Chapter 136: Sebas Vs. Gion

"Hehe, that's perfect; now I can finally take care of these annoying marines." Said Diddy with a grin as he charged at Cancer and Hosen, who ferociously fought back against him, though without Gion, they were on the losing end, although it wasn't obvious.

Seeing Captain return to fighting his original opponents, I, too, focused on my opponent while floating back to where we were previously fighting before I was forced to leave.

"It's good that you came in time; we were close to defeating Chaos Kong." Remarked Gion with a frown as she chased after Sebas, using her observation haki to dodge the ethereal psionic attacks.

"Hoho, I'm not so sure about that; Captain looked like he was giving you three a rather difficult time." Replied Sebas with a slight smile as he waved his hand, ripping off a piece of the ship before hurling it to Gion, who cleanly sliced it in two with her sword while launching a sword wave at him.

Erecting a psionic wall, I blocked the sword wave before morphing the invisible wall into numerous arrows as I once again waved my hand, shooting them all toward Gion; although she didn't manage to dodge all of them since I also kept her preoccupied by throwing small objects at her. However, while a few of my arrows succeeded in hitting their target, they didn't cause too much damage; her haki is an effective counter against my psionic energy, so other than slowing her down momentarily, I didn't succeed in doing much.

'My mind is beginning to throb in pain, and thanks to those CP agents, I didn't get a chance to rest for even a few seconds. I fought them, manipulated the minds of the six captured men, and then fought some more while returning.' Thought Sebas with a frown as he clenched his fist, causing the deck beneath Gion's feet to collapse, though she did a flip and used her sword to keep balance before continuing on.

However, thankfully, I've been training for a day just like this, where I'd fight someone who requires me to every ounce of my mental capacity to win. Floating a few feet above the deck, I suddenly stopped and raised both of my hands to the side, finally utilizing the full extent of my mind, though given my already poor condition, it was proving quite straining.

'Mind over matter, Sebas.' Thought Sebas lightly with an intense expression as sweat poured down his face and the entire ship started to tremble from the might of his powerful mind.

I wasn't trying to lift the ship; no, that was too much for me; I don't even know if Captain could do such a thing. What I was doing was ripping out large pieces of the ship, a difficult process as I was doing it for nearly a hundred different pieces at the same time, and of course, my opponent wasn't just Idly standing around.

Seeing her rapidly approach me, I yanked one of the pieces I was controlling, causing it to crash through the deck as the wooden pillar arrived just in time to block the sword slash from Gion; grabbing the piece she had sliced off, I chucked it at her, pushing her back a little, though it was all I needed and with a grunt, numerous pieces large wooden, iron, and steel pieces crashed through the deck and the hull of the ship.

"Constellation Galore!" Said Sebas loudly as he floated over one hundred objects in the sky above where he and Gion were fighting, causing everyone to look above.

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Seeing all those things floating in the air, I chuckled loudly in delight as I flung Cancer back to Hosen.

"Hehe, Sebas is finally going all out; I've been curious how strong he has gotten since Briss Kingdom." Remarked Diddy with a feral grin as he looked up at the sky before shifting his focus back to his battle.

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Getting punched in the face, I forced a step back, but before Dalmatian could follow through with his second attack, I outstretched my hand, catching his fist before yanking him forward and kneeing him in the chest.

'Heh, Sebas may not be physically strong, but he's got one hell of a powerful mind.' Mused Freyja with a raised eyebrow as she looked up, eyeing the blanket of numerous objects torn from the ship that covered the sky.

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Releasing a breath of air, I deeply inhaled before opening my palm and pointing at Gion before me, causing the numerous floating objects to start spinning in the air like a hurricane; once they gained enough speed, one by one, I launched them at Gion, forcing her to dodge or cut the objects in half. However, she wasn't always capable of doing so, as I wasn't just mindlessly launching them at her; I was manipulating them, causing them to maneuver in weird and incomprehensible ways, yet they all kept their momentum no matter how I messed with them.

I was also coordinating my attacks with the previous one, forcing Gion to move in a specific direction while also surrounding her body with psionic energy, making her move slow; yet, despite all of that, she was still managing to hold and withstand my barrage.

'Just admit defeat already.' Thought Sebas with a hardened gaze as he pointed both hands toward Gion, allowing him to launch two objects rapidly.

Her haki was proving difficult to bypass; she was moving so fluidly that she could recover almost immediately when she made a mistake and got hit. Besides, even when I did manage to land a hit on her, it was almost never a direct hit, so I hardly inflicted much damage on her. My onslaught continued for well over a minute, and I was so focused that I didn't even realize I had run out of ammunition, as you could call it until I shot the last object.

"Not good." Muttered Sebas with a frown as he looked up in the sky, seeing nothing but a clear sky before shifting his focus back to Gion.

Gion was still alive; I could sense her greatly protected mind from over here; frowning at the revelation that my enemy was still breathing, I raised my hands again, preparing to use constellation galore once more, but before I could, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my head.

'Urgh! I-I might've overdone it; my mind can't take much more; it needs to rest.' Thought Sebas while breathing heavily as he fell to the deck, grabbing his head in pain.

Grabbing my head, I slowly stood up, but while doing so, I heard footsteps speedily approaching me; out of instinct, I grabbed the closet thing near me, which happened to be an iron door, and placed it in front of me. Yet, when I saw a sword slice right through it like butter, I widened my eyes as I quickly jumped backward, though I was too late; Gion had slashed my chest open by the time I reacted.

Feeling a cold breeze brush against my chest, I looked down and saw a large gash around my bare upper body as copious amounts of blood spilled out, staining my pants and shoes.

"You've been defeated, Sebas Visage. Surrender, or I'll be forced to execute you on the spot." Stated Gion solemnly as she stepped over the iron door, which was sliced in two, and pointed her bloody sword at Sebas, who was kneeling on the ground while grabbing his bleeding chest.

"Hoho, d-don't c-count me o-out just y-yet; t-this old man s-still has s-some life to s-spare." Replied Sebas with a slight chuckle while blood stained his hands as he looked up at Gion, who frowned and raised her sword, though before she could do anything, she was suddenly blasted backward by a powerful burst of psionic energy.

"W-What the, h-how do you still have such strength!" Yelled Gion in shock and anger as she stopped herself by stabbing the deck with her sword before glaring at Sebas, who was motionlessly floating in the air while the entire ship trembled intensely

Lifting my head, I looked up at Gion in the distance, though while doing so, I was enjoying the tranquility my mind was experiencing; I've experienced this before, only a few times, and each time it's been when I've faced my eventful death. I haven't gotten stronger; no, the clarity my mind was experiencing just allowed me to use the truest extent of my mental capacity.

"Only when you face death in the face will you experience true serenity." Replied Sebas calmly, raising his hands before sporting a painful expression as he started bleeding from his orifices.

Using every bit of my mind, I ripped off the back part of the ship before floating it just above me, and although it was just a small piece of the ship, its size was a few times larger than our own boat.

"Meteorite." Said Sebas as he pointed toward Gion, prompting the massive ship piece to shoot toward her.

With me controlling it, there was nowhere for her to run, and Gion must've known that as she bravely faced it head-on, though that was a mistake on her part.

"Arachnid Slash!" Yelled Gion loudly as she slashed eight times in a matter of a second, creating a large gash right through the ship, but she was just shy of slicing it in half.

Slamming the ship into her, I destroyed this part of the ship as it fell into the ocean alongside an unconscious Gion, which caused me to sigh in relief as I swiftly floated near Mael.

"What a battle." Muttered Sebas with a small smile as he landed on the deck, only to instantly collapse unconscious beside Mael.