Chapter 497 Their respective gains
Shanks spat out a mouthful of blood the moment he was hit, and his body hit the ground like a cannonball, making a big hole in the ground, and then he arched a long way out in the soil, and all the soil on the ground was arched up by his body.
"Boss!"
"Boss!"
"Shanks!"
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When the members of the Red Hair Pirates saw Shanks buried injured, they all cried out in worry. Many of them wanted to rush up and dig Shanks out, but were stopped by the cadres. The damage from Victor's move was indeed high, but it was not life-threatening, and the boss they had identified would not be a pirate of this level.
Rebecca and the others were also a little astonished. The speed of the two was too fast. It was impossible to catch it with the naked eye. Without the use of Observation Haki, they were not even qualified to observe. This must be the top combat power among the younger generation. There was indeed a big gap between them. This battle also gave them a lot of insights!
“Ahem! I won’t fight you anymore! I won’t fight you anymore! I can’t beat you! You’re making great progress!”
Shanks blew up the pile of dirt that buried him and jumped to the ground, waving his hands at Vic who wanted to continue attacking. He had already suffered internal injuries and knew that he would lose if he continued fighting. There was no need to go on. Looking at Vic's unsatisfied and energetic look, he couldn't help but ask himself, was he really slacking off?
Before Vic showed up, he was the most talented and fastest-improving person in the ocean, so he didn't feel any pressure and had a very casual attitude towards practice.
But after this failure, he found that he had an opponent. Although this opponent joked that he had no talent and relied on hard work, he did not believe it. A person without talent could not catch up with him in just over a year even if he worked harder and did not eat or sleep!
Moreover, he is no longer the same person he was a year ago. He has become much stronger than before, which makes it even more difficult to catch up.
So the Vic in front of him is not only talented, but also works harder than him. This is the key factor that determines the outcome of today's battle.
Today's battle made him gain a lot. Practicing new moves was secondary. The most important thing was that his state of mind was different!
"Are you okay?"
Hearing Shanks admit defeat, Vic stopped in time. Looking at Shanks with blood on the corner of his mouth, he asked, "You will get hurt during a sparring match. This is unavoidable. The way to avoid getting hurt is to not fight."
"Hahaha! It's okay! Just a little internal injury, not even the skin is broken!"
Shanks pulled open the clothes on his chest to reveal his strong muscles. There were indeed no wounds on them. After Vic shattered his armed color defense, the blade bounced back and only Ryuo invaded his body, so there were only internal injuries and no external injuries.
"I came here to give you experience this time! I didn't gain anything, it's such a loss! How can you compensate me?"
Vic walked towards Shanks with a smile. Vic did gain something from this sparring, but it was not much and it was not reflected in the experience of fighting moves. Instead, Shanks' speed inspired Vic, so Vic wanted to get more.
If Vic doesn't use the ability of the fruit, his speed is not as fast as Shanks's when he uses his full strength. Of course, this is the speed of moving on the ground. In the sky, Vic can use the force of the ground to fly, while Shanks can only rely on the reaction force of the ground to take off for a short time. There is no comparison.
Vic discovered that the main reason why Shanks was faster than him was his size and weight. Shanks is now less than 1.8 meters tall and weighs less than 100 kilograms. He can be said to be very light. In addition, his physical talent and training have increased his speed to this level.
Vic is more than two meters tall, and this is the result of compression. A large amount of energy is stored in his body. The density of his muscles, bones and skin is also extremely high. He weighs more than one ton, like a small human tank. This has somewhat hindered Vic's development in speed.
Before, Vic had never encountered someone with Shanks's super high movement speed, so naturally he had no one to compare himself with, and he would not have reached the conclusion he reached today.
But now he knows that his speed has not reached the limit of the human body and there is still room for improvement. If it were other people, they would be sacrificing speed to gain greater strength, but with Vic, he can continue to improve his speed and maintain his existing strength!
"Compensation? What kind of compensation do you want? Gold? Treasure? Or a devil fruit?"
Shanks also felt that he had gained a lot from this competition, mainly in terms of his state of mind, which would be of great help to his future growth. It could also be said that Vic had woken him up and made him realize his own shortcomings, but it seemed that Vic had gained nothing from him, and he felt a little guilty about it.
"Oh! You not only have a treasure map, but also a devil fruit? You're quite rich!"
Shanks' words surprised Wick a little. He didn't expect that their pirate group was quite rich. Not only did they have the treasure map, but they also had the devil fruit. The treasure map was there, and he didn't know whether it was real or not, so he could go find it at any time, but it was not easy to get the devil fruit and keep it.
"Hahaha! It's not a good devil fruit. No one wants to become a landlubber for that kind of ability. We're going to sell it, but even the worst devil fruit is worth 100 million berries. Do you want it?"
There is no one with special abilities in Shanks' team, at least the cadres are not. This is the case now and will be the case for more than ten years. Uta who was sent away does not count, because that person will be eaten after he is sent away.
It should not be difficult for Shanks, the emperor of the sea, to obtain a devil fruit, but no cadre eats that thing, which is very strange, just like the Roger Pirates.
If we say that Roger is a person from the previous era and has a natural resistance to devil fruits, it makes sense. It also makes sense that Shanks grew up on Roger's ship and was influenced by him.
But what about the others? Were they all influenced by Shanks? It would be very difficult for one person to influence the thinking of an entire team!
Vic even guessed what Roger said to Shanks after he came back from Raftel. After Shanks knew some secrets, he did not allow his companions to eat the devil fruit, which allowed the Red Hair Pirates to remain in a state of powerlessness.
If this is true? Then what effect will the devil fruit have on humans? This is a bit scary when you think about it!
If there are other reasons, it is probably that Shanks has found a group of like-minded partners and does not want to miss out on some adventures because he cannot go into the water!
"No need! What's the point of having such a bad devil fruit? I want to learn 'Divine Evasion' from you, I don't know if it's convenient."
Vic has arranged all the devil fruit abilities. Except for Fredek who acts as a lifeguard, everyone else already has great abilities. Even if Fredek wants to eat a devil fruit, Vic will find the most suitable one for him instead of just letting him eat any one.
As for the "Divine Evasion"? That was Roger's famous move. Before Vic traveled through time, the Pirate King Roger only missed this move, and this move killed Oden.
At that time, Oden was the strongest person on Whitebeard's ship besides Whitebeard, so you can imagine how powerful this move was!
Oden was caught off guard and offered no resistance, which shows that the speed of Roger's move was so fast that Oden couldn't even block it with his sword, and he couldn't even use his armed color protection. Needless to say, the power was so powerful that you could tell from Oden's reaction.