Chapter 71: Rocks VS Rono! (1)
Hearing Rono's words, the Roger Pirates and the top executives of the Rocks Pirates present were full of astonishment!
Rono actually wants to challenge Captain Rocks?!
That's the Overlord of the Sea, Rocks!
Currently, the only Overlord-level pirate in the entire sea with a bounty exceeding 5 billion!
Why could the Rocks Pirates have so many powerful pirates without major fragmentation occurring?
Undoubtedly, it was because of Rocks' overwhelmingly powerful strength!
Only he could suppress this group of ambitious monsters!
Although Rayleigh, Gaban, and Roger had never fought Rocks.
They had heard of the Overlord of the Sea's prestige!
Not to mention the battle between Rono and Roger three months ago.
Rocks single-handedly blocked Rono and Roger's Divine Departure with his physical body!
Just this one strike was enough for Roger's crew to get a glimpse of Rocks' depth!
To deal with Rocks, the Roger Pirates would need at least Roger and Rayleigh to join forces!
Maybe even Gaban would need to be added!
"Does Rono have designs on the Captain's position?"
Golden Lion also didn't expect Rono to challenge Captain Rocks!
"Gurarara, stupid lion, don't think of Rono as boring as you."
As the person who understood Rono best in the Rocks Pirates, Whitebeard dismissed Golden Lion's words.
Rono wasn't the kind of person obsessed with power at all.
Although he was the Vice Captain, he never put on airs on the ship, even when facing ordinary members.
And he never ordered the Division Commanders to do anything.
How could such a person covet the position of Captain?
In Whitebeard's view, there was only one reason Rono wanted to challenge Rocks!
That was to prepare for the Battle of God Valley in three months!
He wanted to grow quickly from the battle with Captain Rocks!
Then, in the battle at God Valley, kill as many Celestial Dragons as possible!
"Good, I accept your challenge!"
Rocks nodded faintly; he knew Rono's thoughts.
He appreciated such a guy.
And Rocks was also happy to see Rono become stronger!
After all, the strength of that person in Pangaea Castle at Mary Geoise was unfathomable; even Rocks himself didn't know the depth of the other party!
To achieve his ambition, the stronger the crew members, the better!
"Vice Captain Rono has challenged Captain Rocks!"
"Oh my god, is what you said true?"
"The Captain is going to duel with the Vice Captain!"
"What the hell kind of banquet are we having? If we miss this, there's nowhere else to see it!"
Originally, only the inner circle of high-level executives at the banquet knew Rono wanted to challenge Rocks.
Someone blabbed, and it immediately caused waves in the Rocks Pirates!
The banquet was directly interrupted, and most people came to watch the duel between the Captain and the Vice Captain!
Then Rocks and Rono came to an open space, and both sides assumed their stances.
Around them, almost all members of the Rocks Pirates and Roger Pirates were present.
After all, no one wanted to miss such a spectacular duel!
Boom, boom!
Two Conqueror's Haki soared into the sky, rubbing against each other in the air, erupting with terrifying dark red metallic sparks.
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Conqueror's Haki, current progress: 39.4%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Conqueror's Haki, current progress: 39.9%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Conqueror's Haki, current progress: 40.4%!]
Just the collision of Conqueror's Haki made the system ring non-stop in Rono's mind.
He had trained Top-tier Conqueror's Haki for three months and only grew a few percentage points.
Now it jumped by nearly one percentage point in an instant!
Rono rejoiced inwardly; he was right!
Rocks was probably the best teacher on this sea!
Swish!
Rono swung his sword first, releasing terrifying sword intent, combined with Conqueror's Coating, and slashed fiercely at Rocks.
Rocks was unhurried, wrapped Conqueror's Coating around his right arm, and clashed directly with the Shodai Kitetsu!
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Strength 39458!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Speed 6698!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Stamina 6539!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Conqueror's Haki, current progress: 40.9%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Armament Haki, current progress: 44.2%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Observation Haki, current progress: 44.7%!]
"What terrifying strength!"
Rono felt the terrifying force transmitted from the Shodai Kitetsu.
This was Rocks' fighting style!
Discarding all flashy techniques, concentrating on cultivating Haki and physical strength!
Cultivating these two items to the extreme!
His fists were as powerful as two Supreme Grade Blades!
Even Rono couldn't quite handle it. Originally holding the Shodai Kitetsu with one hand, he immediately switched to two hands!
Even so, his body trembled slightly!
"Good strength, actually able to withstand my full-force strike!"
Rocks was also surprised. He didn't hold back in this punch; he went all out!
Rono didn't fly backwards!
It seemed Rono's strength had surpassed the Admiral level and reached a new tier!
"Withstood Captain Rocks' full-force strike!"
"Vice Captain Rono's strength cannot be underestimated!"
The members of the Rocks Pirates were all shocked!
It was already not easy for Vice Captain Rono to take this punch!
After all, in usual battles, the Marines had to dispatch at least two Admiral-level powerhouses to deal with Captain Rocks!
For a single Admiral-level powerhouse to face Captain Rocks, saying it would be an instant kill might be an exaggeration.
But describing it as a ruthless crushing was definitely not excessive!
Boom boom boom!
Continuous clashes, Haki leaking wildly, energy chaotic, Hachinosu trembled.
In the sky, an extremely terrifying doomsday scene appeared!
Whoosh!
The next moment, Rocks had an idea. Taking advantage of the instant Rono swung the Shodai Kitetsu, he firmly grabbed the blade with his right hand!
"An opening!"
Immediately after, his free left hand swung with full force!
Violent energy seemed to make space stagnate; Conqueror's Coating swept through heaven and earth, attacking Rono!
This was why it took almost two Admiral-level powerhouses to fight Rocks.
After all, Rocks had two hands!
"Not good!"
Rono had to dodge backward.
But Rocks' strength was immense. While swinging his left hand, his right hand firmly grasped Rono's Shodai Kitetsu, leaving no room for retreat!
"Can only take it head-on!"
Activate Future Sight Observation Haki, predicting where Rocks would attack him!
It was the position of the right waist!
Cover the right waist with Top-tier Armament Haki!
Thud!
It sounded like a monk striking a bell with a large pestle in a temple in the early morning!
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Strength 34578!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Speed 2432!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Stamina 2368!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Conqueror's Haki, current progress: 41.9%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Armament Haki, current progress: 45.2%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Top-tier Observation Haki, current progress: 45.7%!]
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