The Importance of Weapons and Equipment

"Gum-Gum Gatling!"

"Armament Haki—Iron Body!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...

As fists rained down like droplets, the man fighting Luffy became covered from head to toe in a layer of blackish-red advanced Armament Haki.

Combined with the astonishing defense provided by Iron Body of the Six Powers!

In the end, none of the attacks caused even the slightest injury.

"Heh heh! Kid! Do you see it now? This is the greatest difference between us! My Armament Haki is more advanced, while you're merely a novice who's just learned it." The man grinned and sneered.

Just as he was about to say something else, he suddenly felt a fierce gust of wind from behind his head. He immediately turned around instinctively, trying to block with his arm.

But in the next second...

"Flame Strike!"

Boom!!!!!!!

Nojiko leaped high into the air and brought the red-glowing hammer in her hand crashing down on him.

In an instant!

The red glow transformed into scorching flames, directly swallowing the unlucky man whole.

Not only that!

The instant his arm took the blow, it let out a crisp crack and bent into a horrifying ninety-degree angle.

There was no need to ask. It was unquestionably broken.

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!"

The man screamed and rolled twice across the ground, extinguishing the blazing flames on his body. Then he climbed to his feet, gasping for breath as he stared fixedly at the girl before him. "Nojiko, the new member of the Demon Pirates?!"

"That's right! Since you tried to steal the Blueprint of the Ancient Weapon Pluton and the core technology of the Endless Abyss, you'd better be prepared to face retaliation." Nojiko casually found herself a reason to join the fight.

Especially that hammer blow just now. For some reason, it had suddenly given her an