"Seeing his own future?"
".So that's how it is, I get what Luffy meant now!"
Usopp's eyes lit up.
"By using Observation Haki to foresee the image of himself being attacked, he can work backward to deduce his opponent's attack path!"
"Eh! Can something like that really be done?"
Nami exclaimed in amazement, finding it hard to believe.
In a battle this fast and ever-changing, there was no time to think. Could he really infer his opponent's attack route from just a fleeting image of himself being struck?
That method simply didn't sound realistic.
"Usopp was probably right. It can be done."
Reiner suddenly spoke up, staring at Luffy in the distance with a slight curl at the corner of his mouth.
"Others might not be able to pull it off, but Luffy is different. Don't forget, that guy's intuition is frighteningly accurate."
"What an idea. Should I say I'd expect nothing less from you?"
Shanks wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand and glanced up at Luffy. His tone carried a hint of teasing, but his heart had grown solemn.
That brat's punches were ridiculously powerful. Taking one head-on felt like getting smashed by Kaido's Kanabo.
He neither possessed an Iron Body like Big Mom nor the overwhelming physical boost of a Zoan awakening like Kaido or Luffy.
He couldn't take many moves with that kind of power. Blocking or parrying them was one thing, but taking several punches solidly would be fatal.
At that thought, Shanks's eyes darkened as a red glint flashed through them. His Observation Haki was pushed to its limit, while his Conqueror's Haki erupted at full force.
Howling winds burst outward from his body as his powerful aura rose wildly.
A war of attrition against a