C72:-OnePiece_TL_WBPirates_Ron

72. Head-on Fist to Fist Fight.

│3rd Person POV│

[Grand Line, New World, Beehive Island…]

After making his declaration, Ron took a step forward.

‘Flash Steps!’

His figure disappeared and in the next instant, he reappeared near Snow Leopard with both of his hands moving forward to attack his opponent.

"Newborn Calves are really not afraid of Tigers. Commodore brat, do you think I can possibly lose to you?"

Seeing Ron taking the initiative to attack, Snow Leopard ridiculed him.

The gap between the two was so immense that Snow Leopard wasn’t the least bit concerned about Ron’s attacks.

Without much effort, he swung his sword diagonally up to the left.

"Blue Flames: Fire Dragon’s Crushing Fang!"

"Blue Flames: Fire Dragon’s Iron Fist!"

Suddenly, dark blue flames emerged from Ron’s hands. The flames from his left hand took a claw-like shape while the flames from his right hand converged, covering his fist.

Furthermore, Ron also amplified his strength and speed by five times.

The next second, Snow Leopard’s sword clashed with Ron’s left hand.

Because it was covered with Armament Haki, Snow Leopard's attack didn't couldn’t break through Ron’s defense.

On the contrary, Ron’s flames began to rapidly heat up Snow Leopard’s sword, directly restraining him from using his freezing abilities through his sword.

With his left hand, he tightly held onto his opponent’s sword and then, he attacked with his right flaming fist.

The next moment, his punch landed on Snow Leopard’s chest.

"ARGHH—!!"

For a moment, Snow Leopard's miserable scream resounded through the area.

Even though he had covered his chest with a layer of frost at the last moment, Ron’s flames easily melted them and burned his flesh and blood very badly.

A faint aroma of barbecue began to spread.

"Damn you, brat! You are going to die a brutal death!"

At this moment, Snow Leopard completely went berserk and his Observation Haki once again became unusable.

He had never expected a guy so much weaker than himself would be able to fight in such a way and harm him to such an extent.

At this moment, he stopped caring about anything other than wanting to hurt Ron in any way imaginable.

He immediately abandoned the sword in his hand, clenched his fists as a layer of frost covered them, and attacked Ron crazily.

"Just what I wanted!"

Seeing this situation, Ron was not afraid at all. Instead, he was excited to face Snow Leopard’s attack head-on with no intention of dodging.

Enveloping both of his fists with dark blue flames and then coating them in Armament Haki, Ron started exchanging punches with Snow Leopard.

Bang—!

Bang—!!

Bang——!!!

In the next few moments, Ron and Snow Leopard’s fists met each other countless times.

As the battle lasted longer and longer, numerous injuries began to appear on both of their bodies.

Although Ron’s condition was relatively much better because he kept employing Healing Flames of the Phoenix to recover his injuries quickly.

On the other hand, It was a completely different matter for Snow Leopard.

As a Paramecia Type Devil Fruit user, he had no ability to repair himself mid-battle.

Even if Ron's strength was not as good as Snow Leopard’s, his fists coated in Armament Haki and his amplified strength made up for his inferior strength.

He could even inflict extremely strong and fatal damage on Snow Leopard from time to time.

Crack–!

Crack—!!

With continuous cracking sound, the ice on Fossa’s body shattered. Ron’s initial help had already significantly reduced the amount of ice on him and in a few moments, Fossa was completely free.

After emerging from being frozen, Fossa’s face was pale.

Just moments ago, he could clearly feel that he didn’t have the strength to break free from the ice.

If it weren't for Ron's help, he would have genuinely died just now.

When he thought of this, a look of fear flashed in Fossa's eyes. Raising his head, he looked at Ron, who was fighting Snow Leopard not far away, and a hint of gratitude flashed in his eyes.

Immediately afterward, Fossa raised the sword in his hand and was about to step forward to help Ron.

"Commander Fossa, please wait a moment!"

Seeing this, Teach immediately stopped him, "Ron is trying to become stronger. Please don't interfere in this fight. Based on Snow Leopard's current situation, his strength has greatly reduced, and he is completely unable to use his full strength.

“In addition, his own abilities are being restrained by Ron’s flames, making it impossible for him to truly harm Ron. So, he is an excellent opponent for Ron to gain experience and become stronger."

Hearing this, Fossa couldn't help but be stunned. To be honest, he really didn't notice this.

For a moment, he found it unbelievable that Ron could grow to such an extent so soon.

But after carefully seeing the situation on the field, he quickly calmed down the disbelief in his heart.

As Teach said, Ron did look slightly at a disadvantage at first glance, but in truth, he didn’t have many injuries or appeared to be unable to hold on.

Even as the fighting continued, Ron's momentum continued to grow stronger.

Such head-to-head fighting directly caused Ron's close combat capabilities to increase rapidly.

The most important thing was that all of Snow Leopard’s attacks carried more power than Ron's.

This resulted in his attacks being completely suitable for Ron to refine his Armament Haki and his control over the Amp Amp Fruit’s powers.

“This is really incredible!”

Subconsciously, Fossa spoke: "Ron has actually grown to such an extent? I haven’t seen anyone like him before and I don’t think I ever will in the future!

"How could he improve so much in such a short period of time? He is already capable of fighting Vice Admiral level opponents now."

Having said this, Fossa's inner worries completely dissipated.

But his heart was filled with curiosity, and he was eager to know the specific situation, so he also looked at Teach to ask for an explanation.

"Commander Fossa!"

Teach didn't want to explain more about this.

So, after taking a look at the battle in front of him, he took the initiative to say, "Ron can still hold on, and I will be there to help him if necessary, so there won't be any surprises.

“But Commander, your injury is also serious. It's better if you find some doctors and have them give you some emergency treatments.

“You need to be in better shape as soon as possible. After all, this war is not over yet. We must help the others as soon as possible after we finish here."

Hearing this, Fossa fell silent.

Although his inner curiosity was great, Teach's words successfully changed his train of thought.

The most important thing was that everything Teach said was true.

The battle between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Ochoku Pirates was not over yet, and Fossa couldn’t just ignore everything around him to satisfy his curiosity.

"You are right."

Taking a deep breath, Fossa didn't hesitate and said directly, "Then, I’m leaving Ron in your hands. I will immediately come back here after getting my injuries stabilized. I hope Ron won’t need any help in defeating Snow Leopard.”

After saying that, he didn't hesitate to turn around and start sprinting toward the area where the medical team of Whitebeard Pirates had set up base to treat the others.