Bang!!
With just one punch, Sage was slammed to the ground, and as he fell, Marika stepped heavily on his chest, causing a dent under the immense force.
Marika's fist remained pressed against his head, her hair scattering like a waterfall cascading down on Sage's skull.
Even though it pierced in just slightly, the Haki contained within made Sage's entire head tingle, as if it were being shattered piece by piece, the Haki embedded in his head slowly collapsing at this moment.
"Pi, Piekro!" Sage called out with all his might.
Bam!
From the dirt directly behind Marika, a tall figure holding a scythe suddenly leapt out, yelping as he vigorously swung his scythe...
Charging towards the direction of Sage.
This scene left Sage dumbfounded.
"You hit the wrong target!" he shouted hopelessly.
This guy was a reserved ace, meant to be used when Sage let his guard down, but now...
Is he not paying attention to the situation!
I'm about to die!
"Is it you, the assassin who accepted the job on me?"
Sage shook his head and smiled, not bothering to look at the person rushing from behind, simply raising his hand and bringing his fist back behind him.
The resulting Haki Shock instantly engulfed the scythe-wielding assassin, leaving Piekro charred and lying on the ground.
"I'll ask you in a moment where that fool Du·Feld is," Sage sneered.
Boom!!
At that moment, as Marika thrust her fist forward with force, a large crater was blasted into the ground.
Sage's head shattered at this instant.
"Celestial Essence·Starquake."
Marika straightened up, flicked her hand and softly said, "I just enjoy cooking, but that doesn't mean I can't fight."
The Body Techniques that Sage refined for her were extremely useful, allowing her to store all excess strength when not in combat, to be unleashed instantly in battle.
At the same time, relying on Life Return, she could use this method to slightly refine her body through eating, although not as freakishly as Sage, it was still quite decent.
A stronger body can withstand more power and unleash greater bursts.
Besides, her proficiency in using 'Internal Destruction' Haki was not low.
She could use Internal Destruction Haki with every strand of hair, enabling fine control.
This too was Sage's suggestion.
She couldn't see Secret Holes, as that was Sage's unique power, but by using every strand of hair to conduct Internal Destruction, she could temporarily destroy the struck area, which, even if withstood, could cause a momentary paralysis as long as it embedded slightly.
With this move, as long as no one could resist her initial attack, it was easy for them to be defeated.
This Body Technique was named 'Celestial Essence' by Marika.
Like this Sage, upon contact, she knew the opponent wasn't weak, after all, being a Mythical, his physique was rather good.
His Haki strength was okay too, if a real fight broke out, he could hold on for a while.
Unfortunately, this guy leaned too much on abilities.
In terms of Haki strength, Marika was far superior, and in terms of power, she utterly overwhelmed him, not to mention the refined control that Marika trained.
Life Return should be used like this; with fine control of the body, one naturally can extend their will to every aspect.
This kind of explosion can finish off Sage.
"You were too confident, your true abilities aren't that impressive," Marika smiled.