Pirates: I become stronger by checking in on the plot island

"Qiang!"

The sound of metal clashing was heard, and a look of horror appeared on Whitebeard's face.

At this moment, Cong Yunqie was chopping at an ochre-colored halo full of mysterious runes. The powerful blow did not cause the slightest ripple.

Just when Whitebeard was still in a daze, Xia Chen's faint voice came.

"Why are you daydreaming during a battle, Whitebeard!"

A shadow of a stick flashed by and instantly appeared in front of Whitebeard.

At this time, Whitebeard was too distracted to take any defensive measures in time, and could only cover the area that was about to be hit with the armament color.

"Oh!"

A dull sound was heard, and Whitebeard's body flew backwards like a cannonball. When he flew a certain distance, Whitebeard landed on the ground with his feet and plowed a long mark on the ground to relieve the impact force on his body.

By the time Whitebeard's body stopped, the distance between the two men was already several hundred meters. One long trail was particularly obvious, with smoke and dust filling the sky.

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes, and then suddenly laughed.

"Gulala, Xia Chen boy, this stick is very powerful...Puff!"

Whitebeard was halfway through his words when he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, causing Ace and the others who were far away to scream.

"Dad!!"

At this moment, they were very confused about the situation on the field, especially Marco, who had been following Whitebeard for who knows how long.

Since Marco started following Whitebeard very early, he had seen Whitebeard's power at its peak.

It was he who helped Whitebeard to briefly recover his strength to his peak this time, so he naturally knew what Whitebeard's current strength was.

To put it bluntly, even if he doesn't have 100% of the strength he had at his peak, he definitely has 95%, which is not much different from his peak period.

He originally thought that even if Xia Chen was very strong, the ten minutes of near-peak power that his father gained with the last of his life would allow him to fight Xia Chen on equal terms in a short period of time.

But the result now is that he is completely no match for his opponent. Anyone with a discerning eye can now see that Xia Chen has been strolling leisurely in this battle.

He can easily take on all kinds of attacks from Whitebeard, oh! He doesn't even use his hands!

However, Xia Chen's attacks always caused considerable trouble to Whitebeard.

"Is Xia Chen so strong?" Marco murmured in a low voice, looking at Xia Chen who was slowly walking towards Whitebeard in the distance, with an unknown meaning flashing in his eyes.

"Whitebeard, I will not show mercy to you just because you are dying. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to you, don't you think?"

Xia Chen spoke calmly as he walked towards Whitebeard.

"That's right, Xia Chen boy, if you really show mercy to my men, that would be an insult to me!"

"Since you have such strength, I will not hold back. Don't blame me if you die!" White Beard roared and then ran towards Xia Chen quickly.

When he was still dozens of meters away from Xia Chen, he jumped high, holding the Kusunokiri in his hand high, with the domineering aura wrapped around it, and attacked Xia Chen with a tremendous force.

As Cong Yunqie got closer and closer to Xia Chen, even though he hadn't touched Xia Chen yet, the pressure emanating from him shattered the ground around the area where Xia Chen was standing. This shows how powerful this knife was.

Xia Chen felt the power of the knife and became interested, with excitement flashing in his eyes.

"As expected of the former strongest man in the world, this sword is really powerful!"

The power of Whitebeard's sword now is even stronger than Red Hair's divine avoidance during the Battle of Marineford. Such power is enough to make him, under normal circumstances, take it a little seriously.

Xia Chen did not use the Emperor's safety shield again, but held the stick with both hands, with the domineering aura wrapped around it, and rushed towards Cong Yunqie.

In the instant before the two were about to collide, the world around them seemed to turn black and white, all sounds disappeared, and everything stopped at this moment.

But the next second...

"Boom!"

A devastating noise suddenly erupted, and the deafening sound mixed with an extremely powerful shock wave continued to spread in all directions.

The ground not far away from where Xia Chen was located began to crack inch by inch, and even the entire island shook slightly due to this wave of fighting.

The problem is that this collision has not ended yet, and wave after wave of shock waves continue to spread.

At this time, in the center of the battlefield.

"Gulala! It's so enjoyable. I haven't had such a satisfying fight in a long time. I miss it so much!" White Beard laughed.

The feeling of fighting with all his strength and being evenly matched made his blood boil.

"It's really enjoyable!" Xia Chen said with a faint smile.

Looking at the hole formed between Kurogiri and his stick, and feeling the power coming from Whitebeard's sword, Xia Chen felt that they had perfectly recreated a famous scene from the original work.

Not to mention, Xia Chen didn't expect that the dying White Beard could give him this surprise, which made him feel a little excited after a long time.

It’s a pity that he didn’t experience Whitebeard’s peak period, otherwise it might be really interesting to fight with Whitebeard in his prime!

Just as Xia Chen sighed slightly in his heart, White Beard's voice came from in front of him.

"Xia Chen, you just said that we can't be distracted during a battle, how come you made the same mistake again now!"

"Ok?"

As soon as Xia Chen came back to his senses, he saw Whitebeard's leg kicking towards him. There was a layer of white halo on his leg. That was the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!

Seeing that Whitebeard's kick was about to hit Xia Chen, Xia Chen's eyes were indifferent and his facial expression did not change at all.

The next second, Xia Chen's figure disappeared from the spot like a ghost.

"!!"

Seeing Xia Chen's figure disappear from his sight, Whitebeard's pupils suddenly shrank, and he hurriedly activated his Observation Haki to try to find Xia Chen's figure.

But while he was still searching, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach, and then he felt a sense of weightlessness, as if he was flying.

Well...it’s not a feeling, it’s really flying!

Whitebeard's body flew backwards at an extremely fast speed, leaving a trail in the air! It flew for an unknown amount of time before landing on the ground.

This time, Whitebeard did not land on his feet, but on his back, with his body leaving a long trail on the ground.

Xia Chen stood there calmly, surrounded by countless ruins and ravines. In the distance, Ace and others were staring at what was happening with wide eyes in disbelief...