Bullet stamped his foot, and his burly body charged forward violently.
He was wrapped in blue Demon Aura, his eyes flashing with crimson light, throwing a punch like a cannonball.
Luo Chen easily tilted his head, dodging the blow.
Bullet's fist hit the empty air, causing the air to explode and shockwaves to surge.
Having anticipated this, Luo Chen drove his right knee forward rapidly.
Without wrapping his hand in Armament Haki, Luo Chen directly pressed down on Bullet's right knee.
A deafening, dull thud erupted from where their attacks collided.
Bullet's expression changed slightly as he looked at his right knee.
His layer of blue Demon Aura was flickering in and out, flowing strangely like liquid toward Luo Chen's palm.
"Absorbed my Armament Haki?!" Bullet was shaken to the core.
His Demon Aura was a fusion of Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
At this moment, the Armament Haki within the Demon Aura was actually being absorbed by Luo Chen.
This scene made him doubt his own eyes.
Armament Haki could be absorbed?
He had never heard of such a thing.
He roared, suppressing the shock in his heart, turning his fist into an elbow to smash at Luo Chen's neck.
"Smack."
Luo Chen raised his hand, grabbed Bullet's arm, and then threw him with force.
Bullet's burly body rushed uncontrollably into the sky.
Luo Chen's figure flashed, activating the Flying Thunder God mark he had just imprinted, and appeared beside Bullet.
His leg lashed out like a whip, hitting Bullet's waist and abdomen.
With a "bang," Bullet's body flew diagonally for hundreds of meters, crashing toward the sea outside the island.
He roared in the air, stepping on Moonwalk to forcibly stop himself in mid-air.
Bullet wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, staring cautiously at Luo Chen.
He felt that Luo Chen had become much stronger again.
He hadn't used any abilities.
The Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, the Martial God Giant, and the spatial distortion power were all unused.
Relying solely on Armament Haki, Taijutsu, and teleportation, Luo Chen had suppressed him.
Before his eyes, a black shadow flashed.
Luo Chen teleported over again.
Bullet roared, his fists wrapped in Demon Aura blasting out repeatedly.
Luo Chen's palms flew, accurately blocking every punch.
He was testing the enchantment trait of his Armament Haki, [Absorption and Conversion], in battle.
Just like Observation Haki, this trait passively increased the strength of his Armament Haki by ten percent.
The specific effect was that upon contact, it absorbed the enemy's Armament Haki and converted it for his own use.
The blue Demon Aura on Bullet's body flowed like liquid during their exchange of blows.
It all flowed into Luo Chen's palms, swallowed by him.
In a short time, the Demon Aura on Bullet's body became dim and thin.
As he threw his final punch, the last wisp of Demon Aura disappeared.
Bullet's expression was ferocious; he didn't care anymore.
His body turned back to his normal bronze skin; wrapping himself in Conqueror's Haki, he threw another punch.
Luo Chen's mind moved slightly, releasing all the Armament Haki he had just absorbed in an instant.
He struck out with a palm; the pitch-black Armament Haki transformed into a giant glove, fully dozens of meters large.
With a light tap, he swept Bullet away, knocking him toward the sea.
"Damn it, what ability is that?!"
Bullet used Moonwalk to stop in mid-air again, questioning angrily.
What kind of bullshit fight was this?
All his Armament Haki was stolen by Luo Chen.
And in the end, it was turned into the enemy's attack to slap him away.
Bullet felt incredibly stifled.
"Are we still fighting?" Luo Chen smiled, with no intention of explaining.
The [Absorption and Conversion] trait wasn't very useful in a situation where he was completely dominating.
After all, he had many ways to easily deal with Bullet.
However, if the enemy's strength was comparable to his...
With every collision of attacks, Luo Chen could steal a certain amount of the opponent's Armament Haki for his own use.
By the end of the fight, Luo Chen's Armament Haki would be vaster and more powerful.
The enemy, on the other hand, would have no Armament Haki left to use.
With one side growing and the other shrinking, the gap would be self-evident.
Bullet gritted his teeth and looked down at the island below.
"Want to use the Combine-Combine Fruit? Go ahead," Luo Chen said with a smile, seeing through his thoughts.
Bullet was stunned, but then he didn't think too much about it and rushed straight toward the Sea-Suppressing Star Hub.
Robin opened her mouth, wanting to stop Bullet.
But recalling Aokiji's situation earlier, she chose to remain silent.
She believed Luo Chen wouldn't let Bullet devour the island that had just been built.
"If the island is gone, I'll build it for you again," Bullet said loudly.
The construction of this island had relied on the power of his Combine-Combine Fruit in the first place.
If he destroyed the island now, he would just help Luo Chen rebuild it later.
He landed on the high platform, blue light spreading from the soles of his shoes and surging in all directions.
Bullet shouted, just about to activate his fruit ability, when the sound of thunder and lightning suddenly came from the sky.
"Crackle—!"
He initially thought Enel had arrived.
But the terrifying Conqueror's Haki that suddenly pressed down from above made Bullet's heart skip a beat.
It wasn't that he was afraid, but his biological instincts sensed imminent disaster.
As if some crisis were about to descend.
He looked up and saw Luo Chen floating high in the sky, his clothes flapping and black hair dancing.
Monstrous Conqueror's Haki erupted from Luo Chen's body, covering the Sea-Suppressing Star Hub and a large area of the surrounding sea.
In the sky, dark clouds gathered, and the sky turned pitch black in an instant.
Black and red lightning raged in the clouds, like a thunder god in a rage.
Although the island was safe and sound, the distant sea was turbulent, with waves rolling and making a massive noise, as if an invisible force were churning the sea surface.
Bullet braced himself and continued to activate the power of the Combine-Combine Fruit.
Without using his Devil Fruit, he was absolutely no match for Luo Chen.
"Boom—!"
A loud noise exploded in Bullet's ears, as if thunder had pierced his eardrums.
He covered his painful ears, frowning tightly.
Was it an illusion?
Why did it hurt so much?
Conqueror's Haki couldn't possibly hurt me... Just as Bullet thought this, he suddenly let out a heaven-shaking scream.
He clutched his head, fell to the ground instantly, and rolled back and forth in pain.
It felt as if thousands of steel needles were piercing through his brain beneath his scalp.
Having fought on the sea for many years and endured loneliness in the Eternal Hell for years, Bullet's mental fortitude was already unwavering.
But at this moment, the pain of his soul seemingly being torn apart still made him roar in agony.
Bullet rolled on the ground continuously, screaming and wailing.
The Combine-Combine Fruit ability that was on the verge of activation quickly receded.
Without subjective will to control it, the Devil Fruit simply couldn't be activated.
Luo Chen stood high in the sky, slightly restraining his Conqueror's Haki.
He had a strange look on his face.
"Is the pain of the soul that intense?"
"Both Aokiji and Bullet couldn't handle it and screamed out."
Luo Chen had used the [Soul's Lament] trait of his Conqueror's Haki on Aokiji and Bullet successively.
Their agonizing states completely exceeded his expectations.
He didn't even need to activate [Conqueror's Domain]; their fruit abilities were rendered unusable due to the intense pain.
Luo Chen withdrew his Conqueror's Haki.
The phenomena in the sky and sea slowly returned to calm.
On the high platform, the rolling Bullet was also able to catch his breath, lying on the ground panting, drenched in sweat.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a pair of black boots land beside him.
Bullet's expression was bitter. "In front of you, I can't even make a move?"
His eyes were filled with loneliness and confusion.
In the past, when he sparred with Roger, although he lost, he could still exchange a few moves.
In front of Luo Chen, he was like a fresh recruit.
Just Conqueror's Haki alone suppressed him so much that he had no power to resist.
The hugeness of the gap left Bullet feeling lost and full of uncertainty.
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