Chapter 113- The Morning Peacock Dazzles Everyone!

As the sound exploded, the two suddenly distanced themselves and the state of both parties could be visualized. 

At that moment, around Karl's body, the Haki exploded fluttering, causing the wind to stir violently, the image was spectacular as hundreds of sakura flowers flew back and forth from the Haki Emission form of Armor. 

"Rayleigh, do your best. Otherwise, you won't stand a chance!" 

With a laugh, Karl's figure suddenly disappeared! In an instant, he appeared in front of Rayleigh. 

Faced with such extreme speed, everyone present was dumbfounded. Shit, this is too fast, like it's teleportation! 

Seeing Karl so closely, Rayleigh already realized in what a mess he got into by metiche. He started sweating and tried to escape the attack, but too late... 

Karl threw a straight punch with terrifying power, hitting Rayleigh's back just as he turned around. 

'...' 

The powerful force caused Rayleigh to spit out a mouthful of blood as his body flew uncontrollably, nearly crashing into the trunk of the Mangrove. 

But Rayleigh managed to stop using his strength to avoid worse damage, but still the attack caused several injuries. 

"'Dark King'... injured?!" 

"What kind of strange technique is this? It seems that every time he opens a 'door', he becomes more and more powerful!" 

"Nonsense, you don't need to say it!" 

After such a long time of fighting, Rayleigh was the first to be wounded in the confrontation. 

The pirates watching the battle, as well as Admiral Kizaru, understood more and more how terrifying this new pirate was. 

Karl smiled at the surprise in Rayleigh's eyes. Proud speed? That shouldn't describe Rayleigh, but Karl! 

Every time Karl opens one of the Eight Inner Gates, he greatly increases his power and speed, building up terrifyingly. 

Plus, by combining the opening of the Eighth Gate with the powerful Armor Haki, this upgrade becomes even beastly! 

He didn't even need to reach the Seventh Gate, only with the Fourth Gate Karl has a speed equal to Rayleigh. 

Not to mention, he hasn't used his teleportation ability yet, God of Flying Thunder! 

"Hehe, it seems that this old man can no longer compete with the new generation..." 

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Rayleigh smiled bitterly, laughing at himself. 

The young man in front of him possesses such terrifying strength, with such power Rayleigh knows that if Karl really wanted to destroy the straw hats he would have done so. 

The speed is so demonic that he even doubts Kuma could save Luffy and his crew! 

"Next round, kid!" 

Rayleigh calmed down, and the corners of her mouth curled into a smile as she looked at Karl. 

Then, he threw the sword in his hand to the side. 

There was no need for words in a duel between the true powers of the sea. 

Seeing Rayleigh's gesture, Karl wasted no time and went on the attack! 

Rayleigh raised his hands, and the Haki in Armor appeared covering his arms. 

This old fox still retains its strength, despite its age. Wearing Advanced Armor Haki didn't seem to be a problem for him. 

This time, without dodging, Rayleigh extended his palms, facing Karl's swift blow head-on. 

*BAMMM*BUMMMM* 

Karl's fists turned into swift shadows, and before Rayleigh could counterattack, Karl threw hundreds of punches into the air, creating shockwaves that seemed to burst with flames. 

Under the impact of his lightning-fast speed, bursts of fire appeared, as if a peacock was unfurling its feathers behind Karl. 

Combined with the Haki of hundreds of sakura flowers it gave a hypnotic but terrifying beauty because of the power that could be felt, even the spectators were speechless at such a technique. 

"Morning Peacock!" 

The super-high-speed bombardment, spewing flames from the air, reached a power that Rayleigh did not expect from his opponent. 

"Flow Punch!" 

Not daring to underestimate Karl, Rayleigh covered his palms with the strongest Haki he could use at the time. 

Eventually, the two collided, their fists and palms hitting repeatedly. 

The fire shockwave with maximum force crashed again and again against Rayleigh, but his powerful Armor Haki withstood every blow. 

Not only was he a formidable swordsman, his raw power lay in his Haki. 

(T/N: The author already said it before that Rayleigh's forte is the sword, so that he now says that it is pure Haki I don't see the point, obviously Rayleigh with sword + Haki technique is much stronger than bare-fist) 

With this technique, Rayleigh managed to repel Karl's attack, Morning Peacock, without taking serious damage. 

"As you'd expect from 'Dark King,' it really is powerful." 

Karl nodded in recognition as he watched his opponent. 

At the same time, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. 

*BOMMM* 

Karl's last punch descended, loaded with countless 'fire feathers', increasing the peacock's power to the maximum. 

And he abruptly broke Rayleigh's Armor Haki! 

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