In this area, the snow continued to fall, slowly covering his body, but soon, the snow and his body were blown away together.

A huge explosion rang out in the sky.

Boom!!!

...

"Overheat Slash!!"

William's arm transformed into a giant steam blade, slashing at the greasy giant in front of him. The steam struck, but instead of being evaporated or scalded as expected.

The giant stared at William, his eyes filled with envy: "He's so handsome, with a great physique. I'm so jealous, so jealous!"

Glug glug...

His body seemed to boil, bubbling as it was hit by steam.

"Go to hell!"

The giant swung his arm, sending out a cloud of scalding liquid that rained down on William, piercing through his steaming body and boiling on the ground, still somewhat slippery...

"Oil?"

William's eyes narrowed as he looked at the giant man. "An ability user?"

"Hahaha, I'm the 'Oil-Oil Fruit' that I ate. Are you trying to heat me up with that steam?"

The giant laughed loudly, then glared menacingly at William: "I'm going to make you as greasy as I am, so no girl will like you! Then you'll live in my shadow. Remember my name, my name is..."

Boom!!!

...

Bang!

The bullet was fired, passing through Bucky's head. Bucky's skull was separated from his face, but because of this, he miraculously dodged the bullet.

"Hey, that's dangerous!" Bucky yelled at Van Augur ahead, "Don't play with such dangerous things, people will die!"

"Huh? You mean I'm going to die?" Van Augur looked at Bucky through the sniper scope. "If that's the case, then it's fate."

No, I mean, I might die...

Bucky paused, then his nose started running.

He's incredibly stressed right now because Kuro summoned him, so he came here on his own.

He had originally gathered his subordinates, but the Seven Warlords of the Sea were all fighting alone. In order not to lose face, he temporarily sent his subordinates back. He originally thought that they should fight their own battles while he would find a way to pick up the pieces and complete his mission.

But what does this mean?

Why did they get into a fight with Teach's men?

And he was using a gun; if he were hit by one of those menacing bullets, he would really die!

"Damn it, what's with all this talk of fate? Don't underestimate me, Uncle Bucky!"

Bucky leaped on his toes, launching a Bucky Bomb. "Try my specially made... Bucky Bomb, perfect for mining!"

Van Augur raised his gun, aimed, and muttered, "Wind direction OK, accuracy OK, one bullet will hit that little shell, and the remaining force will pierce Bucky's heart, that's it..."

Click...

Boom!!!

Just as Van Oka was about to pull the trigger, a huge explosion suddenly came from above, shaking the entire space.

The darkness gradually retreated, while the blood mass pressed in layer by layer, squeezing out the darkness bit by bit. In the end, the darkness and the blood-red radiance completely merged together, forming a dark red light in the sky that almost blinded people.

As the light appeared, a strange sight unfolded in the sky: numerous dark red orbs of light shot outwards and fell towards the earth. One of them struck Van Augur just as he pulled the trigger.

Boom!!

The explosion rang out, and Van Augur paused for a moment, instinctively looking down.

But I can't see anything anymore.

His body vanished completely at that moment.

"Is fate... so unkind to me?"

Van Oka sighed, lost consciousness, and his head fell to the ground.

Boom!!

The ball of light also exploded on William's side. Instinctively, he turned into steam, dodging the huge impact of the explosion. But the giant opposite him was not so lucky. Almost as soon as he said his name, the dark red ball of light landed next to him, and the burst of light instantly obliterated his body.

The same dark red orbs of light also landed on the giant fishman. His body was large enough that he came into contact with several orbs of light. In the violent explosion, parts of his body were annihilated everywhere, until only a few remnants remained. His head was connected to the remnants of his upper body all the way to the hole where his lower body was located. Even the blood was annihilated, and he was completely lifeless.

boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The orbs of light scattered, creating large gaps in various places, as if a piece had been forcibly removed.

Just as Luffy was about to reach out to Hancock, a ball of light also fell from his lips, a strange smile already playing on his lips. Both of them sensed the danger and instinctively stepped back, avoiding the blast wave of light.

"You, you're not Lord Luffy!"

Hancock snapped out of her daze, ignoring the power of the ball of light, and glared at 'Luffy,' gritting her teeth as she said, 'You bastard, how dare you impersonate Lord Luffy!'

"Muruhoho, how could you do this to that face? Hancock, I know you have special feelings for this man..."

Luffy grinned wickedly, then glanced at the hole right in front of them. "But this power is truly..."

"straw hat?"

Before he could finish speaking, a voice rang out from the smoke stirred up by the falling ball of light beside him.

Bang!!

Immediately afterwards, Luffy's head exploded, his headless body swayed, and transformed into Devon's body, falling to the ground.

A person slowly emerged from the smoke.

Kuro, his fists clenched and covered in blood, looked disheveled yet terrifying. He glanced at Devon, "It's not the Straw Hat..."

But the crimson light in the sky hadn't faded; it seemed frozen there forever. Beneath the crimson glow, rumbled thunder, a gale arose, and a torrential downpour began...

Kuro, neck stiff, roared forward, "Teach!!!"