Dashing through the sky, dodging the onslaught of various attacks from Imu, I rapidly neared her as she floated high in the sky, only for a large glacier to erupt from the ground and block my path towards her, though that wasn't all as it was then transformed into steel.
Smirking, I increased my speed and violently slammed my bo-staff against the steel glacier, only for me to raise an eyebrow at how I knocked back the top half of the steel glacier, stretching it through the sky as if it were a rubber band.
'Heh, Luffy's fruit? Wait, no, he merely had a rubber-like body, that's all; he couldn't transform things into rubber.' Thought Diddy lightly as he watched the steel glacier suddenly shoot back toward him, prompting him to toss Naga-sa into the air.
Using one of my seventy-two Bian, I punched the steel glacier when it snapped back to me, causing it to tremble violently as it suddenly crumbled into pieces; I had just used a technique akin to internal destruction, though when combined it with my haki, it increases the power and range of my armament haki.
Catching my bo-staff, I kicked the air and lunged right for Imu, whose throat was emitting a bright reddish glow, only for a massive ball of flaming magma to be released from her mouth as it rapidly neared me. Using yet another one of my seventy-two Bian, I punched at the incoming ball of flaming magma, creating a void of air in the shape of a cylinder, causing all the flames to be snuffed out while I followed up by smashing it to bits with my bo-staff.
Just as I emerged from the other side, Imu was standing directly in front of me; her finger pointed directly at me as a pinkish beam exited from her finger, nearly hitting me, though I managed to just narrowly dodge out of the way; looking behind me, I saw the pink beam hit a random piece of debris, causing it suddenly freeze in the air, losing all forms of motion.
Shifting my focus to Imu, who was about to teleport away from me, I swung my bo-staff exactly at where she planned to reappear, yet, a split second later, the vision of the future changed, and instead of appearing directly in front of my bo-staff, she appeared right beside me.
Without any time to react, a massive diamond mallet, backed by the strength of countless zoan devil fruits, slammed onto my face, knocking me toward the Redline, though I managed to stop myself just before colliding into it.
"Heh, even without observation haki, she can still see so far into the future; must be a devil fruit." Muttered Diddy lightly as he stared at Imu with a ferocious expression while blood leaked from his mouth and nose, adding to his terrifying presence.
The fact she could compete with my future sight was really impressive, though it also wasn't good since it meant my ability to attack the future was now useless. I was only able to attack the future when I knew exactly what the future was going to be, but if someone's future sight was just as strong or stronger than mine, then it would become entirely useless; after all, what's the point of attacking a future that will cease to exist not even a second later?
However, there was something good that came out of this… If I wanted to get my technique to work, all I had to do was improve my observation haki while fighting Imu.
"... And when it comes to improving myself, there is no better place to do so than during battle." Stated Diddy with a feral smile as he licked the blood off his cheek before surging towards Imu in the form of a massive, bluish lightning bolt that threatened to rival the moon.
With that in mind, I forwent using any other forms of haki and focused all of my efforts on my future sight, which caused our stale-mate to suddenly change since, without my armament or conqueror haki, I wasn't able to harm her or deal with her attacks. However, given how she seemed to be rather concerned with destroying her vessel or whatever, she also let up a little, which annoyed me, but since I was still struggling, I didn't have time to say anything to her.
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"Fucking DIE!" Yelled Freyja in frustration as she dug her claws into Warcury's face, only to aggressively rip it to shreds.
Unfortunately for me, all the damage I did was healed in a matter of seconds as Warcury stood back up as if nothing had happened. Gnashing my teeth in a fury, I was about to attack, yet before I could, Diddy was shot through the sky, hitting three of the five elders, including Warcury, which helped to slow his momentum down.
"Hehehehe, I'm beginning to see it." Muttered Diddy with a ferocious yet bloody expression as he emerged from Saturn's body, covered in purplish blood, only for him to eagerly lunge toward Imu.
"Insatiable. Do you know what he is doing?" Asked Dragon with a slight frown as he gazed at Diddy while suddenly appearing beside Freyja, who raised an eyebrow before looking in the same direction.
Glancing at Diddy and Imu's battle, which was apocalyptic, to say the least, they may not have noticed it, but their battle was slowly destroying the Redline; if this went on for long enough, then not only Mairejois, but a large chunk of the Redline will cease to exist. However, regarding Dragons question, I witnessed Diddy fighting against Imu, who was incredibly beautiful, with his eyes closed; not only that, but he wasn't using either his armament or conqueror haki, merely his observation and unsurprisingly, he was getting his ass handed to him; he was practically a punching bag, which brought back some rather unpleasant memories.
"Hmm, if I had to guess, he's either one, limiting himself to have a more enjoyable fight, but that seems unlikely given how strong Imu is, so the second option is that he's using her as a whetstone." "A whetstone?" Remarked Freyja and Dragon, respectively, as the former tapped her chin while the latter furrowed his brows in confusion.
"Figuratively, of course. I don't know how much you know of Diddy, but he has a monstrous talent when it comes to fighting, so much so that he can learn and improve in the middle of battle. Heh, crazy, right? Though it at least explains why he is such a battle junkie; he's always seeking to improve himself." Stated Freyja lightly as she placed her hand on her hips while brushing her hair aside, her words causing Dragon to raise an eyebrow before nodding in agreement.
"Anyways, while I would love to continue conversing with a sexy man such as yourself, I've got a few bastards to tear to shreds… for the umpteenth time. However, if you're ever interested in having a night of your life, I'll always be waiting for you." Added Freyja with an annoyed expression as she shifted her focus to Warcury, Nusjuro, and Saturn, though not before winking at Dragon, who neither refused nor agreed to her invitation and merely vanished with a bolt of lightning.
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Coughing blood, I gritted my teeth and leaped off the diamond pillar, all of my focus on Imu as we engaged in combat all throughout the sky.
'C'mon, I'm close! I can feel it, just one more second, and I'll have the edge.' Thought Diddy with excitement as he zig-zagged through the sky, dodging attacks with the speed and agility of a feline.
With my eyes closed, I couldn't see it, but I could feel the attack miss me by a hair's breadth as the wind hit my nose, prompting me to slam my hand against the air and fling myself backwards, evading several attacks from multiple directions; however, I was then forced to contort my body into unusual shapes and shift organs in my body as I evaded a kaleidoscope of deadly strings Imu had left behind as a trap, each one sharp enough to slice through my body.
Despite all the struggle and near-death encounters, I was focused as if my life depended on it, which it did, but even so, I couldn't help but grin through all of this.
Evading yet another attack, I suddenly stopped in mid-air while grinning from ear-to-ear as I snapped my eyes open and stared at Imu, who was slightly taken aback.
"Hehehe, I can see it now… The future." Said Diddy with a feral grin as he glared at Imu, only for his conquerors and armament haki to surge in response, covering his body like armor, which was capable of shrugging off even the most destructive of attacks.
Without any warning, I combined all three of my haki's and looked nearly thirty-five seconds into the future, watching the events play out only to violently attack Imu's head with my bo-staff. Completely unaware of her doom, I gazed at Imu in amusement as I lunged at her, prompting her to channel hundreds if not thousands of devil fruits as she attacked me with everything she had, whether it be fire, lasers, stone, wind, air, water, steel, inanimate objects, or even her own body, she unleashed a barrage of pure destruction directed just at me; however, despite her onslaught, it wasn't enough, as I blocked, diverted, or simply destroyed the incoming attacks, all with a smile on my face.
Once I finally got somewhat close to Imu, half of her body suddenly morphed into what looked like some sci-fi death ray, yet before she could unleash her attack, a massive explosion suddenly occurred as she was slammed into the ground with a sizeable chunk of her head missing, revealing an ominous dark glow.