Kong was not a Devil Fruit user, so even if he fell into the Sea, he would be fine. At most, he was just not used to fighting in the water.
"Life Return·Water Swimming Form!"
Seeing this, Nox immediately rushed into the Sea as well, and used Life Return to change his breathing form.
Over the years, he had constantly used Life Return to improve this Water Swimming Form, in order to integrate into the Sea like a Fishman and swim freely in the Sea.
Now, relying on this form, even if he went all out in the Sea, he could maintain it for three hours.
It could be said that this ability increased his Sea combat ability by more than just a little.
"Life Return·Limb Liberation!"
At the same time, Nox immediately lifted the Limit Enhanced State of his limbs, returning to the normal enhanced state.
He absolutely did not dare to use that Limit Enhanced State for too long, as the aftereffects were too severe.
The moment he entered the Sea, the Limitless Sword Intent on Nox's body dissipated, replaced by Sea Abyss Sword Intent.
In the Sea, Sea Abyss Sword Intent could receive the greatest enhancement.
Nox, who possessed Sea Abyss Sword Intent, was like a mermaid, able to control a portion of the Sea's water power to enhance his attacks.
"Nox!"
Seeing Nox rush over, Kong angrily stepped on Moonwalk in the Sea and charged up, determined to capture Nox!
"Sea Treading!!"
After entering the Sea, Kong's speed slowed down, but Nox's speed became faster. The increase and decrease offset Nox's weakness in speed.
The Sea Abyss Sword Intent was released, allowing Nox to hear the rhythm of this Sea and easily mobilize the power of the Sea water to enhance his sword.
"Sea Abyss·Water Dragon Roar!"
With a single sword strike, a five-hundred-meter long blue slash was like a swimming dragon roaring wildly, carrying the power of rolling waves and Sea waves to enhance the sword.
Kong, who was in the Sea, appeared so small in front of this swimming dragon.
"Bone Fist·Sea Star!"
No matter what sword move Nox used, Kong simply threw a punch. In front of top-level Busoshoku Haki externalization, any power appeared weak.
Now, any of Nox's slashes would be directly shattered in front of Kong's top-level Haki.
Nox knew the gap between him and Kong, so he was not surprised that his slash was shattered.
If he couldn't even do this much, Nox would have to question the power of Kong the Marine Admiral.
As the Water Dragon Roar was shattered by Kong, Kong's body was again forced to sink several hundred meters.
"He's forcing me to sink!"
After several consecutive identical results, even if Kong was stupid, he understood Nox's intention.
"Sea Treading!!!"
"Sea Abyss·Sea Tornado!!"
Nox did not give Kong time to catch his breath. With his extremely fast movement speed in the Sea as the core, the Sea Abyss Sword Intent on the Seven Star Sword erupted again.
The calm currents at the bottom of the Sea were instantly stirred up, forming a huge underwater water tornado.
He trapped Kong in the Sea tornado, constantly using the power of the currents to force Kong to sink downwards.
At this moment, Kong felt extremely frustrated. Nox was using the Grand Swordmaster's slashes and Sword Intent to constantly attack from a distance.
As a melee fighter, he was affected by the Sea in the Sea, his speed was not fast enough, and he could only be kited by Nox.
It could be said that Nox's fighting style was truly disgusting to him.
This was completely different from Rocks' head-on combat, leaving him with strength but nowhere to use it!
The most important thing was that he could only hold his breath for an hour when he sank to the bottom of the Sea, and this was under the condition that he did not engage in strenuous exercise.
In a situation like this, he might not even be able to last for fifteen minutes!
"Indeed, my Kenbunshoku Haki Mind Reading is useless against those much stronger than me."
"The opponent's will is too firm, my Kenbunshoku Haki cannot read what he is thinking."
While fighting Kong, Nox had been trying to use Mind Reading, but he had never succeeded.
Back then, when he fought Golden Lion, who was stronger than him, he could occasionally read Golden Lion's thoughts during battle.
But now facing Kong, Mind Reading had failed.
This showed that his Kenbunshoku Haki Mind Reading was not without limitations.
As Nox and Kong continued to fight in the Sea, Kong had been pushed down to a depth of a thousand meters at the bottom of the Sea by Nox.
Just when Nox thought he could continue, Kong suddenly erupted with powerful strength.
Kong applied the externalized Busoshoku Haki power to his legs, using Busoshoku Haki as propulsion, causing his speed in the Sea to suddenly increase greatly.
Kong originally did not want to use this technique, as using it meant that Busoshoku Haki would be quickly consumed.
If facing an enemy of the same level, using this method would definitely predetermine the position of the loser.
But at this moment, his enemy was Nox, so it didn't matter.
Furthermore, Kong was not rushing towards the Sea surface to breathe, but directly charging towards Nox!
Facing Kong's attack, Nox directly rushed into the deeper Sea area, and Kong also chased relentlessly, rushing down as well.
He was very confident that as long as he could get close to Nox, he could capture Nox in a short time!
When they reached a depth of two thousand meters at the bottom of the Sea, Nox was caught up by Kong!
"Hmph, afraid of you, am I!"
In this Sea area, Nox also had the confidence to clash with Kong.
Sea Abyss Sword Intent condensed a large amount of Sea water, using the pressure of the Sea to compress the Sea water into a huge Sea dragon shape five hundred meters long.
"Sea Abyss·Sea Dragon Roar!!"
As the Seven Star Sword was swung, the water dragon condensed from compressed Sea water was like a real Sea dragon.
It opened its dragon mouth and roared as it charged towards Kong, wanting to bite him in one gulp, swallow him into its belly, and hide in the Sea.
"Bone Fist·Impact!!"
Kong still threw a punch. The vast Busoshoku Haki was externalized, like a shockwave, shattering the entire Sea dragon.
At the same time, Kong surged forward again, approaching Nox, and punched towards Nox's face.
"Clang!!!"
After covering the Seven Star Sword with Busoshoku Haki, Nox used his sword to block Kong's fist.
"Rumble!!!"
However, under the powerful Busoshoku Haki impact from Kong, Nox was sent flying several hundred meters away.
Even though Kong's fist did not land on Nox's body, the impact force of the externalized Busoshoku Haki still caused Nox pain, his internal organs churned, and a mouthful of fresh blood was spat out.
This was Nox's weakness. His Busoshoku Haki was too weak, his physique was too weak, he had Admiral-level attack power, but he couldn't block Admiral-level attack power.
Even so, Nox was still not afraid. Under the operation of the [Sword God Body Tempering Art], he quickly suppressed his injuries and then slowly recovered.