Commanding All Under Heaven, Purple Qi Comes from the East (Third Update, Please Vote)

"...Hahaha...hahahaha!" Arlong clutched his head and let out his distinctive laugh.

"You trash have plenty of confidence, I'll give you that. Since that's the case, I'll bury every last one of you in the sea. In the end, you're just useless garbage that becomes helpless the moment you enter seawater."

"You damned ability user, do you have any idea how many subordinates you've cost me? Today, I'm settling that score with you properly!"

Arlong picked up his greatsword and stood.

He stood two meters sixty tall, even a head taller than Ling Donglai.

In this world of countless species, a height of one meter ninety was really nothing special.

"Just killing a fish. If you want to settle accounts like that, why don't you think about how many humans you've killed so far?"

Ling Donglai took off his cap and put it on Nami's head, then removed his shirt and draped it around her neck, revealing a body trained to near perfection.

"Mere humans, you dare compare yourselves to fish-men..."

"Today, I'll show you the difference between our races. We fish-men were born superior to you humans!"

Arlong charged straight at him with his battle blade, delivering a fierce, tyrannical slash.

It was as though he intended to cleave the air apart.

But Arlong's swordsmanship had clearly not reached the level where he could unleash sword energy.

Lightning surged across Ling Donglai's body.

"You're the one looking up at me, Arlong. I'm the one standing at the very top."

300,000 Volts · Thunderbolt!

"I've already seen through that technique!" Arlong raised his battle blade to block the thunderbolt. The raging current surged through the steel blade and into Arlong's body. Without preparation, he would have been paralyzed, unable to move, just as he had been during his first battle with Ling Donglai.

But he had personally experienced that current before. His powerful physique allowed him to suppress the raging lightning within his body, and then his battle blade struck the ground.

A bolt of lightning burst from the ground and shot toward Ling Donglai.

It was a weakened thunderbolt, but caught off guard, Ling Donglai was directly wounded by his own lightning.

"My, my, this really is..." Blood trickled from the corner of Ling Donglai's mouth. The foreign lightning wrapped around his skin before merging once more with the lightning inside his body.

"Arlong, you've given me a surprise."

Ling Donglai wiped away the blood at his lips.

"Humans truly are a stupid and foolish race. You think that just because you've gained a Devil Fruit, you can challenge the lofty fish-men!" Arlong sneered, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The current had passed through his body, and some of it was bound to remain inside, damaging the structure of his internal organs.

That counterattack just now had really been a mutually destructive move.

Shark Bite!

Arlong rushed forward, opening his mouth to reveal sharp fangs. His bite force could easily crush cannonballs and boulders, a force humans could never train themselves to possess.

The only human whose teeth could possibly compare to his... was probably Zoro, that man who could still speak with a sword hilt clenched between his teeth.

100,000 Volts · Barrage!

Electricity wrapped around Ling Donglai's fists as one punch struck Arlong beneath the jaw.

"I won't lose to a human!" Arlong rolled his eyes back, then recovered and began a rapid barrage of fist against fist.

But his speed was completely inferior to Ling Donglai's after being accelerated by Current Drive. By the time Ling Donglai threw three punches, Arlong had only managed one.

Some fish-men tried to come help during the exchange, but the lightning crackling around Ling Donglai had invisibly formed a force field. Every clash of fists scattered arcs of electricity, and no fish-man dared step into the center of Arlong and Ling Donglai's battlefield.

"Ah... ah..." Arlong breathed heavily. Electric arcs danced over his entire body, and burns had begun to appear on his skin.

Ling Donglai had forced him into his rhythm, leaving him no choice but to keep trading blows at Ling Donglai's pace. But the most agonizing part was the constant current flooding into his body.

This was the most insidious kind of fist technique. The opponent had to endure not only the speed and force of the blows, but also the internal damage caused by the current entering their body.

If this were a martial arts world, Ling Donglai would be injuring him with internal energy.

Another punch struck Arlong in the upper jaw. At last, in this high-speed barrage, he had been defeated by a human despite being a fish-man.

He was sent flying and crashed to the ground, his body wrapped in currents that caused him unbearable agony as he convulsed uncontrollably.

"Heh... huff... Arlong, can you still stand?" Ling Donglai looked down at him from above. His fists were smeared with blood—some his own, some Arlong's.

"Damn it, that's impossible... How could those weak, powerless fists of yours surpass mine in such a short time?"

Electricity flickered across Arlong's body as he struggled to rise. As a proud racist, his heart was bleeding. This was the second time he had lost to this human.

If the first time had been a loss due to paralysis, then this time had been fair and square.

Ling Donglai's rate of growth filled him with a trace of fear. In their previous clash, even after being beaten into a pig's head, he had not suffered serious injuries, and his assessment of Ling Donglai had been that his fists were weak and powerless.

But this time, he had lost in a clash of fists!

Iron Teeth Technique · Shark Bite! Arlong swung his head again, directly flinging out a row of his teeth.

"What is this? Have you run out of tricks?" Ling Donglai tilted his head slightly and avoided Arlong's teeth.

"My teeth can regenerate endlessly!" With a splash, Arlong plunged into the swimming pool. Then he surfaced and flexed both arms.

The pool churned up massive waves, and a sheet of seawater crashed toward Ling Donglai.

"Come fight me in the sea, you damned ability user!"

"Your futile struggle is disappointing."

Ling Donglai had long known that Arlong Park had a swimming pool filled with seawater. Using Current Drive, he instantly moved to the outermost edge and avoided the crashing waves.

300,000 Volts · Water Electrolysis! Arlong, the thing you'll regret most is fleeing into the sea!

A roaring bolt of lightning struck the swimming pool, instantly spreading through the entire pool and turning it into a lake of lightning. At the same time, it detonated the current inside Arlong's body.

The electrolysis of water produced a large amount of hydrogen and oxygen. A blue arc flashed past.

"Bang!"

Ling Donglai provided the sound effect. Then, amid the ensuing massive explosion, Arlong was blasted straight out, bleeding nonstop and looking as though he had only one breath left.

"I don't think I've told you my name yet, so let me make up for that now: my name is Ling Donglai.

Commanding all under heaven, purple qi comes from the east!"

"I won't become a pirate or a Marine. You can think of me as a martial artist."

Ling Donglai took the clothes from around Nami's neck, draped them over himself, and said.

PS: Don't ask me how Arlong countered the thunderbolt. Someone did the same thing to Nami's lightning in the original story.