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With Oliver
"CLANK."
Oliver easily blocked the humanoid black bear war hammer and the humanoid cobra halberd with his two swords.
Oliver's eyebrows twitched in annoyance, then he sighed and thought to himself, "Come on, I thought they would be stronger since those two are wielders of Zoan-type devil fruit. This is really boring."
Oliver then concluded, "Well, there's no way around this. I will just use them to hone my observation Haki until Baki eliminates that cat."
Oliver then closed his eyes. When the humanoid black bear and the humanoid cobra saw this, they gritted their teeth in anger, and then the humanoid black bear yelled at Oliver, "How dare you underestimate us? We will never forgive you."
The humanoid cobra turned to the humanoid black bear and said to him, "Let's do the usual tactic, Red."
When Red heard the humanoid cobra's words, he smirked, grabbed his massive war hammer with both hands, and began spinning fast where he was standing.
"WHOOSH."
"Black Bear-killing whirlwind hammer," Red yelled while he was spinning with incredible speed, and the humanoid cobra took a deep breath, "Cobra poison bullets," and then spit multiple purple spits towards Oliver with incredible speed; the spits covered all Oliver's escape routes.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Red suddenly charged at Oliver with amazing speed while spinning at the same time, and in a moment, he was in front of Oliver, swinging his war hammer at him with incredible ferocity.
Oliver swung his Sadai Kitetsu at the war hammer; his sword and the Red's war hammer clashed violently against one another.
'CLANK."
The power behind the Red's strike sent Oliver flying. He quickly used large white wings and soared above the ship.
Oliver used his wings to float above the ship, smiling widely with excitement as he gazed intently at the humanoid cobra and Red.
"I was wrong about those two. My observation Haki isn't strong enough to predict all their attacks. I need to hone it more. I also lack the speed and flexibility necessary to evade their attacks. I need to train my speed and flexibility more." Oliver thought to himself.
Red became enraged once more when he noticed Oliver hovering just above the ship, refusing to descend. He yelled at him, "You think you can hide because you can fly with your devil fruit ability?" In that case, watch this."
"WHOOOOSH."
Red began spinning once more, but this time he was significantly faster than before. Oliver observed Red spinning with keen interest.
"BAAM."
"Black Bear Air explosion blast," Red yelled while swinging his hammer with incredible speed and ferocity, sending a condensed air blast towards Oliver.
Oliver's observation haki was warning him about the upcoming attack, and Oliver raised his Sandai Kitetsu above his head, then he swung his sword downward with all of his strength.
"BAAM."
Red was shocked when he saw Oliver blocking his attack, and Oliver burst out in laughter after he successfully blocked the attack, "KAKAKAKAKA, THIS IS FUN."
Oliver then descended to the ship deck, beaming a smile at Red. He then said to him, "When you spun with incredible speed before you used your hammer to shoot that air blast at me, you were building momentum, weren't you?"
Red widened in surprise upon hearing this, prompting him to inquire, "How did you?"
Oliver didn't respond to Red, but he proceeded with his explanation, saying, "The reason you could send that air blast at me like a cannonball is because you combined your momentum from spinning around at high speed and the strength you gained from being a Zoan-type devil fruit user when you swung that war hammer of yours."
Hearing Oliver's explanation stunned both Red and the humanoid cobra; in the next moment, Oliver began spinning far faster than Red, and at the same time, he was flapping his large, white, feathered wings with incredible speed, creating a powerful whirlwind that surrounded him.
The strong whirlwind stunned both Red and the humanoid cobra, pushing them back.
In the next moment, Oliver tightened his arm muscle and swung his sword with incredible speed and ferocity.
"SWISH."
A huge, powerful, purple, flying slash flew towards the humanoid cobra with incredible speed and ferocity. It arrived in front of the humanoid cobra within a second.
"SQUASH."
"THUD, THUD."
The huge purple flying slash sliced the humanoid cobra in half before continuing its flight into the distance.
Red was stunned at what he just saw; he was frozen in fear.
Oliver smirked at Red and said to him, "Thanks to you, now I know what I need to do in order to upgrade my swordsmanship to the next level. To show my respect to you, I will demonstrate to you my latest sword technique I have mastered."
Oliver walked casually while wielding Sandai Kitetsu with his right hand and pointing it to the ground; he then murmured, "Curse sword style. severing life."
"CLICK."
All of a sudden, Oliver appeared behind Red. Oliver sheathed his sword back, but Red didn't notice his movements or the swiftness of his sword swing. His head slid down to strike the ship's deck, and his body followed suit.
"THUD, THUD."
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With Baki
Baki and the humanoid lion gasped in shock as they witnessed the huge purple flying slash sever the humanoid cobra in half.
After a few moments, Baki smirked when he saw Oliver behead Red.
Baki gazed at the humanoid lion while smirking; he then said to him, "Well, I can't keep my captain waiting. Let's finish this big cat."
The humanoid lion got enraged when he heard this and charged at Baki with incredible speed.
When the humanoid lion approached Baki, he swung his claw at him, intending to shred him into pieces.
Baki quickly changed his stance and opened his palms.
Baki murmured, "Soft palms style: safe zone," and then elegantly swung his palms while standing at his same spot, diverting all the humanoid lion's claws.
The humanoid lion began to increase the speed of his swings, but Baki effortlessly diverted the claws with his palms, regardless of how fast the humanoid lion swung his claws.
Baki saw a favorable opening to counter and hit the humanoid lion in the chest hard with his palm.
"Soft palms style counter palm."
"BAM."
The impact sent the humanoid lion flying; his back struck the ship's railing hard, breaking it in the process.
The humanoid lion then stood up and glared at Baki.
Baki smirked and thought to himself, "According to what I know about the devil fruit users, they are hammers in the sea. It's time I finish this once and for all."
Baki quickly charged at the humanoid lion with incredible speed, pulled his arm back, clenched his fist, and punched the humanoid lion with all of his strength in his chest.
"Mountain impact."
"BAAM."
The humanoid lion vomited blood and saliva from his mouth as Baki buried his fist in the humanoid lion's chest.
"CRACK."
Baki heard the bones of the humanoid lion cracking from the impact behind Baki's punch.
The humanoid lion flew to the sea in the next moment.
"SPLASH."
The humanoid lion fell into the sea and began to drown. He couldn't move a muscle in the sea and kept drowning deeper and deeper.
Baki took a deep breath to calm himself before turning to Oliver, who was smiling at him.
Oliver then said to Baki, "Let's go and check on the one who asked for our help."
Baki smiled and nodded to Oliver, and then they started walking towards the ship's cabins.