One Piece: Fist of the World-Chapter 51: Understanding the Air

"Then, use less force, keeping it within the range where you can be injured by him but not fatally."

Rhodes slightly restrained his strength, hoping that Onigumo could cause him more damage. He truly wanted to improve! There was no other way; his body could no longer grow stronger by relying solely on his own practice. Only through this method could his body continue to become stronger.

However, I'm still not strong enough! Whether it is Kaido or Big Mom, according to their performance in the original work, they both have physical defenses that exceed mine. Let's set a small goal first and become the strongest creature on land, sea, and air!

Rhodes restrained his strength and continued to fight frantically with Onigumo, savoring the feeling of pain and pleasure. And every time his body grew stronger, he would coordinate with Onigumo's attack rhythm and restrain his strength and Haki.

"His strength and Haki have weakened!" Feeling the decline in Rhodes's power, Onigumo's eyes couldn't help but flash with a hint of joy. Fortunately, he had just gone out to sea and hadn't experienced many proper battles. He made mistakes due to a lack of experience and didn't allocate his physical strength well in the battle. Now he's beginning to feel tired. Otherwise, I might not be able to defeat him.

The power coming from the opposite side was getting weaker and weaker. Onigumo could feel the change in power in almost every clash.

He's almost dying! A hint of cruelty flashed in Onigumo's eyes. Generally speaking, the Navy would not choose to kill pirates on the spot if they hadn't committed serious crimes, but would capture them alive and send them to a large underwater prison. However, such a seed of evil with amazing talent should be wiped out here!

After colliding with Rhodes again, Onigumo suddenly accelerated and burst out with all his strength. The long swords in his hands almost blurred into an afterimage. The Armament Haki flowed swiftly on the blades, leaving a series of ghostly shadows that looked like red flames.

"Red Flame Ghost Shadow Slash!"

Rhodes realized through his Observation Haki that Onigumo's attack was far more powerful than usual, and he instantly increased his own strength, and the accumulated Haki also suddenly released with his fist. Wanting to refresh your passive ability by using Onigumo to cause damage to yourself doesn't mean that you have to take the opponent's ultimate move.

BANG!!!

His body recoiled a few steps, and a hint of surprise flashed in Onigumo's eyes. Wasn't he already weak? How could he still be hiding such strong power?

Rhodes staggered back several steps, covering his right arm with his left hand, an unyielding look on his face. "I won't lose!"

Seeing Rhodes's performance, Onigumo temporarily set aside his doubts. The final explosion? It's useless, the outcome of this battle is already determined!

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On the coast, the battle did not end with the arrival of Neru and his companions, because in addition to Neru and his companions, there was also a Marine warship that arrived here!

"Damn it! Why is the warship coming here suddenly?" Looking at the warship that suddenly appeared on the coast, Law's face looked grim. Compared with the approaching warships, the Polaris seemed too small, especially the artillery on the warships, all of which were aimed at the Polaris.

"Let's fire!" Penguin and Shachi raised their hands and quickly ran to the Polaris's main gun launcher to prepare for calibration.

"The firepower is totally not on the same level!" Looking around, there were at least a hundred guns on that warship, and the Polaris was unable to compete with it using its current firepower.

Neru used his full Observation Haki to sweep across the entire battlefield quickly, and he immediately understood everything. Since he was a child, he had a special perception ability that allowed him to perceive relevant information within a certain range. Later, after telling Rhodes about this, Rhodes told him that this was a power called Observation Haki, and that he was a natural user of Observation Haki.

However, what his Observation Haki could sense was different from what Rhodes said. After Rhodes successfully mastered Observation Haki, the two confirmed this with each other. What he could sense wasn't limited to the surrounding aura, or sensing attacks, predicting the opponent's next move, sensing the strength of creatures, sensing the position and number of objects outside of his field of vision, etc. In addition to these, he could also sense much more. It was a very mysterious feeling, and he could only describe what he sensed as "intelligence."

As for his special observation ability, Rhodes also had a special name for it. He called it "Reading the Air," which seemed quite vivid.

Just like now, after fully activating the power of Observation Haki, he immediately judged through the various intelligence information fed back that Nia's battle did not require support. It would be more accurate to say that they were teaching on the spot rather than fighting.

That way, you don't have to worry too much.

"Law, take this time to recover your strength. Genos, please hold this enemy back."

"Please spare me. I just joined and I have to fight one after another." Although complaining like this, Genos still gently put the puppy Cici down, patted the puppy's head, let it hide in the cabin, then lifted his windbreaker and pulled out a one-handed axe from it.

"Is the life of a pirate so exciting?" Genos held the axe in one hand and pointed it at the man before him. "Although I'd like to say that it's fine for us to just stand there and do it, but judging from your expression, I don't think you'd agree."

"There's no other way. Come on, let's fight!"

"Finger Gun - Chaos!"

The next moment, Gula appeared in front of Genos, countless hand shadows flashed, and blood suddenly bloomed on Genos's chest.

"Genos!" Seeing the new partner being pierced through the body, Bepo screamed immediately, and Law, who had sat down to recover his strength, stood up suddenly.

"With your level, don't come out to be a pirate. You should stay at home." Genos was seemingly killed in one blow, and Gula shook his hands with a calm expression.

"What are you talking about? The battle has just begun." A hand grabbed Gula's shoulder, and Genos turned his face. Against the backdrop of the mottled bloodstains, his face looked extremely terrifying.

Swoosh—

The axe in Genos's hand swept past in an instant, but Gula dodged it at the critical moment, leaving only a shallow wound.

"You can still fight, even though you were hurt so badly..." Gula glanced at his scratched arm, then turned to look at Genos, but suddenly stopped talking.

"Where are your wounds!?" It was true that he had pierced the opponent's chest just now, and his blood could still be seen on the ground, but where was his wound? Looking at Genos's exposed, unharmed chest, Gula was in a mess.