In the Seven Water Capital, Locke and Ember looked at each other. An invisible aura emanated from their bodies, continuously clashing. The clash of their auras caused a wave of air to surge. Locke looked at Ember with a smile on his face.
He did not feel much pressure from Ember's aura, which efficiently sized him up. Ember felt Locke's gaze, and his eyes flashed with anger and admiration. He hadn't expected that Locke would be able to use his full strength with such ease.
"Haha, hello! Locke, is that mask bastard also an enemy? He seems to be pretty strong!" Barett turned his head to look at Ember with an excited expression. His terrifying battle intent was about to erupt without reservation.
"Hahahaha, it is a wave that has yet to be wiped out. Another wave has come!" Sagaki looked at Ember and felt the aura he emitted. He was a little surprised. Well, it was another guy he could not afford to offend for now. Versa finally lost interest in the surrounding scenery and turned to look at Ember.
"Huh"The moment he saw Versa, Ember's pupils visibly dilated. Meanwhile, Locke quickly discovered that Ember's expression had changed. Locke turned his head to look at Versa. Versa still had that malevolent expression on his face, his sturdy body, and a pair of bull horns on his head.
Feeling Locke's gaze on him, Versa scratched his forehead. "What's wrong, Boss Locke?" Hearing Versa's question, Locke shook his head, indicating that it was nothing. Finally, Ember gave up his momentum and slowly pulled out the long sabre at his waist.
Looking at Ember's five-meter-tall body and holding a long sabre several meters long, he seemed slightly surprised. "Locke, I have already experienced your boldness. Next, I want to see your strength!" Ember said in a dull tone. Hearing Ember's words, Locke smiled and pulled out the famous sword - Ann.
"Is that so? Then come. I also want to see how strong you, as a member of the Runa tribe, are. However, since it is a duel, how about we make a bet?" Locke held his sword and slowly walked forward. He came to Ember's side and looked up at Ember's face. Hearing Locke's words, Ember's expression did not change at all.
"What do you want to bet?" His words were still calm and dull.
"Then let's bet. If I lose, my life will be at your disposal. But if I win, how about you join my pirate group?" After listening to Locke's bet, Ember was silent for a while and then finally nodded.
"Well, I accept your bet!"
"Very well, let's begin then! I won't show mercy!" Locke said to Ember with a smile, then directly waved the famous sword in his hand to attack Ember. Locke's attack was highly swift and swift, one move after another.
Ember used all his strength to block Locke's attack, his body continuously retreating.
"Boom!" When Ember made a mistake, a powerful slash sent Ember flying.
The Ember collapsed a building. He shook his head and slowly stood up from the ruins. He looked at Locke solemnly.
"He is indeed as strong as a monster, comparable to that Azure Dragon bastard!" Ember muttered in a low voice. Then, he stepped on the ground and charged at Locke. "Azure Dragon bastard?" Locke asked curiously when he heard Ember's words.
Then, he welcomed Ember's attack. The two of them engaged in a battle for a while. Their figures constantly clashed, and the swords in their hands continuously clashed. However, unlike Ember, whose expression was solemn and his breathing was heavy and tense,
Locke seemed to be at ease. Locke asked Ember curiously as he casually avoided his punch. "Who is Azure Dragon? Have you fought with anyone before?" Ember was furious that Locke had easily dodged his attack and had the time to ask him questions. However, it was not out of anger but because he was dissatisfied with his strength.
"Hmph! If you want to ask me a question, defeat me first!"
"Flame Emperor!"
"Buzz!" A fist that carried blazing flames fiercely struck at Locke. The high temperature caused the air in the surroundings to distort slightly.
"Oh? Flames, is this special talent of your Rolana clan? It is a good ability!" Locke put the famous sword in front of his chest, and the purple gravity wave turned into a circular gravity shield, directly blocking Ember's fist of fire.
Ember looked at the purple gravity shield in front of Locke in surprise and then looked at the flame on his fist that was wavering due to the distortion of gravity.
"Is this your ability?" Ember asked in a low voice.
"Hehe, that's right. This is my ability." Locke smiled and responded. Then, he flipped his sword, and a tremendous invisible gravity descended from the sky, smashing into Ember's body. The sudden terrifying gravity instantly bent Ember's body, and he spat a mouthful of blood.
Although he was suppressed by gravity, Ember was still using all his strength to block Locke's ability to attack. Locke admired him even more because Ember, who had gone all out, could stop his attack.
However, Locke would not show mercy just because he appreciated it.
"Gravity Blade, Gravity Dimension!" As Locke spoke, a circular gravity wave with Ember as the center flashed by. Then, two terrifying gravity forces pressed directly towards the Ember in the middle from different directions.
"Wu! This is!" Sensing the terrifying gravity coming from two different directions, Ember let out a muffled groan, and his body was about to be squeezed into a ball by gravity.
"Damn it! I won't admit defeat just like that!" Ember roared angrily, his eyes bloodshot. His entire body emitted intense flames, and he struggled to get up, bouncing away the gravity pressing down on him. Looking at the ashes that seemed to have turned into a fire god, Locke put away the famous sword Ann, opened his palm, and aimed it at Ember.
"If you can take this attack, I will recognize your strength."
After Locke finished speaking, the purple gravity wave crazily gathered towards Locke's palm. Soon, a purple ball condensed in Locke's palm.
"Gravity Sphere - Nebula - Splitting Transformation!"
Buzz! As Locke spoke, the purple ball slowly flew towards the ashes. The ashes in flames stared fixedly at the small purple ball. Although it was small, it gave Ember constant pressure.
"I will die!" These two words sounded crazily in Ember's mind.
"Damn it! I won't admit defeat like this!" Ember roared in a low voice. His body quickly changed, and he activated his devil fruit ability. He was an ancient animal species, a Pterosaur, and directly transformed into the most potent human beast form.
As Ember completed his transformation, the purple ball had already arrived beside Ember and exploded. The distorted and chaotic gravity instantly covered the area where Ember was, directly devouring everything around him.
Even space shattered under the chaotic and distorted gravity.
Vast waves of air surged wildly, and the shockwaves from the shattering of space destroyed everything in the surroundings that could be destroyed.
"Ah," An unwilling roar came from the chaotic and distorted gravity space, resounding through heaven and earth. After a long time, the distorted and chaotic gravity space disappeared, and the dust flew everywhere. A huge bottomless hole appeared in the area covered by the chaotic and distorted gravity space.
Locke looked at the hole and searched for Ember's figure. He looked around but did not find any presence. "Is he dead?" Locke whispered as he read. However, as Locke felt regretful, an incomparably weak aura suddenly appeared within his senses. Sensing that weak aura, Locke laughed.
"Versa, take him away and treat him well. I don't want to see him die,"
Locke said to Versa, who was beside him.
"Oh!" Hearing Locke's words, Versa directly jumped into the hole and climbed out, carrying the bloody ashes. However, at this time, the ashes had been wrapped in bandages by Versa, and the most straightforward treatment was done.
"Boss Locke, this guy is seriously injured. I'll take him back to the ship to treat him first." After Versa finished speaking, he carried Ember's tall body and quickly left, running excitedly towards the warship by the sea. Locke was speechless when he saw Versa's excited expression.
However, he didn't care too much about it. After all, although Versa had a little hobby, his medical skills were something to be sure of. Ignoring Versa, who had left, Locke glanced at the ruins and left, heading toward Tom the Murloc. Fifty nautical miles from Seven Water City, a drunken blue dragon was flying in the air, occasionally belching.
"Burp, oh, my head hurts! Where did that little bastard off to? I sincerely invited him from the new world to join the pirate group, but he dared to refuse me directly! What an ungrateful thing!"
The green dragon roared unhappily, belched again, and continued to fly in the sky. And he was getting closer and closer to the island where Seven Water City was located.