Bartolomeo began to question his life.
His barrier was supposed to be invincible...
Yet the pain in his stomach forced him to clearly realize that his barrier had betrayed him again.
This was already the second time!!!
The first time he had experienced such an accident was in Loguetown, before he witnessed his idol King Luffy's glorious execution moment.
That man in black he had encountered had severely injured him with nothing more than a look.
Sabo, who had punched Bartolomeo until he vomited, showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, he tipped the brim of his hat with a finger.
"Sorry, but I can't let you have the Float-Float Fruit."
After Bartolomeo's defeat, there was no longer any suspense in Block B's battle.
Even the King who had charged up the King Punch for so long was defeated by Sabo.
The King Punch was certainly powerful, but its charge time was too long, its windup too obvious, and its recovery too severe.
Against a true martial arts master, it was easy to knock the user down beforehand, or dodge the King Punch's frontal impact and immediately take down the exhausted user.
Watching Sabo strike the arena MVP victory pose, Austin found it a little boring.
He would not be watching King Luffy's next match.
Were there not more interesting things happening elsewhere?
No one noticed.
The figure originally seated at the commentary desk slowly vanished from where he stood.
Elsewhere,
A massive yet somewhat battered giant ship was racing along the routes of the New World.
It was like a divine vessel setting out on procession.
Pulled by supermassive Sea Kings, even the ripples they raised became tsunamis capable of overturning ordinary pirate ships.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
Sade, his head wrapped in bandages, sat gleefully on the deck, drinking and partying with