"Then let's put it to the test!!!"
Luffy roared.
"Unfortunately, although I acknowledge your strength..."
"Your chances of winning are still less than 0.01 percent."
Xia Le shook his head as he spoke.
In the blink of an eye, Luffy charged at him, fist swinging.
Xia Le raised his fist to meet him.
"Rubber White Whip!"
"White Stamp!"
"White Rocket!"
"White Star Gun!"
"..."
Luffy unleashed one bizarre move after another, but the final outcome remained beyond doubt.
Xia Le was like an invincible god of war. No move had any effect against him.
Even when a fist reached him, he caught it without faltering.
After fighting Kaido, Red-Haired, Saturn, and the others, his physical prowess had undoubtedly broken through yet another threshold, reaching the limits of this world.
"He's too strong!"
But Luffy's willpower and endurance were clearly extraordinary as well. He stood up again and charged into the sky.
This was an open, head-on clash of wills.
Luffy fell again and again, then leaped back up, while Xia Le remained unchanged, standing in midair like this world's invincible god of war.
His strength inspired trembling, fear, and despair.
Luffy fell time after time and rose time after time. Even the Drums of Liberation seemed to have lost their effect, and his face began visibly aging.
"Luffy's reaching his limit!"
The distant spectators cried out in alarm at the sight.
"Huff, huff, huff, huff!"
Luffy wheezed like a bellows and staggered forward, trying to raise his fist for another attack.
But his body's limits caught up with him. After just three steps, he collapsed again with a thud.
"Is this as far as you can go?"
Xia Le lowered his head and gazed at Luffy, who lay facedown on the ground.
"I suppose so. No matter how many times