"Divine Spiral!!!"
With a low roar, and before Redfield could react, Aeridar's two fists exploded with tremendous power.
Swoosh!
BOOM!
Redfield felt the surrounding air instantly compress. His obsidian-black abdomen, hardened with Armament Haki, visibly caved inward. He instantly spat blood and was sent flying backward, moving so fast he became a black blur, even generating a sonic boom and rings of white air.
Rumble! Rumble…
He flew hundreds of meters, smashing through several high-rise buildings before finally dropping from the sky, carving a large crater into the ground. Yet, he still slid for nearly a hundred meters, leaving a distinct, sunken trench in his wake.
In the ruins of a cannon tower on the port shore, nearly half of Redfield's body was buried under bricks and rubble. Blood leaked from his nose and mouth, a picture of utter disarray.
"Puagh…"
Redfield clawed away the stones pinning him down and shakily stood up, immediately spitting out a large mouthful of blood that instantly stained the ground.
"Hahahaha~ Well done! You should be laughing too, Redfield-san!"
Tesoro burst into wild laughter, controlling his Golden Giant to rush forward with massive strides.
Thump, Thump, Thump...
The Golden Giant striding across the ground was as majestic as a god. Its heavy footsteps shook the very earth.
"Gon Inferno!!!"
The golden fist instantly armored itself and slammed down.
"Don't get cocky, you bastard!"
Redfield's face was pale, but he was furious. For others, this power might be overwhelming, but in his view, it still fell far short.
Swoosh!
A streak of blood-light shot up. Redfield leaped into the air, his long umbrella thrusting out with rapid, urgent speed.
Clang!
Boom!
The slender long umbrella struck the armored golden giant-fist, producing a gigantic sound like a tolling bell. Sparks flickered in the air, creating an effect of searing, intense flames—a Golden Melt-Fire that seemed capable of incinerating everything.
At the same time, a visible, distorted ripple swept out, instantly transforming into a violent air current in mid-air that tore across the ground below, kicking up countless swirling clouds of dust.
Crack…
A thin crack appeared on the armored golden fist. Immediately, the cracks multiplied and expanded, spreading upward. The entire golden arm disintegrated in a flash, falling to the ground in irregular gold chunks, which heavily impacted the earth.
To still be moving after taking a lethal blow from Aeridar, and even managing to destroy an arm of Tesoro's Golden Giant, was a testament to his legend as Red Count, but it was clearly his limit.
Thud!
His momentum spent, Redfield descended from mid-air, cracking the ground beneath his feet, and spat out another mouthful of blood.
"Fufufufufu~ Ever White!"
Suddenly, the ground turned white, becoming a pure, soft blanket of thread, a land formed by countless transparent white threads packed together.
This white ground undulated and surged, as if the entire surface had transformed into an ocean of rolling, surging waves made of thread. Pillars of thread, each comprising thousands of fine strands, rose up and began to wrap around Redfield.
"Damn it, the awakening of the String-String Fruit!"
"Geppo!"
Redfield barely managed to stand firm on the thread-ocean ground before launching himself up, stepping on the air to temporarily escape the surface.
"El Thor!!!"
Enel, in his Amaru state, rushed forward, throwing a punch straight ahead. Dazzling lightning erupted, and a huge pillar of electricity instantly sliced through the crater, impacting hundreds of meters away.
Rumble…
A deep, charred well appeared on the distant ground, accompanied by crackling, jumping electrical arcs.
"A Rumble-Rumble Fruit user!"
In the air, Redfield stood suspended by stepping on the atmosphere, gritting his teeth as he watched Enel in his Amara state.
The speed of the attacks was too fast. Although he had narrowly avoided the last one, it didn't mean he could always dodge. A single hit would be enough to finish him, and coupled with the lightning's paralyzing effect, being stunned for just a second or two would likely decide the battle.
"He missed?!"
Enel was stunned, then immediately became enraged.
"You bastard! How can anyone avoid the speed of lightning! I am a 'God'!"
"Four Hundred Million Volts: True Amaru!!!"
The violent lightning began to surge. Countless bolts of electricity, as thick as barrels, lashed the surrounding ground, leaving it a chaotic mess.
The violently surging lightning formed terrifying, plasma-like energy. Enel, who was already in his lightning-body state, saw his massive form grow taller, segment by segment.
At the same time, the tangible, plasma-like energy transformed inch by inch into bright blue Tengu armor, cloaking the Amaru state Enel, who now stood fifty to sixty meters tall.
A bolt of lightning was held in his hand, a weapon forged by the thunder god.
Simultaneously, affected by this terrifying electrical power, the previously clear sky was now churning with dark clouds. Lightning snakes wildly threaded through the clouds, and the rumbling of thunder echoed across the heavens.
"Fuffuffufu~ Isn't that a little too much?" Doflamingo squinted, clicking his tongue.
Witnessing this scene, everyone present was nearly speechless.
Although Enel's True Amaru state was only half the height of Tesoro's Golden Giant, their sheer might was clearly not on the same level.
It could be said that Enel in his True Amaru state could easily overpower Tesoro's Golden Giant, as the terrifying, high-temperature lightning was capable of melting and evaporating the gold Tesoro created.
Thud!
"You damnable fiend! Die!"
With his towering body, Enel stomped his foot on the ground. His massive roar transformed into rolling sound waves that shook the surrounding area. He thrust the 'Lightning Bolt' in his hand downward, like a heavenly punishment or a bolt of celestial thunder descending from the sky to obliterate everything.
"I am… RED COUNT!!!"
Redfield roared fiercely, his previous composure gone. His entire skin turned bright red, allowing the vigorous blood and Haki surging within to be seen.
Thud!
He stomped his feet on the air as if treading on solid ground, launching himself skyward. The long umbrella in his hand emitted a dense, scarlet blood-light, giving off a pungent, bloody scent.
"Crimson Solitude: Scarlet Blood!!!"
In a flash, the blood-light intensified, becoming an incomparably scarlet band that shot straight into the sky, like a blood-colored rainbow yet imbued with a sharp, formidable power.
Clang!
The blood-light and the lightning clashed, producing a sharp, metallic ring.
Rumble… Rumble…
The next moment, an immense white air current instantly diffused outward, like a hurricane in nature, rapidly sweeping through the entire Micity Port. It flattened buildings and high-rises, blew away tiles and bricks, and even the ocean outside the shore surged violently, raising gigantic waves dozens of meters high. Dozens of ships were caught in the wake and sank into the sea.