Chapter 42: Egyptian God Twins Part 1
“Well said! Then today, this old man will show some real skills!”
Brother Burufaruto yanked off his jacket, revealing the short shirt inside and his streamlined upper body muscles.
Normally, with the jacket on, it wasn’t noticeable, but actually Brother Burufaruto’s muscles weren’t as knotted as imagined; on the contrary, they were very well-proportioned and coordinated.
“If you lose, remember to change how you address me!”
Extending his arms into the Fish-Man Karate stance, the aura around Brother Burufaruto gradually became dangerous.
“No problem! A gentleman’s word, a swift horse’s whip!”
“Good!”
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“Gulp~ B-Brother Burufaruto is serious!” One of the combatants under Brother Burufaruto saw his stance and couldn’t help swallowing saliva.
“Fish-Man Karate—Tang Cao Wa Zheng Quan!”
From a considerable distance, Brother Burufaruto threw a punch, and the air in front immediately rippled like waves, followed by a powerful Impact bursting straight forward fiercely!
“Don’t bring out moves of this level, Uncle.”
Aoxi felt the Impact in front of her, made no move to dodge, and directly took it with her body.
The powerful Impact hit Aoxi’s body, but the result was only a puff of smoke and dust; that small figure merely swayed slightly, without even a step back.
『This brat’s body intensity… interesting!』Kaido became increasingly satisfied with Aoxi’s performance.
“Fish-Man Karate—Ji Shui!” Several blobs of water shot toward Aoxi’s location like cannonballs, using the smoke and dust for cover.
“I’ve been guarding against that move of yours!”
Ever since that fight with Obei, Aoxi had become especially sensitive to dust-raising tactics, so she merely sidestepped slightly to dodge the Ji Shui.
“My turn to counterattack—Pirate Big Iron Fist!”
The instant she dodged the attack, Aoxi charged forward directly, swinging her right fist at the same time.
Though the name sounded strange, this was a genuine fist coated with Armament Haki.
On the way here, Aoxi had quietly discussed with Obei that in this spar, they wouldn’t use Authority, but would defeat the opponent solely with Haki.
This was mainly because the two wanted to test their own Haki levels, though a small part was fear that Sister La would notice they still hadn’t made much progress in mastering their Authorities.
Back to reality, the fist without added Authority looked utterly ordinary, yet this simple, unadorned attack brought shock to Kaido and the other two far beyond anything before.
Kaido glanced deeply at Sister La.
『As expected of blood kin, what terrifying talent! Just what is the background of these three brats…』
Brother Burufaruto across from her suddenly widened his eyes.
“Flowing Armament Haki, how is that possible!”
This was a supreme technique rarely mastered even in the New World teeming with powerhouses; those who could master flowing Armament Haki techniques were without exception top experts on this Sea!
“When did you learn this?!”
Brother Burufaruto, who had originally prepared to counter with a fist head-on, directly pulled back his arm to dodge, but was still repelled several steps by the air strike.
“Learn what?”
Seeing her punch miss, Aoxi didn’t immediately follow up with the next move.
“The flowing Armament! How did you learn it?” Brother Burufaruto, having steadied his body, asked again in a shocked tone.
“Sister La taught me? It’s not that hard to learn? What’s with your surprise… oh~ hehe~ Minotaur Uncle, don’t tell me you can’t do it~”
Aoxi seemed to think of something and suddenly wore a cheeky grin.
“If you respectfully call me Teacher Aoxi three times, this miss isn’t unwilling to graciously teach you~”
“What a cocky brat!”
“Fine, looks like today I have to use some bottom-of-the-box tricks; I can’t let myself get floored by a little girl in front of my brothers.”
Repeated setbacks finally made Brother Burufaruto completely serious.
“Fish-Man Karate—Gui Wa Zheng Quan!” More clouds of water mist rose, followed by countless hard-to-see fists fiercely attacking Aoxi.
“Missed big time! The same moves are useless against a Saint Fighter!”
Aoxi relied on her sharp Observation Haki and agile movements to easily dodge all of Brother Burufaruto’s fists.
“I’m not stupid enough to think a cracked move would still work on you! Then watch closely, brat.”
“Fish-Man Karate—Gun Bo Qun Yu!”
Water droplets in the air turned into countless dense, small bullets under Brother Burufaruto’s swings, assaulting Aoxi from all directions.
Aoxi, finding no way to dodge, instinctively shielded her eyes with both arms.
Though the water droplets were powerful, Aoxi, defended with Armament Haki, remained uninjured.
“Now! Fish-Man Karate—Gui Wa Zheng Quan!”
A powerful fist far surpassing the previous ones directly hit Aoxi; due to her tiny body, Brother Burufaruto’s fist nearly struck her entire torso.
Aoxi turned into a streak of red light, flying backward at a speed far exceeding Brother Burufaruto’s earlier knock away.
“When you haven’t trained Observation Haki, covering your eyes in battle is extremely dangerous, red-haired brat.”
Watching the smoke and dust kicked up in the distance, Brother Burufaruto slowly withdrew his fist.
“Sh-She flew out, that brat!”
“It’s actually Gui Wa Zheng Quan! Brother Burufaruto is really going all out?!”
“That brat won’t die, right? Why no commotion?”
“Probably not~ Lord La over there doesn’t have any reaction at all.”
……
Aoxi in the distance lay on the ground, giving no response.
Honestly, taking that punch head-on without Haki defense in time was quite painful, even making her feel like vomiting.
“Inhale~ Exhale~~”
Silently circulating Divine Power once through her body, the nausea in her chest quickly faded.
This was the quick recovery method Teacher La had taught before; in just a few breaths, Aoxi’s body was restored as good as new.
But at this moment, she didn’t rush to get up, instead remaining motionless on the ground while her mind constantly analyzed that combo just now—first using illusions to draw her attention, then a saturation attack to distract her, finally catching her off guard with the real killing blow…
『As expected, none of these veteran sea dogs who’ve roamed the Sea for years are simple!
But if it were Sister La, she probably wouldn’t fall for it? Hard to imagine her getting ambushed…』
For no reason, Aoxi thought of Sister La, her Observation Haki as eerie as『a tombstone inscription』, and her thoughts drifted further until someone couldn’t help calling her.
“Hey! Aoxi, you planning to sleep there until dinner?
Get up and finish this fight quick; I still need to go teach that Masked Man a lesson!” Obei at the edge of the Training Ground couldn’t help urging Aoxi.
“Got it, got it! I was just thinking~”
Hearing this, Aoxi slowly got up, patted the dust off her face; her clothes, woven by Sister La, hadn’t picked up any dirt.
“Yo~ Uncle, that punch just now was good~ Impressive three-hit combo!”
A confident smile curled at the corner of her mouth as Aoxi swaggered back to the center of the Training Ground.
“Ready now? Round two!”
“You really are a monster in name and fact, brat.”
Brother Burufaruto looked at Aoxi, who seemed fine, and couldn’t help marveling.
He hadn’t held back much on that punch; it was nearly the maximum power he’d use in a spar, anything more would be unstoppable killing moves.
“If you don’t move, I’m going first~ Got something good to show you.”
Aoxi walked back to her previous position and stopped, then assumed a familiar stance.
Brother Burufaruto saw the opponent’s stance and froze.
“This is!”
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