When everyone looked again, they saw Sabo bathed in an ocean of blue thunder.
Countless bolts of lightning surged around him, making him appear like a deity wielding divine punishment.
Sabo's gaze swept across everyone, his eyes filled with indifference and contempt.
"Mortals, worship me, your god!"
"My strength is not something you bunch of noob idiots can compare to. Kneel down now and kowtow a few times properly, and I might consider making your beating later not too unbearably ugly!"
...
As soon as he said this, everyone fell into a moment of silence, instinctively glancing at each other.
They all saw the meaning in each other's eyes, and then, in unison, turned their gaze back to Sabo.
The next instant, as if connected by a shared thought, everyone's figures shot forward almost simultaneously.
"The hell are you putting on airs for? You go out once and come back calling yourself a god, is that it?"
"Damn it, if we don't beat the crap out of you today, then we're useless!"
...
Everyone spoke one after another, their voices filled with blazing anger.
!!!
Seeing the fierce-looking group charging at him together, Sabo's expression suddenly changed.
He might have gone a bit too far!
Zap!!
His form instantly transformed into blue thunder, shooting into the sky to temporarily escape the encirclement.
Seeing Sabo escape into the sky, everyone didn't hesitate for a moment and gave chase.
Today, even if they had to go to the heavens or dive into the sea, they were going to beat the crap out of Sabo.
"Ten-Thousand Thunder Celestial Guidance!!"
Sabo, high in the sky, shouted loudly. Centered on him, bolts of thunder rained down, blasting towards the group below.
The moment they saw the thunder approaching, everyone instinctively thought to dodge, after all, Kyle's purple thunder had left too deep an impression on them; getting hit by that was no joke.
But after carefully sensing it, they discovered Sabo's blue thunder didn't contain that狂暴, destructive aura like Kyle's purple thunder; it was merely on the level of ordinary thunder seen in reality.
With that thought, everyone made the same decision. Without any intention of dodging, they simultaneously unleashed their techniques to blast Sabo's thunder.
They refused to believe it!
That the thunder Sabo, this guy, released had the same power as Kyle's thunder!!
This wasn't baseless speculation on their part, but came from their familiarity with Sabo.
He was on the same level as them, what was he playing at, trying to show off like that?!
And what happened next was no different from their guess.
Sabo's thunder, upon meeting their attacks, was completely shattered without exception. In fact, after shattering the thunder, everyone's faces even showed a hint of bewilderment.
Luffy directly voiced his confusion.
"The power's this weak?"
Originally, due to their reverence for thunder, even though they thought Sabo's thunder wasn't as strong as Kyle's, the nature of thunder shouldn't change, so they still took it very seriously, using at least eighty percent of their power, if not full force.
But now, after clashing, they realized...
They might have overestimated it a bit!
That's what they thought, even if the fruit was strong, if Sabo, this guy, was its user...
Hah~ A nobody!!
With that thought, everyone charged at Sabo again without a word.
They didn't want to waste time with nonsense now, they just wanted to give Sabo a good beating. They could talk about everything else after the beating.
Seeing everyone charging at him again, Sabo didn't hesitate for a second. He once again transformed into thunder and fled, reappearing in an instant several hundred meters away from them.
He understood now.
Although he had evolved a level, the difficulty of taking on so many little brothers at once was still a bit high!
One-on-one, he wasn't afraid of anyone; in fact, he was confident he could pin down and beat any single one. But against multiple opponents...
Well! It wasn't quite possible yet!
But, although he couldn't fight so many at once, they couldn't catch him either!
Sure, transforming into thunder to flee required a bit of start-up time, but as long as he escaped before they got within a certain distance, with those guys' strength, they definitely couldn't exploit that opening to do anything to him.
Thinking this, Sabo's arrogant expression returned. Looking at the group charging at him again, he laughed and said:
"You guys hit me, come on! If you've got the guts, hit me! If you've got the ability, just kill me!"
"Hey!! You can't hit me!"
As he spoke, Sabo once again vanished in a flash of lightning.
Down below, watching the commotion in the sky, Garp couldn't help but turn his gaze to Kyle beside him and asked:
"Kyle, did that brat Sabo eat the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?"
"Yeah."
Kyle nodded.
"You guys are this lucky? Go out once and just happen to find a Rumble-Rumble Fruit?"
Garp's tone carried a hint of surprise.
A Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit, this was a top-tier fruit even among Logia types. Although it couldn't compare to Kyle's variant, its rarity was still extremely high.
"Luck was indeed pretty good!"
Kyle smiled and nodded.
"With the help of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, that guy Sabo's strength has definitely improved quite a bit!"
"There's been improvement for sure, but the improvement in those other brats' strength this month hasn't been small either. I've been training them rigorously for over a month straight!"
When he was beating Luffy and the others earlier, he said they hadn't improved at all in the past month.
But that was just an elder's familiar way of teasing the younger ones. In truth, these few guys' strength increase this month was considerable.
"Just wait! Those kids have been sparring with me every day, and they've developed their mutual coordination to a certain level."
"Sabo's that cocky, mocking them all at once like that. It won't be long before he gets knocked down."
Garp spoke with a confident smile.
Having said that, Garp turned his gaze to Chopper, who was beside Kyle, and asked with great curiosity:
"When you went out before, you'd occasionally bring back a new face, but at least they were still human!"
"How come this time you brought back a raccoon? What, thinking of getting a pet?!"
Chopper, who had been watching the battle in the sky with great interest and curiosity, immediately perked up his ears at these words. His expression changed instantly, and he whipped his head around to stare at Garp.
(╬▔皿▔)╯!!
"What are you saying, old man? I'm a reindeer, not a raccoon!!"
"See the antlers on my head? Does your pet raccoon have antlers?"
(⊙o⊙)...
(＃°Д°)!!
Garp was stunned for a moment, then his eyes immediately flew wide open.
"A talking raccoon?!!"
"I told you, I'm not a raccoon, I'm a..."
Chopper started waving his limbs again, speaking in exasperation, but before he could finish, Garp grabbed him, held him in his hands, and started rubbing him, muttering incessantly:
"A talking raccoon? A rare species!!"
"Quite interesting!"
"Kyle, how about giving me this raccoon as a pet?!"
Chopper: ???
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