Chapter 364 Wind and Smoke
Facing such an opponent, Smoker was not careless. He even took out his own weapon, 'Seven Feet, Ten Hands', which was originally a catching stick with a small fork on the side. It was said that the fork could be used to block, break swords, or snatch knives.
However, facing Rui Mengmeng's dark alloy sword, it is sheer wishful thinking to want to use this function.
When the greatsword and the ten-handed sword collided, Smoker felt his hands go numb, and the seven-foot, ten-handed sword immediately broke into two pieces.
"Oh, sorry, I will compensate you!" Rui Mengmeng apologized subconsciously, and then asked carefully, "Well, it won't be very expensive, right?"
"Don't worry about that!" Smoker was very angry. How could such a weak girl be so strong? When choosing an adjutant next time, why not just choose a weaker one?
After thinking of a lot of random things in an instant, Smoker was worried that Rui Mengmeng would be unable to move freely next time, so he deliberately said: "As long as you can beat me, you don't have to pay compensation!"
Rui Mengmeng was surprised and asked, "Really?"
"Really!" Smoker said unhappily. Why would such a powerful person care about such a small amount of money? He turned half of his body into smoke and flew around Rui Mengmeng close to the ground, looking for an opportunity to attack.
"Then please be careful , Mr. Smoker!" Rui Mengmeng became serious, and her whole aura became sharp, which frightened Smoker.
"This little girl..." Zefa's observation Haki told him that the power in Rui Mengmeng's body was extraordinary. His dear student might suffer. It was really... great.
"Now!" Smoker seized the opportunity and attacked Rui Mengmeng's left shoulder from the side.
"Hah!" Rui Mengmeng reacted very quickly and slashed at Smoker with a sword. A transparent ripple spread from the sword.
"Oh no!" Smoker had no time to dodge and chose to actively transform into an element, hoping to ignore this move.
However, the opposite happened. Smoker immediately felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer. He flew backwards with a long trail of white smoke and hit a reef. He first exploded into a ball of smoke and then re-condensed into a solid body.
"Cough..." Smoker coughed up a mouthful of blood and felt his body so heavy that he could hardly move.
The impact with the reef didn't cause any damage, but the sword was enough to hurt him. His premonition was right. If he really fought with Rui Mengmeng, he would definitely die.
"Mr. Smoker!" Rui Mengmeng realized that she had used too much force. She usually used similar strength when fighting with her boss.
"Smoker!" Tina was the first to shout, and the battles on the field stopped.
Several naval cadets who knew medicine ran over immediately, and some people immediately ran over carrying a military doctor. Although Smoker was a thorn in the side and his popularity was not very good, they were still comrades after all.
"Mild concussion, soft tissue contusion, six fractured ribs..."
The military doctor who accompanied Zefa when he led the team out for internship was very skilled. He examined Smoker while reporting his injuries.
Zhang Da's eyelids twitched when he heard the symptoms. With so many injuries, could Smoker be disabled? He quickly pulled Wendy over to help.
Rui Mengmeng also followed with her head down like a child who had done something wrong.
The military doctor was still reporting one by one. Generally speaking, Rui Mengmeng's force control was very good. Just like Smoker felt personally, it was like a sledgehammer hitting him, and the injuries were evenly distributed on every part of his body.
After reporting a long list of injuries that made people despair, the military doctor gave a conclusion: "The injury is not serious. With simple treatment, it will heal in a few days."
"Huh?" Zhang Da was almost hurt by him. "Are you sure? I just said so much. It will only take a few days to recover?"
"There's no mistake. I've treated every type of injury before." The military doctor was very confident in his ability, but also a little confused. "But it's rare for so many injuries to appear on the same person at the same time. The moves this lady used are really powerful."
"I'm sorry!" Rui Mengmeng felt that the military doctor's praise sounded more like a reproach.
"It's none of your business. I'm just not as skilled as you." Smoker puffed on his cigar and exhaled a puff of smoke.
The user of the Smoke Fruit is so arrogant that he didn't drop his cigar even after being beaten so badly. And even though he was injured, he still smoked as usual and no one cared.
"But I'm afraid I can't compete with others in my current state." Smoker still remembered that Zhang Da also said that everyone in the Amber Group wanted to try to fight against the Nature Group.
"That may not be the case." Zhang Da also gently pushed Wendy forward, "Let me show you what 'Sky Priestess' means."
Zefa became interested and stopped the soldiers who wanted to carry Smoker away because they didn't know the situation. "Let her try."
Wendy took a few steps forward, and a green light shone from her hands. Smoker immediately felt the pain in his body rapidly alleviated. "Healing ability? What an exaggerated effect."
Not long after, Smoker stood up again, clenched his fists, and felt that not only his injuries had healed, but also his physical strength had recovered a lot.
The military doctor looked at Wendy with envy. He also wanted this miraculous healing ability that was beyond the scope of ordinary medical skills.
Zephyr finally understood Garp's feelings. If Garp and Whitebeard fought, it would probably be difficult to determine the winner after three days and three nights. By then, if he asked someone to help Wendy buy a few minutes of time, Garp would be able to resume the battle in almost full condition, and then Whitebeard would be dead.
So Zefa looked at Wendy with sparkling eyes: "Little girl, you..."
"No, she doesn't want to." Zhang Da also answered, "Vice Admiral Karp has already asked what you want to ask."
"Haha, you still want to continue traveling? Okay." Zefa knew that Garp, Tsuru, Gion and others had tried to invite him before, but the answers they got were similar, and there was no way to force such things.
Tina asked the military doctor to recheck Smoker's injuries and confirmed that he was almost fully recovered. She looked at Zefa, then at Wendy, and an idea came to her mind.
Zhang Da also saw that Zefa had stopped and continued to target Smoker: "So, Smoker, can you continue?"
He admitted that he just coveted Smoker's natural body and wanted his companions to try it.
"No problem, I feel good!" Smoker felt that it was a rare experience to fight so many strange opponents. "Who's next?"
Wendy, who had been hiding behind Zhang Daye because of Zefa's enthusiasm, stood up and whispered, "It's me, Mr. Smoker."
"Wendy? This isn't a good idea..." Smoker looked embarrassed. The few people just now were fine, the youngest of them, Ye Yan, looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, but Wendy was only about twelve or thirteen years old, and she had just treated his injuries. Smoker felt that he couldn't do it.
The point is, if you lose it will be very embarrassing, and if you win... it will feel even more embarrassing than losing.
"You actually attacked a twelve-year-old girl. Tina despises you." Smoker could already imagine the ridicule he would receive tomorrow.
"Please fight me with all your strength, Mr. Smoker. I have reasons to become stronger!" Wendy was very determined about such things. "Please!"
"Since you said so, okay." Smoker looked at Wendy's determined eyes and felt that he had no way to refuse. At worst, he could just give in later.
"White Fist!" Smoker used his usual starting move, feeling that this was neither bullying nor looking down on others.
"Dragon's Broken Fang!" Wendy's hands were wrapped with strong winds, and she grabbed Smoker's fist like a dragon's claw.
With a slight hissing sound, Smoker's fist exploded into a cloud of smoke, but his body was not harmed.
"Is this... wind?" Smoker asked unsurely, "In addition to the healing ability, it also has the ability to control the wind. Could it be a mythical beast?"
"If you must say so, it's true." Zhang Da also answered for Wendy. The ultimate goal of a dragon slayer is to completely transform into a dragon. At that time, it is not just a fantasy beast, but a fantasy beast. It's just that Wendy has Grandine to protect her, so she doesn't have to worry about turning into a dragon.
"Then we must not be careless." Smoker became cautious. The abilities of the mythical beasts are rare and usually unreasonable, but since Wendy's main ability is healing, the lethality should not be too strong, right?
After thinking about it, Smoker chose a more gentle move: "White Vine!"
Smoker's arms turned into smoke and snaked out like two thick vines, trying to bind Wendy.
But Wendy was not so easy to deal with. She wrapped her arms around the wind and slapped the smoke in front of her: "Tianlong Wing Attack!"
The invisible gust of wind blew away the smoke like a giant dragon spreading its wings, making it impossible for the vines to maintain their shape.
Smoker withdrew his arms, realizing that the little girl in front of him might not be as easy to deal with as he thought.
"Wendy's dragon-slaying magic can't hurt him?" Zhang Da was also a little unwilling, "Is it because Wendy's dragon-slaying power is not strong enough?"
"It's useless even if it's strong enough, right? That guy isn't a dragon." Xia Lulu said calmly, holding her hands in her pockets. "It's completely different from other systems of power. It's not surprising whether it works or not. But it's not that easy for that guy to defeat Wendy with his abilities."
"I can still see that. I just don't know if it will be different if Wendy uses her ultimate move." Zhang Da generally agreed with Xia Lulu's judgment. The lethality of Smoker's Smoke Fruit ranks last in the natural system. It's okay to bully a rookie pirate, but it's really difficult to deal with Wendy.
Smoker was unable to calm down and compete with Wendy in physical skills for a while. The two of them fought against each other, one relying on ability and the other relying on magic. The whole place was filled with smoke and strong winds, and the fighting scene was once very gorgeous.
The naval cadets watching were amazed: "I didn't expect Miss Wendy to not only be able to heal, but also be so strong in combat."
"That Smoker is actually in a tough fight!"
"That's good, come on Miss Wendy! Teach that guy a lesson!"
"That's right! Miss Wendy, don't lose to him! Beat him up!"
Wendy, who is well-behaved, cute, and good at fighting and nursing, quickly won the love of the naval cadets, and because her opponent was the thorny Smoker, she even had her own fan club.
Smoker and Wendy each made and separated briefly. They turned around and shouted, "Which side are you bastards from?"
"Of course it's Miss Wendy's side!"
"Die, Smoker!"
"If you lose we will carry you to the infirmary!"
Not only did a group of naval cadets cheer Wendy on, many people booed Smoker, gave him the middle finger, and even made faces at him.
Zefa and Tina were laughing on the side, with no intention of helping out. Anyway, everyone was only making such a fuss because they had a good enough relationship.
"You bastards!" Although he understood the reason, Smoker was still very angry. He thought he should defeat Wendy first, and then deal with those guys. "Be careful, the warm-up is over!"
Wendy nodded seriously: "No problem!"
"Shave!" Smoker appeared beside Wendy in an instant and raised his fist. He also realized that it would be difficult to win by ability alone, as he would be blown away as soon as he made a move.
The only way was to keep going until Wendy's strength was exhausted, but that would be too embarrassing. Smoker also had to save face, so it would be better to use physical skills to end the battle quickly.
"So fast!" Although she said so, it was not the first time Wendy had seen this move. She quickly raised her arms and used auxiliary magic at the same time, "Defense increase, Armor!"
A magic circle appeared under Wendy's feet, and her body was covered with a faint glow. Smoker punched Wendy on the arm, but could only push her back slightly, and there was no bruise on Wendy's arm.
"What's this time?" Smoker still didn't feel comfortable throwing a full-strength punch. If a full-strength punch still didn't break the defense, he would have been almost done because he couldn't break the defense today.
"It's a magic that increases defense." Because it was not a formal battle, Wendy did not follow Zhang Daye's principle of 'talk less if you can take action'.
"Next, there is magic to increase speed and attack power." Wendy opened her arms and two more magic circles appeared, "Burner! Arms!"
"Come on." Smoker didn't care about the word 'magic' Wendy said. It was a cute way to call one's ability magic. Well, although Smoker usually had a bad attitude towards his classmates and would have a bad attitude towards his superiors in the future, he had always been very nice to little girls.
"Ha!" A gust of wind burst out from under Wendy's feet, instantly accelerating her. She shouted softly and rushed forward. With the help of the speed-increasing magic, her speed was no slower than that of a shave.
Smoker was startled and reacted subconsciously to dodge the punch, but then he remembered that he didn't need to dodge.
So Smoker just stood there, letting Wendy turn around and punch him a few times, leaving a few holes in his body, before he fought back.
Wendy had to dodge or defend against Smoker's attacks, but with her improved speed, strength and defense, it was not too difficult to deal with Smoker's punches and kicks.
"Dragon's Hook Claw!" Wendy jumped into the air and performed a somersault kick. The wind blade on her foot split Smoker in half, but it healed again immediately.
"Still not working?" Wendy stepped back swiftly and said seriously, "Mr. Smoker, I'm going to use the most powerful attack I have mastered next, but since I just learned it yesterday, I'm not sure what the effect will be. Please be careful!"
"Oh, you haven't given up yet? Come on, I will defend myself well." Smoker took a defensive posture and decided to be a target for once.
This little girl is so serious, and she has just treated me. It’s no big deal to let her try her skills. Even if I am really injured, I can still ask her for treatment again.
“Then…” Wendy slightly raised her head, opened her mouth and inhaled and swallowed, taking the air into her body, trying to replenish the magic power she had just consumed. Then she opened her arms and a huge magic circle appeared under her feet:
"Dragon-killing Secret: Illuminate the Sky and Pierce the Sky!"
