Chapter 254: Want to Go Head-On

Under the influence of extreme violent emotions…

Lu En's battle intent burned like flames.

His battle intent reached its peak!

That overwhelming urge to tear everything apart,

made Lu En's body desperately crave a battle—a complete, unrestrained battle—where enemy blood bathed his body.

His body…

craved the nourishment of blood!

In an instant,

Lu En, having used the Six Powers technique: Razor, appeared before Gatte with the visual effect of instantaneous movement.

At close range,

face to face,

less than half a meter apart.

Lu En could feel the terrifying aura and pressure emanating from the man.

Like a primal beast!

"Iron Body: Steel Fist!"

Clenching his right fist,

he activated the Six Powers: Iron Body, concentrating boundless power into his fist.

Then,

without hesitation, he unleashed a devastating punch!

Crushing all resistance.

Destroying heaven and earth!

This punch struck Gatte's abdomen with crushing force.

Boom—

Violent power erupted from Lu En's fist, piercing straight through Gatte's abdomen, caving it inward and producing the sound of snapping bones.

Crack!

Crack!

Several ribs shattered.

"Aaah!"

Excruciating pain surged through Gatte's entire body, forcing him to open his mouth in a raw, furious roar he could not control.

Like a mad beast gone berserk.

He raised both fists.

And slammed them down疯狂砸下 upon Lu En before him.

29 However,

before the fists could land, Lu En's body vanished again.

The next second,

he appeared behind Gatte.

"Life Return!"

With a thought, Lu En immediately activated the Six Powers' Secret Art: Life Return, pouring his consciousness into his hair, causing it to extend rapidly and form a spiderweb-like net that swiftly covered Gatte's body.

His hair seemed alive…

and could be freely manipulated by Lu En.

Transforming into arms…

With perfect control!

He manipulated his hair, forming a spiderweb that rapidly wrapped around Gatte's body, his hair becoming six arms.

Two wrapped around Gatte's arms,

two around his legs,

the remaining two encircled his waist and neck.

The hair-armed strand wrapped around Gatte's neck tightened relentlessly under Lu En's control, striving to crush his neck.

Unfortunately…

Lu En's mastery of Life Return had not yet reached its pinnacle.

Relying solely on hair alone, it was impossible to strangle a Marine bounty hunter nearing fifty million Berries, especially one who had transformed his Devil Fruit form.

If Lu En had already mastered Armament Haki…

the outcome would have been different.

Once Armament Haki was infused into his hair, then Life Return activated, each strand would carry the terrifying power of Armament Haki.

Imagine that.

What devastating destruction it would cause!

Not even a mere fifty-million-Berry pirate—by then, Lu En wouldn't care about pirates worth sixty or seventy million.

Even…

a pirate with a hundred-million-Berry bounty, Lu En could fight!

Provided he mastered both colors of Haki.

In this sea, Haki is the foundation of strength!

Only by mastering sufficient power can one become a true top-tier powerhouse.

"Finger Gun!"

Lu En used Life Return to manipulate his Mao Fa, briefly restraining Gatte's body, then immediately launched a series of consecutive attacks.

The Six Powers' Finger Gun concentrates strength into the index finger.

Then he launched a furious assault upon Gatte's massive body.

Puff!

Puff!

……

One by one, blood holes were punched out by Lu En's Finger Gun.

Gatte's body was covered in countless blood holes, causing more and more blood to flow, completely staining his golden Mao Fa red.

Blood sprayed,

cascading down from Gatte's body.

Blood stained the heavens.

In an instant, Gatte's form became especially ragged, his body riddled with wounds.

Covered in scars,

battered and bruised.

"Damn it!"

"Brat!"

"Die!"

Gatte was furious.

He flipped his hand and grabbed at the Mao Fa on his body, attempting to tear them all apart with sheer brute force.

Rip—

Torn Mao Fa scattered through the air.

Littered chaotically across every corner.

Just as Gatte destroyed all the Mao Fa on his body, he turned to attack Lu En—only to see neither shadow nor trace of him.

This battle left Gatte deeply frustrated.

"Damn brat!"

"Don't you dare face me head-on?"

"What kind of skill is hiding like this?"

Frustrated, Gatte could only rage helplessly.

"You want to clash with me head-on?"

"Sure?"

Lu En flashed forward, using the Six Powers' Shave to appear before Gatte, smiling at him,

"Die!"

Gatte glared fiercely at Lu En, his eyes bloodshot, clenching his right fist with狂暴 brute force and slamming it down toward Lu En.

Before the fist arrived,

the fist wind struck.

A surging current of air twisted Lu En's body, forming a vortex within a sea current, rendering his movements sluggish.

"Want a direct clash?"

"Then…"

"As you wish!"

Facing Gatte's punch, Lu En let out a laugh.

He did not dodge at all,