Chapter 492

This is what the people of Wano call swordsmen; it seems the person asking for help is from Wano?

"A powerful samurai?" Zoro listened to this and touched his sword with his right hand.

Clearly, this samurai had ignited a strong desire for battle in him.

"May I ask where you are now?"

Luffy pondered for a moment and asked.

"Punk Hazard! I should be very close to you, otherwise you wouldn't be able to receive my long-distance sound transmission!"

The person on the other end seemed to hesitate for a while before giving an answer: "I can't remember the exact location either..."

"Is this city called Punk Hazard? We'll be there right away!"

Luffy turned around and looked at Nami and the others: "Everyone, let's go save him!"

"No way! Luffy! Please, think about it again!"

"This town looks really terrifying, let's not go in!"

"Samurai sound really scary!"

The Straw Hat Pirates' weak trio were all terrified and kept objecting.

Luffy, however, kept smiling and had no intention of changing his mind.

On the other side, the Imperial Guard's Fifth Division also heard the long-distance sound transmission from Punk Hazard.

"General Smoker! This guy said this is Punk Hazard? How can that be... didn't the incident four years ago put Punk Hazard into a state of complete lockdown?"

Tashigi said with a frown.

Smoker also furrowed his brows tightly: "Regardless, we must go over and take a look! After all, those guys from the Straw Hat Pirates have also arrived here!"

Having said that, Smoker looked at the surrounding soldiers.

The soldiers of the Fifth Division were currently abusing a captured martial artist, cutting him with blades one by one; the sound of his painful wailing was chilling.

"Hey, that's enough from you guys! Abusing prisoners is not something our Imperial Guard should be doing!"

Tashigi couldn't stand the behavior of this group and immediately stepped forward to roar: "Let him go!"

The soldiers of the Fifth Division stopped abusing the martial artist.

Smoker also issued a new order to them: "Change the direction of the war-chariot! We are going to Punk Hazard!"

"What!!! General Smoker, you aren't joking, are you?"

The Imperial Guards of the Fifth Division were somewhat incredulous, even suspecting they had misheard.

"Doing this is defying the Emperor's decree!"

"General Smoker! We don't dare to go there; the Imperial Court has issued an order forbidding anyone from entering the Punk Hazard area!"

Everyone in the Fifth Division wore a look of horror.

That is Punk Hazard!

The Imperial Court had promulgated a law that anyone who set foot in the Punk Hazard area, whether commoner or official, would be beheaded and displayed in public.

"You bunch of idiots!" Smoker couldn't help but curse: "Don't give me that nonsense about Imperial decrees! If you don't do as I say, I will kill you myself first!"

Having been in contact with this group from the Fifth Division for a long time, Smoker knew how to command them.

Gentle words were useless; one only needed to display authority.

The people of the Fifth Division looked at each other, and in the end, they could only sigh: "Since that's the case, we have no choice but to follow your orders, General!"

【Tsk tsk tsk, Smoker two years later is still just as overbearing!】

【I didn't expect him to be so persistent in chasing down the members of the Straw Hat Pirates.】

【There are clearly so many powerful martial artists in the New World, why does Smoker insist on provoking the Straw Hat Pirates? Isn't he worried that those people will kill him?】

Luffy and his group, after receiving the long-distance sound transmission from that martial artist, quickly packed their bags and prepared to rush to Punk Hazard.

"Wait a minute! We can't have everyone go there! What if this is really a trap? Wouldn't we be walking right into the tiger's mouth?"

Sanji blocked the path in front of everyone and offered his suggestion.

"Is that so..."

Luffy was silent for a moment, then patted Sanji on the shoulder and said: "Alright! You have a point; this time I'll go alone! The rest of you stay here and guard the place!"

"How can you do that, Luffy? If we let you go over there alone, who knows where you'll end up!"

Nami was at a loss for words; with Luffy's thick-headed personality, she really couldn't understand how he had survived this long!

"I'll be alone! I definitely won't run around!"

Luffy waved his hand and said: "Besides, if I really encounter danger, I'll definitely shout, and it won't be too late for you to come and support me then!"

"Let me go with you! I think this place is quite interesting too!" Franky suddenly interjected.

"I'll go with you too; after all, I'm quite interested in that samurai as well!"

Zoro also interjected at this time.

"Alright! Then I'll leave it to you guys!"

Luffy didn't refuse.

In the end, the Straw Hat Pirates decided that Luffy, Zoro, Robin, and Usopp would head to Punk Hazard.

"Sanji... how about you switch with me? Let me stay here and guard?" Usopp started negotiating with Sanji.

"No! I have to protect Miss Nami!"

Sanji shook his head righteously, and also pointed at Luffy and Zoro, saying: "If I go with those two, it won't do if there's no powerful combat strength here at the war-chariot!"

Usopp had no choice but to nod.

"Phew, finally arrived at Punk Hazard..."

Luffy let out a long sigh of relief.

"Is this Punk Hazard? Why does it look so strange!"

Zoro looked around and said.

At the city gate, there was a "No Entry" sign, which looked eerie and terrifying under the shroud of flames.

The temperature here was exceptionally hot, and the air was filled with smoke and the smell of blood.

"This is Punk Hazard! It actually has such a terrifying atmosphere?"

Robin couldn't help but exclaim.

"Guys, this city gate is tightly shut; even if we want to enter, we can't!" Usopp felt a bit relieved.

Luffy looked at the gate of Punk Hazard, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he wanted to see through something behind this thick steel door.

Zoro, however, didn't care about the closed gate; he drew the Xuanyuan Sword and slashed at it!

After two strikes, the thick city gate was directly destroyed.

"You're crazy!" Usopp's expression changed.

With Zoro's sword strike, it wasn't just the gate that was broken, but also Usopp's determination not to go to Punk Hazard!

On the streets of Punk Hazard, there were burning ruins everywhere.

One could only roughly make out what the place originally looked like.

"It's really hot here!" Luffy stuck out his tongue, sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Such thick smoke is even more powerful than poison!" Usopp said, covering his nose.

The road beneath their feet was even more terrifying; one wrong step and they would fall into a pit of fire.

"What on earth happened here? What kind of natural disaster could turn such a large town into a dead city!" Robin muttered.

Luffy looked up and discovered a giant figure slowly walking over from the other side of the city, bringing with it an aura of fear.

"This feeling... is it a giant?" Usopp whispered.

"Not a giant! This guy is probably much bigger than a giant!" Luffy and Zoro quickly entered battle mode.

"What is that thing? Why is it moving?!"

Usopp widened his eyes, looking at this scene in utter astonishment.

A giant creature resembling a lizard was currently sprinting over on all fours.

Its pitch-black skin shimmered with a cold light, its hideous fangs were exposed, and it exuded a terrifying, fierce aura, looking exactly like an ancient evil beast.

On both sides of its body were a pair of giant wings; a light flap would stir up a massive amount of dust.

Boom!

With one step on the ground, the entire earth shook violently, as if a mountain were pressing down.

"Shouldn't this kind of thing be a creature from the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas'? How could it appear here?!"