Thump!
A dull sound was heard. This punch landed squarely on Ash's face, directly sending him flying back several meters.
??
Feeling the tingling numbness and pain coming from his face, Ash was completely dumbfounded.
What?!
How did a fist suddenly appear?
"Gum Gum..."
"Battle Axe!"
After lying there for barely two seconds, hearing this familiar shout, Ash's expression froze, and he immediately rolled to the side.
And just one second after he rolled away, a wooden flip-flop stomped on the spot where his face had originally been, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Ash's face turned green. After rolling a few more times, he immediately stood up, looking at Luffy with an unfriendly expression as he said,
"Luffy! Always aiming for someone's face to hit is not a good habit!"
Luffy glanced at him, stuck his pinky finger into his nostril, picked at it while speaking,
"And then? What are you gonna do about it?"
The words were learned from Kyle, the action was learned from Garp.
The combination of the two, the sarcasm was directly maxed out!
(╬▔皿▔)╯!!
Intense flames of anger blazed in Ash's eyes. Today he absolutely must teach this damn brat a good lesson, let him know how to respect his seniors!
He forcefully pushed off the ground with both feet, his figure instantly shooting forward. Arriving in front of Luffy, he delivered a whip kick.
!!
Luffy's expression changed, his body immediately leaned backward, falling flat onto the ground, just like a crab.
It was only because Luffy had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit that he could so easily make this bizarre move.
Immediately after, Luffy pushed off the ground with both hands, kicking both feet towards Ash.
Seeing this, Ash immediately crossed his arms in front of himself, blocking Luffy's attack head-on.
His body was kicked back two steps. After stopping, he immediately closed in again, throwing a punch towards Luffy...
Who knows how long had passed. The sounds of panting continuously rose from the field.
Both Luffy and Ash stared intently at each other, their chests continuously heaving.
The people from the Elite Training Camp around them were no longer jeering now. Instead, they all looked at the two on the field with serious eyes, more accurately, at Luffy.
Previously they had mocked Ash because they thought Luffy was just a six-year-old brat, what strength could he possibly have?
But after watching the fight between Luffy and Ash just now, they discovered this guy Luffy was a bit over the top.
Even if they went up, they similarly wouldn't gain much advantage.
At this moment, everyone had only one thought in their minds, which of these two would ultimately win?
Judging from the strength the two had just displayed, they were almost evenly matched. Either one could win.
It just depended on who could seize the opportunity later!!
On the field, Ash deeply exhaled a breath, adjusted his breathing slightly, his gaze fixed tightly on Luffy, as if only the other person remained in the whole world, his eyes extremely determined.
No matter what, he could not lose, at least not today!
In contrast, Luffy's eyes now rolled around a few times, as if thinking about some countermeasure.
He also realized Ash's strength was about the same as his, defeating the other party wasn't a simple matter.
Then this was the time to pull out some unusual moves!
Suddenly, Luffy seemed to think of something, his eyes immediately lit up, and he couldn't help but reveal a slight smile.
Got it!!
Luffy's body suddenly charged forward, shouting loudly,
"Gum Gum... Whip!"
Hearing this shout, Ash already had a muscle memory reaction, subconsciously jumped up with both legs.
But...
A fist struck his chest without any warning.
Thump!!
A dull sound was heard. Ash was immediately sent flying back, grunting.
He crashed heavily onto the ground. The pain coming from his chest made him extremely angry. Propping up his body, he looked at Luffy and shouted,
"Luffy, do you have any shame? You said whip but threw a punch?"
"I was just shouting randomly! Any problem with that?"
"Who says you have to use the move you shout?"
Luffy glanced at him indifferently, suddenly shouting again,
"Gum Gum Pistol!!"
Hearing this shout, Ash was startled inside, not knowing if this was another random shout.
But sometimes the body is faster than the mind. Before he could judge, his body had already dodged to the side first.
Then he felt a sharp pain in his waist, and was whipped away.
This time it was a whip!
Also, it really was a random shout!
After taking these two hits, Ash's momentum had completely fallen to a disadvantage.
"Strike while you're weak, take your life!"
Luffy shouted, instantly charging towards Ash. Immediately after came a series of dull thumping sounds and occasional interspersed cries of pain.
After a while, Ash, having almost lost the ability to resist, lay on the ground, weakly raising a hand, his voice faint as he spoke,
"I... I admit defeat!!"
Tired, let it be destroyed!
Being nailed to the pillar of shame is just being nailed to the pillar of shame. It's not that he didn't want to win, it's just that this brat Luffy's strength was a bit too strong, and most crucially, he was sneaky!
So he didn't lose unfairly!
But even so, he couldn't help but ask Luffy,
"A brat like you with this strength, why are your methods so underhanded?"
"Hey hey hey! Don't talk nonsense, be careful I hit you!"
Luffy glared, pretending to swing his fist.
"What do you mean underhanded methods? Can you even talk properly?"
"What I did at most is called tactical interference. You yourself lacked focus during the fight, blame me?"
Luffy spoke in a calm tone.
Kyle said, all is fair in war. Doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat!
After catching his breath for a moment, Luffy immediately jumped up from the ground, his face full of excitement.
"Hehe! I'll go back and tell Ace and them right away that I defeated a Marine from the Elite Training Camp!"
"Even if they come later and defeat these people, the one who got the first achievement is still me!"
As he spoke, the smile on Luffy's face grew even wider.
In his life now, he compared himself to Ace and the others in everything.
For example, who ate more, who ate faster, who peed farther...
Practically anything that could be compared, he had compared it all.
But the problem was, apart from these things, in any aspect related to combat, he had never gotten first place!
This today, was the first time!!
The weird thing was they didn't think of this point, wouldn't come to the Elite Training Camp to find people to challenge.
The more he thought about it, the happier Luffy became. He immediately ran outside the training field. He couldn't wait to see Ace and the others to boast to them.
In contrast, Ash still had a look of helplessness on his face. He flipped over, changing his posture from lying on his stomach to lying on his back.
Hearing Luffy's words just now, his mind now also became active.
He knew Luffy, so naturally he also knew Ace and Sabo and those few.
And he also knew Luffy had always been the bottom among the four brothers.
Now that Luffy told Ace and them about defeating him, then most likely Ace and the others would also come to challenge them.
Then that way...
Ash turned his gaze towards the others around him, especially lingering on those few who had laughed at him the loudest earlier.
He was already nailed to the pillar of shame, so he felt it necessary to let his good brothers also enjoy the same treatment with him.
After all, they were good brothers who shared blessings and hardships together, right?
Hmm! That's right, something can be arranged!
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