One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 132 Rhodes' Attempt

Nelu tightened his clothes and continued walking forward.

On Magnetic Drum Island, there are several peaks that look like magnetic drums, standing high on the island, which is why the island was named Magnetic Drum.

Among these peaks, five are particularly prominent, with their altitudes all reaching more than 5 meters.

These five mountains are located in the middle of the island. Not only are they much taller than the other mountains, with altitudes all reaching over 5 meters, they are also covered in ice and snow and are subject to far more storms than the other mountains. Originally, the king's palace was located on the highest of these mountains.

These mountains have no steps to climb, they are all cliffs. If people in the palace want to come down from the palace, they have to use the cable car hanging between the mountains.

Neru's current practice is to climb these five mountains one by one with bare hands while carrying weights.

The extremely cold wind and snow and the heavy weight on your body work together to squeeze out your potential.

On top of Drum Peak.

Rhodes stood on the edge of the cliff with his hands stretched out, domineering aura flowing through his arms.

In the previous battle with Aokiji, he had already seen how far he was from the top of the sea.

In terms of Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and combat skills, I am not strong enough in any of these aspects!

Aokiji, who is not good at Haki, is better than him in Observation Haki, making it difficult for him to accurately grasp Aokiji's entity during the battle; in terms of Armament Haki, Aokiji is not inferior either, and every attack is infused with quite powerful Haki.

In terms of physical skills, Aokiji was far beyond Rhodes' expectations. In his impression, the three admirals of the Marine Headquarters were all natural devil fruit users and were the epitome of fighting with the power of their fruits.

It was only after the battle with Aokiji that Rhodes suddenly realized that anyone who could stand on top of the ocean would not have any obvious weaknesses.

The Six Styles of the Navy have been fully integrated into Aokiji's combat system, and he can freely incorporate the tricks of the Six Styles into combat with every move.

It can only be said that compared to physical skills or other aspects, Aokiji has developed the devil fruit more outstandingly and left a more profound impression on people.

Even in his physical condition, which was what Rhodes was most confident in, he was only slightly better than Aokiji.

However, Rhodes was not very depressed.

He is still young!

Moreover, he is still getting stronger!
Although his physical fitness has not improved much since he went to sea, Rhodes's fighting ability has undergone earth-shaking changes.

He was absorbing nutrients crazily, growing continuously, and integrating various skills into his own combat system. After almost every battle, he would gain new insights.

Rhodes half-knelt, took a standard horse stance, then lowered his waist and clenched his fist, and slowly pushed out a straight punch.

Bang! !

With one punch, an astonishing air wave instantly spread out, clearing away the falling snow in an area in front of Rhodes and almost creating a vacuum area.

“That’s not the feeling.”

Rhodes retracted his fist, not paying attention to the changes in front of him, frowning slightly as he thought.

"Amazing!!"

In the castle behind, Chopper was lying on the window, watching the huge sound of Rhodes' punch outside, with a gleam in his eyes.

"He is indeed a powerful little devil."

Kuleha also had to admit how powerful Rod was.

After spending these days together, she had gotten to know these kids a little better. They had only been at sea for a few months, but they had already made such a big name for themselves at the age of 18. They even defeated a navy admiral. Even Kuleha had only encountered a few of them over the years.

Not to mention, the other party has a group of powerful partners around him.

I really don’t know what kind of dramatic changes they will bring to the world in the future.

Kuleha raised her head and took another gulp of the wine.

"Let's go, Chopper, you still have a lot to learn!"

Chopper looked at Rod on the cliff again and followed Kuleha away.

He wants to learn medical skills from Dr. Kuleha, and then create a "panacea" that can cure all diseases!
Also, be a cool pirate!

On the edge of the cliff, Rhodes didn't know that there was a little guy in the castle behind him who was looking forward to him. He just frowned, looked at his fist, and recalled the special feeling in the previous battle.

In the previous battle with Aokiji, at the beginning he still followed the conventional method of [Baguo] and used his [Baquan], that is, blasting out all the strength of his body in the form of a shock wave and combining it with domineering entanglement.

However, when facing a natural ability user with strong observation Haki like Aokiji, such a move is difficult to hit.

So in the subsequent battles, he changed his approach and no longer attacked directly with shock waves. Instead, he used his hardened fists wrapped in domineering aura to directly attack Aokiji's body. After his fist hit the opponent, he released the shock wave and released the domineering aura at the same time.

In the process, Rhodes discovered something.

After he struck with his fist, he released another shock wave for the second attack, and finally used his domineering aura to launch the third attack. The damage caused in this way seemed to be stronger than directly concentrating all this force together and blasting it out.

However, after the battle, when he tried again, he could not find the same feeling as before. No matter how many times he tried, the power released when he combined the strength together was stronger.

Is it an illusion?
No, that punch at that time did cause greater damage to Aokiji.

what is going on actually?
Rhodes frowned and looked at the white snow in front of him.

If he didn't get this matter sorted out, he wouldn't even be able to eat in peace.

"Rod! Come and eat. I'm going to eat more than you today!"

Minina's voice came from the castle, and Rhodes turned around instantly.

"coming!"

After a while.

"The 79th competition, the winner is Rhodes!"

Rod raised the chopsticks in his hand and declared victory to Minina.

"I can't eat anymore..." Minina patted her belly. After competing with Rhodes, her belly finally had some curve.

Before joining the Loth Pirates, Minina had never eaten so much without restraint and always suppressed her appetite.

However, after joining Rhodes's group, she never suppressed her appetite again.

Because in the team, she is not the one who eats the most.

At this time, there were piles of plates in front of them.

Behind them, the palace's head chef wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Ever since this group of pirates moved into the palace, they have been very busy.

These pirates are such big eaters! Every meal is prepared for 300 people.

Every day I spend all my time cooking except sleeping.

"Wow! Are all pirates so greedy?"

After spending some time together, Chopper and Rhodes became familiar with each other. At this time, he was holding his plate and stuffing it into his mouth desperately, as if only by eating in this way could he prove himself.

"No, it's not!"

Robin reached out and patted Chopper's head, saying to him with a smile.

"You don't need to force yourself to eat so much. A pirate is someone who can do whatever he wants freely. He doesn't need to force himself to do something he doesn't like."

"But···"

Chopper swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty and looked up at Robin.

"What I want to do is to be like a pirate!"

"Then you just need to be yourself!"

Robin looked at Chopper and couldn't help but rub his body with his hands.

"Be yourself?"

Chopper blinked.

How do you just be yourself?

"When you figure this out, you will be a qualified pirate."

Robin patted Chopper's head again, but there was something he didn't say.

'You also need a group of reliable partners who can support you! '

Robin looked at the group of companions in front of him.

It is because of their existence that she can do what she wants with peace of mind.

"I have finally found a companion who can protect me, Sauro!"

Robin's eyes curved up and he revealed a happy smile.

"No, I still can't do it!"

Nia closed her eyes for a long time, looked at her still bulging belly, and shook her head in frustration.

She originally thought that after these days of training, she had already reached the threshold of [Life Return] and could quickly digest food through [Life Return], but it turned out not to be such an easy thing to do.

“This is not an ability that can be mastered so easily.”

Genos lit a cigarette after dinner, and while puffing on the smoke, he spoke to Nia.

The two of them practiced against each other almost every day, and their relationship had improved by leaps and bounds.

"Even Nalu hasn't mastered it yet."

“There’s still some distance.”

Naylu nodded.

In fact, he has already mastered it a little bit now.

With the help of [Life Return], which he was not very proficient in, his physical fitness has improved a lot.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Gray in a few days."

Nia looked around the restaurant, a little confused.

Although they were all undergoing arduous training, they would still come back to eat on time every time it was time for dinner.

After all, if you want to increase your strength, nutritional supplements are essential.

However, Daz Bonis and Gray never showed up at the table.

Bonis is like an ascetic monk, concentrating on his enlightenment with all his heart in order to reach the realm of a 'swordsman'. With his fruit ability, once he succeeds in his enlightenment and becomes a 'swordsman', his strength will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

As for Gray, after eating the devil fruit, he seemed to be possessed by a demon. He stayed in the laboratory all day and had no interest in even the delicious food made by Minina.

"When I was delivering food to him, I seemed to hear him say that the research was almost done. I heard it was something really amazing!"

Bepo opened his mouth and answered Nia's question.

"Oh? Super awesome?"

There was a glimmer of curiosity in Nia's eyes.

“Then I’m really looking forward to it.”

(End of this chapter)