Flame-Flame Fruit? Even Dogs Wouldn't Eat It!

The moment he finished speaking, the sea behind King suddenly exploded!

A pitch-black figure burst out from beneath the water—it was Jie Jian's Shadow Mage!

The Shadow Mage's hands were like blades as it lunged straight for King's lower back.

"Hmph! Such a cheap trick, and you dare show it off before me?!"

Without even turning around, King snorted and swung an elbow behind him.

"Take my New World Elbow Strike!"

However, just as King's elbow was about to hit the Shadow Mage, Jie Jian let out a soft laugh.

The next moment, the Shadow Mage and Jie Jian switched places!

Jie Jian, who had been several meters away, instantly appeared behind King.

"Nani?!" King cried out.

King had never expected Jie Jian to have a move like this.

Because, under King's Observation Haki, the Shadow Mage behind him had not seemed particularly strong, he had not coated his elbow strike with Armament Haki.

This New World Elbow Strike would naturally have had no trouble dealing with a Shadow Mage.

But now, that frail Shadow Mage had turned into Jie Jian!

Appearing behind King, Jie Jian raised his fist high. He gathered all the Armament Haki in his body and smashed it brutally into the back of King's head.

King's pupils suddenly contracted just before the attack landed.

The muscles at the back of his neck instantly tightened, and Armament Haki gathered behind his head almost instinctively.

But Jie Jian's punch was simply too close.

So close that before the Haki could fully cover him, the heavy blow carrying all of Jie Jian's strength had already come crashing down.

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, King's body flew forward uncontrollably.

Jie Jian felt as though his fist had struck a slab of steel. He had nearly injured his hand.

But this