Chapter 128: Memories


    Pulling off his two shredded sleeves, Ian bared his arms and felt the burden disappeared, so he drew out the Devils de Yamato at his waist. (Like Zoro in thest arc)


    Deploying his Nen to his sword, which suddenly turned his de ck, then Ian held the sword tightly with both hands and rushed forward!


    His opponent was Kuma, a powerful enemy, one of the strongest Shichibukai. Therefore, he mustnt have the slightest carelessness, he should only be calm and concentrated, which was the way to determine hisbat effectiveness.


    Pressure Cannon! (Pad Ho)


    Seeing Ian rushing, Kuma extended his right hand forward, and a mass of air was ejected and shot towards Ian head-on.


    During his running, Ian has opened his Nen field En. After sensing the trajectory of the Pad Ho, he immediately moved slightly to the side, and the Pressure Cannon flew past him.


    However, it was not over yet. Seeing that one blow could be easily avoided, Kuma nted both feet firmly on the ground and started throwing his palms forward multiple times. Continuous projectiles of Pressure Cannon wereunched towards Ian. This time, the speed of the pping Thrust Pressure Cannon (Tsuppari Pad Ho) was obviously much faster than thest one!


    Ian was aware of this, but because of the excessive number of Pressure Cannons, he was afraid that he would not be able to sessfully dodge them all, so he simply did not try to avoid them. He directly shed his sword upwards and raised Yasuos Wind Wall towards the front!


    This time, the Wind Wall was much more solid than the ones that Ian had used before. Kumas Pressure Cannons bombarded the Wind Wall and exploded there because they were blocked.


    The Pressure Cannon was originally condensed air, as was the Wind Wall. However, due to arge number of Pressure Cannons, sessive bombardments quickly dissipated the Wind Wall.


    However, this also gave Ian a chance to attack. While hitting the Wind Wall, Ian jumped up and passed over the wind barrier in front of him. When he was still in the air, he held his sword solidly with both hands and shed towards Kumas right shoulder.


    Kuma looked up at him. At the moment when Ians sword was falling, he raised his palm to block Ians attack.


    Ians de struck the thick pink paw in Kumas right hand!


    Originally, Ian didnt dare to be careless about the battle with Kuma, so this blow can be said to be a swing with full power. However, when he hit the pink paw on Kumas hand, Ian felt that a huge force was reflecting from it, pushing him in the opposite direction, and the rebound force was also growing in his hands with the increasing power of the struck.


    Bang! With a sharp sound, Ian flew back, rolled a few times in the air, then fell on the ground far away.


    Oh Although Kuma was still expressionless, he couldnt help looking at his right palm. At that time, the paws surface of his right palm had a scratch, which was slowly recovering.


    This was a rare thing. Kumas Paw-Paw Fruit (Nikyu Nikyu no Mi) has the ability to deflect any attack. As long as any type of attack (even gases such as air as well as intangible things such as the ghosts)es towards him, it will be deflected when it touches the pink paw in his palm. However, Ians attack just failed to cause damage to Kuma, but because the sword de was hardened by the Haki, the attack power increased so much that it left a little cut on Kumas palm, which made him feel slight pain.


    When Ian gritted his teeth and stood up, Kuma suddenly disappeared.


    This was his kind of teleportation method, which has been exined with: Kuma uses the incredible speed of his Devil Fruit power to propel himself across certain distances. (Though he has not actually been seen pushing himself to another location.)


    Right! In Ians Nen field, he sensed the sudden appearance of an object, so he immediately reacted. However, there was something strange in his movements, what he did now was getting to a new stance, he immediately waved his hand and jumped to the right side!


    This time, a ball of purple me appeared beside his sword. This purple me was like a stream of water running down on his arm. As Ian waved his sword, while jumping and turning in ce, this ming ball followed him, making a small whirlwind of purple me.


    100 Shiki: Oniyaki!


    This was a move from his new card Iori Yagami, known as the me of the End, but Ian used his trick with the sword!


    Kuma moved to Ians side in a sh. He had directly hit him with a strong close-range Pressure Cannon, but he didnt expect that Ian would use such a move. Although he struck Ian with his palm, and shot him out like a shell, but he was also hit by the 100 Shiki: Oniyaki that Ian used.


    Boom! Ian was shot dozens of meters away by this strong shock wave, and then mmed the ground and made a big hole, while Kumas right arm was burned by his purple me, instantly burning all the clothes on that side, revealing a cybeic arm.


    This cybeic arm was made of metal, which prevented the me from continuing to burn. However, the metal on the surface also showed signs of getting melted. Kuma tried to move his arm, but he encountered some inflexibility.


    Ian got up, trembling from the pit. The impact of Kumasst blow was so powerful that it made him felt strong dizziness. There was no ce on his body where he didnt feel pain.


    However, even so, Ian stayed strong and stepped forward to face Kuma.


    Whether it was Master Koshiro or Master Rayleigh, both of them have told him that when hes inbat, the most important thing was the fighting intent. Only when the fighting intent is high, people can constantly stimte their potential.


    So even at the moment when facing the Shichibukai Kuma with terrifying strength, Ian was not willing to back down. He also wanted to know his limits.


    Walking forward step by step, Ian held the Yamato in his right hand, and with his left hand, he suddenly threw a purple me against the ground.


    108 Shiki: Yamibarai! (Dark hook)


    This me kept sliding on the ground, moving swiftly towards Kuma and burning all the grass along its way. Kuma has already tasted the power of this purple me. So, he didnt dare to be careless and wait until this firees to him. At that time, his right hand mmed down.


    The air bobble was shot downward, with great pressure, directly scattered Ians me, leaving a deep pit in the shape of a paw on the ground.


    He didnt even jump up to avoid Ian smiled bitterly, that didnt work, so he had to think of another way.


    Rushing forward, Ian knew that he could onlypete with Kuma in close-rangedbat. Although Kuma could move instantly by his teleportation technique, Ians shot was not an attack at a very high speed, and it was actually very slow. Ian was able to use the 100 Shiki: Oniyaki sessively because Kuma teleported close to him. It should be the disadvantage brought by his huge size. As long as he was close to him, he will have the opportunity to hurt him.


    Kuma didnt know what he was thinking. So when he saw Ianing, he didnt use the Pressure Cannon to attack Ian. Only when Ian approached him and was about to cut his foot with the sword, he instantly shed behind Ian and raised his big hand, covering Ian from the top.


    However, Ian had been mentally prepared for this, and suddenly changed the direction of the wave andunched a Flying sh upward. The sword aura hit Kumas palm, which was deflected away by his paw, and it also stopped Kumas attack.


    Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ian immediately started his next move, with a step forward and shing again towards Kuma. While moving out of the attack range of Kumas palm, he shed at his feet again.


    The Tyrant, Kuma, was a very tall man with a huge figure, but Ian himself was short, smart, and flexible. This attack finally worked. In order to avoid being struck, Kuma chose to jump up in ce!


    Ian was waiting for this opportunity!


    <strong><em>Sorye ge ton!</em></strong>


    (That was Yasuos ultimate named Last Breath, When he uses his ultimate he pronounces Sorye Ge Ton, means something like: The dawn remains / To raise towards the dawn)


    Ians figure instantly disappeared from his ce and appeared beside Kuma in mid-air. The Devils de Yamato is his hand struck Kuma twice in a row, cutting him from both sides, then shed him upwards while raising his sword high in the air. Finally, he chopped him sharply, mming him to the ground! All of that was within a second.


    Boom!!!!!


    When Kuma fell to the ground, the Ultimate Skill of Yasuos card finally burst out at thest moment. Kumasnding point was like a mirror being hit by a heavy hammer. Countless cobweb-like cracks were spread out on the whole ground!


    The 60% destructive power bonus meant that Ians attack was far away from his usual strength, and Kumas whole body was pressed into the pit, lying there quietly, motionless.


    Ian stood beside Kuma, gasping for breath. It was his first time using this Ultimate Skill. However, because the Last Breath could only attack the targets in mid-air, he had a premise to move.


    At first, he wanted to knock up Kuma directly with his Gathering Storm, butter, he thought about it, and he didnt know for sure if it would work or not. Kuma was very huge, and he walked with heavy footsteps. The power of his whirlwind may not blow him up, so he had to find another way. His second idea was to knock him up with Ioris Uppercut move (100 Shiki: Oniyaki), but when it failed, he thought about attacking his legs in a close range to make him jump up.


    Even though he has sessfully hit Kuma, Ian was not happy at all, because just when he was shing him with his sword, Ian found that Kumas body was extremely hard, and his de wasnt affecting him that much even with the bonus, so he could only shoot him down, in the end, Kuma didnt have any serious wound.


    So its not just his arms, please dont tell me that he has beenpletely transformed to PX-0?


    Just as Ian thought about it, Kuma suddenly raised his upper body and sat up.


    Ians heart was shocked, so he clenched his sword tightly in his hands again, but at this moment, Kuma suddenly said with his low voice: Ian, you have grown a lot


    Upon hearing this, Ian fell to the ground and said with a wry smile, Uncle Kuma, you still remember me


    Im sorry! Kuma whispered: I just wanted to test your current strength!


    So you didnt have to beat me that hard, do you? Ian nced at his injuries, his body was covered with ck mud and blood.


    I didnt fight you with all my strength! Kuma said, As you can see, my body is now undergoing a transformation, which is only half done, and my strength has also been affected.


    Ian wanted to smile bitterly again, but his mouth kept twitching. What was it like when he goes all-in in a fight?


    Are these Shichibukai extremely strong?


    After Ians sigh, Kuma continued: You should know, Ian, you have been removed from the original targets of this attack. You have been eliminated from the target list by Garp and Sengoku, but I still came to you


    Why? Ian asked in perplexed, then looked at a pile of rubble behind him, and said: Even though, you didnt have to destroy my new house, do you? I have just finished building it, just a couple of days ago


    Because our next conversation cant be heard by anyone! Thats why I used Ursus Shock, to stun all your subordinates! Kuma said in a lower voice: Im here to stop you from participating in the operation of robbing the tribute gold