Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

Before Jinbe came on board, the Straw Hat Pirates had four major combat forces in the first echelon.

Luffy, Byakuya, Zoro and Sanji.

Among these four, Sanji may be the one who has the most difficulty in improvement.

Just like in the original work, Luffy has Rayleigh's guidance and possesses a top-level devil fruit. Zoro also has the guidance of the world's greatest swordsman Hawkeye, and his weapons are constantly upgraded.

In comparison, Sanji felt a little embarrassed.

Compared with kicking teacher Zeff, Rayleigh and Hawkeye, he is not ranked at all. Although he later received training on the Shemale Island, his actual combat power was not significantly improved compared to the other two.

Although his bloodline factor has awakened and he has obtained a combat suit, some people still feel that Sanji's combat power is beginning to lag behind.

More importantly, Sanji has always lacked the desire to become stronger, especially when compared with the other two.

Today, although Sanji's strength is much stronger than that of the original work at the same time, he still shows signs of falling behind.

It would be a bit far-fetched to blame everything on Bai Ye's lack of help.

After all, Bai Ye can only provide external help, and to become truly strong one needs to be on one’s own.

After the Battle of Marineford, Sanji understood this.

Therefore, he had already changed his mentality when Bai Ye was unaware.

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"Although I'm a chef, Luffy wants to become the Pirate King."

"That guy Bai Ye also said that I am destined to shine in the new world."

"Those two idiots will probably be upset if I can't stand by their side later on."

Sanji stubbed out his cigarette and approached Torre Pol who was standing opposite him.

"You look so slimy that it really makes me lose my appetite."

[Heavenly furnace heart fire·burning! 】

Compared to Zoro's attempt to nurture three swords, Sanji finally surpassed him at this moment and took the lead in igniting the fire in his heart.

As soon as he finished speaking, Sanji disappeared from the spot in an instant and used the Cloud Leap to close the distance between himself and Torre Pol.

On his feet, the equipment that Bai Ye had given him also emitted a dazzling light at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, two flames rose up.

If Luffy's heart fire is golden and as dazzling as the red sun, then the heart fire ignited by Sanji is more blue-green.

At the same time, Sanji's armament domineering also changed.

Because of the flowing nature of Armament Haki, it is called Ryusakura in Wano Country.

It can be roughly divided into hardening, entanglement, externalization and internal destruction.

After igniting the heart fire, Sanji discovered that Armament Haki could produce a more powerful reaction with the heart fire.

This attack was conceived by Sanji after he ignited his heart fire, and it was finally completed in the battle just now.

Sanji looked at Thore Bol and spoke slowly:

"So, just fall down obediently!"

[Heartfire Armed Minced Meat Shoot! ]

The kick, packed with extreme power and attack, hit Torre Pol hard in the chest.

Bang! ! !

After a loud bang, Torre Pol, who suffered both physical and spiritual injuries, flew backwards completely. He completely lost consciousness in the air, his eyes rolled back, and he crashed into the surface of the battlefield, buried by the rubble.

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On the other side, the battle between Zoro and Pica also reached its final moment.

"You really are like a turtle."

Holding the Autumn Water in his hand, Zoro looked at the huge stone man tens of meters tall in front of him and spoke.

Pica is the user of the Stone-Stone Fruit.

It should be noted that he cannot create rocks directly, but has the ability to assimilate rocks.

The stone giant in front of Zoro is not a giant version of Pica, he himself is still hiding in the giant.

Therefore, even if Zoro cut the Stone Giant in half, he would not be able to completely defeat Pica. He only needed to continue using his ability to make the Stone Giant reappear.

It is necessary to find Pica's real body among the stone giants that are tens of meters high and knock him down.

"Roronoa Zoro, you are indeed powerful, but it is not easy to defeat me."

Perhaps there was a misunderstanding. Pica's sharp voice also sounded at this time. He looked down at Zoro and said, "Here, my rocks are inexhaustible!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pica controlled the stone giant and punched towards Zoro.

Bang!

The giant fist fell, and a big hole appeared on the ground instantly. In the smoke and dust, a green figure suddenly appeared.

Zoro jumped up, jumped onto the giant's arm, and rushed upwards quickly.

The sword in his hand is also ready to go.

The next second, a flash of knife light appeared, and a cut appeared on the giant's shoulder.

With a bang, when Zoro landed on the ground, a thick giant arm also fell to the ground.

"I've already said that."

Pica's sharp voice sounded again.

Along with the sound, the stone giant also changed. Part of the stone gathered towards the shoulder and soon formed a new arm.

Relatively speaking, the stone giant's size is also a little smaller than before.

He waved his newly formed arms and shouted at Zoro: "It's useless even if you cut off more!!!"

"Roronoa Zoro!!!"

Facing Pica's shouting, Zoro remained expressionless. He just turned around and looked at Pica, with a gleam of light in his eyes.

"That's about it."

As Zoro muttered to himself, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Pica's Stone Giant is indeed difficult to deal with, but for Zoro today, just like Trebol to Sanji, he is an opponent who can be defeated without using all his strength.

Like Sanji, Zoro has been in a stalemate with his opponent for so long just to achieve his own breakthrough.

Unlike Sanji who wants to break through the combination of Armament Haki and Heart Fire, Zoro wants to train his Observation Haki ability.

During the five months of special training, Zoro did complete his transformation, but the time was still a bit short.

Even Zoro cannot use two colors of Haki at the same time. After all, he has always relied on his swordsmanship and armament Haki when fighting.

Now, in the battle with Pica, Zoro has finally reached the bottleneck of his observation Haki.

At this moment, Zoro's observation Haki finally allowed him to see clearly Pica who was hiding in the stone giant.

"Hey, big guy."

Zoro suddenly shouted at the stone giant, and pointed the sword in his hand at it:

"To thank you for your sparring—"

Zoro paused for a moment, and a grin spread across his lips: "I will try to make sure you don't suffer."

He tied a turban and said, "One knife, one knife will kill you."

"Sparring partner?!!!"

Pica's voice became even sharper, and the stone giant began to shake angrily.

The giant crossed his palms and smashed down hard at Zoro.

Pica's angry voice also sounded at this time: "Stop talking nonsense, you guy!!!"