Blood flowed from his neck, but he felt no pain. Kuro still looked surprised, but soon, his body's resistance to death made him realize that the Kiwa was slashing at him from behind.

"Absolute airspace!!"

The knife was now halfway down his neck. Kuro's pupils contracted, and the ground around him suddenly collapsed. The electromagnetic field that had been binding him also disappeared in the chaotic air. Kuro instantly dodged to the side, changing the direction of the blade's strike, allowing his neck to escape from the gushing knife. He flew straight into the sky, drawing blood with him.

"You bastard!!"

Kuro touched his neck, his face darkening.

If I hadn't activated Awakening in time, I probably would have really been affected.

"You're not invincible either."

Luo smiled at him and said, "What a pity, otherwise this 'game' would have been over."

Amidst the swirling blood energy, the wound on his neck gradually healed. Kuro lowered his hand, his expression turning cold. "This is truly interesting. I almost fell for it. Did that attack completely ignore Observation Haki?"

Observation Haki is the power of 'hearing,' but when that blade struck him, Clow sensed it. His awakened 'penetrating' power ignored his Haki, and the blade carried a silent power that even Observation Haki couldn't detect—it was an absolute sneak attack and assassination.

Kuro's eyes swept over Kid and Law. One was in charge of the main attack, and the electromagnetic field had great power and a good restraining effect. The other was responsible for movement support and sneak attacks and assassinations. One was in front and the other was behind. They were cooperating quite well.

"Let's be a little more serious..."

The separated ground areas suddenly expanded, directly covering half of the island, causing it to collapse and rise in fragments.

A deadly, lifeless strike wrapped directly around Luo Gui's blade. Kuro flicked two fingers, causing the blade to burst with golden light. He hoisted Luo Gui onto his shoulder and coldly said, "The Nameless Divine Wind Style Killing Sword..."

"Skeleton Blow!"

brush!

The blade slashed through space, completely transforming the area into the target of the strike.

Kidd had just landed when, with a quick step, crimson electromagnetic waves surged around him.

Luo then withdrew the Ghost Cry and swung it downwards. A transparent aura dispersed from the blade, enveloping him.

when!!!

Two loud, crisp sounds rang out from Kidd and Law's bodies, causing them to shudder violently. Kidd swayed, and blood flowed from his body.

Luo was in an even worse state; he suddenly knelt down, his skin as if it had been torn open, turning him into a bloody mess.

In terms of physical attributes and defensive capabilities at this moment, Law is certainly not as good as Kidd.

"Kuro, keep attacking like this, don't get any closer!" Lida reminded him from below.

If she hadn't known that Kuro was a bit carried away, she would have wanted to step in herself.

"What a joke! Do you think I'm that kind of person?!"

Kuro glared back at Lida, then exhaled and dissipated the Absolute Void.

"Keep going, you bunch of brats. I won't fall for your tricks again. I'll show you a new way to play!"

He released the Luo Gui in his hand, which transformed into a black-backed, blood-red dragon. The dragon's body did not expand; it remained the same size as the Luo Gui. After circling around him once, it burrowed into Kuro's body.

Kuro opened his arms wide, then clenched them tightly, shouting, "New power, new form!"

His eyes widened, and his face began to contort as if steam were rising from it. The position of the helmet shifted, gradually forming a blood-red mask that covered his forehead and cheeks, while a pair of ferocious, curved horns grew out on either side of his forehead!

Kuro's body had visibly grown larger, and on his blood-red armor, a dragon's coiled shape was imprinted around the armor, extending all the way to his chest, where a dragon's head with its mouth open appeared as a symbol.

However, before the dragon's head could take shape, it suddenly changed again, widening slightly, and patterns resembling a mane appeared on its head, making it look like a lion, with horns growing on its head.

Like a dragon or a lion, with ram's horns coiled around it, this is the Ni!

The murderous aura, imbued with the terrifying power of the dragon itself, pressed down, causing Kidd and Law to briefly feel suffocated.

"Hey, how could you do something like this?!" Kidd yelled, "Why can the sword merge with you?!"

Kuro smirked but didn't reply.

If it's just simple life factor technology, of course it can't be integrated. In fact, Kuro can't use it freely and can only let Luo Gui transform into a dragon to attack alone.

But firstly, he is a swordsman; secondly, Luo Gui is a demonic sword, and he uses his killing intent.

With the shared killing intent, he could certainly use the power of the Azure Dragon Fruit through swordsmanship. This fusion was based on the same principle, only it was an advanced form.

This pose is Kuro's newly developed, completely complete pose.

He raised his fist, a ball of flame rising above it, and then, with a swift pull, he slammed it down.

"Fire Fist!!"

boom!!

A massive pillar of fire erupted, spreading across the ground and turning the empty area into a sea of ​​fire, obscuring Kidd and Law's view.

"magnetic field!"

With a shout from Kidd, the area was separated from the sea of ​​fire by electromagnetic force.

Luo swiftly swung his sword, tearing through space and cleaving open a portion of the sea of ​​fire.

"Thunder Spear!"

Kuro reached out again in the air, and a ball of golden lightning condensed around him, forming a huge lightning spear. As soon as the lightning appeared, the same lightning spears continued to condense in the air, densely covering the sky.

Buzz!

Kuro threw it directly downwards, and the lightning spear in the air fell directly into the sea of ​​fire.

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