"Is it just a duel?"
Nami's eyes lit up brighter, excitedly saying, "Luffy, deal with him, besides the Rainbow Gem, we also want ten billion Belly!"
Their captain, until now, hasn't lost yet!
Luffy chuckled, "So it's a fight then, I don't dislike you, but I also want to fight you a bit. You've defeated Ace, I want to know just how strong you really are!"
"You're unlikely to meet him easily." Sage laughed quietly.
"Sage has caught the bug of liking to teach people." Renedia muttered from the outer circle, "Seriously... hasn't it been enough in this half-month?"
After coming out of Sisomia, aside from lifting rocks, Sage started giving them targeted training.
As long as you're an officer, regardless of rank, you've been guided, even the three female officers including them were mercilessly taught and beaten, Renedia herself wasn't spared. Although she's still too young for intense Body Techniques, her powers require extremely high-intensity usage.
Not to mention the guys; Hawkins wasn't even allowed to use his abilities, only sharpening his Swordsmanship and starting to learn the Six Styles.
Incidentally, he also taught CP9, of course, it was more miserable for them.
But the intensity was there, otherwise Lucci wouldn't be dissatisfied wanting to fight Luffy again.
"Hmm, something's not quite right..."
Lily responded simply, looking up, furrowing her brows.
"What's not right?" Renedia asked.
"Too smooth... not even a storm." Lily thought for a moment, saying, "Blueno, be ready to open the door anytime."
She then picked up the Radio Snail, dialing the number on the Death Star.
"Second Gear!"
Just then, Luffy placed his fist on the ground, his skin starting to turn red, looking up and smiling at Sage, extending his hand to aim, while clenching his other fist.
"Jet Pistol!"
Whoosh!
Bang!
The almost invisible fist was caught by Sage's hand, who smiled at Luffy, "Power still..."
"Jet Bazooka!"
Before Sage could finish, the extended fist retracted forcefully, rapidly drawing Luffy's body closer for a headbutt aimed at Sage's head.
Bang!
His head was pressed firmly by a hand; the meeting of palm and head erupted in a circle of airwaves.
"Fast, but speed is useless against me." Sage sneered.
No need to use abilities, abilities can't enhance Sage's reaction awareness, but his Thoughtless Shadow Kill does, and at this level, Sage doesn't need acceleration for reaction.
Normal state suffices.
Bang!
Sage's body leaned forward, grasping Luffy's hand and making a quick twist, delivering an elbow strike to Luffy's chest. This strike brought out a circle of airwaves, propelling Luffy's body backward swiftly.
At that moment, Sage's form vanished, appearing above Luffy, stomping down furiously.
Luffy was taken aback, quickly slapping the ground with both hands. The speed of Second Gear allowed him to use hand power to deflect.
Bang!
Sage's foot landed, making a crater in the ground.
"Not bad."
Without looking behind, Sage's hand instantly reached back to grab an incoming arm from the air.
Luffy appeared in the air from the deflection, punching forward.
"Jet Eagle Gun!"
Seeing one hand caught, Luffy unleashed an even quicker punch, but as the fist moved, Sage's hand suddenly accelerated.
"Five times speed."
Whoosh!
Luffy's body, like a grasped pole, was swiftly thrown by Sage's hand moving fast like a blur, stopping the attacking fist, and swiftly crashing towards the ground.
Bang bang bang bang!
Like swinging a long hammer wildly, Sage held Luffy's wrist, throwing the body into blurs, smashing one crater after another into the ground.
Amid continuous impact, Luffy suddenly wrapped his body around Sage's long arm, extending a foot for a fierce kick!
"Jet Stamp!"
"Smart, curling up to shorten distance, create attack intervals, the speed's decent too."
Sage released his hand, not dodging, but simply jolted his body.
"Tekkai Vajra."
Bang!
As if striking a giant bell, Sage didn't retreat at all, forcefully taking Luffy's kick.
"Jet Machine Gun!"
After landing a kick, Luffy quickly retreated, his fists in the air creating countless afterimages, rapidly pounding the ground, making crater-sized dents.
Quite powerful.
"No matter how many afterimages, there are only two fists."
Sage's body suddenly turned agile, dodging in the air currents created by the punches, without moving any further, until Luffy above gradually descended, his form became firm at once, one kick striking Luffy in the heart hole, booting him away into the crater made earlier.
Soon, Luffy climbed out from the pit, grinning and saying, "You're really strong, aren't you!"
Sage glanced at him, bearing scratches, not injuries.
Basically, they were scratches from rubber contact with the ground, unrelated to impact.
This guy isn't afraid of impact.
But that's as far as it goes.
"At this level, don't even think about the Rainbow Gem formula."
Sage clenching his fist, smiled at Luffy, "You've met Garp, right? Tasted his Love's Iron Fist? I was pretty badly beaten by your grandpa recently, how about you try this generational fist of mine?"
The capture at Enies Lobby is memorable, and using the third form was embarrassingly difficult, looking able to fight evenly with Garp, but in reality, purely relying on recovery power from the third form.