Chapter 151

Usopp took the lead, charging toward the direction where the Negative Ghosts appeared, letting the Negative Ghosts shuttle freely through his body without the slightest wavering.

This made Absalom glance repeatedly, wondering what kind of monster this was.

How could he be immune to Perona's Negative Ghosts?

"Bastard! Don't look around while fighting me!" Sanji kicked Absalom flying.

Seeing the enemies completely "divided up," Vivi, Robin, and Laboon felt a bit helpless.

"Then let's clear the zombies around us," Vivi suggested.

"Yay!" Laboon rubbed his fists in anticipation.

She was quite a violent young girl.

Robin did not answer immediately; instead, she looked at Sima Di, her gaze asking if he had any plans.

"Go ahead," Sima Di nodded.

"Then let's go," Robin spread her angel wings.

The three women cleared all the surrounding zombies, creating an environment for the few in the central battlefield to focus on their fight.

At first glance, everything seemed to be developing for the better.

However...

Sima Di, standing aside, was staring at Luffy's Shadow Zombie, feeling a sense of ominous foreboding.

Luffy's shadow wasn't given to Oars?

Then...

Whose shadow will Oars use?

His own?

He and Luffy both had bounties of three hundred million Berries; there was no reason to abandon the Luffy shadow already in hand and insist on using his own.

Moreover...

It wasn't that Sima Di looked down on Gecko Moria...

Sima Di had no intention of "offering openings to increase the difficulty for everyone"; a gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall, so why give his shadow to others?

That would be brain-dead.

But now all the villains and main zombies had appeared, except for Gecko Moria...

Combining this with the fact that Luffy's shadow was not used on Oars...

This was clearly a new target!

The entire Straw Hat Pirates crew had someone Gecko Moria could...

"It shouldn't be, right?" Sima Di pondered, "That old man Crocus, though he usually doesn't contribute, wouldn't go so far as to hinder us... right?"

But apart from this possibility, there was absolutely no other choice!

Could Gecko Moria possibly... steal... Oars's...

"Hey! Di, don't just watch the show!" Luffy suddenly shouted, "Drive away these annoying things!"

Negative Ghosts were shuttling through the arena; they had to free their hands to use Armament Haki to deal with them, severely disrupting the normal "duel."

Hmm...

"Who told you this was a one-on-one duel?" Sima Di asked strangely.

We just need a bit more pressure so you can break through your limits.

— It was absolutely not because Sima Di was too lazy to act.

What could Luffy do?

Bite the bullet and endure!

Vivi and Laboon were the kinder ones, rushing over to use Armament Haki to eliminate the Negative Ghosts one by one.

But there were still some that slipped through, passing through Zoro's body and causing him to become negative on the spot, kneeling on the ground in a "Thinker statue" pose.

Logically, his opponent Ryuma should have pressed his advantage then and taken Zoro out immediately.

But Ryuma did not.

His remaining "samurai spirit" forbade him from doing so.

Seeing this, Sima Di's eyes lit up!

Wasn't this exactly what could verify his previous speculation?

"Don't panic! I'm here!"

Sima Di raised his hand and unleashed a burst of Holy Light, enveloping the negative Zoro.

And then...

Zoro stood up calmly, his face showing neither the negative emotions of the Negative Ghost nor the joy of a blessing.

There was only a coldness as if he were a robot.

This was...

Broken by play?

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49. Dare to hit my woman? Sanji's deep throat!

Sima Di didn't know if Zoro was truly broken, but his aura was seriously off!

He sheathed his other two swords, leaving only Wado Ichimonji drawn.

Just as if responding to how Ryuma had not taken advantage of his vulnerable state earlier, he wanted to give him a swordsman's fair duel.

Who would have thought...

The Three-Sword Style had become One-Sword Style, yet every strike was lethal, hacking at the once-effortless Ryuma until he could barely parry, and before long he was growing somewhat drained.

He had actually been pushed back a step!

Ryuma was forced to unleash his ultimate technique—

"One-Sword Style · · · · · ·"

Zoro showed no fear whatsoever, charging straight ahead—

"One-Sword Style · · · · · ·"

The two brushed past each other, standing with their backs turned.

"Riiip—"

A blade-wound gash appeared at Ryuma's waist, and ghostly blue flames ignited at the wound, in the blink of an eye blazing furiously and spreading across his whole body.

He showed not the slightest fear in the face of death.

Ryuma calmly sheathed his blade and tossed it behind him, where Zoro caught it in one swift grab.

"Black Blade Shusui... how I wish I could have met you in your living years!"

A sigh,

Ryuma turned to flying ash in the flames and scattered on the wind, while a shadow flew toward Brook, who was still locked in fierce combat.

Brook instinctively used his Soul Solid fire, about to purify that black shadow!

Fortunately he realized in time, otherwise there would have been quite a show to watch.

A system prompt also appeared before Sima Di—

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "The Dragon-Slaying Swordsman's Recognition!" and obtaining the sign-in reward 《The Dragon-Slaying Swordsman Ryuma's Powerful Physique》!】

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《The Dragon-Slaying Swordsman Ryuma's Powerful Physique》: As a warrior who slew a flying dragon, Ryuma possessed a fearsome physique, capable of easily shattering small mountains and splitting the sea surface!;

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His physique was strengthened by roughly thirty percent, and his Armament Haki rose proportionally along with it.

If he were to fight Garp again now, it would surely be even more relaxed and effortless.

"Rumble rumble—"

The ground beneath his feet suddenly collapsed in swathes, and a blood-red figure rose into the air not far away, standing some fifty or sixty meters tall.

It was the demon Oars!

Sima Di saw this and slapped his forehead — no need to ask, it was definitely that old man Clover raising the difficulty on him.