With Aus making the first move,
the massive brawl kicked off!
But with Marco down first, plus Aus as the wild card nobody saw coming, overall the Roger Pirates had the upper hand.
Not to mention, Whitebeard's crew only had Oden as real high-level firepower,
while Rayleigh and the others all knew Conqueror's coating—one finger was enough to handle these guys.
So rather than a real battle, it was more like sparring.
Aus was stubborn as hell too. Though his strength wasn't quite there yet, banking on his freakish monster power and battle-tested dual Haki,
he was actually going toe-to-toe with Oden despite being outclassed.
Aus finally got why there were so many forced fifty-fifty fights in this pirate world.
Maybe one side was weaker, but as long as it wasn't total domination, slugging it out for days was easy as breathing.
Everyone really was a damage sponge!
Plus, compared to Captain Roger and the others' insane Conqueror's coating, Kozuki Oden's strength was a notch below, and his Conqueror's level wasn't world-class.
Aus might not win, but using Oden for practice worked fine.
Worst case, it'd just hurt like hell.
"One-Sword Style—"
Sizzle sizzle sizzle...
Dense Armament coated the blade, wisps of Conqueror's wrapping around it. With Aus's monster strength and swordsmanship backing it, one slash's terrifying power actually started tearing the air!
This was Aus going all-out for the first time, eyes constantly peeking into the future.
"Ultimate Black Light!"
Oden didn't expect Aus to open with his ultimate right off the bat, but naturally wouldn't back down either.
Armament mastery even surpassing Aus's wrapped both swords, charging forward with slashing fury!
"Oden Two-Sword Style: Samurai Soul Scythe!"
In a flash, both crossed paths. The massive power made the surrounding ground crack inch by inch. Not exactly earth-shattering, but still flying debris with sick momentum.
This left everyone nearby still throwing hands and trading basic attacks pretty stunned.
Wait, you two are actually going for real?
But after one exchange, Aus frowned, red light exploding from his eyes.
How the hell?
I clearly dodged that.
Next second,
fresh blood spurted from Aus's mouth.
This scared the shit out of the beat-up Buggy and Shanks watching from a distance!
No sword wounds anywhere on his body, yet still coughing blood. Aus had already seen this scene the moment they clashed.
But he got it instantly.
So this is Ryuo?
Thanks to Aus's freakish body, even eating a direct Ryuo hit didn't immediately kill his fighting ability. His Observation had predicted and dodged most of it after all.
His body only took partial internal damage he couldn't react to.
With physique matching young Whitebeard, going down wouldn't be that easy.
"Ryuo? Flowing internal destruction..."
Aus carefully felt what just happened, Observation scanning Oden behind him over and over, trying to make his own Armament flow too.
"That really was one hell of a slash."
Actually, compared to Aus getting hurt, Oden didn't feel great taking that hit either, since Aus completely predicted his guard.
That slash landed square on his chest, carving a long gash with blood streaming.
Fighting enemies with Future Sight was just this damn frustrating. Unless you had crushing strength, you had to be ready for constant injuries.
Because no matter how you tried to defend, time's power would see through everything.
The rest of the fight stayed pretty much the same. Though Oden's raw power beat Aus's, he still couldn't handle that freakish Observation and monster strength.
Oden even felt like in pure arm wrestling, he might actually lose.
Not to mention, while their Conqueror's clashed, Aus kept trying to master Ryuo and Conqueror's coating. One getting weaker, the other stronger.
Getting stronger mid-fight, with insane stamina too.
Oden had never fought anything this frustrating!
Even getting instantly wrecked by Whitebeard and Roger never felt this bad.
Hell, gradually the Ryuo Armament that used to hurt this bastard was getting countered by the kid's defensive tricks.
After two days of this shit,
Oden's entire bag of tricks got completely drained by Aus.
Once he adapted, Oden couldn't help Aus grow anymore.
Instead he had to watch out for Aus's weird-ass slashes and random cheap shots.
"Uncle Gaban! Tag in!"
After another exchange with Oden, Aus didn't turn back for a cheap shot, just called for backup straight up.
"Real monster, Aus." Gaban had been bored dealing with a bunch of kids who hadn't grown up yet, couldn't really kill them either. Now with Aus calling, he immediately perked up, grinning.
"I got this."
Before Oden could say anything, Aus kicked off with Shave, vanishing instantly. Instead, some burly guy wielding twin axes came chopping down.
Finally matched with an equal opponent, the two started trading blows.
Naturally Aus wouldn't just stand around either. Seeing Shanks and Buggy getting their asses kicked, he suddenly exploded with his feet, instantly appearing beside them.
The Whitebeard division commander dealing with them felt ice down his spine, bad vibes hitting hard.
Iron chains in his hands swung, suddenly whipping a massive spiked ball toward his back.
But the expected crash never came.
Through the smoke, with footsteps echoing, a tall figure slowly walked out, still gripping that huge iron ball.
"How... how's that possible, catching it barehanded!"
Looking at Buggy and Shanks, their faces lit up with pure joy.
"Hell yeah, it's Aus!"
Both seemed to find their backbone, slowly backing up to Aus's side with blades ready.
"Stay safe, Buggy, Shanks."
Seeing scratches on both their faces, Aus frowned, blood-red light suddenly exploding from his eyes, quickly scanning the Whitebeard crew gathering around.
At the same time, his sword and rifle slowly coated with Armament, just the color was different from before.
It was gently flowing,
crimson Armament Haki!
"Your future's got zero wins in it."
Aus struck. His rifle fired bullets in all directions at impossible speed, each bullet trailing red flowing Haki.
Can't dodge!
That was the shared feeling of everyone targeted who had decent Observation. They could only coat themselves with Armament for defense as much as possible.
Even official crew skilled in Haki felt this way, let alone apprentice crew. Almost everyone got wounded, and taking hits to limbs that killed fighting ability was getting off light.
One chubby black kid got hurt worst—shot grazed his neck and nailed his shoulder. He was flat on the ground bleeding like crazy, screaming his head off.
Ryuo was damn near impossible to fully defend against. If you couldn't dodge, your insides still got wrecked—the killing power was insane.
Even Aus's freakish body would cough blood from a light hit.
Just those few thick-skinned bastards wanted to risk injury and charge forward.
But Aus wasn't some fragile long-range shooter. Those ballsy enough to get close didn't get jack shit for their trouble either.
Prison bottom—Future Sight + monster strength + Ryuo. You think you won't get absolutely wrecked trying to go melee with me?
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