At noon, the sun hung high overhead.
Under the blazing sun, the two giants stood facing Luo Wen.
"Can Luo Wen really handle fighting two giants at once?"
Nami and the other girls had returned to the Windrider to watch, gazing anxiously at the two figures on the shore.
Luo Wen was tall and powerfully built by human standards, but compared to the two giants over twenty meters tall, he did not even reach their knees.
The difference in size was simply too great, and Nami and the others were deeply worried.
"That monster is going to fight giants. I wonder who'll win?"
The captives stood one after another aboard the transport ship, craning their necks to watch. They did not want to miss a single detail of this grand battle.
Deep in the jungle, Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek watched the battle from afar through binoculars.
Even from a thousand meters away, they could still feel Luo Wen's powerful aura.
"Is that the bounty hunter who defeated Miss Valentine and Mr. 5?"
"With an aura this strong, can we really take him down?"
Miss Goldenweek, who looked like a little girl, widened her eyes in confusion.
"His aura may be strong, but he's got something wrong with his head if he wants to fight two giants."
Galdino had no idea why Luo Wen would choose to fight those two giants.
They were the leaders of the giant race, powerful warriors who had carried bounties of one hundred million Beli a century ago.
"We won't even need to make a move. He'll get himself killed."
Galdino, with a number "3" hairstyle atop his head, was in high spirits.
He had not expected Luo Wen to find himself such a huge problem without Galdino needing to do anything.
It seemed the boss's mission would be easy to complete.
Over the past few days, he had witnessed the brute strength of those two giants. Their power was enough to uproot mountains and overturn seas.
On the shores of Little Garden, Dorry and Brogy stood facing Luo Wen.
"I've long heard of the great names of Red Ogre Brogy and Blue Ogre Dorry. Today, I can finally test myself against you."
Luo Wen's fighting spirit surged. He had bullied too many weak opponents already, and he could not wait for a real battle.
"Are you sure you want to fight both of us at once?"
Dorry and Brogy spoke in unison.
They had a good impression of Luo Wen and did not want to gang up on him.
"Of course. Please, come at me together!"
Luo Wen showed no sign of backing down.
The two giants combined were just about as strong as the right-hand men of the Four Emperors' crews. They were the perfect opponents for him.
"Gabababababa!"
"Gagagagagaga!"
"This is a warrior's honor! We're coming!"
Dorry and Brogy laughed heartily, approving of Luo Wen even more.
They would use their full strength and show Luo Wen the glory of Elbaf's warriors.
Dorry and Brogy bent their knees slightly, and every muscle in their bodies exerted force in an instant.
Whoosh!
Dorry threw his left fist, while Brogy threw his right.
Two enormous fists, each as huge as a door, whipped up howling gales.
They were merely ordinary straight punches, but with a giant's strength behind them, they unleashed unimaginable power.
Everyone aboard the Windrider inhaled sharply.
The two giants had punched from three hundred meters away, yet the wind from their swings billowed the sails and made the Windrider rock.
As the fists drew closer, Luo Wen's clothes snapped violently in the wind, while his hair flew wildly around his face.
Under that tremendous pressure, even the skin on Luo Wen's face was pulled taut by the gale.
"Hahaha!"
Luo Wen laughed wildly, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
Faced with those two powerful punches, Luo Wen did not evade.
He unleashed all his strength and threw both fists at once.
Empowered by immense force, Luo Wen's fists tore through the air with piercing explosions.
They were equally plain straight punches, but Luo Wen was going to meet the two giants head-on!
Boom!
The fists of the two giants collided with Luo Wen's, producing a deafening blast like exploding cannonballs.
On the beach where the three clashed, sand was blasted more than thirty meters into the air, obscuring their figures.
With the clash of the three at its center, shockwaves of force spread in every direction.
Tall, straight trees were snapped apart, and green leaves filled the sky.
When the dust settled, the scene became clear again.
A massive crater a hundred meters wide had appeared on the once-flat shore.
The forest around their battlefield had been stripped of its canopies, leaving only half-broken trunks standing in place.
The two giants stood together, shaking out their arms. Thin streaks of blood seeped from their knuckles.
As for Luo Wen, apart from his clothes being slightly dusty and disheveled, he seemed completely unharmed.
Aboard the Windrider, Nami and the other girls stared at the battlefield on the shore with their mouths agape.
"So this is his true strength."
"So this is what a true powerhouse is like!"
Compared to Luo Wen's previous fights, this was far more outrageous.
A single exchange of punches had changed the environment for hundreds of meters around them.
Deep in the jungle, Mr. 3 Galdino and Miss Goldenweek were both dumbfounded.
When they received their orders, they had thought a newcomer from the East Blue would be easy to deal with. They had never expected a monster like this.
No wonder Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine had been defeated.
Even if it had been them, facing Luo Wen head-on, they would have ended up turned into bounty money as well.
"The boss sent us to kill a monster like this. Isn't he thinking a little too highly of us?"
Miss Goldenweek's little face crumpled as she wondered how they could possibly deal with Luo Wen.
"Don't panic. Once he and the two giants have both suffered heavy losses, we'll go out and finish them off."
Mr. 3 Galdino revealed a sinister smile. His ambitions were great.
Even though the strength displayed by Luo Wen and the giants had exceeded all expectations, he had no intention of giving up.
If his plan succeeded, not only could he eliminate Luo Wen, but he could also claim the hundred-million-Beli bounties on the two giants.
"High risk, high reward. If we succeed, our status can rise another step."
"Hahaha! Then I'll be Mr. 2, maybe even Mr. 1!"
Thinking of such wonderful prospects, Galdino could not help laughing aloud.
On the shore, Dorry and Brogy looked at Luo Wen solemnly.
"His strength is incredible!"
Dorry exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.
When their fists met, he had felt as if he were wrestling Brogy in a contest of strength. In fact, Luo Wen might have been even stronger.
Luo Wen's fists were also as hard as steel, driving straight into his flesh.
"That's right. One man can match the strength of both of us. It's unbelievable!"
Brogy was equally astonished by Luo Wen's power.
They were two giants, known as Elbaf's strongest giant warriors.
Yet even together, they could only match Luo Wen in strength.
They had never heard of anything like this. It completely exceeded their imagination!
Dorry and Brogy began to doubt themselves. Who exactly was the giant here?
"Please don't hold back, you two!"
"I've long heard that Dorry and Brogy are masters of Haki. I want to see it for myself."
After that exchange, Luo Wen felt utterly refreshed.
Having finally released all his strength, he could already feel something inside him stirring restlessly, eager to burst forth.
Luo Wen had a premonition: once he experienced the power of Haki firsthand, his own Haki would awaken as well.