If the opponents that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had to face were only the samurai of Wano Country, he could still show mercy and let these people off. After all, there was no irreconcilable hatred between him and the samurai, and the only one who really had a grudge against him was Kozuki Oden.
Although the samurai attacked Kozuki Oden according to his orders, these people were just "swords" at best.
However, facing these remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, Yoriichi Tsugakuni had no intention of showing mercy.
Pirates are pirates after all. The emotional bond connecting the Whitebeard Pirates is actually Whitebeard himself. When Whitebeard recruited his sons, he did not try to distinguish whether his sons were good or evil.
The starting point of everything is Whitebeard's personal will. He recruits the guys he likes and rejects the guys he doesn't like.
And it is precisely because of this that the Whitebeard Pirates have become a mixed bag.
Isn't it that the huge pirate group that doesn't engage in production has been able to survive until now by attaching themselves to ordinary people and sucking their blood?
As for the saying that black eats black?
In the New World, what pirates would even think of provoking the Whitebeard Pirates? Ordinary pirates would do so if they could avoid contact with the Whitebeard Pirates.
After knocking away the flower sword and Jozu himself, Yoshiichi Tsugakuni raised his head slightly and quickly swept his eyes over the pirates who were surrounding him.
He did not choose to stand there and wait for death. Instead, he danced the broken blade in his hand and rushed towards the pirates.
Yoshikazu Tsugakuni rushed directly into the crowd of pirates, slashing with the broken blade in his hand. As soon as he entered the scene, he killed seven or eight pirates who were rushing towards him with swords.
The pirates continued to rush towards Jigoku Yoshiichi. The smell of blood in the air not only did not make these people retreat, but instead completely aroused their ferocity. Bursts of howling were heard in the streets. The pirates were using this method to boost their morale.
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni, who jumped into the battlefield on his own initiative, was like a blooming rose. The pirates' blood gushed out, and after just a few breaths, there were more than a dozen pirate corpses around Yoshiichi Tsugakuni. The blood flowed on the bluestone slabs, soon staining the ground.
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni moved freely among the crowd, and the enemy's attacks could not touch his body at all. Soon, a wall of corpses piled up on the ground.
The pirates rushed towards Yoshiichi Tsugakuni fearlessly, and the huge group of people quickly compressed Yoshiichi Tsugakuni's movement space.
"If we continue like this, it will never end."
He swung his sword to clear three feet of space around him, then Ji Guoyuan glanced at the densely packed corpses on the ground, raised his eyes to look at the endless group of pirates, and uttered an impatient murmur.
The fighting here made a very loud noise. The nearby residents who were not asleep at all heard the deafening shouts and cries of killing. These people did not dare to go out to check and chose to hide in their homes. Only a small number of residents, sensing the danger, ventured out of their homes and fled to the other side of Boluo Town.
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi wanted to use a large-scale attack to quickly eliminate these people, but at the same time, he was also afraid that his attack would affect innocent people.
After all, Wano Country is not the holy land of Marinjoa. Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who launched such an attack on the holy land at that time, felt deeply regretful afterwards. He did not want to repeat the same mistake in Wano Country and kill those innocent ordinary people.
Being a little restrained made Ji Guoyuan frown slightly.
"kill!!!"
Just as Yoriichi Tsugakuni was thinking for a moment, a loud shout came from behind him, and a pirate holding a long sword came directly at Yoriichi Tsugakuni's back. Yoriichi didn't even turn his head, but turned the long sword in his hand back and stabbed it quickly behind him.
"laugh--"
A slight sound was heard, and Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's attack arrived first and directly pierced the heart of the person who came. The enemy's attacking movement was instantly frozen in place, and the long sword he raised dropped weakly. The whole person collapsed to the ground and fell into a pool of blood.
After killing a pirate who attacked him, his companions also rushed forward in large numbers.
Ji Guoyuanyi slashed out twice in a flash, and the terrifying blade light plowed through the ground directly, taking the lives of dozens of pirates in the blink of an eye.
There were too many corpses around him, so Tsugikuni Yoshiichi jumped up and directly left the battlefield. After flying more than ten meters, he fell into the crowd again. The screams of the pirates then rang out one after another from the battlefield.
Tsugakuni Yoriichi uses killing to stop the killer. The broken blade in his hand has been soaked in the blood of the enemies in the continuous battles. The blade has grown an inch longer. The enemy's blood has also soaked Tsugakuni Yoriichi's clothes. The blood drops on Tsugakuni Yoriichi's face, making Yoriichi's momentum even more terrifying.
Countless pirates have died at the hands of Tsukuni Yoshiichi. As the rest of the pirates watched the corpses pile up more and more around Tsukuni Yoshiichi, their minds finally began to clear up and a strong fear surged in their hearts.
The pirates began to hesitate. This group of Whitebeard Pirates' crew members were so scared after being killed by Yoshiichi Tsugakuni that they dared not go forward anymore. They only dared to surround Yoshiichi Tsugakuni tightly in the center of the crowd. Their tense appearance contrasted with Yoshiichi Tsugakuni's calm face, as if the one being surrounded at this moment was not Yoshiichi Tsugakuni, but them, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Ordinary crew members could not even withstand a single blow from Yoriichi Tsugakuni. You have to know that a large number of the people killed by Yoriichi Tsugakuni were pirates with a bounty of over 10 million. If they were in the Four Seas, they would be considered very famous. The naval branches in the Four Seas did not even dare to actively pursue pirates of this level of strength.
However, these powerful pirates who are out of reach of ordinary people are like ants in front of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
"do not be afraid!"
“Follow me!!”
When the battle reaches a stalemate, there will always be warriors who stand up.
Marco, who transformed into a blue phoenix, flew up from the crowd. As the ship's doctor, he had stabilized the injuries of the samurai. After the operation to hunt down Yoshiichi Tsugakuin, Marco originally wanted to rescue the pirates attacked by Yoshiichi Tsugakuin.
But after a while, Marco suddenly realized that there was no need to rescue his companions at all.
Anyone who was chopped down by Yoshikazu Tsugakuin was killed with one blow, leaving no possibility of rescue.
Marco, realizing this, also planned to join the battle directly. He knew that in order to minimize the losses of the crew, he had to capture Yoshikazu Tsugakuni as soon as possible.
Captain Marco led the way, and the blue phoenix turned into a stream of light, falling from the sky and rushing directly towards Ji Guoyuan.
"Phoenix Seal!"
Marco's expression was fierce, and his feet turned into bird claws and grabbed towards Tsugikuni Yoriichi's head. The terrifying power was far stronger than the attack of an ordinary pirate.
But in the eyes of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, this level of attack can only be considered mediocre.
"Phoenix Seal?!"
"What kind of phoenix are you?!"
Ji Guoyuan held the long sword in his hand in reverse, stood up, pushed the handle forward, and pointed it directly at the center of Marco's feet.
"boom!!!"
The bluestone floor under Ji Guoyuanyi's feet could not bear the weight and collapsed directly. Then Ji Guoyuanyi did not move at all. Marco's attack did not pose any threat to him.
“!”
Seeing this, Marco also had a bad premonition. He was about to fly away but was grabbed by the ankle by Yoshiichi Tsugakuin. Before Marco could react, a terrifying force was transmitted directly to his body. Yoshiichi grabbed his foot and threw Marco heavily to the ground.
“Boom!!!!”
When his body came into close contact with the ground, Marco felt his head swelling. Before he could catch his breath, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi grabbed him and slammed him to the ground again. After several consecutive times, Marco felt that all the bones in his body were about to fall apart. The recovery ability of his undead form was not enough to repair his body. The severe pain made Marco breathless.
His mind was becoming increasingly dizzy, and Marco could only feel that death was getting closer and closer to him.
“Boom!!!!”
Just as Ji Guoyuanyi lifted Marco's body and was about to smash it to the ground again, a small hole suddenly appeared in the ground under his feet, and a bright queen flower grew out of the ground without warning. When Ji Guoyuanyi noticed something unusual and lowered his head slightly to look at his feet, the flower sprayed light purple pollen directly at Ji Guoyuanyi.
Ji Guoyuan reacted quickly and jumped up, and the Marco in his hand directly hit the flowers that appeared at his feet.
After escaping the pollen coverage, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Marco who was holding the flower under him. He found that although Marco's breathing became a little shallow, there were no symptoms of poisoning in his body.
"A member of the Whitebeard Pirates with special abilities?"
"It doesn't look poisonous?"
Yunyi came to a conclusion in his heart, but before he could calm down, some of the pollen on his body suddenly turned into spores, took root on the surface of Yunyi's skin, and began to grow slowly.
As the spores grew on his body, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi could clearly feel that his body's strength was rapidly dissipating.
"Um!?"
Upon noticing this, Jiguo Yuanyi's expression condensed slightly, and golden flames quickly "flowed" out from his pores. The moment the flames covered his entire body, the spores attached to his body were directly burned by the flames, leaving no trace of his body.
"Success! Go to hell!"
Just as Yoshikazu Tsugakuni was trying to dissolve the ability of the unknown ability user, Joz, covered in dazzling diamonds, suddenly appeared behind Yoshikazu Tsugakuni, clasped his fists and smashed down hard on Yoshikazu Tsugakuni's head.
“Bang!!!”
Yunyi took Joz's attack head-on and fell rapidly from mid-air, creating a big hole on the ground where he hit.
As the smoke and dust rose, Kozuki Oden, holding two swords, jumped out from the crowd and attacked Yoshikazu Tsugakuni on the ground at a high speed.
After waiting for a long time, he accurately seized the flaw that appeared in Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's body at that moment, and while attacking, he was also preparing to strike.
Oden's Two-Sword Style: Taoyuan Tenken!!
In order to seize this fleeting opportunity, Kozuki Oden tried his best this time. The Ryuo Haki flowed on the blade of the long sword in his hand. Before the attack arrived, the fierce aura had already oppressed Tsugumi Yoshiichi.
"Looks like I have to capture and kill you first!"
Of all the members of the Whitebeard Pirates, only Kozuki Oden's attacks could pose a certain threat to Tsugakuni Yoriichi. Although he was knocked to the ground from the air by Diamond Jozu, Tsugakuni Yoriichi did not suffer any injuries from the opponent's attack.
Apart from looking a little embarrassed, which gave Kozuki Oden an opportunity to take advantage of, there was no impact at all.
Seeing Kozuki Oden's attack coming, Yoshiichirō supported himself with his left hand, and the moment he turned over, the broken blade in his hand stabbed straight towards Kozuki Oden.
This time, Tsugikuni Yoriichi did not choose to resist Kozuki Oden's attack, but directly aimed at Oden's heart.
“!!!”
When facing the counterattack of Tsugakuni Yoriichi, Kozuki Oden's eyes were full of ferocity. After his figure slightly deviated from his original position to avoid fatal injury, Kozuki Oden chose to exchange injuries with Tsugakuni Yoriichi.
He must avenge his son!
This is one of his biggest driving forces. At the same time, Kozuki Oden's mind is clear. He knows that in a place like Wano Country, it is not a disadvantage to exchange injuries with Tsugakuni Yoriichi. He has helpers, and Tsugakuni Yoriichi has no helpers.
As long as he can consume Yoriichi Tsugikuni, he will never hesitate.
"laugh--"
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi had obviously seen through Kozuki Oden's intention, but he had no intention of changing his tactics.
Although Oden's idea was good, such tactics would never work in front of him.
The moment the two figures crossed each other, the long sword in Yoriichi's hand pierced Kozuki Oden's chest, and the double swords of Kozuki Ichi also pierced into Tsugakure Yoriichi's body. The moment the blade pierced Oden's chest, blood also stained his clothes red.
At the same time, Oden, who had succeeded in his attack, was stunned when the long sword in his hand stabbed Yoshikazu Tsugakuni's body.
No blood spurted out from Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's body, and the moment the long sword pierced the enemy's body, Kozuki Oden did not feel that familiar touch.
The Ryuo Haki was still flowing on the blade. Kozuki Oden looked at Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's body, but found that the place where the blade had pierced had become two holes, and golden flames surrounded the holes, defining the boundaries.
"You look a little surprised?!"
"Is there anyone who doesn't know that I'm a person with special abilities?"
"Do you think you can harm me just by mastering Haki?"
When Tsugikoku Yoshiichi saw the surprised expression on Kozuki Oden's face, he asked in confusion.
He didn't know what Kozuki Oden was thinking. He planned to trade injuries with him. He was just a mortal, but he wanted to use such a fighting method against a person with special abilities like him.
Is there any difference between this and seeking death?!
Or maybe Kozuki Oden felt that his observation Haki was stronger than his own, and that he could predict his partial elemental transformation and change the direction of his attack in advance?!
If he couldn't do that, a swordsman like Kozuki Oden would not be able to cause any harm to him.
Perhaps the opponent's attack is really powerful, but with the blessing of his terrifying observation Haki, Yoriichi Tsugakuni is completely immune to physical attacks.
From the very beginning, it was destined that Tsugumi Yoshiichi would not fail.
Although the Whitebeard Pirates have a large number of people and strong forces, they have no chance of winning against a powerful man like Yoriichi Tsugikuni who is both domineering and capable.
Although Kozuki Oden was pushed to the throne of the Four Emperors, there is still a certain gap between him and Whitebeard back then.
And this gap is the chasm between Yoriichi Tsugakuni and Oden Kozuki.
(End of this chapter)
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