Chapter 186

Borsalino's brow twitched, then he raised his head at lightspeed—in fact, he was currently in a "blinding" state, with his Observation Haki substituting for sight.

In the sky,

at some unknown moment, an enormous golden magic circle had appeared, shrouding the entirety of Sabaody Archipelago and radiating a world-annihilating light.

"Receive judgment! Imperial Law!"

The world-annihilating light descended, covering every corner of Sabaody Archipelago; not a single person could escape, all must submit to Sima Di's "values" trial.

—But those whose values do not conform shall be wiped out entirely!

Slave traders, dregs of the Celestial Dragons, CP0 lapdogs, unjust Marines, villainous pirates......

Beneath the light of justice,

these people were all erased on the spiritual level, becoming soulless walking corpses collapsed on the ground, who would lose their breathing instinct within minutes and die completely.

What neither Sima Di nor Borsalino expected was......

such a terrifying high-tier spell actually didn't harm Borsalino in the slightest?

Borsalino, who was "seeing" the situation on the island through his Observation Haki, also found it somewhat inconceivable.

【"Such a powerful move—why haven't I taken any damage at all?"】

Sima Di, however, understood.

His "Imperial Law" was actually "Fairy Law," a judgment upon all living beings "defined as enemies."

Regardless of whether Borsalino was with the Revolutionary Army, judging from how he had held back at every turn at Dragon's request, he was not an enemy of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Naturally, he remained completely unscathed.

At the same time......

Sima Di silently gave himself a triple blessing, replenishing the enormous life force he had expended.

He hadn't expected that at his current realm, activating "Fairy Law" would still cost nearly half his life force?

Was it because the area covered was too vast?

Sima Di let out a grunt through his nose and mouth—that was the "side effect" of the blessing.

Borsalino did not seize the chance to launch a sneak attack, merely watching Sima Di calmly.

"Trying this hard, you really have worked yourself to the bone." Borsalino said: "Too bad, light-attribute abilities are useless against me."

Sima Di opened his eyes and looked at Borsalino.

To be honest......

he hadn't expected a Marine Admiral to be this troublesome.

Move after move thrown out in succession had only managed to make the Marine Admiral somewhat flustered.

If he wanted to win......

then he could only use that one move!

Sima Di was about to act when his brow suddenly furrowed and he looked toward the forest.

Borsalino looked over at the same time.

They saw Lei Li walk out slowly, a standard-issue Marine long sword hanging at his waist, stopping beside Luffy.

"Don't mind me, I'm just here to look." Lei Li said with a grin.

Were the people present not sharp as tacks?

Lei Li was clearly there to back Sima Di up, and incidentally protect Luffy.

"Just take Luffy and go, I can handle things here." Sima Di said in a low voice.

"Oh? You can handle it? Hehehe—"

Borsalino's voice rang out beside his ear—he had taken advantage of Sima Di's distraction to advance at lightspeed right in front of him, a "lightspeed kick" aimed straight at his face!

Lei Li's appearance forced him to get a little more serious.

Only......

"That works perfectly for me!"

"Magic-Forbidding Domain—Deploy!!!"

An invisible wave spread out centered on Sima Di, sweeping past Borsalino and stripping away his Glint-Glint Fruit ability, instantly turning the mage into a warrior in a second!

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《Brave Leo's Magic-Forbidding Domain》: Deploys a Magic-Forbidding Domain; within the domain, all supernatural abilities that affect the outside world—including one's own—cannot be activated!;

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In other words,

Sima Di himself was no exception—his Word Spirit ability, Susano'o, Amaterasu and other abilities had all failed.

The twin-winged ice dragon condensed by the Great Crimson Lotus Hyourinmaru shattered along with it, breaking apart into water molecules that dispersed into the air.

Within the Magic-Forbidding Domain,

only taijutsu and abilities that augment taijutsu could be used!

And the "lightspeed kick" empowered by the Glint-Glint Fruit had become nothing more than an ordinary kick.

"Thud!"

Kicked into the Twin Warrior Armor, it couldn't even budge Sima Di in the slightest.

"Eh? What kind of ability is this now?" Borsalino scratched his head.

Because the Word Spirit ability was forbidden, telepathy had also vanished along with it.

Sima Di swung the Great Crimson Lotus Hyourinmaru, pointing it straight at Borsalino.

It startled Borsalino, who instinctively tried to use his elementalization to turn into light and escape, but under the Magic-Forbidding Domain it became a comical twisting of his body.

It was like......

A maggot?

It's pretty ugly, especially with Borsalino's looks boosting it.

Likewise,

Borsalino also wasn't forced over to catch a bare blade this time — the passive of catching a bare blade with bare hands a hundred percent of the time failed just the same!

"Within my Anti-Magic Domain, Only Taijutsu can be used." Sima Di smiled. "As an Admiral, your taijutsu must be quite strong too, right?"

Borsalino: "......"

My apologies indeed......

As Admirals,

The three of them, Borsalino included, were more adept at using their Devil Fruit abilities; though their taijutsu wasn't bad either, there was definitely a gap compared to Garp.

Especially Borsalino, who was skilled in swordsmanship — but when he tried to tug at his palm, the Ame-no-Habakiri simply didn't appear.

A swordsman without a sword — isn't that just a tiger missing its fangs?

But Sima Di clearly had no intention of letting him off so easily.

"Here I come!"

Sima Di closed in and slashed down with the Great Crimson Lotus Hyourinmaru; Borsalino dodged using a clumsy Shave.

Where the blade tip passed,

a frozen trail materialized in the air — that was the Great Crimson Lotus Hyourinmaru freezing water molecules through its own ice power on its own, like a fist hitting a person; it wouldn't be prohibited by the Anti-Magic Domain.

Borsalino's brow twitched at the sight!

How come your blade still has a freezing effect?

This isn't fair!

Then......

Sima Di spun and slammed a palm into Borsalino; the Five-Clawed Black Jin Long roared and sent him flying, plowing him across the ground for dozens of meters before dissipating.....

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Borsalino crawled out of the dirt crater and, without hesitation, turned and ran!

How the hell is anyone supposed to fight this?

You banned my ultimate move, and yet you're still cheating?

I'm out of here, I'm out of here.

But......

Rabbit Talisman!

Sima Di turned into a streak of light and cut off Borsalino in front of him, watching him with a smile.

"Admiral Huang Yuan, where might you be headed?"