"Everyone, I've found Ace's location, but Ace is a bit..."
"What? You found Ace? Where? Where? Take me there right now!" Luffy immediately ran over and tugged at Lin Qing's clothes.
"Great! We've found Ace! Luffy can finally see his brother!" Nami exclaimed happily.
The others also spoke happily, genuinely happy for Luffy.
Lin Qing looked at these people without saying anything, and directly controlled the white cloud to fly to the vicinity of Ace, and then slowly landed.
Before the clouds even landed, Luffy jumped from a height of tens of meters.
Luffy looked at that familiar figure; it was his brother who had died protecting him.
Luffy, tears streaming down his face, ran wildly toward Ace: "Ace, Ace, I'm here! I can finally see you again!"
"Hmm?" Ace had just finished whipping a group of disobedient slaves and was about to return to the palace to rest when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind. He subconsciously turned around.
"You, you!" Ace stared in disbelief at Luffy who had appeared.
Seeing Ace's shocked expression, Luffy assumed that Ace was surprised at how he ended up there.
Luffy lunged at Ace, ready to give him a big hug.
As Ace watched this fool, tears and snot streaming down his face, lunge at him, his domineering aura instantly enveloped his fist.
He threw a punch forward, hitting Luffy in the cheek, and said disdainfully, "Hmph! Who dares to trespass on Higashiyama?"
"Bang!"
Luffy was sent flying by Ace's punch, crashing into the ground, whereupon a cloud of smoke appeared.
"What? Ace actually hit Luffy?" Usopp and Chopper were immediately shocked.
The others stared at Ace in shock, too astonished to speak.
"As expected, Ace is no longer the same Ace." Lin Qing thought it was because he had lost his memory.
"Ace, Ace, why did you hit me? I wanted to hug you." Luffy climbed out of the pit without getting angry.
"Huh? You're actually alright? How is that possible?" Ace was quite surprised to see Luffy's face was only slightly swollen.
It's worth noting that with one punch from him, he defeated the previous island lord before he became the lord of East Island.
How could he not be shocked that this person, who looked like an idiot, was completely unharmed?
"Where did you come from? And I don't know you. Don't try to get close to me," Ace said impatiently.
"Ace, it's me, Luffy. How could you not recognize me? You were killed by Admiral Akainu while trying to save me, have you forgotten?"
Luffy screamed in anguish, and Lin Qing felt like she was about to cry when she heard it.
"Nonsense! Guards, arrest these people and interrogate them properly."
As soon as Ace finished speaking, a hundred fully armed guards ran out of the hall and headed towards Luffy and his crew.
"Although I don't know what's going on, I'm your opponent." Zoro took the lead and stood at the front.
"Hmph, green-haired moss, their opponent is me." Sanji also stepped forward.
"It's nothing, these people aren't even enough to fill my teeth," Lin Qing said, his figure shifting strangely.
Then all the guards flew away and disappeared without a trace.
"Well, that's good now, no need to argue anymore. I have to say, Lin Qing, you're really strong." Sanji gave Lin Qing a thumbs up.
"I just wanted to test the weapon in my hand." Zoro silently shed tears in his heart.
"Hmph, I didn't expect there to be someone as strong as you. But you're still a bit lacking in my eyes." Ace didn't care that the guard had been knocked down.
He rushed to Lin Qing's side and then delivered a dark, whip-like kick to Lin Qing's head.
Just as Lin Qing was about to subdue Ace, Luffy suddenly stretched out his arm, grabbed Lin Qing, and then tried to pull Lin Qing to the back.
Seeing this, Lin Qing let Luffy pull her to the back.
"Lin Qing, you don't need to do anything. Leave Ace to me. Since he doesn't recognize me, I'll beat him until he does." Luffy's eyes were very determined.
Lin Qing originally planned to just blindly confront the enemy and lead the Straw Hat crew to forcefully conquer the four islands to meet these fallen heroes.
Then go and capture that domain lord, who might have a way to revive Ace.
However, looking at Luffy's eyes, he stopped: "Never mind, let's wait a bit. Anyway, I don't have much else, but I have plenty of time."
Second gear!
"Gum-Gum Jet Bullet." Luffy's figure suddenly appeared behind Ace, and he stretched his right fist backward to punch Ace.
"Interesting." Ace released his Armament Haki and crossed his arms to block Luffy's fist.
Ace, who was hit, was only knocked back a step, and then looked at Luffy with disdain.
"Wow, that's tough! I didn't expect Ace to have such strong Haki." Luffy praised Ace, but suddenly Ace's figure disappeared.
"Luffy, watch out behind you," Zoro suddenly warned.
"What? Oh no!" Luffy reacted quickly, covering his hands with Haki to block.
Bang!
Luffy was suddenly blasted away by Ace and crashed into a distant boulder, shattering it into pieces.
"Wow, that was fast! I didn't expect you to have learned Shave too!" Sanji realized that Ace had just used Shave, one of the Six Powers of the Navy.
"You know quite a lot, but you're all too weak." Ace flicked his hat and smiled disdainfully.
Chapter 139 Gear Fourth Luffy (Please subscribe, vote for monthly tickets, and recommend!)
"Aaaaah, you bastard!" Luffy roared in anger, rising from the rubble and instantly appearing in mid-air.
He bit his finger and blew air into it, and in no time Luffy's fist became enormous.
"Rubber Giant Pistol"
A giant fist slammed towards Ace, but Ace remained unmoved and charged straight at Luffy.
"Fire Fist!" Ace raised his fist to meet the attack.
Although Ace had lost the power and memories of the Flame-Flame Fruit, he still habitually shouted it out and used the Fire Fist technique.
A small fist against a giant's fist—any discerning person could see the outcome.
Two fists, one large and one small, collided, but the result was unexpected: the larger fist was actually blasted away by Ace.
"Damn it." Luffy rolled over and landed on the ground.
"The power is a bit greater, but it's still not enough."
Ace flashed to Luffy's side and delivered a whip kick to Luffy.
Luffy immediately responded with a whip kick, and the two then exchanged blows at an incredibly fast speed, creating a dazzling spectacle.
After fighting for a while, the two each jumped back a step and then faced off.
"Not bad, you managed to fight me for so long." Ace smiled.
"But that's enough for now, double burst!" As soon as he finished speaking, Ace appeared in front of Luffy at an incredible speed.
Before Luffy could react, he was blasted away by a punch, and then Luffy was relentlessly beaten by Ace without any chance to fight back.
"Both power and speed have increased by 2 times, what kind of move is this?" Zoro asked solemnly from the side.
The two were evenly matched at first, but now Ace is completely dominating them.
Watching Luffy get brutally beaten by Ace, the Straw Hat crew could only silently cheer him on from the sidelines.
They knew that Luffy would never let them fight, and Lin Qing was no exception, but he also knew that Luffy hadn't used his full strength yet.
Bang!
Luffy was knocked underground once again, and Ace, seeing that it was enough, stopped.
"It's solved. Now it's your turn, hehe!" Ace turned his gaze to Lin Qing and his group.
"Hmph!" Zoro immediately got into a fighting stance, ready to be the first to charge in and challenge them.
"Ahem! Ace, your opponent is me." Luffy's voice came from underground.
Then Luffy, covered in wounds, jumped out of the crater and stood in front of Ace.
"You, you can still move? Looks like I went a little too easy on you."
"Five times the power, this time I'm going to kill you!" Ace activated his five times power, and a powerful aura emanated from his body.
Luffy appeared above Ace, his hands becoming enormous and covered in Armament Haki.
"Rubber - Grizzly Gun." A pair of massive black fists, carrying unparalleled momentum, slammed towards Ace.
"Slow, too slow." Ace's figure disappeared, and the Grizzly Gun struck the ground, spreading a huge cloud of smoke.
Whoosh! Bang!
Luffy was sent flying by Ace once again, this time shoving the ground for hundreds of meters before finally stopping.
"Haha! It's useless. The Domain Lord has bestowed upon me a special ability, which I have now developed to a five-fold increase."
“My predecessor, that good-for-nothing, was the island lord for decades and could only use the 2x enhancement.” Ace laughed heartily.
"As expected, this domain lord is a formidable opponent." The Straw Hat crew members were secretly alarmed.
"Here it comes!" Lin Qing said, scanning Luffy with his divine sense.
"I told you, I'll beat you until you recognize me." Luffy resolutely got up once again.
"You—" Ace was genuinely shocked.
"Gear Fourth!" Luffy raised his arm to his mouth and said, word by word.
"Fourth Gear? Your moves are much better now." Ace wasn't too bothered after his initial shock.
"Yes, I need to become stronger to wake you up." Luffy's Haki covered his arm, and then he bit down on the dark arm.
"Muscle balloon." Lu Fei blew air into his arm, and his entire arm began to grow larger.
Then air entered his muscles through the gaps in his bones, causing them to expand, and Luffy became enormous.