The strange aura that suddenly appeared on the battlefield attracted Jinbei's attention. When he looked back, he saw Luffy wrapped in white mist.
"what happened?!"
What happened to Luffy was far beyond Shengping's expectations. He never thought that Luffy, who had obviously lost his fighting ability, could still stand up in such a state.
Moreover, feeling the domineering aura emanating from the other person's body, Ping's face became extremely ugly at this moment.
Strong, very strong!
The domineering aura emanating from Luffy was even stronger than before. Jinbei didn't know what was supporting Luffy, allowing him to emit such a shocking aura even though he was so seriously injured.
Faced with all the strange events revealed by Luffy, Jinbei was also concerned. He ignored Sanji and silently put the handcuffs back into his back pocket. Jinbei's full attention was on Luffy.
"call--"
A strong wind blew by, and the white smoke surrounding Luffy also dissipated. The appearance of the thin little boy had changed greatly. His black hair turned into a white flame burning like fire.
The red vest on his body also turned snow-white, and a white flame cloud surrounded Luffy's body, supporting his body floating in the air.
"The awakening of the Animal-type Devil Fruit?!"
Luffy's appearance at this time made Jinbei feel very familiar. Looking at Luffy's appearance, he was clearly the awakening appearance of an animal-type devil fruit user. The only difference was the color of the flame cloud surrounding his body.
After awakening, the flame cloud surrounding the body of an ordinary animal-type devil fruit user is black, while the flame cloud surrounding Luffy is white.
The Nika Fruit finally showed its true form when Luffy was in desperate situation. The power of the devil fruit not only restored Luffy's condition to its peak, but also gave him extremely strong combat power.
"Sanji!"
Luffy's laughter stopped abruptly. He turned his head and his eyes fell on Sanji behind Jinbei. After a low growl, Luffy's figure turned into a white stream of light and flew towards Jinbei rapidly.
"Without any support, he possesses the ability to fly in this form?!"
Unlike the way he moves in the fourth gear state, Luffy in the fifth gear Nika form has real flying ability, and his flying speed is so fast that even Jinbe cannot catch his trace with the naked eye.
In just a blink of an eye, the white light passed through Jinbei and landed directly next to Sanji.
When Jinbei turned around and looked behind him, Luffy had already grabbed Sanji, and then with force from both hands, he threw Sanji out of the battlefield.
"Luffy—you bastard—"
Sanji, who was thrown away, disappeared from Jinbe's sight in just a blink of an eye. Only Sanji's slightly angry roar came back from the horizon.
Obviously, Sanji didn't expect that Luffy would help him escape from the battlefield in this way.
Although such ridiculous things have happened before, no matter how many times it happens, Sanji can't get used to it.
"I'll be right there, Sanji—"
Luffy, who threw Sanji away, looked very happy, with his mouth open and a bright smile on his face.
Seeing that the other party didn't take him seriously at all, Jinbei couldn't help but frown. He raised his arm, condensed a ball of sea water in his palm, and then swung it violently towards Luffy.
Hit the water.
When facing a Devil Fruit user, using seawater to hit the water may be more effective than other attack methods.
"call out--"
The water bullet flew through the air, making a sharp whistling sound.
However, when he got close to Luffy, he opened his mouth and swallowed the water bullet into his mouth.
“?!!”
Luffy's action also made Jinbei look stunned. In his mind, he had actually guessed several ways that the enemy would resist his attack, either by resisting head-on or by dodging, but he never expected that the other party would actually swallow the water bullet in one gulp.
Because Luffy's fighting style was too strange, even Jinbe, who was calm and composed, was stunned for a moment.
"Pooh! Pooh!"
"It's so salty, why is it sea water?!"
Not long after swallowing the water bullet, Luffy dug his throat and spat out the sea water, complaining as he did so, with a look of disgust on his face.
Jinbei frowned. The attitude displayed by the opponent at this moment showed that he did not take this battle seriously at all and did not take him, the enemy, seriously.
Such an attitude seemed extremely arrogant to Jinbei, as if such a fight was just a child's play in the eyes of the other party.
But Jinbe would not underestimate Luffy because of his nonsensical behavior at this time, because his attack really could not cause any damage to the enemy.
His attacks were unable to threaten his opponent, which was definitely not good news for Jinbe.
Out of caution, Jinbei didn't blindly close in on the opponent. Since one water bullet couldn't do any damage to the enemy, what about more?!
With this thought in mind, Jinbei spread his hands, and as his center of gravity suddenly sank, countless sea water seeped out from the muddy ground and quickly condensed towards Jinbei's palms.
"Rain!"
As Jinbe's low roar rang out on the battlefield, the water bullets condensed in his palms poured down towards Luffy like raindrops.
“Ho ho ho!”
"If you look closely, it's really spectacular!"
"But such an attack is useless to me now."
Luffy let out a frivolous laugh, and then he bent his knees. The ground beneath his feet turned into soft rubber, undulating up and down like the rough sea.
When the rain was falling, Luffy suddenly grabbed the ground with both hands, pulled up a piece of soil from the ground and blocked it in front of himself.
“Boom boom boom boom—”
Water bullets continuously bombarded the "rubber" in Luffy's hand, leaving dense craters one after another.
After Jinbe's attack disappeared, Luffy casually threw the "land" in his hand aside, and then gave Jinbe not far away a big smile.
"It's my turn!"
Rubber White Bench Vise!
Luffy's body suddenly swelled up, and his figure seemed to have become a giant at this moment. At the same time, Luffy quickly stretched out his arms, and his two big hands slapped Jinbei directly as if swatting a fly.
Luffy's speed is terrifying and his attack range is extremely large.
Caught off guard, Jinbei had no time to dodge and could only stretch out his arms to block, and the next moment he was hit by Luffy's giant palm.
"Bang!!!"
The terrifying power came from Jinbe's body. The powerful armament Haki attached to it and the arms that condensed domineering power were actually broken by Luffy at this moment.
Following a muffled sound, two crisp sounds of bones breaking were heard by Jinbei. The severe pain made Jinbei break out in a cold sweat, and his arms went limp.
With both arms disabled, Jinbei was unable to maintain his balance and fell to his knees in the muddy ground. Dirty water splashed onto Jinbei's snow-white military uniform.
With just one strike, Jinbei completely lost his ability to fight.
Luffy retracted his palm and glanced at Jinbei who was half-kneeling on the ground. He seemed to realize that he had hit him too hard. He scratched his head in embarrassment and then laughed:
"Ah! Sorry, sorry!"
"Hahahaha, don't chase us anymore, we'll leave first!"
I don't know why, although Luffy felt a little guilty in his heart, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't help but laugh.
His words sounded full of sarcasm to Jinbei's ears.
"Are you kidding me?!"
Jinbei growled and struggled to stand up from the ground. Facing such a vicious pirate, he would never let the other party leave even if it cost him his life.
Even though he lost both arms, Jinbei still felt obligated to keep the other person here.
"Bang!!!"
Jinbei, who barely managed to stand up, plunged directly into the muddy ground. Due to the continuous heavy blows, too many cracks had appeared on the surface of the battlefield, and the ground had become very thin.
With this powerful thrust, Jinbei penetrated the ground directly and entered the sea.
"Hmm? What?"
Luffy looked at the ground where Shengping disappeared with some confusion, scratched his head, and looked puzzled.
The next moment, the rumbling sound of waves sounded from afar.
Luffy turned his head when he heard the noise, only to find that a huge wave suddenly rose in the originally calm bay and was rushing towards the coast rapidly.
This wave was a hundred meters high, covering the sky and the sun, and Luffy was so scared that his eyes popped out.
“Nani!!!”
"Ha ha ha ha!"
“Amazing!”
Luffy let out a scream, but in the next second he burst into hearty laughter and praised "awesome". In fact, no one could figure out whether Luffy's "awesome" was a compliment or sarcasm, but at least in the eyes of the fish-man navy who were watching the battle, Luffy's "awesome" should be a sarcasm.
Because they didn't see any seriousness on Luffy's face.
"I'm leaving. Goodbye."
Luffy's feet, floating in the air, seemed to have turned into high-speed rotating tires at this moment. After laughing happily, he really disappeared from the spot as quickly as he said.
"boom--"
The huge waves hit and the sea water directly flooded the entire battlefield, but when the tide receded, Luffy and others were no longer there.
Jinbe's attack completely changed the terrain of Mermaid Bay, but such a powerful attack could not touch Luffy in Nika form at all.
Luffy obviously had no intention of continuing to tangle with the New Navy. He had successfully protected his companions from leaving, so naturally there was no reason for Luffy to stay here any longer.
All that was left was the devastation after the war.
Jinbei's attack naturally had no effect on the Shark Star's fishman navy. When the tide receded, Cavendish's figure appeared on the shore. After choking on the water a few times, he regained consciousness.
He was brought back to the land by the waves. Luffy's attack had caused his breathing to stop. As his body fell into the bay, Cavendish drank a belly full of sea water.
Fortunately, he was not drowning for long, and he was the kind of person who had received years of training and was a good swimmer, so he was able to survive.
Jinbei used the waves to return to the land. He looked around and found that Luffy had left. His face darkened.
The strength of this group of pirates was far beyond his expectations. Before this, Jinbe had never thought that their branch would have to pay such a huge price just to deal with a group of pirates whose bounty was only 1,000 berries.
Not only were several grassroots navy personnel killed, but even the Seraphim had fallen into a strange state, and it was unknown whether they could continue to be used.
He himself also suffered broken arms and serious injuries in the battle with Luffy.
I don't know if this injury can be recovered? If so, how long will it take? Will it affect my combat effectiveness after recovery?
All of this has become a risk that Jinbei needs to bear.
"Lieutenant General, that group of people should have escaped."
"Are you okay with your injury?!"
When Shark Star and others saw Jinbei appear, they quickly surrounded Jinbei. Looking at Jinbei's arms hanging down weakly, Shark Star's face showed deep worry.
Jinbe is the mainstay of their Fishman Island branch. There are too many powerful enemies that Jinbe needs to deal with personally. Now that Jinbe is seriously injured and has lost his combat effectiveness, Shark Star doesn't know how Fishman Island will maintain the safety and stability of the island.
"have no idea"
"The best expectation for my injury is that I can recover."
Jinbei endured the pain, looked in the direction where Luffy and the others left, and spoke.
"What should we do next?"
Shark Star's heart sank when he heard this. Although he had expected this, he still felt heavy-hearted when he heard these words from Jinbei himself.
This time, the crusade against the Straw Hat Pirates was undoubtedly a failure.
Moreover, Shark Star had never experienced such a devastating defeat, and he didn't know how to deal with such a cruel reality for a moment.
"The enemy's strength is far beyond our capabilities."
"Now we can only ask headquarters for support!"
"The Straw Hat Pirates have just arrived at Fishman Island and are unlikely to leave anytime soon. They need to record the magnetic field on Fishman Island before they can leave."
"Find their ships, and if they go out to sea, attack and intercept them directly in the sea!"
"Keep an eye on them until support arrives from headquarters!"
Jinbe is also extremely cautious when dealing with the Straw Hat Pirates.
He had fought with Luffy personally and knew how powerful the other party was. He also knew that he was not someone he could deal with.
But unlike Shark Star whose mind is confused, Jinbei's mind is still very clear.
It is true that the enemy is very powerful, and he really cannot deal with such a powerful enemy.
But so what?
There are many strong people in the new navy!
That afternoon, Jinbe reported the matter concerning the Straw Hat Pirates to the headquarters, and his call for help was made directly to Zephyr's office.
When Zephyr heard the news that Seraph was beaten into hibernation and Jinbe had both arms cut off, he was confused at first.
Then, anger filled his head.
Luffy
The kid he raised had actually become a pirate? And he had even caused a huge disturbance on Fishman Island. This was something Zephyr couldn't accept in any way. After hearing the news, he ignored all the advice and decided to lead the team to capture Luffy himself.
For the sake of Zephyr's safety and also out of curiosity about Luffy's Nika-fruit, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi did not dissuade Zephyr after learning the news. Instead, he asked Zephyr to leave a rest cabin for him when Zephyr set sail.
"White Flame Cloud"
"It should be the Nika form, right?"
"Let me see what kind of power can change the world."
(End of this chapter)
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