A few days later, the Roger Pirates finally reached a small island.
Fang Yi also had a serious fight with Barrett as promised. However, the only spectators were Captain Roger and Vice - Captain Rayleigh. The rest of the crew were in the bar in the small island town.
"Alright, this battle will end when one person loses their combat ability. As long as you haven't lost your combat ability, the battle isn't over! As for the range... let's just make it this beach!" Rayleigh looked at the two facing each other and said.
"There's no need to set a range. You can go anywhere!" Barrett shook his head and said.
A battle is different from a spar. In a battle, can you really restrict your enemy from leaving?
"Xiaoyi, Barrett! Although I'm really looking forward to your battle, I hope you can stop at an appropriate point and don't really have any accidents!" Roger said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, Captain!" Fang Yi smiled and replied.
"Okay, then let's start!" Roger nodded and said.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
As soon as Roger finished speaking, several arrows shining with different lights flew towards Barrett.
Barrett also seemed to be well - prepared. He immediately left his original position and approached Fang Yi in a zig - zag pattern.
"Hey... It seems you've really studied this! But it won't work on me!" Fang Yi saw Barrett's advancing route. He immediately shifted his position while smiling and saying.
The zig - zag pattern is one of the ways to avoid being hit by a sniper. However, for Fang Yi with full - level Precision, this trick didn't have much of an impact. Moreover, the zig - zag pattern doesn't mean you can completely avoid being hit by a sniper.
It's just a bit more troublesome than moving forward in a straight line.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Arrows kept flying towards Barrett. Because his full - level Precision gave him a 50% chance of a 100% hit rate, Barrett, who was advancing, had to endure the pain caused by the arrows.
Fortunately, he had a strong constitution, so it wasn't a big problem for him to withstand Fang Yi's arrows. He just had to be careful not to be hit by Fang Yi's special arrows.
"Looks like I have to show you something new! Multiple Shots · Magic Arrows!" Fang Yi, with his bow drawn and an arrow nocked, shot an arrow. In the air, it actually turned into three arrows, and each arrow was flashing with colorful magic energy.
[Multiple Shots (LV.1) 35/100]: You can shoot an arrow to deal damage to one to three enemies!
[Magic Arrow (LV.1) 5/100]: Shoot a magic arrow at an enemy to deal magic damage!
These two skills were what Fang Yi had just obtained recently. With six lottery tickets every day, the number of times he could draw lots had increased significantly, so the probability of getting skills had also increased a lot.
However, it's really hard to say about lottery draws. He hadn't gotten any skills before, but these days, he actually got two skills.
Before the battle with the Golden Lion Pirates in the Aite Wo'er Sea area, he had already obtained the Multiple Shots skill. However, usually he practiced more with fire arrow, ice arrow, and Entangling Arrow. Moreover, Yamon had taught him the combat technique of Multiple Shots, so he hadn't practiced it much, and his proficiency in it hadn't increased either.
However, the Multiple Shots skill is quite different from his own skill of shooting multiple arrows at once, which he is already quite proficient in. The biggest difference is that the Multiple Shots skill only requires one arrow. After being shot out, it will turn into multiple arrows according to Fang Yi's needs.
Currently, the proficiency of this skill is only at LV.1, so it can only transform into a maximum of three arrows.
Secondly, it is different from Fang Yi's own skill of shooting multiple arrows at once in terms of target locking.
With his own skill of shooting multiple arrows at once, he can target either one or multiple targets, which is up to his own decision. However, the more targets and arrows there are, the lower the accuracy and damage will be.
Of course, currently, the maximum he can achieve is to shoot five arrows simultaneously and hit five stationary targets. If the targets are moving, there is a high chance that one or two arrows will miss.
In a situation like this, he can shoot five arrows at Barrett in one go. Without considering the Accuracy skill, the hit rate will be much higher than when targeting five targets.
But the Multiple Shots skill is different. One target, one arrow; three targets, three arrows.
For example, when Fang Yi uses the Multiple Shots skill on Barrett and three arrows transform in the air, at most only one arrow will actually hit Barrett.
If Barrett continues moving in his current direction, the middle arrow will hit him, while the left and right ones will miss. However, if Barrett shifts to the left, the left arrow will hit him, and the middle and right ones will miss.
But when there are three targets, all three arrows will fly towards the targets, making it easier to hit all the targets than when he shoots three arrows at once on his own.
As for the Magic Arrows, he obtained them on the day he made an agreement with Barrett. Until now, he still hasn't fully understood what so - called magical damage is.
Combining Multiple Shots and Magic Arrows is an experiment for him.
For the skills attached to his arrows, only one skill can be triggered by one arrow at most.
For example, if Fang Yi doesn't use any special skills and shoots an ordinary arrow, the skills that arrow can trigger might be Precision, Stun, or Lethal.
However, if he shoots a fire arrow and it misses the target, such as being dodged, any one of Precision, Stun, or Lethal can still be triggered.
But if the fire arrow hits the opponent or is blocked, only the effect of the fire arrow can be triggered. None of Precision, Stun, or Lethal can be triggered simultaneously.
Fang Yi himself understood this, and so did Barrett, who often sparred with him. So, when it came to Fang Yi's ordinary arrows, Barrett would dodge them if he could and block them if he couldn't. However, when it came to those arrows with a special glow, Barrett had a choice. He would rather take a hit from an ordinary arrow than let the special one land.
So, when faced with Fang Yi's Multiple Shots · Magic Arrows this time, Barrett's first reaction was to dodge.
But when the arrows got closer, he realized that because the distance between them was too short, no matter how he dodged, there would always be one arrow he couldn't completely avoid.
So, gritting his teeth, he covered his arms with Armament Haki and punched the middle arrow.
"Boom~~"
When Barrett's fist made contact with Fang Yi's magic arrow, a violent explosion occurred.
"Magic Arrows (Explosive) triggered. Magic Arrows proficiency +1"
Along with the explosion, Fang Yi's system prompt rang out.
"Hmm? Explosive damage? Does this magic arrow randomly deal different types of damage?" Fang Yi thought as he stepped back to increase the distance from Barrett while continuing to attack.
Previously, he had used Magic Arrows during practice sessions on the sea. There had been instances of ice damage, fire damage, and now, explosive damage. So far, he hadn't noticed any pattern; it seemed to be completely random.
"Your ability is strange, but the damage doesn't seem to be enough!" Barrett, who rushed out of the smoke, grinned and said.
"Shit!" Even Fang Yi couldn't help but curse silently when he saw Barrett's current state.
Barrett, with his whole body glistening like metal, charged straight at Fang Yi.
This was the power of his Fusion Fruit. After fusing with metal, he could cover his body with it, forming a layer of armor.
In this state, Barrett not only gained a significant boost in strength but also had incredibly high defense. At least Fang Yi's Fire Arrows and Entangling Arrow had little to no effect on him.
The fire damage caused by Fang Yi's Fire Arrows was unable to effectively penetrate Barrett's armor. Besides, as Barrett's strength had increased, he could easily break free from the entanglement effect of the Entangling Arrow.
The only arrow that could have an impact on his armor was the ice arrow.
Even then, the ice arrow didn't really deal damage to Barrett but rather slowed him down.
However, in this state, Barrett's speed also decreased slightly, allowing Fang Yi to escape more calmly.
"Fang Yi, you can't escape! I've improved my armor! Let me show you the power of the Fusion Fruit!" Barrett said as he suddenly increased his pursuit speed significantly.
"Shit! You're cheating!" Fang Yi was fuming. A pair of metal wings had appeared on Barrett's back. Although these wings couldn't make Barrett fly, they did give his speed a huge boost.
"Hahaha... Give up, Fang Yi! You're no match for me now!" Barrett laughed heartily as he rapidly closed in on Fang Yi.
Fang Yi's mouth was filled with bitterness. Although he had acquired two new skills, his opponent was also progressing and not staying put.
"Whoosh~~ Whether I can beat him or not... I won't know until I give it a shot! Hit!" Facing the charging Barrett, Fang Yi made a sideways jump, evading the opponent's straight - line charge. At the same time, he shot five arrows directly at the opponent.
He didn't use Multiple Shots, nor did he activate any additional skills. He simply shot five ordinary arrows at Barrett.
All he could do now was pray for the Lethal or Stun skills to be triggered. As long as either of them triggered, it would buy Fang Yi enough time to plan a new round of multi - strikes against Barrett.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
To Fang Yi's surprise, all five arrows hit the opponent. Although they didn't cause much damage to the opponent, they made Fang Yi stunned briefly.
Having been hit by five arrows in a row, Barrett's mouth twitched involuntarily. Even though they were ordinary arrows, after the hitting skill was triggered, he still felt as if he had been struck by the arrows.
"Bang!" "Bang!"
Barrett, who had rushed too far, stepped on the ground to stop himself. Then he rushed towards Fang Yi again.
But at this moment, Fang Yi's face broke into a smile. Although Barrett's movement was brief, Fang Yi had spotted a flaw.