Bang!
Sanji's kick was so fast that despite Hollow Ichigo's preparation, he couldn't block the attack.
As he got kicked in the chest, he spat out a lot of blood, and his body arched before flying into the distance.
But Ichigo quickly stabilized himself in mid-air and once again coughed out some blood.
"Damn! That bastard, his attacks have gotten several times stronger. I swear he wasn't capable of releasing this level of power before."
Suddenly, a look of realization appeared on his face as he murmured.
"Don't tell me he is unconsciously releasing this power because of my provocation."
He quickly shook his head.
"No, that's not possible! My words were probably just the trigger."
Suddenly, a smirk formed on his lips as he muttered.
"But that makes it so much more interesting. Hehehe! Ichigo, let me show you the true power of the King."
"Hehehehe!"
Hollow Ichigo burst into laughter before Sanji's voice rang in his ears.
"Bastard, your laugh is too villainous."
[Emperor Rib Strike]
Sanji kicked Ichigo in his rib and sent him flying once more, but this time, Hollow Ichigo swung his sword and released a powerful black slash.
Seeing that he couldn't dodge it, Sanji gritted his teeth and channeled all of his power into his legs, spinning rapidly as he formed a powerful red lightning.
[Limited Edition Beef Kick]
Sanji turned into a tornado. His leg struck the slash, and the intense heat from his leg burned the slash itself.
But Sanji didn't stop here. Using his Advanced Observation Haki, he saw Ichigo's next move.
He increased his speed to his absolute limits and rushed towards Ichigo, appearing next to him in the blink of an eye.
[Potatoes in Hot Oil]
Sanji kicked Ichigo in the face so hard that his skin started burning. If not for his using spiritual energy to block the damage, his entire skin would've burned.
Suddenly, Sanji disappeared, chasing after Ichigo at full speed, appearing behind him while Ichigo was tumbling in mid-air.
When Ichigo's back was facing the sky, Sanji pulled down his leg, landing his feet on Ichigo's spine with so much force that it literally broke his spine.
[Kneading the Dough]
Bang!
Hollow Ichigo fell to the ground with so much force that his chest bones cracked. Although he didn't bleed much, he did get severely injured.
Unfortunately for Sanji, Hollow Ichigo had insane regeneration. While this wasn't full possession, it still granted him a high level of regeneration.
"Hehehe! Fun! This is so much fun. But I am not here just to get attacked."
[Getsuga Tensho]
Hollow Ichigo stood up and released a powerful red slash that formed a massive sphere of red destructive energy.
Sanji, who was targeting Ichigo, suddenly felt the potency of this attack and immediately retreated.
But the sphere kept expanding as Hollow Ichigo had an immense reserve of spiritual energy.
Boom!
The red energy exploded, creating a powerful shockwave that smashed against Sanji's body, throwing him off guard.
Hollow Ichigo took advantage of this situation and instantly approached Sanji, appearing above him with his sword above his head.
"Hehehehe!"
[Getsuga Tensho]
Sanji saw a massive red slash coming his way, too fast to dodge, too powerful to deflect.
Faced with no choice, Sanji activated his Armament Haki to the absolute limit and took the damage head-on.
Bang!
The slash almost tore his body apart. His skin broke, and his muscles and bones could be seen.
The blood splattered everywhere, and Sanji's body collided with the ground, creating a massive crater on impact.
'Argh! This really hurts.'
Sanji gritted his teeth as he tried to stand up. Because of his genetically modified body, he was able to start his recovery quite fast.
And, due to that, he got up quite quickly, but even so, his wound wasn't completely healed.
More importantly, bearing so much damage, he was handicapped for his next attack.
'No, I can't just rely on my Black Leg Martial Arts. While they are powerful, I also need to fully utilize the power of my devil fruit.'
He thought to himself and nodded.
A large amount of clouds started gathering above them.
"Huh? What are you doing?"
Hollow Ichigo raised his head and watched the black clouds gathering above him.
With a simple swipe of his hand, he released a powerful slash that tore apart the clouds.
But these clouds kept gathering above him. Even if they were torn apart, they would reform and merge.
Hollow Ichigo prepared himself for defense as he knew these clouds would release lightning towards him.
But he made one major mistake. They weren't attacking him. Those lightning bolts fell on Sanji.
"Damn it! I was fooled. That bastard's body is made of lightning. He is absorbing the lightning created by those clouds."
Sanji slowly opened his eyes. The wound on his chest recovered quite a lot thanks to his body getting powered up by lightning.
Of course, that wasn't enough.
He was gathering the lightning bolts around his body, creating what seemed like a massive space of lightning around him.
As these small lightning arcs appeared in the air, Hollow Ichigo immediately jumped and swung his sword, creating a powerful slash.
This slash moved around his body, forming a huge slash tornado, tearing apart those lightning bolts.
'It's time!'
Sanji suddenly made a move where he absorbed all of that lightning in the space around him into his body, creating what seemed like an armor of lightning.
Then, he spun, creating a massive wave of flames that started spiraling around his body and merging with his lightning armor.
The flames were creating an artistic view of his armor.
[Lightning Flame Armor]
With this armor around his body, Sanji felt a surge of strength that he had never felt before.
His cybernetic body seemed to be working at its highest capacity.
His Observation Haki was improved to a degree where he could feel even the slightest movement of energy.
His Armament Haki hardened to a whole new level by the power of his flames.
With these three powers combined, he reached a level that only Admirals could reach without going through decades of training like them.
Whoosh!
Sanji instantly appeared behind Ichigo, before Ichigo could even react. A powerful black lightning emerged on Sanji's leg before he kicked Ichigo.
A simple kick!
Yet it possessed power beyond Ichigo's durability, destroying the majority of his bones with a single strike.
That attack was so heavy that Ichigo almost lost consciousness through a single strike.
But he managed to raise his head and stare at Sanji. The hollow mask shattered, revealing Ichigo's face with a smile on.
"You bastard, you really did treat me as a training dummy."
Only Sanji's face was revealed. He looked solemn as he spoke.
"Thanks!"
Ichigo shook his head and said.
"Even if you hadn't reached this level of power, I would've found a way to give you a win. After all, your motivation is so similar to mine."
"But now, let's end this with a single strike!"
Sanji nodded, and his body disappeared. He reappeared, but this time, his body was horizontally spinning with his feet pointing at Ichigo.
[Final Shot- Kamanari No Doragon]
[Getsuga Tensho]
Ichigo released the attack with his full strength, but Sanji's kick tore it apart. The black lightning covered the blue lightning, making it extremely powerful.
Sanji didn't stop as his kick landed on Ichigo's body and tore it apart.
Ichigo's body cracked like a piece of glass, but there was a smile hanging on his face as he uttered his last words.
"Three women!"
As those words lingered, his body disappeared.
Leaving behind Sanji's whose lightning flame armor disappeared, leaving him utterly dejected yet smiling.
"That bastard! Even though I won the battle, he won the war. But thanks, you swordsman bastard!"
Sanji was genuinely thanking him.
Without Ichigo as his opponent, he wouldn't have unlocked Advanced Armament and Advanced Conqueror Haki.
At the same time, he also wouldn't have reached a new level of mastery over his Devil Fruit and his flames.
Of course, these advancements might look rapid, but they weren't.
Sanji was lacking only a little bit in his Armament Haki. He had been facing Liam and Luffy's Advanced Conqueror several times before.
And with Rayleigh's training, he was only a step away from unlocking the Advanced Conqueror Haki.
As for the Devil Fruit, it was just an idea.
Using Armament Haki combined with a Devil Fruit like Luffy.
Creating a piece of armor over his body like Vivi.
Using the clouds to create a massive amount of lightning like Nami.
Through these ideas, he managed to create a move that puts him on the Admiral Level.
And, with advanced Conqueror Haki, he had finally gained an edge over the Admirals.
"But my body…..It's still not ready to absorb such a large amount of lightning. If I weren't a lightning incarnate, it would've destroyed me."
He raised his head towards the remaining two battlefields.
"Come on, Mosshead! You need to finish the battle quickly so that we can go and help Luffy."