That indifferent tone seemed addressed to a livestock awaiting slaughter.
Pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks… once on the chopping block, there's no chance of escape.
This was an inevitable outcome.
But Ancient Claw wouldn't accept it, never would.
His upper body, pinned to the floor, struggled violently. His wide, tooth-filled mouth sprayed saliva as it opened.
"Foolish hum..."
Kuro's right palm suddenly transformed into a hammer, heavily knocking on Ancient Claw's throat bone.
Though he successfully interrupted Ancient Claw's next words, it caused no damage.
After all, Law's target was Ancient Claw's arms… he hadn't removed the Nen gathered on Ancient Claw's chest, neck, and other areas.
With Nen coverage, even Kuro couldn't easily penetrate Ancient Claw's defense.
Kuro wrinkled his nose. Upon direct contact, he had a more precise understanding of Ancient Claw's defense.
Surprised, Kuro glanced at the long blade pinned to Ancient Claw's chest, thinking only Law's ability combined with Shin could so easily cut through Ancient Claw's defense.
Ancient Claw's throat bone twitched several times. He looked at Kuro with murderous eyes, as if he wanted to skin, debone, and swallow Kuro whole.
Kuro sneered, thinking this fool's situation was precarious yet unaware, immediately swinging his arm, the hammer-shaped hand whack-a-mole style, continuously hitting Ancient Claw's throat and mouth.
Thump, thump, thump!
"Dam...!"
Ancient Claw suffered setbacks repeatedly, even unable to complete a curse.
Law looked at Kuro this joker, slightly shook his head, then dissected Ancient Claw's right hand as if cutting.
Seeing this, Ancient Claw's eyes trembled violently, no longer caring about arguing with Kuro, struggling frantically again. His powerful strength cracked the ground.
"Stop struggling. Wait for death peacefully."
Law coldly swept his gaze over Ancient Claw, whose will to survive was incredibly strong, picked up the severed right arm, and forcefully squeezed, imprinting five deep marks on the surging Aura covering the arm.
"...!"
Feeling Law's inhuman strength, the flesh on Ancient Claw's cheeks bunched up again, his eyes wide open, staring fixedly at Law.
Law ignored Ancient Claw's hate-filled gaze, thoughtfully looked at the severed right arm, paused, then glanced at Ancient Claw's chest and abdomen.
"Vital points... where are they?"
Law's gaze slightly rose, staring at Ancient Claw with a look as if examining a lab rat on a dissection table.
"You...!"
Ancient Claw gritted his teeth fiercely, actually shattering several teeth. Before he could speak, Kuro's hand hammer interrupted again.
Kuro was like a diligent little bee, or a little donkey by a millstone that would work itself to death without a peep. The black hand hammer, as if powered by a small motor, kept knocking Ancient Claw.
Unable to break free, and being humiliated like this.
Ancient Claw's heart grew cold, and thinking his clan was watching this scene, he felt unprecedented despair.
He couldn't understand why a mere human could so easily break his defense.
'Could that rusty long knife be a Legacy Treasure left by ancient humans?'
Far away in the Gatekeeper Clan's territory, using Spear Flower's ability, the others from Gatekeeper Clan indeed watched Ancient Claw being continuously tormented like fish on a chopping block. Most magical beasts showed resentment.
"Spear Flower, still can't teleport?" Some magical beasts couldn't help but ask.
"Can't. Even if possible now, Red Shadow would have to agree."
Spear Flower's tone was cool. A large pool of sweat gathered at her feet.
"Damn it! Red Shadow... where did he go at a time like this?"
"To see [Coo], right!"
"Coo...?"
"Then wouldn't Red Shadow be... by [Coo]...?"
"Don't be silly. Times are different now. Red Shadow holds Stone Book's key, so [Coo] couldn't possibly kill him."
Spear Flower glanced at clan members whose attention was easily diverted, then looked at the footage transmitted by the True Sight Eye, her expression somewhat heavy.
'Ancient Claw, whose combat power ranked among the top five in the clan, could actually be...'
Suddenly, Spear Flower saw Law's actions in the footage, her eyes immediately changing.
Other magical beasts also noticed the change.
"What is that human doing?!" A magical beast roared slightly.
"He's... dissecting?" A magical beast showed a horrified expression.
"...!"
Many magical beasts' faces were shadowed, gnashing their teeth as they watched the footage projected by the True Sight Eye.
Law was now using a rusty long knife to slice Ancient Claw's body into pieces.
Ancient Labyrinth City.
When his other arm was also removed, Ancient Claw understood he was done for.
Despairing, also unwilling.
If there was any chance to turn things around, it would rely on his companions' rescue.
But...
In a painless dissection environment, despairing Ancient Claw still had energy to pay attention to his companions' battle situation. However, the result was cruel.
"Clearly your teammates aren't pulling their weight." Law leisurely cut off Ancient Claw's abdomen.
"You...!"
Thump thump!
Kuro exercised happily.
"Rest assured, I won't let you die meaninglessly. Before you breathe your last, I'll thoroughly squeeze out all your value without reservation." Law's tone carried a hint of coldness.
"You...!"
Thump thump!
Kuro exercised exceptionally diligently.
Meanwhile, Law deftly cut open Ancient Claw's chest, his gaze sweeping past the purplish-red organs, quickly locking onto a large, vigorously beating heart.
"This is your magical beast clan's advantage."
Law silently looked at the organs inside Ancient Claw's body. The Aura coiled around them seemed somewhat glaring.
This was the terrifying aspect of the magical beast clan. both internally and externally fortified. No wonder their physique was far beyond humans.
"You...!"
Thump thump!
Kuro exercised tirelessly.
Law swung Shin, slashing randomly across Ancient Claw's chest and abdomen. In moments, amidst the mess, he extracted Ancient Claw's large heart.
Performing such a cold action, he was completely unaware that far away in some mountain range, a group of Ancient Claw's companions were watching this scene.
The stone chamber they were in was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Since the heart could also release Aura, Law couldn't seal the heart into his book for judgment, but he didn't mind. In any case, Ancient Claw absolutely couldn't escape.
If there was any turning point, it might be his companions.
But unfortunately...
Law looked towards Stargie and the others' battle situation. The worries he had earlier didn't materialize.
Was it overestimating the magical beasts' strength or underestimating his teammates' strength?
Stargie went without saying. Even Law didn't know Stargie's upper limit.
The Nen enhanced through death was enough to bring Stargie to a certain peak. With her and Biscuit cooperating, suppressing a magical beast wasn't strange at all.
Instead, Uvogin and Nobunaga's performance surprised Law.
He hadn't expected these two's coordination to be so outstanding. Although not gaining the upper hand, they were dealing with a magical beast through slow erosion.
As for Ging, although the specific situation in the game space was unclear, Law wasn't worried at all.
There were many reasons. One was because 'death phenomena' weren't allowed in Ging's game space, so regardless of who won or lost, both Ging and the magical beast could emerge safely.
Another was that in a space operating by rules, individual strength couldn't be fully utilized. Among all teammates, Law was most reassured about Ging.
'Giles...'
His gaze shifted but didn't see Giles.
Law was somewhat surprised. Recalling Giles's inadvertently revealed heaviness earlier, he could guess what the other party was doing.
"One magical beast's whereabouts are unknown… can't relax yet."
Law retracted his gaze. Although his teammates performed excellently, he didn't plan to waste time tormenting Ancient Claw… such actions were meaningless.
Now that he understood Ancient Claw's internal body structure, it was time to execute.
"Kill...!"
Thump thump.
Kuro persevered in exercising.
Law looked at the aggrieved Ancient Claw and said calmly, "I have no interest in your motives. But if you want to cause trouble, come one, I'll kill one!"
"You...!"
Thump thump!
Then, amidst the mockingly rhythmic thumps, Law killed Ancient Claw, who had completely lost the ability to resist. This scene, transmitted by the True Sight Eye, was seen by the Gatekeeper Clan's members far away.
Elsewhere, Uvogin and Nobunaga cooperated, repelling the attacking magical beast.
It was a goat-featured magical beast, its lower half's pair of curved sickle legs extremely explosive.