The flames on the battlefield behind him gradually dissipated, revealing two skeletons that had been mostly dissolved by the flames. The facial damage to the corpses was not too serious, and the faces of Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden could still be vaguely recognized.
In the face of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's multiple attacks, the old and frail Rayleigh and the severely weakened Kozuki Oden were unable to organize an effective defense to resist Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's attacks.
As the golden flames fell from the sky, the two of them were buried in the sea of fire one after another, and their breath was completely gone.
The pirates who had been killed on the coast by Yoshiichi Tsugakuni before were burned by the golden flames, and not even their bodies were left. Yoshiichi Tsugakuni's flames were so hot and fierce that those lifeless bodies did not even emit the burnt smell until they were completely melted.
Apart from some large pits and knife marks on the battlefield, there were no other traces of battle.
Even the blood river that had originally gathered into a stream disappeared without a trace under the burning of Tsugukuni Yoriichi's flames.
If it weren't for Luffy's body in front of Yoriichi Tsugikuni at this moment, this coast would seem as if nothing had happened.
"Luffy"
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni's attack did not affect the Straw Hat Pirates. His target was clear: Straw Hat Luffy and the pirate forces surrounding him.
Although Sanji, Nami, Chopper and others are the founding members of the Straw Hat Pirates and Luffy's most solid partners, these guys are still different from ordinary pirates after all.
For Yoriichi Tsugikuni, as long as he can get rid of Straw Hat Luffy and Rayleigh and others, the remaining Sanji and others will not have any impact on his overall situation at all.
Of course, sparing their lives was also a reminder to Yoriichi Tsugakuni that everything he did was not for the purpose of venting his selfish desires. If the people he killed could not make the world a better place, then Yoriichi Tsugakuni's actions would be a failure.
Sanji and others stood on the outskirts of the battlefield, staring blankly at the ground in front of Tsugakuin. Looking at Luffy's appearance, they didn't even feel too much sadness in their hearts at this moment, but more of disbelief and confusion.
They simply couldn't believe that Luffy, who had been imagining the future with them not long ago, had died at the hands of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
All this happened so suddenly and so quickly that Sanji, Chopper and the others were unable to accept the reality.
Yoshikazu Tsugakuni stood there, staring quietly at the body of Straw Hat Luffy, but the long sword in his hand was not put back into the sheath.
His observation Haki enveloped Luffy, and he could clearly sense that the vitality in Luffy had completely disappeared, but strangely, in Yoriichi Tsugakuin's perspective of the transparent world, Luffy's heart did not stop beating.
Although there was no vitality, Luffy's body was still moving.
"Not dead?"
Ji Guoyuan frowned slightly. He had never seen a situation like this before. People would die if they were killed. This was the most basic understanding of human beings.
But the Luffy in front of him, whose body had been cut into two pieces by Tsugakuin, didn't seem to be like this?!
Holding the long sword in reverse, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni grabbed the sword and stabbed it into Luffy's heart.
When Sanji saw this scene, his anger completely overwhelmed his reason. He let out a loud roar, and then without thinking, he rushed towards Tsugumi Yoshiichi.
He couldn't accept the reality that Luffy was dead, but what he couldn't accept even more was that Luffy's body was being insulted like this.
As Luffy's closest partner, Sanji has completely disregarded his own life at this moment.
“Bang—”
Suddenly, a strong heartbeat sounded. The sound was so loud that not only the intuitive Yoshikazu Tsugakuin heard it, but also Sanji who was rushing towards Yoshikazu Tsugakuin could hear it.
Suddenly, white flames ignited on Luffy's upper body, forming a fire shield in front of his chest, directly blocking Yoriichi Tsugakuni's stab. At the same time, white flames also "flowed" out from the surface of the wounds on Luffy's upper and lower body.
As the two flames spread outward, they merged tightly together in the blink of an eye, in effect connecting the two halves of Luffy's body together.
“.”
Yoshikazu Tsugakuni felt the stagnation coming from the long sword in his hand, and as he watched the strange changes happening on Luffy's body, the expression on his face showed too much emotional fluctuation.
A strong wind was whistling behind him. Without even turning his head, Jigokuen stretched out his left hand and directly grabbed Sanji's ankle, which was kicking him, and then slammed it to the ground beside him.
"boom!!!"
Sanji was smashed directly into the ground by Yoshikazu Tsugakuni, creating a huge human-shaped pit.
It was clearly an attack from the blind spot of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's perspective, and it was clearly an angry attack that Sanji tried his best to throw, but it was resolved so easily by Tsugakuni Yoshiichi. The gap in strength was so huge that it could not be made up by anger and obsession.
"Isn't it as simple as I thought?!"
As Tsugakuni Yoriichi looked at the changes in Luffy's body, he murmured softly, as if to verify Tsugakuni Yoriichi's words. Luffy's heart beat violently again, and this time, the sound of his heartbeat was like a beating war drum.
“Dong—dong—”
An extremely terrifying domineering aura emanated from Luffy's body. The strength of this domineering aura was even comparable to that of Yoriichi Tsugakuko. The domineering aura that was emitted rubbed violently with the air after it came into contact with the air, producing black and red lightning, and muffled thunder exploded on the battlefield.
Ji Guoyuan flipped the long sword in his hand, and the domineering aura condensed on the long sword, and slashed directly at the white fire shield condensed in front of Luffy. But the moment his long sword touched the fire shield, the two domineering auras collided with each other, and the extremely powerful force immediately turned into a terrifying shock wave, sweeping towards the surroundings.
Franky, Brook and others reacted quickly. They lowered their center of gravity to prepare for the new shock wave, and at the same time, they grabbed the weaker Weiwei and Nami, protecting them under themselves to resist the domineering hurricane that swept out.
"Buzz—"
Thunder rumbled on the battlefield. Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's slash was actually blocked by the white fire shield in front of Luffy, leaving only a slash mark on the fire shield, and this mark quickly disappeared with the flow of the flames.
And within these few short seconds, the two broken parts of Luffy's body were reassembled with the help of the white flames. The wound was healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Luffy, who had originally lost his breath, suddenly took a deep breath, and then his breathing gradually stabilized.
White flames wrapped around Luffy's body, allowing him to slowly "stand up" from the ground. The moment life reappeared under the perception of Yoriichi Tsugakuin, Luffy's eyes suddenly opened and he looked at Yoriichi Tsugakuin in front of him.
The childishness and immaturity in Luffy's eyes faded away, and there was an indescribable excitement in his eyes as he looked at Yoriichi Tsugakuni.
“Hahahahahaha!!!”
Suddenly, Luffy opened his eyes again and burst into laughter. The terrifying domineering aura also rushed towards Yoriichi Tsugakuin madly as Luffy laughed.
However, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni just looked up and glanced at Luffy who stood up again, and the domineering aura on his body condensed into substance, turning into a black particle lightning, and accurately counterattacked Luffy.
Although the domineering pressure had condensed into substance, it was still pressure after all. The collision of the two domineering auras, apart from making the sky clearer, had no substantial impact on either party that released the domineering auras.
"I told you, we'll meet again!"
Luffy's voice was a little hoarse, and he suddenly spoke to Tsugakuinichi. His words also made Tsugakuinichi's mind flash back to the figure of a person who had died at his hands.
The giant corpse that was used as a trump card by Im when he attacked the holy land was used to resist Tsugakuni Yoriichi's attack. The voice and tone when he spoke were almost exactly the same as Luffy who stood up again in front of him!
Sometimes, Jiguo Yuanyi doesn't need to recognize people by their appearance.
"JOEYBOY?!"
Looking at Luffy who was covered in white flames in front of him, the name that came out of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's mouth was not Luffy's name.
“Hahahahahaha!”
“You still remember!”
Luffy, or rather Joyboy whose consciousness had taken over, laughed out loud again. He was extremely excited and happy when he heard Yoriichi Tsugikuni calling his name.
At this time, Nami, Brook and others also saw Luffy standing up again, but when they saw Luffy laughing cheerfully, they did not feel any joy in their hearts. On the contrary, because Luffy stood up again, Nami and others only felt that the Luffy not far away was extremely scary and creepy.
Combining the conversation between Yoriichi Tsugakuni and the other party, everyone realized that Luffy at this time might not be the pirate leader they were familiar with.
"Thank you so much!"
"If it weren't for you, it might have taken several years."
"This kid is truly a talent. He actually managed to awaken the Nika Fruit successfully. He's truly outstanding!"
"Ha ha ha ha!!"
Luffy laughed out loud. At this moment, there was no trace of his dead companions in his eyes. Even when he looked at the remains of Rayleigh and Oden not far away, he just glanced at them roughly. There was no trace of grief or sadness in his eyes. Instead, the smile on his face did not fade at all.
“You bastard.”
"No. Luffy."
"Give Luffy back."
Sanji, who was smashed into the ground by Yoshikazu Tsugakuin, has not lost consciousness yet. Sanji also noticed the strangeness happening to Luffy.
Looking at Luffy's eyes that were without mercy and grief, Sanji's eyes had become moist unconsciously. He stretched out his hand with difficulty, as if he wanted to grab Luffy's arm. His lips moved slightly, and he tried his best to say these words.
"snort"
"I'm certainly not your captain."
"My name is Joey Boy!"
"Yes—the Sun God!"
Joyboy's will took over Luffy's body, and when he heard Sanji's words, his smile became even more unbridled.
Joy Boy raised his right hand slightly, and a white flaming spear quickly condensed in his hand. Then he grinned and stabbed directly at Sanji's heart.
This attack was actually intended to take Sanji's life directly!
“.”
Sanji looked at "Luffy" stabbing at him with a gun, his vision unknowingly blurred by tears. He seemed to have sensed some shocking conspiracy, and looking at Luffy's appearance at this moment, he felt very sad.
He was not crying because his captain wanted to kill him. He was just crying because his most free and easy-going and freedom-loving captain seemed to have never obtained the so-called freedom.
"Joey Boy, don't you understand who your opponent is?!"
Just as Sanji's heart was about to be pierced by Joyboy, Tsugakuni Yoshiichi suddenly appeared beside Sanji, and the long sword in his hand slashed out horizontally, directly cutting the gun. Although it did not completely curb Joyboy's offensive, Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's interference also caused the opponent's gun path to change, and it directly pierced the ground beside Sanji.
The fatal blow missed.
"Hello"
"Were you questioning me just now?!"
"Did I allow you to express your opinion?"
When Joy Boy saw that his attack failed, he raised his head and looked at Tsugikuni Yoshiichi with murderous intent in his eyes. His tone became extremely deep at this moment, but the smile on his face became even brighter, and the corners of his grinning mouth almost reached the back of his ears.
This kind of smile does not make others feel any happiness or joy. On the contrary, an inexplicable gloom and terror lingers in the hearts of Sanji and others. Looking at Luffy's appearance at this time, they feel an inexplicable fear from the bottom of their hearts.
They didn't know what was happening to Luffy at this moment, but they knew that the guy in front of them who would launch a fatal attack on Sanji was definitely not the Luffy they knew.
“.”
At this time, Yuichiro Tsugikuni was looking at the Joyboy in front of him with a serious face. The personality traits shown by this guy who called himself Joyboy gave Yuichiro Tsugikuni a very strong sense of incongruity.
capricious?!
Inaccurate.
Perhaps this is a kind of "freedom" that has developed to the extreme, so free that he will not listen to anything others say, and so free that any action of others that is not pleasing to him will be labeled by him as "interference with my freedom."
Do whatever you want, and everything you do depends on your own will and intention.
This extreme personality reminded Yoriichi Tsugikuni of a creature that only existed in mythology - the devil.
The various personality traits displayed by this guy in front of me are no different from those of a devil!
Extremely selfish, extremely arrogant, and extremely presumptuous.
"turn out to be."
"This is the face of the Sun God—"
"hehe."
"It's really high and mighty!"
Jiguo Yuanyi danced with his sword lightly, quickly bent down and grabbed Sanji, and threw him out of the battlefield.
When he looked at Joyboy again, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"He's just a loser!"
(End of this chapter)
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