Chapter 637: Sit-ups

Bang~

Feeling the feedback from his fist, Luffy's face lit up. Did he hit him? But looking closely, his face immediately fell. Why did a steak suddenly appear here?

But the next second, the hair all over Luffy's body stood up. Instinctively, he tilted his head. The next second, the blade entwined with golden lightning pierced the air in front.

Luffy retreated violently, pulling away from Karl behind him, and exaggeratedly pushed his protruding heart back in: "Scared me to death, Uncle Karl. That was close!"

Karl curled his lips. Instinctive reaction? Tch!

"Pfft~" Luffy blew into his arms and roared loudly: "Gomu Gomu no... Elephant Gatling!"

From Luffy's state at this time, it could be seen that everything just now was just a warm-up. This was destined to be a tug-of-war. Whoever could hold on to the end would win!

Karl also raised his spirits to the highest level. Since his speed and ability had the advantage, he had to maintain the advantage until the end. He didn't believe Luffy could stand up again and again!

In the sky, the members of the defeated group were all dejected, feeling that they were too weak and couldn't help at all, all reflecting on themselves.

"Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, and Jinbe are all fighting bloody battles with the Navy, but we can only wait here. This is super lame!" Franky punched the floor in frustration.

He was the first to be captured, forget it. He wanted to perform well, but he forgot that all his equipment was on the Thousand Sunny. He didn't even last 10 minutes before being captured by a female Navy officer with a long sword.

Nami looked at Chopper crying on the side, Robin who was silent, and Brook who was sighing... She forced a smile and comforted: "Don't worry, we must believe in Luffy. He will definitely... win."

By the end, Nami's voice grew smaller and smaller. In her heart, she didn't think Luffy could win at all.

Although the Navy didn't have the deterrent power and oppression of Big Mom or Kaido, the Navy's strength was obvious to all, especially Karl's.

For so many years, his strength had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. The Navy had his presence in every major operation, and the Navy had never failed in any operation he participated in.

It could be said that ever since Karl became famous, the Navy hadn't fought many losing battles. The Sabaody Archipelago incident, the Summit War, the Totto Land incident, the Wano Country incident, the Cross Guild incident, the Music Festival incident—the Navy was the biggest winner in all of them.

This series of actions pulled the rug out from under the pirate forces spread across the sea, and pirates completely became the bottom of the food chain.

And now, it was their turn. Only then did they realize that the Navy's strength really wasn't just talk.

Whether it was Dressrosa or Zou, Totto Land or Wano, although their strength was not as good as Doflamingo, Big Mom, or Kaido, at least they had the power to fight. They wouldn't be defeated as thoroughly as they were now. In less than half an hour, they, the non-combat personnel, were all wiped out by the Navy.

The ones who could truly continue to fight were Luffy, Zoro, Sanji—right, and Jinbe. And they couldn't help at all.

After Nami finished speaking, the scene suddenly went cold, the atmosphere dropped to freezing point, and everyone lowered their heads in silence.

"What if Luffy and the others lose? What will happen to us?"

This question hit the soul, but no one answered...

Diterre Island.

After a clash, Jinbe fell. Akainu snorted coldly, called people to tie Jinbe up, and then looked at Sanji and Zoro who were still fighting. After a little thought, Akainu prepared to join the battle between Sanji and Kizaru.

It wasn't because Sanji was easier to deal with, but because Kizaru didn't seem reliable. He had been fighting for so long, and he was still playing the game of "he runs, I chase, he can't fly away."

"Borsalino, I'll deal with him. You go help Fujitora!"

Kizaru scratched his head: "Alright~ Then I'll leave this guy to you. Be careful! This guy is very powerful!"

"You don't need to remind me!"

Sanji panted, looking at the indifferent Akainu, and thought to himself: Jinbe has already fallen... Now only he, Zoro, and Luffy are left.

Feeling his rapidly depleting physical strength, Sanji gritted his teeth: "No, I absolutely cannot fall before the moss-head!"

Thump-thump~

Luffy fell into the earth like a meteor, sinking into the ground, but after only a dozen seconds, he stood up again, twisted his neck, shook his arms, looking like nothing had happened.

"Come again!!!"

Luffy shouted and rushed toward Karl again. Luffy firmly believed that as long as he could find one opportunity, he would definitely be able to defeat Karl. Relying on the effect of the Drums of Liberation, he still had many chances to try and fail. But in his view, as long as Karl made one mistake, he would win.

If Karl knew this was what Luffy was thinking, Karl could only say, "Isn't that a coincidence?"

In his early years, when Karl wasn't that strong, he also dealt with others like this. But later, after his physique and Haki level went up, he hadn't encountered an opponent who could make him do this for a long time.

"3 times already. Fine, I want to see how many more times you can stand up." After Karl muttered a complaint in a low voice, he continued to welcome Luffy's attack.

The legendary sit-up really lived up to its reputation, but Karl's evaluation was... not as good as Kin'emon.

Thousand Sunny.

Peng En threw the scarred, unconscious Kin'emon onto the deck, then flew to the side on his own, looking at the group of pirates with a calm expression, preventing them from doing anything sneaky.

"Jinbe! Jinbe, are you okay? Say something! Chopper, Chopper! Jinbe is injured, hurry and take a look at him!"

Hearing that someone was injured, Chopper changed his dejected state, ran to Jinbe's side, and took out medical instruments to check on Jinbe.

"Phew~ Fortunately, Jinbe is not in life-threatening danger for the time being, just unconscious due to exhaustion. But his arm injury must be treated as soon as possible, otherwise, if the injury worsens..."

"Chopper, don't keep us in suspense, hurry up and save Jinbe!"

"En en, hurry and carry Jinbe to the infirmary, I'm going to perform surgery on him!"

"No need, you must stay under my line of sight. As for this injury..." Peng En, who had suddenly landed on the deck, rummaged in his bosom and took out a small Holy Healing Shell with a seagull logo.

"Just use this! This is a portable military Holy Healing Shell. The effect is not as good as the one sold outside for 10 million Berries, but it's enough to get him out of life-threatening danger."

Chopper was stunned, then nodded, took the Holy Healing Shell from Peng En's hand, and treated Jinbe's arm. Not long after, Jinbe's severely burned right arm, which even smelled of cooked meat, gradually recovered as before.

"Since the person has been saved, you guys behave yourselves and don't make any pointless struggles." ===== CHAPTER 639 =====