As Captain Malik approached, Carl drew his sword.
Then his sword turned black, the color emanating from Carl's hand.
.....
Carl raised his large, muscular hand and aimed a punch at Malik.
Carl raised his sword to block Malik's punch.
When Malik's hand made contact with Carl's sword, Malik felt pain in his hand.
Not wanting to think about anything else, Malik threw another punch, and Carl dodged it again.
But seeing what was happening in front of him made Malik angry.
He saw his opponent closing his eyes and being able to easily dodge his attacks.
Carl, on the other hand, closed his eyes to train his Kenbunshoku Haki. He also sensed the condition of his crew and the movements of his enemy now.
"Hey bastard, can you only dodge? Fight like a man!" shouted Captain Malik.
"Is this what you call a fight? You can't even hit me, even when I'm not watching your moves," said Carl arrogantly.
Hearing Carl's words, Malik's anger peaked.
He screamed, and a transformation occurred within him.
His neck elongated, and his head turned into a giraffe's, and he stood on two legs like a human.
Seeing their captain's transformation, the pirates cheered excitedly.
"Haha, the captain has transformed, you're definitely going to lose!"
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Seeing Malik's transformation, Carl remembered that in the future, the Giraffe Zoan Fruit would be eaten by Kaku from CP9.
"I am a giraffe fruit user; no one has ever survived when I use this power," said Captain Malik.
"That's wrong, your record is about to end here," Carl said calmly.
After speaking, Carl ran forward with his sword drawn. He tried to slash Malik's body without using Haki to see the strength of the Zoan fruit.
Malik simply let Carl slash his body, smiling arrogantly.
"You have a strong body, Zoan fruit users are really lucky," said Carl.
Previously, Carl might have struggled against a Zoan Devil Fruit user. But now, after mastering Haki, he was confident his attacks could penetrate the body of a Zoan fruit user.
So he immediately slashed at Malik again, but this time with Haki. Seeing Carl's previous attack fail made Malik underestimate him.
So he allowed Carl to slash his body. To his surprise, Carl's attack could penetrate the defense of his proud body.
An X-shaped wound appeared on Malik's chest.
Malik knelt, holding his chest as blood continued to pour out.
"Hey, do you know? You are very weak, yet you act so arrogant," said Carl as he approached the still-kneeling Malik.
When Carl was in front of him, Malik launched a very fast punch at Carl.
Fortunately, Carl, who had already mastered Kenbunshoku Haki, easily dodged the attack.