After Kuro's attack had its effect, he flashed and appeared directly in front of Luffy, looking down at him.
"What a pity. If I had given you more time, things might have gotten even more difficult, although you wouldn't have been able to face Garp's accusations later..."
Another ribbon fluttered from her shoulder and swiftly drifted towards Luffy, who was lying on the ground. "But you might as well die, Musou-Kusha!"
"Demon Aura: Nine-Sword Style!"
Just as the ribbon was fluttering forward, Zoro swiftly appeared in front of Luffy with a series of rapid footsteps. Under the cover of Conqueror's Haki, he revealed three heads and six arms, and his nine swords, crackling with black lightning, transformed into a phantom of a three-headed dragon as he swung them, slashing towards the ribbon.
"King Yama's Three-Sword Dragon!!!"
Boom!!!
The phantom of the three-headed dragon crashed into the ribbon, creating a massive shockwave.
Boom!
A huge crater appeared beneath Zoro's feet, and the surrounding ruins were blown backward by the shockwave, creating thick smoke and howling winds. Luffy, who was behind Zoro, was also blown far behind.
Click click click...
The blade trembled, the Haki was being dispelled, and Zoro's hands and even his body were shaking violently, not out of fear, but because he was completely unable to resist its power.
The sheer destructive power of that weapon was so overwhelming that just seeing it made one understand the danger, let alone actually fighting it.
"Get over here!"
Zoro let out a roar and slashed down with his three swords.
Bang!!
With a loud bang, Zoro crashed heavily to the ground behind him, creating a deep crater. His three swords flew through the air, spun several times, and then steadily pierced the ground.
The third generation of the Onikiri broke off a piece, the Wado Ichimonji bent, and numerous cuts appeared on the blade of the demon sword 'Enma'.
Kuro glanced at Zoro in the pit and saw that his body looked as if he had been cut into a thousand pieces, bleeding profusely, and he was unconscious.
He remained silent for a moment before speaking, "Not bad."
The ribbons that were still fluttering around her were gradually fading and then disappearing.
This attack blocked one of his "Empty Kill" attacks.
Kuro shook his head and said, "You have two of the three: ability, swordsmanship, and Haki. You're already quite good at this level of combat power, but that's your limit. After all, you lack ability."
As he spoke, he flashed in front of Zoro, raising his long sword, Raki, with the blade pointing directly at Zoro as he descended.
He didn't hesitate at all.
However, just as the demon was about to stab down, his ears twitched, and his Observation Haki gave him a warning. The descending demon swung to the side.
Bang!!
The blade was struck by a fist crackling with flames. The familiar elasticity, combined with the impact, forced Kuro to move backward and fly until he came to a stop in mid-air.
"You really are..."
Kuro flicked his blade, looking ahead with a sinister gaze. "If you want to die so badly, wouldn't it be easier for you to just lie there and let me chop you to pieces?"
Ahead, Luffy stood up again amidst scorching steam, his outstretched fist retracting and snapping back to its original position.
He stretched out his fists and assumed a fighting stance. The dent in his right chest gradually healed under the steam, and his body transformed into a muscular physique as he resumed fifth gear.
He took a few breaths and smiled, "I won't die until I become the Pirate King."
Kuro narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to the sky, and said, "Let me see how many years of your lifespan you have left to burn... Azure Dragon Rain."
Splash!
The sky suddenly darkened, and large raindrops began to fall.
Seeing this, Luffy was taken aback. He burst into a cloud of dust as he leaped above Zoro, his body growing larger in an instant to block the raindrops. Due to the elasticity of the raindrops, they bounced off his skin as soon as they touched him, causing no real damage.
Kuro clicked his tongue: "Annoying elasticity."
After awakening his Devil Fruit, Luffy's inherent elasticity and tenacity render any attack he makes essentially a blunt blow. While Kuro's current Void Kill also focuses on a single point of his power, his emphasis is still on killing intent, and his ability is more about the 'manipulation' concept of the Float-Float Fruit. Luffy, on the other hand, has clearly increased the 'elasticity' and 'tenacity' in his Devil Fruit awakening.
As for the awakening of one's own fruit...
Kuro glanced at the Wano Country samurai still watching and the civilians who had rushed over, then extended his left hand towards Luffy, "You're not worthy. But, try this..."
call!
As he clenched his fist, the air around Luffy was rapidly sucked away. Luffy, braving the raindrops falling from above, grabbed the unconscious Zoro and held him in his arms. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and he plummeted downwards, his legs bursting with elasticity as he swiftly shot to the side.
"Oh? Did you have a premonition?"
Kuro extended his index finger, and a tiny ball of air, about the size of a marble, was visibly added to it.
"go!"
Bang!
Like the old man firing a laser, Kuro launched the air marbles directly, which flew rapidly toward Luffy's back.
This is the air in the area he drained, all compressed into a tiny dot.
He naturally learned the technique of sucking out the air after developing the Float-Float Fruit to a certain extent.
It's a telekinetic technique. From using air as a medium in the past to directly controlling and compressing air now, it's just a matter of taking one step and then moving on to the next.
An air marble hit Luffy's back, bounced off by its strange elasticity, and then bounced away again.
"snort."
Kuro pressed his finger down, and the air marble was released, causing the compressed air to explode violently.
Boom!!
Luffy grunted, thrown backward by the force of the explosion.
In that instant, Kuro appeared above Luffy, and two of the remaining four ribbons moved, stabbing towards Luffy, who was swinging away, one after the other, like sharp swords.
If one strike can only break through his fifth gear, then another strike should be enough to kill him.
Bang!!!
The first ribbon struck Luffy squarely in the back, almost splitting his spine in two. He opened his mouth, gagged, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed, crashing down and creating a crater along with Zoro.
The second ribbon came immediately afterward, heading straight for Luffy's head.
"Room!!"
Just then, a familiar voice rang out from the side. Amidst the chaotic debris stirred up by the explosion, a piece of gravel disappeared, replaced by an extremely large body that appeared there. The direction in which the ribbon of Wusheng Kongsha was advancing was blocked by this massive body.
“Lingling!” Kuro exclaimed in surprise.
The enormous body that suddenly appeared was none other than Charlotte Linlin!
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