"Ha ha ha ha!"
Luffy's laughter rang out in the corridor, and this sudden laughter attracted the attention of everyone present.
Not only did S. Tsugakuin Yoshiichi set his sights on Luffy, but even his companions were looking at Luffy in confusion.
"Hey, Luffy, what's wrong?"
Luffy's sudden laughter not only failed to calm Coby and the others who were already nervous, but Luffy's abnormal behavior also scared them.
Although Luffy has always been a cheerful person in their impression, he is essentially a person with strong empathy.
Luffy rarely laughs at inappropriate times.
Luffy's laughter stopped abruptly when Coby asked this question suddenly. His smile froze and he tilted his head slightly to look at Usopp behind him, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Coby's question seemed to wake Luffy up, and his head tilted slightly. In fact, even Luffy himself didn't know why he suddenly laughed.
The current situation...there is nothing "funny" about it.
However, such doubts did not remain in Luffy's mind for too long. An inexplicable joy surged in his heart, making Luffy unable to suppress a chuckle.
"I'll soon be able to get the historical text. Shouldn't I be happy?"
Just as Coby and the others were looking at Luffy with some concern, Luffy suddenly spoke.
His words also made Coby and others quickly relax after a brief silence.
"call--"
"It gave me a fright."
"I thought..."
Coby breathed a sigh of relief and a relaxed smile appeared on his face. He hadn't finished speaking yet, but it was obvious that Coby felt that he had gone astray, so he didn't say anything else.
He thought Luffy had gone crazy under this immense pressure...
There was no way. The pressure that the young man in front of him put on his side was too terrifying. Not to mention Luffy as the captain would feel pressured, even crew members like him who were "slightly taken care of" felt powerless.
However... seeing Luffy's confident look, Coby finally felt a little relieved.
Although the enemy is very strong, Coby is extremely confident that Luffy can lead his companions through this difficult time.
Along the way, they encountered many powerful and unmatched enemies. Whenever Coby fell into despair, Luffy always stood up and created hope for his companions.
This time is the same. Even when they are in desperate situations, even when facing powerful enemies that Coby cannot match, Coby still believes that their Straw Hat Pirates can get through it safely.
"Come on! Luffy..."
Coby's tone was heavy. He understood that the upcoming battle was probably not something that someone of his level could participate in.
The terrifying aura released by the enemy alone was enough to make Coby lose his fighting power. He was simply not able to face a strong man of this level.
Even if he doesn't participate in the battle and just stands aside, he may become a burden to Luffy, let alone helping Luffy resist powerful enemies.
Now all Coby can do is pray secretly in his heart, praying that Luffy can defeat the powerful enemy.
"What's so funny?!"
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came out of the mouth of S. Tsugakuin Yoriichi. Although he was a Seraph, the tone of S. Tsugakuin Yoriichi when he spoke was no different from that of a human being, without the "mechanical feeling" of an artificial human.
And S. Tsugakuin Yoriichi's words also drew Luffy's attention back.
Although he didn't understand why the other party didn't take advantage of his distraction to attack him, when Luffy turned around and looked at that somewhat familiar face, an inexplicable fighting spirit emerged in his heart.
The beating of Luffy's heart seemed to turn into a war drum at this moment, making Luffy feel his blood boiling.
Although he didn't understand why his body had changed like this, Luffy didn't reject this feeling in his body.
"I'm going to do it!"
Before attacking, Luffy gave a chivalrous reminder, then he stretched his hand back suddenly and rushed towards S. Tsugakuin Yoshiichi at a very fast speed.
"White Star Gun!!!"
This is one of Luffy's most outstanding attack methods in Nika's state. It requires almost no prior preparation. Not only is it extremely destructive, it can also consume his own domineering aura to the minimum.
Although Luffy was full of fighting spirit at this time, his physical fatigue was not alleviated much by his inner excitement.
Luffy could clearly feel the waves of weakness coming from his body, and it was precisely because of this that Luffy wanted to end the battle quickly and get rid of the enemy in front of him in the shortest time possible.
"call out!"
A sonic boom sounded, and the stretched arm suddenly rebounded, and a powerful and domineering fist smashed towards S. Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's cheek.
Luffy's observation Haki firmly locked onto S. Tsugikuni Yoriichi, ensuring that no matter how the opponent dodges, his fist will be able to hit the opponent.
The White Star Spear came very fast, and Luffy's attack could even hit Kizaru who had the power of the Pika Pika Nomi, needless to say its speed.
It is obviously extremely difficult for S Tsugikuni Yoriichi to dodge such an attack. At the same time, Luffy is also full of confidence in his attack.
The wind from the fists whistled.
The Mikazuki Munechika in S Jiguoyuan's hand suddenly stood up and held it in front of him, but he himself did not make any dodging movements at all.
Luffy's pupils couldn't help but shrink when he saw this scene. When he was sure that the opponent had no intention of dodging and was going to take it head-on, he did not hold back anymore and added the remaining three points of strength that was reserved for changing moves into this attack.
The armed color domineering condensed into substance, and some kind of white gelatinous substance covered the surface of the fist and smashed towards S. Tsugakuin Yoshiichi.
Facing Luffy's strongest punch, S. Tsugakuin Yoshiichirō remained calm. The next moment, his fist hit the blade, and terrifying power came in an instant.
And at this moment, S Ji Guoyuan suddenly swung the long sword in his hand to the side, as if cutting or slicing. In short, at the moment when the power poured out, he directly unloaded this huge force to his side.
"boom!!!"
As a loud bang sounded in the corridor, Luffy's fist slammed heavily on the ground beside S.
The slash, which contained a domineering force, easily deflected Luffy's confident attack.
Luffy's pupils trembled as his punch missed, and his face was full of disbelief.
He would be surprised, not because of the enemy's strength.
This was because the scene happening before his eyes did not appear in his perception of the Observation Haki that could predict the future.
The future scene that appeared in Luffy's mind was a scene where the powerful enemy in front of him was knocked away by his punch, not a scene where his attack was blocked by someone else.
The other party's actions did not match what he had predicted with his Observation Haki, which made Luffy feel incredible.
“How is this possible?!!!”
Luffy murmured softly, seemingly not expecting his Observation Haki's predictive power to disappear like this. Even before, during his battle with Abel, his Observation Haki had been able to predict the future.
But on the young man in front of him, this effect seemed to not exist at all.
To say that it is completely ineffective is not quite accurate, because the scene of the future still appears in Luffy's mind.
However, the scene that happened in reality was different from the future picture in his mind.
Luffy's observation Haki ability still exists, it just becomes ineffective in front of the young man in front of him.
S. Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who blocked Luffy's attack, did not pause at all. Although this Seraph has some wisdom to a certain extent, he is ultimately fundamentally different from real humans.
What drives the Seraphs' actions is ultimately the pre-set instructions, and this instruction will not change with changes in the battlefield.
Therefore, there will be no hesitation in S. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's actions. He is like a pure fighting machine. Everything he does is just to seize every opportunity on the battlefield.
While Luffy was feeling surprised, S. Tsugakuin Yoriichi had already taken action.
Luffy only felt a figure flash before his eyes, and the next moment, S. Tsugakuin Yoshiichirō appeared in front of him. The long sword in his hand did not attack the vital points of Luffy's body, but instead found his right arm that was retreating rapidly and swung the sword down.
S Tsugukuni Yoriichi seemed to know that if he attacked Luffy's vitals directly, the other party might dodge it, so he chose to attack his right arm, which was not fatal but difficult to dodge at the moment.
Even if Luffy entered the Nika state, he still couldn't completely get rid of some of his weaknesses.
Just like the powerful White Star Spear, although the attack power is extremely strong, even this Seraphim created with the bloodline factor of Yuichi Tsugakuko did not choose to fight with force, but used cleverness to resolve the offensive.
However, the mechanism of action of the White Star Spear still relies on the properties of rubber, or in other words, even after awakening to the Nika state, Luffy still has not gotten rid of the existing concept of the "Rubber Fruit", and the application of his abilities is still heavily influenced by the Rubber Fruit.
This is also one of Luffy's few weaknesses.
If he was facing an ordinary enemy, this weakness of his might not be discovered.
But unfortunately, he was facing S. Tsugikuni Yoriichi. This Seraph perfectly inherited the original body's combat consciousness. After various combat trainings, his consciousness and technological data were combined, and his ability to seize opportunities had reached its peak.
With the excellent performance of this body, S. Tsugikuni Yoriichi can do many things that other Seraphim cannot do.
“!!!”
Never before had Luffy felt that danger was so close to him. His sight had accurately captured the enemy's movements, but in Luffy's mind, he could not think of any way to avoid the opponent's attack.
Luffy's consciousness had no way of controlling the rapidly retreating arm, and this weakness had been seized by the opponent. In this fleeting opportunity, even Luffy could not come up with a good way to deal with it.
There's only one way to do it.
There was no time to dodge, all Luffy could do was attack instead of attack!
At this moment, Luffy's head became an offensive weapon, and he hit S. Tsugakuni Yoriichi's head directly. At this time, Luffy's face was full of determination, and he seemed to have made up his mind to lose this arm.
At such a critical moment, Luffy's bloodiness has been completely aroused.
In his opinion, he might have his arm chopped off, but correspondingly, his attack would definitely make the opponent completely lose the ability to fight.
“.”
However, S. Tsugikuni Yoriichi obviously had no intention of exchanging his life for Flash. Although the power of Seraph is very strong, it has its limits after all. The attack power of Luffy in the Nika state can easily reach the upper limit of the Seraph's endurance.
According to the program settings, the mission of the Seraph is to guard the underground treasure house.
Judging from the current situation, even if Seraph can successfully cut off Luffy's arm, he will be hit by Luffy's headbutt and lose his combat effectiveness.
There is not only Straw Hat Luffy among the enemies present. Cutting off Luffy's arm will result in the loss of the treasury, which is contrary to the existing defense mission of Seraph.
After a brief decision, S. Tsugakuin Yoshiichi did not choose to continue the attack. Instead, he turned his head and the momentum of the slash was halted by Luffy's counterattack, giving Luffy time to react.
The retracted arm quickly avoided the blade of S.Tsugumi Kuniyoshi, and the blade almost cut through the skin of Luffy's arm. While cutting off a section of his sleeve, it also cut off a small piece of flesh from Luffy's arm.
Although Mikazuki Munechika's blade did not touch Luffy's body, the domineering aura he carried with it scraped against Luffy's body, successfully breaking through Luffy's domineering defense and causing damage to Luffy's body.
Even Luffy in Nika state can be cut by the slash.
Luffy, feeling severe pain, quickly jumped back, put some distance between them, and quickly covered the wound with his hand. Blood flowed out from between Luffy's fingers. His tragic appearance made Coby, Brook and others who were still conscious change their expressions drastically.
It was the first time they saw Luffy injured in this state.
What made them even more terrified was that the whole process seemed very easy for the enemy, whether it was resisting Luffy's attacks or exploiting his flaws to hurt him.
This relaxed feeling gives people the illusion that there is a huge gap in strength between Luffy and the enemy. Coby, Brook and others can't see any way or method to break through S Tsugakuin Yoriichi.
"What kind of monster is this!!!"
Luffy, who was keeping a distance from his opponent, also felt a lot of pressure in his heart. Although he was as strong as a monster, he was secretly criticizing S. Tsugikuni Yoriichi in his heart.
Just as Luffy was about to regroup, the feeling of weakness coming from his body had reached a level that Luffy could no longer ignore.
His calf softened and his weakness was exposed again.
“Oh no!!!”
When strong men fight, every tiny flaw could be fatal. Luffy was obviously well aware of this. The moment his calves went weak, he realized that something was wrong.
And at this moment, the enemy had already arrived in front of him, and the long sword fell on his face.
(End of this chapter)
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