Although both of them were brimming with fighting spirit, it was obvious that they could not fight aboard their own ship.
The ships soon arrived at a deserted island and chose it as their battlefield.
Before long, Sabo was the first to jump ashore. In his view, since Bullet was the Vice-Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, he, as the Vice-Captain of the Spade Pirates, should naturally be the one to face him.
Unless he could not hold his ground, Ace, as the Captain, naturally should not step in right away.
"What? You two aren't coming at me together?" With his arms folded across his chest, Bullet glanced at Sabo and spoke flatly.
"If you want to get to the Captain, I'm afraid you'll have to get past me first." The Great Grade Sword in Sabo's hand flashed slightly as he smiled.
Compared to the Sabo from the original story, who wielded a water pipe, this Sabo had never lost his memories. After training in Doflamingo's Illusion Space and receiving Dragon's occasional guidance, his combat strength was clearly much greater now.
In truth, Sabo was only slightly weaker than Ace; the gap between them was minuscule. If the two fought, Ace's odds of winning would only be sixty-forty.
However, Ace later obtained the powers of the Flame-Flame Fruit through sheer luck, widening the gap between their combat abilities even further. By now, Ace was clearly a level above Sabo.
Ace and Sabo were not entirely ignorant of the sea's highest combat power. When they were young, they had seen Doflamingo and their grandfather, Garp, fight.
No, saying they had seen the two fight was giving themselves too much credit. In reality, they had only seen the aftermath of their battle and the ruins of the battlefield.
Even so, the might of