In a short-distance dash, the speed of Rowen’s Blink ability is even more extraordinary!
But… it’s not enough!
Shanks didn’t dodge or evade, instead, after landing, he didn’t wait for his center of gravity to stabilize, and his black and thick armor appeared on his face.
Armament Haki, Hardening.
He is known as the man with the most powerful Haki, besides being overpowered in using Haoshoku Haki, he is also proficient in using Armament Haki and Observation Haki (Kenbunshoku Haki)!
Unlike other Yonkō (Four Emperors) Pirates, Shanks is the only one who hasn’t eaten a Devil Fruit and fought solely by using his physical skills! The use and development of Shanks Haki far exceed the other Yonkō (Four Emperors) Pirates! He is confident that he can block this sword attack!
Ding!
As expected, with a crisp sound, the tip of the Thunder Cloud Sword touched the bridge of Shanks’ nose, but it did not penetrate. But at that moment, Shanks’ pupils shrank, and he couldn’t help but want to fall back.
Chi… Hiss!!
Suddenly, an extended lightning blade came through the air, passing through the bridge of his nose, tearing the air with a “hiss” sound, and then went deep into the deck and disappeared into the depths of darkness!
The sharpness contained within this sword makes even Shanks’ heart race.
“You think everyone can resist the sword with their body like Kaido, Shanks,” Rowen sneered and continued to speak. “Using your body to resist the sword attack, do you think everyone is like Kaido… ”
With a sneer, Rowen pulled down, trying to chop him in two! The sharpness of the Thunder Cloud Sword is obvious to all, even Zephyr the “Black Arm” dare not resist it.
Except for Kaido, whose monstrous body would allow for any attack to be stopped, this is a weapon that no one can resist with their body.
At the critical moment, Shanks suddenly erupted with unprecedented power. He held the hilt of the sword behind his back with one hand and suddenly raised it.
The blade pierced through time and space, and Gryphon suddenly appeared in front of the Lightning Sword and then collided with each other.
Cut!
Zī Zī Zī Zī… Boom!!
The Famed Blades (Meitō) collided against each other again, and the sharp sword lights followed by an ear-piercing buzz sound took over the visual and auditory senses of everyone present here, and the crescent blade burst into the air!
The power behind the collision was so strong that the sea and the sky split apart and wiped out the dark clouds in the sky!
After the deafening sound, Rowen’s arm went numb and he couldn’t help taking three steps back. “Hiss… what a terrifying slash!”
In his hand, the Thunder Cloud Sword had a gap the size of a normal human tooth. Despite the blessing of his Armament Haki and the Lightning Light Blade, Shanks’ slash was still able to cut a small slit in the sharpness and sturdiness of this Saijō Ō Wazamono.
“My money!” Saijō Ō Wazamono is famous and the broken and reforged Thunder Cloud Sword can be sold for 10 Billion Belly, and there are still countless swordsmen swarming to snatch it with banknotes. Now that the gap is cut by Shanks, it has to be said that the value is greatly reduced.
The sword shadow dissipated, Shanks took a deep breath, and suddenly smiled like a fool and spoke in an exaggerated tone. “So dangerous, so scary! I almost died!”
After saying that, he looked at Rowen with a slightly stupefied expression on his face as he looked at the uninjured Rowen and then said: “What is the structure of your body? How did you survive that?! That sword attack is enough to kill a person! Even if you are undying, you will lose your fighting power!”
However, Rowen was fine at this moment and was completely ignoring the pain in his body, and the explosive ultimate move almost made him look ugly.
If it weren’t for the mottled blood stains on the deck testifying his injury, Shanks himself would have doubted whether he had injured Rowen.
“Oh? So you finally found that out?” Rowen lightly smiled and suddenly, under the stunned gaze of Shanks and everyone else, he reversed his grip on the Thunder Cloud Sword and stabbed it into his own neck.
“Nani?!”
“What is he doing?”
The deck was full of noise as everyone has shocked expressions on their faces. Some thought that Rowen knew that he couldn’t defeat Shanks, and chose to commit suicide rather than live.
“Suicide?” Shanks lightly frowned, feeling a little confused. He didn’t think Rowen’s eyes were losing his fighting spirit. But soon, his doubts turned into horror.
Standing opposite to him, Rowen’s blood splattered everywhere, but he pulled out the Thunder Cloud Sword bit by bit as if nothing happened, and flung out a large pool of bright red.
The muscle organization in the broken throat was granulated and quickly intertwined, and the wound was healed in the blink of an eye, and there was no abnormality at all!
“Ho… cough cough! Bah!” Coughing out the congestion accumulated in the trachea, Rowen locked his eyes on the astonished Shanks, and smiled lightly: “Then, let’s start the second round!”
…
Thunder Cloud Sword coated in Haki, so it is not Elementalization that is ignoring the effect of physical attacks.
Shanks gasped and the expression on his face finally turned serious.
“This isn’t the power of Rumble-Rumble Fruit, is it? What kind of Monster are you!!” Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, was known for his ability to judge the strength of his opponents, and his evaluation of “Monster” carried a lot of weight. His crewmates Yasopp Beckman and others shared his opinion, nodding in both admiration and fear.
After all… The injury that Rowen had just sustained was a mortal one, but it had healed almost instantly.!
Was it an Undying body?!!
“And to top it all off, he’s still a Logia user,” Beckman said, his voice shaking slightly as he put a cigar to his lips, unable to fully articulate the implications of this realization.
The Marines having someone like this monster in their ranks was a cause for concern among pirates. Logia users were already known for their incredible ability to ignore physical attacks, making them nearly invincible.
However, now there was a Logia user who not only could ignore physical attacks, but could also heal from even the most serious of injuries.
The combination of the powerful destructive power brought by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the frightening recovery abilities, and a strong and unbreakable will made this person a truly formidable weapon.
With just a little more experience and training, he could become an unstoppable force. The future for pirates seemed bleak with the Marines having someone like this in their arsenal.
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