One Piece: Chaos Kong

Chapter 84: Sebas The Master-Mind

As our battle waged on, I steadily accumulated various wounds while still hardly doing any damage to Lindbergh, but I will say I'm satisfied with the fight as I've already lasted way longer than previously; however, all things must come to an end, and the end of this fight wasn't too far away.

Swinging my bo-staff, Lindbergh nimbly evaded it as he snaked his feline body around it and punched me in the chest, flinging me several meters away while coughing blood for the umpteenth time this fight. With the help of my tail, I steaded myself and swiftly contorted my body in an unnatural way, evading Lindbergh's follow-up attack with his deadly claws, which he'd already sliced my body with numerous times.

While still in an unnatural shape, I wrapped my leg around one of his arms and twisted myself around his body before hitting him in the back of his head with my bo-staff, and even though he quickly covered his head in a black hue, thanks to Naga-sa, I was still able to damage him; unfortunately, the damage dealt was incredibly minimal to the point where I'd have to hit him several times in the same spot to cause any significant damage.

Clicking my tongue in annoyance at not being able to by-pass that black hue, I was about to release him and gain some distance, but before I could, he tightly clutched my leg, which was still wrapped around his arm, and violently threw me to ground the ground.

'That hurt like a bitch!' Thought Diddy with a grunt of pain, feeling as if he'd just broken his back from being slammed several meters deep into the earth.

While lying in the crater, I looked up in the sky, only to spot Lindbergh in the air, his body radiating with lightning as he suddenly launched mini bolts of electricity at me, causing me to groan in annoyance as I'm confident I'd dealt with something similar before.

'Ugrh, not this again!?' Thought Diddy, feeling a little deja vu as he swiftly leaped from the crater and retaliated with his own electricity, which proved far more potent than Lindbergh's, managing to destroy his bolts of electricity and continue toward him in the sky.

Thanks to my seemingly unnaturally potent lightning, which I've only realized must be unique to me after my first fight with Lindbergh since, even though he is stronger than me, his ability to produce lightning was much weaker than mine. Though, to be fair, while Lindbergh was a strong fighter, his strength didn't lie in close combat fighting; if it weren't for his desire to fight like a Mink warrior, I'm pretty confident I would've been defeated a while ago, in fact, I might not have survived the first encounter with him if he was serious from the get-go.

I watched Lindbergh fall to the ground, evading all of my electricity bolts that disappeared into the sky, probably dissipating somewhere amidst the clouds. Looking at Lindbergh land on the ground several meters before me with minimal injuries and only lightly panting, while I, on the other hand, was bleeding, exhausted, and riddled with numerous injuries, it was easy to be able to tell who was stronger. Granted, I was a much better fighter, and if it weren't for that mysterious power, I'm confident I would've put up a much better fight, but that wasn't the case.

"Hehe, what's the hold-up, Lindbergh? I can do this all day!" Remarked Diddy with a feral grin amidst his heavy breathing as he eyed Lindbergh and got back into his fighting stance, causing him to look rather intimidating yet somewhat inspiring given his bloody appearance.

'Heh, I can't actually do this all day; his attacks are devastating, especially the ones when he coats his limbs with that mysterious power, causing them to take on a black hue. I can't take much more of this; besides, unlike usual, I'm only here to enjoy myself and kill Mini.' Mused Diddy, though his outside expression, stayed as fearless as before, showing his eagerness to continue fighting.

"You're lying; even if you've got a powerful healing ability, it doesn't seem instantaneous, which means you're most likely reaching your limit, as I know firsthand just how devastating Haki-infused attacks were, especially from someone of my caliber." Stated Lindbergh while lightly panting, working up a good sweet as he crouched down to all fours and eyed Diddy with his pretty blue eyes, which only made sense given he is a Cat Mink.