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Chapter 279: Simple Domain, The Failure of Future Sight
The battlefield on the deserted island was filled with smoke.
The once noisy coastline was now deathly silent. Everyone's eyes were wide open, staring fixedly at the deep pit shrouded in dust.
Just a moment ago.
The core officer of the Red Hair Pirates, known as the Number One Sniper, Yasopp... was actually sent flying by a punch from a Marine Vice Admiral!
This was simply insane!
"Cough... cough, cough..."
From within the deep pit came a burst of violent coughing. A hand covered in blood suddenly gripped the edge of the hole.
Then, Yasopp's somewhat swaying figure slowly crawled out.
His appearance was extremely wretched. That iconic star-patterned cape had been completely shattered by that punch, revealing his lean upper body. On his chest, a pitch-black fist imprint was clearly visible. The surrounding skin presented a strange purple-black color, as if it were still being corroded by something invisible.
"Pah!"
Yasopp turned his head and spat out a mouthful of bruised blood mixed with visceral fragments. He raised his hand and wiped his thumb heavily across the corner of his mouth.
Those eyes, which usually always held a lazy smile...
At this moment, they were colder than ever before. There was even a heart-palpitating red glow!
"I was careless..."
Yasopp murmured in a low voice. Although his voice was hoarse, it didn't hold much fear. Mostly, it was a chill born from being thoroughly enraged!
"I didn't expect..."
"That a monster like you would appear in the Marines."
"That black energy..."
"It's not Haki at all, is it?"
Yasopp raised his head, his gaze sharp as a falcon, locking dead onto Doberman in the distance.
"Hehehe..."
Doberman stood on a towering reef, looking down at Yasopp from above. The pitch-black Cursed Energy on his body surged and bubbled like boiling tar.
That scar-ridden face wore a twisted and fanatical smile.
"Only realizing it now?"
"Pirate."
"The truth of this world has long since changed!"
"Haki?"
"That kind of outdated thing is nothing but a joke in the face of a true 'Curse'!"
Boom!
Before his voice fell, Doberman's figure disappeared again!
It was still that straight-line sprint fast to the extreme! No fancy techniques! Pure power! Pure speed!
And... that pure malice capable of swallowing everything!
"Outdated?"
The corner of Yasopp's mouth slowly hooked into a sarcastic arc.
He slowly raised the long gun in his hand which had developed cracks. He even closed his eyes.
"Don't be too arrogant, Marine."
"Even if it's a new power..."
"You're just a fledgling who just entered the door!"
Vwoom—!
An invisible fluctuation suddenly spread out towards the surroundings with Yasopp as the center!
It wasn't the pressure of Conqueror's Haki! It was a terrifying perception capable of interfering with reality, born from cultivating Observation Haki to the extreme!
Top-Tier Observation Haki! Future Sight!
In Yasopp's sensory world, Doberman, who was originally as fast as lightning, now seemed to have his movements pressed on the slow-motion button.
Every twitch of a muscle. Every flow of Cursed Energy. Even the frantic killing intent in those eyes. All clearly visible!
"I see it."
Yasopp pulled the trigger violently!
Bang!
The muzzle spewed a dazzling tongue of fire!
This shot was not aimed at Doberman's body. Instead, it was fired at an empty spot to Doberman's side!
However, in the next second, a shocking scene occurred!
Doberman, who was sprinting at high speed, seemed to actively crash into it. That position was exactly where his next footfall would be!
Clang!
The bullet, wrapped in top-tier Ryuo Haki, slammed precisely onto Doberman's temple!
This time, even with Cursed Energy protecting his body, Doberman's body staggered violently! The rhythm of his sprint was instantly broken!
"Not finished yet!"
Yasopp's eyes snapped open! Those red pupils seemed to reflect images of the future!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three consecutive shots! Each shot seemed like prophecy!
The first shot sealed off Doberman's retreat! The second shot interrupted Doberman's right hand gathering Cursed Energy! The third shot went straight for Doberman's heart!
Fast! Accurate! Ruthless!
This was the true strength of the World's Number One Sniper!
"Is this..."
"The depth of a Four Emperors' Officer?!"
The onlookers boiled over instantly!
"Too strong!"
"This is Future Sight!"
"No matter how weird that Marine Vice Admiral's power is, it's useless if he can't hit!"
"Pop Yasopp! Finish him!"
The situation seemed to reverse in an instant! Facing Yasopp's cheat-like predictive attacks, Doberman, who was insufferably arrogant just a moment ago, was now beaten into retreat!
His Justice coat had been shot into a sieve! That layer of pitch-black Cursed Energy armor was also crumbling under the continuous bombardment of Armament Haki!
"Damn it..."
"These damned eyes..."
Doberman dodged in a wretched manner, avoiding a fatal bullet that grazed his neck. His face was so gloomy it could drip water.
He could feel it. Every one of his movements had been seen through by the opponent! This feeling was like playing chess with a bastard who spoiled the plot!
Suffocating! Extreme suffocation!
"What's wrong?"
"Weren't you barking happily just now?"
Yasopp calmly changed magazines while pressing forward step by step with elegant strides.
"That brute strength of yours is indeed strong."
"If you hit me once, I'd probably be half-crippled."
"But..."
Yasopp raised his muzzle, pointing at Doberman's brow. His eyes were full of mockery.
"As long as you don't hit."
"You're just a barbarian who only knows how to swing his fists wildly!"
Won?
This thought popped up in everyone's mind. No matter how weird that black power was, in front of absolute combat experience and Haki cultivation, it was ultimately too green!
However, just then...
Doberman, who had been in a passive state of taking hits, suddenly stopped.
He lowered his head. His shoulders began to shrug violently.
"Hehe..."
"Hehehehe..."
A burst of low, hoarse laughter, even carrying a trace of madness, squeezed out from the depths of his throat.
"Barbarian?"
"Only know how to swing fists wildly?"
Doberman slowly raised his head. In those eyes that were originally filled with rage, there was now an abnormal calmness.
Calm enough... to make one's blood run cold!
"Pirate."
"Do you really think..."
"The power that the 'Dungeon' gave me is only at this level?"
Yasopp's heart jumped violently! An unprecedented sense of crisis exploded instantly! That was the intuition he had honed on the edge of life and death countless times!
Run! Immediately open up distance!
Yasopp didn't hesitate in the slightest. He stomped his foot, and his whole body retreated backward like a teleportation!
But... it was too late!
"Observation Haki is strong, right?"
"Future Sight is amazing, right?"
Doberman slowly extended both hands, forming a strange hand seal in front of his chest.
It was a gesture that had never appeared in this world before!
A terrifying malice, more than ten times thicker than before, instantly exploded from his body! It wasn't a mindless release like before! But... a construction!
"Since your eyes can see the future..."
"Then this old man..."
"Will gouge your 'eyes' out!"
Doberman's mouth grinned to his ears, revealing ghastly white teeth. Like the whisper of an evil spirit!
"Simple Domain: Dark Curtain Sky Veil!"
Vwoom—!!!
The originally sunny sky instantly went dark!
No! It wasn't that the sky turned dark!
It was that within a radius of a hundred meters centered on Doberman, a barrier as black as ink suddenly rose up! It was like a giant black iron pot instantly slamming down!
It completely enveloped both Yasopp and Doberman within it!
"What is this?!"
"Why did the sky go dark?!"
"Is this a Devil Fruit Awakening?!"
The audience outside exploded instantly! They couldn't see what was happening inside at all! That layer of black "Curtain" cut off all sight and sound!
And inside the "Curtain"...
Yasopp's expression finally changed! It turned pale!
"My Observation Haki..."
"Failed?!"
In this pitch-black space, his proud "Future Sight" was actually like a radar that had its power cut!
Pitch black!
Not only that! This black air was filled with that viscous malice. They were like countless tiny bugs, frantically drilling into his pores! Interfering with his five senses! Disturbing his mind!
In this domain of absolute darkness...
He... had become blind!
"In this domain."
"There is no light."
"There is no sound."
"And there is no so-called 'future'."
Doberman's voice seemed to sound from all directions simultaneously. Carrying the cruelty of a cat toying with a mouse.
"Here."
"There is only pure malice!"
"And..."
"My Justice!"
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