Chapter 1331: I Can Counter-Kill

The blood was diluted by the seawater, and Qing Gang Ying energy surged into Garp's body. The intense pain made him frown.

While blocking the slash, Garp kicked at Su Xiao's lower abdomen.

*Bang! *

Su Xiao's body retreated rapidly, and the Repulsion Shield in front of him didn't suffer the slightest damage.

If it were on land, to block Garp's kick, the Repulsion Shield would have needed to shatter at the very least to withstand the opponent's immense force. But underwater, it was different; Su Xiao didn't need to resist Garp's attack head-on at all, at most being pushed back by the opponent.

Slashing and blunt strikes were not the same concept underwater; the former attacked a point or a line, while the latter was a small-area attack.

Garp didn't care about this, although his previous kick had exerted at most 30% of his strength.

Garp stepped on the seawater and lunged at Su Xiao, eyeing him like a tiger.

Su Xiao continued to retreat. He could persist in the sea for dozens of hours, or even longer, but Garp couldn't persist for too long; the battle would exacerbate the consumption of his oxygen.

Garp left an afterimage underwater, lunging at Su Xiao almost instantly.

Finding there was nowhere to retreat, Su Xiao slashed at Garp's face.

The blade aura shone underwater. Garp wrapped his whole body in Armament Haki, actually ignoring Su Xiao's slash, and punched at Su Xiao's face.

*Boom! *

Layers of ripples spread underwater. Just as Garp's punch was thrown, Su Xiao felt a rapid current rushing toward his face, hitting the Repulsion Shield.

Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of Repulsion Shields unfolded, blocking in front of Su Xiao.

With a *bang*, Su Xiao retreated rapidly, and the Repulsion Shields in front of him were full of cracks.

Blood surged from the corners of Su Xiao's mouth, gradually diluted by the seawater. Garp was wrapped in a mist of blood, and dense slash marks appeared on his body surface.

After a brief exchange, Garp was surprised to find that he wasn't quite Su Xiao's match. The resistance of seawater was different from air; every time he threw a punch, the resistance of the seawater caused his punching power to decrease slightly.

This wasn't the most fatal part. Garp's every punch was heavy, and before his fist hit Su Xiao, the seawater would form a rapid current due to the immense punching force, pushing Su Xiao away for a short distance.

In other words, every time Garp threw a punch, Su Xiao would be pushed away for a short distance by his punching force in advance. If Garp's fist hadn't been fast enough, it would have been a problem for him to hit Su Xiao underwater.

Even worse, after Su Xiao was hit by Garp's fist, he would at most retreat, and the seawater would gradually dissipate the impact force.

But slashing was different from a fist; slashing could easily break through the seawater, and it wouldn't have its force dissipated by the seawater after hitting the enemy.

Garp had fought his whole life; he had long known this. Before pursuing Su Xiao, he didn't know Su Xiao had diving equipment. Seeing Su Xiao wearing that never-before-seen diving equipment, Garp had actually known he couldn't catch Su Xiao, but giving up made him very unwilling, which was why he chose to try.

Now Garp could be certain that, let alone catching Su Xiao underwater, if he continued to stay underwater, he might even be buried here.

Garp lunged toward the sea surface immediately, and Su Xiao pursued closely.

Watching Su Xiao pursuing rapidly from underwater, Garp was furious. He had been a marine his whole life, and even when fighting Luo Jie, he hadn't been this frustrated. At least Luo Jie was more honorable; he would withdraw immediately after sinking his ship and never pursue him underwater. The somewhat nerve-dead Garp forgot that it was he who had pursued Su Xiao first.

Two minutes later, with a *splash*, water sprayed, and Garp, breaking through the sea, spat out a large mouthful of seawater, breathing the air in large gulps.

"This... bastard!"

Garp's flushed face gradually recovered. Vice Admiral Tsuru, sitting on a small boat in the distance, immediately noticed Garp.

A dozen small boats sailed over. Vice Admiral Tsuru signaled for Garp to board, but Garp waved his hand and climbed onto a wooden plank.

Just as Garp climbed onto the wooden plank, Tsuru saw the slash marks all over his body.

"What is this?"

Tsuru was clearly somewhat stunned. She knew better than anyone how strong Garp's Armament Haki was.

*Drip, drip. *

Blood dripped onto the wooden plank beneath Garp, but Garp stared fixedly at the sea surface.

"He's coming."

"Hmm?"

Tsuru was even more surprised. She had previously thought Su Xiao had already escaped.

"Don't let them fight that guy. They might... not even be able to block a single slash."

Underwater, Garp had truly been slashed half to death by Su Xiao. When he endured Su Xiao's fifth slash, his whole body suddenly went numb. The result was imaginable: Su Xiao had nearly slashed open his throat with one blade.

On land, Su Xiao was indeed not Garp's match, but underwater, combined with Garp's severe oxygen deprivation, he was no longer Su Xiao's match.

Battle wasn't just about comparing whose rank was higher or whose strength was stronger; the environment, terrain, and even the climate would have no small impact on the battle.

Layers of ripples appeared on the sea surface. Seeing this scene, Garp's fists clenched, *clicking* and *clacking*, and blood sprayed from the wounds on his body.

A moment later, the ripples on the sea surface receded. Just when Garp and the others thought Su Xiao had withdrawn, a three-masted ship sailed over.

Seeing this three-masted ship, Garp and Tsuru both showed joy, but in the next moment, the joy on their faces froze.

Screams and desperate roars came from the distance. A pale blue blade aura slashed through that pirate ship. The pirates on the ship didn't even know what was happening before their ship sank.

The three-masted ship first broke in the center area, the whole ship sinking toward the sea in a vaguely folded posture, seemingly dragged by a great force from underwater. The entire pirate ship sank into the sea in less than ten seconds, leaving only the terrified pirates on the sea surface and a large number of wooden planks.

A captain wearing a pirate hat hugged a wooden plank. Looking at his expression, one knew his thought must be: "Who am I? Where am I? Where is my ship?"

Not long after, this large group of pirates on the sea surface noticed the small boat in the distance, which became their only hope for survival at sea.

When these pirates swam near the small boat, they were completely desperate. The furious Garp needed a punching bag.

In the seawater, Su Xiao, pressing his chest with one hand, was swimming toward the distance. He had originally wanted to keep Garp underwater forever, but even if Garp entered the sea, his speed was still very fast. The sea was fair; while it reduced Garp's speed, it also reduced Su Xiao's speed.

A figure doing the dog paddle approached Su Xiao—it was Xiang Bubu Wang. Xiang Bubu Wang was as happy as could be in the sea. Earlier, this guy had even wanted to bite Garp, but perhaps considering Garp's combat power was too strong, it finally gave up the idea of sending its dog head to its death.

Xiang Bubu Wang in the sea was like an electric motor; those two little legs seemed to be turbocharged, paddling exceptionally happily.

A few minutes later, Su Xiao surfaced to the sea. After taking off the scuba regulator, he breathed heavily. Using this thing for a long time inevitably led to a feeling of stuffiness.

Taking out a square-folded life raft and pulling the locking line at the back, the life raft immediately inflated.

Su Xiao climbed onto the life raft and lay down, somewhat exhausted. He hadn't had a drop of water for nearly five days, and then he had fought Garp. The burden on his body was imaginable. ===== CHAPTER 1332 =====