In just over ten seconds, Darker, who didn't even have time to scream, was completely stunned, his body was covered with wounds, and finally he collapsed on the field with a bang, seriously injured and unconscious. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

More than two-thirds of the spectators who bet on Darker are sluggish, they have seen Darker fail, and Darker has failed in the past eight years, not only a few times, but also decently lost. But never before, it ended up like this!

"Luo ...... Rhodes...... Advance to the finals!" the referee announced the result in a tremolo.

"Haha! I'll just say, how could that guy lose!" Apu clapped his hands.

Sanji and X, who were sitting on either side of him, didn't say anything, but they were also short of breath.

Soon, the name Rhodes swept through the whole of Marlenyat!

……

Chloe is urging the manpower to improve the warship, as well as mobilize supplies and arrange for the newly recruited pirates.

Chloe has basically not rested in the past few days, so now his eyes are bloodshot, if it weren't for the fact that Ah Jin and Tyton might trust and help take care of it, he would definitely be tired and paralyzed.

"Two hundred? So fast, almost enough, let's stop recruiting. Chloe flipped through the list that Akin handed him, looked through it and made a decision.

Two battleships, more than two hundred pirates are enough.

"Captain Chloe, he won, defeated Darkel, who has been called the strongest man in the gladiatorial arena in eight years!" Tyton sprang to the office and shouted at Chloe, tossing the newspaper on the table.

Chloe and Ah Jin looked at each other.

"It's incredible, Darkel I've investigated, the strength is definitely not to be underestimated, I didn't expect to be able to take it down so quickly. Chloe was also extremely shocked, although he was confident in the strength of Rhodes, Darker, who had crossed the great voyage eight years ago, was enough to be called one of the strongest people in Marlenyat.

"It's him. Ah Jin remembered that Rhodes had a disdainful attitude towards Crick, the strongest man in the East China Sea, and admired Rhodes more and more.

……

The medicine given by the doctor was really good, and most of Shanzhi's foot recovered in just one day.

Sanji is exercising with X in the hotel at the moment.

"Captain...... Tomorrow you're going to have a duel with Apu......" Sanji said as he did his sit-ups.

Rhodes lay down in a chair by the window, picked up his wine glass, and said, "Yes, I don't know where Apu ran again." ”

"What are you going to do? Defeat Apu to win the fruit? Devil fruits are very rare, each one is worth hundreds of millions, and once you eat it, your strength will definitely increase a lot. X said.

Rhodes heard what he meant, it was nothing more than saying that the Devil Fruit was important, and was he sure he had to give it up?

"I'm planning to practice physical arts, and I don't really want to eat Devil Fruits. Rhodes has never stopped thinking about the Devil Fruit since he crossed over, how did this power that can touch the rules of the world appear, why was it cursed by the sea, and which are the pros and cons of eating the Devil Fruit? The only thought is to try not to eat Devil Fruits. The older generation of powerhouses, such as Karp, Roger, Reilly, and Redhead, did not eat the fruit. Why don't they eat the fruit? Rhodes had a vague feeling that there might be some secret.

"Since you've thought so, I won't say anything more. Seeing that Rhodes was indeed not interested in the Devil Fruit, X said no more.

The day passed quickly.

The fifth day, the last day of the competition, came with the dawn of the morning.

There weren't many viewers on this day, because they could basically guess the winner. Even Darker can be defeated, so Apu is not very difficult. Those who went put all their money on Rhodes, those who didn't go shouted their inferences on the streets, and the reporters had even written the manuscript until the game was over and the print was on sale.

The number of people who came to the most popular finals in the past has dropped by one-third.

The Garneau family has suffered a big loss in this competition, the money has not been made much, and several powerful subordinates have also died and crippled, and if it continues like this, it will be removed from the three major forces.

There is no need to draw lots for the finals, and when the time comes, two players will enter.

Apu looked a little haggard and had no energy, and he didn't say hello when he saw Rhodes, just like yesterday.

"Game on!" the referee ordered.

But neither of them did anything.

"What's wrong?" Rhodes couldn't understand what had happened to Apu after he hadn't seen him for a long time.

Apu raised his head and breathed a sigh of relief: "I know, you have been using me from the beginning to the end, and you have successfully advanced to the finals." Now you're one step away from the Devil Fruit. I don't believe you're going to give me the Devil Fruit. In a word...... You win. ”

Rhodes shaved up to Apu and pressed Apu's head with one hand: "Boy, are you stupid? Have you forgotten what I told you that day?

After saying that, Rhodes pushed Apu down with a strong hand, and then walked out of the field.

"Hey, once you leave the field during the game, you will lose it!" the referee quickly reminded Rhodes when he saw that he was leaving here.

Rhodes didn't look back, but beckoned: "I, retire." ”

These three words instantly made the sleepy audience feel excited and sobered up.

He...... What was said?

Retirement?

Are you kidding?!

"What did you say?" the referee felt incredulous, he finally fought his way out, and he was only one step away from success, and now he actually left!

Instead of answering the referee again, Rhodes proved with his actions that what he said was not a joke. He strode off the field with his legs raised.

"You guy......" Apu sat on the field, and immediately saw Rhodes, his heart was mixed.

"Ah...... Apu wins!" the referee almost shuddered every time he announced a match with Rhodes.

Again, the whole gladiatorial arena, the whole of Marlenyatt, exploded! How many years has the gladiatorial arena been open? At least twenty years since the Garneau family took over. In the past 20 years, hundreds of competitions have happened, and all kinds of situations have happened, but I have never seen it, and the championship is in front of me, but I just turned around and left!

Those who bet on Rhodes to win lost all their money, and they didn't come to see it and said that Rhodes would definitely win and were slapped in the face.

When Apu gets the Devil Fruit that belongs to the championship prize, a spiral Devil Fruit that looks like an apple.

Obviously, this is a superhuman fruit, which is completely consistent with Rhodes's speculation, so the eight achievements are the fruit owned by Apu in the original book.

"Eat it. Rhodes said.

Apu held the Devil Fruit, hesitated for a moment, tears welled up in his eyes, and at the same time opened his big mouth and bit the Devil Fruit: "You...... You're ...... Guy...... True...... It's so ...... Let...... I was touched ......"

Rhodes pursed his lips and didn't smile, and sure enough, Apu, who was crying bitterly one second, turned blue the next moment, and pinched his neck with both hands and vomited: "Why is it so unpalatable!

"Haha! You don't have to eat it all, you just need to eat one bite. When Rhodes saw that Apu had finished taking a bite, he took the Devil Fruit and looked at it carefully.

But you can't smell the smell, and you can only see the spiral patterns on the skin and flesh. After pondering for a long time, Rhodes didn't see anything, and finally threw it away: "Try your ability." ”

"How to try?" Apu looked confused, and finally something suddenly came to his mind, and naturally removed his left arm, reinstalled it, and turned it into a flute, and a row of holes appeared in his arm, and he began to play with his body.

The beautiful flute sounded, and Rhodes seemed to return to the world he used to be: "I really miss it......"

"Boom!"

Not far away, a wooden stake was split in two.

"Sonic Fruit? "To find such a suitable fruit, Rhodes can't help but be happy for Apu.

"Ah...... Thank you so much...... Captain!"