"Damn it! Did that do nothing?"
Even Robin was stunned for a moment. Despite knowing this deep down, she believed she had more than enough power to seriously injure a CP0 agent.
But the fact was in front of her, and it proved her wrong.
She couldn't do it. Her strength wasn't enough. At this moment, she clutched her stomach. There was some red blood on her stomach, but no wound.
Suddenly, a sand whirlwind appeared next to her and slowly condensed into Vivi.
"Did that work?" Vivi asked while holding her head.
Robin shook her head and said.
"Liam was right. Every CP0 agent has gone through vigorous training. It is not just for obedience, but also for their endurance. Just look at the attitude of Celestial Dragons from two days ago."
"CP0 agents are the people who come in contact with them the most. They need to bear anything that a Celestial Dragon does to them. They might be slaves, but they are no different."
"Unless we use Internal Destruction, we can not take him down soon."
Vivi knew Robin was just complaining about Celestial Dragons and how much she hated them; otherwise, there was no need to bring them to this discussion.
But she didn't stop. She simply made a similar assumption and nodded her head.
"Then, let's do the same."
"What?"
Robin asked, somewhat puzzled.
"We have gone through some vigorous training as well. Although we might not outlast him, we can fight for a while. Let's keep doing this. We will eventually find a way to land a crucial blow."
"And, if we can't?" Robin asked seriously.
"Then, someone will help us," Vivi replied nonchalantly.
"Why?"
Robin put a serious face and asked.
Vivi clenched her fist and said.
"I want to win this battle with strength, not strategy. Maybe we would need to combine our strengths for this battle, I still want to win with nothing but our strength."
"If we fail, then let's just fail."
Robin paused for a moment. She realized that she was taking a shortcut without even realizing it.
Every time a person relied on some kind of plan to succeed, there would always be something that would fail their plans.
That's why strength was the most crucial part of any plan.
Any time Liam made a plan. He made it with the intention to take down everyone with strength, not just a plan.
Maybe there would be some plans involved that would fight differently, but every time, they would simply rely on strength to fight.
This time, Liam didn't really make a plan for this battle.
In simple terms, Liam had absolute confidence on them for this battle. But in case something goes wrong, there should be a contingency plan.
So, that's all he did and let the crew plan the battle themselves.
Luffy wanted to face Akainu, so Liam chose Kizaru.
Zoro and Sanji had defeated Vice Admirals previously, but at that moment, they relied on the enemy's weakness to defeat them.
While they did rely on their strength as well, the main straw that helped them defeat the Vice Admirals was the characteristic of those Vice Admirals.
Others also faced a similar situation. Even Robin and Franky mostly relied on their cooperation to defeat the Vice Admiral.
But during that time, she forgot one thing.
She also did her best to awaken Armament Haki to help Luffy.
She surpassed her limits during that battle.
In this battle, she didn't try to surpass her limits rather just focused on defeating the enemy. She didn't want to lose because of her feelings.
That's what caused her to lose the main target.
On the other hand, Vivi understood this and kept it in the back of her mind.
"You are right, Vivi. Let's just do this."
Robin nodded her head with a serious expression.
Vivi smiled and raised her hands.
The ground beneath her changed into sand and rose like a massive tsunami.
[Sand Wave]
She released the sand towards the Bird Agent, who changed his form into Human-Beast Form and rushed toward the sand.
In mid-air, he started spinning crazily while coating his beak with Armament Haki.
He managed to drill through the sand and pierce it. But just when he was about to cross the sand, the entire sand wave fell upon him.
The weight of the sand caused him to lose balance.
Vivi quickly took this opportunity and conjured the sand around the Bird Agent, turning him into a sculpture.
[Sand Binding]
Vivi walked closer to the Bird Agent and touched the sand. She released Armament Haki into her hand and tried to cover her sand with Armament Haki.
Originally, Bird Agent was simply going to burst out after exhausting some of her stamina, but when he sensed Haki, he instantly flew out of the Sand Binding.
"Tch! Robin, it's your turn."
Vivi clicked her tongue and shouted.
Robin smiled and placed her hands in front of her chest. At this moment, several hands appeared in mid-air, and before the Bird Agent could fly away, several of those hands tried to bind him.
Of course, that was just a part of the plan. She created two massive wings behind her back and flew towards the Bird Agent.
Although the Bird Agent didn't know what she was planning, he grinned.
"That wound came from my previous attack, right? So anything that happens to your arm happens to you, right?"
At this moment, the Bird Agent coated his arms with Armament Haki and broke Robin's hands, freeing himself from her clutch.
Robin gritted her teeth, but it wasn't enough to make her lose.
At this moment, several petals appeared in mid-air and slowly condensed into large fists.
[Thousand Flowers]
[Hardening]
[Giant Gatling]
Those large fists were coated with Armament Haki. Because they were connected to her, she could transfer her Haki into those arms.
But the further they were, the harder it would get. So, she used her flight to get closer to her enemy and use this trick.
[Finger Gun Gatling]
When she used this trick, the Bird Agent wasn't going to sit down and take damage. He also covered his index fingers with Armament Haki and started thrusting them towards those giant fists.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
In mid-air, several giant fists and small fingers collided. Although those fingers were small, they contained a lot of power, each enough to rival the giant fist.
After several clashes, Robin couldn't bear it and released those Giant Fists. Instead of that, she conjured a massive foot in mid-air and coated it with Armament Haki.
"Damn it!"
The Bird Agent was using Observation Haki to sense her attacks, but even he didn't expect the size of the foot.
It was almost bigger than a warship.
That size took most of Robin's stamina. On top of that, she also used her Armament Haki, consuming even more of her.
At this moment, the foot came down at extraordinary speed, but the Bird Agent didn't back down.
He couldn't back down without suffering some level of injuries, so the only way to not suffer any injuries would be to fight back.
The Bird Agent took a deep breath and flew towards the giant foot. As he flew, he started spinning in mid-air as his beak became a pointing drill.
He not only used Armament Haki but also Finger Gun on his beak as he moved toward the Giant Foot.
Bang!
Their clash created a massive shockwave that could be felt by those from other islands as well.
At this moment, Luffy also saw her attack and momentarily paused.
"Robin!"
But this action gave Akainu a perfect moment to attack.
"Die, Straw Hat!"
[Dark Hound]
Robin didn't know her action caused Luffy to face a terrifying attack without a proper defense. If she knew, she would've been heartbroken.
But right now, many things were getting broken, especially her giant foot.
The Bird Agent managed to pierce through the entire foot, flying into the sky as the giant foot turned several petals and disappeared.
At the same time, the feedback from her giant foot came to Robin, which made Robin lose most of her strength.
Thud!
She even lost her wings and fell to the ground, crashing so hard that she broke a few bones and coughed out blood.
"Robin!"
Vivi screamed and rushed towards her.
Robin gritted her teeth, knowing that she couldn't let Vivi get careless because of her.
She also didn't want to become a burden to Vivi.
'Luffy, give me strength!'
Robin poured all of her Willpower into her strength and stood up before Vivi could reach her.
"I'm fine. I am just exhausted."
It was a lie. Vivi could see this, but she didn't want to expose Robin. She simply nodded and created two layers of Sand Armor around her.
"Take some rest and recover your stamina. Let me fight him."
"Fight who?"
Before Vivi and Robin could react, a shadowy figure appeared in front of Vivi and kicked her in the stomach.
Bang!