The Pirates' Legend Begins on Roger's Ship

The battle was over, and the battle was over.

Looking at Arthur, who was evenly matched with Rayleigh, an indelible will surged in his heart, the will to surpass the guy who was beaten half to death by him but could still move.

"One year!" Barrett stood at the end of the Roger Pirates and said to himself: "In just one year, I can do that!"

"Can you fight Mr. Rayleigh like that?"

"Don't joke, the young people who challenged Vice Captain Rayleigh without authorization were sent to the underworld by Rayleigh, he is the real Hades!"

"Maybe it's really possible, these guys are growing too fast."

Barrett is two years younger than Arthur. Now Arthur is 16 years old and he is only 14 years old. According to the original book, Barrett was evenly matched with Rayleigh when he was fifteen years old.

"Pluto?" Barrett's desire to become stronger was infinitely magnified, and he continued: "Then I am the devil!"

The Roger Pirates were shocked by his words and really thought he was a devil.

Because Barrett really destroyed his country.

...

The fierce battle between Arthur and Rayleigh lasted for a whole day, and it was about to end.

The red plain with broken spider webs was filled with smoke and dust.

Boom, Rayleigh was suddenly ejected from the smoke and dust by a huge force, gritted his teeth and looked at Arthur in front of him and smiled: "Arthur, I have to admit that if we continue to fight like this with just swordsmanship, I will definitely lose."

"You are too modest." Arthur swept away the smoke and dust with a knife and confronted the opponent Rayleigh: "Mr. Rayleigh."

"I'm serious." Rayleigh looked serious, as if what he said just now was true.

"Then let's try using Haki, that's how we can decide who's better." After a day of fighting, Arthur, who was too hot, took off his clothes, and his body covered with wounds was shocking.

It was several times more than two years ago. Knife wounds, gunshot wounds, and fatal scars were superimposed on his body, just like a test subject undergoing a living experiment.

"Why is he still alive? I thought the gunshot wound on the back of his neck and the stab on the left neck caused by Shiki were shocking enough..."

"What on earth has he been through in the past two years?"

"Those guys in the navy are so ruthless!"

The members of Roger's pirate group looked at Arthur's upper body and evaluated his body. They felt creepy.

In the distance, the airflow from Arthur's body poured into the knife, and the airflow turned into the shape of cherry blossom petals, gradually wrapping up the entire blade.

The high-level Armament Haki was revealed, and its purity shocked Rayleigh.

"You are really young and promising." Rayleigh was shocked by this. He observed Arthur's Armament Haki and realized that he was very good at swordsmanship and domineering.

The young man in front of him was not far from him, very close.

"Can I ask you something, Arthur?"

"What?"

"What is your purpose and goal in becoming stronger?"

When asked this question suddenly, he did not hesitate at all, but just looked up at the top of the Red Earth Continent behind him, where the holy land of Mary Geoise was located.

If he had not experienced the sea for two years, he would not have known that the true side of the pirate world would be so distorted.

Most pirates were forced to go to sea as pirates under the oppression of the World Government. Non-member countries did not even have human rights...

Arthur suddenly put away his indifference, and he seemed to reveal a kingly aura, and responded to Rayleigh:

"Power, I want to reach the top of men!"

This was just Arthur's conservative answer. He wanted to climb to the peak that no one could reach, so that the tragic fate of being controlled by others would be completely changed.

Just because he had no strength, he was chased around and framed to the point of almost dying.

Looking at the Red Earth Continent... Rayleigh listened to Arthur's answer and the cold breath on him.

As if he had guessed that his ambition was to be on the top of the Red Earth Continent, that is, above the World Government?

"Yes!" Rayleigh suppressed his surprise and also wrapped the high-level Armament Haki around his saber: "Let's end this battle that lasted for a day in one move!"

Arthur Rayleigh was going to end it in one move, and he had already taken a stance. The aura emanating from his body was staring at him like a king from the underworld.

As if he was going to devour him and kill him instantly.

Faced with this terrifying pressure, Arthur was no longer afraid and scared...

Similarly, he also responded to Rayleigh, put the ice dragon back into the scabbard, and silently said: "Dragon light flashes."

Boom, Arthur, who concentrated all his strength,

Arthur drew his sword and rushed towards Rayleigh like a giant dragon.

The sound of the sword was like a dragon's roar, which shocked Rayleigh again. He didn't expect that Arthur would attack him with such a terrifying killing move as the final move to end the battle.

Moreover, there was no sign of charging, no hesitation, and the super-fast attack was approaching in an instant.

Rayleigh smiled excitedly when he saw this, and at the same time turned into a silver flash and slashed through Arthur's moves.

The sword flashed, and with the crisp sound of collision, the weapons of both sides crossed in the air, and the terrifying impact generated spread around the Twin Capes.

The sea nearby was turbulent, and Lab in the water made a whale cry, as if he was very satisfied.

The two exchanged positions and stood motionless on the ground of the red soil plain.

"Who won! Hey, what happened just now, Captain Roger!" Buggy, who was watching with great interest, asked Roger below on the lighthouse.

Shanks stared at the scene in disbelief with his eyes wide open and a look of astonishment on his face: "He actually fought like this with Mr. Rayleigh... This is impossible?"

Roger suddenly laughed: "When I was 16, I was still fighting with gangsters in Rogue Town. Where did I get the domineering and swordsmanship?"

"It's really the old wave pushing the new wave."

In the distance, Arthur slowly put away his sword, and the unstoppable murderous aura on his body gradually faded away. He turned around and looked at Rayleigh as if nothing had happened.

"Young people are formidable." Rayleigh smiled and looked at the saber in his hand. Just now, his moves collided with Arthur's for a moment, and the two domineering forces turned into impacts to offset each other's slashes.

In other words, the two people's full-strength attacks ended in a tie.

"Mr. Rayleigh, if you use your comprehensive strength to attack me, I will never have any chance to fight you with swords." Arthur is very self-aware and politely said to Rayleigh:

"Thank you for your swordsmanship exchange. I learned a lot in this battle."

In this battle, Rayleigh did not even use the Conqueror Haki and Observation Haki.

Both sides were competing in swordsmanship and Armament Haki. These two points alone made Arthur try his best.

Rayleigh was at ease and cooperated with Arthur like a teacher.

It also made Arthur realize his current shortcomings.

Observation Haki is very weak, and he relies entirely on his own instinctive reaction to dodge.

Conqueror Haki is not yet possible.

But his Armament Haki was honed bit by bit in the fight.