Chapter 414: Natural Destroyer [Master Rank] ★4
Xie Wen wielded his lance and shield, continually maneuvering around Big Mom.
He was doing far better now than when he had fought Kaido. Without using Flurry Rush at all, he had managed to fight Big Mom to a "draw" simply by activating Guild Style...
Although Xie Wen had indeed failed to inflict any damage on Big Mom, she had not managed to hurt him either, so there was absolutely nothing wrong with calling it a "draw."
In fact, while maneuvering around Big Mom, Xie Wen even vaguely felt that he was touching on how to master Aerial Style.
The lance might seem like a rather cumbersome weapon in the game, but that was a distinction the developers had deliberately created for gameplay purposes.
In reality, never mind Xie Wen, whose strength had increased tremendously in the One Piece world-even the Hunters in his inherited memories were extremely agile when wielding the "heavy weapons" of the game, such as lances and great swords...
After all, they were "Fanged Beasts" capable of hunting Elder Dragons. A mere door-sized great sword or tower shield would not feel like a burden even to a novice Hunter who had just started out.
Besides, the shield Xie Wen held was not a tower shield, but the small round shield he normally paired with his Sword and Shield.
Given Big Mom's attack power, it made little difference whether he used a large shield or a small one. Compared with a somewhat unwieldy tower shield that would also obstruct his vision, the small round shield was clearly better suited to the Hunter's Dance fighting method.
Of course, that did not mean Xie Wen genuinely believed he could fight one of the Four Emperors to a "draw" this way.
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