One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

The ice in front had just melted when it was immediately replenished by the cold energy emanating from Aokiji's body. The ice formed a fiery cone in front of Aokiji that kept melting and condensing, and slammed into Ace.

If it were just the ice spikes attacking Ace, nothing would have happened. But Aokiji followed closely behind, his arm completely covered in Armament Haki, clearly intending to use this opportunity to counterattack and deliver a heavy punch to Ace.

Seeing that things were not going well, Robert used the same trick again, his body transforming into lightning as he rushed towards Aokiji, his golden spear aimed straight at Aokiji's elbow, which was not covered in Armament Haki.

Aokiji suddenly smiled and sneered. His other arm, which was hidden in Robert's blind spot, suddenly slammed towards the golden spear. The arm, which was originally covered in Armament Haki, instantly became elemental. It was a deliberate attempt to lure Robert into a trap.

The golden spear was sent flying, but Robert, as if nothing had happened, instantly appeared dozens of meters away and caught it.

Aokiji's punch missed, and he staggered forward before a massive pillar of fire enveloped him.

Ace, panting heavily, lowered his arms, which had been crossed in a cross shape, and frowned as he looked at the steamy battlefield.

Robert stayed far away. If Aokiji was defeated so easily, he could go and challenge the Four Emperors right now.

As expected, when the mist cleared, Aokiji's once pristine white naval uniform was now covered in charred black marks, but he himself appeared to be unharmed.

Aokiji's eyes were no longer lazy; it seemed he was about to get serious.

But before he could utter any harsh words, a huge explosion instantly resounded throughout the entire Enies Lobby.

For the first time, Aokiji's usually icy face showed a frown, while Robert grinned and pulled a golden Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

"Don't you understand how the Navy dared to bomb Enies Lobby?"

"This is a right you personally granted. Spandam, that idiot, kept bragging about how amazing this thing is, so I couldn't resist taking it and trying it out."

"As for the bombardment locations, aren't the places where demons like me reside the perfect targets for the Buster Call?"

Chapter 33 I'm sorry, Kizaru

Although Ace, like Luffy, wasn't entirely mentally sound, and in the few times he did fight in the main storyline, he was either crushing weaker opponents or getting crushed himself.

But according to the established storyline, his talent is actually very strong.

He lost to Blackbeard because the Dark-Dark Fruit counters all Devil Fruit abilities, and he lost to Akainu because the Magma-Magma Fruit is a superior Devil Fruit to the Flame-Flame Fruit.

Now that he heard Robert say that he had triggered the Buster Call himself, he instantly understood Robert's intentions.

The Tower of Justice was already teetering on the brink of collapse due to their battle, with fires breaking out everywhere. If it weren't for Aokiji's ice constantly cooling it down, the Tower of Justice would have been engulfed in flames from the inside out long ago.

Now, after being shelled, the already dilapidated building finally gave way, with large amounts of bricks and stones falling and fires spreading.

Robert was the first to teleport out of the tower, landing on top of a solitary pillar.

A cluster of flames flickered a few times in the distance, revealing Ace's figure: "Robert, you're too clever! My flames were suppressed and couldn't get going, but I didn't expect to escape with the Navy's own cannon fire in the end, hahaha! Let's go!"

Robert followed closely behind Ace toward the Gate of Justice. Although that was the direction the Navy was coming from, it was still much closer to the sea than crossing the entire main island of Enies Lobby.

Ace thought the collapse of the Tower of Justice could temporarily trap Aokiji, but Robert was not so optimistic because his experience points were still 0!

Ace said that after level 10, you no longer get experience from killing monsters, but you can gain experience from fighting high-level players regardless of whether you win or lose.

Aokiji is a master among masters. After the Marineford War, he fought Akainu for ten days and ten nights. Even in the New World two years later, he could kill Cracker, one of Big Mom's Sweet Commanders, in one move.

Even if I played as a support and fought against him for so long, I should at least have some experience, right?

Since we haven't gained even a single point of experience, it can only mean one thing—the battle isn't over yet!

Ace's body materialized into elements, propelling him forward at incredible speed using the force of his backward flames. Suddenly, Robert shouted from the sky:

"Ace, watch out! Jump up!"

Ace trusted Robert almost unconditionally. The moment he heard Robert's command, he didn't even think about why and immediately jumped high into the air.

It wasn't until they were flying in mid-air that Ace gasped in surprise.

The entire collapsed Tower of Justice has been completely sealed by ice. The flames that were burning fiercely just moments ago have vanished without a trace, and the ice is spreading outwards at an alarming speed, freezing parts of the sea surface.

Ace and Robert both had the same thought: Aokiji probably hadn't even used half of his strength.

If he had used Ice Age earlier, the two of them probably wouldn't have even had a chance to fight back, and they would have been frozen into ice blocks along with the Tower of Justice.

Aokiji's figure instantly emerged from the ice, blocking Ace's path. He didn't even glance at Robert in mid-air; as long as Ace was captured, that was enough.

Robert had long since lost his temper by now, and he felt that if he abandoned Ace and ran away, he would be traumatized for the rest of his life.

Ace landed slowly, standing directly on the ice surface formed by Aokiji's frozen sea.

The ice began to creep up his legs, only to be melted away by the flames he released.

A massive ball of flame began to condense from Ace's hand, which he held above his head, clearly preparing to unleash his ultimate attack, Flame Emperor.

Aokiji seemed to realize he couldn't keep slacking off like this. His chill condensed into icy mist behind him, and he charged towards Ace at lightning speed.

Robert gritted his teeth and transformed into a bolt of lightning, striking directly at Aokiji.

Aokiji charged forward without pausing, his hand, covered in Armament Haki, sweeping across the air like he was swatting a fly.

This palm strike was even launched before Robert had transformed into his elemental form, clearly indicating that Aokiji's Observation Haki had already detected his attack.

But as if by some strange twist of fate, Robert suddenly canceled his elemental transformation and turned completely sideways in mid-air, dodging Aokiji's arm swing and kicking Aokiji hard with both legs!

[Dodged successfully using intuition 1/10]

Aokiji looked astonished as his body was kicked away like a cannonball, flying straight for more than ten meters before rolling several times on the ice before coming to a stop.

Sweating profusely, Robert rolled several times on the ice, enduring the immense pain as he cried out, "Ace! My leg is broken! Take me away!"

Ace was stunned by Robert's incredibly powerful attack. Hearing Robert's shout, he quickly put away the nearly completed Flame Emperor, propelled the flames and shot out, grabbing Robert from the ground and running away.

Robert was in so much pain that he almost fainted, biting his lip hard to stay conscious until the dust settled.

A loud shout that shook the heavens and the earth rang out: "Robert! Ace! I've come to get you!"

Ace was overjoyed and quickly flew towards the direction from which the sound came. Among the ten huge warships, a dilapidated little boat was skillfully dodging the cannon fire.

Holding Robert, Ace collapsed onto the Going Merry, then lay flat on the deck, laughing heartily as if all his strength had left him.

Luffy shouted, "Franky! Break through!"

Franky stood at the stern, and the wind-powered cannon he had been preparing fired, propelling the Merry backward.

Usopp also fired a smoke bomb at the right time, and the navy warships were momentarily unsure which direction to pursue.

Aokiji clutched his ribs as he climbed up from the ice. Every movement caused him excruciating pain. His eyes fell on the warships that were now shrouded in smoke and in disarray in the distance, and he seemed to have given up on giving up the chase.

Turning around, he searched the spot where Robert had kicked him and found a pair of sea stone handcuffs in a crevices formed by frozen waves.

Aokiji gave a wry smile: "Robert, you're really ruthless to yourself."

Aokiji took out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket and answered it.

"Admiral Aokiji, this is Vice Admiral Doberman's warship. We have completed our turn. Please board and give chase!"

Aokiji took a breath and said, "No need to pursue. There are people blocking the way ahead. All warships should maintain their current positions and avoid collisions due to the smoke."

Meanwhile, Robert, known as a ruthless man, was screaming in agony on the Going Merry without any regard for his image.

It wasn't that he was being delicate; it was just that the pain was beyond what an ordinary tough guy could bear.

Chopper, acting as the ship's doctor, quickly stepped forward to examine Robert's injuries and made an authoritative assessment:

"Oh dear, what happened to you? Both of your leg bones are shattered!"

Robert was on the verge of tears: "Chopper, can he still be cured? Amputation isn't necessary, is it?"

Chopper shook his head: "No need for that. Just glue the broken pieces of bone back together and take some medicine, and you'll recover quickly."

Robert was moved, but also relieved by the absurdity of his pirate world. He had impulsively used a near-suicidal attack and lost sensation in his lower body on the spot. He had thought that he would have to follow Franky's path of mechanical ascension from now on.

Now Chopper actually says that glue can cure it. Although we don't know if it will leave any aftereffects, at least it preserves the hope of a full recovery.

Ace breathed a long sigh of relief upon hearing Chopper's words, then asked excitedly:

"Robert, what have you been through these past few days? How did you become so powerful! Especially that kick that sent Aokiji flying just now! Even I couldn't have done that!"

Robert gritted his teeth and uttered a pretentious line that shouldn't have come at this moment: "Have you ever been kicked by light?"

Chapter 34 Entering the Tiger's Den Again

The moment Robert obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his first thought for an attack was to mimic Kizaru's light-speed kick.

Lightning moves at extremely high speeds; its speed of propagation through the air alone can reach more than 90% of the speed of light.

However, if one moves using elemental methods only within the mental field, it is impossible to maintain the inertia brought about by this near-light speed.

To carry out a physical attack using inertia, one must create a lightning channel in the air. Although the speed of a lightning channel is much slower than that of simple movement, it has the advantage of carrying kinetic energy, which in turn creates an impact force that matches the speed.

Robert only did a simple experiment and abandoned this attack method without even daring to cancel the elementalization.

Forces are reciprocal; when you kick someone at extremely high speed, your own leg must also bear a corresponding force.

With his small stature, if he kicked someone with lightning speed, he'd probably blow them to bits.

So it wasn't until the power breakthrough bonus appeared, reducing the recoil damage by half, and Robert's stamina also increased to 36 points, that he finally gritted his teeth and decided to use this pseudo-light speed kick to give Aokiji a good beating.

The key to kicking Aokiji's elemental body was that he took out the Seastone handcuffs from the bottom of his shoe during flight.

Aokiji never expected that Robert, a Devil Fruit user, would use such a move that would harm the enemy a thousand while damaging himself fifteen thousand. Caught off guard, he was first restricted by the Seastone and then suffered a heavy blow.

Even though he was prepared, Robert was still taken aback. Even though his speed was far below the speed of light and the recoil damage was reduced by half, he still ended up with comminuted fractures in both legs.

Fortunately, it worked well. He managed to escape from the powerful Aokiji, and with Chopper's help as a professional doctor, he should be able to avoid any serious injury.

The Merry sailed slowly on the sea. The breakout had almost exhausted all its potential. Nami was now directing everyone to adjust the sails to half-sail, fearing that the Merry would break apart under the weight of full speed.

Chopper used its little hooves to piece together Robert's shattered legs bit by bit, applied some secret ointment, and then wrapped his lower body in bandages like a dumpling.

Robert had already fainted from the pain when his leg bone was being reset. The last thing he did before losing consciousness was to calculate his experience from fighting Aokiji and put all his attribute points into stamina, making it his top priority to recover his health as soon as possible.

[Level 10 → 11 (3800/102400)]

Although Robert was only harassing Aokiji from the periphery during the battle, and only the final sneak attack caused any damage to Aokiji throughout the entire battle.

But Aokiji was, after all, the most outstanding figure on this sea. One battle provided Robert with a full 55000 experience points, which was enough to raise his level by more than one level!

Luffy and his crew didn't do nothing either. Although the battlefield had changed, they still fought a desperate battle against the CP9 agents, and finally managed to defeat them all before the Buster Call was launched.

Luffy called out weakly, "Sanji! Hurry up and get me something to eat, I'm starving!"

Having already driven in second and third gear several times, he was not only weak from hunger, but after catching Robert and Ace and finally letting out the last breath that had been supporting him, his injuries and fatigue finally came to the fore.

As soon as he shouted the words, Luffy suddenly collapsed onto the deck, startling Chopper who rushed to his aid.