Mr.1

Mr. 1's knives were blocked by Rodney with Flower Continent. In an instant, Mr. 1 launched another round of attacks, pointing his fingers like knives, his sharpness fully revealed, aiming for his heart.

"Rokushiki·Tekkai!"

His body's muscles became as hard as steel. Although his body couldn't move freely, it was enough as long as he could withstand this attack.

A metallic clang echoed from his chest. Mr. 1 missed his strike and retreated again. Mr. 4's baseball bomb came flying.

Releasing Tekkai and breaking free from Miss. Merry Christmas's claws beneath his feet, he used Soru to dodge. He threw Flower Continent at Mr. 4, who was wielding a several-ton baseball bat, while his hands didn't stop moving: "Fire Release·Phoenix Sage Fire!"

Fireballs rained down from the sky, like a meteor shower. Mr. 1 waved his arms, shattering the fireballs that were attacking him.

Clang--

Flower Continent was knocked away by Mr. 4's baseball bat, sticking into a sand dune to the side. Rodney instantly moved over, picked up Flower Continent, and struck a pose that made Mr. 1 feel uneasy.

"Retreat quickly!" he said, making his body as hard as steel.

"Elbaf Spear·Ikoku!"

The spiraling sword energy tore through the desert, kicking up large swathes of sand and dust, plowing a long trench in the desert.

Mr. 1 stood in the center of the trench. Even his steel-like body was injured by this immature Ikoku. Mr. 4, Miss. Doublefinger, and a few other small fries who had come to make up the numbers had already fallen to the ground. The stronger ones had lost consciousness, while the weaker ones had died directly.

"Terrifying, is this person a monster?" Mr. 1 muttered.

The monster he spoke of was examining the Flower Continent in his hand, smiling as he said, "What a good sword, it should last for a while. Hey, you over there, let's go again."

Mr. 1: "..."

Forcing himself to stand up, he said, "With your strength, are you really just starting out at sea?"

"Yeah, I've only been at sea for about a month, I think it's been that long." Rodney smiled, "Mr. 1, Daz Bones, how about it? Want to join me? The terms are negotiable. Although I'm a lone wolf, I don't mind having one or two teammates who don't hold me back."

In a word, he had taken a liking to Mr. 1's abilities and wanted to recruit him into his ranks.

Mr. 1 was silent, adopting a fighting stance, clearly preparing to fight to the death.

"Is that so? Then I'll give you a more pleasant death." A layer of lightning covered Flower Continent. Even Kunai, a tool without any craftsmanship, could be imbued with Chakra, so how could Flower Continent not be?

"What Devil Fruit is that?" Mr. 1 couldn't help but ask. At first, he thought Rodney had a Flame-Flame Fruit-like Devil Fruit with fire attributes, but now lightning suddenly appeared, which confused him. What the hell was this?

"Who knows? Maybe I'm a magician, and what you're seeing is just an illusion." Shrugging, he chuckled and looked at Mr. 1, saying, "Come on, I'll give you a quick death!"

Turning his ten fingers into blades, he crossed them in front of his chest and suddenly swung them towards Rodney.

"Dustless Sword!"

Rodney felt countless tiny sword energies intertwined, turning into an airtight net of swords. If he were hit, he might be cut into cubes. Feeling a chill in his heart, he danced with Flower Continent, truly dancing. The air was filled with afterimages of Flower Continent, and he clashed with Mr. 1 dozens of times in an instant.

The Sharingan spun non-stop in his eye sockets, accurately capturing Mr. 1's movements. He had caught openings several times, but unfortunately, Mr. 1's body was as hard as steel, and even lightning-attribute Chakra couldn't break through it in a short time.

"Your swordsmanship is really good. If it wasn't a swordsmanship unique to you, I would really be envious." As the owner of the Sharingan, it would be a disservice to these eyes if he didn't copy it. Regardless of whether it suits him or not, he would copy it first, using the same moves to deal with the enemy. If he couldn't win, he could at least disgust them.

Look at Five-Five Open; he could clearly finish it quickly, but he refused to use his ultimate, insisting on using the same moves as his opponent, just to disgust people. With his amount of Chakra, a quick battle was the best strategy.

Unfortunately, Mr. 1's moves were developed by himself after eating the Devil Fruit, so even if Rodney copied them, they wouldn't suit him.

Not knowing what Rodney was talking about, Mr. 1 changed his previous offensive, with circles of horizontal blades growing out of his arms. Then, the blades spun rapidly, like saw teeth, waving his arms, wanting to use the blades on his arms to cut Rodney apart.

Clang clang clang clang--

The teeth on the saw collided with Flower Continent, intensely and sparks constantly appeared.

"This guy is hard as hell... Maybe I can do this." An idea came to mind, wanting to quickly end the battle with this guy, get rid of Mr. 1, and completely submerge underground.

"Miss. Merry Christmas, where did that guy go?" Mr. 1 asked.

"I don't know, I don't know, I can't find him, I can't find him!" Miss. Merry Christmas said underground, "I see him, ahhhhh!"

Mr. 1 knew that Miss. Merry Christmas was doomed, so he had to concentrate on finding Rodney's location.

Behind a sand dune, Rodney used the blood he got from Miss. Merry Christmas to draw on his hand, "Summoning Technique!"

Poof!

A slug the size of a palm appeared in front of him.

"Lord Rodney," Big Slug Sister asked, "Why did you only summon me so small?"

"Of course, it's useful." Rodney smiled and put Big Slug Sister into his sleeve, saying, "Big Slug Sister, seize the opportunity later and help me deal with an enemy."

"Understood." Big Slug Sister's tentacles moved, sticking to his sleeve so she wouldn't be thrown out.

"Then." Waving the Flower Continent in his hand, he took a step and descended from the sky, hacking down.

Mr. 1 quickly crossed his arms, blocking Flower Continent. His arms ached, and he actually felt pain. He swung his knives, temporarily repelling Rodney. He raised his right arm to look, and several small holes had been corroded on it by an unknown viscous liquid, causing him unbearable pain.

"Despicable!" He promised to give him a quick death!

"Sorry, for me, being able to win is all that matters. Don't worry, I'll make sure you don't die too pleasantly." In terms of fighting, Rodney had no morals. As long as he could win, he would use any method. This was a battle to the death. As long as he could survive, what did he care about the moves?

"Mr. 1, I'll try my best to keep you from feeling pain. Or, how about you commit suicide?"

"Delusional!" Mr. 1 was a tough guy, how could he choose such a humiliating death? This was an insult to him, and he felt disgusted by this slippery guy in front of him. This guy was completely disgusting him.

"I'm going to tear you to pieces! Margarita!"

His palms and fingers turned into blades, and then he pounced on Rodney like a tiger pouncing on its prey, with the momentum of a thunderbolt.

Ding!

"Rokushiki·Tekkai!"

Flower Continent's blade tip pressed against Mr. 1's hand, and petal-like radial slashes burst forth, raining down on Rodney.

Sizzle!

The sand dune behind him was shattered into several smaller dunes by the slashes. The upper half of Rodney's clothes were shredded, hanging on his body in tattered strips, and several wounds deep enough to see bone appeared on his torso.

"Impressive!" Rodney endured the pain, tanking Mr. 1's attack, abandoning Flower Continent, and channeling Super Strength into his fist.

"Fish-Man Karate·Super Strength·200 Million Volt Vigor Punch!"

Boom!

Without the slightest hesitation, the fist slammed directly into Mr. 1's chest. A mountain-splitting, rock-cracking punch shattered the body that Flower Continent could not break. He chose to shatter it with his fist.

Mr. 1's body flew away like a catkin. Rodney followed closely behind, choosing to press the attack, not giving Mr. 1 any chance to breathe.

"Sky-Wrath Leg!"

Concentrating Chakra in his leg, he kicked Mr. 1.

Boom!

A crater appeared with him as the center. Even with Mr. 1's powerful body, he couldn't withstand Rodney's series of heavy blows.

Mr. 1 is dead!

"Hiss, that hurts. If I wasn't wary of his knives, I wouldn't have used Flower Continent." His swordsmanship is really too poor. Without Haki, his fists can't block knives. There's no escaping Margarita, and the Substitution Technique is only effective when he can run, used to confuse the enemy, not a panacea.

Taking that attack head-on must have really hurt.