Chapter 271: Joker's Awakening (22)
Chapter 270: Joker's Awakening
Mindset had a tremendous impact on battle.
Take when Luffy fought Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai. Crocodile's mentality completely collapsed after being repeatedly pestered by this troublesome pirate he just couldn't kill, and he was ultimately defeated.
Did Crocodile truly lose to Luffy in terms of strength?
In reality, every time he encountered Luffy, he killed him in seconds, effortlessly subduing him with a single move.
Yet Luffy kept coming back. After being instantly defeated three times and still refusing to die, Crocodile had no choice but to fly into a rage. In the end, Luffy shattered his state of mind and defeated him.
Likewise, Enel, who had nearly effortlessly defeated Robin and Zoro, had few natural enemies in this world. Even if he could not win, he should have been able to escape.
Except he ran into Luffy.
Faced with someone whose Devil Fruit attribute perfectly countered his, someone he could not kill no matter how much he fought, he lost his composure. His state of mind was destroyed, and Luffy seized the opening to defeat him.
If they had been able to maintain their composure all along, could Luffy have beaten them?
Impossible. He could not have beaten either of them.
But he did.
One had earth-shaking Observation Haki, while the other was taken down without even using Haki.
Was that unfair?
It was not.
Who told them not to cultivate their temperament properly?
The result of failing to do so was that their Logia Devil Fruit abilities could not even display one percent of their true potential, and they were directly knocked to the ground by a Paramecia protagonist.
The current battle was extremely similar to those fights.
Luffy possessed unwavering willpower. Even without anyone there to guarantee