The Final Hope! Nika Form Appears

Seeing the blood mist gradually dissipating, Luffy froze...

Although he and Kidd had little to do with each other in daily life, and their occasional meetings had always been tense and filled with hostility, they at least knew each other. They could barely be called friends, and to Luffy, friends were people he needed to protect with his life!

"Teach, you've gone too far!"

Luffy's widened eyes were filled with fury. To be honest, when the two of them had first begun fighting, Luffy had still harbored some complicated feelings. After all, they had a fairly good relationship, and Teach was Luffy's brother's close friend. From a certain perspective, Luffy should have called Teach his older brother! Though Luffy was fighting for his dream, he still could not face Teach as he would an enemy. How should he put it? He had held back with every punch, fighting timidly and cautiously!

But when Teach kicked Kidd apart, the last trace of restraint Luffy had was burned away by his rage! He had now completely regarded Teach as his enemy—at least for the moment!

"Zehahahaha! Luffy, this is the cruel sea! A foolish weakling has no right to survive here! If you lack strength, then tuck your tail between your legs and keep a low profile! For an idiot who overestimates himself like that, a painless death might be the best possible ending!" Teach looked at the enraged Luffy, his expression still cold. There was nothing wrong with his words. The sea had always been incomparably cruel, especially here in the New World, a pirate paradise a hundred times more dangerous than the first half of the Grand Line!

"Enough talk! Brat, I know you and Kidd were acquainted, but if you want to avenge him or seek justice for him,