Kuro raised an eyebrow, staring at the dent in Barrett's chest, then at his slightly drooping left arm. Suddenly, he lifted Luo Gui and sliced through the arm, creating a gash.
"Your injury is more serious than mine, so now we're even!"
Barrett frowned and punched his own left arm again, making a crisp 'crack' sound.
"Your gash is deeper than the wound on my arm, so now we're even!"
"Bullshit! Your injury is more serious than mine!"
Kuro slashed himself in the ribs again, leaving a gash.
“Your punch was more powerful than mine, so…” Barrett raised his fist and slammed it into himself.
On the other island, Lida's eye twitched as she shouted, "Enough!! You can't kill him like this... It's nothing, just stop!"
Without her saying anything more, after both sides had given themselves a few blows, they realized that something seemed wrong and began to charge at each other.
Kuro stabbed Barrett through the side of his abdomen with a single blow, creating a gaping wound.
Barrett punched Kuro in the left shoulder blade, and with a crisp sound, Kuro's left arm visibly sank down.
Such a bloody fighting style was terrifying to watch.
"Aren't you going up?"
Looking at the lieutenant generals who were no longer moving, Lucci said with some surprise, "If we keep fighting like this, even if we win, Jinni will suffer indelible injuries."
Onigumo closed his eyes and remained silent.
Everyone else looked pretty much the same.
Kuro had already told them to 'get lost,' and it wasn't that they didn't want to move, but rather that they simply couldn't intervene in such a battle that was clearly filled with ferocity and real fire.
Whether they are navy personnel or pirates, they can all be considered heroes.
Lucci comes from the World Government and is obsessed with missions. Missions are his justice, and he can stop at nothing because that is his justice, so he has a clear conscience.
But they are not that kind of righteous people.
Even the most hard-hearted person can be moved to tears by the death of their teacher, and even the most serious person will choose not to intervene in the fight between the two at this moment.
This is their battle.
If we interfere, Kuro will definitely be angry.
"Let's talk about it at the very last step!"
It was Lida who spoke.
Her white hair was now dancing wildly even without wind, clearly indicating that she was suppressing her urge to rush forward.
Now that they are ready to join the war, Barrett is certain to lose, given his current condition.
But seeing how fiercely Kuro is fighting, not only does he not intend to gang up on them, he even tells them to 'get lost'.
It is clear that he himself also has a strong desire to win.
He might be forced to participate in the war, but if that affects Kuro's morale and will later on, that would be terrible.
Other naval forces also noticed this, which is why they did not immediately join the battle.
Even Mihawk started to focus his attention on the others, thinking that if anyone rushed forward, he would step forward to stop them.
laugh!!!
Just then, a sound of flesh being pierced resounded throughout the surrounding area.
Kuro slashed Luo Gui from bottom to top, creating a burst of golden light. His blade missed Barrett's outstretched fist and passed directly through his ribs in a single upward strike.
"Yellow Dragon!"
The blade sliced smoothly through Barrett's shoulder, pulling out an arm as it fell.
This strike severed Barrett's arm.
"Atomic collapse!"
Barrett gripped his remaining left arm, ready to punch Kuro in the chest. But as the knife had just sliced through him, Kuro took advantage of the momentary stiffness in Barrett's body, moved his body upwards, and kicked him directly.
Bang!!
That punch struck his leg bone, breaking Kuro's shinbone. The force of the blow sent him flying, causing him to crash to the ground.
Kuro quickly got up, but just as he was about to stand, he swayed to the left.
He stared at his sunken legs and feet, and his body gradually floated up.
That lower leg wasn't broken, it was completely shattered.
"Your hand is gone!" Kuro stared at Barrett with bloodshot eyes.
“You’re no better!” Barrett retorted menacingly.
Barrett's shoulders and neck were covered in gashes, a chunk of flesh had been ripped from his ribs, and thick blood dripped from his severed arm. The injuries he had sustained from the Instantaneous Azure Dragon Slash were also erupting, turning him into a blood-soaked mess.
Kuro's left arm hung limply, his left leg swayed with his movements, his body and face were covered in bruises, and there was a large dent in his chest.
Both of them were panting heavily, their bodies covered in sweat as if they were in a sauna.
By now, Barrett's body was trembling as he exerted force. It wasn't out of fear, but rather a primal instinct caused by using power beyond his physical limits.
Kuro also felt that Luo Gui was as heavy as a mountain at this moment, and he couldn't even lift him up.
but...
"It was so close!"
Both sides harbored resentment.
Kuro lifted the demon, and a golden light flowed along the blade.
"The Unknown God's Romantic Murder Sword..." he murmured.
Barrett also clenched his fist, but he couldn't accumulate any Haki; he could only cover his fist with Armament Haki.
He must surpass this man; that is the first step to surpassing Roger!
Even though the Log Pose for Laugh Tale existed long before, he never went there, even though he had left Roger's pirate crew before and did not go to Laugh Tale with them.
But he didn't want to go again; that would just be repeating Roger's mistakes.
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