Pirates: Knowledge is power

"Senior, are you leaving now? This is a bit inappropriate."

"You have been looking at me for so long, and you haven't even had a sip of water. You have also helped me with a lot of demolition work. This is really shameful. I am the owner of this place after all. How can I be embarrassed? Senior, why don't you stay for a meal, so that I can throw a big banquet, entertain you well, and show my loyalty as a landlord!"

Seeing that Shiji was about to retreat if he couldn't beat him, Drum would not let him leave easily. He looked at the opponent with a smile.

Even if you come to him for a fight, although he doesn't like fighting, he doesn't refuse to fight.

If he refuses to fight even though the other party is knocking on his door, that's not because he's peace-loving, that's cowardice.

But just wanting to leave after destroying his territory like this, Shi Ji thought was a bit too good.

Such large-scale destruction, as well as the scrapping and damage of the Ghost King's soldiers, the restoration of the buildings on the island, and the recasting of Ghost Abyss... each of these items is a very large expense. In order to reduce the losses from After making money from Shiji, Dram will not let him go easily, but he is not in a hurry now. After all, Shiji will still have a hurdle to overcome, and he will just collect the debt by then.

"Ah hahaha, no, no, no, my subordinates are still waiting for me to take them home, so I won't stay any longer." Shi Ji laughed, trying to fool him into retreating.

After all, Dram's sinister smile made his back shiver and made him feel a little too scary.

Faced with Dram in such a situation, it would be better for him to face Garp happily.

At least facing that guy Garp, even if he couldn't beat him, he could still make him jump.

Because Garp can't fly, he can't catch up!

Once Shiji wanted to leave, Garp's situation was like that of a flightless mythical beast. He could only stand there and watch, but there was nothing he could do.

Although the Navy's Moon Step is indeed a good move, it can temporarily suspend people in the air and has a certain restraint effect on those who have the ability to fly, but the effect is just that, and the practicality and ability to fly are too far apart.

Garp can't fly, but Dram is different. He can really fly, and he can fly better than him.

If Dram is entangled, he may not be able to run away even if he wants to.

His quickness and power will make it difficult for anyone who comes.

"Since Senior Shiji is leaving, let me give you a treat. Alas... I don't have any wine around. I originally wanted to offer you three glasses of wine, but it seems that is no longer possible. Why don't I give you three punches as a gift to Senior Shiji? Show your affection!" Dram said with a smile and stretched out his fist.

He didn't bring any wine, but he did bring a bottle of "Farmer's Three Punch". The taste might be different, but Drum thought Shiki would definitely like it.

"Gudong..." Shiji swallowed, feeling extremely nervous. "No, no, that's too polite."

Shiji didn't regret coming to challenge Dram this time. What he regretted now was why he didn't bring a few helpers when he came.

Even if he brought that old woman Lingling with him, he wouldn't be so embarrassed now.

He couldn't fight again and again, he tried to run but couldn't.

"Hey, let's talk about being polite between us. Senior Shiji, I will punch you three times. After three punches, we will talk about other things!" Drum said, and punched out.

Seeing this, Shi Ji could only laugh and put on a defensive posture.

It was just three punches, and he took them.

He is a golden lion, a top swordsman who can refine two black swords!

If it was just three punches, how could he not be able to block it!

No matter how heavy Dram's fist is, can it be as heavy as Iron Fist Garp's fist?

Just when Shiji thought it was not difficult, Drum's fist had already arrived in front of him.

Shi Ji raised his sword to block, just when he thought the next punch would not be difficult.

Drum's fist turned dark red, and the flames and domineering energy were like a fist armor in his hand, covering his hand.

"First punch!"

The obviously larger fist made Shi Ji feel a strong sense of crisis.

The fists and swords came into contact, and Shi Ji was knocked back thousands of meters!

The blade of the sword was also like a hot iron, emitting a low dark light.

Shiji used the ability of the Piao Piao Fruit to brake himself, feeling the heat coming from the sword, which made Shiji feel familiar.

With a punch thrown out, Drum looked at Shiji eager to try.

After a battle with Kaido, a strong man who developed phantom beast species, Drum finally took a step closer to fruit development. He developed many moves from the fruit's abilities.

Because of Kaido's appearance, Drum also discovered a way to develop the fruit's abilities.

The ability of Devil Fruit comes from wishes and fantasy. Wishes and fantasies make Devil Fruit appear in this world. However, developing the ability of Devil Fruit is different from the emergence of Devil Fruit. To develop Devil Fruit, you need imagination.

Imagine the moves you want to have based on the fruit's abilities.

As long as you dare to think, dare to try, dare to do it, and are strong enough to bear this power, then every devil fruit will have unlimited possibilities (except for some useless fruits, which are really only one no matter how you develop them) only the lower limit).

In addition to the large number of moves Deram has developed himself, Kaido also gave him many ideas.

His current strength may be improving slowly, but he can continue to innovate in skills and moves.

Although he has added a lot of skills, it is completely boring to only deal with dead objects like mountains or islands.

As for forcing his way into Marinefando or Marie Joa, Drum has the strength, and neither the World Government nor the Navy can stop him from leaving.

But to forcefully break into these two important places, firstly, it would take too much time to get there, and secondly, if he breaks into Marinefando and makes the World Government become cowardly, some plans in the future will not be able to proceed.

As for finding the pirates, it is much simpler, but Whitebeard has a trading relationship with him and can be regarded as his ally. It is a bit bad to attack his allies.

The strength of Big Mom, who is building a kingdom, is reasonable, but Dram is a bit repelled when it comes to hitting women.

After all, in his low-level concept, hitting a woman is something only scum would do, unless the woman deserves the hit.

But the woman Charlotte Lingling didn't come to provoke him, so Drum eliminated the other party.

Now that Shiji himself is in front of him, this is also a good opportunity for Dram to test his new skills. Having such an opponent as a sparring partner is much more interesting than those mountains and islands.

Seeing Drum's eagerness to try, Shiji could only sigh helplessly.

He also knew that Durham might be using him as a target, but after all, he came to the door by himself, and no one would listen to him no matter how much he complained.

"Second punch!"

Drum raised his hand, and this move was not as powerful as the punch just now.

But how could the moves he used be simple?

The layer of "fist armor" covering his hands cracked like magma, emitting a red light.

It was obvious that unlike the previous one, which had no warning, Dram was ready to attack this time.

Shiji distanced himself from Dram this time. He would not stand there and be hit by Dram like before.

Just one punch might not kill him, but he didn't want to experience the flames that Drum used his abilities to condense.

A punch was thrown out, and this attack formed a red light. It was not very powerful, and even a little unremarkable, but in Shiji's eyes, he saw an attack that could bring him to the brink of death!

Facing this menacing punch, Shiji used his abilities to make himself faster.

Finally, he narrowly dodged the punch at the last moment.

It's just that his speed was a little slower after all, and the corners of his coat were ignited by the blazing heat because he was too close to the punch.

Shi Ji hurriedly slashed over with his sword, cutting off the burning corner of his clothes.

Seeing the clothes that were cut off and quickly burned to ashes, and then disappeared into the air, Shiji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It would have been bad if he had moved any slower, but fortunately he reacted quickly.

"Escaped..."

Drum's hand has returned to its original state, and his attacks often have enough characteristics, especially the punch just now, which has an attack speed that is equivalent to the speed of light.

If an attack really reaches the speed of light, even Kizaru who eats the Shining Fruit may not be able to dodge it.

But Shi Ji was able to escape in the end, and the price was only a piece of clothing. This reaction speed was a bit too fast.

"The last punch!"

Drum didn't waste any time talking to Shiji, and directly used his newly developed move that he hadn't even had time to perfect yet.

The flames pouring out of his body condensed into a huge hand of fire at a high place.

The giant hand made entirely of flames appeared above Dram.

And following Dram's movements, Dram clenched his fist, and that fist also clenched his fist. Dram punched, and that fist followed closely.

Seeing this scene, Shi Ji was even more shocked.

He could feel the powerful power contained in this move, which was really terrifying!

Knowing that he couldn't escape by himself, Shiji gritted his teeth and made a decision immediately.

Anyway, his losses in this war were already big enough. All the savings he had accumulated in the past few years were spent in this war. Since the losses had already been incurred, it didn't matter if he spent a little more.

With a sudden change of heart, Shiji once again used the fruit's ability to manipulate objects.

The last secondary island connected to the main island of Shiji Floating Island changed, the chain collapsed, and it quickly flew towards Shiji.

Facing Dram's huge and almost unavoidable punch, Shiji first used his remaining physical strength to strike thousands of slashes. Each slash contained domineering power, and Shiki wanted to use it to consume it. the power of.

The result was just as Shi Ji expected, weakened by his thousands of slashes, his fist shrank in size.

The speed also slowed down a lot. With this little time, Shi Ji finally pulled the island in front of him.

He blocked the thickest and hardest part of the island in front of him, while he himself put up a defensive posture behind the island and waited.

Facing the attack that Dram used his abilities to gather, there was no way an ordinary island could block it.

If it is blessed with powerful fruit abilities or domineering power, it may be able to be used as a defensive shield to block attacks.

But it was just an ordinary island, not knocked off the red earth continent. Facing Dram's attack, its fate was already doomed.

The fist sank into the island, and in just two or three seconds, it had already passed through the other side of the island.

The attack left a fist mark channel where it passed through, and Shi Ji, who was already prepared behind him, responded immediately.

He first made two slashes to weaken Dram's attack again, and then crossed Sakuragi and Kuju, who had been trained into black swords, in front of him.

Dram's attack had been weakened many times by Shiji premeditatedly. Although it appeared to be intact, in fact, the power contained in this attack was already less than half of its original strength.

If the consumption is too large, the power will be greatly reduced.

When the fist came to Shi Ji, it was already strong on the outside and weak on the inside, and its power was greatly reduced.

After Shiji blocked the attack, he chopped it into pieces with a cross cut.

"Ha ha……"

Looking at the dissipated attack in front of him, Shiji breathed heavily and finally laughed.

Seeing that Shiji actually blocked his last punch, Drum retracted his hand and was still considering whether to leave Shiji here.

Although only the two of them knew about the promise just now, it wouldn't be a big deal even if it was broken. Even if others knew about it, there were still many loopholes that could be exploited in what he just said.

But if he wanted to capture Shi Ji, he would still have to spend a lot of effort.

Even if Shiji's physical strength is exhausted, he is still a famous figure on the sea.

Combat skills are definitely not too bad. In this case, Dram will feel very troublesome.

"Dram, three punches have passed, then I will take my men home!"

After receiving three punches, Shiji turned around and fled with his only remaining main island, regardless of whether Drum would break his promise.

Now he just wants to escape from this place. After all, Dram's combat power is too strong and he can't defeat him at all.

Dram is like a bottomless mine. The more you dig, the more you realize how deep his strength is.

Fighting against someone who has endless trump cards is the most painful thing.

Even in a fight with other people on the sea, Shiki could still see their limits.

After all, these people's methods are almost always known on the sea.

They only have so many attack methods, and almost all of them have become a fixed pattern and a signature.

As long as you take action, you can recognize the opponent at a glance.

But Dram is different. His development of fruit abilities is too outrageous, and he has displayed more than a dozen methods so far.

As long as he could retreat, Shi Ji would not hesitate at all. He immediately flew to Hell Island and took the remaining people back.

The loss can be recovered a little bit.

Seeing that Shiji had already flown away, Drum was stunned, but still shook his head impatiently.

Since Shi Ji had run away anyway, he no longer bothered to catch him back.

After fighting for so long, he already felt tired.

Since he's tired, he should go back to sleep. Someone will clean up the mess for him later, so he doesn't need to worry about these things...