After Saturn finished speaking, Sage's footsteps heavily impacted the ground, and after a fissure appeared, his afterimage flew right in front of Saturn, his fist sparking with black thunder as he slammed it down.
"Galaxy Strike!"
Bam!!
The fist, coiling with black thunder, punched a hole through Saturn's head; the ensuing Haki shock smashed down, reducing the remaining head and chest into a ruin, and the immense force sent the massive body flying backward.
Rumble!
Saturn crashed into the buildings behind, the gigantic figure like a falling boulder, crushing the structures into a unified ruin, plowing a path through the skyline.
"Huh? That weak?" Renedia couldn't help but express doubt as she watched.
That terrifying creature with a spider's lower body and a horned head was just punched away like that.
"It's because Sage is too strong."
Lily calmly said, "With a forty-fold amplification, according to Sage's own classification of the Four Emperors, he's already the most standard of the Four Emperors."
Under the full-form forty-fold boost, the power of the attack is obviously incomparable to the norm.
After all, besides Haki, the strength of one's physique is obviously important.
So far, there hasn't been anyone with strong Haki but insufficient power; whether swordsman or body technique expert, a growth in willpower naturally accompanies an enhancement in physique. Though Haki is the power of will, it's still called Armament Haki, relying on external strength.
Sage's power is not low, in this current state, he can defeat Big Mom!
With a punch, Sage's legs created rings of smoke in the air, using Moon Step to bounce upward, then kicked out, unleashing a slash that dispersed a mass of venom that appeared upfront, splattering onto the ground and emitting corrosive toxic smoke.
He stared at the smoke at the end of the ruined passageway, raising an eyebrow, "This?"
The smoke cleared, revealing Saturn in his spider form, his blasted-off head still emitting black aura, regenerating from nothing, restoring as if new.
The mass of venom was what he had just spouted.
"Worthy of the Four Emperors, your strength is indeed formidable."
Saturn remained in the stance of leaning on his staff, his six spider legs slowly moving, yet traveling a third of the way while speaking.
"But that's useless, as a mortal, you don't understand our strengths."
Boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, Sage swung his fist again, sending another Haki shockwave, caving in Saturn's chest, while the unique North Star Haki made his entire body erupt in blood the moment it hit.
In that instant, his somewhat indifferent expression subtly frowned.
"Completely destroyed inside... even the blood vessels burst and possess a power that can hinder the human body, this is your Haki; in history, your Haki ranks among the top."
The blasted body, under the steaming black aura, gradually restored.
It seems almost unreal...
"What kind of monster are you?"
Sage clicked his tongue, "Mythical types don't have your kind of recovery power."
"I am the Ushioni!"
Saturn's chest swelled, his eyes glaring at Sage, and that inexplicable sensation of stagnation came again, while the swelling reached the throat, spewing out a purple-black sphere, exuding rich toxic gas.
Compared to before, this venom sphere was more ferocious, its mere presence in the air brought down nearby navy personnel, turning them bluish-purple and frothing at the mouth.
The venom sphere in the air alone was enough to affect those around it.
Whoosh!
Just as the venom sphere was about to strike Sage, a sudden gust of wind from nowhere blew it apart, slicing it into fine droplets, carried along with the wind towards Saturn.
Sizzle!
The gale, like knives, cut open Saturn's body, causing it to spurt blood.
Saturn looked at the slit wrist, unconcerned as it quickly healed.
He glanced at Sage, squinting slightly, "Homiez?"
"This sensation of stagnation, it's a trick that never fails... your poison feels like Magellan's, but using it on me isn't enough."
Sage freed himself from the restraint almost instantly, then his whole body tensed, black thunder coursing from his hair tips to his feet, coiling around him.
He twisted his neck, stared straight at Saturn, and extended a hand, "Let's try a different method, to see if you really are immortal! Bad Wind!"
He stretched out his hand, extending five fingers forward, releasing a massive blast of wind, dense with numerous Wind Blades, slicing the Ushioni's body into numerous wounds.
Saturn faced the gale, speaking softly, "I've said, it's useless..."
"Celestial Fire!"
Before he could finish, Sage leaped into the air, gathering a ball of flame on his fist, and fiercely punched down, engulfing the figure in a pillar of fire.
Burn!
The fierce flames followed the still-blowing wind,
spreading around the central area of the giant ship, igniting a large blaze.
The appearance of the fire also forced those battling nearby to avoid getting closer, hastily retreating with the hope that the flames wouldn't reach them.
As for those who couldn't escape in time...
Who cares about them.
In the flames, the fierce light in Saturn's eyes flickered and seemed to suppress the burning fire, lowering the surrounding blaze, revealing his Ushioni body standing amidst the flames.
"Allowing someone to finish speaking is the most basic courtesy."
He glared at Sage, his unique ability pressing down on his head, making the man in the air feel as if hit by a cannonball, causing a shockwave that made Sage's head snap back.
No escape...
Vision too fast to perceive.
However, this power couldn't harm him, full of Haki as he was.
"Who the hell cares about you!"
Sage faced upward, and the sky filled with thunder, descending like columns of lightning, all striking down on Saturn.
Immediately, he transformed the golden bracelet back into a curved blade, gripping it as he slashed downward from the air.
Slash!!
The ground split open under the slash, revealing a space similar to a ship's cabin below, and at the same time, the lightning-slashed Saturn was split in half by the blade!
"Split in half, can you still regenerate?" Sage sneered aloud.
"I already said..."
Suddenly, Saturn's voice came from the left side, while the right side turned to ashes under a black aura, regenerating from the left side into a complete body. Under the thunderbolt, the body expanded, its humanoid upper half retracted into a spider-like body, more like a horned monster with spider legs.
Gush!
Sharp spider legs, like swords, sliced open Sage's waist, tearing away a chunk of flesh.
"Your techniques are useless against an old man like me."
Bam!
Sage spun his body, kicked the large spider away, pressed a finger on his waist, first forcing out a blob of poisoned black blood, then restoring the wound amidst rising white steam.
"Your means... are not enough for me!" Sage snarled.
Saturn was kicked back to a short distance away, returning from the large spider form to his upright form, his expression unchanged, "However, this old man possesses infinite life and stamina, while you do not... that healing power also consumes stamina, doesn't it."
"Is that so?"
Sage retracted the curved blade back to his wrist, raised his fists, emitting Haki like black fire.
"Infinite... you're not the only one who has it, let's see if you're truly immortal!"
In an instant, Sage's body vanished and reappeared as a streak of black lightning before Saturn, his fists transformed into countless afterimages, all striking Saturn's body.
"Ora ora ora ora!!"
The simplest and most direct North Star Hundred Split Fist!
This guy is like a dummy, swords don't work, lightning doesn't kill him, burns won't finish him...
The only thing effective is using fists mixed with Conqueror's Haki from the start.
Since that's the case, pure Haki usage will do!
For strange abilities, Supreme King... is the most effective!
Hundreds of punches not enough, then thousands, thousands not enough, then tens of thousands - he doubts this guy won't react at all?
Punches landed, creating dent after dent and hole after hole on Saturn's body, revealing blood everywhere just in a moment.
Amidst this chaotic attack, Saturn's voice remained indifferent: "Norton Sage, my immortality, just like this body, no matter your means, you cannot truly strike this old man."
"Supreme King is not bad, but this old man too knows it. Your Haki can't truly affect this old man."
"I don't believe you."
With punches flying, Sage's lips curled, "No matter how well you hide, I still saw... immortality doesn't mean being pain-free!"
Bang!
With a heavy punch, Saturn's bland expression twisted suddenly, becoming grim, seemingly affected, letting out muffled groans.
His eyes, as if enduring something, became bloodshot, even that continuously regenerating body was trembling.
"Immortality is good..."
Sage murmured, "Amplify your sense of pain, maintain your suffering... as long as you're not a dummy, then endure this power of mine!"
Buzz!
As he spoke, Saturn's body suddenly emitted black flames, gradually fading.
"But it's still useless, isn't it? The pain can be suppressed by letting the body completely disperse, then regenerate, once the body is gone, there's no pain. Norton Sage, this is our power, which you cannot confront, learn to fear..."
The fading body gradually dissipated, leaving only black flames burning on the ground.
"Humph! Undead..."
Sage clicked his tongue, glancing towards the direction of the Red Earth Continent, sneering, "Mouth's tough, let's see how long you handle this!"