Chapter 367: Marine Hero VS Pirate King

Seeing Luffy stunned, Karl decided to add more fuel to the fire.

Dealing with young people Move Move Like Luffy, you couldn't use the aggressive approach; you had to go with the flow, and a little trickery would get them to take the bait.

"How about this! Luffy, you are the Pirate King, and I am the Marine hero. This is a duel of destiny, just Move Move Like Roger and Garp back in the day."

"In this battle, if you win, the Marines will revoke all your bounties. You can still gallop on the seas as pirates, do anything you want to do, and be the freest people in the world. The Marines will never obstruct any of your activities."

"However, if you lose, you must cooperate with all the Marines' work."

"This is a choice that determines your future destiny. Think about it yourself!"

After Karl finished speaking, he just looked at Luffy quietly, waiting for him to make a decision. Luffy would definitely agree; Karl was convinced of this.

Of course, this trick also worked well on Luffy. If it were the likes of Big Mom or Kaido, they would definitely agree on the surface, but once it came time to fulfill the promise, they would deny it.

At this moment, Luffy's brain was running at high speed, various symbols, fonts, and formulas appearing in his mind, and the entire universe seemed to be wandering in his mind.

"Okay, I agree! I will definitely win this duel!!!"

Luffy showed a happy smile, as if victory was in his grasp.

"Good, then... let's begin!" As soon as he finished speaking, Luffy swung his arms Move Move Like a helicopter and shouted loudly: "Gomu Gomu no... White Whip!"

*Screech!*

Accompanied by the shrill sound of breaking air, Luffy's white whip whistled over and hit Karl's shoulder directly. Unfortunately, it hit nothing; Karl had already elementalized in advance, splitting his body in two and dodging Luffy's attack.

Taking advantage of the moment Luffy was off-balance, Karl decisively launched a surprise attack: "Ultimate Flash!"

Karl raised his left hand, and golden light gathered in his palm, completing the entire process of charging and firing in an instant.

*Biu*~

Luffy showed an exaggerated expression of surprise, his body twisting into a weird C-shape Move Move Like a rubber band, managing to dodge the attack range of the Ultimate Flash.

"Hiss! So hot, so hot, so hot!"

Karl couldn't help but click his tongue. This guy was really flexible! It was easier to fight clumsy guys Move Move Like Big Mom and Kaido! Unfortunately, all the clumsy guys on the sea who were as durable as them had already been cleaned up by Karl.

Don't look at Luffy yelling, but his mentality at this moment was one word: play!

"Hehe, now it's my turn! Gomu Gomu no... Black Mamba!!!"

Luffy retracted his fists into his hands, took a deep breath, and launched a storm-Move Move Like attack at Karl. At first glance, it looked Move Move Like an ordinary rubber machine gun, but this thing could turn in mid-air and track automatically—a move that really made Newton's head hurt.

But no matter how fancy the move was, Luffy only had two fists. It was just because of the speed and the number of turns that it looked Move Move Like there were many fist shadows.

Karl tilted his head to dodge Luffy's right fist, and without waiting for the fist to turn back, he swung Raven around, pulling out a silver-white blade light.

"Ah! So painful!"

Luffy felt the pain and quickly retracted his fist. Before he could do anything else, Karl flashed behind Luffy, raised his right leg high, and prepared to perform an axe-style downward chop!

"Get down!"

But Karl didn't notice that Luffy, who had his back to him, grinned and said happily: "Haha, you fell for it!"

Just as Karl's leg touched Luffy, Karl's leg turned into plasticine, soft as could be. The attack that should have been world-destroying became completely ineffective, and Luffy took the opportunity to capture his physical form.

"Got you, Uncle Karl!" Luffy gripped Karl's calf tightly with both hands, exerted force, and swung Karl, whose entire body had been rubberized, Move Move Like a noodle.

Karl's face turned black, and he couldn't help but wonder: Is this the Nika fruit? An ability that even Armament and Conqueror's Haki can't block?

*Biu*~

Karl was swung away, but his body had already escaped the influence of rubberization in mid-air. Karl decisively elementalized, forcibly got rid of the inertia, and took out Raven to fire a dozen flying slashes at Luffy.

Karl wouldn't fight Luffy in close combat again, no matter what.

"One-Sword Style: Jade Breaker!"

"One-Sword Style: Gold Destroyer!"

"Elbaf Spear: Ikoku!"

"Elbaf Spear: Hakoku!"

"Holy Arbitration!!"

Karl kept his distance Move Move Like this, constantly launching flying slashes at Luffy, and their battlefield gradually shifted from the sky to the ground.

Luffy was Move Move Like a monkey, jumping up and down, relying on his soft posture to dodge Karl's flying slashes. But how long could this last?

Karl admitted that in the Nika state, Luffy's strength was indeed very strong. At least in close combat, Karl couldn't think of a way to get rid of the influence of rubberization, not even purification could purify it.

It seemed Karl could only use awakening to counter awakening.

"Gomu Gomu no... Mole Pistol!"

Luffy shouted, slamming his fist into the ground. The ground in front was quickly rubberized, and then countless fists emerged, attacking Karl. Karl swung Raven without changing his expression, and a blade light flashed, cutting all these fists off at the root.

Then Karl disappeared from the spot, and the next second he appeared in front of Luffy, only this time Karl's whole body was shining with golden light.

Holy Light Arbiter form: The whole body turns into holy light, immune to physical attacks and ordinary fire and lightning damage. Can travel freely in the atmosphere at "sub-light speed". Under sunlight, physical strength and injury recovery speed increase by 500%, and possesses all abilities in human form.

It was somewhat similar to Luffy's Nika form, but Karl's holy light also had unique effects: physical strengthening, recovery strengthening, ultra-high temperature...

The most important one was that he could maintain his best state at any time, which was the constantly refreshing "purification" effect.

In this way, Luffy's rubberization domain was ineffective against him.

"Arbiter's Fist!" Karl raised his golden fist and slammed it onto Luffy's head. The speed was so fast that Luffy couldn't react at all.

Relying on the effects of [Fish-Man Wrist Strength] and [Messenger of Justice], this move by Karl successfully dealt critical hits + true damage.

"Aaaaaaah, so painful! How is that possible??"

Rolling on the ground for a dozen times, Luffy rubbed his head, doubting his life. Why could Karl's fist hurt him? His awakened state hadn't disappeared, had it? Also, why wasn't Karl rubberized Move Move Like before?

Too many "whys." Luffy was too lazy to think about it. A hearty fight was what he wanted!

"Gomu Gomu no... Crow Cannon!"

*Shoo-shoo-shoo*~

Seeing this, Karl smiled slightly. It wouldn't be so easy to hit him now.

Karl in the Holy Light Arbiter form began to grow larger, becoming scattered, and the whole person gradually turned into a phantom.

Luffy's attacks all missed!