Above Pirate King - Chapter 138
After Shiki’s landing, Arthur also dispersed the thunder god and fell to this small island.
“What’s wrong, Golden Flea? Giving up already?” Arthur chuckled lightly.
“You little brat, don’t be too arrogant. I already know your weakness!” Shiki said coldly.
“Heh!” Arthur smiled indifferently and provocatively waved his hand.
He knew the weakness Shiki was referring to, which was merely his lack of combat experience. For anyone else, that would be a fatal flaw. Insufficient combat experience could lead to critical errors at crucial moments, resulting in a complete defeat.
However, Arthur was different. His Observation Haki allowed him to foresee the future, even if only for a short time, which was enough to compensate for his lack of experience.
Seeing this, Shiki didn’t say much and launched his attack directly.
“Lion’s Roar!”
The ground was lifted, forming a lion that roared towards Arthur.
Shiki didn’t stay idle either and followed the lion, charging forward.
For someone with insufficient combat experience, the best approach is not to rely on powerful moves but to engage in close combat. Under such close and constant pressure, the inexperienced are more likely to make mistakes, and one mistake can be fatal.
“Armament Haki!”
Black Haki wrapped around Arthur’s hand as he struck fiercely.
“Boom!”
After a collision with the lion, the lion was directly dispersed, revealing Shiki behind it.
Shiki floated in the air, with both legs pointed straight at Arthur in a direct thrust.
Dangerous!
Although this move seemed ordinary, Arthur sensed the killing intent behind it.
“Observation Haki!”
He dodged the direct thrust by leaning sideways and quickly crouched.
As if in agreement with Arthur, Shiki immediately followed up with a sweeping attack that Arthur managed to evade with his crouching move.
Next, the two fought like they were dancing.
Shiki slashed, hacked, cut, and thrust.
Arthur leaped up, crouched, advanced, retreated, and sidestepped.
Arthur narrowly avoided each of Shiki’s attacks, and if it weren’t for the sword aura raging within tens of miles, it would have looked like they were just playing around.
Gradually, Shiki began to feel that something was amiss.
This kid in front of him seemed to predict his attacks in advance. Every time before his attack landed, the kid had already dodged it.
Even more surprisingly, the kid’s combat experience was rapidly increasing.
At first, although the kid could always dodge Shiki’s attacks in advance, he couldn’t counterattack at all due to his lack of experience.
But as the fight went on, the kid began to retaliate occasionally!
Suddenly, Shiki seemed to have figured something out and looked at Arthur in shock and anger. “Did you just use your Observation Haki foresee the future?”
Arthur didn’t answer, but the slight smile on his face betrayed him.
“You damn brat, using me for practice!” Shiki said angrily.
After learning about Arthur’s Observation Haki, he instantly understood what Arthur was up to, feeling both angry and frustrated, but also a sense of sorrow.
After all, he was the legendary Sea Pirate, Shiki the Golden Lion!
When did he, Shiki, fall to the point of being used for practice by a junior kid!
Arthur smiled slightly and honestly said, “Yes!”
That’s right, he was using Shiki for practice. For this, he even gave up using his Devil Fruit power and relied solely on his martial arts and Haki to fight against Shiki.
Although it was dangerous, as he could easily be defeated by Shiki, with the foresight of the future, he had some confidence. Besides, he wasn’t foolish; he would naturally use his Devil Fruit power when in real danger!
Although the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was not as fast as Kizaru’s Glint-Glint Fruit, it was still one of the top abilities in the pirate world when it came to speed!
“Jihahaha!” Suddenly, Shiki burst into laughter, his mouth wide open, a laugh filled with both happiness and extreme anger!
The next moment, Shiki increased his attack speed.
Swordsmanship and Devil Fruit abilities were both brought into play.
Sword auras spanned hundreds of miles, and Shiki’s Devil Fruit ability pulled seawater from the nearby ocean, forming a gigantic water lion attacking Arthur.
On one side were Shiki’s twin swords, and on the other was the lion under Shiki’s control.
“Ball Lightning!”
At this moment, Arthur couldn’t hold on anymore, and he transformed into a bolt of lightning, darting away from behind and creating some distance between him and Shiki.
The residual lightning left after his retreat was conveniently absorbed by Shiki’s attacking lion, and it flickered within the water lion for a moment before disappearing.
“Huh?”
Seeing this scene, Shiki had a sudden flash of insight, as if he had thought of something. Instead of pursuing Arthur further, he fully activated his Devil Fruit ability and manipulated the surrounding seawater.
“Jihahaha, kid, this time I’ve truly found your weakness!” Shiki laughed arrogantly.
The seawater he manipulated formed a gigantic water lion, stretching over a thousand meters, roaring towards Arthur.
Seeing this, Arthur furrowed his brows slightly.
Seawater was somewhat restraining his Devil Fruit ability!
Not only did it weaken him physically, but it also conducted electricity. If Arthur released his lightning, it would only amplify the water curtain’s power, offering no other advantages.
After some thought, a dangerous smile appeared on Arthur’s face.
He reached his hand to his forehead, and in the next second, a specially made coin appeared in his hand. Indeed, it was a coin specially designed by Arthur for his Railgun, and each coin contained a small marble-sized piece of Sea Stone.
What’s more, he had gone mad and stored thousands of coins in his Storage Space.
Looking at Shiki and the roaring water lion approaching, Arthur smiled faintly, holding a coin and flicking it with his thumb, sending it flying.
“Railgun!”
“Boom!”
A lightning bolt flashed, and the coin pierced through the water lion and headed straight for Shiki.
In the next second, Shiki twisted his body in an awkward posture to barely avoid the attack.
As soon as he saw the coin shot by Arthur, he knew it was bad news. He had been hit by the coin before, so he knew how fast it was, not to mention the small Seastone piece within it. If he were hit, it wouldn’t end well!
Shiki sighed in relief but was planning to control the water lion to attack Arthur when he suddenly witnessed a scene that made him infuriated.
He saw Arthur flicking the coins on his hand, one after another.
“Damn it!”
“Could you tell me why the king of a kingdom is so poor?”
“Going out with a bunch of coins!”
“Railgun: Scatter!”
One after another, the Railgun shots streaked across the sky like meteors, rapidly heading towards Shiki.
This time, Shiki had no time to control the water lion.
He quickly dispersed the water lion and used his Devil Fruit ability to control a large piece of land, blocking in front of him. Then he retreated frantically.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
The lightning flashes penetrated the land Shiki set up before him.
Fortunately, Shiki reacted quickly and twisted his body in the air several times, barely enduring the onslaught with a few wounds.
But it wasn’t over yet!
In the next moment, Arthur pulled out another large handful of coins from his spatial storage.
“Railgun: Scatter!”
Once again, Railgun shots streaked through the sky like meteors, heading straight for Shiki.
“Lion: Thousand Slice Valley!”
In an unenviable situation, Shiki could only retreat while slashing fiercely with his legs, producing a series of powerful slashes!
While some of these powerful slashes managed to block some coins, they also headed towards Arthur, trying to interrupt his attacks.
Seeing this, Arthur once again pulled out a large handful of coins from his spatial storage.
This time, both of his hands were filled with coins!
“Railgun: Gatling!”
The thumbs of both hands flicked crazily, firing over a dozen coins every second.
Railgun shots flew out one after another, directly heading for Shiki, and along the way, they shattered all the slashes he produced.
No matter how fast Shiki’s slashes were, they couldn’t compare to the speed at which Arthur fired his Railgun. He could only keep retreating, twisting his body carefully to minimize the exposed areas and reduce potential injuries.
And the direction he was retreating towards was where Gion was.
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