Fruit or Haki?

Fruit or Haki? After receiving Kaido's approval, King gave a slight nod.

"Understood."

He turned and walked out of the hall, his black wings spreading behind him as he took directly to the air.

Wano Country.

After successfully finishing his sneak attack, Jie Jian did not return to the village. Instead, he casually found an uninhabited cave to rest in.

Although last night's battle had ended in his victory, Jie Jian knew perfectly well that it had no real reference value.

The guy was just a coward who knew how to brag. He was not even worth remembering.

After just one night, Jie Jian had nearly forgotten all about him.

Jie Jian even suspected that if the man had not possessed a Zoan Devil Fruit that happened to hit Kaido's furry fetish just right, he might not have even been able to join the Beasts Pirates!

As he replayed the battle in his mind, Jie Jian felt slightly dejected.

The spikes formed from Jie Jian's fully condensed shadow had actually failed to break through the other man's defense!

If the enemy's defense had not had a blind spot, Jie Jian might really have been unable to do anything to him.

And that had merely been the other party's innate defensive ability, without any Armament Haki enhancement.

If the other guy had added Haki on top of that, what could Jie Jian have done besides spit all over his face?

He controlled his shadow to rise and condense into a Shadow Spike before him.

The Shadow Spike shot forward violently, instantly piercing through the tree in front of him.

But when Jie Jian drove the Shadow Spike into a rock, it only blasted a notch into it instead of piercing straight through as it had the tree.

Jie Jian could not