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Robin bent down and patted Aisa''s head, asking, "What are you doing here? Isn''t this a forbidden area of Sky Island?"
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Aisa angrily shouted, "Nonsense! This is our Shandian homeland!"
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Noir returned the bag of Vearth to Aisa, saying, "Forget about being a Shandian warrior. This place is dangerous, you should leave quickly."
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Aisa hesitated, confused, and asked, "Y... aren''t with the priests?"
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Robin shook her head and said, "Of course not."
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Aisa finally relaxed a bit, holding her bag of soil tightly as she walked away silently.
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Robin whispered to Noir, "This girl seems quite pitiful."
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Noir nodded and said, "This island, Apayado, was originally the homeland of the Shandians in the Blue Sea. It was lifted to Sky Island by the Knock Up Stream."
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"The rulers of Sky Island took over the island. Now, the Shandians are homeless, and Enel and the Sky Islanders view them as outsiders. Of course, they are pitiful."
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Robin looked at him quietly and said, "Although I''m getting used to it, I''m still curious. How do you know so much?"
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Noir scratched his head and didn''t reply. Robin sighed and said, "Fine, tell me when you feel like it."
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"Hehe..." Noir chuckled. Suddenly, a red glow appeared in his pupils.
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Aisa seemed to sense something and quickly turned around. Noir also felt something and looked in the same direction.
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Robin, puzzled, followed their gaze.
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Among the trees, many white cloud balls had appeared, floating in the air.
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In addition, a rotund man with yellow round glasses was smiling at them from atop the cloud balls.
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"There''s another one."
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Noir looked in another direction, seeing a man in a purple leather jacket with hair styled like spider legs. He was biting his lower lip, his limbs contorted unnaturally.
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Aisa exclaimed in shock, "Two priests! Why are Priest Satori and Gedatsu here together?"
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"Are these the priests?" Robin glanced at Aisa.
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She knew Noir had considerable Haki skills.
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But how could an eight-year-old girl have Haki too?
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What Robin didn''t know was that Aisa was a rare Kenbunshoku Haki prodigy, having awakened it at birth.
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Though her Kenbunshoku Haki was still basic, it was stronger than many in the Blue Sea, as if she had a head start.
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Unlike Robin, who, despite Noir''s guidance, had yet to master any form of Haki.
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Among those present, it seemed only Robin lacked Kenbunshoku Haki...
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The round priest Satori bounced on the cloud balls and said, "Interesting, you sensed our arrival. Do you have Mantra too?"
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Aisa, scared, hid behind Robin, trembling, "The priests are very powerful. Even Shandia''s strongest warriors struggle against them!"
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"Run! We can''t beat them!"
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Hearing this, Noir picked his nose and mocked, "Scared? Aren''t you a Shandian warrior? Is this how warriors behave?"
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Aisa, still a child, blushed and shouted, "Shandian warriors are the bravest! I''m not afraid!"
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Satori, the priest of the Ordeal of Balls, scoffed at Aisa, saying, "You''re just a bunch of savage natives. How dare you covet God''s Island? Do you deserve it?"
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"That''s our home!" Aisa said tearfully.
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Satori, uninterested in her words, waved his hand, and dozens of cloud balls flew toward them.
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Aisa shouted, "These are Satori''s Ordeal of Balls, they''ll explode! Dodge quickly!"
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Noir smirked at Satori, who seemed confident of his victory.
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Feigning a mystical pose, Noir closed his eyes and whispered, "Let me show you the power of a god..."
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Everyone was stunned, and before the priests could mock him, Noir shouted:
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"Fire Fist!"
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A surge of orange light instantly lit up the forest. The searing heat, like a fierce tiger, formed a fist of flames that quickly consumed all the cloud balls.
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The cloud balls couldn''t slow the Fire Fist at all. The roaring flames enveloped Satori.
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"No!!"
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With a scream, the scorching flames charred Satori black.
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Barely alive, Satori was barely breathing...
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Dead... Dead?
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Aisa stared in shock at the fallen Satori, then looked at Noir in awe.
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A priest, who was so hard for Shandian warriors to deal with, had been effortlessly killed by this man.
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Recalling the sudden appearance of the flames, Aisa timidly asked, "Are Y... also a god?"
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Noir was about to speak when Robin patted Aisa''s head and said, "He''s human, just stronger than most."
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Noir added, "Enel is the same, his power exceeds your imagination, but he''s no god."
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Aisa hesitantly nodded, pointing at the other priest, "But, what about that priest?"
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The one who had been posing since his appearance. His companion had been defeated, yet he hadn''t reacted at all.
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Noir shouted at him, "Hey, you can''t talk with your mouth clamped shut!"
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Gedatsu, shocked, said, "Is that so!"
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Robin muttered, "His coordination is just too poor."
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Seeing his companion defeated, Gedatsu struggled to untangle his arms and said, "I''m the Priest of the Ordeal of Swamp. Blue Sea person, Y..."
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Before he could finish, Noir had already flashed in front of him, smashing his armed fist down!
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Gedatsu''s Mantra hadn''t even reacted before he lost consciousness.
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Noir blew on his fist and said, "Fighting doesn''t wait..."
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Aisa stared blankly at the two fallen priests.
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She couldn''t believe it. In just a few minutes, both priests had been defeated with one move?
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Aisa stammered, "Their... Mantra... why didn''t it work?"
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Noir looked at her in surprise and said, "You don''t know?"
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"It''s simple. Just hit them when they''re not paying attention."
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Aisa stared at him blankly. Was Mantra really so easy to counter?
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Noir wasn''t lying.
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It was like a person playing a game; a skilled and aware player like Noir faced two players with decent awareness but terrible execution.
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How could that be a contest?