Chapter 62: Buggy vs Ley

Chapter 62: Buggy vs Ley

The battle between Clown Pirates and Ley's Happo Navy unit continues. Cricket, Mantis, & Jude are having a hard time fighting their opponents. They have a different problem that they need to solve.

As for Buggy, he doesn't have a hard time, but not an easy one too. So far, he is equal with Ley and even push Ley back just now. But it doesn't mean he can defeat Ley easily.

Just now, Buggy use Pollux's pressure power to push Ley back. It doesn't give him any satisfaction to use Pollux's power, but at least he can make Ley pay for his arrogance.

"You talk like you can defeat me when you can't even force me to move from my spot. You sure like to talk bullshit," says Buggy while grinning.

Ley gets up and looks at Buggy angrily. He said he will defeat Buggy, but he get pushed by Buggy instead. Buggy really embarrasses him by doing that, and Ley is someone with high self-esteem. So he doesn't take it lightly.

"Bastard! How dare a lowly pirate as you embarrass me," says Ley angrily.

Ley's aura suddenly changes and his body starts to transform. Orange & black fur start to appear on his skin. His teeth & nails become longer & sharper. He also grows bigger and stands on 4 limbs. Ley transforms into a big tiger.

"Zoan? I thought Hasshoken practitioners won't eat a devil fruit and just use their martial art," says Buggy unfazed by the sudden transformation.

"There's no such rule. Only fools rely on one weapon without having any other options. I can do what I want to become stronger," says Ley.

"Is that your reason to hide your low mastery of Hasshoken?" Buggy mock Ley while grinning.

Buggy succeeds to make Ley angry at him and jump to attack Buggy. Ley opens his mouth and shows his fangs. He tries to bite Buggy, so Buggy uses his swords to block the jaws.

Ley covers his jaws with haki to not get cut by Buggy's swords. Then he swings his front legs at Buggy and uses claws to attack imbued with Hasshoken. Buggy just grins and lets the claws scratch him.

Ley get excited when his claws ripped Buggy's body. But then he gets shocked when he sees Buggy is fine. Ley looks at Buggy's body that gets cut into some parts, but he is fine.

Ley jumps back and asks Buggy, "You're a devil fruit user too?"

"What do you think?" Buggy asks back while grinning. The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

Buggy never showed his devil fruit power in Kano Country. So no one in Happo Navy knows that he is a devil fruit user. That's why Ley is very surprised now.

Buggy uses his swordsmanship and raw power to counter Ley's Hasshoken. Even if Ley has more raw power now, Buggy still can handle it. He can even climb a mountain with 1700 kg tied to him. So Ley's power isn't a trouble for him.

While Buggy's battle with Ley gets more heated up, the other Clowns' battle also gets more heated up. Cricket has started to block Hanji's staff attacks with his hands.

Buggy has told Cricket that haki can get stronger if used on a stronger opponent and if his spirit gets stronger too. Buggy also told Cricket that someone will grow stronger if he is cornered.

Cricket thinks that the current situation is like what Buggy said to him. His opponent is stronger, and he starts to get cornered. This is the perfect situation for him to grow stronger. But he still needs to be careful, or he will get defeated and maybe die.

So Cricket starts to block Hanji's staff while trying to uses his haki. He has started to grasp the feeling to use basic colorless armament haki.

Cricket keeps trying to cover his hands with armament and block Hanji's staff attacks. But he hasn't succeeded so far and got many bruises on his hands & body.

Mantis also tries to use her fight to improve her skills. But she is focused on observation haki, not armament like Cricket. She keeps trying to read Yoko's moves and fight back accordingly.

Mantis also starts to use her legs to kick Yoko. She mainly uses her metal bat to block Yoko's sword. She is in better shape than Cricket because she can block most of Yoko's attacks. She only gets some small cuts and is even able to hit Yoko a few times.

On the other hand, Jude can't do anything about her opponent, Lin. Lin keeps shooting exploding projectiles at her and makes her can't move because she needs to reform her body every time.

Her ash also still can't reach Lin who stays high on the crow's nest. She can't do anything, but Jude also has the same thinking as Cricket & Mantis.

The three of them look at Buggy who fights against Ley without much trouble and think, 'We need to grow stronger and not become weights for Captain. These guys will be our stepping stone.'

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