Fish-Man Karate: Rumble Style - Heavy Water Thunderstorm!
The Soft Sword and Flexibility: Great Despiser Slash!
Thunder and water intertwined, their roar creating a symphony of destruction; the sword's power, Soft Sword, cleaved the path between life and death...
The two figures passed each other. Momonga couldn't help but lean on his sword and kneel down. His right abdomen was the center of his naval combat suit, which was charred. The blood he coughed up indicated that his internal organs were seriously injured.
Although Sig stood there for two seconds longer, a bloody gash immediately appeared on his right abdomen.
"A very determined cut, one-sixth... Heh, let's just say it's the right time today, I'll leave it to you." Sig clutched his wound, and before the other marines could surround him, he threw the lightning-activated "Trident" directly towards the Red Force.
At the same time, his figure flashed around, retrieving the six tridents he had used earlier—they were very expensive! The three Log Pose would cost several million Beli, even on a cheaper island, not even counting Sig's labor costs!
Immediately afterward, Sig flashed—jumping back to the Red Force at the edge of 3.6 seconds...
"What a pity, was it just luck in the end?" Shanks sighed, handing over the "handcuffs" that Sig had given him to keep.
Clothes and such can be Elementalization along with the body, but Seastone Handcuffs cannot. If Sig wants to fight with all his might, he has no choice but to remove the handcuffs first.
"Well, rounding up, he owes me five lives." Sig said, Elementalization and lengthening it before putting the handcuffs back on.
The Momonga's raw strength surpasses Sig's; his Observation Haki is even slightly capable of handling Sig's normal Elementalization movement.
However, in battle, it's not the strong who win, but the victor who becomes stronger!
Not only does Sig possess a wide range of skills, but even setting aside his methods outside of combat, his "electric field teleportation" technique used in direct combat already demonstrates his superhuman strength.
Despite being outpaced by sheer speed, the Momonga was completely outmatched throughout the entire encounter.
The reason for ultimately confronting them head-on...
It's because the Momonga took a gamble!
Even as he closed his eyes, Sig could read his emotions.
In its final swing, the Momonga randomly chose a trident as its target—a one-in-six chance!
If the gamble was wrong, Sig had already inflicted a fatal wound on him.
However, because he gambled correctly, he earned the right to have a "lose-lose" situation with Sig...
Before Sig made his move, he had already sensed his intentions, so he took the gamble with him—a five-six chance, but he didn't manage to hit him. So Sig said, "Rounding up, it's like I owe myself five lives."
Snake, who had a dragon tattoo on his arm, walked over, clenching his fists, and asked, "Need a massage?"
"No, no, no, there's no need for massage for a sword wound!" Sig refused repeatedly; the Red-Hair Pirates' Ship Doctor was far too unprofessional.
The injuries on the two were not actually equal; Sig was not serious enough to require emergency treatment.
Since he lost the bet in the end, Sig, with the air of a master, teleported back and didn't make another move.
Previously, Sig was focused on the battle, Sea King ' "Frenzy" effect was gradually being overwhelmed by their survival instincts, and it was now beginning to subside...
As the flying Momonga watched the Red Force swagger away, it muttered with resentment and apprehension, "The Fish-Man Race... no, this isn't just because of the Fish-Man Race!"
In the end, Sig's physical strength far exceeded Momonga's expectations—he had genuinely thought they could both be severely injured, because he had discovered a weakness in Sig's "teleportation"...
When he first appeared, Sig definitely wasn't using Armament Haki!
This is actually a common weakness of Logia Fruit users—they cannot use Elementalization and Armament Haki simultaneously.
Although the Momonga didn't understand how Sig was able to control that speed, it guessed that it was the speed of lightning after Elementalization.
In other words, when he teleported, Sig was neither hardened nor enveloped in Armament Haki, and the same was true the moment he appeared!
Comparing Sig's usual aggressiveness with the aggressiveness he displayed after teleporting, Momonga confirmed this point—the attack after teleporting, although pre-charged, lacked the enhancement of Armament Haki.
In other words, when it came down to trading blows, Sig was purely using physical defense!
The Momonga originally thought that Sig would also be seriously injured, but seeing how he left, he was clearly still in good shape. Moreover, from the feel of the blows, he could also feel that Sig's body still possessed extremely high strength even without Armament Haki Hardening.
In terms of pure physical strength, without relying on special fruits, fortuitous encounters, or talent, once a certain level is reached, the efficiency is much lower than that of training Armament Haki.
Just like the Four Emperors, who also stand at the pinnacle...
In the original work, when Whitebeard was Haki by old age, he was unexpectedly ambushed and pierced through the chest by the giant spider's sword!
It's clear that his physical strength, without the protection of Armament Haki, is just so-so.
However, if it were Kaido, who is known as "immortal," or Big Mom, who is known as "the Iron Balloon," even without using Armament Haki, a direct attack on their body would not be something that a "mere 200 million bounty" nobody could break through.
The current Sig is naturally no match for the latter two, but he is already showing a trend toward becoming inhuman.
If the Momonga knew that Sig's body had only recently begun undergoing a highly efficient "lightning stimulation training," it would probably be even more uneasy!
On May 3, 1509, in the Battle of the Calm Belt in the South China Sea, the navy ambushed and surrounded the Red-Hair Pirates, who had mastered the navigation skills of the Calm Belt, but the result was... heavy casualties!
Various rumors spread like wildfire. One theory was that Red-Hair didn't even lift a finger; it was just the "new" Siegfried who defeated Vice Admiral Momonga, who was leading the team. There were even rumors that Siegfried, the Fish-Man, controlled the Sea King to achieve such a great victory.
The Navy did not miss any details regarding this, but it is true that the bounties of the Red-Hair Pirates were adjusted after the war, with Sig's bounty increasing the most, surpassing Beckman's to reach 320 million.
As Captain, Shanks didn't do anything, but his bounty still rose to 500 million. Although no increase in Shanks' strength was observed, the heavy casualties suffered by the Navy directly increased the Red-Hair Pirates' threat level and added it to Shanks' bounty!
May 23, 1509.
The Red-Hair Pirates have been sailing in the Calm Belt for over a month and are finally approaching the Sabaody Archipelago —it's true that sailing through the Calm Belt is the most time-efficient and energy-saving way!
Especially in the latter half of the journey, they did not encounter the Navy again, which suggests that the Navy has given up on targeting the Red-Hair Pirates in the Calm Belt.
That day, Sig felt he was heading in the right direction, so he turned north, leaving the Calm Belt and heading straight for the Sabaody Archipelago.
Meanwhile, another "Supernovas Pirates" crew that has emerged in the past year is also approaching the Sabaody Archipelago...
"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Those bastards from the Crying Pirates are so unruly! We're all Supernovas, and instead of waiting for us other Supernovas at Sabaody Archipelago, they went straight to Fish-Man Island? Do they think that makes them number one among us? Bah, those jump-start bastards!" The burly Supernovas Captain grumbled and cursed.
"Captain! A pirate crew is approaching..." the lookout suddenly shouted.
"Huh? They're just unlucky. I'm furious!" the burly Captain said, waving his hand dismissively.
"No, no! Captain! It's not a pirate crew from the first half of the Grand Line, it's... it's the Red-Hair Pirates!" the lookout exclaimed.
Upon hearing this, the helmsman's pupils contracted, and he quickly asked, "Captain! Should we avoid it?"
The Red-Hair Pirates still wield considerable influence in the first half of the Grand Line, especially given recent reports.
"Huh? Who do you think I am? Move the boat closer!"
Under the sunlight, a pirate flag shaped like Mammoth Elephant skull gleamed brightly...