Chapter 17: Haki's Advancement
West Blue, at the back mountain of Ohara.
At this time, in this remote back mountain, from time to time, a few wild beasts run out of the forest in panic and If you look closer, you can still see that there is occasional turbulent air bursting from the forest.
It seems that someone is fighting in the forest!
In fact, it does!
In the forest, Doflamingo's figure flipped a few times in the air, then he landed and stood on a boulder.
However, in the next second, a figure with his arms wrapped by an Armament Haki suddenly appeared in front of the boulder and punched Doflamingo fiercely as if he had expected his moves.
It's Vergo!
Doflamingo did not dodge, but he raised one-foot cover with armament haki very quickly while facing Vergo's fist, and directly stepped on it.
Immediately afterward, a clash between Armament Haki's erupted and a strong air current broke out in an instant, and the boulder under Doflamingo's feet trembled and shook, with faint cracks emerging on it.
However, the two did not stand still for too long, it was only a breath or two.
Vergo, whose punch was blocked, retracted his arm quickly, and then he took a half step forward while letting out a low shout and directly hit the stone where Doflamingo was with his arm.
The boulder, which already had some cracks, shattered in an instant, creating a cloud of smoke and dust.
And the moment the smoke and dust spread, Vergo's strong figure had already rushed into it.
Then, crackling sounds of collisions, accompanied by strong air currents, continuously surged out of the smoke and dust.
Vergo punched very fast. After entangling Doflamingo's figure within the smoke, he no longer gave Doflamingo a chance to retreat. His punch was more faster than the last and it only took three to five breaths before his fist morphed like a machine gun in the smoke, continuously blasting Doflamingo.
In this wave of attacks, Doflamingo mainly focuses on a defensive counterattack, and the pupils under the sunglasses are moving back and forth, and the Observation Haki is also running at high speed. Blocking the storm of attacks in front of him with an extremely accurate judgment.
The storm of punch came extremely fast, but it was difficult to maintain it for a long time. After more than ten seconds, the muscles on Vergo's arms were already a little sore, and because of this, his punching speed slowed down a little.
But this little bit of change is enough to be regarded as a flaw. A gleam of light flashed in Doflamingo's eyes. At this moment, his Observation Haki seemed to see all the trajectory paths of attack in front of him clearly.
Vergo's movements seemed to be in slow motion!
In the next second, Doflamingo's hands precisely grasped Vergo's two wrists from the shadow all over the sky.
At this time, Vergo's strength is gone and he has not yet recovered. Moreover, his arms were slightly sluggish due to the explosion just now. He struggled a bit, but he couldn't break free from Doflamingo's hands.
Looking at Vergo's slightly surprised eyes, Doflamingo actually wanted to pretentiously say: "There is nothing invincible in the martial arts world, only speed can't be broken".
But he was afraid that Vergo would step on his toes, so forget it.
After grabbing Vergo's arms, he raised his left leg. Then, he pulled Vergo towards him hard, while positioning the top of his knee towards Vergo's abdomen.
Although Vergo was surprised for a short moment, his reaction speed was still extremely fast.
While being pulled forward, he also lifted one of his legs, covered with Armament Haki, and directly put it in front of him.
In the next moment, a clash between Armament Haki's erupted once again, and a surging air current rolled up between the two of them that rushed towards the surroundings.
Dark lightning crackled around the two, and under the stalemate of Haki's, cracks were vaguely blasted in the air.
But after all, it was Doflamingo's calculated strike this time, and Vergo's hasty response could only make the stalemate last for a while.
There was a muffled sound of collision in the air, and Vergo's figure was instantly blown away like a shell, plowing a deep trench more than ten meters long on the ground.
While being blown away, Vergo also tries to stabilize his figure.
The next moment, his vision dimmed, and when he raised his head again, Doflamingo figure was already in front of him.
Doflamingo's body is extremely flexible. At this moment, his legs are stretched to the limit, as he attacks Vergo with an axe kick!
Vergo's Observation Haki is also going all out, almost the moment he sees Doflamingo move, he has already calculated the trajectory of this move clearly.
It's still not too late, and he feels he can still avoid it!
So Vergo put his hands on the ground and pushed himself out of the attack trajectory.
But in the next second, his pupils suddenly showed a look of astonishment, because he felt an invisible force bombarding toward himself!
This power is familiar to him, it is Armament Haki!
But it shouldn't be! Obviously, there is still a distance between them!?
Before Vergo could figure it out, the swift and violent impact directly knocked him to the ground.
The violent impact smashed the ground, and then the smoke and dust from the previous explosion swept out.
After more than ten breaths, the smoke gradually dispersed, and Doflamingo's tall figure was standing in front of the pit where Vergo was.
He raised his hand and dusted off some dust on the pink flamingo feather coat on his shoulder very casually while speaking with a smile: "Fufufufu, Vergo, looks like this time, I took the first step."
In the pit, Vergo struggled to sit up from the pit. At this time, the clothes on his upper body were destroyed, the exposed skin was bruised and black, and there was some bloody foam in his every breath.
It looked like a grave injury, but it didn't seem to be very serious.
This is basically normal. He and Doflamingo practiced together since they were young, and the two have fought each other countless times. This happens often, either Doflamingo is bleeding internally or Vergo fractures his bone.
The main thing is to gain an actual combat experience!
"Is it the advanced technique of Armament Haki? Emission?" Vergo asked in a slightly excited tone.
Although he was defeated, he didn't feel sad. On the contrary, he was very happy that Doflamingo's strength had increased.
"That's right." Doflamingo nodded, and then said: "Two days ago, I had a vague feeling that I was about to master this skill, but I always felt like it couldn't get out..."
After a slight pause, he pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "But just now, when I was attacking, there was a kind of natural... feeling in my heart, and after following this feeling, I really used the advanced technique of Armament Haki!"
"Sure enough, although you always say that you have no talent in these areas. In fact, you are very talented!" Vergo said with a smile.
"No, I'm still far behind compared to those real monsters." Doflamingo shook his head without hesitation.
Perhaps compared with a young genius like Vergo, he, Doflamingo is stronger, but what if we look at the whole sea?
There are many monsters running rampant in the sea.
Like Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, who isn't a real talent among them?
Either they are born with tremendous strength or defense. So, compared to these two, Doflamingo is really far behind.
Looking at the future, the guy in the straw hat, who has been out at sea for two and a half years, has almost swept across the sea. The veteran powerhouses who have been dominating the sea for decades can't even do it!
Vergo had never seen those so-called monsters, so he thought that Doflamingo was very talented: "Dover, how is your Observation Haki? Do you feel a new level??"
Speaking of this, Doflamingo shook his head regretfully and said: "No, compared to Armament Haki, I have no clue about the advancement of Observation Haki..."
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