Chapter 7 The situation reverses
Judging from the blood flowing from the corner of Lake's mouth, the power of the Navy's Six-style "Storm Kick" is indeed not to be underestimated.
However, Lan Jiao also consumes a lot of physical energy.
"It seems that your Haki proficiency and level are very low. You are just getting started, right?"
Arthur saw that Lake was no longer calm and taunted softly:
"It seems you are no more than that."
At this moment, Lake noticed that Arthur's aura had changed dramatically.
His resolute and calm eyes flashed with a cold light, as if he was being stared at by a real ferocious beast.
This made Lake feel like the prey to be hunted.
"What's going on? Why does this guy suddenly give off the aura of a powerful person?" Lake felt scared.
When he was more than ten meters away from Arthur, he dared not move any closer.
He just stood there straight in the distance, confronting Arthur who didn't even take a breath.
Arthur looked serious at this moment, his worry about his life made him more and more crazy.
Lake suddenly spoke up, challenging him: "Navy brat, you want to beat me even though your body is shaking like that? I just need to hold on until Apollo defeats Garp's son."
"By then, you will be as powerless as an ant waiting to be slaughtered in front of Captain Apollo."
Arthur knew nothing about Apollo from the Rocks Pirates.
Before, Apollo might have been just an insignificant little character in the Rocks Pirates, but now he has become the captain of the 14th Division of the Hiku Pirates.
Arthur waited for his chance, his calf muscles exploded instantly, and he rushed towards Lake at the speed of a flash, saying in a deep voice:
"You have no chance of winning. Once Cooper and I fight together, you will be no match for us."
Lake was furious when he heard this. His muscles suddenly tensed up and he shouted:
"Insanity!"
He galloped away, unable to tolerate the bluffing of Arthur, who had been so lamblike just a moment ago.
The two men approached each other and threw punches at the same time, which collided fiercely and it was difficult to tell who was stronger.
At this time, Cooper, standing on Arthur's shoulder, pecked at Lake's neck with all his strength.
Lake gathered all his strength into his right fist to fight with Arthur, and was unable to withdraw and dodge.
Arthur endured the severe pain in his fist and did not retreat a single step.
Fighting to protect his own life, his will to fight was as strong as a rock, and he was determined to defeat the beast before him.
The eagle's beak pierced into Lake's neck, making him look horrible in pain, and his fist that collided with Arthur's was also much less powerful.
In an instant, Arthur's fist broke through his defense and hit him in the abdomen with all his strength.
boom--!
The muscles around Lake's abdomen burst, the sound waves spread, and the muscles bulged into the body.
After suffering a huge blow, his muscles twitched, blood spurted from his mouth, and he was in so much pain that he could hardly control himself.
It was as if an object weighing dozens of tons hit him in the abdomen and he instantly lost control of his body.
"Cooper!" Cooper flew in front of Lake and hit his face with his eagle claws, scraping half of his face into a bloody mess.
"Ah--!" Lake screamed, unable to believe that the favorable situation was reversed in an instant.
Arthur did not intend to stop there and give the other party a chance to breathe. He quickly came in front of him with the Six Styles: Shaving and punched him in the chest with all his might.
Bang! Another burst of fist wind pierced through his chest, and Lake's face became hideous, with blood gushing out of his mouth again.
Boom boom boom, hiss hiss hiss.
Arthur continued to attack Lake's body, while Cooper used his claws to tear his upper body apart.
His fists rained down like raindrops, each punch was solid, and each blow contained a shock of power.
Lake was reeling under the attack, unable to fight back.
This kind of heavy blow, every punch is intended to penetrate the opponent's body, and every hit is accompanied by a crisp impact sound.
Under such bombardment, Lake's strong body endured the destruction of hundreds of punches in two minutes.
His body was covered with fist marks, twisted like a dead man, kneeling in front of Arthur and Cooper.
Seeing that the vice-captain of the pirates in front of him was unable to resist, Arthur stood in front of Lake, roared in a low voice, opened his mouth wide, and saliva splashed on the other's face.
He was extremely excited, like a ferocious beast opening its bloody mouth, wanting to swallow it.
"The Navy actually recruited a guy like you, haha." Lake knelt on the ground, his body twisted and dying, and smiled bitterly:
"You, this threat, must be eliminated."
Having said that, he knew in his heart that he had already lost, and he didn't even remember what had happened in the past two minutes.
I felt endless pain eroding my whole body, and my flesh and blood seemed to be burning in the air.
Although it was unbelievable, the Armament Haki that he had just learned was actually lost to a seemingly immature boy.
But the fact is right in front of us. Lake cannot move, only his brain still retains consciousness.
Arthur quickly regained his firm look, put his hands in his pockets, and said to him with a cold expression:
"After this battle, you've made me realize that when Cooper and I fight with all our strength, guys like you can only passively take the beating."
Cooper grabbed Arthur's shoulders with his bloody claws and looked sharply at the pirate in front of him.
"Major Crow..." After the battle, Arthur suddenly thought of Major Crow.
His fists ached as he handcuffed Lake with chains.
Then he walked to the room where Major Crow was leaning in the naval base to check on his condition.
"I'm fine, Arthur, my body was just suddenly hit hard when I was in a relaxed state." Major Crow's body gradually recovered. The injury just now was because he did not expect Lake to have Armament Haki.
After this battle, Major Crow also realized his own shortcomings and needed to strengthen his physical and mental training.
We also learned that once Arthur's life is threatened, he will turn into a very violent beast and will stop at nothing to defeat the enemy, and he is still very rational.
This kind of guy, as long as he doesn't die in the mission, will be a great talent in the navy in the future.
But... as Dragon gradually lost trust in the justice of the Navy, he also began to doubt the justice of the Navy.
It was as if the higher-ups were training some ruthless killing machines for the mission.
"Most of the time, I questioned my own weakness and never felt how strong I was."
Seeing that Major Crow was safe, Arthur walked to the square outside the base, picked up his gun and loaded it with bullets.
"Because this is the world of One Piece, full of monsters and geniuses."
"After this battle, I finally understood why it was so difficult for me to defeat a remnant of the Rocks Pirates? Or, there are no so-called weaklings in the Rocks Pirates?"
Arthur was filled with emotion. This battle made him learn a lot and understand a lot.
In this world, the human body can still fight back after being severely injured.
Their body structure is completely incomparable to that of the people on Blue Star.
Arthur managed to defeat his opponent with great difficulty through sheer physical strength and desire for survival.
Because he didn't want to die at the hands of an unknown person, and his ambition to venture into the world of One Piece was still unfulfilled.
The naval base on Lionheart Island was littered with the corpses of sailors and pirates, and Arthur was standing in the middle of the pile of corpses.
He looked up and heard the sounds of explosions and volcanic eruptions on other nearby islands. "The explosions of the Shiny Fruit and the Magma Fruit..."
The volcanic ash falling from the sky quickly covered his cheeks.
Arthur, with a loaded gun on his back, looked back at Major Crow: "The battle is still going on on the coast, Major, what do I need to do now?"
"Arthur, you can go help the other soldiers. I have to go to the base and take away important documents."
Major Crow said to him, then covered his wound and went deep into the damaged naval base.
Arthur and Cooper were the only ones left in the base square.
They were stunned for a moment -
"Cooper?" (What do we do next, Arthur?)
"What else can I do? I am a soldier who joined the navy to learn the Six Styles. I must go to the town to fight against pirates and protect civilians." Arthur quickly calmed himself down.
I walked alone with Cooper into the town where gunfire continued, and heard the screams of civilians.
"Cooper!" (There is another pirate pretending to be dead in the square, Arthur, the one I kicked away just now)
Cooper warned, causing Arthur to stop and take the gun from his back and aim at a pirate protruding into the ground in the square of the base.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
He fired four shots at the pirate in succession, crippling his arms and legs respectively, to prevent him from rescuing the vice-captain of the pirates he had defeated.
"It seems like he has a Den Den Mushi." Arthur reloaded his gun and returned to Lake in the base square.
After searching a Den Den Mushi from him, they headed straight towards the Lionheart Island town where strong winds and flames were intertwined.
Not only this place, but all the nearby islands have become a living hell.
……
On the coast, Dragon is engaged in a fierce battle with Apollo, the captain of the Sky Pirates who are attacking Lionheart Island.
"Monkey D. Dragon, I believe my lieutenants have already wiped out all of your men on the island!"
Apollo was steady as he engaged in a physical duel with Dragon, while at the same time being on guard against Dragon's sneak attacks using the power of the Nature Devil Fruit.
He did not try his best, but just waited for good news from his deputy Lake.
Then observe Dorag's facial expressions to gain pleasure and satisfaction while humiliating him.
However, after a long and fierce battle, Apollo discovered that Dragon's physical skills were very different from the last time.
"Isn't Garp's damn bloodline growing too fast?" Apollo gritted his teeth and cursed the hated Monkey D. Garp in his heart.
Facing Apollo's threat, Dorag had a resolute look on his face, "If I can't even trust my own men, who else can I trust?"
"As long as Shiqi is not here, no one can save you, just surrender!"
The fierce battle between the two continued on the coast.
In the town of Lionheart Island - Arthur, who defeated Lake, released Cooper into the air to search for civilians who needed rescue.
"Someone, please help the child in my arms. Please, anyone, please come and save us."
Arthur passed by a house engulfed in flames and was shocked to see a woman crawling out of the basement, desperately trying to protect her child and calling for help in the sea of fire.
Her legs were caught in the burning wood, and despite burns all over her body, she did not let go of the baby.
Seeing this, Arthur immediately rushed in to rescue her and continued looking for the next rescue target.
There were children who were unable to save themselves and adults who were burned. Whether dead or alive, they were all saved by him.
Arthur saved civilians on Lionheart Island one after another. His originally bright eyes seemed to dim a little under such a blow.
After witnessing the cruelty of the world outside the East China Sea, his ideas were once again overturned.
Arthur held a scarred child in his arms, knelt on his knees, and gently placed him on the town street.
"This is the world outside the East China Sea. No, perhaps this is the unknown truth and reality in the world of One Piece."
Bang! A bullet shot out from behind Arthur, almost hitting his back, and landed on the burning building nearby.
"Damn it, I missed!" The pirate was about to shoot again, but found that the bullets in his pistol were used up.
Arthur turned quickly, alert for the pirates who were about to attack him.
As the pirate was reloading, Cooper swooped down from the air and grabbed the pirate by the neck with his claws.
The sharp eagle claws pierced his neck, dragged him dozens of meters into the air, and then threw him down.
Plop! The pirate fell in front of Arthur and died on the spot.
Arthur looked at the dead body of the pirate in front of him, and quickly regained his composure. He then turned to look at the sounds of battle coming from the coast where the pirate ship was docked:
"Cooper, go and save the civilians in this town. I'll go to the other side of the coast to take a look."
"Cooper~!" Cooper circled above Arthur and chirped in response.
In this mission, Arthur's task is to work with Dragon to defeat the pirates on this island called Lionheart Island.
The pirates on the nearby islands were handed over to Sakaski and Borsalino.
In reality, he was just a new recruit to the navy, and all he had to do was perform his duties and fight some small pirates.
However, the longer the battle lasted, the greater the casualties.
While wandering around the town of Lionheart Island, he saw the corpses of many Marine Headquarters soldiers and decided that it would be best to end it quickly.
Arthur galloped through the streets of the town, his expression solemn and unwavering.
He thought to himself, "It seems reasonable that the unknown remnants of the Rocks Pirates have all joined the Golden Lion."
"After the battle of God Valley, the future four emperors may have gone into seclusion and secretly expanded their power. Only Golden Lion Shiki inherited Rocks' ambition to unify the world."
"Now, nearly seven years have passed since then, and the only one who has been active on the sea is Golden Lion Shiki."
"So, where did Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom go?"
Arthur was analyzing recent maritime incidents in his mind when suddenly many pirates appeared on the street ahead and were fighting fiercely with naval soldiers.
He stared at the approaching pirates and clenched his fists.
"Another navy is coming, send another person to stop him!"
Before the pirates could plan their tactics, Arthur, who was approaching them, punched a pirate about two meters tall and sent him flying from Lionheart Island to the horizon.
The terrifying power is like a ferocious beast, unstoppable.
Then, he used the Navy's Six Styles: Storm Legs, and quickly assisted other soldiers in clearing the pirates who were fighting hard ahead.
"You really are a monster, Arthur!"
"We fought hard for a long time but couldn't defeat the pirates, but you defeated them so easily?"
"How's the situation at the naval base on the island, Arthur?"
Arthur did not respond. He ran towards the coast where Dorag was with a steady breath and a determined look.
The soldiers watched him as if he were Superman at full speed, and then he disappeared from their sight in a flash.
"Haha, I've really caught up with a good era." Arthur thought, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly: "In order to get everything I want, I must give up everything and become stronger!"
