King Versus Gawain

Among the current four emperors' deputy captains, except for Benn Beckman, who doesn't have much-known information, the other three are all freaks.

Katakuri's Observation Haki can foresee the future, Marco the Phoenix has an infinite health bar, and King in front of him has a defense that is extremely difficult to pierce through.

"What a meat shield!"

Gawain stomped his feet hard, and the ground shattered; in return, he achieved a terrifying speed.

With the dual blessing of Pussyfoot Maneuver and Flash Step, Gawain, in terms of speed alone, is already one of the best people in the world.

If he doesn't count people with special Devil Fruit, he might even be the fastest being!

The result of this speed in the battle was that when Gawain rushed in front of King, the latter could only barely block his attack.

Unfortunately, Gawain had already seen through King's movements. He changed the move of his sword in his hand, turning the slash into a stab, and accurately hit King's chest.

Bang!

After a sharp explosion, King was forced back dozens of meters away by Gawain's move, crashing into the stone wall and directly knocking it down.

Boom! 

The falling stones raised bursts of snow.

Gawain looked down at the Guanze Masamune in his hand. The blade trembled, but there was no trace of blood. 

"I didn't pierce through his defense?!"

"No!" 

In the distance, King raised his hand, lifted the huge rock on his body, and walked out slowly.

The clothes on his chest were cut open by Gawain's sword, revealing his strong chest with a large red circle in the middle of his chest.

"Of course, my defense was pierced through."

King raised his hand and patted his chest, his voice revealing a hint of joking: "I'm in a little pain!" 

"What kind of broken defense is this…"

Gawain was speechless for a moment.

He truly realizes how difficult the man Zoro faces in Wano Country is.

The Lunarians' naturally abnormal physique is simply a bug. 

Opponents of the same level will have no chance of winning unless they seize the opportunity when their flames are extinguished and defeat them quickly.

But here comes the key question…

After the flames behind the Lunarian tribe are extinguished, their body's defense capabilities will indeed decrease, but their speed will skyrocket.

With the ability to control fire, they can deal damage head-on when it's tough and consume the enemy remotely with their speed, highlighting their shamelessness. 

"Do you understand now?!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With a dull sound of footsteps, King slowly walked towards Gawain.

With every step he took, his aura grew stronger, and his whole body was also covered with Armament Haki.

King then said with a firm tone: "Biologically, you just can't beat me!"

He looked at Gawain in front of him, and a feeling of admiration for talent rose in his heart: "You have mastered the ability to predict the future, and with this swordsmanship and the power of your devil fruit, in terms of pure combat power, you are definitely better than Jack."

"I'll give you one last chance to join the Beast Pirate. If you bow your head now, I can make the decision to stop Musshuru's action." 

"Otherwise, I won't be able to hold back in the next fight."

Gawain shook his head.

He went through so much hardship and made all kinds of calculations, not just to go to the New World and be someone's subordinate.

"That's really a shame."

King sighed but did not hold back from his attack at all. He slashed with his sword towards Gawain with the power to split mountains.

Boom!

Gawain swung his sword to fight back, but he felt that the force coming from Guanze Masamune's sword was more than twice as strong as before, and it made his palms tremble.

He stomped his feet hard, trying to get away with his speed.

But as soon as he made a move, the flame behind King instantly went out, and he switched to speed form and came close again.

The switching between the two forms was smooth and seamless, making Gawain's fight extremely uncomfortable.

Although the King is over six meters tall, his sword moves are not bound by form. Sometimes, he uses great force and openness, and sometimes, he uses his speed to move as smoothly as flowing water. 

His attacks are extremely brutal and ever-changing.

In addition to the dual form switching, King relies on his racial talent to completely ignore Gawain's attacks, exchanging injuries for injuries, which is his most common tactic.

Anyway, if you hit me with your sword, you won't be able to pierce my defense, but if I hit you with my sword, you will be hurt!

For a while, Gawain was also forced to retreat again and again due to King's continuous attack, and he was exhausted from dealing with it, leaving many wounds on his body.

"It's really difficult!"

Gawain sighed secretly.

The next moment, he saw a blade getting bigger and bigger in his sight, directly chopping him and making him fly back dozens of meters away.

Boom!

The earth was shaking, and snowflakes were flying all over the sky.

King lowered his eyes and glanced at the blood on the blade with a playful smile on his face: "Oh, I didn't cut you?"

"Of course, you did, bastard!"

Gawain's voice came from the ruins in the distance.

He stood up slowly, allowing King to see how miserable he was at the moment.

An exaggerated scar extended from Gawain's right shoulder to his abdomen, with blood oozing out. Through the rolled-up flesh, one could even see the bones inside.

"It's so dangerous!"

Gawain's mouth opened into a ferocious and evil smile: "Isn't it just an outrageous ability? Isn't it just exchanging injuries for injuries?!"

"Then let's have some fun!"

As the sound fell to the ground, a layer of fine dragon scales appeared on Gawain's body, ferocious spikes extended from the joints of his limbs, wings spread out on his back, and the dragon horns on his head connected to form a crown-like shape.

The fourth form, Demon Form!

Then, the pale blue vitality surged up from under Gawain's feet, replenishing his consumed strength.

The hideous wound on his chest healed completely in an instant, and his physical strength and combat power reached their peak again.

It can be said that from this moment on until the vitality under Gawain's feet is exhausted, he is an absolute fighting machine that cannot be injured, cannot die, and cannot get tired!

As early as a few days ago, Gawain had felt that the vitality of Drum Island was not rich, but it was not poor either. 

After all, even with heavy snow all year round, this place can still support so many trees and creatures, which is absolutely impossible in areas with scarce vitality.

What's more, Drum Island is extremely large, with a length and width of hundreds of kilometers.

Even if Gawain went all out, it would take months or even years to drain all the vitality from the island here.

No one can keep fighting for so long!

King frowned slightly. How could he not see that Gawain was in an abnormal state?

"Not to mention this abnormal form, just this recovery ability… Is this why Kaido asked us to get that devil fruit no matter what?!"

"Interesting…"

"Then let me see whether my racial talent is better or your Devil Fruit's ability is stronger!"

For the first time, a strong desire to fight emerged in King's eyes because, at this moment, he even felt a dangerous aura from Gawain.

Whoosh!

He waved the sword in his hand, and flames burst out behind him like a rising sun.

He hadn't even used his devil fruit ability in the battle so far. 

Obviously, in the duel between the strong, he relied more on the outrageous and shameless talents of the Lunarian tribe.