Marko's frown deepened. Gu Xuan was right. He was very familiar with Gu Xuan's technique. Because Gu Xuan was not strong in the past, he rarely crushed his opponent, so he had developed his own killing technique. Using his own short knife to cut the throat, in his words, was to use the smallest amount of strength to achieve his goal.
Saatchi's death was indeed suspicious, but Marko would not easily believe Gu Xuan. Perhaps it was possible, but there was also another possibility. Gu Xuan had done it on purpose to confuse people's attention, and now he was using this excuse to get rid of his suspicion.
"It's useless for you to tell me these things. Come back with me and explain these things to my father. Let's see if he believes you.”
Gu Xuan continued to shake his head." Looks like we still can't come to an agreement. I can't go back with you."”
"This is not up to you."
Marko shouted and took the lead. This time, he didn't use his ability and directly attacked Gu Xuan with his physical skills.
"Boom!"
This was the first time Gu Xuan had faced Marko head-on. Both of them had also used the color of the weapon, Tyrannical Aura. A powerful force spread out with the two of them as the center, and the force scattered everywhere.
Marko's pupils constricted. Gu Xuan's strength had exceeded his imagination. When he was hit earlier, he could still say that Gu Xuan had borrowed his ability to injure him unexpectedly, but now, Gu Xuan was actually fighting him head-on. This was something that he could never have imagined before he came.
"A Devil Fruit definitely can't allow him to improve so quickly and so much. Could it be that he has been hiding his strength in the past? He was also so familiar with the use of the color of his equipment. It was as if he had changed into another person.”
From the time Gu Xuan ate the fruit of darkness, it had only been two months. In just two months, Gu Xuan was actually able to fight him head-on. This fruit of darkness definitely couldn't have allowed Gu Xuan to improve so quickly.
At this moment, he realized that this mission would not be so easy to complete. He also understood that Gu Xuan was able to avoid the pursuit of them and the World Government not only because of luck, but also because of his strength.
Marko couldn't possibly have guessed that Gu Xuan's strength had really increased by leaps and bounds in the past two months. The reason why it was beyond imagination was because he possessed the Dark System. Right now, his physique alone had increased by five points, which was more than half of what it was before. Not to mention that his willpower had also increased by five points. Although it might not look different on the surface, it was different when combined.
In addition, his Armed Color's Domineering Power had been upgraded to the second stage. It was not an exaggeration to say that even without the addition of the fruit of darkness, his strength had more than doubled. According to the bounty of the navy, it was not difficult to put up a bounty of 200 million Bailey for physical skills alone. Adding the ability of the fruit of darkness, his current bounty of 600 million Bailey was not considered a premium.
Marko was only shocked for a moment. After he realized that Gu Xuan's strength had increased, he immediately used all his strength to attack Gu Xuan. However, he did not use his ability easily and only used his physical skills to fight Gu Xuan. He did not know if Gu Xuan's fruit ability was as he said, so he had always been on guard.
The two of them exchanged dozens of moves in a minute. Gu Xuan had received all of Marko's attacks head-on, but he gradually could not withstand them. After all, Marko had decades of combat experience. His physique and physical skills were stronger than his. Even without using the fruit's ability, his overall strength was still stronger than his.
After knowing that he could not defeat Marko with just physical skills, Gu Xuan immediately used his ability. The Dark Fruit not only countered the Devil Fruit's ability, but its attack and dark power were also extraordinary. When combined, it made Marko feel very uncomfortable.
In fact, the weakness of the fruit was quite obvious. One had to come into contact with an ability user to temporarily lose the ability of the other party. However, if the other party did not use the ability or launched a long-range attack, the fruit would not be able to make the other party lose the ability.
Now, Marko didn't even use the fruit's ability. He was purely relying on his physical skills. This way, the biggest threat of his fruit would disappear.
"As expected, there's still quite a big gap compared to a veteran expert like Marko.”
After fighting for a few minutes, Gu Xuan knew that he was definitely not Marko's match. At the very least, he wasn't Marko's match now. Even with the addition of the fruit of darkness, he still couldn't beat Marko. The other party could defeat him with just physical skills.
However, he couldn't beat Marko, and it wouldn't be easy for Marko to defeat him. After all, he was also proficient in the color of equipment, and it was also a Nature Element. Overall, his combat strength wasn't weak.
Calculating the time, Raffet and the others should have already left. Gu Xuan did not want to continue fighting Marko, so he immediately turned around and left.
"Trying to run?"
Seeing Gu Xuan turn around and flee, Marko sneered and quickly used his ability. His hands turned into wings and he rushed towards Gu Xuan at an extremely fast speed. His speed was much faster than the running Gu Xuan.
In just a few seconds, he caught up to Gu Xuan. His right leg deactivated its ability and covered in the armored aura, he kicked at Gu Xuan. The fleeing Gu Xuan had no choice but to turn around and use the armored aura to block. When the huge force kicked him away, he was sent flying.
"You can't escape, Gu Xuan." Marko attacked again.
Gu Xuan couldn't help but curse out loud. His current situation was truly extremely bad. Other than injuring Marko by surprise in the beginning, he hadn't been able to gain any advantage after that. Although he had used his full strength in that attack, he had only managed to cause Marko to suffer minor injuries.
He couldn't beat Marko, and he couldn't run away either. This made him feel very aggrieved. This was the first time he had suffered a loss since he obtained the Dark Fruit and the system. The most important thing was that Marko had the ability to fly. Otherwise, he would have other ways to escape.
One of them was fleeing while the other was chasing. Although Gu Xuan had been hit a few times, his current physical fitness was not ordinary. He also had the domineering defense of the armed color. He only cared about escaping, so it was not so easy to capture him.
A while ago, Gu Xuan had specifically gone to places with fewer people. But now, in order to get rid of Marko, he could only go to places with more people in the city. He quickly entered the nearest city. After he rushed into the crowd, he immediately used his elemental ability to move around in an attempt to get rid of Marko.
His strategy was indeed effective. Although Marko could fly in the sky, this way, the target would naturally become bigger. The bounty on Marko was no stranger in the New World. Many people recognized him. Moreover, his flying ability was not as effective in the streets of the city as in the open space. It would be even more difficult to catch up to Gu Xuan.。
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