Chapter 457 Lu Li: Just Warming Up

Chapter 457 Lu Li: Just Warming Up

Chapter 457 Lu Li: Just Warming Up
It happened so quickly that Lu Li's battle with Akainu and Green Bull lasted less than half a minute.

On the other side, Whitebeard has already faced off against Kizaru and Aokiji.

Faced with Whitebeard who had recovered from his injuries and restored his physical fitness to the peak, the two slackers did not dare to slack off, because they knew that the situation had begun to turn against the navy. If they did not fight well, who knows how many navy soldiers would die today.

Kizaru is the user of the Flash Fruit and is extremely fast, so he rushed forward first, "Yata Mirror."

He first accumulated a mirror-like light in his hand, and shot out a beam of light that refracted and bounced back to the surrounding targets, thereby forming a track of light, and flashed directly to the side of Whitebeard in a nearly instantaneous manner.

Who is Whitebeard? He is 72 years old and it has been more than 50 years since he went to sea when he was young. He can be said to have experienced thousands of battles and is the true king of this era.

After his energy and spirit had recovered to their peak, he instantly captured Kizaru's position and punched him.

The ability of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was activated, and Kizaru was hit in the face by a punch as Whitebeard predicted the landing point.

Rumbling--

The sound of the earth shaking and cracking was heard. The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, coupled with Whitebeard's top-notch domineering and armed color domineering, knocked Kizaru back with one punch, and long streams of blood were spilled in the air.

"Violent pheasant mouth."

At this moment, Aokiji's attack also arrived. He first released a creature like an ice phoenix to attack Whitebeard as a feint.

When the Ice Phoenix was shattered by Whitebeard's Kusukimi, he also rushed forward, with ice wrapped around his hands as ice gloves, and bombarded Whitebeard with the strongest armament color.

Whitebeard held the Kusukimi-rikiri in both hands, rotated the stick part, and chopped downward with a knife. There was also a halo of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit attached to the blade.

Amid the earthquake, Aokiji was chopped into the ground by the sword. The earth collapsed and left a bottomless pit.

In just one confrontation, within a few seconds, two navy admirals were knocked into the building complex by Whitebeard, and one was hammered into the ground, and his life or death was unknown.

Such a powerful deterrent force made the pirates on the battlefield shout the name of Daddy's invincibility, while the morale of the navy plummeted.

"Tsk, this is really a bit outrageous, this is already the sixth level of combat power, right?"

Monell, the deputy leader of the Rune Adventure Group, was watching the battle with a telescope. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but complain, "The admiral is indeed not weaker than the Four Emperors, but the peak Whitebeard is obviously a bit out of the ordinary."

"This is normal."

Rafael sat on a chair nearby, seemingly not paying much attention to the situation on the battlefield. He was reading a book in his hand. "It's true that Roger is the Pirate King, but his strength is not necessarily stronger than Whitebeard. It's just that they both want different things."

"Now that Whitebeard has recovered from his injuries, he is determined to save his beloved son. There is no confusion in his heart. How can those who are slacking off or hesitant be his opponent?"

As he spoke, Rafar looked up at the battlefield and said, "Lu Li's situation surprised me a little bit. Can't the two generals kill him?"

"Green Bull is a bit weak, and Akainu hasn't used his full strength yet. I guess he wants to save some energy to deal with Whitebeard. Seeing that everyone is acting the whole time, I actually feel a little sorry for the future Akainu."

Monelle said with a smile, ruffling her hair, "Captain, are we really not going to take action? There are a lot of inheritance crystals and devil fruits down there."

"Don't worry, the admiral and Whitebeard are not so easy to deal with. Let them kill each other for a while, then we will take action."

If Marshal Sengoku and other navy officers heard what Rafar said, they would probably be shocked.

It was bad enough that he, a vice admiral, did not participate in the battle and hid in the back at a time like this, but he even wanted to kill the admiral as well.

But this was actually something Rafar had already decided. In the war mission, the top war is divided into several camps. You must first choose a camp and kill people from other camps to get the inheritance crystal and devil fruit rewards.

Judging from the benefits in this regard, there is no benefit in standing on the side of Whitebeard and the Navy. After all, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, the Phoenix, and the four natural fruits are all good things, and these two forces have the most inheritance crystals.

So Rafar had already decided that if they wanted to intervene in the war at the top, their camp of choice would be Blackbeard, so he had already colluded with Blackbeard.

Blackbeard never dreamed that the biggest reason why he was hooked up was because he was the weakest among the three forces.

Originally, Rafar asked Blackbeard to recruit partners in order to create a flexible position. If the situation changes and he is needed to stand on the side of the navy, he can get more points by killing Blackbeard and his crew.

All I can say is that compared to the space explorers, even a dirty pirate like Blackbeard seems a little naive.

At this time, on the battlefield, Whitebeard forced back two admirals of the navy with a punch and a sword. He was full of heroic spirit and glanced at the battlefield over there on Lu Li's side. "Boy, do you want help?"

Lu Li cut through Akainu's lava with a knife, and said as he moved quickly: "I have been locked up for many years. I am just taking a walk to warm up. Go save Ace."

Whitebeard smiled upon hearing this, "How dare you say that, kid, don't die."

After saying this, he took a step forward and jumped, rushing towards the execution platform behind him.

There were many naval soldiers along the way, but no one dared to shoot at Whitebeard, because the deterrent power he had just killed two naval admirals was too strong.

On Lu Li's side, Green Bull was almost driven crazy by Lu Li's stimulation, mainly because he couldn't stand the contrast.

Ten years ago, Lu Li was just a bug that he could easily crush to death, but now Lu Li was stepping on his head and making this newly promoted naval admiral look bad in front of all the naval elites.

This was unbearable for him who was very proud of himself, so even though Akainu had reminded him, he still activated the forbidden hatred of Sensen again.

However, this time, Akainu was attacking Lu Li frantically, so Lu Li couldn't concentrate on the attack. Green Bull successfully created the Super Treeman Gundam, and wrapped the key parts with armament color, and rushed towards Lu Li like a bulldozer.

Because the navy was in a clear decline, Sengoku's anxiety increased further. He stepped forward, ready to personally deal with Whitebeard who was rushing towards the execution platform, and ordered the Seven Warlords of the Sea, "If you don't want to be disqualified, show your skills!"

This battle has been a fierce battle since the beginning, but the Seven Warlords of the Sea are more lazy than the other. So far, in Sengoku's opinion, the only one who seems to be working seriously is Gekko Moriah, and that's because Moriah wants to collect corpses.

Blackbeard's invasion of Impel Down Castle was considered a treason by Sengoku and could not be counted in the combat force. As for Jinbe... he also rebelled and became their enemy.

As for the others, Hawkeye Mihawk was standing by and watching with his black knife in his arms. Doflamingo was like a battlefield enthusiast. Except for using his ability to cut off little Oz's legs, he just sat there posing and watched the show.

Big Bear is working seriously, but he has no self-awareness anymore. As a robot-like being, he will of course be obedient.

The last Shichibukai was too much for Sengoku. There was no one left who was as cool as Hawkeye. The Pirate Queen Boa Hancock swept the battlefield with her legs, not distinguishing between friend and foe! Sengoku even suspected that the Queen was acting, but he could not find any evidence.

Seeing that the war situation was not going well, Sengoku could no longer tolerate it and made his attitude clear: If you, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, don't work hard, you will be punished!

After Sengoku gave the order, the Shichibukai present all looked annoyed, but they all had their own reasons and still needed the status of Shichibukai, so they could only work more seriously.

Doflamingo rushed to the battlefield and found his target, Crocodile, and wanted to talk to him during the battle to see if he could recruit Crocodile to join his group.

Out of consideration for the Kingdom of Women, the Empress did not dare to act too extreme. She just intentionally attacked in the direction where Luffy was, hoping to help Luffy at the critical moment.

Tyrant Bear didn't know if it was a coincidence, but he met Ivankov during the advance, and the two old friends of the revolutionary army started fighting, which made Ivankov heartbroken and confused.

Because all the Seven Warlords of the Sea took action, Hawkeye, who did not take action, seemed particularly out of place.

Marshal Sengoku's eyes were fixed on Hawkeye, which made Hawkeye a little unhappy, but he still walked towards the battle and locked onto the target of his interest.

boom--

During a battle between Lu Li, Akainu and Green Bull, the three parties retreated and separated due to the impact, and the battlefield where they were located was empty, or in other words, there were no living people.

Anyone who dares to approach this area, whether they are navy or pirates, will be killed instantly by the aftermath of the battle.

Just as several people were separated and stood firm due to the powerful attack, Hawkeye walked to the battlefield and shouted with martial virtue: "Natural Disaster, take the knife."

As the words fell, Hawkeye swung the black knife in his hand, and the powerful knife energy instantly split the earth and rushed towards Lu Li at an extremely fast speed.

Lu Li's powerful Observation Haki had already sensed Hawkeye's entry. Even if the other party did not make a sound, he could sense the fighting spirit, so he did not respond hastily.

He turned the demon-prisoner in his hand and slashed it horizontally. The swords of both sides collided horizontally and vertically in the center of the battlefield, bursting out with the light of a cross.

Then, amid the shock, a second impact came, and the air was distorted by the powerful force.

The world's strongest swordsman took action, and with just a long-distance slash, the sky and the earth changed color.

“Hey, hey, hey… Is this true? Is this the power that can be inflicted with just a sword?”

On the battlefield, both the navy and the pirates were shocked to the extreme by this attack.

Because the sword energy of both sides spanned several kilometers, it almost split the entire Marinford square!
"No way, his sword (knife) skills are actually on par with the best in the world?"

"As I recall, Calamity was a great pirate from ten years ago, right? But he was still very young when he was active, so he should be in his thirties now, right?"

"So, isn't he younger than Hawkeye? And yet they are equally good at swordsmanship?"

"..."

Both the navy and the pirates were surprised by the two men's sword strike, mainly because Hawkeye was so famous.

The title of the world's number one is not undeserved. Although Hawkeye is only one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, his identity as the strongest swordsman is unquestionable.

Rumor has it that when he competes with Red-Haired Shanks in the New World, he will not be at a significant disadvantage.

Some even say that if they were just competing in swordsmanship, Hawkeye would definitely be stronger.

Anyone with a keen eye could tell that in the sword fight between Lu Li and Hawkeye just now, both sides only used sword skills and the power of armed color, but Lu Li did not use the domineering technique.

Even so, the result of this sword fight was still evenly matched.

"That's some pretty good swordplay."

After Hawkeye and Lu Li exchanged sword blows, there was a gleam in their eyes, and it was obvious that they were in high spirits.

No one understands better than him how boring it is to be the world's number one. As a great swordsman with a knife, is what he desires just to reach the top and drink coffee and read newspapers in the castle every day?

Of course not, it’s just that there are very few people who can compete with him in the field of kendo. Red-haired Shanks is his good friend, but after Red-haired Shanks lost one hand, it is difficult to have a satisfying battle with him in the field of kendo.

If they use the power of Conqueror's Haki, the original purpose of their competition will be lost. In short, it will not be as enjoyable as before.

He didn't expect that he would meet a swordsman of such caliber when he came to the battlefield with the mentality of just fighting and watching the show. He was really delighted.

"Pity."

After Hawkeye made one strike, he did not continue to attack because he just wanted to test Lu Li's specific level. At the same time, it also showed that he was not just slacking off and had made a move.

But he had no interest in joining others in besieging Lu Li. That would be too beneath his dignity and not in line with what he was pursuing.

"I feel the same way."

Lu Li grinned and dealt with the attacks of Akainu and Green Bull at the same time, "Let's have another one-on-one fight when we have a chance."

He has a high level of expertise in swordsmanship and his eyesight is very sharp. He can judge Hawkeye's level with just one move of fighting.

If we only talk about swordsmanship expertise, Hawkeye is probably better than me. If we can find an opportunity to compete with each other, both sides should gain a lot.

Unfortunately, they are now in the middle of a war and have no control over their own affairs. Meanwhile, Lu Li is being besieged by two generals and cannot happily practice swordplay with Hawkeye.

In the previous battle, he had already dealt Green Bull two heavy blows, but Green Bull's fruit had reached the level of awakening, and his recovery ability was very special. Even with a 60% healing ban effect, it couldn't stop him from doing sit-ups.

According to Lu Li's estimation, even after his Demon-Prisoning Bankai, he might not be able to completely block healing. He could probably only block 8-90% of healing. This is the real strength of the Sen Sen Fruit, which represents life.

In terms of direct combat power alone, Green Bull is definitely far inferior to the three ace admirals of this generation, but his advantage is his strong vitality, like an indestructible cockroach.

(End of this chapter)