One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 137 Lucky Critical Hit
what's the situation?
Guernica took on Rhodes' attack, thoughts turning in his mind.

The matter regarding the Seven Warlords of the Sea had clearly been settled, so why did the other party suddenly attack?
Looking at the smile on Rhodes' face, Guernica was puzzled, but his hands did not stop moving.

"Finger gun·cannon!"

He put his fingers together and thrust them out suddenly. A horrifying sound of an explosion suddenly rang out, and a circle of air waves visible to the naked eye burst out from Guernica's fingertips.

Boom! !

Rhodes' fist collided with Guernica's fingertips suddenly, making a violent roar.

'What kind of monster is this!'

Guernica felt a sharp pain in his fingertips.

Rhodes did not use any domineering power, but only collided with him with pure flesh.

However, the fingers that were wrapped with domineering power felt tingling.

Such a physique is too exaggerated.

Feeling the tingling sensation in his hand, Rhodes' eyes became more excited.

I guess fighting with these cp0 guys would accumulate some injuries!

"I've already said it, this is my extra request."

Rhodes looked at the other two CP0s who didn't move.

"I am one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. It's possible that I can't satisfy such a small request."

"Ok."

Guernica frowned slightly, somewhat confused about what Rhodes was thinking.

In the intelligence collected previously, there was no mention that the other party was a battle maniac.

However, since the other party asks for it.

"Then let's spar with you for a bit."

Guernica looked at the other two CP0 members and signaled with his eyes.

"As you requested, no need to hold back!"

Bang! !

The next moment, Rhodes stretched out his arms to block the attacks of the two people rushing from both sides.

"I'm sorry, this is my body's instinctive reaction."

Under the puzzled looks of the CP0 members, Rhodes suddenly explained.

He had originally planned to give up defense in the fight in order to endure more damage, but his body still moved instinctively when he sensed danger.

Bang bang bang! !

The next moment, fists like a violent storm surged towards Rhode. Just as Guernica said, they attacked without reservation, punching Rhode fiercely one after another, occasionally interspersed with some invisible "flying finger guns" and huge "storm kicks" slashing.

"It's amazing!"

Robin looked at the battle in front of her in shock. With her eyesight, she could only barely see Rhodes' movements.

But does this really not matter?
Robin looked at Rhodes, whose body was covered with wounds, with a little concern.

It was the first time she saw Captain Rhodes being injured so badly. Even when he fought with Zephyr or Aokiji before, Rhodes did not suffer any serious injuries.

"It's noisy!"

A figure suddenly appeared beside Robin. It was Law, who was supposed to be treating Bonnie in the castle.

Looking at the people fighting in the distance, especially Rhodes who was covered with scars, Luo's face was full of helplessness.

With Rhodes' strength, he should not have been injured by such an enemy, but he deliberately did not defend himself and allowed the enemy to hurt him.

He recalled his experiences in his early years.

Rhodes was the same at that time. He would get himself covered in wounds every once in a while, and then ask Neru to carry him on his back so that he could get treatment.

Luo also more or less realized the secret of Rhodes.

Every time after recovering from an injury, Rhodes would become much stronger than before.

Generally speaking, after experiencing a life-and-death battle, or extreme training, and recovering, a person will indeed become stronger than before.

Luo himself has had such an experience.

However, this kind of strength is limited, and it is more of an explosion after the accumulation of previous efforts.

However, there is no limit to Rhodes's ability to become stronger, and it is completely unscientific.

However, ever since Rhodes had gone through a series of devilish training, and even crossed the Red Earth Continent with his bare hands without getting seriously injured, Luo hadn't seen the other party's unreasonable improvement for a long time.

Now seeing Rhodes's appearance, Luo understood that Rhodes' strength was about to increase rapidly again.

"No defense at all?"

Guernica shook off the blood on his fingers. After fighting with Rhodes for a while, the doubts in his heart not only did not decrease, but increased.

Even if Rhodes was really a battle maniac, there was no need to fight in this way.

He didn't defend at all during the fight, and even used his own body to directly block the domineering attacks, which made him completely confused about Rhodes's thoughts.

Could it be that the other party is actually a masochist?

"It's just this little bit of damage, there's no need to defend at all!"

Rhodes grinned and punched the opponent. The moment his fist hit the opponent, his domineering aura was instantly released.

His crew members were all on this island, and with the powerful external aid of Big Bear by their side, Rhodes didn't have to worry about his own safety at all and could endure the damage without restraint.

Moreover, he was not simply enduring the damage from the opponent. While fighting, he was also constantly trying out his own guesses.

In order to feel the difference more clearly, he even deliberately restrained all his strength and the domineering aura he released.

"Are you using us as training objects?"

Guernica could only think of this possibility.

However, he did not feel any resentment of being taken advantage of.

For him, as long as he can complete the mission, it's fine. "You can attack with the determination to kill me!"

Rhodes turned around and punched CP0 who was attacking from behind.

呲——

A flash of black lightning flashed by.

boom! !

The next moment, CP0, who was hit by Rhodes' fist, flew out suddenly and slammed heavily to the ground.

“That’s how it feels!!”

Rhodes' eyes suddenly lit up.

He once again delivered such an attack in battle.

Guernica slightly changed color.

If it was just as a sparring partner, he wouldn't have any objection.

After all, his mission this time was to invite Rhodes to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the three of them being sparring partners was one of the conditions.

Although this is an additional condition after the mission is completed.

However, if this additional condition could cost them their lives, Guernica felt it was not worth it.

"If you kill a member of CP0 without reason, you will be stripped of your title of Shichibukai."

"Don't worry, I'm keeping my strength."

Rhodes looked at Guernica with burning eyes and suddenly pounced forward.

As a team leader, he should be more resilient.

Rhodes punched out repeatedly, but none of them had the same power as before. While adjusting his attack rhythm and domineering output, Rhodes recalled his previous successful experience.

In the world of pirates, domineering is the real high-end power.

Battles between masters all rely on the use of domineering power.

Especially the armed color domineering.

The entanglement and hardening of Armament Haki can enhance attack power and defense power. Most people's use of Haki remains at this stage. At this stage, Haki is like an invisible armor covering the body.

Stronger people, on the other hand, have mastered the flow and release of domineering aura, and even internal destruction. They can make the domineering aura flow quickly through the body, and even release it to hurt the enemy.

What Rhodes has been exploring all along is the issue of timing when using the external release of domineering power and internal damage.

When you collide with the enemy with your fist and use the flow of domineering aura to cause internal damage to the enemy, the physical attack of the fist and the internal damage of the domineering aura do not occur at the same time.

Different from the entanglement hardening which simply uses the domineering aura as an invisible armor, the flowing release requires the domineering aura to damage the enemy's insides. When attacking, there is a time error between the physical impact of the fist and the impact of the domineering aura.

And if the time difference between the two is very short, the attack will explode with even more powerful power!
How short a time is it?
Rhodes controlled his dominance and released it continuously, releasing it with every punch, looking for that critical moment.

coming!

A flash of inspiration suddenly arose in Rhodes's mind.

The next moment, an imperceptible black lightning flashed by.

boom! !

"Iron!!"

Guernica's expression changed slightly, and he instantly exerted his own strength as a piece of iron that had been tempered thousands of times to the extreme. At the same time, domineering energy emerged from his body, wrapping around his body and instantly dyeing it black.

The next moment, a terrifying force suddenly hit him.

"puff--"

A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and Guernica's body flew backwards.

“This is too hard to control.”

After launching the same attack again, Rhodes stopped and did not look for the last member of CP0.

Two consecutive successes allowed him to grasp the trick.

Although there is no exact number yet, according to his estimation, the time interval between the physical impact of the fist and the impact of domineering power must be compressed to within 0.00001 seconds in order to suddenly explode with several times the power as just now.

However, in actual combat, the situation changes rapidly, and such time intervals cannot be grasped at all. One can only keep trying to trigger it in battle, and perhaps there will be a chance to suddenly hit a critical hit.

Or you can let the domineering aura flow continuously and exert outward impact on the opponent continuously during the battle. This can also ensure the time interval between the impact of the fist and the impact of the domineering aura to a certain extent.

However, this will increase the loss of domineering aura and it cannot be used for a long time in battle.

"It seems that you have had enough fun."

Guernica used the Moon Step to come to Rhodes again. There were spots of blood on his white suit.

Fortunately, Rhodes didn't use his full strength to attack because he wanted to try a new move, otherwise the previous blow might have killed him directly.

"That's it."

Rhodes waved his hand.

Although the moves he had been trying to figure out during this period were not ones that he could fully master and turn into normal means, they at least gave Rhodes an additional means.

At least during combat, you can increase your domineering output to improve your attack in a short period of time, or you can try your luck to see if the next attack can be a critical hit.

and many more!

luck?

Rhodes paused slightly. It seemed that there was someone in his team who could control luck!

However, her strength and domineering power are not enough to reach the threshold to use this move.

In order to successfully use this move in battle, one must at least train one's physique to the point where one can use the six styles freely, and master the release of Armament Haki.

It seems that she needs to increase the intensity of her exercise.

Bakara, who was following Neru to practice basic physical training, suddenly felt a chill.

(End of this chapter)