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Chapter 423 - The Essence of Illusions

Just the Pengele Family? Spade's face darkened even more upon hearing this. Insulting the Pengele Family in his presence—what audacity!

With that thought, he decided not to waste more words on the opponent. Instead, he turned to XANXUS and said, "XANXUS, go help Isho deal with that guy. I'll handle everything here. Hopefully, these two have enough strength to test some of Varia's new toys."

As the Guardian of Mist for the Pengele Family, Spade now possessed his own Pengele Box. As for the upgraded Pengele Gear from Talbot...

He hadn't received his upgrade yet. Talbot was currently upgrading Isekai's Box Weapon, the Sky Kirin, which contained all seven attributes of the Sky Flame. The upgrade process was complex and expected to take about half a year to complete. After that, upgrading the Guardians' Box Weapons to Gears would be much quicker.

"Tch." Although XANXUS didn't particularly like Spade, he understood the situation. Regardless of whether Spade could handle both enemies alone, he should help Isho deal with the other opponent. Taking down any of their foes would tip the scales in their favor.

"Don't underestimate him. He can switch between a physical and soul state, making him immune to physical attacks," XANXUS warned before rushing to assist Isho.

Still engaged in a fierce battle, Axe had no idea he was about to face the wrath of Hyper Intuition. He might even start doubting his abilities, given that Isho could already counter his power with his advanced Observation Haki. Now, there was another who could do the same...

"Soul and body switching, immune to physical attacks, huh?" Spade smiled oddly. "Interesting ability."

He had initially thought dealing with Axe might be troublesome, given that he was a CP0 officer with Admiral-level strength. However, the fight would have been more straightforward if Axe had relied on such a power.

As the Guardian of Mist, Spade was highly skilled in mental attacks.

However, Axe seemed oblivious to the implications of Spade's smile. He sneered, "So what if you know? Prey should act like prey and let me tear them apart!"

With that, Axe launched at Spade, using Moonwalk and Shave to flicker through the air, appearing behind Spade with his claws clad in Armament Haki, making a piercing sound.

Spade stood seemingly motionless, waiting for the attack.

"Slash!"

Axe's claws passed through Spade's body, but to his shock, Spade's form dissipated and reappeared ten meters away, unscathed.

Axe tried again, slashing at Spade, but his claws only met thin air. Spade's figure vanished each time, only to reform elsewhere, still with that mocking smile.

"Just as I thought—you're not only weak, but also not very smart. Need me to find you a doctor? There's still time to cure your stupidity," Spade taunted.

"What did you do?!" Axe snarled, his attacks proving futile as Spade's figure faded and reappeared. "Damn it! Is this an illusion?"

He finally realized he was trapped in Spade's illusion. Despite hearing about Pengele's top-tier illusionists, he hadn't expected to fall into one so seamlessly that even his Observation Haki couldn't detect it.

Axe kept attacking but to no avail. Spade's voice echoed mockingly, "Knowing it's an illusion, why keep attacking? Just stand still and wait for death."

Spade's laughter filled the air as Axe's futile attacks continued. "It's not about your strength; it's your mind. I'm not just deceiving your eyes—I'm deceiving your mind and soul. The more you fear me, the stronger my illusion becomes. Can you overcome your fear?"

"No! I can't fear scum like you!" Axe shouted, refusing to admit his fear gave Spade power.

He couldn't accept this as a CP0 officer and the Celestial Dragons' strongest shield.

Since he couldn't hit Spade, he secured his position instead.

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