Eighty percent of his strength?
Quite a few onlookers froze at those words.
Silvers Rayleigh's assessment carried absolute authority.
Especially after witnessing the two exchange such fierce, unparalleled blows, they found themselves unable to refute it.
Gecko Moria, who had refused to believe it from the start, was instantly petrified on the spot.
"Ahem, Rayleigh, you guessed wrong. Ryuma can currently only wield sixty percent of his strength. With a few more adjustments, he might be able to recover eighty percent," Qin Yu said with a helpless cough.
Qin Yu had not originally wanted to embarrass Rayleigh in public when he had just joined the same pirate crew.
However, it was still better for him to point it out than for Ryuma to say it himself.
At the very least, it showed that, as the captain, he was stronger.
"Sixty percent? Just over half his strength?" Rayleigh's expression shifted slightly before he smiled. "It seems I boarded a pretty good pirate ship this time. The battle for Laugh Tale will become even more interesting."
"Still, I hope that one day, I can fight Shimotsuki Ryuma at his peak."
For Silvers Rayleigh, who had lived most of his life, the realm of the strong had always been a lonely place.
Finding a worthy opponent was rare enough, and this one was the legendary Dragon-Slaying Samurai. It made Rayleigh's long-dormant blood boil again.
"I also hope that one day, I can fight with all my strength using this body. It is far superior to that inferior revival from not long ago." Ryuma released his grip on Shusui at his waist.
That exchange had not been a momentary whim for him.
He simply wanted to know how much of his peak strength he could wield after finally being revived.
He had originally been