Near the dense forest, Jinbe's battle with the bear continues.
Facing the ever-compressing mass of air in the bear's embrace, Jinbe sprinted at Jinbe speed, each landing of his clogs stirring up a muddy torrent that spread like skipping stones.
In just three steps, Jinbe sprinted in front of Kuma and lunged at Kuma's arm.
Seeing Jinbe's movements, Kuma moved his right leg, and his foot, which also had Paw-Paw, kicked hard at Jinbe.
Seeing this, Jinbe twisted his round body sharply, dodging the Kuma's kick, and grabbed the Kuma's right leg.
"Fish-Man Jujutsu, Tidal Throw!"
With a roar, Jinbe hoisted the Kuma up by its right leg, twisted his body, and, with a burst of muscle from his arms and waist, threw the Kuma into the air in the blink of an eye!
However, despite being thrown into the air, the Kuma calmly moved its legs, gently stepping on the air with the paw Paw-Paw.
"Ursus Air Bullet"
In the blink of an eye, the Kuma was flung through the air and stood firmly in the sky!
Jinbe frowned.
"It's not the Six Powers, yet it can still stand in the sky?"
The Paw-Paw Fruit is truly outrageous!
As soon as he finished speaking, Jinbe assumed a sumo wrestling stance, spreading his legs wide and squatting down hard.
In that instant, the mud and sand on the ground around him were inexplicably blasted into the air, and Jinbe's thigh muscles suddenly bulged out.
The next instant, Jinbe soared into the sky. The moment he left the ground, the ground where he had just stood churned up as if a large stone had been thrown into a calm lake.
At the same time, Jinbe charged towards Kuma, making a circular motion with his hands in the air before grabbing Kuma's ankle.
"As long as the attack isn't blocked by your Paw-Paw, it can cause you real damage!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jinbe gripped the Kuma's ankle tightly with his left hand, while his right hand suddenly rose up and slashed hard at the Kuma's thigh.
"Fish-Man Karate, Five Thousand Brick Fist!"
The term "Wa-sei" refers to the iconic karate tile-cutting technique, while the Five Thousand Brick Fist" is a fist technique capable of cutting five thousand tiles with a single punch!
And Jinbe like that, Jinbe's right hand, glowing with black light, slashed down on Kuma's thigh, which was also covered in Armament Haki!
Kuma's expression tightened, and he suddenly pressed down with both hands, causing the air he was embracing to shrink rapidly, from a diameter of one thousand meters to about two hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, the Kuma kicked hard against the air with its free left leg.
"Air Spin!"
Because of the rebounding air, the Kuma spun around like a top.
Just as he was about to be thrown off balance, Jinbe grabbed Kuma's leg tightly and used his left hand as the core of his strength to suddenly move his waist and abdomen.
The next moment, his round body turned around, and with the force of the impact, he slammed his wooden clogs hard into the bear's waist.
"Fish-Man Karate - Spinning Brick Kick!"
Boom!!!
The bear's abdomen suddenly caved in, and then it continued to fly upwards.
Jinbe, at this moment, used the action of kicking the tile to apply downward force to himself!
As it plummeted towards the ground, Jinbe grabbed the Kuma's ankle.
"Fish-Man Jujutsu- Jitsu - Bear Foot - One-Handed Over-the-Shoulder Throw!"
With a furious roar, Jinbe threw the bear to the ground at Jinbe faster speed!
Boom!!!
With a deafening roar, the bear crashed to the ground like a meteorite, instantly causing the earth to churn and crack. From the point of impact, the ground within a radius of nearly two hundred meters seemed to explode, spewing out countless plumes of dust.
In mid-air, Jinbe adjusted his posture and rushed towards the dust, but the next second, he suddenly widened his eyes.
His Observation Haki detected a considerable degree of danger!
Sure enough, a giant Cat Paw Balloon, about thirty meters in size, suddenly burst out from the billowing dust and shot straight toward Jinbe.
Jinbe exhaled two puffs of white air from his nostrils, then struck the air with both hands, using the force of the blows to quickly shift his position, attempting to dodge the bear's air pressure impact.
However, at that moment, Kuma appeared silently behind Jinbe.
His Paw-Paw feet bounced through the air, making no sound, allowing him to silently approach Jinbe using the dust as Jinbe.
Jinbe's Observation Haki kept giving warnings. He continued to adjust his posture in mid-air, his arms swirling as he met Kuma's outstretched hand.
Unexpectedly, the Kuma suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The next moment, Kuma made a hugging motion with both hands, embracing Jinbe and the air together in a new Cat Claws -shaped atmosphere.
At the same time, Kuma tightened his arms, and the air pressure from his embrace was compressed along with Jinbe's!
Jinbe frowned. At this moment, he was being pressurized along with the air, and while he was enduring enough pressure, his movements in the air were slowed down by more than a fraction.
Then, the Kuma gently patted the air pressure surrounding it.
Jinbe, along with the new air mass, was immediately slammed by Kuma into the previously compressed air mass.
The moment the two pressure clouds collided, an unimaginable explosion of pressure sent Jinbe flying backwards into the distance!
Seizing the opportunity, the bear used the paw Paw-Paw to bounce through the air and the ground, instantly heading towards the Jinbe was constantly adjusting its posture as it flew backward.
Kuma patted his back with his left hand.
A red Cat Paw Balloon was ejected from the Kuma's body.
Just as the balloon moved, Kuma continued to launch airballs, and in a split second, he grabbed Jinbe's ankle as he flew backward.
Immediately afterwards, Jinbe was swung around and charged towards the red pressure cloud!
Seeing the red pressure cloud so close to him, Jinbe raised his hands and held them in front of his chest.
"Plum Blossom Skin!"
Buzzing...
Jinbe and the red pressure cloud collided violently.
However, the expected collision did not occur. The moment the red pressure cloud shattered, it immediately rushed towards Jinbe's body, which was not covered in Armament Haki Jinbe.
The moment the red aura entered Jinbe's body, Jinbe's eyes widened in Jinbe.
At that moment, he felt an excruciating pain in his right leg, as if it had been smashed, while his ribs felt as if they were completely broken!
"That was... the pain I just caused you?!"
Jinbe shouted in disbelief, and as he did so, he was once again trapped in a new air pressure mass by Kuma.
Looking at the pressure mass surrounding Jinbe, Kuma said in a low voice.
"You are not my target. I will send you back to your hometown, Fish-Man Island."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kuma slammed his hand down on the pressure cloud surrounding Jinbe, and Jinbe, along with the pressure cloud, was sent hurtling into the sky!
Inside the air pressure mass, Jinbe was completely bewildered; it was his first time fighting a user of the Paw-Paw Fruit.
Is this thing really that weird? Not only can it compress the atmosphere and deflect attacks, but it can even inexplicably project pain or injury into the enemy's body?
Not only that, this thing can even launch people from a distance?!
Speechless, Jinbe instantly arrived at the sea off Amazon Lily. Meanwhile, Gion, who was carrying Gawain and following Rayleigh, rolled her Byakugan dramatically...
Just a moment ago I was saying that Jinbe could hold his own against Kuma for a long time, but how come Jinbe is almost flying out of Amazon Lily in such a short time?
Jinbe was certainly not as bad as she thought. Although he was instantly thrown into the sea, he immediately manipulated his Armament Haki, and his hands tore apart the aura surrounding him!
With that, Jinbe plummeted from the sky into the sea.
At the same time, Rayleigh and Gion also brought Gawain to the vicinity of the Kuma.
At this moment, Kuma was walking unhurriedly toward the books he had placed there earlier.
Kuma picked up the book, wiped it a couple of times, and then slapped it with his right hand, instantly enveloping the book in a small ball of Cat Claws energy.
Kuma tossed the ball of air into the distance, making the book land safely. He then turned to Gion and Rayleigh and whispered something.
"One Fish-Man was knocked away, but there are still two left, right?"
Ah, a Fish-Man, a woman, an old man...
Saint Gawain, fortunately you are still missing the last crucial piece of the puzzle, which is your own strength.
Otherwise, if you possess superb Conqueror's Haki, have a physique comparable to ours, and also consume some exceptionally powerful Devil Fruit...
Then you won't need a woman and an old man to protect you.
As for what happens next, I'm sorry, but I suppose you'll understand after today.
On this vast ocean, the only one who can protect you is yourself!
Besides, even if you have the identity of Celestial Dragon, you are not absolutely safe!
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiong, with a grim face, picked up the huge Cat Claws -shaped cloud of air again.
Across from them, seeing his attitude of ignoring them, Gion couldn't help but grit her teeth.
"Heh, do you really look down on women like that?"
As they were talking, Gion drew her greatsword with a clang, but Rayleigh quickly stopped her.
"Don't try to take the teaching aids from me, Momousagi."
As soon as he finished speaking, Rayleigh slung his longsword behind his back, stood proudly, and smiled as he spoke to Gawain.
"Although I have long been abandoned by the times and have become an old bone in other people's mouths."
Tsk tsk, just uttering that word makes my bones itch with excitement.
In short, Little Gawain, watch my next move carefully, this is how Conqueror's Haki is used!
The moment he finished speaking, Rayleigh put his hands behind his back, and a pair of slippers stomped on the ground.
He shot forward like an arrow, rushing towards the bear with its furrowed brows.
Seeing Rayleigh almost touching the ground as he charged towards him as if he were floating, Kuma pretended not to care, but he was already on high alert!
There are different kinds of elderly people; some elderly people do indeed lose the strength to roam the seas as they age.
But among those old men, the right arm of this Pirate King in front of us is definitely not included!
So, the bear instantly launched itself into the air, soaring high into the sky in an attempt to create its own atmospheric pressure cloud.
But with just one push, Rayleigh continued chasing the bear into the sky.
Seeing Rayleigh approaching with a smile, Bear didn't hesitate and kicked at Rayleigh.
As the bear's leg came crashing down, Rayleigh smiled slightly. He planted his left foot firmly on the ground, while his right slipper was precisely nailed to the bear's ankle.
As he kicked the bear's right leg high, Rayleigh spun around and unleashed a fierce flying kick. And at the very instant he kicked, when his slippers were still nearly two meters away from the bear's massive cloud of energy...
The Conqueror's Haki spread out in the blink of an eye!
The next moment, even though Rayleigh's slippers were still nearly two meters away from the atmospheric mass, the instant the black and red Inazuma symbolizing Conqueror's Haki's Haki wrapped around Rayleigh's legs...
Two meters away, the atmospheric mass suddenly shattered!
In the air, Xiong looked thoughtfully at Rayleigh, while Rayleigh gracefully maintained his flying kick stance.
He slowly retracted his leg, then turned back and smiled slightly at Gawain.
"Little Gawain, the key to applying Conqueror's Haki is how we entangle it!"
And an attack imbued with Conqueror's Haki will gain the most effective, yet most unpredictable, offensive method in the world: Emission!
At this point, Rayleigh smiled and took two steps into the air, then suddenly kicked down at the Kuma.
Facing Rayleigh's leg, Kuma used his Observation Haki to remember the distance Rayleigh had just Emission, and prepared his defense in advance.
However, just as the Kuma determined its defensive distance based on experience, Kuma Paw-Paw only blocked a wisp of air.
Rayleigh feinted with his leg, then suddenly straightened up and thrust his palm towards the Kuma.
This time, Rayleigh's palm was still twenty centimeters away from the Kuma's body when the Kuma was sent flying by the blow.
As it flew backwards, Kuma pursed its lips, realizing that the distance at which Conqueror's Haki Emission could be freely adjusted!
In the air opposite, after knocking the Kuma away, Rayleigh leisurely landed back on the ground, put his hands behind his back, and continued speaking to Gawain.
"Do you see clearly? 'Emission' refers to an invisible weapon that covers our bodies and can be freely controlled."
Once you have mastered Conqueror's Haki, as long as your opponent's Observation Haki hasn't reached the level of seeing into the future, they will never be able to predict how far away your next attack will be from your body.
Therefore, once you master Conqueror's Haki Emission, your attacks will be more free than your enemy's!
As soon as he finished speaking, Rayleigh looked at Gawain seriously.
"Watch carefully, this is not a play, but my teaching to you."
The real battle has only just begun!
As he spoke, Rayleigh drew his Cane Sword from his back and lightly flicked the blade.
"Hey, it's been so long since I've used a sword, Kuma, you..."
Rayleigh had just finished speaking when he suddenly froze on the spot.
At the same time, Gion and Gawain simply gaped open.
As for the Kuma...
Just seconds ago, in the waters near Amazon Lily, Jinbe fell into the water with a splash.
He quickly adjusted his posture in the water, then waved his hands, his palms swirling in the seawater.
Moments later, a violent Uzumaki centered on his hands caused the waters near Amazon Lily to churn violently.
Beneath the surface, Jinbe manipulated the massive ocean currents while simultaneously unleashing his full Observation Haki to sense Kuma's movements!
In a moment of profound intuition, Jinbe found the point he was looking for. He suddenly spun his body, and the Uzumaki core he was manipulating was flung away from behind him!
"Fish-Man Jujutsu: Tide - Cloud Cloud-Climbing Shoulder Throw!!!"
After a loud shout, a giant column of water, six meters thick, spun out of the sea, then soared through the sky and into the Sea of Clouds.
Moments later, as if guided by satellite, the stream of water burst forth from the clouds and slammed into the Kuma!
This is a water flow that even Four Emperors Big Mom's Observation Haki couldn't dodge; it's the pinnacle of the Knight of the Sea's Jinbe and Observation Haki!
And so it happened right in front of Rayleigh, right in front of Gion and Gawain.
The Kuma was drenched by the roaring Pirate King, filled with the unique Seastone Factor energy from the One Piece world...