With the addition of Shanks and Buggy, Fang Yi's life became even more fulfilling.
Both Buggy, who challenged him every day, and Shanks, whose strength had soared after learning from Rayleigh, brought him some pressure. Although he seemed calm on the surface, he trained even harder than usual.
Moreover, as the number of lottery tickets increased, he also drew lots more frequently. However, it seemed even more difficult to obtain skills.
Even if he didn't draw any skills in the lottery, it didn't affect the steady growth of his strength. Moreover, when drawing lots, he could also obtain some fragments and skill experience vouchers, so it wasn't a total loss.
"Brother Fang Yi, please give me some pointers!" One day, after finishing his training, Shanks directly found Fang Yi and finally challenged him.
"Yo~ It's finally your turn? Well... Do you have any confidence?" Fang Yi asked Shanks with a smile.
In fact, he didn't refuse such sparring sessions. Even though Buggy challenged him every day and he did find it a bit irritating, he never turned Buggy down. Sometimes, he would even deliberately fight back and forth with Buggy.
In addition to improving his close - combat skills, he could also gain some experience in dodging skills this way.
You know, all the experience vouchers he had obtained so far had been used on the [Divine Blessing] skill, so the proficiency of his dodging skill hadn't increased for a long time.
"I'm not very confident, but I want to see how big the gap between us is!" Shanks said seriously.
"Oh? Do you want me to go all out? Then let's see if you have the ability!" Fang Yi replied with a faint smile.
"Xiao Yi, don't be careless! Show your strength and have a good fight with Shanks!" Rayleigh, who was reclining against the ship's railing, suddenly spoke to Fang Yi.
"Since that's the case... Show Shanks your strength!" Before Fang Yi could answer, Jabba poked his head out from the second floor and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Rayleigh smiled and adjusted his glasses. He looked at Jabba on the second floor. After exchanging looks, they both burst out laughing.
Fang Yi's close - combat skills were taught by Jabba, and since Shanks boarded the ship, he had been learning from Rayleigh. This could be seen as an indirect competition between the two of them.
"Kid, don't use your bow and arrow!" Seeing Fang Yi take out the bow and arrow on his back, Yamon, holding a wine bottle, let out a burp and shouted at Fang Yi: "Don't use your bow and arrow!"
Fang Yi shrugged and put the bow and arrow aside without arguing.
Rayleigh and Jabba beside them also kept silent. They trusted Yamon's judgment.
Shanks was a bit taken aback. He naturally knew that Fang Yi practiced archery every day, but he had never seen Fang Yi actually use a bow and arrow in battle. Moreover, in such a close - range fight, he didn't think Fang Yi's bow and arrow could pose a threat to him. Maybe it would even be easier to deal with Fang Yi if he used the bow and arrow.
"Hey, boss! Why don't you use your bow and arrow? Otherwise, you might make an excuse that you didn't use your strong suit when you lose!" Buggy, who had the same thought as Shanks, directly shouted.
Although he was also annoyed with Shanks, compared to Fang Yi, he still found Shanks more tolerable. Moreover, as long as Shanks defeated Fang Yi, he only needed to beat Shanks to claim the throne of the boss.
In his opinion, Shanks was much easier to deal with than Fang Yi.
Fang Yi gave Buggy a smile. Naturally, he understood what Buggy was thinking, but he just couldn't figure out where Buggy got the confidence to defeat Shanks even if Shanks won against him.
Although the gap in their current strength was not significant, when it came to combat sensitivity, Buggy was far inferior to Shanks.
Perhaps it was precisely Buggy's unwarranted confidence that made him seem quite optimistic!
"Let's start!" Fang Yi twirled a dagger in his hand, smiling as he said to Shanks.
"Then I won't hold back!" Shanks held a long sword in one hand and kept his other hand behind his back, where there was a shorter dagger.
"Oh? Dual - wielding swords?" Fang Yi raised an eyebrow, saying in surprise.
In his impression, Shanks didn't seem to be a dual - wielding swordsman.
"No, I'm not a dual - wielding swordsman!" As Shanks replied, he charged straight at Fang Yi.
Fang Yi smiled faintly and easily dodged his attack. However, before he could counterattack, Shanks quickly drew out the short dagger with his backhand and slashed at Fang Yi without even looking.
Facing Shanks' strange move, Fang Yi tapped the ground with his foot and quickly moved out of Shanks' attack range.
"This is getting interesting! It seems I really have to take this seriously!" He had almost been hit just now.
Before consuming the Strength Inheritance and Agility Inheritance, Fang Yi's close - combat skills were actually on par with Shanks and Buggy. At most, he had more experience than them, after all, they were all still kids.
After consuming the Strength Inheritance and Agility Inheritance, Fang Yi's strength and speed far surpassed Shanks and Buggy's. With his extensive combat experience, he could handle the fight with ease.
However, Shanks truly lived up to being one of the future Four Emperors. After only a few days of training with Rayleigh, he had already shown remarkable combat power.
The two of them fought back and forth, and for a moment, they were evenly matched.
"Damn it, this kid still isn't giving it his all!" After watching for a while, Jappa whispered with a smile.
"Hehe... *gulp* You know this kid well. He's always hiding his real strength. I've got no idea how good his archery is these days!" Yamon took a sip of wine and said with a smile.
"Oh? Is that why you stopped him from using his bow and arrows?" Jappa asked in surprise.
During this period, besides guiding Fang Yi, he rarely sparred with him, so he really didn't know how good Fang Yi was in close - combat.
"If we let him use his bow and arrows..." Yamon shook her head and didn't finish her sentence, but Jappa understood what she meant.
"Has that kid improved so much?" Jappa stroked his chin and asked.
Yamon's words piqued his curiosity about Fang Yi's strength. In the past, he had mostly guided Fang Yi in close - combat, rarely allowing Fang Yi to fully engage in a fight with him.
However, after hearing what Yamon said, he was rather eager to see for himself.
On the deck, out - of - breath Shanks didn't realize that Fang Yi was holding back because he himself was going all out.
Seeing Fang Yi still twirling his dagger and not launching an active attack, Shanks pushed off with his feet and charged forward again.
"Clang!" This time, instead of dodging, Fang Yi blocked Shanks' long sword with his dagger.
"If you don't have any new moves, then it's my turn next!" Fang Yi smiled faintly, exerted force with his hand to parry Shanks' sword, and then kicked at Shanks' chest.
"Thud!"
However, Shanks seemed to have anticipated Fang Yi's move and quickly blocked with his arms, stopping Fang Yi's attack. But he was still kicked flying by Fang Yi and didn't stop until he hit the ship's railing.
"Cough... cough... How did you do that?" Feeling the pain in his chest, Shanks looked at Fang Yi in disbelief and asked.
Fang Yi looked helpless. How could he explain this?
Just now, Shanks was just unlucky. Fang Yi triggered the Precision skill, which guarantees a 100% hit rate on the target.
He had aimed his kick at Shanks' chest, so even though Shanks blocked his foot, the real damage still got through.
This is the power of his Precision skill. Once triggered, the target is guaranteed to be hit.
So now when he used a bow and arrow, he basically only aimed at the enemy's vital parts.
Yamon had told him more than once that the more vital a part of the human body is, the lower the probability of hitting it, because powerful warriors have a certain premonition of such extremely dangerous attacks. So generally, long - range attack methods like bows and arrows were not aimed directly at the enemy's vital parts.
Because the hit rate would be too low.
But Fang Yi couldn't easily explain his skill. So during training, he tried to choose larger parts of the body as targets. However, in actual combat, he always chose the head as the target of his attacks.
Precisely because Yamon noticed Fang Yi's habit, he stopped Fang Yi from using a bow and arrow during sparring, for once Fang Yi got serious and accidentally hit Shanks' vital part, it would be troublesome.
"Not bad at all. Your strength has grown so fast! But if you want to beat me... you still have to work harder!" Instead of answering Shanks' question, Fang Yi walked over and pulled him up from the ground.
"Kid... still got some energy left?" Just as Fang Yi and Shanks were about to leave, Jaba suddenly jumped down from the second floor and asked Fang Yi.
"Teacher Jaba... You're not going to teach me a lesson, are you?" Fang Yi asked with a pained expression.
"Hehe... Take out your bow and arrow. Fight me with all your might. Let me test your strength!" Jaba took out his axe from his waist and said with a mischievous smile.
The surrounding crew members saw that the fight between Fang Yi and Shanks had decided the winner. They were about to disperse. But when they saw Jaba jump out, they all got excited again. They loved watching Jaba crush weak opponents.
"Hahaha... Stinky brat, stop being so cocky! You've been bullying that red-nosed kid and that red-haired kid every day recently. Now it's your turn!" Peterum, the sniper, was sitting on a wine barrel. He clapped his hands and laughed out loud.
Fang Yi could only give a wry smile. Fighting with all his might against a powerful warrior like Jaba? He really hadn't tried that before, because it didn't make much of a difference whether he used all his strength or not.
Previously, when Jaba was teaching him some close-combat skills, they sparred. That was for teaching purposes. After Fang Yi's basic skills met Jaba's requirements, Jaba stopped teaching him personally and just gave instructions verbally.
"Teacher Jaba, are you serious?" Fang Yi asked cautiously.
"Stop talking nonsense! Pick up your bow and arrow!" Jaba said with a smile.
"Okay~ Then I'll go all out!" When Fang Yi heard this, he immediately eagerly went to pick up his bow and arrow.
No matter why Jaba made such a request, it was a rare opportunity to have a serious spar with such a powerful warrior. Moreover, from Jaba's attitude, he felt that Jaba shouldn't be dissatisfied with him.