Chapter 9: The Challenge of Caesar
At the critical moment, a sharp pain erupted throughout his body.
Suddenly, his face turned pale, and his forehead was drenched in sweat.
He took two
Rocks looked at the opposing person, who refused to give up no matter what, and laughed again.
"Not bad... I want you to come to my ship more and more."
He made a gesture with his hand.
Then, the King's Haki instantly retreated.
César, who had struggled to hold on, exhaled a sigh of relief.
He then knelt down, breathing heavily.
"I, Rocks, appreciate you more and more. How about considering becoming my subordinate?"
After gasping for a while, César straightened up, with great emotion in his eyes.
Finally... I have met a truly strong man.
The reason he wants to go to sea is not to meet a powerful opponent.
So, to improve his own strength?
Now that he has a powerful enemy in front of him, how can he back down?
César slowly curved his lips: "Let's have a real fight."
"I'm curious to know if it's you or me."
Although he suppressed his dominating arrogance, it might not be the case in a real fight.
Rocks noticed the burning ambition in his eyes instantly.
They are a certain type of people.
Rocks smiled with interest, revealing his white teeth.
"Captain, let me fight him."
Rocks didn't respond yet.
Kaido stood up, his eyes full of excitement.
Raising his chin slightly, he looked at César and said, "First, you have to defeat us before being eligible to fight the captain."
César raised his eyebrows slightly.
Lockes thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Alright, you can defeat my subordinates first."
Lockes looked at the huge Kaido and said that.
Whitebeard and the others looked at Kaido enviously.
"Although Kaido is just a trainee member of the crew, his strength should not be underestimated."
Kaido immediately stepped forward excitedly, "My hands itched watching the duel earlier, thank you, Captain, for giving me this chance."
César knew Kaido's power, one of the Four Emperors. Although he was still young, he definitely wouldn't be weak.
I still don't know what level my current strength is on the sea.
Fight against Kaido.
I have to think carefully.
Kaido advanced, swinging his black mace.
Everyone else yielded to him.
Each step Kaido took was heavy, and his massive body made people feel a little afraid.
Pirates from the Rocks Pirates who had crawled behind the scenes looked at Kaido's back with excitement.
Although they disagreed internally, often fighting, cursing, and quarreling, the human instinct was to follow powerful forces.
"Kaido, kill him!"
Some pirates started shouting to cheer Kaido on.
César ignored the excited reactions of the pirates and watched Kaido approach slowly, vigilantly, with his body still.
"Hey, old man, let's go!"
Before he finished speaking, he raised his mace high.
The mace suddenly turned red and black in the air, it was armed and dominant!
César raised his eyebrows slightly, and at the moment the mace fell, the upper part of his body also showed a dominant armed expression.
Boom.
The mace fell forcefully.
When César used his armed arm, his muscular strength suddenly reached its peak.
The collision of the armed color and the dominant armed color produced a very sharp sound.
In an instant, a powerful gust of wind erupted at the point of collision.
The two were simply competing in dominance and strength.
The movement was very simple but made everyone watch with interest.
"Okay... that's amazing."
The pirates who witnessed the scene widened their eyes, watching them both with admiration and fear in their eyes.
After a blow, the two quickly intertwined.
Kaido wielded his own black mace.
César combined his physical skills with his armed arrogance, and at the same time, he used his knowledge and arrogance to analyze his next move.
The two fought back and forth for a while.
With a blast, sparks flew everywhere, and suddenly the two opened up a large distance.
César breathed calmly and his face relaxed.
On the other hand, Kaido seemed to breathe heavily from anger, and his face was grim.
César narrowed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. He knew in his heart that Kaido's strength wasn't weak.
But it definitely wasn't as impressive as when he appeared as the captain of the Beast Pirates and one of the Four Emperors of the New World in the later period of One Piece.
And he didn't have the strong physique or amazing stamina after eating the Yuyu fruit.
When Kaido saw the smile on César's face, he was dazzled.
Although he was apprehensive in his heart, a trace of disdain appeared on his face.
"Let the horse come here!"
He roared.
César sneered and said, "Exactly."
Both bodies suddenly rushed forward like arrows leaving the bow.
César drew the long sword he carried at his waist, and with a metallic sound, it clashed with Kaido's mace.
"Clang, clang!"
The figures of the two soon left only residual images, and only a few frames, including Lockes, could see clearly.
Among the flying sparks, Kaido gradually began losing his breath.
César's physical abilities and sword skills combined, and the changes in movements were extremely fast.
And César relied more on his physical strength and the power of a mace.
"Boom!"
"Metallic sound..."
Kaido's mace was lifted into the air by the tip of his sword, spun a few times, and then crashed into the beach.
The sound of the fight decreased, leaving only the sound of heavy breathing from both.
Kaido grabbed his trembling wrist and furrowed his brows tightly: "Damn, you're so strong, bastard!"
After César quickly defeated Kaido, he suddenly looked at Rocks.
"I challenge you."
The ambition that exploded in his eyes was captivating.
He wanted to know the distance between him and such a powerful figure as Lockes.
The extremely arrogant Lockes laughed loudly, a flash of cunning in his eyes.
"Alright, but..."
He paused for a second, raised the corners of his lips inexplicably, and an imperceptible calculation crossed his eyes.
"If you lose, you will become my subordinate."
"However, you can also choose to be massacred along with the people."
He re-examined the two options he had initially proposed.
César pressed his lips: "I don't want to die so soon, so be it, if I lose, I'll become your subordinate."
"Alright!"
Lockes was very pleased with his knowledge, and without hesitation, he drew the big knife he carried at his waist and attacked.
In an instant, a purple-black lightning wrapped around the wide sword.
When the dark black sword was wielded, a vapor of purple-black color evaporated.
César's pupils contracted sharply.
Before he had time to react, César was launched directly into the air in the next second.
One move.
The black lightning was directly released, and Lockes immediately inserted his big knife back into the sheath. The entire process didn't take more than three seconds.
César bled from the corner of his mouth, clutching his hands, struggling to get up on his own.
In reality, Lockes mastered the Advanced King's Haki, which was no surprise...
It turned out that the gap between him and the top experts was still very large.
His tightly pursed lips were a little pale.
Charlotte Lingling continued eating the dessert, squinting her eyes while eating and said, "There's one more person on board."
César barely stood up, but he felt a great pain in his chest as the black sword directly opened a hole in the hardened, armor-like top of his body.
César endured the pain: "I lost."