Meanwhile, at the Alabasta port!
"Miss Tina, Miss Tina, the Straw Hat's ship has been found, upstream on the Sandora River," a soldier reported!
Tina put on her gloves with her mouth, "Prepare for battle!"
...At the same time, Igaram was having a "sweet dream!"
"Igaram, I'm going to become the Pirate Queen!" Vivi said with a smile!
"Ah! Ah!" Igaram woke up from his dream with a start.
"Good thing it was just a dream!" Igaram said, still scared.
..."Princess Vivi!" Igaram ran towards Vivi's bedroom and pushed open the door.
"Igaram, good morning. What's wrong with you? You're covered in sweat." Vivi began to get dressed with the help of her maids!
"Hey, what are you doing coming in without permission?! Princess Vivi is changing!" Dillaconda scolded.
"Uh, goo... good morning," Igaram stammered in response.
"Is something wrong?" Vivi asked with a gentle smile.
"No... nothing!" (Igaram)
"Didn't I tell you to get out?!" (Dillaconda)
Then pots and pans were thrown, hitting Igaram and sending him flying out.
"Ouch, that hurts. Was I overthinking it?" Igaram asked himself, then saw the King deep in thought nearby.
"Your Majesty, you're here too. Good morning!" (Igaram)
"Good morning, but speaking of which, Dillaconda is really terrifying!" The King then revealed a bump on his head, exactly like Igaram's.
"What did she do?" (Igaram)
...Meanwhile, the battle on the sea began.
"Fire, fire!"
Then the Marine warships' cannons began to fire! But what came out were not cannonballs, but sharp, ink-black spikes, piercing towards Luffy's ship.
"Get out of the way, leave this to me."
Luffy said, and his arm began to stretch, black Armament Haki spreading.
"Armament - Gum-Gum Gatling!"
His fists, like a storm, rushed towards the countless spikes, instantly batting them away. Some fell into the sea, creating massive waves, while others flew back and struck the warships.
The Marines were in disarray, falling into a disadvantage!
But soon the Marines calmed down and aimed their cannons at Mr. 2 Bon Clay's duck boat. Instantly, iron spears shot out, crossing the distance between the two sides and directly piercing the duck boat.
"The Black Cage Unit's ultimate move, Black Spear Formation!" Jango said with a calm expression.
"Do you think you can break this formation, you idiots?" Iron Fist Fullbody laughed!
But Luffy just watched calmly!
"If it's close combat, we definitely have the advantage!" Zoro said helplessly, "But the distance between the ships is still too far."
"Zoro, Sanji, everyone!" Luffy said with a smile, "I'll leave the ship to you. I'll take care of those warships!"
"Are you crazy?! That's such a long distance!" Zoro roared.
"Zoro, do you think Hawkeye would be helpless in this situation?" Luffy said calmly.
"Of course...!" Zoro recalled his encounter with Hawkeye in the East Blue and said disdainfully, "These ships can't even withstand one of his slashes!"
"So, everything comes down to a lack of power. Zoro, I remember swordsmen can perform flying slashes, right?" Luffy said, "Go for it!"
Then Luffy pressed down, and cracks appeared on the ship's deck. With a light jump, the powerful gust of wind destroyed the deck, and he himself flew into the sky.
He headed towards Jango and Fullbody, his right hand rotating, "Jet - Gum-Gum Pistol!"
His right hand reached towards the warship, grabbing the mast, and he propelled himself directly towards the warship!
"What?!" Both men were completely bewildered.
But at this moment, Luffy had already landed on the warship's mast. He looked at the two with a slight smile!
Then, he leaped upwards, Armament Haki shining with a dark glow, a powerful force condensing around his fist. He clenched his fist and slammed it downwards!
"Armament - Gum-Gum Iron Fist!"
"Boom!" The immense power tore apart the entire warship, waves roared in, and finally, the warship sank.
"Huh?!" The Straw Hat were dumbfounded.
"How is that possible?! That's Luffy!" Usopp shouted.
By this time, Luffy had also sunk another warship, completely clearing one direction.
"Let's go!" Nami commanded, a look of extreme joy hidden in her bright eyes.
"Let's go, to the promised land!" (Everyone)
...Meanwhile, Luffy looked towards the largest warship.
"Ding, mission issued: Pirate VS Marine. Please engage Marine Colonel Tina and successfully escape!"
"Reward: Marine Six Powers - Basic (Mastery)"
"Oh?" Finally, after a few jumps, using his Gum-Gum Fruit ability, Luffy arrived on the mast of Tina's warship!
"Straw Hat Luffy, Tina never thought you would walk right into a trap. Tina is very surprised!" Tina looked up at Luffy on the mast, her hands transforming into iron bars, shooting straight towards Luffy!
Luffy smiled and easily dodged by moving to the side.
"Whoosh!" Tina moved behind Luffy, sweeping her long leg horizontally!
"Soru?" Luffy's right hand formed a claw, easily catching Tina's long leg! With a gentle flick, Tina was sent flying backwards, landing on the deck without much injury!
Luffy landed heavily from the mast, creating a large crater in the deck.
The next second, a blue slash attacked! "Rankyaku!"
Luffy's right hand, covered in Haki, directly shattered the slash!
Afterward, Tina continued her relentless attacks.
Her use of the Six Powers was not just masterful, but extremely perfect.
Combined with her Cage-Cage Fruit ability,
it could be said that she had almost no opponents in the first half of the Grand Line!
But Luffy was a bug. His basic physical abilities were terrifyingly strong, and he also possessed all three types of Haki. He could even make a name for himself in the New World.
Even though Luffy fought playfully, with the help of Observation Haki, he casually dodged her storm-like attacks as lightly as a falling leaf. Occasionally, he would throw a casual punch covered in Armament Haki.
Gradually, Tina's attacks slowed down, and her fair forehead was covered in sweat. The high-intensity battle had consumed too much of her stamina.
But for Luffy, this was just a warm-up!
"Alright, you're not my opponent! Just retreat obediently!" Luffy said with a smile, pushing Tina's hand away.
"But you can't leave either." Tina smiled. During the long battle, her ship had already sailed away. "Even with your Devil Fruit ability, you can't get back to your ship!"
"Oh?" Luffy remained silent!
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing: Pirate VS Marine. Reward being distributed...!"
A surge of memories flooded into Luffy's mind—the mastery of the Six Powers. Even a genius like the three Admirals, those monsters, would need at least three months to learn the Six Powers to mastery! But now, Luffy only needed an instant!
He simply jumped, and under Tina's trembling gaze, he slowly ascended into the air and departed into the distance.
He used the perfected Moonwalk.
"How is that possible? How can he? Did he comprehend it during our battle? ...How is that even possible?!" Tina was incredibly shocked, her entire body trembling!
She couldn't think of any other reason.
But the problem was, even her Moonwalk wasn't perfected!
Tina... broke down!
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