"Fang Yi! I hope you'll go all out in this fight with me, not just stop at the superficial level like you always do!" On the beach of a small island, Barrett said to Fang Yi seriously.
"Barrett, is it really necessary? We're comrades, not enemies!" Fang Yi replied helplessly.
Three days ago, they encountered a pirate crew. The enemies were formidable opponents. To keep Roger from stepping in, Fang Yi almost used all his strength. Except for the Flame Dragon Blast, he basically unleashed all the power he usually kept hidden.
This greatly surprised Barrett because during normal training and sparring sessions, Fang Yi never seemed as powerful as he did in that battle.
So when they reached this island, Barrett immediately asked Fang Yi for a fight.
But Fang Yi didn't want to fight Barrett. The guy was extremely tough. It was exhausting for Fang Yi to fight him, and he had to stay extremely focused. Otherwise, if Barrett got the chance, the fight would be over.
"Let me feel your full - force fighting power!" Barrett remained unmoved, determined to fight Fang Yi.
This was also an affirmation of Fang Yi's strength. On the ship, apart from Captain Roger, only Rayleigh and Fang Yi could take on Barrett. The others were basically no match for him.
"Fang Yi, since Barrett is so insistent, go all out! I also want to see how powerful you are when you go all out!" Yamon, standing nearby, couldn't help but speak up.
After getting married to Jabba, Yamon's personality wasn't as domineering as before. She had become much more rational, and sometimes Fang Yi could even sense a maternal glow from her.
But now, seeing Barrett pushing Fang Yi so hard, Yamon finally couldn't hold back and stepped in.
Facing the somewhat angry Yamon, Fang Yi felt helpless. He had no choice but to nod at Barrett and say, "Alright! Then let's give it a try!"
"Great! I'm sure you won't disappoint me!" Barrett replied with a big laugh.
"Then watch out!" Fang Yi said, getting ready to make his move.
"Wait!" But Barrett waved his hand and said, "Call Wangzai over. You two are a team!"
Fang Yi's face darkened. He said, "No need. Since you want a fight, I won't take advantage of you. Take this arrow!"
He never expected that his usual strength concealment would make Barrett underestimate him so much. So he made up his mind to teach Barrett a lesson this time and show him that he wasn't someone to be messed with.
"Whoosh~"
As soon as Fang Yi finished speaking, an arrow carrying green energy shot straight at Barrett.
Barrett immediately recognized it as Fang Yi's Entangling Arrow. If it hit him, he would face a relentless attack.
So right away, Barrett chose to Dodge.
"Humph!" Barrett paused in his forward movement after dodging the Entangling Arrow. He knew this was Fang Yi's most tricky characteristic. Whether you dodged or blocked, Fang Yi's arrows always seemed to hit the target.
However, this wasn't his first fight with Fang Yi. So he didn't show too much surprise. In fact, he'd already noticed that as long as he dodged Fang Yi's arrows, the peculiar abilities attached to them wouldn't hit him.
So even though he felt like he'd been hit by an arrow, after a brief pause, Barrett immediately charged towards Fang Yi again. He knew that if he dared to stop, he'd have no chance of getting close to Fang Yi.
"Hehe... Do you think I'm out of options?" Watching Barrett rush towards him, Fang Yi smiled faintly. He kept moving around on his feet and continuously shot arrows at the other person.
This was how Fang Yi attacked. Even without any special abilities, his attacks could still affect Barrett. Moreover, once a Stun occurred, the opponent couldn't break free.
Barrett also knew it, so he had to get close to Fang Yi before Fang Yi could control him.
The two of them chased and fled on the beach. Although the distance between them was getting shorter, Fang Yi always managed to dodge Barrett's attacks and even counter - attack when he had the chance.
"Let's see where you can run this time!" Barrett seized the opportunity to corner Fang Yi and threw a punch at him.
Fang Yi also understood that he couldn't dodge this time. So he had to use the Sun - shooting Bow in his hand to block Barrett's attack. But after Barrett threw his punch, he clearly saw that he'd hit Fang Yi, yet the feeling in his fist was like hitting thin air.
"Bang!"
Taking advantage of Barrett's momentary daze, Fang Yi kicked Barrett in the chest. While attacking, he also used the rebound force to put some distance between himself and Barrett again.
When Barrett attacked him just now, he'd very luckily triggered his Dodge skill. That's why Barrett felt like he'd hit nothing.
"Gotcha!"
In one swift motion, Fang Yi drew his bow and shot an arrow. An arrow with green energy shot directly at Barrett.
By the time Barrett reacted, he'd already missed the best chance to dodge. He had to block Fang Yi's arrow with his arm.
As soon as his arm touched the arrow, a large number of vines appeared on the arrow and began to wrap around Barrett.
"Get off me!"
Barrett knew he couldn't waste time. So he immediately covered his whole body with Armament Haki and broke free from the vines.
Unfortunately, Fang Yi didn't give him another chance. Several more arrows were shot at Barrett immediately.
Barrett, who had just broken free from the vines, didn't have time to dodge the following arrows. So he immediately felt the sharp contrast between searing heat and freezing cold.
But Barrett wasn't that easy to defeat. Even though Fang Yi's attacks came one after another and Barrett took them all, the damage he suffered wasn't that great.
"I've already said that when I don't have the ability to cause you Lethal damage, I can't defeat you. But as long as you give me a chance... you can't defeat me either! So there's really no point in our fight." Fang Yi said while continuously attacking.
Barrett didn't say a word. Fang Yi knew he was still waiting, waiting for a chance to launch a desperate counterattack.
But just then, when Fang Yi shot a frozen arrow at Barrett, Fang Yi's face suddenly changed, and he stopped attacking.
"Ugh... Wow!"
Barrett, who was hit by the frozen arrow, trembled all over. After that, he actually knelt on the ground in a half - squatting position, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.
"What's going on?" The watching crew members were all shocked. Clearly, he was fine just now. Why did Barrett suddenly seem to have been severely injured?
"You still have a hidden killing move, after all..." Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Barrett slowly looked up at Fang Yi and said.
Fang Yi was speechless. What could he say? You were just too unlucky to trigger a Lethal strike that had never been triggered before. Could he be blamed for that?
Although he used a large number of skill experience scrolls to raise the level of the Lethal skill to LV.3, the trigger probability was still only a pitiful three percent.
Fang Yi never considered using the Lethal skill in actual combat due to its low trigger probability. This uncertainty couldn't be counted as part of his strength, but rather a fortuitous event that might be triggered by an unlucky person someday.
Sure enough, Barrett became the first unlucky one.
After realizing his attack had triggered Lethal, he stopped attacking. Otherwise, Barrett would likely be defeated by Fang Yi's continuous attacks.
"This isn't a hidden killing move of mine. What can I say? It's just that you're out of luck. Under normal circumstances, I shouldn't be able to defeat you so easily!" Fang Yi shook his head and replied.
Although he said so, he valued the Lethal skill even more in his heart. You know, Barrett's physique was quite strong. Although he hadn't used the ability of the Fusion Fruit yet, just one Lethal skill directly made him lose his combat effectiveness. It was still quite terrifying.
Like Barrett, the crew members looked at Fang Yi differently.
They really didn't expect that Fang Yi actually had such a hidden ability and could even knock Barrett down with one strike.
Even Yamon, who had arranged this fight, didn't expect the final result to be like this. In her opinion, it would already be the best result if Fang Yi could fight Barrett to a draw. For Fang Yi, this kind of fight where he couldn't run away was actually a bit disadvantageous.
So she had already prepared herself for Fang Yi to lose and even thought up what to say.
But unexpectedly, Fang Yi gave her such a big surprise.
"Xiao Yi, so... can you even beat Mr. Rayleigh?" Yamon glanced at Mr. Rayleigh and asked with a hint of surprise.
Fang Yi shook his head and said, "It's impossible, Teacher Yamon! Barrett and Mr. Rayleigh have two different styles. Mr. Rayleigh is more like a swordsman. Different from Barrett's close - range combat, Mr. Rayleigh also has good long - range combat ability. My bow and arrow will have less suppression on him, and he can get close to me faster!"
In fact, Yamon wasn't ignorant of these principles. It's just that after witnessing Fang Yi's increasingly strange techniques, some wild thoughts popped up in his mind.
Over there, after Crocus examined Barrett, he gave him some simple bandages on his body and told him to have a good rest. He was not supposed to practice or fight with others for the next few days.
Although Fang Yi's arrows didn't seem to cause much obvious harm to Barrett on the surface, in fact, due to the Precision skill, these injuries were inevitable. When Barrett was in good condition, these minor injuries wouldn't have much impact on him. But once he got injured, these minor injuries became a non - negligible Part.
After the fight between Fang Yi and Barrett ended, although Rayleigh and Roger didn't ask many questions, Fang Yi knew they were very curious. Even they couldn't figure out how Fang Yi managed to injure Barrett.
However, Fang Yi himself couldn't explain this kind of thing clearly. So he could only act as if he didn't know and let them speculate on their own.