Disappointment.
Deep disappointment.
This was the only emotion in Shano's heart at this moment.
From the beginning, he had expectations for this battle.
Even though Lucci hadn't mastered Dual-Colored Haki, it didn't matter; he didn't need to use it. Back then in the Goa Kingdom, Garp was the same.
Restricting Haki, only using Body Techniques in the fight, punch after punch, can still make for a thrilling battle.
Unfortunately...
Lucci was just too weak.
Even if he didn't move and let Lucci attack him at will, he couldn't break through his defense.
This man, who once in memory, exuded an overwhelming presence upon his appearance, boasting an aura surpassing even some of the Seven Warlords of the Sea...
Now, to him, dealing with Lucci seemed no different from dealing with Nami.
"Next, it's my turn."
Shano spoke faintly:
"I've let you hit me so many times; it's not unreasonable for me to return a punch, right?"
"Take this punch and live."
"Fail to take it, die."
"After all…" Shano looked down at Lucci with mockery in his eyes, "the weak have no reason to live. Isn't that what you believe in?"
Before infiltrating the Water Capital, the innocent blood on Lucci's hands had already surpassed most villains.
At thirteen years old, Lucci witnessed a small allied nation fall into crisis due to a pirate invasion. Five hundred soldiers were defeated, and they urgently sought aid from the World Government.
When he arrived as reinforcements, he ignored the pirates but instead cruelly slaughtered all five hundred soldiers, leaving not a single survivor.
The reason was simple.
He believed the five hundred soldiers were too weak, unfit to fulfill their duties, unworthy of living in this world.
For such a person...
As for the rest of CP9 agents, if they didn't actively cause trouble, Shano didn't bother too much with them.
But Lucci, he had no reason to show mercy.
The next moment.
Shano directly released the "Kami-e Martial Body" form.
Crack!
His figure rapidly expanded at a speed difficult to discern with the naked eye, tearing his loose clothing to shreds.
In the sound of fabric ripping, the once elegant and handsome young boy vanished in an instant.
In his place was an undeniable monster.
A figure standing at 4.5 meters like a mountain, muscles knotted like forged steel, veins pulsing like living creatures under the skin.
The moonlight was completely obscured, shadows descended heavily like an iron curtain, exuding a suffocatingly terrifying oppressive force.
Lucci looked up in a daze at the colossal silhouette in front of him, lips trembling, his face deathly pale.
This is the true form of this guy?!!
Why didn't he reveal this earlier? And why disguise as that kind of young boy?
If he'd known all this earlier... how could he have underestimated such a monster's physique!
"Oh? Did I grow a little taller again?"
Shano ignored Lucci, lowered his head to examine his body, grinned, his voice low.
"Seems the weight's over a ton now."
He slowly clenched his fists, the sound of knuckles cracking like thunder, compressing the surrounding air into visible ripples.
"Good, almost adapted, get ready to take my punch, Lucci."
Shano unstoppably reached out his large hand, grabbing Lucci's head like a ping pong ball and casually tossed it into the air.
Before he could react, his body was already hurled a hundred meters into the air, before quickly beginning to fall as Shano on the ground tightened his fist, grinning as he looked up.
Boom—!!!
Shano's fist suddenly blasted out.
He had no intention of using Rokushiki Secret Technique, nor did he intend to use Elbaf's Spear as a trump card.
Lucci wasn't worthy.
No fancy techniques, no Entwining of Haki, just a simple, plain punch, pure power unleashed to the extreme.
Even so!
The shockwave compressing the air still spread like an explosion, instantly tearing apart dozens of meters of ground, the horrific sonic boom shattering all the glass in Dock No.1.
Damned, damned, damned!
"Tekkai!"
Feeling the terrifying impact, Lucci's visage contorted in terror, shouting desperately.
His body quickly transformed into a leopard form.
Despite knowing the chances of defense were slim, at this point, all he could do was deploy every defensive measure to take a gamble!
Squeak~
Just as the fist wind was about to engulf him, a dark green portal suddenly unfolded beneath him.
"Air Door!!!"
Bruno's figure emerged from the portal, arms crossed in front of Lucci, gritting his teeth as he urged Tekkai.
"Bruno…" Lucci's eyes showed surprise.
Boom—!!!
Amidst the deafening explosion, Bruno's Tekkai didn't last even half a second before shattering like a rag in the shockwave.
His chest immediately caved in, bones shattered audibly, and blood spewed from his orifices as he was thrown backward like a broken kite.
The dark green portal was even more fragile.
Under the violent shockwave, like weak glass, it shattered with a crack, turning into green speckles that dispersed in the night sky.
And the residual shockwave, after piercing through these green speckles, fiercely hammered Lucci's body.
Thud!
A muffled sound!
Despite Bruno and his portal blocking most of the assault, the remaining terrifying power still caused his leopard form defense to instantly crumble.
After a brief pause in mid-air, his body powerlessly fell to the ground, creating countless spiderweb-like cracks.