"Again!!!"
Nox, who was sent flying, did not retreat but advanced. As soon as he stabilized his body, he charged towards Kong, holding the Seven Star Sword, and engaged in combat with Kong again.
In the Sea, even Kong could not take down Nox in a short period of time.
As the fighting continued, in order to take down Nox as quickly as possible, Kong directly took some attacks with his body.
What followed was that the moment the Seven Star Sword wounded Kong, it would absorb his blood, helping Nox recover his stamina, and incidentally weakening Kong a bit.
At first, Kong didn't notice, and it wasn't until a lot of blood had been absorbed by Nox that he realized it.
However, by then it was too late, the absorbed blood could not return.
"Damn it, he can hold his breath even better than me!"
As the battle continued, Kong originally thought that Nox would need to resurface for air before him.
After all, when it comes to holding one's breath, unless it's a special situation, the person with the stronger physique can hold it longer.
Kong originally thought that Nox would be the first to be unable to bear it, as Nox was much more seriously injured than him.
But unexpectedly, after ten minutes of intense fighting, he himself was already red-faced from holding his breath.
But on the other hand, the opponent still looked relaxed and at ease, showing no signs of discomfort due to breathing problems.
Another five minutes passed, and Nox was covered in wounds from Kong's attacks.
He didn't know how many mouthfuls of blood he had spat out, but he was still like a cockroach, impossible to kill.
Although Kong had multiple sword wounds on his body, those sword wounds were very shallow, the deepest one being no more than one centimeter deep.
But at this moment, Kong felt that he could no longer stay in the Sea, otherwise he would be suffocated to death.
"Go!!!"
Seeing this, Kong gave up on continuing to attack Nox and instead rushed towards the surface of the sea.
"Hmph, you want to fight when you want, and not fight when you don't want to, who do you think I, Nox, am!"
During the battle with Kong, Nox was almost always in a passive position, being beaten.
Now that he finally waited until Kong couldn't hold his breath, how could he give up this opportunity?
As Kong rushed towards the surface, Nox also burst forward with speed, catching up to Kong.
"Sea Abyss · Sea Tornado!!"
Under the stirring of the Sea Abyss Sword Intent, it transformed into a Sea tornado, enveloping Kong and preventing him from continuing to rush upwards, even pressing Kong down towards the deep sea.
Seeing Nox's obstruction, Kong's face turned ugly. The Busoshoku Haki on his body erupted like a torrent, forcibly dispersing the surrounding Sea tornado.
"I don't believe your Busoshoku Haki is inexhaustible!"
Seeing Kong squandering Busoshoku Haki like this, it was impossible for Nox not to be envious.
His current total amount of Busoshoku Haki was not even one-tenth of Kong's!
The moment the Seven Star Sword was raised, under the surging Sea Abyss Sword Intent, it was as if the entire Sea Abyss descended, covering the entire sea area.
"Sea Abyss · Sea Abyss Descends Upon the Heavens!!"
As the Seven Star Sword struck down, the entire Sea Abyss crashed down.
Even this sea area could not bear the descent of the Sea Abyss. Instantly, the Sea churned, and the waves surged, as if the end of the world beneath the sea had arrived.
Kong knew that he could not continue to entangle with Nox at this moment, so he covered his entire body with Busoshoku Haki and forcefully took Nox's attack with his body.
"Chichichi!!!!"
Even Kong's powerful Busoshoku Haki and physique could not block this sword strike from Nox, a Grand Swordmaster.
The Seven Star Sword fell, directly creating a two-centimeter deep wound on Kong's body, from his left shoulder to his right abdomen.
The blood at the wound was completely swallowed, the muscle atrophied, and a dense Sea Abyss Sword Intent was left behind to hinder the body's recovery functions.
"Gurgle gurgle!!!"
Taking this sword strike head-on, even Kong felt immense pain, and the breath he had been holding in his mouth was exhaled.
However, at this moment, he no longer cared about his injuries or Nox, but used all his strength to rush towards the surface.
"What a pity, I can't drag it out any longer."
Looking at Kong rushing towards the surface, Nox reluctantly put away the Seven Star Sword and swam towards the depths of the sea.
His current injuries were much more severe than Kong's. The only reason he could hold on until now was his strong recovery ability, otherwise, he would have been defeated by Kong long ago.
If his defense was stronger, reaching the Admiral level, perhaps he could have defeated, or even killed, Kong in the Sea.
Unfortunately, "if" is just "if". The reality was that he was severely injured by Kong, and Kong reluctantly left due to insufficient ability to hold his breath.
"Whoosh!!!!"
After rushing to the surface, Kong took a deep breath of fresh air.
After a few seconds, Kong adjusted his state and re-entered the deep sea, trying to find Nox's whereabouts.
However, how could he find Nox's whereabouts? Nox had already left this sea area, and he couldn't find him.
Kong, not giving up, followed the direction of Nox's previous Pirate ship.
He used Moonwalk to chase for half a day, but did not see any sign of a Pirate ship.
In the end, even though Kong was unwilling, he could only give up.
What Kong didn't know was that when he emerged from the sea, a bird took a photo of him, and the clear sword marks were very obvious.
In addition, when Kong was fighting with Nox before, that bird also took a photo.
It's just that at that time, both Nox and Kong were focused on each other and didn't notice anything unusual about that bird.
After all, who could have imagined that the eyes of a bird were actually a camera?
Nox followed the direction of the life card and caught up with the Pirate ship.
He leaped out of the Sea and jumped onto the Pirate ship.
"Cough cough!!!"
However, the current Nox was severely injured. As soon as he arrived on the Pirate ship, he couldn't help but lie down. He really didn't have any extra strength to stand.
"Senior Brother, you're back!!!"
When Kano saw Nox return, he immediately called the other Senior apprentice brothers to carry Nox back to his bed, where Lesley, the pregnant ship doctor, treated him.
"Don't worry, with this injury, I'll be fine after a nap!"
Nox saw the worried looks on everyone's faces, forced a difficult smile, and then fell asleep directly.
Although the battle with Kong this time lasted for a long time, he was seriously injured.
Kong's top-level Busoshoku Haki was truly outrageous. Even if he blocked it with his sword,
The Haki emission could bypass the sword's obstruction and directly attack Nox's body from a distance.
Even with a long-range attack, the power was still very great for the current Nox.