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Chapter 317 The Continuing Battle

"JET pistol!!"

The fist, propelled like a jet of air, shot out like a bullet and arrived in front of the Red Earl almost instantly.

But the Red Earl seemed to have anticipated this seemingly fierce punch, simply shifting slightly to the side to easily dodge it, and his expression remained unchanged throughout.

But Luffy didn't stop after throwing that punch; another fist had already attacked from somewhere.

But the result was still the same. Red Earl simply moved to the side with complete indifference, and Luffy's attack missed again.

However, Luffy did not show any surprise at missing the target with his two attacks, and his expression did not change much.

He had anticipated this outcome. It would have been problematic if the Red Earl had been easily hit by his two punches, given the Red Earl's renowned mastery of domineering aura.

The Devil Fruit ability is more of a means for the opponent to restore their youth and fighting power.

In the old days, a legendary figure who could be compared to Whitebeard and Roger based solely on physical skills, swordsmanship, and Haki would have combat power at Roger's level.

Even if he might not be as good as Roger, he certainly wouldn't be much weaker.

Therefore, it's normal to miss.

Therefore, Luffy never expects to hit his opponent with two punches or put any pressure on them. But two punches aren't enough, what about more?

Activating Observation Haki is quite taxing, especially Observation Haki that predicts the future, which consumes even more Haki and is more difficult to use.

What if he attacks more frequently?

Will the other party be able to react in time?

"Rubber, rubber... torrential rain machine gun!!"

Luffy roared, and then countless fists poured out like a torrential rain.

The dense mass of enemies almost completely covered a large area in front of the Red Earl, leaving him with absolutely no chance to dodge.

This is Luffy's fighting style.

This isn't the first time Luffy has fought against a powerful opponent who possesses Observation Haki that allows them to foresee the future. In fact, he himself has now mastered Observation Haki that allows him to foresee the future, but he's not yet very proficient at using it.

Therefore, he himself is well aware of the shortcomings of this ability.

Aside from the ability to completely counter Observation Haki's Observation Kill, the only other way to break it is to make the opponent exceed the 'load' that Observation Haki can predict.

What is it?

That is to rely on continuous and terrifying attacks to accelerate the opponent's Observation Haki consumption, thereby reducing the opponent's Observation Haki ability and finally revealing a weakness.

Alternatively, it can break the opponent's mindset, thus breaking through the perception of color.

But this situation is quite difficult.

Those who can master Observation Haki, which allows them to foresee the future, are almost always able to control their mindset quite well. Even if their mindset collapses on the spot due to certain events, they can easily recover afterward.

So it would be a bit difficult to approach it from this angle, and Luffy himself doesn't consider himself to be a master of managing mentality.

Therefore, we can only adopt the most primitive second method.

There's no other way; he can't use the "See and See Kill" skill, otherwise, why would he need to go through all this trouble?

However, in the short term, when the opponent's Observation Haki has not been depleted much, this method is actually quite useless in the early stages.

For example, right now.

Even though Luffy's punches rained down like a terrifying storm, he still couldn't touch a single hair on Red Earl's head.

The Red Earl's figure flickered amidst countless shadows of fists, dodging all the incoming punches.

As he dodged, the Red Earl's face revealed a faint hint of disdain.

In countless battles, the Red Earl had seen similar attack methods countless times.

He himself even has similar attack methods, and he uses them almost universally, whether he is weak or strong.

By relying on the frequency of attacks, you can put immense pressure on your opponent.

To be fair, this method is actually quite useful in many situations, and it's also simple to use, so almost everyone knows how to use it.

But precisely because most people know it, almost everyone also knows its drawbacks.

That is, no matter how fast the attack frequency is, the essential quantity does not change.

For example, Luffy's current attack, although it looks like many fists are attacking at once, is just a visual illusion caused by the speed of the attack.

Essentially, Luffy still only has two fists, and that won't change.

Therefore, for those with strong Observation Haki, this move is relatively limited in its effectiveness, as they can easily predict the trajectory of the opponent's attack in advance and dodge accordingly.

However, this also requires a certain level of personal strength, or rather, speed.

After all, if you can anticipate something but your body can't react in time, it's all for nothing; it's still the same as not anticipating it at all.

But clearly, this is not a problem for the Red Earl.

The Red Earl's figure continued to flicker, and he spoke softly:

"We've been playing for so long, it should be my turn by now, right?"

Before he finished speaking, the umbrella sword in his hand suddenly came out of its sheath, and then a blood-red blade of light shot out, attacking Luffy at an extremely fast speed.

! !

Luffy's pupils suddenly contracted, and he kicked off the ground with his right foot, using Moonwalk to shoot to the side and dodge the blood-red blade.

But the very next second after Luffy dodged, another thick, blood-red blade of light hurtled toward him once more.

Without hesitation, Luffy used Moonwalk to dodge again.

Then came another crimson blade of light.

Luffy flashed again.

Tear it apart!

One after another, streaks of blood-red blade light shot out, as if they were free, almost dyeing the entire sky blood-red.

Luffy's figure flickered between the gaps in the blades, and in an instant, the roles of the two were reversed.

Just now, Luffy attacked and Red Earl dodged, but now the roles have reversed.

The difference is that Red Earl dodges Luffy's attacks with ease, while Luffy clearly struggles to dodge them.

This shows that there is still a gap between Luffy and Red Earl.

But it's not a big deal, because Luffy never intended to fight Red Earl on his own.

boom--

A deep green blade of light suddenly shot out from the other side, tearing through layers of air resistance, and hurtling towards Count Red with unstoppable force...