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Chapter 539: Mr. Kai? Mr. Ka? Mr. Sa!
Chapter 539: Mr. Kai? Mr. Ka? Mr. Sa!
The arrows should have been faster than humans, but the person who rushed out from below was also incredibly quick, matching the speed of the arrows. Runthi instinctively retreated, narrowly dodging the spiral-infused arrow. Xifer had already reached her, and with a cross of his dual blades, he unleashed a dazzling 'X' shape, slashing downward.
Boom!
The spiral arrow pierced through the corridor wall, creating a massive hole with spiral marks. In response, a golden round-headed hammer appeared, blocking the blades and preventing them from advancing.
At that moment, Runthi's body suddenly expanded, her form elongating as her ankles bent backward, and her fingers transformed into long claws, assuming a human-beast hybrid form.
"You've gotten stronger. What form is this?"
Xifer laughed, "I've never seen anything like it."
"You bastard, Pachycephalosaurus!" Runthi exclaimed.
With her body leaning forward, she pressed Xifer's blades back with her own, her massive and slender form towering over him. Suddenly, she rammed her head downward.
"What Seven Stars? I've never heard of it. Die! Runtu Cannon!"
Xifer's blades slid along the round-headed hammer, stirring up a peculiar force that pushed him backward.
Bang! Runthi's head slammed into the floor, creating a massive hole. Splinters flew, some piercing through Xifer's hair, lifting strands of his hair.
Xifer looked at Runthi, who was lifting her head from the floor, and chuckled, "Impressive power, even stronger than a cannon."
"If you're so capable, don't dodge! You're not manly at all!" Runthi shouted.
"Whether I'm a man or not isn't determined by words, little sister." Xifer chuckled, "Pachycephalosaurus? Beastman types are amazing. They can freely enhance their physical qualities and use more powerful techniques. I'm different; I need information and time to fight my enemies. It's quite challenging."
"If it's so challenging, why cause trouble?" Runthi asked.
Runthi gripped her round-headed hammer and, in an instant, created several afterimages, swiftly smashing the hammer down toward Xifer's head.
"One by one, why do they all come here? Face my wrath!"
Bang, bang, bang!
The hammer struck with incredible speed. After the initial blow, she quickly lifted it and slammed it down again, unleashing a series of rapid strikes.
"Oh dear." Xifer had already dodged the hammer strikes, his eyes flashing red as he observed the near-continuous hammer attacks. "Are your attacks this swift?"
"Don't dodge!" Runthi called out, following up with more hammer swings.
Attack, attack, and attack again.
The round-headed hammer and Runthi's own forehead, with its exceptional hardness, took turns striking Xifer, but she couldn't land a hit. He was as agile as an eel in water.
Despite her height advantage and longer reach, as she tried to close the distance and bring him within her attack range, she couldn't connect. Even with her maximized perception, he seemed even more perceptive, narrowly evading each strike and demonstrating a predictive ability in his subsequent attacks, causing Runthi to grow increasingly anxious.
"Damn you!" she exclaimed.
She slammed the hammer down again, and seeing that she still couldn't hit him, she abandoned the hammer and transformed once more, becoming a Pachycephalosaurus with a slender body and a mask.
Her long neck lunged forward, and her forehead emitted an incredibly powerful aura. With her larger size, she enveloped Xifer, and her head rammed into him.
Xifer spun his body, dodging the more ferocious impact, but suddenly, two massive claws pinned his shoulders.
"You can't escape!" Runthi glared at him, shouting, "No matter how agile you are, it's useless against my size!"
Boom! Just as she finished speaking, the Spiny-backed Dragon Man in front of them was struck by several spiral-infused arrows, piercing his limbs. The arrows seemed to bend, pushing him downward and pinning him to the floor.
"Pegi!!" Runthi's eyes flashed with red light, and she cried out, instinctively wanting to rush over. But her combat instincts told her to eliminate the threat first.
"Die first! Runtu Cannon Shower!"
Her head, like a pile driver, created afterimages in the air, preparing to finish off this annoying opponent.
Swoosh!!
Just as she launched her attack, two cold lights appeared before her eyes, spraying blood. Blood droplets flew into her field of vision, and as they passed through her pupils, they carried a spiral.
"This won't do," Xifer chuckled. "This level is insufficient; it's too predictable."
Haki concentrated on his forehead, using the hardest part of his body to cover the Haki and launch an attack. It had power, but his defense was completely lacking. Just because he's a Beastman Type, does he completely abandon defense?"
He watched as Runthi slowly transformed from her Pachycephalosaurus form back into her human shape, her eyes rolling back as she fainted. "When encountering someone stronger than yourself, it's good to attack with all your might, but one must also be cautious. Without reason, you cannot fight."
He flicked his dual blades, and the blood on the blade tips dripped to the ground.
"Then, next."
Xifer looked to the side and suddenly paused, shaking his head with a smile, "What, he escaped? Oh well, there are always pirates like that."
He had originally wanted to take care of the long-nosed, orange-haired woman he had seen, but since she had run away, he let it go.
"Flying Hexad!"
Mista approached with her bow drawn, glancing at the two siblings with a cold gaze, "Is the Governor really going to take in people like them?"
"Hehehe, after all, they are some combat power. Our manpower is completely insufficient, otherwise, the Governor wouldn't want to hold a martial arts tournament."
Xifer laughed, "We also need to leave some room for negotiation. The Governor said that if he loses, we will join Kaido, and if he wins, these people will join him. It's probably a deal, and in case of any problems, we won't be held accountable."
"He won't lose."
Mista said, "The Governor will never lose!"
A loud explosion sounded.
Just as Xifer was about to say something, his ears twitched, and a loud noise came from above. He looked up, and a red dot flashed in his eyes as he smiled, "Oh, that aura, it's Urqui. He's found his target."
...
In a certain corridor of the Tenshukaku, a loud explosion reverberated.
Franky pressed his left hand against his right wrist, and as he swept his hand downward, a cannon barrel emerged, firing at the person in front of him. However, the cannonball was sliced in half by the man's sword, creating a cloud of smoke in the surrounding area.
The man was tall and obese, resembling a sumo wrestler, but with more defined muscles. He had sharp teeth and long green hair, and he wore a military cap with two horns.
His upper body was draped with a cloak bearing flame patterns, and his shoulders and chest were adorned with wing-shaped tattoos. He wore an orange flame-patterned double-breasted skirt, and his feet were clad in geta.
"Useless!"
He gripped his sword, which had numerous small blades along its length, and roared, "I've defeated countless people like you!"
At this moment, he was engaged in combat with Franky.
"Defeated countless? How could there be so many people like me? Stop joking!"
Franky struck a pose with his arms crossed, shouting as he unleashed a machine gun from his chest, firing a barrage of bullets at Sasumi.
"What a pervert!"
Sasumi waved his blade, and the sword with small blades along its length suddenly spun at the hilt, transforming into an extremely long drill. As he swung it, a powerful gust of wind was generated, dispersing all the bullets fired at him.
"Fighting you is an insult to the honor of swordsmen!" Sasumi shouted.
"What kind of swordsman are you?"
"I've never seen a swordsman with a spinning blade!" Franky retorted.
"Not only can my blade spin..."
At this moment, Sasumi's body suddenly inflated, growing to an immense size. His human form gradually transformed, becoming a standing Triceratops!
After transforming into a human-beast hybrid, the bones around his neck also began to spin like propellers, propelling his massive body upward!
"I can spin too!"
Sasumi, also known as 'Full-Screen Sasumi', was one of the Flying Hexad with a bounty of 400,000,000 Belly. He was a user of the Dragon Dragon Fruit: Ancient Species, Triceratops Form!
The Flying Hexad earned their name not because no one could match them, but because the 'Sea Roar' Ap, though formidable, was not a Beastman Type or an Ancient Species.
To be part of the Flying Hexad, one must be an Ancient Species. Otherwise, Drake, who had recently joined, would not have been selected for this elite group.
They were the absolute elite among the 'True Strike'!
"Helicopter Triceratops!!"
The spinning bones around Sasumi's neck seemed to have gained a sharp edge, and as he passed by, a gust of wind blew, forcing Franky to take a step back.
This thing couldn't be blocked head-on!
"General Franky!!"
Franky struck another pose, and a massive mechanical body emerged from behind him. He dove into the robot, took control, and crossed his arms in preparation for defense against the spinning Sasumi.
At the same time, the robot's shoulders extended, revealing cannons that began to gather laser beams, ready to fire.
Boom!!
Just as the two were about to clash, a thick afterimage descended from above, blocking their path. Franky's laser beam struck the afterimage, and Sasumi's spinning bones sparked against it, but neither could make any progress.
A cloud of smoke erupted from the afterimage, causing them to pause in surprise and take two steps back.
"There's no need to fight."
Amidst the smoke, a large hand grasped the pillar-like afterimage, gradually revealing a figure.
It was a figure with a sinister smile, one hand raised, holding a lead pillar, dressed in a monk's robe, and adorned with a large bead necklace—a man from the Sky Island.
"Because no matter how you fight from now on, it will be stopped by the little monk, and then... resolved by the little monk."
"The Eccentric Monk, Urqui!"
Sasumi exclaimed in shock, "Why are you here!"
As one of the Four Emperors, the Calamity's Seven Stars were also well-known, and even within their Flying Hexad, there were occasional debates about whether the Seven Stars or their Hexad were more formidable.
These guys' bounties were too high, and some of them were very dissatisfied with it!
This included Sasumi.
He didn't know about the Martial Arts Tournament, but among the Seven Stars, the lowest bounty was 650 million for the 'Gyuman', which made him very unhappy.
And the person in front of him, who was clearly a Supernova from the same batch as Drake, now had an absurd bounty of 866 million!
It was almost double his own.
"Why are you here?"
Urqui chuckled, "The guidance of fate? The captain's orders? Perhaps both. But most importantly, the little monk is here now, and then... will be resolved by the little monk."
"A subordinate of Cataclysm?"
Franky's voice echoed inside the General Franky, "Did you come alone? Or did Cataclysm come as well?"
Urqui glanced sideways, "Who knows?"
"Cataclysm! Another one who wants to challenge Captain Kaido. I'll take you out first, then that robot!"
Sasumi pointed the spinning blade at Urqui, "I'm unhappy with your bounty, but bounty isn't everything!"
He ran forward, spinning the blade like a drill, and slashed down with force.
Clang!
Sparks flew in all directions.
Urqui lifted the lead pillar, blocking the blade, and laughed, "The power of the dinosaur is indeed terrifying, but... it's still not enough!"
He flicked the pillar, instantly knocking the drill-like blade away. The massive lead pillar, which had been raised, now demonstrated an unusually agile movement, swiftly thrusting forward and hitting Sasumi's face, knocking him back and sending him flying.
Immediately after, Urqui's hand holding the pillar suddenly loosened, allowing the pillar to slide backward. As it reached the top, he quickly grasped it again, thrusting it backward with force, colliding with General Franky.
Bang!
A strange force exploded from the end of the pillar, creating a shockwave that slammed into the sturdy steel robot, causing it to retreat. Inside the robot, a clear groan of pain could be heard.
Urqui's smile widened, and the heavy lead pillar in his hand seemed to dance in circles, creating a ring before slamming heavily onto the ground.
"When fighting with the little monk, you must never let your guard down. Otherwise... the little monk can only send you to the afterlife!"
Sasumi covered his face, slowly raising his head. His palm, which had been covering his face, was now covered in blood, and his eyes, which were visible through the hole in the mask, were filled with shock.
"Internal Destruction Aura?"
With his Beastman qualities, even if he was hit with great force, he wouldn't fall directly, and he wouldn't bleed either.
Only the Internal Destruction Aura could achieve this level!
On the other side, General Franky remained motionless, clearly feeling the impact inside.
That strike had penetrated the metal exterior and hit the core.
"Indeed."
Urqui acknowledged without concern, "Being a high-ranking officer in the Cataclysm Pirates isn't easy. The little monk enjoys sending people to the afterlife, but without the corresponding strength, one would only be sent to the afterlife themselves. Since I hold this position, I must put in more effort."
Sage had always been teaching them that, in addition to their own cultivation, he never neglected the growth of his subordinates' strength.
Although it wasn't hands-on teaching, he would provide direction, set goals, and conduct regular checks.
Even the goals he set were ones he believed they could definitely achieve, and he had never been wrong.
If they couldn't reach that goal by the designated time, it wasn't a matter of talent; it was their personal problem.
Urqui had been following for so long and was still firmly in the Seven Stars position, and in addition to his abilities, he had cultivated impressive Aura proficiency and formidable Body Technique proficiency!
He wasn't just a talker; internally, he was unsteady!
Although Sage kept saying things like 'Captain Kaido' and 'Captain Karasu'.
In their eyes, when it came to teaching, Sage was the number one teacher in the world!
Moreover, he enjoyed doing this kind of thing.
In Renetia's words,
Sage was the number one teacher in the world!
(End of Chapter)
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