Chapter 153 Shanks challenges Arthur, feeling a strong sense of frustration!

"No." Shanks responded with a cold tone, his face full of shadows.

"He's not with me, Mr. Arthur. I heard that Buggy went to the East Sea to become a pirate."

"Yeah, I really want to listen to him make a fuss." Arthur noticed his mood change, but remained calm.

"Beck, take care of Lu." Shanks instructed Ben Beckman and walked towards Arthur.

"Mr. Arthur, I am also pursuing strength. Please duel with me in swordsmanship." Shanks drew his sword and pointed it at Arthur to challenge him.

The owner of the dock bar and everyone standing at the door were deeply shocked by the scene before them.

You actually sent someone to threaten this kind of person just now?

"Yes." Arthur stared calmly at Shanks's cold eyes, which seemed full of hostility towards him, and said:

"You have inherited Roger's powerful swordsmanship. How is your training going now?"

"It's fine." Shanks responded.

"Are you angry that I hurt your friend?" Arthur asked tentatively:

"Didn't he propose to challenge me? Usually, people who want to challenge me are already dead."

"You really don't care about our friendship, Arthur. You know he is my partner, but you still hit him so hard." Shanks showed his might.

Even so, he didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction directly to Arthur.

I can only discuss swordsmanship with him with a cold expression.

As a member of Roger's pirate group, except for Rayleigh, Jabba, Roger and others, almost everyone on the ship is a little afraid of Arthur's character.

Hearing this, Arthur's lips curled up: "Do you... think you are a big shot now?"

"No, just a small character who is still growing." Shanks stood in front of Arthur, a little angry.

Partner is his bottom line, and this character trait is also inherited from Roger.

"So, is this friendship or a duel of life and death?" Arthur said.

Still calm and composed, he raised the scabbard in his left hand in front of him.

"Friendship." Shanks responded coldly. His talent was recognized by Roger, perhaps even stronger than Arthur's.

But with his current strength, he can challenge Arthur in a life-and-death challenge... ?

What a joke, isn't this tantamount to seeking death?

"Lu, are you okay?" Ben Beckman woke up the unconscious Laki Lu, patted his face and asked about the situation.

"Ahem." Laki Lu coughed up blood after waking up, and looked at Beckman weakly:

"Damn, what kind of monster is that, Ben? I was grabbed by the throat in an instant."

hiss…

Hearing Shanks' answer, Arthur slowly drew out the black knife in his hand.

The sound of a dragon as the blade was unsheathed shocked everyone.

The blade looked brand new and sparkling in black and blue, with a frost dragon pattern.

It is one of the third known black knives in the world today.

The first one is the supreme sword, Night, in the hands of Jurakol Mihawk.

The second sword, the famous sword Shusui, was the sword of the legendary swordsman Ryoma of Wano Country and was buried in Wano Country. Recently, there are rumors that it has been stolen on the sea.

The third sword was in Arthur's hands right in front of them, and it was honed through countless life-and-death battles.

"Come on, Shanks." Arthur said to him, holding the blade in his hand.

"You are still the same, as aloof as ever, Mr. Arthur!" Shanks' forehead veins bulged, he came to Arthur with a knife and chopped with all his strength.

boom!

Arthur swung his knife and pushed him away, then he started walking around the garden with the knife in hand, saying:

"one!"

Shanks, whose Griffin was knocked away, raised the blade with both hands uncontrollably and leaned backwards.

I almost fell to the ground.

"No matter what you do, you don't consider other people's feelings!" Shanks couldn't believe it. It took him a few seconds to steady himself and he took a few steps back.

"What a terrifying defensive composure. He only has one arm, but he forced me to be vulnerable. At that moment... he could have killed me countless times!" He thought to himself, looking at his hand, which was actually shaking because of the previous blow.

Currently, he majors in Observation Haki, but cannot predict any of Arthur's aura.

It was so calm that it seemed as if the man walking in front of him, holding a scabbard in one hand and a knife in the other, did not exist.

"I draw my sword out of respect for your self-esteem, Shanks." Arthur strolled around Shanks without intending to attack.

"Mr. Arthur, it was just a friendly sparring, why did you hurt Lu so badly..." Shanks felt powerless due to the difference in strength, and immediately changed his words and called Arthur "Mr."

The Griffin in his hand also instantly burst into red lightning at this moment.

This made Arthur's eyes narrow and he became alert.

When I saw the red lightning on his sword, the first thing that came to my mind was Ba Chan.

"You've learned how to bully people at the age of 17? Your talent is truly amazing." Arthur thought as he stared at the blade in Shanks' hand, his heart still calm.

Red lightning lingered in the air, and the people at the Mogu Town dock fainted instantly.

Only Laki Lu and Ben Beckman, who had just woken up, were left watching the duel between the two.

"I told you that I didn't use any severity when I attacked you. Wasn't it because your partner was confident that he challenged me with his speed that he was so proud of?"

As he spoke, he saw Shanks approaching him with a knife and cutting him down with a domineering blow.

Arthur dodged to the side in an instant, and the Griffin blade fell about one centimeter in front of him.

"The sideways dodging action is almost teleportation?" Shanks analyzed in his mind as his sword missed.

The next second, he felt a sudden murderous aura coming from behind him, which made him shudder.

Chi…! The blade of the Tyrant Blade chopped on the wooden floor, causing the ground to crack.

"Two." Arthur's voice came into his ears again.

This made Shanks unwilling to give up, so he turned his wrist and slashed at Arthur with his sword.

The moment he drew his knife, his movement was predicted by Arthur.

Arthur leaned back slightly, just out of reach of his sword.

Bang! Shanks slashed with his sword.

The wind from the sword blew Arthur's long hair and lifted up Arthur's black robe, making it flutter.

"It was dodged again...! So the difference in actual combat is so huge?" Shanks couldn't believe it, as his sword-swinging speed was not slow.

Why do I feel like a turtle in front of Arthur?

"Although the power of the Tyrant is great, it is useless if it can't hit anyone." Arthur yawned, holding the scabbard in his left hand, feeling a little tired.

Shanks felt insulted, his face became serious, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching.

Standing in front of Arthur, he seemed to have an unprecedented sense of frustration and powerlessness.

It seemed that no matter how hard he swung his sword, he could not get over the mountain in front of him.

This feeling had never appeared before among the various enemies he had encountered in his adventures over the past year.

"Compared to you, I prefer Buggy, the weak and annoying guy." Arthur said to Shanks: "You are too human and purposeful, Shanks."

As soon as he finished speaking, Arthur's accompanying voice arrived in front of Shanks and slashed at his body with a knife.

"Boss!" Ben Beckman, who was watching the fight, put out the cigarette in his hand and rushed towards Arthur in an instant.

It seemed as if he felt that Arthur's sword could seriously injure Shanks and make him near death, which made him realize that something was very wrong.

If the captain is inexplicably injured before the adventure even begins, how will his future sailing life and plans proceed?

boom!

The black knife's blade was about to cut Shanks' chest.

Ben Beckman's dark and domineering fists smashed into Arthur's black knife.

Arthur's swing was deflected, and the black knife fell to the ground in less than a second...

The duel was interrupted, Arthur's eyes suddenly focused, he sheathed his sword, and terrifying concentration burst out instantly.

"Waist strike style, cold light!"

He stood firmly on his horse's stance and instantly drew his sword and slashed at Beckman.

"So fast! Too fast...! I can't avoid it!"

Ben Beckman wanted to dodge, but his body reacted and he found that he could not avoid Arthur's knife swinging speed.

The sharp blade cut across his sternum, and blood splattered into the air along with the black knife.

Shanks could only watch helplessly as his friend was cut down by Arthur in an instant, his eyes widening.

"Uh..." Ben Beckman knelt down on his knees, looking at Shanks in front of him with a smile on his face:

"He is so strong..."

He fell to the ground, and the wound on his chest was frozen by the extreme icy power.

"Arthur!" Shanks let go of the Griffin handle and immediately rushed to Beckman to check the situation. He turned to look at Arthur angrily:

"what you do!"

Arthur picked up Griffin with his foot and kicked him in front of him:

"It seems that my latest sword move is too wasteful for you. Pick up the sword and continue the duel."

"What did you say?" Shanks couldn't believe it. At this moment, he just wanted to find a doctor to treat Ben Beckman.

"Three seconds. If you don't pick it up and finish the duel, I'll chop him again and kill him completely." Arthur was indifferent to this scene.

In his opinion, the words "partners" and so on were just polite words between pirates.

Not as loyal and pure as animals.

Hearing this, Shanks did not hesitate at all, and his body trembled instinctively.

He immediately rolled on the ground and quickly picked up his knife.

He didn't understand. He was celebrating Arthur's birthday just now, so how did it end up in this situation...?

All he could think of was that social etiquette was completely useless to Arthur.

"This is a duel, aren't you a little too relaxed?" After Arthur finished everything, he looked at Shanks with a knife in hand: "Or do you want me to give you enough prestige and face?"

"No...no...Mr. Arthur, I just think you don't need to be so mean to me..." Shanks' body was trembling, and he could no longer calm down.

While worrying about your partners, you have to fight an unbeatable opponent with a knife. What should you do to win?

He didn't even have the slightest bit of arrogance when he spoke.

Apart from being afraid of Arthur, who stood in front of him with an expressionless face and a blade in hand, he had no other thoughts in his mind.

Every move of the opponent seemed to have been honed through countless repetitions.

Reaching the pinnacle of perfection is simply not a level that I can reach.

Beehive Island incident, what happened in the year he disappeared?

Laki Lu quickly moved Ben Beckman's body aside.

He dared not say anything about his captain's prestige or provoke Arthur.

"Come on, keep swinging your sword and finish the duel." Arthur said to Shanks who was trembling in front of him:

"If you are still like this when you are in a life-and-death battle in the future, how will you protect your companions?"

Hearing this, Shanks ran towards Arthur with a knife, swinging his arms to chop him.

As a result, Arthur dodged every knife attack.

"What did I do wrong...Mr. Arthur?" Shanks asked Arthur.

"Aren't you challenging me to vent your partner's anger?" Arthur said calmly.

In his calm eyes, every move of Shanks was very slow.

"I realize I was wrong, Mr. Arthur! Let's end it... I don't want to lose the partner I gained with my life."

With a snap, Arthur heard his discouraging words and slapped the blade of the knife against his skin.

All the sweat on Shanks' body was wiped off, and his body flew into the air as if his soul had left his body.

The Griffin in his hand fell to the ground again.

"It's over when I say it's over, unless you can defeat me." Arthur picked up the knife and threw it in front of him.

There was no intention of letting him go like this.

Now Arthur's five senses are very sharp, and he can even see people's psychology and motives.

For the sake of Captain Shanks' prestige, Laki Lu wanted to use this competition to restore his reputation.

However, the gap in strength cannot be made up at all.

Seeing his companion injured, Shanks got angry and challenged Arthur.

This has led to the current situation.

Given Arthur's personality, how could he let him go so easily?

"Pick it up." Arthur walked up to Shanks and said to him who was kneeling on the ground.

"I'm no match for you! You are insulting me, Mr. Arthur!" Shanks shouted unyieldingly.

"Then why did you challenge me?" Arthur lifted his chin with the tip of the black knife and looked at his expression without fighting spirit, feeling a little disappointed.

"If it was Bucky, what would he say to me in this situation? He would definitely call me a bastard and keep on talking nonsense."

"I just couldn't stand the way you treated my friends, so I acted on impulse..." Shanks felt a little regretful.

The last time we knew about his strength was when Fara Island was separated.

I didn't expect that he could be so powerful and surpass the swordsmanship that Roger taught me after I practiced hard for a year.

"Why should I obey your ideas? Shanks, you challenge me, and you can end it if you want?" Arthur said to him expressionlessly:

"Pick it up and continue. Otherwise, I will torture you until you have a mental breakdown."

Hearing Arthur's words, Shanks' body began to tremble even more.

He pulled the knife out from the floor in front of him and swung at Arthur with all his might.

Arthur kept deflecting the Griffin in his hands, suppressing his strength in all aspects.

Soon, Shanks' fighting spirit was exhausted. He knelt on the ground weakly, his eyes empty and lifeless.

"Didn't you speak rudely to me in Rogue Town before?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Arthur. I was just too sad at the time. Captain Roger's death, and I remembered what you said when you left the pirate group."

Seeing that Shanks had lost his fighting spirit, he sheathed his sword and said, "Understanding that there are people in the world who cannot be defeated is also a kind of growth, right?"

“…” Shanks was terrified by Arthur’s strength. His body trembled and he dared not speak again.

Seeing this, Arthur turned around and went back to the bar.

On the street, Shanks quickly came to his senses, picked up the knife and ran towards Laki Lu.

They came to a clinic.

"Hey, wake up, doctor, please heal my friend!"

"What happened outside just now? We all seemed to faint?"

The doctor was a little terrified and started to suture Ben Beckman.

Shanks picked up the doctor's face and slapped him wildly, waking the doctor in the clinic from coma and treating Ben Beckman's injuries.

"That man is so scary, boss..." Laki Lu checked his throat himself.

Sitting on a chair in the clinic, he said to Shanks:

"Have you ever really been on the same ship with that guy? How did he spend his days?"

"Lu, before we become stronger, you must remember to behave well in society." For the first time, Shanks felt despair and fear about Arthur's strength.

Standing in front of him, I felt as weak as an ant.

After a while, the residents and pirates of Mogu Town woke up from their coma.

There was a scream from the bar where Arthur was.

Many guests fled out.

The bar owner looked at Arthur as if he had seen a ghost and hurriedly returned the money for the drink that Shanks had paid for him.

"It's my fault for being blind... I didn't recognize you, a plague... No! No! I'll slap myself in the face!" The boss was horrified to find that he had said the wrong thing.

In front of Arthur, he slapped himself: "It's Master Jibing Jianhao!"

"Do you know where the devil Douglas Barrett is?" Arthur asked him while drinking expensive whiskey.

"I don't know!" When the boss saw Arthur finish his glass of wine, he immediately refilled it.

He greeted him hurriedly and did not dare to act rashly.