Chapter 391: Chop-Chop!
Marineford · Central Battlefield
Two silhouettes slammed into each other like falling meteors!
Roars and explosions intertwined as the earth cracked beneath their feet like a beaten drum!
Luffy was covered head to toe in pink dragon scales, his eyes burning blood-red like flames, as layers of black-and-red Conqueror's Haki erupted around him!
His fists were wrapped in heavy Armament Haki. Every strike carried the devastating momentum of Garp's Iron Fist; before his punches even landed, the sheer air pressure caved in!
Buggy didn't retreat an inch. With a savage grin, he thrust his palms forward, wreathed in black Armament Haki. Anything he touched instantly shattered into pieces!
The power of the Chop-Chop Fruit blended flawlessly with the sharp intuition of his Observation Haki. His silhouette split and reformed across the battlefield, moving like an untouchable phantom!
"Chop-Chop: Disassemble!!!"
Luffy's instincts screamed in warning. He abruptly crouched, plunging his dragon claws into the earth, tearing out a massive boulder and hurling it forward!
Buggy's hands blurred, instantly slicing the massive boulder Luffy had thrown into fine dust!
Amidst the billowing dust—
"DRAGON FLAME—!!!"
Luffy raised his head and roared. A scorching white dragon's breath pierced through the smoke, descending like divine punishment!
Buggy thrust his right fist out violently. His Armament Haki flared, meeting the energy beam head-on!
"SEVER!!!"
Sizzle—!!!
Amidst the deafening roar, the dragon's breath shattered in mid-air like fragile glass. The blistering energy fractured into scattered shards, one of which grazed Buggy's cheek, leaving a charred black mark!
Luffy's pupils shrank, his heart jolting. He can even split energy apart?! This guy's Devil Fruit ability...
Buggy shook his smoking fist and flashed a sinister grin. "Brat, I've eaten more salt in my life than you've eaten meals!!!"
"Impossible! You don't look like you can eat more than me!!!"
Dust and smoke billowed as their auras climbed higher and higher!
Luffy's battle intent soared. His fists burned, encased in pitch-black Armament Haki, the muscles beneath his dragon scales bulging to the point of bursting!
"Then let's have a real fistfight!!!"
SWISH!
The two lunged simultaneously!
"Fist Bone: Meteor Strike!!!"
Luffy stomped the ground, his dragon-clawed fist smashing down. Hundreds of meters of fissures exploded outward, as if the earth itself was being torn apart!
"Chop-Chop: Whirlwind!!!"
Buggy's palms fluttered, instantly slicing apart the collapsing earth, the shockwaves, and the incoming Haki charge!
The severed fragments transformed into a vortex. Under the manipulation of his fruit, they spiraled back toward Luffy in a scene of apocalyptic destruction!
Luffy burst through the vortex of debris, closing the distance instantly. His Haki-infused dragon fist aimed straight for Buggy's heart!
"BANG—!!!"
But Buggy's chest suddenly split open, allowing the fist to pass harmlessly through the empty space!
"What?!" Luffy's pupils shrank as a chilling sensation rose behind him!
"Chop-Chop: Wasp Sting Swarm!!!"
Buggy reassembled in a flash. Hundreds of fragmented body parts turned into a barrage of razor-sharp projectiles, shooting madly toward Luffy from all directions!
"HAAAA—!!!"
Luffy roared. His Conqueror's Haki detonated instantly, sweeping outward as a shockwave!
"BOOM—!!!"
The air exploded, blowing away hundreds of fragments with a deafening blast!
The Pink Dragon and the chopped-up silhouette clashed again amidst the smoke. Fists and palms collided, Haki and splitting forces constantly erupting, turning the central battlefield into a purgatory!
Dust churned, fire and debris wove together, and the air fractured under the clash of their Haki!
Buggy's main body rapidly reassembled in the chaos. His hands, black as iron, closed in with a savage grin. A detached arm slammed down: "SEVER—!!!"
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK—!!!
The pink dragon scales on Luffy's shoulder suddenly cracked. The fissures spread down his arm and shoulder, blood spraying into the air!
"Urgh—!!!"
Luffy let out a muffled grunt. He forcibly coated his entire upper half in Haki, practically welding the cracked scales back together!
His dragon eyes narrowed as he hissed, "You can even disassemble... a physical body?!!"
Buggy laughed maniacally, his eyes gleaming with a twisted, ecstatic thrill. "Brat, this is the true terrifying power of the Chop-Chop Fruit!!!"
"Your scale armor? In front of me, it's just a toy waiting to be taken apart!!!"
"Dragon Bone: Scale-Shattering Void Strike!!!"
Luffy roared, black-red Conqueror's Haki exploding from within. He gathered all his Haki into his fist and punched out violently!
With a massive boom, the air was crushed by the force of the punch, roaring like a true dragon!
Buggy's Observation Haki screamed in warning. In an instant, his upper body split into hundreds of fragments!
"BOOM—!!!"
The dragon fist tore through. The fragments were blasted away by the shockwave like a storm of scattered gravel!
But a split second later, the pieces reassembled in mid-air with a rapid series of clacks. Buggy appeared completely unscathed behind Luffy once again!
"Chop-Chop: Guillotine!"
His hand blurred into a phantom, chopping down violently at the back of Luffy's neck!
"Tekkai (Iron Body): Scales!!!"
Luffy growled low. His dragon scales hardened instantly, layered with dense Armament Haki. A dark metallic luster gleamed across the pink scales!
"BANG—!!!"
Buggy's hand struck down heavily, but it was blocked completely. It sounded as if he had struck a massive steel bell, producing an ear-piercing ring!
The corner of Luffy's mouth curled up. His dragon tail swept out!
"BOOM—!!!"
Carrying a hurricane and intense Haki, the tail swatted Buggy away!
He crashed through dozens of ice pillars, collapsing half the battlefield as rubble and ice shards rained down!
However—
CLACK-CLACK-CLACK—!!!
Buggy's body split apart in mid-air, avoiding the worst of the impact, before perfectly reassembling as he landed safely. He wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Interesting! That old geezer Garp... taught you pretty well!"
Luffy panted slightly, but the battle intent in his dragon eyes only burned brighter.
He wiped the blood from his own mouth and burst into a wide grin. "Heh... Red Nose, you really live up to being a guy who sailed on the Pirate King's ship!"
Buggy's right arm detached, his joints cracking as a twisted smile spread across his face. "Did you really think I was just scraping by all these years?!"
"Today, I'll show you—the true power of the Chop-Chop Fruit!!!"
Luffy's fists ignited, his pink dragon scales radiating a brilliant glow. His smile was completely fearless:
"Hehehe... Then let me show you—what the fists of the New Era taste like!!!"
Both of them stomped the ground!
"BOOM—!!!"
The air instantly shattered, and ring-shaped shockwaves swept across the battlefield!
The blurs of dragon fists and severing palms clashed like lightning, their deafening roars piercing the clouds!
Grand Line · An Unnamed Island
Inside a noisy tavern, the light from a Visual Den Den Mushi projected onto the dust-covered wall.
On the screen, the fires of Marineford raged to the heavens. The silhouettes of the Pink Dragon and the Chop-Chop user exchanged brutal blows, shattering the very space between their fists and palms!
"BOOM—!!!"
The smoke and explosions seemed to leap right out of the screen, pushing the blood-pumping atmosphere in the tavern to its absolute peak!
The glass in Mohji's hand hit the floor with a clatter. He stared at the screen, completely dumbfounded, his voice trembling:
"Is... is that really our Captain?!!"
Cabaji was equally jaw-dropped, his face nearly pressed against the screen. His Adam's apple bobbed, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence:
"Rear Admiral 'Flame Dragon' Luffy... is one of the most terrifying monsters in the world right now! And our Captain... is going toe-to-toe with him?!"
In their memories, their red-nosed Captain was always terrified of death, always exaggerating, always running away...
Yet right now, broadcast live to the entire world, he was exchanging blows head-on with the strongest dragon of the New Era!
"Has the Captain... been hiding his true strength all along?"
"Or... has he truly been pushed to his absolute limit?!"
Mohji gritted his teeth and suddenly roared at the top of his lungs: "No matter what, that's our Captain!!! LORD BUGGY!!!"
Cabaji's eyes were bloodshot as he roared right after him:
"CAPTAIN!!! SHOW THEM WHAT YOU'VE GOT!!! Let the whole world see—YOU are the truest Pirate of them all!!!"
Cheers, sobs, and roars blended together, the deafening voices inside and outside the tavern soaring straight into the heavens.
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