These pirates all had shocked expressions, and an emotion called fear surged up from within their hearts. Then a thought simultaneously appeared in their minds.
Flee!!!
They did not want to stay here any longer; otherwise, maybe the next second that terrifying purple thunder would strike them.
With this in mind, the many pirates did not hesitate for a moment and immediately turned to head towards the port.
They wanted to escape this terrifying island; this was no longer a place they could stay!!
However, these pirates had not run far before they saw a group of kids charging straight towards them.
Since Sabo and the others were not wearing Marine uniforms, they did not recognize them as Marines and just assumed they were also pirates.
Out of consideration for the kids, one pirate couldn't help but speak up:
"You kids, don't go any further. Captain Wang Zhi is fighting some kind of monster; any stray shockwave could easily cost you your lives!!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Sabo, who was at the front, immediately swept his gaze over and said:
"Since you warned us, I'll settle with you first!"
With that, Sabo's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already in front of that pirate and threw a punch at him.
!!!
That pirate's pupils suddenly constricted, but his body's instinct made him react instantly, meeting Sabo with a punch of his own.
Boom——
Their fists clashed, and a shockwave spread out. The pirate's body was blasted back a dozen meters, his feet scraping the ground for another dozen meters before he stopped. He suddenly looked up at Sabo and said in a cold voice:
"Kid, what are you doing?!!"
He hadn't expected that his well-intentioned warning would result in an attack.
Did they have some past grievance? How did he have no memory of it?
Across from him, looking at the pirate he had sent flying, Sabo's eyes showed a trace of surprise.
Although he hadn't used his full strength in that punch, could he not even take down a random pirate?
What Sabo didn't know was that most of the pirates who were still conscious and trying to flee outside were the ones with some strength.
Because they had already been screened by Kyle through two rounds.
Those with slightly weaker strength had long lost consciousness during either the first round of the thunder baptism or the second round of the Conqueror's Haki shockwave.
After the surprise came excitement.
Sabo pulled out the Supreme Grade Steel Pipe strapped to his back and coated it with Armament Haki.
Wouldn't a strong opponent be more interesting?
The next second, Sabo used Soru and his figure disappeared again.
After so many years in the Marines, everyone had naturally learned Soru, one of the Six Powers.
Besides Soru, Geppo was also a mandatory skill among the Six Powers, except for Kyle.
Oh, now Ace could be added to that exception!
After all, the two of them were now noble Logia-type ability users; wasn't flying simple and easy?
As for the other Six Powers techniques, everyone selectively learned them based on their own circumstances, since some moves were indeed not very useful.
Sabo's figure reappeared in front of the pirate, and the Supreme Grade Steel Pipe slammed down fiercely.
"Damn kid! You're asking for it!!"
Seeing Sabo attacking again, that pirate also became enraged. He coated both his fists with Armament Haki and attacked Sabo.
Thud!!
A dull sound rang out as the steel pipe and fist clashed.
The next moment, a scream was heard.
The pirate suddenly stumbled back several steps, his hands trembling slightly as he looked up at Sabo in disbelief.
His Armament Haki intensity was actually inferior to this kid's; he couldn't defend against the attack!
Before he could think further, Sabo closed in again and swung the steel pipe down fiercely. The pirate struggled to block, his expression twisting with pain with each defense.
The pain surging from his arm was becoming unbearable.
After a few more exchanges, he couldn't hold on any longer. His movement lagged, and Sabo struck him across the body with the pipe.
His body flew backwards, spitting out a mouthful of blood mid-air, his eyes rolling back as he lost consciousness.
After dealing with that one, Sabo looked around and found Luffy and the others had also engaged one or several pirates, engaged in fierce battles.
Sabo's expression turned slightly serious.
Although these pirates weren't very strong individually, they weren't very weak either; it still took some effort to deal with them.
The key issue was that the number of these pirates was far too great compared to their small group.
It was just that these pirates had no sense of unity; seeing companions caught in battle, they didn't help but instead all continued running towards the port.
Otherwise, their current situation would likely be very bad.
But fortunately, this gave them the opportunity to pick them off one by one.
They wanted to go to the port to escape by ship??
Are you kidding?! Hadn't they already thought of that? Long before entering the island, they had already smashed all the ships at the port to pieces.
As for their own warships, they had parked them on the sea surface a dozen nautical miles away from Hachinosu, then each crossed over using Geppo.
Most importantly, the warships were anchored behind a reef; from Hachinosu, not a trace of them could be seen.
If these pirates had the ability to jump into the sea and happen to swim to that reef and discover their warships...
If that really happened, they'd have nothing to say.
They'd just have to admit fate was on that pirate's side, and even if they escaped, they'd accept it.
Shaking his head, Sabo cast aside these thoughts and continued to attack the next pirate...
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Elsewhere, in the central crater of Hachinosu, purple thunder continued to bombard the pit relentlessly.
Again and again.
"Not strong enough, you say?!"
"Too arrogant, you say?!"
"More than enough, you say?!"
...
With each thunder strike, Kyle spoke a sentence.
No particular meaning behind it; it was just like shouting 'Eighty! Eighty!' while hammering a wall.
He simply felt it made the act more satisfying.
After striking an unknown number of times, Kyle finally ceased his bombardment.
He looked down below.
The original crater had now expanded several times over. The pit was filled with a violent thunderous aura, radiating an extremely terrifying presence, with occasional wisps of purple lightning still crackling within.
Swish!!
Suddenly, a figure, charcoal-black all over, leaped out from the pit and landed on the shattered ground.
It was Wang Zhi!
However, Wang Zhi now barely resembled his former self. His entire body was pitch-black and scorched, still emitting black smoke; his hair, beard everything had vanished.
Occasional wisps of purple lightning flickered across his body, causing it to twitch involuntarily now and then.
Wang Zhi looked up, his gaze fixed intently on Kyle in the heavens above.
"You..."
As soon as he uttered a single word, a puff of black smoke emerged, choking him.
A smile curled at the corner of Kyle's mouth as he spoke cheerfully:
"Come on! Say that again!!"
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