Chapter 608

Under the gazes of Barrett and Crocodile.

Lu En, clad in the Navy's righteous coat, swiftly crossed a kilometer to stand before them.

At close range,

facing Barrett and Crocodile—the two supreme titans of the sea—Lu En remained as unperturbed as ever, his expression calm and composed.

As his footsteps came to a sudden halt,

Lu En stood less than five meters from the two.

"Punch Demon Lu En?"

Crocodile spoke first.

His eyes, filled with gravity, fixed on Lu En, daring not to underestimate or neglect him for a moment.

He knew well.

Within the body of this five-year-old brat before him lay just how terrifying a power!

It was this very five-year-old brat…

who, not long ago, personally defeated and captured the immensely powerful sea king Whitebeard II.

Know this:

Whitebeard II, a sea king of Weibol's caliber—even Crocodile had no absolute confidence he could defeat him.

Yet,

such a formidable sea king was crushed and captured by a five-year-old brat.

Think of that.

How immensely powerful that five-year-old brat must be!

He is none other than the Punch Demon Lu En!

Upon learning this news, Crocodile had been utterly stunned.

He understood perfectly well the strength of Whitebeard II.

Precisely because of that,

he had found it nearly unbelievable that Whitebeard II had been captured by the Punch Demon Lu En.

Taken together,

facing such an utterly terrifying monster, Crocodile naturally dared not slacken.

"Crocodile."

Lu En glanced at Crocodile.

His gaze shifted,

then fixed intently on Barrett—the burly man with crimson skin, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, radiating an oppressive aura like a towering mountain.

Devil's descendant Douglas Barrett!

A true and genuine supreme monster of the sea!

One who could clash with the Pirate King's right hand, Red-Haired Shanks.

A supreme powerhouse who had already swept the seas in his youth.

This genius bore resemblance to Lu En.

Yet…

the difference lay in this:

Lu En was a prodigy even more extraordinary than Barrett!

Barrett only became a supreme powerhouse of the sea around age fifteen.

But Lu En,

at merely five years old, had already crushed and captured Whitebeard II and become a supreme powerhouse of the sea.

In comparison,

Barrett was far inferior to Lu En.

But, undeniably…

Barrett was indeed an exceptionally powerful genius monster.

This fact was acknowledged by everyone aboard the Pirate King Roger's ship.

Even the information Lu En had once read about Barrett in the Navy Headquarters' archives had explicitly marked Barrett's danger level as extremely high.

The sea's undisputed supreme genius monster.

"Devil's descendant Barrett…"

Lu En's eyes narrowed slightly as he locked gazes with Barrett.

Their eyes met,

sparks of fire flared wildly between them.

Faintly,

both exuded a massive, ferocious aura of pressure.

Sharp beyond compare,

utterly savage and cruel.

Both seemed like primordial beasts, radiating a wildly savage and ferocious aura, thick with killing intent and battle lust—as if born to crave combat.

In short,

in certain respects, Lu En and Barrett were quite similar.

Their paths were closely aligned.

They all follow a pure close-combat fighting style.

Relying on the three-colored domineering aura…

A direct, hard-hitting close-combat style!

Of course.

Barret is a Devil Fruit user.

This, then, is the greatest difference between him and Lu En.

"Fist Demon Lu En, your reputation surpasses your appearance."

"You are strong!"

"From your body, I sense a terrifying power that sends shivers down the spine."

"It's hard to imagine…"

"At your age, a brat like you could cultivate to such an extent."

"I admire you!"

Barret gazed at Lu En and spoke slowly.

He made no effort to hide his admiration in his words.

Even though…

The Lu En standing before him was a Marine.

And he himself was a pirate!

When dealing with the strong, regardless of opposing sides.

Barret still granted Lu En a measure of respect.

Whether Marine or pirate.

The strong always receive different treatment.

Barret admitted.

Five-year-old Lu En is incredibly strong!

Far surpassing his own youth.

Even when he challenged Pirate King Luo Jie at fifteen, he possessed nowhere near the strength of this five-year-old Lu En.

He could be certain of this.

Even,

Even today,

He has grown to an extremely terrifying level of power.

Yet when facing the Lu En before him, he still had no guarantee of victory.