Chapter 28: Rocks Joining the Fray
After the previous test, Roger had already imbued his weapon with his Color of Supreme King Haki. It could cause damage to his enemy without touching them, but it was not a long-range attack like a compressed air blade.
Let alone imbuing his Color of Supreme King Haki into something, he had not even awakened it, but his Demonic Energy was no less powerful than Color of Supreme King Haki. As a demon, Toguro did not have any special abilities, only pure physical strength!
His Demonic Energy was all used to strengthen the body, thus creating the body of a demon. Facing Roger's Color of Supreme King Haki-imbued strike, Toguro threw a punch at Roger. Before he even touched Roger's sword, Ace, there was already a huge collision of energy.
The earth shocked. At their level, once they attacked with all their strength, it would inevitably be a devastating blow to the surroundings.
"Are you sure you don't want to join my crew?"
Roger and Toguro were in a deadlock. His eyes were filled with joy. To be able to fight with such a worthy opponent already made this trip worth it.
"The sea is very vast. Let's explore the sea together!"
Toguro and Roger both retreated a few meters, and then they collided again. In a flash of lightning, Toguro's fist was like a storm. Just the punch wind was enough to blow open a hole that extended to the end of the line of sight in front of him, but Roger seemed completely calm and he didn't seem to be at a disadvantage in this fast-paced battle.
In such an intense battle, Toguro decisively rejected Roger's proposal. "What I want is not to explore the sea, but time. I want to become a complete monster, live as a monster until the end of this world, and become strong forever. I want to enjoy endless battle until the end of this world!"
"Your wish and your vision are too small!"
Toguro had a cruel smile on his face. He sneered at Roger and said, "For a powerful human like you, your life is too fragile. Roger, even though I'm just an incomplete monster, I can see that your life will not last longer than fifteen years at most… No, maybe in ten years, your body will be in pain because of aging and illness. You will die in the last few years of your life. This is the fate that humans can not escape!"
Roger's pupils dilated, but in the next moment, he burst out laughing, "I'll save that for later later. Life is so precious because it's limited. Godly Avoidance!
Although Toguro sounded right, Roger did not feel any discomfort in his body. He was only thirty-nine years old now. Even if he had ten more years, he would not be fifty years old yet by then?
What was more, he didn't care even if he really died. When Roger set out to sea, he was already prepared to die.
Godly Avoidance! As the name implied, even the God would avoid this strike. Toguro was forced back by Roger's blade. Roger held the hilt with both hands and slashed down with all his might.
After being forced back, Toguro could only block his hands. His muscles enlarged, and Color of Arms Haki that he had trained recently enveloped his hand. The intense Demonic Aura was enough to melt the weaklings who had rashly stepped into their battlefield.
Roger was the first to bear the brunt of the attack. The intense demonic aura that seemed to cover the sky and the earth turned into waves that bombarded over. Even he could not help but stop his movements, and the strength condensed in his hands weakened a bit.
The moment Roger swung his sword, a metallic sound was heard, as if his sword had cut into the hardest material in this world.
"What a tough body. Is this a demon? I heard that there are fairies in this world, but they are different from you."
Roger had been through hundreds of battles. Naturally, he could tell that Toguro's Haki standard was actually average. However, his physical strength was abnormally high. When combined with Color of Arms Haki, he became a real monster.
"Not enough..."
Toguro was repelled by Roger. The momentum on his body suddenly contracted. The pressure that was floating around him seemed to disappear and become more oppressive. His heartbeat was unusually clear in the world that had suddenly quieted down. He then disagreed with Roger,
"There are still a few human parts left in this body. Hadn't it been for that, I could still become stronger. This is not enough!" Toguro looked at Roger. His eyes suddenly shone brightly. He opened his hands and released his previously contracted aura, setting off a strong wind.
"Roger! Hand Jewel of Four Souls over. It is useless to you!"
"Not necessarily." Roger smiled calmly in the midst of the storm of attacks. He ignored all the pressure. He was the most free man in the world. No one could change what he had decided.
On this aspect, he was somewhat similar to Rocks. Perhaps this was also the common point of the world's strongest fighters. They all had extreme self-awareness, and only in this way could they draw out the full potential of Color of Supreme King Haki.
"Jewel of Four Souls can fulfill your wish, right? Turning you into a complete demon is technically a wish." Roger thought of the voice he heard before he came and said to Toguro,
"What wish do you have?" Toguro sneered,
"Hmmm..." Roger really thought about it carefully and finally shook his head. He said with certainty, "I don't want to achieve my wish by relying on something. I will achieve it with my own power. Perhaps this is the reason why Jewel of Four Souls found me?"
Although he still did not know what Jewel of Four Souls was, his previous voice and Toguro's persistence made Roger think that it might really be able to fulfill his wishes. However, Roger was not a person who would take shortcuts. No matter what he wanted to do, he would use his own hands and feet to seize it.
"Boring..." "You will regret it sooner or later!" Toguro said in a low voice.
"Then you can see for yourself whether I'll regret it or not." Roger looked at Toguro, who was ready to fight again. But just as the two of them were about to clash again, a strong sense of oppression suddenly came from not far away.
"Interesting, interesting! A tool that can grant wishes?"
From the jungle in the distance, Rocks appeared. He was also holding a long sword in his hand and seemed to have heard the conversation between Roger and Toguro.
"I didn't expect that this operation would give me such an amazing result!"