Luffy instantly shot back the way he had come like a cannonball freshly fired from a cannon!
Luffy had just wolfed down several enormous, specially prepared meat sticks, recovering most of the Haki and stamina he had spent.
Just as Luffy was about to land.
The Drums of Liberation rang out again!
"Gear Fifth" activated!
By the time Luffy was close to landing, he was already fully in Nika Form!
He flipped over, adjusted his position, and landed steadily.
Duang~
Duang~
The ground instantly became incredibly springy.
Luffy sank into a deep squat, and the ground depressed several meters beneath him!
Bang!
Then he spun rapidly like a top and flew toward the Execution Platform!
Seeing this, Salih could only sigh helplessly. "Sigh~"
Without going all out, he would have a hard time contending with Nika at his level of strength. Even going all out, he might not win.
That meant he would be drained considerably again before facing the World Government later.
"This really is a bit tricky."
While he was thinking, Luffy had already come within ten meters of him.
He transformed his entire right hand into a massive earthen fist.
At the same time, he coated the fist in Haki and thrust it toward Luffy.
Kuro looked at the old man with the upturned mustache before him and pushed his glasses up with the heel of his right palm.
With his smoothly slicked-back hair and his impeccably pressed dark blue-black suit, he looked somewhat presentable.
"One of the Five Elders? Not a bad presence. I hope you can make me want to fight with everything I have."
As the strategist of the world's greatest pirate crew, the Lott Pirates, he also enjoyed a reputation in the Pirate World as a mastermind on par with Benn Beckman.