Whether it was Martial Arts, swordsmanship, the Three Types of Haki, or combat experience, Rayleigh was unquestionably powerful in every aspect.
In a sense, aside from physical strength, Rayleigh and Longinus were very similar in every respect. Both possessed all-around strength without any weaknesses.
"It's been too long since I last fought. I'm almost forgetting how to fight!" Rayleigh chuckled as he swung his sword upward.
Rayleigh, with his normal human-sized body, was more than half as short as Longinus.
"Does that mean you could have defeated me easily a dozen years ago?" Longinus clenched his fist and punched downward. Ripples spread outward, and even the air took on the destructive force of a massive cannon.
Boom! Boom!
Longinus was sent flying by the slash, while Rayleigh's entire body sank into the earth.
Yet in the next instant, the two charged at each other again.
To them, attacks of this level were no different from a scratch.
"Defeating someone like you is probably beyond even Whitebeard. This old man should forget about it." Rayleigh pushed his Observation Haki to the limit, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.
Going head-to-head with Longinus was hardly a wise choice for a seventy-three-year-old man.
That berserk power could practically penetrate one's internal organs.
Naturally, Rayleigh chose to fight by evading and counterattacking.
But the problem was that Longinus's Observation Haki was just as overwhelmingly powerful. Avoiding his attacks was no easy task either.
"Hah! That laid-back attitude doesn't suit the title of Dark King!" Longinus sent Rayleigh flying with a side kick.
Rayleigh was simply too much of a slacker. Every day on the Sabaody Archipelago, he gambled, drank, and sold himself. Whenever he was bored, he went back to Shakky's bar to flirt a little.
Compared with the other old-generation pirates,