NOVGO.NET Chapter 454: Poison
Chapter 454: Chapter 454: Poison
’Please, everyone.’
’Find your own path!’
…
At this moment.
Imu’s hand-blade was mere millimeters from Hancock’s neck.
Yet, even without contact, a trickle of blood seeped from Hancock’s neck.
It wasn’t that Imu didn’t want to strike.
She couldn’t.
A large hand gripped Imu’s slender, pale forearm. It seemed like a light grasp, yet it stopped Imu dead in her tracks, unable to move an inch.
For the first time, a look of shock flashed across Imu’s face.
She stared in disbelief at the owner of that hand, at the figure clad in white, with eyes sharp as a blade.
’How… is this possible?’
Imu’s mind reeled.
“Today, you won’t touch her.”
A voice, cold as ice, came from the man’s mouth.
It was like a whisper from the depths of the underworld, threatening to drag its target into hell.
“Who… are you?”
Imu’s heart couldn’t settle. This man—her Observation Haki had deemed him incapable of such strength.
’Why?’
’How could he restrain me?’
’Could it be… my Observation Haki was wrong?’
’Is his Observation Haki stronger than mine?’
Before Imu could dwell on it, specks of white flames began to flicker across the man’s body.
The flames spread, burning upward.
Within the white blaze, a face—both familiar and unfamiliar—slowly emerged before Imu.
As the flames dissipated, Vir’s icy gaze came into view.
Imu’s pupils contracted sharply, her eyes filled with terror.
Before she could voice her doubts, the small piece of Vivre Card in Hancock’s palm slipped free. Like an old friend rushing to reunite, it darted straight toward Vir’s chest.
This—
Was the ultimate proof.
He was the one Imu had been searching for.
He was the fated one.
He was… Vir!
Clad in white.
Wielding a long blade.
Eyes like stars.
His gaze sharp as a sword.
His expression resolute as iron.
In this moment, he was the challenger standing before the dragon.
Defying the dragon’s authority.
Challenging the dragon’s majesty.
Victory would send him soaring to the heavens.
Defeat would shatter him to dust.
Yet in his eyes, there was only confidence.
This battle!
He would win!
A faint ripple in space appeared, and it made Imu react like a startled cat, her thunderous power erupting in an instant.
In a flash, she transformed back into the ten-meter-tall monstrosity from before.
Countless black tendrils writhed, but their target wasn’t Vir.
It was…
The people he cared about!
Yet Vir seemed to have anticipated this.
A faint smirk curled his lips.
*Snap.*
A crisp snap of his fingers echoed.
Instantly, the entire area seemed to plunge into a spatial storm. Violent spatial fluctuations surged, and in a blink, a spatial door appeared beside every person in the vicinity.
Before anyone could react, an invisible force yanked them inside.
Each person had their own door.
On the other side… the open sky.
They hadn’t been moved far—too great a distance would be unfeasible.
In the air, the barely conscious Shiki and Dragon mustered their strength to activate their abilities once more.
Just enough to keep everyone floating in the air.
Looking down at the terrifying scene below, worry filled their eyes.
“Impressive technique… opening so many at once.”
“But without them, what can you do?”
As her words fell, all her tendrils surged toward Vir, leaving nothing but devastation in their wake.
Yet Vir remained motionless.
His right hand rested casually on his sword hilt, posture relaxed—
As though death itself meant nothing.
“You dare mock me?!”
Imu’s rage flared. This was the first time someone had dared to dismiss her so casually, and it infuriated her.
Above, the onlookers were frantic with worry.
They had just witnessed the power of those tendrils—utterly unstoppable!
And Vir was acting so recklessly!
If he was hit, he’d surely die on the spot!
Yet no matter their concern, Vir remained unfazed.
He simply stood there, calmly watching the onslaught, his eyes devoid of any ripple.
Just as the tendrils were about to engulf him—
Suddenly!
Imu spat out a massive gush of blood, mixed with chunks of organs and even a few teeth.
Her aura plummeted instantly.
From the heavens, she fell into the abyss.
Her strength collapsed in a single moment.
The tendrils rushing toward Vir vanished in an instant, the closest stopping just half a centimeter from him.
*Cough!*
Another gush of blood—this time, thick and black.
Imu realized immediately: she was poisoned!
But she hadn’t sensed any poison lurking in her body, nor had she noticed any sign of this man administering it.
How could such a terrifying poison have infiltrated her body without a trace?
*Cough!*
Another spurt of blood.
Imu was on the verge of death.
The poison.
It was ferocious beyond measure.
A true deadly poison that leaves its victim unable to even speak.
Vir watched Imu coldly.
No words.
Everything was within his calculations.
“You… *cough*… when…?”
Imu forced out her final words. All she wanted to know was when she had been poisoned.
*Splatter—*
As soon as she spoke, another spray erupted from her mouth, this time with her rotting tongue among the mess.
Yet her eyes remained defiant.
She stared at Vir, desperate for an answer.
“I poisoned you right in front of your face. Did you forget?”
Vir spoke calmly.
But Imu’s eyes were filled with disbelief and doubt.
Impossible. She was certain she had neutralized all the poison Vir had used against her. Every last bit.
“No.”
“Not that poison.”
Imu’s head snapped up.
“It was… the antidote you took.”
*Boom!*
A thunderclap exploded in Imu’s mind. The antidote!
She’d never imagined that the antidote he gave her was another poison!
Yet she felt no resentment.
She looked at Vir calmly, marveling at the level of his poison skills.
Whether it was the poison or the antidote, she had examined them thoroughly and found no flaws.
Even after consuming it, she hadn’t detected a thing.
What kind of terrifying skill was required to create such a poison?
But it made sense. A poison taken orally would amplify its toxicity exponentially.
Its potency was enough to kill even her in an instant.
Terrifying.
The word “terrifying” was all that remained in Imu’s mind.
“*Cough, cough, cough, cough—*”
Imu began coughing violently, blood spraying wildly as if it cost nothing.
The ordeal lasted only ten seconds.
With a *thud*, Imu collapsed to the ground.
Lifeless.
Yet her body continued to erode.
Her flesh vanished, leaving only bones.
In the end, where she fell, a complete skeleton remained.
The bones glimmered with a faint fluorescence.
“Just now… Vir didn’t even move his hand, and he killed that woman?”
From the sky above.
A voice filled with uncertainty rang out.
Kaido’s eyes were wide as saucers. He could hardly believe what he had just witnessed.
Was this something a human could do?!!
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