Chapter 449 - 288

Chapter 289: The Powerful Zephyr!"Smoker" suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils shrinking, and what came into view was Trafalgar Law's indifferent profile."You bastard!"However, her roar reached her lips, but what came out was a completely different, clear, and trembling female voice!"Eh?""Smoker" was stunned.This voice was... she subconsciously lowered her head, and what she saw was not the broad chest she was familiar with, but a slightly tight white shirt fabric, and... unfamiliar curves.Looking down, there was a pair of legs wearing Marine female soldier trousers and boots.She raised her hand to touch her face, and what came into view was a slender hand wearing a white glove."V-Vice Admiral?!"A familiar yet strangely awkward, coarse male voice came from beside her, filled with panic.Smoker turned his head abruptly and saw a scene that almost froze his thoughts.He himself was standing not far away, his face filled with unbelievable horror.That was clearly his body, but the spirit, posture, and gaze were all undoubtedly Tashigi's!"We... swapped... bodies?!"The two spoke almost simultaneously, their voices coming from the wrong bodies, forming a bizarre and absurd harmony.Instantly, rage consumed Smoker. Controlling Tashigi's petite body, he burst out with amazing speed, reaching out to grab the jitte on the ground nearby.Even with this unfamiliar body, he was going to tear that surgeon apart!However, the moment his fingers touched the cold handle of the jitte, the heavy weight and mismatched size made his movements stall.Law watched this absurd play he had orchestrated with cold eyes, without the slightest ripple in his gaze.To him, it was both a way to prevent Smoker from continuing to harass him and an alternative "recognition" of his stubborn will!!He didn't delay any longer, turning around to prepare to leave with Monet.However,BOOM!!!From the distant sky came a thunderous explosion like a bolt from the blue!A black shadow, at a terrifying speed difficult for the naked eye to capture, tore through the cold air above Punk Hazard, like a black meteorite falling from the sky, hurtling toward their position!Wherever the black shadow passed, the clouds were violently torn apart, and the snow on the ground below was pressed into long gullies by the air currents!A terrifying pressure, a mixture of iron, blood, and the scent of gunpowder, like a literal tsunami, rumbled over them first!This Haki was so powerful and violent that Smokerand Tashigi, who had just experienced a body swap and lost their composure, both froze, their breathing stifled and their movements completely halted.Even Law turned abruptly, his gaze under the hood instantly becoming sharp as a knife, looking toward the direction of the attacker."Zephyr... Sensei?!" Smoker cried out in a sharp voice.Almost at the same time the words fell, that black shadow had descended violently!Like a cannonball crashing down, the ground shook violently, and the ground, a mixture of snow and scorched earth, was smashed into a giant radial crater dozens of meters in diameter!Before the dust had settled, a figure as massive as a mountain had already slowly stood up straight from the center of the pit.His short purple hair stood on end, as if infected by its owner's anger.A wide white cloak danced wildly in the violent air currents, and the black word "Justice" on his back seemed ready to burst out from the fabric.The iconic mechanical giant arm, "Crusher," hung low at his side, glinting with a cold light.His gaze first swept over the awkwardly posed and panicked "Smoker" and "Tashigi," instantly noticing the bizarre displacement of their souls and bodies, his brow furrowing deeply.Then, his gaze, like the heaviest of shackles, locked onto... Trafalgar Law and the pale-faced Monetbound by Sea Stone behind him."My students... are they for you to play with as you please?"Before his voice faded, the ground beneath his feet exploded! No nonsense, no testing; Zephyr's figure vanished instantly!Law's pupils shrank suddenly!His Observation Haki screamed a warning; in his perception, it was as if an entire mountain of steel was crushing toward him in a violent posture that broke the speed of sound!"Tact!"Law swung his left hand violently, attempting to teleport a huge frozen rock nearby to the front of him as a shield.However—"Too slow!!"Zephyr's figure appeared like a ghost on the trajectory of the moving rock, and that mechanical giant arm, flowing with the radiance of terrifying Haki, threw a punch without any flourish!BANG—!!!!The hard frozen rock, over five meters in diameter, couldn't even block for a tenth of a second before it completely exploded under this punch, turning into powder that filled the sky!...On the other side, on the sunny.Sanji spat out his cigarette butt abruptly, his face more serious than ever before.His powerful Observation Haki clearly captured those two Haki fluctuations colliding violently in the distance, one of which was rapidly fading."It's Torao's aura... Oh no! He's being ganged up on! The opponent is incredibly strong!""What?!"Yamato, who had just finished clearing the dining table, immediately shouldered the Spiked Club"takeru," her eyes bursting with amazing fighting spirit."A comrade is in trouble? We can't just sit and watch!"Jinbe walked steadily to the side of the ship, his whale-shark-like eyes looking toward the direction of the fluctuations, his face solemn."That crushing Haki... it feels familiar. No mistake, it's 'black arm' Zephyr! The former Admiral! Sir Law is likely in danger.""I'll go support him! You guys guard the ship..."Blue electrical sparks suddenly surged on Sanji's body."Wait!"Yamato grinned, revealing her sharp canine teeth, her whole body bursting with a chilling cold and a violent aura."Sanji, you stay and protect everyone! That old man—leave him to me!!"Without waiting for Sanji's response, she stepped hard on the gunwale, and the wooden board shattered!Her agile figure shot toward the center of the island like a cannonball, each step on the air exploding into rings of frost; her speed was surprisingly fast!The Spiked Club trailed behind her, letting out an excited hum."Hey! Yamato!"Sanji wanted to chase after her, but glancing at the worried Nami and the others on the ship, he gritted his teeth and stopped."Jinbe, I'm leaving the ship to you! I'll go support from the flank!"Zephyr's mechanical giant fist smashed down with the force of collapsing mountains and splitting seas, the screech of extremely compressed air nearly piercing the eardrums!Law could only hold the cursed blade "kikoku" in front of him, his Armament Haki surging wildly!!"CLANG———!!!!"The ground beneath Law's feet instantly cracked, and the frozen soil and rock layers within a ten-meter radius exploded in a radial pattern!He was hit head-on like he'd been struck by a battering ram, his feet plowing through the ground as he slid back more than twenty meters, tearing two deep gullies in the scorched earth. kikokuvibrated violently in his hand, his thumb web split, and blood dripped down the hilt."Cough...!"Law groaned, forcing back the blood rising in his throat, but his gaze under the hood became even colder and sharper.Is this the pure power of a former Admiral? With just physical techniques and Haki, he possesses such crushing pressure!"Oh? You blocked it?"A flash of surprise crossed Zephyr's single eye, but it quickly turned into a more chilling fighting spirit."Not a bad Armament Haki hardness, kid. But—"He stepped hard on the ground with his left foot, and his figure vanished again!This time, the speed was even faster, and the trajectory was more unpredictable! It was no longer a straight-line advance, but left several afterimages in mid-air, attacking Law from different angles simultaneously!Each punch thrown by the afterimages carried deep red flowing Haki, sealing off all of Law's possible escape routes!"Smasher Meteor Shower!"Dozens of fist shadows fell like actual falling stars, covering the area with a destructive aura!Law's pupils shrank! Observation Haki screamed a warning, but there was lethal intent in every direction!He suddenly thrust kikoku into the ground, his hands spreading out to both sides!!"ROOM: Shambles: Maximum Range!"Buzz—!A light blue hemispherical force field expanded to its limit with him as the center, instantly enveloping a hundred-meter radius! The colors within the force field became bizarre, and even the air flow seemed to slow for a moment."Tact: Disorder!"Law's fingers moved rapidly like he was playing a piano!Within the force field, the rubble and ice crystals kicked up by Zephyr's punch... all became his "surgical instruments,"Controlled by invisible threads, they shot wildly toward the dozens of fist shadows in the air in a way that defied physical laws, attempting to interfere with and deflect the attack trajectories!At the same time, Law himself teleported continuously within the force field, each flash narrowly avoiding a direct hit from a fist shadow!But on his movement trajectory, he was still grazed by the aftershocks of the punches, his coat torn, and several bloodstains appeared on his body instantly!BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!The fist shadows collided with the objects flying in disorder, causing a continuous chain of explosions! Ice chips and rubble exploded into white fireworks in the air; the scene was extremely chaotic!Zephyr's true body appeared in one of the afterimages, looking at Law, who was dodging clumsily within the force field but still managed to barely hold on, the surprise in his eyes deepening."Not only is your Haki good, but your application of the fruit ability is also quite ingenious!!""However, this kind of large-scale precision control is a huge burden on both physical strength and spirit. How much longer can you hold out?"Before his voice faded, his body suddenly plummeted!All his power condensed in his right fist, and the deep red Haki on the mechanical arm "Crusher" rose like burning flames, the entire arm appearing to expand by a size!"Smasher Strike: Heavy Blast!"Wherever the fist passed, the ROOM force field was actually forced to compress and deform, letting out an overburdened hum! Before the fist even reached his body, the terrifying pressure had already pressed the frozen soil around Law into a depression!Law's breath hitched! This punch could not be dodged!He could only take it head-on!"kikoku!"Law let out a low growl, and the long sword stuck in the ground automatically flew back into his hand.He held the sword with both hands, pouring his Armament Haki into the blade without reservation; the pitch-black blade actually faintly glowed with a hint of ghostly blue."Scalpel: Pulse-Severing Slash!"kikoku slashed upward from below! Where the blade passed, it left a faint, distorted blue trace in space!!BOOM———!!!A violent shockwave exploded in a spherical shape, instantly lifting and shredding everything within a hundred-meter radius... Even "Smoker" and "Tashigi" in the distance, who had just barely adapted to their bodies and were anxiously watching the battle, were pushed back repeatedly by the air currents and had to find cover!Dust rose like a mushroom cloud!When the dust cleared slightly, revealing the scene at the center of the battlefield, Smoker and Tashigiboth gasped at the same time!Law was kneeling on one knee, leaning on his sword, his clothes in tatters, his exposed skin covered in fine cracks and bruises, and blood was seeping from the corners of his mouth, nostrils, and ears; he had clearly suffered extremely severe internal injuries.And Zephyr was still standing in place, but on the mechanical arm of his right fist, that invincible deep red Armament Haki had actually been cut open with a wound about half a foot long!Fine electrical sparks crackled from the wound, making a "sizzling" sound."Good lad..."Zephyr grinned, revealing what could be called a wild smile."To actually be able to wound me... It's been many years since I've encountered a junior like this. Trafalgar Law... you really have something."He cracked his neck, making a snapping sound, and his entire skeleton crackled like popping beans as an even more powerful aura began to rise."So, for this next strike, I will use my true power as a return gift for that slash that wounded my arm!"He bowed slightly, and his entire aura suddenly changed!Law felt that almost desperate pressure, gritted his teeth, and tried to prop up the ROOM force field again, but the sharp pain in his internal organs and the disorder of his Haki made the light of the force field flicker.Is it... going to end here?Just as Zephyr's momentum reached its peak and he was about to throw that devastating blow!!"Let go of my partner—!!!"A clear, wild female voice, filled with boundless fighting spirit, tore through the curtain of snow above Punk Hazard and thundered in everyone's ears!A vigorous figure, entwined with dazzling blue-white lightning and bone-chilling frost, pierced through at a speed beyond visual capture from the direction of the island's edge!Wherever it passed, it left an afterimage trail of ice crystals and electrical arcs that lingered in the air for a long time!Almost at the same time the voice arrived, that figure had already crashed down like a meteorite between Law and Zephyr!BOOM!!!Where she landed, the ice and scorched earth exploded in a ring! The dust was instantly dispersed by the violent air currents!Appearing before everyone was a tall and athletic woman.Her long silver-gradient hair danced wildly in the strong wind, and a pair of crimson oni horns on her head displayed her extraordinary bloodline.The huge Spiked Club "takeru" in her hand pointed diagonally at the ground, its body entwined with a terrifying Haki that was black as ink but faintly flowed with red light.Blue-white lightning jumped on the Spiked Club, and a bone-chilling cold spread out from her as the center, freezing the air and forming a violent clash with the scorching Haki emanating from Zephyr!She raised her head, revealing a beautiful face that combined heroism and wildness, and those amber eyes burning with a pure, hot, and seemingly inextinguishable fire of battle.Her mouth curled into a grin, revealing sharp canine teeth and a smile of extreme excitement."Former Marine Admiral, 'black arm' Zephyr—"Yamato's voice carried a thunderous echo as her Spiked Club slowly rose, pointing directly at the mountain-like towering figure in front of her."Come be my opponent!!!"The moment the words fell, she moved!The ground beneath her feet exploded!Her figure turned into a blue-white lightning afterimage, crossing the dozens of meters in an instant to appear beside Zephyr!The Spiked Club "takeru" swung out a perfect and violent crescent arc in the air; wherever the Spiked Club passed, space itself seemed to tremble and wail!"Narika!"Before the Spiked Club even arrived, a condensed shockwave had already struck the Haki shield in front of Zephyr, letting out a dull boom!Zephyr's eyes burst with light! This speed! This power! The newcomer was by no means ordinary! He didn't even have time to fully turn around; his left arm, covered in peak Armament Haki, instinctively blocked to the side!CLANG————!!!!!!!!At the center of the collision, the air exploded violently after being extremely compressed, and visible ring-shaped shockwaves spread outward wildly, completely leveling the distant ruins!The incredibly hard ground beneath Zephyr's feet shattered and sank inch by inch!His left arm, covered in top-tier Armament Haki, actually went slightly numb from this strike, and his protective Haki fluctuated violently!Meanwhile, Yamato flipped back lightly and landed, her Spiked Club trailing behind her, the fighting spirit in her eyes even stronger, completely unharmed!"Ohhhhhhh—!!"Yamato let out a low, excited growl, the lightning and cold on her body becoming even more intense."As expected, so strong! Worthy of being a legendary man! Again!!"She charged forward again, her Spiked Clubturning into a sky full of shadows, each strike containing the power to collapse mountains, a coldness that chilled to the bone, and the swiftness of tearing lightning!Zephyr was caught off guard, but his battle-hardened instincts allowed him to adjust instantly, the same scorching fighting spirit burning in his single eye!The mechanical arm "Crusher" and his robust right fist swung simultaneously, deep red Haki boiling, meeting force with force, breaking strength with strength, as he boldly met that sky full of Spiked Club shadows!BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM———!!!!The place where the two fought instantly turned into the eye of a destructive storm!Fist shadows and Spiked Club shadows collided wildly, each collision triggering small explosions and shockwaves!Another blue flash of lightning arrived late, landing on a nearby cracked giant rock.Sanji lit a cigarette and looked at the earth-shattering battle in the distance, then looked at Law, who was kneeling on one knee and panting heavily, and clicked his tongue:"Tch, I was beaten to it... But now, things are going to be a real mess."