"Oh?"
Looking at Urouge standing in front of him, Borsalino showed a hint of surprise.
He raised a finger.
A beam of light shot forward and instantly struck Urouge.
However, the attack did not injure him. Instead, it was absorbed by his body.
His figure grew slightly larger.
"I see."
With his vast experience, Borsalino immediately understood why Urouge had been so confident.
"A Devil Fruit that absorbs attacks and converts them into strength."
He explained his guess casually and chuckled.
"But abilities like this always have a limit, do they not?"
Urouge froze for a moment.
His fruit did indeed have a limit.
Before he could respond, Borsalino's kick had already arrived.
"That will not work."
Urouge could not see Borsalino's movement clearly, but his ability activated automatically.
His body expanded again.
"Your attacks will only make me stronger."
Borsalino smiled mischievously.
"Really?"
His leg suddenly transformed into countless streams of golden light, continuously blasting into Urouge's body.
Bigger.
Even bigger.
Urouge's height exploded from nearly four meters to seventeen meters.
At that moment, anxiety appeared on his face.
He had reached his limit.
Boom.
In the next second his body deflated like a leaking balloon. He shrank back to normal size and collapsed weakly on the ground.
"That level is still not enough," Borsalino said casually.
[You picked up 1 Strength.]
[You picked up the Glint-Glint Fruit ability.]
[You picked up …]
Renji quietly approached and collected the attributes dropped by Borsalino during the attack.
When he realized what he had obtained, he froze.
The Glint-Glint Fruit.
For a moment Renji felt overwhelming excitement.
First, obtaining a Devil Fruit through attribute pickup had odds similar to winning the lottery.
Second, it proved something extremely important.
Devil Fruit abilities obtained through the system did not follow the world's rule that a person could only possess one ability.
As long as the system dropped it, he could have multiple Devil Fruit powers.
"Are you still not planning to run?"
Borsalino had already moved to the rear of the battlefield where Capone Bege and Scratchmen Apoo were located.
"Damn!"
Bege reacted immediately.
His body rapidly expanded and a giant fortress rose from the ground.
It was the physical manifestation of the Castle-Castle Fruit.
"Wow. Such a huge castle."
"How am I supposed to deal with something that big?"
Borsalino spoke lazily while raising his leg.
The kick pierced straight through the fortress.
The enormous castle was blasted clean through.
Bege suffered severe backlash and collapsed unconscious.
Seeing that, Apoo abandoned any thought of fighting.
He turned and ran.
But Borsalino moved far faster.
Appearing instantly in front of him, he blocked the escape route.
"Leaving already?"
"Yeah…"
Apoo forced an awkward smile.
"I just remembered I have something important to do."
"If you leave, that will make things troublesome for me," Borsalino said while scratching his head.
At the same time he kicked forward.
Apoo fled quickly.
But he flew back even faster, crashing straight into Killer.
Killer had not even begun fighting and was knocked unconscious together with Apoo.
"Things are much quieter now."
Borsalino glanced around.
Out of the original six Supernovas, only Basil Hawkins remained standing.
Borsalino transformed into light again and appeared in front of Hawkins.
"You have been rather quiet."
"Do you have anything to say?"
While speaking, he fired a beam of light.
Hawkins attempted to dodge instinctively, but his speed was far too slow.
The beam struck him instantly.
However, the expected fatal injury did not appear.
Instead, a broken straw doll dropped from Hawkins' body while he himself remained unharmed.
[You picked up 1 Armament Haki insight.]
[You picked up 1 Strength.]
[You picked up …]
"I did have something to say," Hawkins said while slowly getting up.
"Since I cannot defeat you, I plan to leave."
"If you want to stop me, then do so."
"So arrogant," Borsalino replied with mild curiosity.
Another beam shot out.
Another straw doll fell from Hawkins' body.
Then countless beams followed.
This time Borsalino stayed in place, repeatedly firing.
"Ugh!"
After losing numerous straw dolls, Hawkins finally spat out blood.
One of the beams had finally injured him.
Only then did Borsalino stop.
He moved again and appeared beside Hawkins.
Looking down at the fallen pirate, Borsalino spoke with amusement.
"A moment ago I thought your confidence meant you trusted your strength."
"Apparently not."
Hawkins clenched his teeth.
He had already tried to escape as quickly as possible.
But Borsalino's speed was utterly overwhelming.
"Does being targeted by you mean there is not even a chance to escape?"
"Not necessarily."
Borsalino briefly recalled several figures in his mind.
They were powerful individuals famous across the sea.
"There are people I cannot or do not dare to attack."
At that moment the Den Den Mushi rang.
Borsalino paused before pulling the snail from his coat.
"Hello?"
"Old man, where did you run off to?" the voice complained.
Borsalino looked around calmly.
"Nothing much. Just taking a walk before starting the mission."
A walk?
Renji, who had just finished collecting all the attributes, could not help feeling speechless.
Defeating six Supernovas instantly was considered a walk.
"Enough already," the voice on the Den Den Mushi said in exasperation.
"I have found the Straw Hat crew. Hurry over here."
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