Chapter 124 Defense

  Smoker looked at the two figures before him, his pyful demeanor from facing the sand bandits gone. After all, he could sense their distinct differences from a distance, especially the lean one, whose aura was quite strong, almost rivalling Zephyr's. But Smoker was first drawn to the tall man standing behind.

  "Daz Bones?"

  Daz was silent.

  What was going on? Why was he being recognized so often tely?! He was an assassin! This was embarrassing!!

  Serindi chuckled, patting his shoulder. "Daz, you're quite famous, hahaha!!"

  Daz's face stiffened, and he remained silent.

  Serindi stepped forward towards Smoker. "You must be Smoker-sama! Have you seen my men? They were heading in this direction."

  Smoker didn't reply, just squinted at him, finally recognizing him after a moment. "You're... Magician Serindi?"

  "Dehaha, that's right, it's me!"

  "Those trash were your men... They're gone. You're next!!"

  "Oh, I'm looking forward to it! Daz, stay back, I don't need your help!!"

  With their opposing stances, they were about to csh after just a few words. The wind was blowing fiercely, sand swirling everywhere.

  "Dehahaha, I'll give you a proper welcome! After all, once I become a Warlord, it won't be easy to fight the Marines again!"

  With a wave of his hand, the swirling sand suddenly stopped mid-air, then fell to the ground, clearing the surrounding air. Smoker was startled, looking around. In the distance, the sky was still a hazy yellow with swirling sand, but within a thousand meters, there wasn't a single grain.

  "A Warlord... What does he mean? He wants to become a Warlord?!"

  "And his ability... It's as mysterious as the information said."

  Suddenly, Smoker felt a jolt and quickly jumped aside. The spot where he had just stood seemed to have been sliced by an invisible bde, leaving a deep trench in the ground.

  Serindi said, "Oh? You dodged it, not bad..."

  Smoker frowned, extending his hand. "Dark Water!"

  A powerful gravitational pull sent Serindi flying. But he reacted quickly, conjuring an air wall in front of him to block the pull while still in mid-air. The air wall held for a few seconds before Smoker pulled it towards him, but Serindi used the opportunity to create some distance.

  Feeling the hardness and weight of the air wall in his hand, Smoker was secretly amazed by his opponent's ability. "What kind of ability is this?! Can you turn air into a solid, or create invisible matter?!"

  Serindi grinned. "Guess..."

  He then crouched down, touching the ground with both hands.

  As they stood on the soft sand, Smoker suddenly felt his feet tighten, the surrounding sand turning into stone, trapping him firmly. Struggling, he found that the stone was harder than steel.

  "Not done yet!"

  Serindi waved his hands, sending hundreds of invisible needles towards Smoker.

  好的，以下是這段文字的英文翻譯：

  “Boring...”

  Smoker closed his eyes. With his Observation Haki, which allowed him to foresee the future, no matter how concealed or dense the attacks were, they were meaningless. Smoker simply transformed his body into his elemental form, like Katakuri, preemptively dodging the attacks, easily avoiding them all.

  Serindi was shocked. “What?! A Logia?!”

  “Solid Air Prison!”

  Smoker felt the surrounding air become incredibly heavy, making it impossible to move, and even breathing became difficult. The surrounding air had all turned into a solid.

  If it were someone like Caribou, they might have colpsed immediately, but Smoker simply held his breath, activated his gravitational pull, and easily broke through the air wall to escape.

  Smoker didn’t indulge him, and rushed forward with a punch. Serindi quickly conjured an air armor.

  The punch nded, but didn’t budge him an inch. The air armor itself was as strong as steel, and there were chains securing it to the ground.

  Daz, who was watching from the sidelines, nodded secretly. Serindi had used this move to defend against his attacks earlier. No matter how hard he tried within five minutes, it was futile. In reality, no amount of time would have changed the outcome.

  “Dehahaha... Air armor is harder than steel, and as time passes, more air will gather, further increasing the armor’s defense!”

  Smoker nodded. “I understand, I’ll finish this quickly!”

  He coated his fist with Armament Haki and smmed a powerful punch into Serindi’s defense.

  A burst of bck lightning erupted, and Serindi was sent flying, crashing heavily into the air far away before falling helplessly.

  “Gah!”

  He spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with shock. The previous punch had shattered the air chains. While the air armor hadn’t completely disintegrated, it was cracked, and a couple more punches would likely destroy it.

  Looking around, he had been sent flying a kilometer away, stopping only when he hit the air wall that blocked the sandstorm.

  Suddenly, the sound of jet propulsion came from the sky, and Smoker was rapidly approaching using Geppo (Moon Walk).

  “Damn it!”

  Serindi flipped himself up. There wasn’t enough time to repair the air armor. He touched the air wall behind him, and it began to compress and reshape, covering his body, while the surrounding area returned to a sandstorm.

  Smoker’s expression changed. Through his Observation Haki, he sensed a strange aura merging into Serindi’s body from all directions.

  “Aaaaah!!”

  Serindi’s eyes were bloodshot as he pushed his ability to its limit. Soon, the air wall that had covered a kilometer radius had all gathered onto him, and the previously transparent armor became visible. He had condensed dozens of times more air than before, and the armor’s defense had increased tenfold.

  Smoker rushed forward, his Armament Haki-enhanced fist aimed at Serindi.

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