While the Straw Hat Pirates were entangled by Scorpion's puppet army, the battle on Luffy's side was also fierce.

Luffy didn't know how many times he jumped into the sky, but he failed to hit Deidara every time. Instead, he was blown up by Deidara's explosive clay many times.

Deidara manipulated the giant clay bird under him to suddenly rise up and avoid Luffy's huge fist.

"Damn, can't I increase the attack range?" Luffy retracted his arm and couldn't help but feel troubled.

And he himself fell down because of gravity.

This is also the reason why Luffy hasn't touched Deidara yet. His excellent jumping ability allows Luffy to attack Deidara.

But he doesn't have the ability to stay in the air, so he only has one chance to attack at a time, and it's easy to avoid.

Deidara sneered and threw three clay birds backhand.

The three palm-sized clay birds quickly grew in the air, and then flapped their stiff wings and flew together to Luffy, who was falling to the ground.

"What!

What! "Luffy waved his fist in the air, trying to drive away the three clay birds.

But the three birds circled Luffy flexibly around Luffy and finally seized the opportunity to hit Luffy together.

A huge cloud of smoke appeared in the air, and then a figure fell from the cloud of smoke. It was Luffy, who had rolled his eyes.

Falling heavily to the ground, Luffy stood up shakily while spitting out black smoke.

"Damn, there is no way to beat that bomb bastard like this!"

Luffy gasped and looked at the giant clay bird hovering in the sky with sharp eyes.

"In that case …!"

With that, Luffy swung his leg and threw the sandals on his feet to the side, and then he bit his arm wrapped in Armament Haki.

The black arm swelled quickly, and a lot of steam was generated, and finally, Luffy's whole body was hidden in it.

In the steam, there was the sound of something bouncing around.

After the steam slowly dissipated, a greatly changed Luffy appeared once again.

His body swelled more than twice its original size, and his limbs were covered with a red and black luster of Armament Haki, and a special pattern gathered on his chest.

Luffy's expression changed as well. His eyes turned pitch black, and steam kept coming out of his mouth.

Luffy's legs, which were much thinner than his swollen body, were constantly bouncing on the ground. At this moment, he had already entered his strongest state.

Most importantly, in this state, Luffy had the ability to fly.

"Fourth gear, Muscle Balloon, Elastic Man!"

As soon as Luffy's voice fell, he flew into the air.

In just a breath's time, he arrived below the giant clay bird.

"Rubber … Ape King Spear!"

The fist that had been compressed into a tight spring suddenly punched out, directly blowing up the giant clay bird that Dedale was riding.

The explosion blew Dedale away. Fortunately, he threw out another one in time to catch himself.

Although the injury on his body was still painful, Dedale laughed and said, "It's the best, but it's still far from my art!"

Luffy did not fall this time, instead, he opened his arms and chased after Dedale.

Luffy's feet kept retracting and popping out, creating a jet-like effect.

"It's really annoying!" This time, it was Dedale who had a headache, and he quickly pulled away from Luffy.

Although Luffy's flying method has a strong explosive power, it is not as flexible as Dedale's clay bird.

Although he approached Dedale several times, he still could not catch him.

Luffy stopped and estimated the rate at which his Haki was being consumed.

If he delays any longer, he will be the first one who can't hold on.

So the battle must be resolved as soon as possible.

Fortunately, he has such a move.

"Rubber … Orochi Fist."

Luffy's fist came out and chased after Dedale.

The clay bird tilted its body and dodged the punch.

Unexpectedly, the fist bent in mid-air and changed direction. After bending a few more times in the air, it hit Dedale from below.

Dedale controlled the clay bird to pull up, just in time to avoid the incoming fist.

But Dedale, who was looking up, saw the fist in the air bend twice and then hit down again.

Dedale gritted his teeth and threw out two bird-shaped bombs.

"Ha!"