380. Weakened

Their cool entrances have motivated The Clown Pirates for the war. They are trying to show off even more and fight more flashy. Well, the girls are just doing what they usually do, it's the boys who fight using flashy strategies and moves.

Even those who use guns are charging forward to attack from close ranges. Their guns are used as melee weapons instead of ranged weapons. Only the girls are using their guns correctly while the boys are messing around.

The boys fight using exaggerated moves like in the movies. There are a lot of enemies, but they still can play around. Many of them even use childish attacks like spinning their arms or just swinging their weapons around aimlessly.

Yet, they still managed to defeat the Golden Lion Pirates. Their strange attacks are actually very effective because their enemies never expected them to fight like that. But it won't work if they aren't strong anyways, so not anyone can do this.

Shiki is dumbfounded seeing his subordinates being handled so easily. His allied-Captains are also stunned by this. All of them are New World Captains with strong crews. Yet their crew members are being defeated so easily.

Buggy even raises an eyebrow, "What the hell is this, Shiki? Are you sure your crew is doing fine? Is this the same crew that rivaled Roger Pirates?"

Shiki seems flustered and says, "W-well, we have just started, so the weaker ones are attacking first."

"Hmm, is that so? Then you should send the strong ones soon or you'll lose this war," says Buggy while smirking.

"Hmph, I just need to defeat you and this will be over," says Shiki pissedly.

"Do it, then," says Buggy while raising his swords.

The pissed Shiki then swings his left sword leg toward Buggy and creates a yellow slash attack. Buggy also swings his left sword casually and creates a blue slash attack. Their attacks hit each other and Shiki is surprised that Buggy can match his attack with such a casual swing.

"I don't know if your swordsmanship is only this much or if it gets weaker because you use your legs instead of hands. But either way, I'm very disappointed, Shiki. Even those Supernova Rookies who have just entered New World will be able to fight toe-to-toe against you," says Buggy.

Shiki now isn't just pissed, he is enraged because Buggy puts him at the same level as Rookies. He has some ally crews that are infamous in New World. Sure, they aren't great crews like Clown Pirates, but they are still strong crews.

He has allies like them and they all fear him because he is much stronger than them. But Buggy said that he is just as strong as Rookies. Even if they are Supernovas, they are still rookies who don't have much experience, and he puts them at the same level as those rookies, it's the worst insult for them.

But Buggy's words aren't baseless. He said that because he has fought against many rookies who overestimated themselves. Shiki is still stronger than them, but not by much. And if they gang up on him, he might lose the battle.

Besides, Shiki is defeated by Luffy in one of the movies. The setting is even before the Summit War, so Luffy is still quite weak and doesn't even know Haki yet. It might be plot armor's doing, but it still means that Shiki has gotten much weaker compared to his prime.

Buggy can confirm Shiki's decline in power just from that slash attack. He didn't even need that much effort to destroy that slash attack. That slash attack will still threaten average strong pirates, but it was nothing for Buggy whose swordsmanship is equal to the Strongest Swordsman.

Shiki's power decline is still not as much as when he faces The Straw Hats. But it is still significant and bad enough if used against someone at Buggy's level. Even so, he still has New World Captains as allies, and they are all weaker than him.

"Clown Lord, I admit that you are beyond our leagues. But I can't accept such an insult. We also have pride as New World veteran Captains. Putting us at the same levels as rookies is worse than insulting our mothers. We'll show you the power that you've looked down on," says a big middle-aged man.

"Hah, of course, it's worse than insulting your mothers. People like you don't even love your mothers, after all. So those aren't insults at all. But you're welcome to show me your capabilities if you can though," says Buggy as his executives move forward.

All executives except Ruff are there and their presence is overwhelming. Even Shiki knows that his allies won't have any chance against the executives. But at least they can give him time to fight Buggy alone. This war will end if he defeats Buggy, after all.

"Don't be too rough on them or they will cry," says Buggy while smirking.

The executives then face Shiki's ally Captains and they are fighting in different spots because no one wants to disturb the battle between Buggy & Shiki. The others also get away from Buggy & Shiki to give them more room.

Shiki floats slowly using his devil fruit ability while looking at Buggy angrily. "Youngsters these days really don't know manner. I've met and fought many legendary pirates. Even I am considered as one too. But none of them ever insult me like you."

"They only become legends now because they live earlier than me. Even I will be a legend for future generations, and I'm sure my legend will shine brighter than yours. People only know you as someone who fought Pirate King Roger, after all," says Buggy while smirking.

"You really want to die that badly, huh, kid?" asks Shiki while having a lot of tick marks on his head.

Then without saying anything else, Shiki swings his sword legs many times at Buggy while floating a few meters above the ground. Buggy doesn't do anything though and just stands there calmly as the slash attacks fly toward him.

The slash attacks then hit him and cut him into pieces, making Golden Lion Pirates cheer. But Shiki is frowning because Buggy's chopped body parts are floating. Then they move and reform Buggy's body. There is no damage at all on Buggy's body.

"It seems you are the one looking down on me, Golden Lion. Did you think you can even injure me without using haki?" asks Buggy calmly.

"Of course, not. I just want to see it myself, your devil fruit ability," says Shiki while grinning.

"Is that so? Then, I will also test your devil fruit ability," says Buggy before he suddenly runs and jumps toward Shiki.

Shiki is surprised by how fast Buggy is with his feet. It doesn't even take a second for Buggy to get in front of Shiki who floats a few meters above the ground. Their distance wasn't that far, to begin with, so Buggy can reach Shiki in a short time with his speed.

Most people usually focus more on their upper bodies and arms. They ignore their legs because they don't use their legs to fight. Only those who use their legs to fight like Sanji train their legs properly. But even though Buggy fights mainly using his hands, he still trains his legs routinely.

Buggy knows his legs are very important even if he fights mainly using his hands. His legs affect his movements, after all. So if they are weak, then he can't move as well as he wants. That's why now his legs are strong so he can run fast and he is very agile.

"You need to fly higher than this if you don't want to get hurt, old man," says Buggy as he sends a strong sidekick using his right leg.

Shiki almost failed to defend, but he can cover his left side with haki in the nick of time. Buggy's kick hits his left arm & body side, and he is sent flying very fast to the ground far on his right. Shiki crashes and slides quite far on the ground until he stops in front of a massive tree.

His left hand & body are twitching in pain. But instead of getting surprised, Shiki is grinning in excitement. It's been a long time since he felt this kind of pain, after all. "What an interesting lad."

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