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Joz's bare physique must have been inferior as he felt his body had grown ten times stronger.

In status, his body had gone from lower 2 to ordinary 2.

Joz estimated that he could efficiently finish the giant tiger in less than three hits (with his devil fruit).

With his strength, he thought he could escape from here.

Murderous intent emanated from him.

'You think you keep me here to become your beast!'

The anger in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

At the same time, the voice of the system sounds again.

[Ding! the Kettō mission has been activated, reward: random]

[Kettō: As a gladiator, kill each new opponent on a 1v1 basis. Whenever you kill an enemy gladiator, you will receive a random reward: (0/10)]

Excitement suddenly appeared in Joz's cold eyes.

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"Please welcome Brony!" cried the host, pointing in a new direction.

CLAP CLAP CLAP

The audience applauds Brony's smashing entrance.

Not far from the Giant Tiger's Door, another door opened, letting in a new gladiator.

A shirtless, muscular man came out of it, his face full of arrogance.

Not long ago, he had seen Joz's fight against the giant tiger through the video snail but hadn't been so impressed. Despite a reasonably powerful fruit, he had noticed that Joz was not entirely in control of him.

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He walked a few yards in front of Joz, then stopped and said with a mocking air: "Hey, new guy, just because you defeated a beast doesn't mean you can face me."

Joz regained his composure after hearing Brony's words (he was pissed off about his situation). Joz didn't even take Brony's words seriously; for him, he was already dead: what a waste of time talking to him?!

"Brony is a seasoned gladiator, he appeared two years ago, and despite a few defeats, his strength is still considerable," introduced the host.

As he had said, the fights between gladiators did not always end with the death of one of them. In the event of a tie, exhaustion, or through connection, gladiators would not always die.

Brony was on a 10-game winning streak in 2 years as he had already lost several times but had managed to survive each time. For him, if he couldn't beat his opponent, he could still get away with it.

"LET THE FIGHT BEGIN" shouted the host.

"Go to hell, the new one," Brony said, rushing over to Joz.

The two gladiators were the same size, even if Joz was a little more massive (thanks to the elixir).

Joz had already transformed his body; it was normal.

Brony arrived in front of Joz in no time; he punched with all his strength: He hit his head.

There was a cruel smile on Brony's lips, and he knew his punch could destroy the head of an ordinary man.

The audience was watching, and they wanted to see if this hit would shatter Joz's skull.

The host suddenly had a little regret in his heart; his new attraction was going to be broken in his second fight.

Especially since his boss had asked him to train Joz and make him known gradually.

"Bastards, what are you doing?" cried the host in his heart.

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Joz watched Brony's blow intently, his body ready for a shock; he didn't intend to escape the impact.

The strong fear the weak? No, then why dodge.

Joz's heart was filled with murderous intent.

Joz's head turned to a diamond and collided with Brony's fist.

CLANG CRACK

With the collision, Brony's first shattered. Without even giving him time, Joz slammed Brony's chest while turning his fist into a diamond.

Like a balloon, Brony flew while coughing up blood. Even his arm was bloody.

It flew about ten meters before landing on the ground violently.

By the time it landed, it was already dead.

How? Joz had broken the bones of his chest, which pierced his internal organs during the flight and sank even more during his fall.

[Ding! you killed an enemy gladiator, reward: Elixir of physical reinforcement (G1)]

After killing Brony, Joz had received a reward from the system. He was happy to see that he had received the same compensation for the old mission (without the 5 SP).

With a thought, Joz drank the potion.

As the potion appeared directly in his mouth and everyone was focused on Brony's corpse, no one noticed.

"Hmm, the effect has diminished," said Joz. He could feel the energy of it flowing through his body, but the effect had waned.

His body was already starting to develop some resistance to the product. He knew that if he drank another potion, there might be no effect.

He knew it was just a level 1 physical strengthening potion, so it was okay.

Joz had already realized the potion's benefits, and he was very keen to improve his body. After all, Joz was a melee fighter who needed to fortify his body to use his abilities to the max. Too bad that in the original work, Joz had lost his arm because of Aokiji. He might be powerful, but Aokiji's fruit was a perfect counter. Unfortunately, he was not powerful enough to endure the latter's surprise attack (like Oden against Kaido).

(author: in theory, Whitebeard's crew is equivalent to the navy (without shishibukai). The problem with the Marine Ford bow is that Ace and Satch were not available for battle. Joz's good opponent is Kizaru (Aokiji vs. ace and Marco vs. again), but unfortunately, due to the base inequality, Whitebeard was doomed to lose before even starting)

Joz, who looked at his physique in his status, noticed that it went from ordinary 2 to 3.

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