"Enemies..."
The black-robed figure's voice was devoid of any emotion, "To allow enemies to infiltrate, truly a bunch of incompetents."
Sage flexed his fingers, his body letting out a series of snapping bone sounds. He twisted his neck and revealed a vicious grin, "Soon, I'll make you turn into trash as well."
If it's this black-robed figure, let him take the fall; but the main thing is, he didn't get even a Belly out of it!
How can this be tolerated?
Everything this guy took must be returned!
Boom!
Without a word, the black-robed figure directly made his move, the wide cloak suddenly lifted, bringing with it a sound of breaking the sky, swiftly striking towards Sage.
Physical confrontation?
Sage enjoyed people like this.
He didn't dodge, and threw a punch at the rising object from the cloak.
As long as it makes contact, his North Star Divine Fist can definitely...
"Tekkai!"
As soon as the fist made contact, Sage's expression changed immediately, quickly withdrawing his hand and firmly shouting as he planted his feet.
Thud!
The protrusion from the cloak rammed into Sage, emitting a dull sound from two heavy objects colliding.
Sage caught the attack, pressing his hand against the protrusion, his body rapidly lunging forward, legs spinning like the wind, slamming a kick against the black-robed figure's head.
Bang!
The immense force, far larger than the five-meter-tall black-robed figure, with just that one kick, bent the figure sideways, clearly unable to withstand the force.
But the sound from the kick, added with the tactile feedback from the fist...
Click.
A strange sound emerged from the black-robed figure, as another protrusion rose from his chest area, glowing brightly...
Boom!
A cannonball flew out from the cloak, hitting Sage, carrying his body back in flight, exploding directly, creating a deep crater in the ground, with a cloud of smoke rising.
"Sage!"
Lily swung away flying debris, cried out, aiming her thin sword at the black-robed figure.
"Rankyaku: Riot!"
But just as she made this move, voices sounded from within the smoke, with streaks of pale blue slashes cutting through the smoke, chaotically assaulting.
The smoke dispersed, and Sage walked out from within, dusting off the debris from his body.
With the effect of Tekkai, even the cannonball could be blocked.
On the other hand...
The Rankyaku slashes couldn't escape the black-robed figure, slicing through his black cloak, revealing a metallic sheen underneath, the cloak torn apart into pieces under several Rankyaku slashes.
"Steel?!" Lily exclaimed in surprise.
What appeared before them was not some large-bodied entity, but a five-meter-tall... steel robot.
This steel robot had no head, only a body resembling an iron barrel, with a footprint indentation on its top.
Below was something like a track, flexible in height with track expansion, possessing roller positions at the elbows of its long arms, and giant steel fists at the front end.
From the belly of this iron barrel-like body, a large cannon tube extended.
"A robot!!"
Pearl, still battling pirates, had shining eyes. He looked at the Iron Shield hanging on him and then at the towering robot, full of envy and admiration.
Ask anyone, who doesn't love a gigantic steel person?
"I knew it was a metal chunk, the touch was off." Sage sneered, "Cowering and hiding, watch me dismantle you!"
Whoosh!
Sage's foot touched the ground, disappearing from his spot, appearing instantaneously beneath the steel robot, right in front of its cannon tube.
Bang!
With just one punch, Sage's fist left a mark on the cannon tube, twisting it directly, as his fist followed a smooth slide to the metal chunk's belly, launching a powerful punch, creating a deep indentation.
The steel robot's arms stretched, giant metal fingers forcefully converging towards the center, attempting to squash Sage.
"Too slow!"
Sage bent his knees, quickly jumped upwards, evading the robot's hand strike, as he pressed one hand onto the giant metal finger. Borrowing the force, his legs pierced like swords into the elbow roller of one of the arms.
Bang!
Crack!
Amidst the muffled noise mixed with tooth-jarring sounds, the roller shook intensely, falling off from the elbow, along with the disassembled half of the arm dropping to the ground.
"Again!"
Sage's assault continued, using his grip on the metal finger to come around with a strong spin, swinging a foot like a whip onto the elbow position of the other arm.
The metal arm was kicked out, forming a groove; after swaying for a while, the roller and the front half of the arm fell off.
Just by using his legs, he rendered the Iron Person's arm useless.
This thing, as iron, is naturally not weak, but in Sage's eyes, it was too slow.
Aside from the first punch where Sage was a bit careless and mistook it for a tall person, using Tekkai to take a punch, and being hit by a cannonball to see if it was human or not, this thing wasn't even qualified to hit him.
This thing looks huge, but when it comes to actual combat power, it's no match for Lily's ghost father.
After all...
Buzz!
The front half of the arm fell off, the Iron Person raised its large arm, extending two swords from the elbow position. Whether it was from the loss of some weight or some other reason, the speed of those swords dropping was noticeably faster, stabbing Sage's body in the blink of an eye.
"Tekkai."
Ding!
The sword tips got stuck on Sage's shoulders. He looked up at this iron chunk, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Just an iron chunk."
Pa!
He extended his two hands, striking the sword blades fiercely with one punch, breaking them. Then he jumped high, spreading his arms wide, clenched his fists like a peacock spreading its tail, swiping out fan-shaped fists on both sides, hitting the Iron Person's body.
"North Star Hundred Split Fist!"
Thud thud thud!!
Sage's fists turned into countless ones, accurately hitting the Steel Body as his body descended. Each punch left a deep fist mark.
Step...
Until Sage landed, the punching just ended. He turned around, no longer looking at the Iron Person, and said to Gin who approached, "Take the ship, this ship is mine."
"Sage, it's still moving!" Lily shouted.
The Iron Person, covered in countless fist marks, paused for a moment, then swung its forearms like two giant iron clubs, smashing down.
"No..."
Sage said blandly, "It's already dead."
Crack!!
At the moment the Iron Person was moving, it suddenly tilted to one side, and the two thick arms fell off from the shoulder and crashed onto the ground.
Then the screws on the body sprang open like springs, breaking the body into segments, and the tall frame collapsed entirely, landing with a boom, turning into a heap of iron rubble.
His North Star Hundred Split Fist doesn't just hit human bodies. This fighting technique also contains the power of the 'Iron Fist,' in addition to the Soft Fist Secret Hole Technique of Kenshiro and the Iron Fist of Lao, with the force capable of breaking steel and smashing rocks.
It's called the North Star Hundred Split Fist, but it's actually the North Star Rolets Fist, as the opponent wasn't flesh and blood, just a heap of iron chunks, so there was no way to attack from the Secret Hole, only to destroy it violently.
If there wasn't enough power, how could he survive on the sea?
"Cough, cough cough cough!"
From the iron rubble, a sharp cough suddenly sounded, making Sage frown and turn his head to look.
He saw a little pink-haired girl in a worker's jumpsuit, looking about ten years old, with small freckles on her face, constantly coughing as she crawled out from the rubble.
A little girl?
The little girl bared her teeth at him and shouted, "I won't let you take the ship!"
She hurriedly took out a microphone-like device and shouted into it, "Stop checking, come support me!"
Saying this, she pressed the button on the back of the microphone forcefully, and several steel cables suddenly descended from above the ship's structure, directly hooking onto the bottom of the ship and lifting the Black Ship up.
"Hmm?"
As Sage was about to move, the little girl suddenly took out a tool hammer. Somehow, its handle extended swiftly, the tail of the hammer became sharp, and the hammer's face expanded outward, transforming into a long hammer.
"Power Shock!"
The little girl swung the hammer at the bottom of the ship, and the giant ship that was slowly rising suddenly received a mysterious force, zooming up and disappearing into the hole.
As the ship disappeared, the little girl wielded the long hammer, slamming it onto the ground with such speed that it almost turned into an afterimage.
Boom!!
When the hammer face hit the ground, the ground cracked, breaking and flying into countless pieces, raising a large cloud of dust.
"Ugh..."
Lily shielded her face with her hand, her pupils contracting, staring intently through the dust.
As the dust cleared, the sea water spread between them and the little girl, separating them.
"Is the power that great?" Lily murmured.
"No."
Sage shook his head. Having researched the human body to the extreme, he naturally could see whether the little girl had hidden power. She was just an ordinary girl, about nine or ten years old.
But that strange dynamic force wasn't fake; the hammer swing and the ship's lift were influenced by some peculiar power...
Sage looked at the little girl and asked, "Ability User?"
"Hehe!"
The little girl stood on a small piece of land, holding the long hammer in one hand and rubbing her little nose with the other, proudly saying, "I ate the 'Dyna-Dyna Fruit' and became a Dynamic Person, capable of applying force to any object. The ship has been sent up by me, now you can't rob it!"