Chapter 242

"It seems after the Summit War, you've all gotten swollen-headed," Sima Di said, shaking his head.

Arrogance leads to destruction!

The crowd couldn't help but lower their heads.

It seems...

That is indeed the case?

"In that case, then go try it out." Sima Di's telekinesis swept up Usopp and the others, sending them flying straight toward the center of the battlefield.

"Eh?"

"Wait!"

"Help!"

Usopp and the others nearly peed themselves from fright!

Is this a lesson?

This is sending us to our deaths!

And...

Why don't your woman and Bai Xing get thrown down!!!

Nami tried to use her ability to escape, only to find her whole body weak and powerless.

She didn't know when Seastone handcuffs had been clamped onto her ankles.

"Di! I was wrong! Spare us!" Usopp begged for mercy.

"Yes, Di! I know I was wrong!" Chopper cried in a storm of tears.

"Yo-ho-ho-ho—We're doomed!" Brook actually managed to laugh.

Sima Di glanced over,

then flew to the sky above where Sakazuki and Seeing Kuzan were fighting, and simply dropped them down; whether it was magma or frost was up to luck.

"Ahhh—"

"We're doomed!!!"

"Yo-ho—Aaaaaah!"

The group screamed in agony as they fell into the magma and frost. They thought they were surely dead beyond resurrection, but a green halo lit up beneath their feet.

Damage-Sharing Halo!

In the next instant,

flames and ice appeared around Sima Di; the intense heat was completely ignored by him, while the ice was entirely absorbed by the ice wheel blade that had just emerged.

And below,

Usopp and the others were unharmed, merely screaming a bit more miserably.

He had modified the Damage-Sharing Halo to make himself bear all the damage personally.

Seeing this strange sight, Sakazuki and Seeing Kuzan formed their true bodies and gazed at each other from a distance.

"Straw Hat Pirates!" Sakazuki roared, "What are you doing here? Do you really think we can't kill you?"

However...

Sakazuki's threat was clearly useless.

Sima Di said with interest, "Then come and try it."

Sakazuki glared at Sima Di but did not act rashly.

After all...

He and Seeing Kuzan had not fought for three days and three nights, but a full five days and five nights!

Their stamina and everything else were more than half depleted.

Starting a conflict with the Straw Hat Pirates now...

Once Sima Di activated that strange magic-suppression domain, their trump card, "Devil Fruit Awakening," could not be used.

The outcome would probably be...

More bad than good!

"Tsk! Who said Akainu has no brain?" Sima Di teased, "Don't you know how to weigh pros and cons?"

"Devil Slayer! Do you really think I won't dare?" Sakazuki looked at Seeing Kuzan, "Suspend the duel, join forces to kill these pirates! We'll split into two groups; he's just one person, so kill all his other companions first!"

Oh?

That's perfect!

Sima Di looked at Usopp and the others and encouraged them—

"Run fast, or you really will get beaten to death!"

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"Very good!"

Sakazuki smiled angrily and punched straight at Chopper.

"Hell Hound!"

Dare to look down on me?

Then die!

"Aaaah—"

Chopper rolled over in a panic, barely dodging Minko's ambush—his Observation Haki had saved him!

This made Sakazuki's face darken—had he really been dodged?

"Meteor Volcano!!!"

Damn!

No wonder Sakazuki has a fiery temper—he starts unleashing his strongest moves at the slightest provocation!

This time, Usopp and the others couldn't dodge—they could only face despair as the swarm of lava consumed them...

Though it blasted them far away, it still failed to kill any of them—only left them screaming in pain—the damage could be transferred, but the pain was real.

Kuzan, who had been watching Sima Di, saw the molten rocks suddenly appear around him, then froze them with his Hyōrinmaru.

He couldn't help but fall into thought...

Sakazuki also noticed something was off and stopped attacking, glaring at Sima Di.

"Demon Slayer! Are you using me to train your subordinates?!" Sakazuki roared in fury!

How dare you?!

"Ah... caught me, huh?" Sima Di chuckled: "I wanted you to beat up these brats so they'd understand what a Fleet Admiral's power means. Arrogant? They've got a long way to go."

Brook and the others finally realized—it had all been a false alarm...

Bullshit!

Sakazuki's killing intent was real!

Usopp's nose was still trembling from fear—this wasn't a false alarm at all!

They were already brave just for not being scared to death on the spot!

"Zzzt—"

Nami's Goro Goro no Mi ability had returned—the Seastone handcuffs had been shattered in the previous attack.

She immediately felt like herself again!

"As long as Di's got our backs, let's go!" Nami gritted her teeth: "Let me see just how strong a Fleet Admiral really is!"

She gathered a bolt of purple lightning and struck straight at Sakazuki!

But since her Jin Fu Bu Mie Shen had been demonstrated during the Summit War, Sakazuki wrapped his arm in Armament Haki and smashed the purple lightning to dust.

"I don't believe you can keep this up forever!"