One Piece: Honey Badger Speedruns the World

"boom--!!!"

There were no referees, and no countdown.

The moment their momentum reached its peak, the battle erupted.

Red dust flew as the two figures collided violently in the center of the training field, like two cannonballs fired from a gun.

A massive shockwave exploded out in a ring, instantly blowing Scarlett and Mia, who were standing on the edge, off balance. They had to cling tightly to a nearby tree trunk to avoid being thrown away.

"What...what's going on?!"

Fei Lisi barely opened her eyes, and through the swirling dust, she witnessed a scene that shattered her worldview.

Goss, whom she thought would be kicked away, did not fly off.

In the center of the arena, Goss and Lund stood with their arms pressed together, forehead to forehead, their muscles trembling violently, a tie in their struggle!

Surprisingly... evenly matched?!

"Is Lund... letting the water slide?"

Scarlett stared blankly at the scene; it was the only reasonable explanation in her mind.

"Definitely... It's because I just begged him not to hurt Goss, so he held back..."

She muttered to herself, trying to convince herself with this reason.

After all, how could Goss, who was so frail yesterday that he needed his sister's protection, possibly withstand the full force of the elite knights' gang's charge?

But the next second, she saw the veins bulging on Lund's forehead and his ferocious expression of clenching his teeth.

That wasn't just letting water out; it was putting in every ounce of effort they could muster.

"How is that possible..."

Fei Li Si felt dizzy, not only because of the shockwave, but also because of the shock this scene brought to her understanding.

"Could those muscles... be real?"

She looked at Goss's steel-like latissimus dorsi muscles, which not only weren't crushed, but had actually withstood the tiger's pounce.

"Mia... your brother..." Fei Lisi turned her head and looked at Mia, who was also dumbfounded, with an extremely complicated expression.

"Who exactly is he?"

"happy!"

In the arena, Lund let out a wild laugh, and blue-white electricity suddenly erupted from his arm.

It's the static electricity talent of fur-bearing tribes.

"Sizzle sizzle—!"

A powerful electric current surged wildly into Goss's body through the point of contact. This was a gift of the Mink Tribe, and the capital that allowed them to establish themselves in the New World.

"Ugh!"

Goss felt a jolt of numbness throughout his body, and his movements froze for a moment.

"Paying attention on the battlefield can get you killed!"

Lund seized the opportunity and delivered a powerful whip kick to Goss's side.

"Bang!"

Goss flew through the air, crashing through two wooden stakes before coming to a stop and slamming hard into the red soil.

"Brother!!!" Mia screamed, tears welling up instantly.

"Don't go over there, Mia!"

With lightning speed, Scarlet Fox grabbed Mia tightly, her face pale and her voice trembling:

"I knew it... I knew this would happen!"

Looking at the charred pit in the distance, she felt no schadenfreude, only deep fear and regret.

"That's static electricity! It's the Mink Tribe's deadly move! You can't block it with brute force alone!"

With red-rimmed eyes and a sob in her voice:

"He shouldn't have been so reckless... he really shouldn't have been! That moment of evenly matched strength was just luck; now someone could really die! We need to call for help! We need to tell Lund to stop!"

In her opinion, although Goss had become stronger, he was still a self-taught fighter, so how could he possibly defeat Lund, who had mastered the skills?

She regretted it; she regretted bringing Goss here to die for Mia.

However, before she could finish speaking, her words caught in her throat.

The smoke and dust cleared.

Goss slowly stood up from the pit.

He patted the charred footprint on his waist, showing no sign of pain, but instead... he was smiling.

It was an extremely ferocious, extremely pleased smile.

His pupils had turned completely scarlet, and his mouth stretched to his ears, revealing the honey badger's white fangs.

"Is this static electricity?"

Goss licked his lips, his voice hoarse as if he were chewing grit: "It's tingling and numb...it's really invigorating, Senior Lund."

Whoosh!

This time, Goss took the initiative and launched the attack.

It's faster and more powerful than before!

"What?!" Lund's pupils contracted. This kid was hit by static electricity, and he's acting like nothing happened?

The two figures became entangled again.

If Lund was able to suppress Goss at the beginning with his rich experience and static electricity, the situation began to become strange as the battle went on.

Goss is like a sponge that absorbs water like crazy.

In the first minute, he will still be fooled by Lund's feints.

By the third minute, he was already able to predict Lund's punch trajectory.

In the fifth minute, he actually began to fight back amidst the raging lightning!

"Is this kid... a monster? He gets stronger in battle?!"

Lund grew increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed. His prized fighting skills seemed utterly ineffective against his opponent's reckless style of combat.

Goss doesn't defend at all.

You punched me? Fine, I won't dodge, I'll take the punch head-on, and then I'll have to grab your claws!

This is the honey badger's fighting philosophy—trading wounds for wounds, until death do them part!

"puff!"

Goss's chest was struck by Lund's fist, and his ribs cracked. But at the same time, Goss's claws tore three bloody gashes into Lund's arm.

The smell of blood ignited the wildness in both of them.

Gradually, both of their eyes turned red.

This is no longer a friendly sparring match; it's a pure life-or-death struggle between two wild beasts!

Suddenly, a figure wearing a green cloak appeared on the wall of the training ground.

Pedro silently watched the figure tearing at the field like a mad dog, the cigarette in his mouth long since extinguished.

"This ferocity..." Pedro's gaze turned grave.

"What's going on in this kid's mind?"

In the field.

"I refuse to believe I can't control you!"

Lund was really angry. As an elite member of the Knights, how could he face a newcomer if he lost?

"roar--!!!"

Lund let out a deafening tiger roar, and the electricity in his body was compressed wildly and gathered on his right fist. The original blue-white current even faintly turned purple.

[Tiger Stream - Thunderous Heavy Artillery!]

This is his trump card; one punch is enough to shatter rocks!

Faced with this deadly attack, Goss did not retreat but advanced.

The power to kill was concentrated to its extreme at the tips of his five fingers.

"Well done!"

Goss roared, his five fingers forming hooks, and charged forward with a shrill sound that tore through the air.

【Split Sky Claw! 】

"Oh no! People will die!"

Pedro's expression changed drastically while he was on the wall. These two madmen had completely lost their minds; this attack would definitely result in either death or serious injury!

"stop!!!"

Pedro's figure vanished instantly, transforming into a blur as he rushed between the two.

He drew the horse-slaying sword from his back, the back of the blade covered with Armament Haki, and simultaneously held it to both sides.

"when!!!"

A loud bang, sparks flying everywhere.

The ground beneath Pedro's feet instantly cracked. He groaned; although he had blocked the attack, the two enormous recoil forces left his hands numb.

"Why...why did it stop?"

Abruptly interrupted, Lund snapped back to reality, staring at Pedro's retreating figure, a chill running down his spine. For a fleeting moment, he had truly considered killing him.

however.

Lund is awake, but some people are not.

"Get out of here!!!"

A roar filled with savagery and rage rang out.

Goss had now completely entered the berserk state of the honey badger.

In his world, once a battle begins, it never stops unless one side falls!

Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he couldn't stop him from tearing his prey apart!

"Who dares to stop me—!!!"

Goss's eyes were bloodshot. The displeasure of being forcibly interrupted, the humiliation that had been building up in his heart for many years, and the resentment of being a weakling in this world all erupted completely in this instant!

boom--!!!

An invisible yet tangible dark red shockwave spread wildly in all directions from Goss's center!

The air instantly became viscous.

The earth trembled, and rubble floated up against gravity.

The clouds that were originally floating quietly in the sky seemed to be violently stirred up by an invisible hand.

Lund, who was the first to be hit, turned pale. He felt as if a heavy hammer had struck his soul. As a tiger, he was actually afraid of kneeling down and submitting under this aura!

"This is……"

Pedro, who was standing in the middle, was shocked and almost dropped the knife in his hand.

"Conqueror's Haki?!"

"Well……"

In the distance, Fei Li Si felt her mind go blank, as if she had been deprived of the ability to think. Her eyes rolled back, she foamed at the mouth, and fainted.

Mia, who was next to her, swayed twice and then collapsed softly to the ground.

The entire training ground fell into a deathly silence, except for Pedro and Lund, who was gritting his teeth and holding on.

……

At the same time. At the summit of Zou.

Duke Inuarashi, who was in a meeting with his subordinates, suddenly stood up, smashing the teacup in his hand to pieces.

In the darkness deep within the Whale Forest, the leader of the cat vipers, who was devouring meat, suddenly stopped. His vertical pupils contracted sharply as he looked toward the training ground.

A thought flashed through their minds simultaneously—

This kind of spirit... could it be that Zou... is about to give birth to a true "king"?!