"Heh-heh~ How does it feel to get beaten up by your own power? Pretty fun, right!?"
Seeing Gaban in such a miserable state, little Bonney let out a cruel giggle.
At the sa ti, she felt secretly relieved. Good thing her thods were magical enough. Otherwise, the one eating that punch would have been her!
"Ugh…"
Gaban groaned in pain, then forced a bitter smile.
"Little girl, how about we make a deal?"
"You give my strength back to , we fight properly, and no matter how it ends, we'll count it as your win. How about that?"
Humiliating!
This was just too humiliating!!!
With Gaban's physical condition, Bonney's punch alone was not enough to make him lose his ability to fight.
But after roaming the seas for decades, this was the first ti he had encountered an opponent who could not be dealt with by Haki alone. This feeling of having absolutely no room to fight back was far too unbearable.
Yet Bonney completely ignored Gaban's proposal.
What kind of joke was that?
This was a battle she was about to win. Was there any need to give her opponent a coback scene!?
The thought flashed through her mind, and another pair of Fairy Locks appeared around Bonney's hands, coiling around her wrists just like before.
Imdiately after, Bonney's figure suddenly retreated, opening up a certain distance between herself and Gaban.
At the sight of this, Gaban's nerves instantly tightened, and his eyes widened.
"Hey, hey, no way, right!?"
Whoosh!
Smack!!!
A pink chain suddenly lashed out, whipping straight across Gaban's face.
Although he had already predicted Bonney's movent one step in advance and defended with Armant Haki, under Bonney's overwhelming strength, a clear bloody mark still appeared on Gaban's face.
"Do you have to be this ruthless!?"
Gaban wanted to cry, but no tears ca.
But Bonney's second follow-up strike had already arrived.
Whoosh—smack!
This ti, the chain whipped toward the other side of Gaban's face, leaving an obvious mark as always.
"Damn it…"
Bound by the Fairy Lock, Gaban let out a powerless roar of fury.
In truth, as one of the world's top non-Devil Fruit powerhouses, Gaban's ability to withstand blows was extrely outstanding.
re whip strikes like these would not leave him with much of an injury.
In fact, if his strength were restored, Gaban could easily break free from the Fairy Locks binding him.
But unfortunately, his current state simply did not allow him to do such a thing.
And so, while the wounds to his heart hurt far more than the wounds to his body, Gaban was forcibly whipped by Bonney dozens of tis.
Only when Gaban's wife, Ripley, truly could not bear to keep watching did she cover her face, walk over to Jarul, and request to surrender on her husband's behalf.
If this continued, Gaban would lose every last shred of his old dignity!
After hearing Ripley's request, Jarul did not hesitate in the slightest.
In fact, from the mont Gaban had been bound by the chains, he had already wanted to surrender.
It was just that Gaban was ultimately not a giant of Elbaf, and he also had the identity of the Pirate King's Left Hand. Jarul did not have the right to surrender on behalf of soone who had only co to fight for Elbaf.
Now that Ripley had spoken up, Jarul finally felt a huge weight lift from his heart.
He imdiately stepped forward and surrendered on Gaban's behalf.
"We admit defeat in this match as well!"
It was as if one stopped itching after having too many lice, or stopped worrying after owing too much debt.
After losing eight consecutive matches and being thoroughly crushed by the Straw Hat Pirates in every possible way and posture, Jarul seed to have already grown used to surrendering. When he shouted it, there was not even the slightest psychological pressure.
On the contrary, Gaban, who had been whipped by Bonney, turned bright red after hearing Jarul surrender on his behalf.
Whether he was ashad because he had lost without accomplishing anything, or whether Bonney's constant whipping had awakened so strange preference in him, no one knew.
In any case, not long after he returned to the giants' formation, his wife Ripley grabbed him by the collar and dragged him away in disgrace.
It seed he had no face left to et anyone.
Though, to be fair, even soone with strange preferences probably would not have the face to remain there after being whipped by a little girl in front of the whole world for several minutes.
...
...
"Good work, Bonney."
"The feast you wanted has already been prepared~ You can go enjoy it now."
Moria, who was perfectly capable of telling who the true powerhouse was, greeted Bonney warmly when he saw that she had already returned to her everyday twenty-four-year-old form.
He had to admit, even he had been greatly startled by Bonney's move.
More importantly… he knew very well that Bonney had not actually used her full power at all.
Whether it was the Psychic type or the Fairy type after awakening, they had seed like re decorations in this battle. She had not displayed the traits she should have possessed after Pokémon-ization.
Moreover, the figure Bonney had transford into using her Devil Fruit ability had not only intimidated Shanks.
Every powerhouse on the Straw Hats' side whose perception ability passed the baseline had also been intimidated!
If Bonney could truly maintain that state permanently, Moria even suspected that among the lords of the Straw Hat Pirates, only a few would be able to stand against Bonney.
But Gaban's lightspeed defeat had failed to let Bonney enjoy herself. What could Moria say about that?
He could not exactly say it was because Gaban was too weak, right?
If Gaban's Conqueror's Haki had been even a little stronger, strong enough to make Bonney lose the ability to maintain Power Swap…
If Gaban's strength had been just a little weaker, so that after the swap, there would not have been a chasm-like gap between him and Bonney…
It could only be said that Bonney's combo was a perfect counter to Gaban.
After watching Bonney return to her pirate crew's base, Moria finally turned his head and looked once more at the giants' formation opposite them.
"It's already the last match…"
Moria murmured softly, his expectant gaze crossing the void and landing on Shanks.
The fact that they had been able to crush the giants so smoothly actually had another reason: every ti, the Straw Hats had acted after seeing the opponent first.
With the innate advantage of intelligence, Moria had considered the first eight victories all but guaranteed from the start.
The only opponent who made him hesitate, the only one whose defeat he was not sure of, was actually the strongest person on the other side—the forr Emperor of the Sea, Red-Haired Shanks!
"Law, it's your turn?"
"Do you have confidence?"
For so reason, Moria felt a little nervous as he took the initiative to ask Law, who had remained calm and silent beside him from beginning to end.
Law let out a long breath and tightened his grip on Kikoku as he replied:
"I don't know. After all, my opponent is that man. If I said I was confident I could definitely defeat him, even I probably wouldn't believe it."
"But…"
A strange light flashed in Law's eyes. One was a deep pink representing Psychic power, while the other was a profound, dark purple.
Law continued:
"If my opponent is soone who doesn't even possess Pokémon power, then I don't believe I'll lose!"
Tap!
The mont Law finished speaking, his figure suddenly vanished.
When Moria and the others searched for him again through aura sensing, they saw that Law had already appeared in the center of the battlefield. He had drawn the cursed blade Kikoku in his hand and pointed it directly at Shanks opposite him.
"Co!"
"Let witness… the true strength of a forr overlord of the sea!"
"I hope you don't disappoint !"
"Not bad spirit for a brat."
Shanks, on the opposite side, had originally still wanted to say sothing to Jarul.
But after hearing Law's seemingly provocative declaration, he abruptly turned his gaze and first praised Law's montum.
The next mont, he leaped fiercely, directly landing from the giants' formation, which stood so distance away, into the center of the battlefield.
Gryphon in his hand had already been unsheathed. It trembled faintly toward Law before him, as though delighting in the battle that was about to co.
After eting Law up close, Shanks was the first to sigh with emotion.
"I really don't know how that guy Luffy managed it. Everyone under him is a monster."
"For Moria to keep you until the very end specifically to deal with , I suppose your strength must be the greatest among all of you, right?"
Shanks asked teasingly.
But Law shook his head seriously and denied it.
"No!"
"There are far too many sinister fellows in the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. Everyone has trump cards unknown to the others."
"No one here would dare claim they're the strongest…"
However, when he reached this point, Law's tone suddenly paused. The corner of his eye twitched slightly, as if he had rembered sothing unpleasant, before he added a correction:
"Although… there is indeed one idiot who shouts every day that he's the strongest."
"Hahaha! Sounds like the atmosphere on your side is pretty interesting!" Shanks seed to have forgotten the reason he had co here, chatting with Law as though they were simply making small talk.
"The atmosphere, huh~"
The corner of Law's mouth lifted, and he chuckled.
"Although everyone has different goals, under the discipline of Lord Red and the others, we do get along rather harmoniously~"
"Uh~ Discipline!?" Shanks blinked in surprise. He had not expected Law to use that word.
Luffy definitely could not do sothing like that.
It seed that among Luffy's companions, there were quite a few interesting people as well.
"All right. That's enough reminiscing."
Just as Shanks wanted to learn more about Luffy, Law no longer intended to keep talking with him.
Considering the relationship between Shanks and Luffy, Law did not mind satisfying a little of Shanks's curiosity. But at the sa ti…
Law, who was about to face a world-class powerhouse, was also so nervous inside that he could not afford to be distracted any further.
Whoosh—
The light of evolution appeared cleanly over Law's body.
Shanks also grew solemn. His aura sharpened, and he prepared himself to et the battle at any mont.
After witnessing the previous eight matches, even he did not dare to be careless against this group from the Straw Hats.
Soon, the light of evolution around Law vanished.
Only, what puzzled Shanks and the audience watching from the screens was that…
After evolving, Law's body did not have any obvious physical characteristics.
The only change was perhaps that the faint energy light that had originally blood in his eyes had now perfectly transford into two pupils, one pink and one purple, embedded in Law's eyes.
A hint of disappointnt flashed through Shanks's eyes when he did not see any novel changes.
But imdiately afterward, his aura suddenly surged.
Because at this very mont, a strange spatial fluctuation abruptly erged from Law's body and spread in every direction, covering the entire battlefield in an instant.
"ROOM!"
Law seized the initiative, directly activating his Devil Fruit ability.
The power of the Op-Op Fruit could directly act on space. Therefore, no matter how much Shanks guarded against it, his Haki could not prevent Law from using his technique.
"Poison Gas!!!"
Before Shanks could act, Law spoke again.
He blew lightly, and large swaths of purple, turbid mist suddenly sprayed from his mouth, only to vanish abruptly.
"This is…"
The sharp-witted Shanks raised his brows, and his gaze suddenly shifted behind him. Sure enough, he saw a dense mist exuding an eerie aura surrounding him.
This was the power of the Op-Op Fruit!
Within this ROOM created by the chief surgeon, Law was the sole ruler!
The space in this area could be toyed with as he pleased!
"What a troubleso ability!"
At the sight of this, Shanks quickly turned his head. Gryphon in his hand suddenly rose, and his figure flashed as he slashed straight toward Law.
"But no matter how bizarre an ability is, as long as I can attack the ability user directly, it's useless!"
Boom!!!
Shanks abruptly swung his blade. The motion was ordinary and unadorned, yet it seed to contain boundless power as it struck fiercely at the spot where Law stood.
In an instant, a deep sword scar spread outward along the direction of Gryphon's slash, continuing toward the Straw Hats' formation before finally being perfectly blocked by Bartoloo's barrier.
Within the ROOM space, dust and smoke rose in all directions.
Shanks frowned slightly.
"Didn't hit him!?"
At that mont, a soft chuckle suddenly ca from behind him.
"I fully agree with your point!"
"So…"
"In this space, it's impossible for you to hit !"
"ROOM · Air Replacent!"
Whoosh～
Law, whose entire body radiated a strange pink glow, swung the cursed blade in his hand.
The Poison Gas that had originally been in the corner of the battlefield instantly appeared around Shanks, surrounding him completely.
"Not good!"
Seeing this, Shanks imdiately held his breath and focused his mind.
After the previous battles, he had already deeply realized just how miserable the result would be if one beca infected by this poisonous gas.
Fortunately, the toxicity of the Poison Gas did not seem to be particularly strong.
After Shanks stopped breathing, he indeed did not feel any abnormal condition appear in his body.
But before he could even breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, Law's voice ca again.
"You think you'll be fine just because you aren't breathing!? How naive!"
As he spoke, a gleam flashed in Law's eyes.
A deep green lightning suddenly erupted from his cursed blade, mysterious and dazzling.
Determined not to give Shanks any chance to react, Law did not hesitate in the slightest and spoke again:
"K-ROOM · Gamma Ray!!!"
Crackle!
Brilliant lightning suddenly blood. As Law thrust his cursed blade forward, it shot out, instantly crossing the void like a beam of light and heading straight toward Shanks's location.
And the mont that green lightning struck, the originally calm Poison Gas was instantly ignited.
Just as the na of this move implied.
The true strength of Poison Gas did not only lie in its ability to poison people through breathing. As gas, it also possessed powerful flammable and explosive properties.
Rumble!!!!
Accompanied by a burst of blazing light, a huge stretch of the battlefield was suddenly engulfed in explosions and fire, followed by a deafening roar.
For a ti, the entire battlefield beca as lively as a New Year's celebration.
(End of Chapter)
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