“Isn't there any need to tell me something like this?”

Sarge slightly bent forward, his body tense like a beast about to hunt. Lowering his head slightly, he said in a deep voice, “I don’t remember offending your kingdom.”

Well, it looks like this bounty hunter career is coming to an end.

Ennio grinned menacingly, “Haven’t I said it before? I like your white hair!”

In an instant, Sarge stepped forward, raising his hands before delivering a swift knife-hand strike directly to Ennio's face.

“Rock Mountain Dual Slice Wave!”

If they didn’t want him to have an easy time, there was no need to hold back!

Ennio faced the incoming knife-hand strike without dodging, allowing it to hit his face.

Bang!

The Rock Mountain Dual Slice Wave was a technique from the Big Dipper Fist, which Sarge could easily use to split stones, but when it struck this man's face, it didn't even leave a dent in the fat.

“Iron Block.”

That face was as hard as steel, and Ennio seized Sarge's wrist, gradually moving it aside, “Not bad strength.”

Swish!

He quickly raised a leg, sending a pale blue slash straight toward Sarge's body.

At such a close distance, it was bound to hit...

Sarge leaped into the air to evade the dangerously close slash, using the grip on his wrist to perform a gentle flip, his arm slithering away like a snake. He flipped behind Ennio and, with hands rising and falling like darts, rapidly aimed for his temple.

Ennio was about to block with Iron Block, but suddenly his pupils contracted as he sensed something. In that moment, his massive and corpulent body became soft like a candle in the wind, swaying everywhere as if it had melted.

“Paper Drawing!”

The twisting body dodged Sarge's hand, while Sarge directly kicked down, extending his foot, which transformed into countless afterimages, capturing Ennio's distorted body.

“Big Dipper Soft Break Slice!”

“Moon Step!”

Just as Sarge's foot kicked out, Ennio ceased his twisting motion, stepping onto the air to leap up, bouncing several times in the air before astonishingly stopping midair.

“Moon Step and Paper Drawing, proficient in all six Marine techniques?”

Sarge landed on the ground and turned to the dazed Lily, “Your ghost of a father is quite impressive.”

Knowing the six Marine techniques, he was at least a major in the headquarters and an elite at that. His senses were keen; he must have sensed the danger of Sarge's move; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to use Moon Step to dodge.

Is this the worth of a usurper?

Where did he come from?

Lily, upon hearing this, could only reply blankly, “I don’t know...”

In her memory, aside from the indulgent memories of Ennio, there were never any memories of his strength.

During the last assassination, Ennio was caught off guard when she struck him; if it weren't for the bodyguards beside him, perhaps it would have succeeded.

“Hahaha!”

Ennio, bouncing in the air, laughed wildly, “What does she know? Raised in the palace since childhood, no one could recognize her. I originally thought I could use her as a tool for marriage with other countries, yet she dared to assassinate me, and now she's talking about going to sea—going to sea can avoid taxes, but do they dare?!”

Ennio stared at Sarge, his eyes filled with an inexplicable emotion, and his voice grew low, “But why doesn’t a man like you go to sea?”

Sarge took a fighting stance and exhaled a breath of foul air, “Does it concern you?!”

The previous move, Big Dipper Soft Break Slice, was a typical technique that countered softness with hardness, specifically designed to deal with large and agile opponents. It was perfectly suited to counter Ennio's use of “Paper Drawing”; if it landed, it would completely destroy his bodily structure.

Too bad he noticed it...

Ennio was jumping in the air, seemingly pondering something. Just then, at the moment he stepped on the air to jump, he curled his legs and violently kicked down.

“If you can dodge a single attack, how about this? Storm Foot: Chaos!”

Countless slashes descended from the sky, indiscriminately attacking the ground, making Sarge's pupils shrink.

An advanced version of the six techniques?

This was not an ordinary six technique user!

He stared intently at the incoming slashes, his body surprisingly moving gracefully, dodging among the numerous slashes as if he were dancing, skillfully evading attacks that could gouge out large holes in the ground upon contact.

Swish!

The last slash headed straight for Sarge's head, but he easily leaned back, spinning in the air and landing steadily.

Amidst the devastated ground, Sarge stood up, provocatively looking at Ennio.

“Paper Drawing?” Ennio paused for a moment, “You understand the six techniques?”

Body techniques are universal; they will not stray from the principles of body techniques, even in a different world.

Sarge could see that when this guy used “Paper Drawing,” he offloaded all his strength, relying purely on the changes in airflow to allow his body to change accordingly and avoid attacks.

And the move he used, “Big Dipper Air Extreme Flow Dance,” works on the same principle, allowing the body to change with the flow of air to evade.

The principles are the same, so it can certainly be considered “Paper Drawing.”

But...

Why say it?

Sarge sneered, “Guess?”

He watched Ennio bounce in the air, his eyes narrowing.

Keep jumping a bit longer, and he will...

Boom!

Like the sound of a cannon firing, Ennio exploded forward, his corpulent body resembling a ball, rapidly descending towards Sarge while spinning.

“Iron Block: Cannonball!”

A deep voice came with immense gravitational pressure, the wind it generated blowing Sarge's hair and even making his skin slightly pull.

This power...

He couldn’t match it!

Initially planning to counterattack, Sarge immediately withdrew his hands, retreating his body and allowing the 'cannonball' to descend. But as the cannonball neared the ground, it suddenly extended its limbs, skillfully touching the ground with its hands, its legs spreading into a split, spinning forcefully.

“Storm Foot: Surround Cut!”

Buzz!

A huge circular Storm Foot flew out from his legs, quickly slicing toward the surroundings.

Sarge was startled; his body leaned back heavily, forming an inverted U shape, just barely dodging the slash. The attack rapidly spread outward, directly cutting through nearby buildings, making a large gash in the steps that extended behind.

This power...

Sarge barely had time to breathe when a massive shadow loomed over him. As he lifted his head, he saw a fist imprinting itself on his face.

Bang!

Sarge's head snapped back, blood spraying out, and his body fell backward before he could even straighten up.

At that moment, as his body fell back, he lifted his legs to wrap around Ennio's arm, using this force to rise up, extending two fingers to point at Ennio's arm.

As long as he hit...

“Iron Block: Horizontal Lock!”

Sarge felt the arm he had wrapped around stiffen suddenly. Ennio swung his arm violently, and the immense force not only made Sarge unable to hold on, but that arm also slipped away like an eel, flinging him out.

Clang!

The tremendous force also knocked Sarge's thin sword from his waist, rolling on the ground twice before landing right at Lily's feet...

“A combination technique?!”

Sarge, still in midair, looked astonished. That move just now was a combination of Iron Block and Paper Drawing?

Sarge quickly glanced at Ennio, revealing a look of realization, and his body spun rapidly in the air. Just before he landed, he saw Ennio's steps shift.

“Shave!”

He flickered, transforming into an afterimage and swiftly arriving in front of Sarge, who had yet to land, his five fingers forming a blade, quickly stabbing forward.

“Finger Gun: Knife!”

The knife-hand descended, almost tearing through the air, rapidly stabbing into Sarge's chest.

Bang!

The moment the hand knife struck, it produced a dull yet extremely hard sound, like steel meeting steel.

Ennio looked astonished, “You...”

It was only then that Sarge finally landed steadily, slowly lifting his head and speaking lightly, “Iron Block.”

The Big Dipper Fist is a martial art that has studied the human body to the extreme; mastering one principle allows the mastery of all others. Naturally, Sarge could understand.

He certainly didn’t know the six techniques and was encountering a user of the six techniques for the first time, but he could observe.

The principle of Paper Drawing was similar to that of Air Extreme Flow Dance; it could be executed without watching, while the rest simply required observation.

And now, he had observed enough; after all, the guy had demonstrated it two or three times. If he couldn’t learn it now, it would be a waste of the ultimate assassination fist of the human body.

Iron Block requires a body that has been rigorously trained, then accelerated blood flow to enhance muscle movement and hardening. The principle... doesn’t even need the understanding of the Big Dipper Fist; that’s something any man can do; it’s just from local to whole body, a mere enhancement.

Sarge indeed had a rigorously trained body.

Having seen enough of accelerated blood flow, he could naturally get the hang of it!