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Chapter 83: Luffy's Easy Victory Over Mr. 3
"I stumbled upon a hut made of white wax in the forest earlier."
Sanji, as expected, took over the conversation, pointing at the livid Galdino with a flat tone.
"This Mr. 3 was inside, talking on the phone with a guy called 'Boss,' vowing to eliminate us and Miss Vivi right here."
Hearing this, Galdino finally understood why he had been exposed so thoroughly. It turned out his movements had been discovered from the very beginning.
"Since I've been discovered, I won't hide it anymore!"
Seeing his cover blown and his retreat cut off, Galdino steeled himself, deciding to go for broke. He roared, trying to sound tough to mask his inner weakness:
"That's right! I received orders from the boss specifically to wait on this island to deal with you arrogant rookies!"
One against six. The odds were still in his favor!
He let out a strange cry, and the iconic "3" shaped hair on top of his head suddenly ignited with a poof, swaying with flames. His entire person seemed to transform into a giant, burning candle!
The moment the wax touched the ground, it seemed to come alive, immediately spreading and expanding wildly in all directions like a white plague, rapidly eroding the ground and surging toward the feet of Usopp, Nami, and Vivi, who were closest!
Usopp, Nami, and Vivi were caught off guard, watching helplessly as the white wax on the ground crept toward them.
"Watch out! He's an ability user!"
Sanji reacted extremely fast. Before the white wax could touch him, he had already moved his feet, retreating rapidly and escaping the range of the wax.
After dodging, Sanji looked anxiously at the three women present.
To his dismay, Vivi, Nami, and Ganyu hadn't reacted and remained motionless.
Sanji was frantic, preparing to rush back to rescue them regardless of the danger.
Just then, Ganyu, who had been standing still, suddenly took a step forward.
She only took a single step forward.
Crack!
An extreme chill erupted abruptly from the point where her foot landed, like an invisible shockwave, spreading rapidly forward in a fan shape.
Pure frost covered the earth like a silver carpet, spreading far faster than the viscous wax.
Frost and wax collided head-on!
The result was foregone.
Faced with Ganyu's sudden release of abnormally low-temperature cold air, the sticky white wax that had been flowing wantonly, attempting to entangle and bind everyone, stopped in its tracks as if time itself had frozen!
It lost its fluidity at an incredible speed, its color changing rapidly from translucent milky white to pale white. A layer of ice crystals covered its surface, finally solidifying it completely into hard blocks of frost-covered wax!
"Wh... What?! My ability... how?!"
The smugness on Galdino's face froze instantly, replaced by utter shock and disbelief.
He widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the white ground covered in frost, completely incredulous.
"Impossible! My wax... how did it solidify on its own?! This is impossible!"
The essence of his Wax-Wax Fruit ability lay in his ability to freely control the liquid and solid states of wax. Only in liquid form could he freely shape, attack, and bind enemies. Being forcibly solidified was equivalent to directly crippling more than half of his offensive methods!
Nami was stunned for a moment before realizing:
"That's right! Wax solidifies when it encounters extremely low temperatures! That's just common sense!"
"Ex... exactly!"
Usopp, who had just been startled by Galdino's sudden "outburst," also clutched his chest and let out a long sigh of relief, a look of survival on his face.
"Ganyu's freezing ability perfectly counters his wax! That's awesome!"
"What the... even though I don't quite get it, turns out this guy is an ability user."
Luffy tilted his head, looking at the frozen white wax covered in frost on the ground, a look of interest appearing on his face.
Sanji ran over in a few steps, staring angrily at Galdino.
This guy dared to attack his Miss Ganyu, Miss Nami, and Princess Vivi right in front of him.
Simply unforgivable!
"Miss Ganyu, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?" Sanji quickly turned his head, the anger on his face instantly transforming into deep concern and admiration.
That casual step Ganyu took just now was so cool it made his heart skip a beat.
"I'm fine, Sanji." Feeling Sanji's concern, Ganyu smiled sweetly at him, her tone gentle.
Thump!
Sanji felt like something had hit his heart. Clutching his chest, he almost fell to his knees.
Wow. He had material for his dreams tonight.
"Bastard, how dare you ignore me!"
Their interaction made Galdino feel slighted again.
He suddenly spread his arms, and the arms melted into viscous wax swung like two white whips.
"Wax-Wax Harpoon!"
With a roar, a stream of wax separated from his arm, shot out, and rapidly solidified and shaped in mid-air. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a sharp white spear.
With a tearing sound, it stabbed straight toward Luffy's face!
"Oh? Finally coming at me?"
Luffy seemed to have anticipated this, a barely perceptible red glint flashing in his eyes.
He held his straw hat steady with one hand, tilting his body slightly to one side. With a seemingly casual angle, he effortlessly dodged the fierce strike.
"Attacking me... looks like you're prepared."
He shook his wrist and lowered his body slightly.
His rubber limbs began to accumulate power, his whole body like a fully drawn bow, filled with explosive kinetic energy.
"Gomu Gomu no..."
Whoosh!
The next moment, he launched forward like a cannonball fired from a chamber.
His rubber arms extended rapidly backward during the sprint, stretching to the limit, then blasted forward with a whistling sound like two streaks of black lightning!
"Bazooka!"
Boom!!!
His twin fists smashed squarely onto a thick wax wall that had risen instantly, creating a deafening explosion!
The wax wall, strong enough to withstand blade strikes, was blasted with a massive dent and cracks under Luffy's powered-up punch like fragile glass, then shattered completely!
"Ahhh!"
Luffy's fists broke through the obstruction, their momentum undiminished, carrying a crushing force straight to the target!
"H... How is this possible?!!"
Galdino was terrified, his eyes widening like copper bells.
He couldn't understand at all. Why was the defense that even the green-haired swordsman struggled to cut so vulnerable before this Straw Hat kid?!
Ganyu saw this scene, a trace of surprise in her beautiful eyes.
But soon, she figured out the key reason.
This didn't necessarily mean Luffy was currently stronger than Zoro. Blades focused more on cutting and piercing. Luffy's impact-style attacks, which converted elasticity into kinetic energy, were naturally superior in terms of pure destructive power and impact force.
But when it came to lethality against the human body, Zoro's slashes were undoubtedly more threatening.
Both had their own advantages.
Bang! Bang!
The twin fists smashed into Galdino's face. The immense force lifted him off the ground, his back slamming heavily into a tree trunk before falling to the ground with a thud.
"Not done yet!"
Luffy clearly didn't intend to give his opponent any time to breathe.
He pressed his body down, compressing his legs like springs into an astonishing arc. His body leaned forward extremely far, then suddenly released!
In an instant, he crossed a distance of over ten meters, flashing in front of Galdino.
"Gomu Gomu no... Gatling!"
The next moment.
His fists turned into a sky full of afterimages, pouring down like a violent storm onto Galdino, who was slumped under the tree!
The sound of impacts rang out continuously. Not only was Galdino's body taking a beating, but even the large tree he was leaning against tottered under such a violent attack. The trunk cracked, finally collapsing with a crash, kicking up a cloud of dust!
"Puh-ah!"
Galdino screamed, constantly beaten and tossed around within the shadow of fists, finally rolling onto the ground like a broken rag doll.
Bruised and swollen, glasses shattered, the flame on his head long extinguished.
He had completely lost consciousness, lying motionless in the ruins.
"Finished!"
Luffy retracted his fists, letting out a small breath. A satisfied smile appeared on his face, as if he had just completed a light warm-up exercise.
Current Luffy... seemed a little too powerful.
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