.

However, it was all in vain. They couldn’t cover their wounds with their hands. Blood still flowed out from between their fingers, continuously being lost. Unless they had medical treatment to instantly close the wounds, no one could stop their own bleeding at this moment.

More and more people collapsed to the ground, startling those nearby who were uninjured, leaving them at a loss.

At this moment, Vito of the Fire Tank Pirates also staggered, involuntarily grabbing a nearby companion for support.

“Vito, are you okay?!” the companion called out to him anxiously. Then he was surprised to find that on Vito’s calf, there was also a blood flow as thick as a chopstick. Only then did he realize that Vito had also been affected by Arest’s move at some point, but he hadn’t said anything earlier, gritting his teeth and holding on.

The companion quickly laid Vito down on the ground, pressing on his wound while calling for their boss, Capone Bege. A group of people hurriedly tended to Vito but didn’t notice that the bomb detonator in Vito’s trouser pocket had rolled out, ending up on the lawn not far away…

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