Boom!

The lightning continued to explode, illuminating the island in a bright white light, which also reflected on Luo, making his already pale face appear even paler.

He subconsciously looked up and saw a sliver of light beneath the dark clouds.

A flash of light descended amidst the lightning and thunder, and the faint outline of a blade could be seen.

It's a knife...

"Luo Gui..."

Luo recognized the knife, and his worried expression turned into confidence: "I recognize this knife. It's useless. I just need to dodge your attacks."

Despite saying that, Luo's eyes still revealed wariness and seriousness.

This guy's destructive power is unparalleled; it's not easy to withstand his attacks.

However, his penetrating power is also very strong. If he hits Kuro, even Kuro's physical strength will not be able to withstand it.

Given the same outcome, Law is confident he won't lose to Kuro. As for now... he'll just have to take it seriously!

A sword descended from the sky, an extremely long nodachi (Japanese katana), and its descent was witnessed by others.

"Luo Gui? Hmm? Why isn't there a gold package..."

Lida glanced at Kuro. Strangely enough, she hadn't seen Kuro use the Ragi in a year. She had heard that the sword hadn't been with him for a long time, but had been given to Vegapunk. She wondered what he was up to.

Bang!!

As the blade descended, a loud bang also erupted on the other side.

Kro, in his werewolf form, easily dodged Dallas's twin blades, turned around, and delivered a whip kick that sent Dallas flying.

He glanced up at Luo Gui as he landed and said indifferently, "I'm not playing with you anymore."

Dallas spun several times in the air before landing, then looked up at Klow and yelled, "You bastard!"

"Oh? What's wrong?"

Kro laughed, "You can't hit me? You can't hit the great Lord Kro, can you?"

Dallas gritted his teeth and remained silent. Indeed, ever since that previous clash, he had been unable to hit this marine. No matter what sword techniques he used, the opponent seemed to anticipate his moves, dodging in advance or even counterattacking.

There's a limit to how powerful Observation Haki can be. How could he not land a single hit? If Observation Haki is that powerful, why wasn't he overwhelming me in our fight? Although he dodged and even countered my attacks in advance, his own attacks weren't that strong, and Dallas was able to react and defend himself.

Seeing Dallas's expression, Kro smiled confidently. "Are you thinking that even with such strong Observation Haki, I still can't defeat you?"

Dallas paused, while Kro's smile widened. "You know, some animals, after catching their prey, won't eat it first but will play with it. That's what I do. You think I can't defeat you? No, you're wrong. I..."

His body began to swell rapidly, his thick, shiny black fur growing out of his skin, his limbs swelling to enormous sizes, and his tail lashing out at the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The head, which originally only had a hint of wolf features on the upper half of its face, became long and narrow, completely transforming into a wolf's head, revealing sharp teeth and baring them, even drooling.

The werewolf, over five meters tall, opened its mouth and said, "I just wanted to toy with you, you mere pirate. Witness the power of the great Lord Kuro!!"

Werewolf!

Dallas stared wide-eyed at Krok's transformation, exclaiming in astonishment, "Moon Wolf?! It actually... appeared!"

Judging from his eyes, he seemed to know this species.

Crowe grinned, pointing a finger at Dallas. "Oh? Do you know about the Devil Fruit that the great me ate?"

"I see..."

Dallas crouched down slightly, gripping his twin swords tightly, and assumed a fighting stance. "I know Moon Wolf. No wonder you could predict my movements so accurately; it's the power of the Devil Fruit. Moon Wolves can gather intelligence through blood; it's their instinct. And after this power became a Devil Fruit, it made their abilities even stronger. However..."

He clashed the hilts of his two swords together, combining them into a single double-edged longsword, and said, "Mode switch..."

call!

"Nuo Dance!"

He gripped the double-edged sword with one hand and swung it forcefully to his side. At the same time, he transformed from being light and agile to being heavy and imposing, standing there as solid as a mountain.

"Um?"

Kro raised an eyebrow. He discovered that his ability was no longer working. The rhythm he had felt in his blood had disappeared—no, it hadn't disappeared, but had been suppressed by something else and transformed into a strange mode that he had never felt before.

"There are still capable people on the high seas... This is a strange method. Is it an application of swordsmanship? It can actually isolate the effects of abilities."

"I told you, don't underestimate me."

Dallas said calmly, "The Moon Wolf is just an ancient species, not a Mythical Zoan with miraculous abilities. It's more about the Moon Wolf's inherent characteristics. As long as you change your behavior pattern, even if you lick my blood, it will only be temporary. At that level, the Navy will defeat you. However, my target has never been you, but the Golden Lion over there. He is the world's greatest swordsman. As long as I can defeat him, I will become the world's greatest swordsman and make my 'Sukuna Sword Dance' swordsmanship famous throughout the world!"

"Defeat Mr. Kuro?"

Upon hearing this, Kro grinned as if he had heard a hilarious joke: "You're really funny! The ocean is so interesting because of guys like you!"

Will Mr. Kuro lose?

Kuro had thought about this question before. At that time, he thought that even if he lost, Mr. Kuro would still be Mr. Kuro, and he would still be just as powerful. Only a few people could defeat him, no more than the number of people who could be slapped in the face.

Later he discovered that it wasn't true, because after Mr. Kuro developed his Devil Fruit ability more and more powerfully, he had long been invincible.

Perhaps they can't defeat him for now, perhaps they'll retreat, but to defeat Mr. Kuro head-on...

Absolutely impossible!

Such people no longer exist in this world.

As for this man...

"Mr. Kuro's sword has already fallen, so I'm not playing with you anymore. Let me make that clear..."

Suddenly, Kro's body lunged forward, and a green light burst forth in his eyes. As the green light intensified, a mass of darkness erupted from him, enveloping Dallas. The area around the two of them was shrouded in darkness, and within that darkness, there were only two green orbs the size of light bulbs.

Illuminated by the green light in the darkness, Dallas, who had been full of confidence, felt a chill run through his body and a strange palpitation rose in his heart.

"What is the true depth of the ocean!"

Kro's voice seemed to come from all directions in the darkness.