Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Instead of retreating, Satan advanced, his several spider legs wreathed in purple light like the sharpest spears, piercing the air with a piercing sound, and striking Luffy from various tricky angles. His legs were clearly also coated with deadly poison.

The punches and kicks clashed, but stopped mid-air before making contact.

Ok?

Satan's expression changed. He saw his spider legs trembling incessantly, as if they were about to break, and fine cracks appeared on his carapace.

The two sides remained locked in a stalemate when a red light flashed in Luffy's eyes.

"Rubber, vibrate the mole gun!"

The left hand softened and merged into the rubber ground, then, with the added force of the vibration, quickly protruded from under Satan.

He punched Satan hard in the chin from below!

So fast!

The attack was too sudden; although Satan's Observation Haki caught the trajectory, he was still sent flying.

Click!

His jaw was knocked off.

The immense impact caused his head to snap back violently, and his body to lose its balance.

"It's not over yet!"

Luffy, having gained the upper hand, is relentless, and his aura changes once more!

White flames suddenly rose, air surged, and its size began to expand.

"Fifth Gear, Hades Stance!"

He reached for his waist with his right hand, and the black blade instantly sprang out, automatically transforming in his hand to the length and shape most suitable for the current battle.

Black and red lightning and white shockwaves spread across the blade.

"Overlord Blade Slash!"

With a simple and direct horizontal slash, the black blade sliced ​​through the air, aiming for Satan's neck, which was unsteady due to his injured chin.

Just as Luffy was about to step forward, a suppressive aura inexplicably emanated from him.

He looked at Satan, who had been blasted into the air.

Why are you backing away?

Luffy unleashed Conqueror's Haki, instantly shattering the suppression within. "After each attack, there's always a recovery period. That's the secret to my immortality, isn't it? Are you Celestial Dragons afraid too?"

It wasn't that I was scared, I just knew I was going to die.

"Don't get carried away,"

Satan replied casually, carefully looking Luffy up and down, his brows furrowing slightly, "Two Devil Fruits like never before. You're the first person in hundreds of years to have this."

Moreover, the synergy between those abilities just now was definitely not as simple as just having eaten a Devil Fruit.

He has perfectly fused the powers of the two Devil Fruits together.

"And that knife,"

Satan said slowly, "With so many skills and abilities piled on one person, do you think you'd be a monster?"

Swordsmanship, the development of Devil Fruit abilities, and Haki.

Satan did not believe that anyone could achieve great success in all these areas at the same time.

If a significant gap cannot be achieved, it will not be icing on the cake, but rather a weakness!

How long have these young people, who look to be in their early twenties, actually lived?

Satan didn't believe he could excel in any one field, let alone the others.

In terms of time, he has several times more than Luffy!

"Then let's give it a try!" Luffy shouted.

“Those who blaspheme against God shall die!” Satan roared.

Luffy grinned, his footsteps slamming heavily on the ground. After leaving a deep crack, his afterimage flew to Satan's side, a terrifying aura emanating from his black sword as he slashed down at Satan's head.

"Overlord Blade!"

boom!

The blow struck the skull; the head was quite hard, and it was covered in Armament Haki.

His head didn't appear to have been cut open, but Satan's face was pockmarked from the sword energy.

It was then directly cleaved away by the powerful impact, and the enormous force sent its massive body flying backward.

Rumble!

Satan crashed into a huge warship on the shore.

The nearby sailors gasped in surprise.

"Satan Saint?"

"Satan, are you alright?!"

He is a monster, but also one of the Five Elders.

Saint Satan is the ruler of the World Government!

A brief silence fell over the battlefield.

In the distance, Roger, who had already moved the civilians to safety, watched this scene with his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

"No way, one strike and it's done?"

Roger couldn't help but mutter, "I could do that too, right?"

No matter what, Satan still exudes a lot of prestige when he appears, with his status as one of the Five Elders and the ability to regenerate his body after being attacked.

It looked like a lot of hype, but it turned out to be just an empty shell.

That's not something I can do myself.

"According to Uncle Rayleigh, dealing with these undead creatures requires continuous, uninterrupted attacks,"

Luffy slung the black sword behind his back and looked into the distance. "The current attack will at most make him feel pain."

Attacks imbued with Conqueror's Haki are effective.

The Five Elders didn't even feel pain from the other attacks.

Right now, having entered the special Pluton form of Gear 5, combined with the abilities of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Nika Fruit, the power of that strike is enough to give Satan a hard time.

Satan appears to be a Devil Fruit user, likely a Zoan type, and his physique is inherently very strong.

Luffy knew very well that his ability to gain the upper hand and even inflict seemingly serious damage on Satan was the result of a combination of factors.

Physical health is always fundamental.

After a year of arduous training, his physical foundation was greatly improved. In the fifth gear state, he also developed the Hades posture, which further boosted his physical strength.

As Satan said, no one can possess so many power systems at the same time and cultivate them to a superb level.

However, Luffy is able to perfectly integrate these power systems together.

That's not as simple as one plus one equals two.

It's a qualitative change.

Hiss!

Conqueror's Haki appeared around the distant warship, and a black and red lightning bolt shot straight at Luffy's face.

high speed.

A red light flashed in Luffy's eyes. He tilted his head, letting the monster fly past his head, and then looked at the giant monster slowly emerging from the ruins.

"You people haven't felt pain in a long time, have you?"

He grinned and said, "I'll help you relive that feeling."

As the smoke and moisture gradually dissipated, Satan's original form was revealed.

The injuries on his face are still healing, but it's clearly not as fast as it was before, when healed instantly.

"For someone of this age, to have reached this level of swordsmanship is truly impressive."

Satan remained in his stance, leaning on his scepter, his expression indifferent. "But you are facing a god!"

god?

You're insane.

He's spouting nonsense.

Luffy leaped into the air and soared into the sky. Then, amidst the dark clouds, a massive bolt of lightning was grasped in his hand and instantly dropped down.

If one controls lightning, then it's impossible to know who the gods are.

Satan's expression turned ugly.

Lightning bolts rained down around him, a relentless barrage of attacks.

Except for his body gradually recovering under the black aura, all the marines lost consciousness.

"So what if you control lightning? It's useless."

“I just don’t want to spend time dealing with those naval personnel,”

Luffy clicked his tongue. "But I'm getting more and more curious. What exactly is this power you possess?"

"Mortal, this is the power of a god!"

Satan's spider legs turned purple, and then purple gas inexplicably appeared around him. He quickly spat out a rapid stream of venom, heading straight for Luffy's position.

The speed has become faster.

And the quantity is large!

This move reminded Luffy of Arlong.

Anyone who didn't know better would think this guy was a fish-man spitting.