"Pfft—"
Amidst the reverberation of steel, a mouthful of crimson blood sprayed from Zoro lips.
Wiping the lingering blood from the corner of his mouth, Zoro slowly rose to his feet, one eye locked fiercely on Bob in the distance.
An overwhelming sense of defeat surged from the depths of his heart.
As a man who aspired to surpass Mihawk and claim the title of the world's greatest swordsman, he just had the swords he treasured more than life itself snatched away by Bob in the blink of an eye.
For a swordsman, this was nothing short of the greatest humiliation.
"Clang!!"
Spreading his arms wide, Zoro gripped the great-grade blade embedded in the soil beside him and wrenched it free with a forceful pull, the metallic screech ringing through the air.
"King of Hell: Three-Sword Style: Purgatory Onigiri!!"
With a low roar, Zoro's body tensed as an explosive aura erupted from him, sending shockwaves rippling outward in all directions.
Under the sheer force of this energy, even the skull dome above seemed to ripple with invisible waves.
In the next moment—
Zoro's figure shot forward, vanishing from sight, leaving behind a crater where he had stood, spiderweb cracks spreading across the ground.
Like a spear piercing through the air, he hurtled towards Bob.
Yet, Bob seemed to have already anticipated Zoro's move.
As Zoro closed in, Bob moved even faster.
His legs blurred like wheels of wind and fire, leaving only afterimages as he sprinted.
With each thunderous step, the entire Onigashima trembled faintly beneath him.
Then—
Bob's toes tapped lightly against the ground, unleashing a surge of violent energy as his body shot forward like a meteor streaking across the night sky, slamming into Zoro mid-air.
Bob raised a single hand, disregarding all resistance and crushed the Three-Sword Style's slashes with sheer force before clamping his palm over Zoro's face and driving him mercilessly into the ground.
"BOOM!!"
The deafening impact sent Zoro's body slamming into the earth, his legs stiffly raised, only his neck-down frame visible against the crater.
A gale howled across the skull dome, whipping dust into the sky.
On the other side, Luffy's teeth ground audibly, his black coat flapping wildly.
In an instant, an even more overwhelming surge of Haki erupted from him.
Seeing Zoro sent flying by Bob, the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates had finally snapped.
"Gear Fourth!!"
Raising his arm high, Luffy roared as he bit down on his own limb, now wreathed in a purplish-black aura.
With an explosive exhale, his slender frame instantly bulged with muscle, raw power rippling across his body.
A wave of cherry-red Haki erupted, scattering dust in all directions.
The ground quaked as if stomped by a giant.
Hummm!!
In the midst of the cherry-red shockwaves, Luffy's figure paused—then shot forward like a crimson lightning bolt.
As he soared through the air, his body underwent a terrifying transformation—dark eyeshadow forming around his eyes while his bronze limbs instantly coated themselves in the flowing crimson sheen of Armament Haki.
White steam erupted from his body, forming two white vapor ribbons around his neck and underarms.
"Bound Man!!"
Luffy roared again, stepping on air currents as he charged toward Bob.
Meanwhile, Kid on the side also sprang into action, his battle intent surging.
His already fierce features now looked downright demonic under the moonlight.
In an instant, an overwhelming aura burst from him, spiraling violently into the sky.
The shockwaves surged outward, glowing with an eerie purple hue under the moonlight.
"Bzzzt!"
Around the skeletal dome, metal fragments scattered across the ground from earlier battles began to tremble faintly, as if pulled by an invisible force.
As the vibrations intensified, the fragments soon defied gravity, lifting into the air.
Above, the purple glow swirled gently, drawing all the metal shards upward.
Within moments, every piece of metal in the vicinity had risen into the sky.
"Crackle!!"
Under the influence of the purple shockwaves, the metal spun faster and faster, with purple lightning occasionally arcing through, emitting sharp crackling sounds.
With a furious shout, Kid thrust his arm toward the spinning metal fragments and swung forward forcefully, his red coat billowing from the motion.
The hovering metal obeyed his command, accelerating to blinding speeds in the blink of an eye.
Guided by the mysterious force, the fragments morphed mid-rotation, merging seamlessly.
Within seconds, a colossal mechanical hand took shape in the sky.
The remaining metal continued assembling, its chaotic energy dominating the battlefield as purple lightning and steampunk-like noises filled the air.
"Magnetic Force Demon!!"
With another roar, Kid stomped the ground, launching his lanky frame into the purple metal storm.
Two metallic arms, gleaming under the magnetic pull, attached to Kid's own limbs, while even larger mechanical arms formed around them.
Beneath him, a white skeletal metal mount materialized.
Amidst crackling purple magnetic lightning, a terrifying mechanical demon emerged.
Elsewhere, Law finally moved.
Resting his sword on his shoulder with his right hand, he extended his left palm forward, fingers splayed downward.
"Room!"
As he spoke, a transparent spherical dome flickered into existence at his fingertips, shimmering multicolored under the moonlight.
The dome expanded rapidly, forming an inverted transparent barrier centered around Law.
"Tact!"
With a swift motion, Law flicked his wrist midair and pointed upward.
Within the barrier's range, the ground tore free from gravity, soaring towards the sky before splitting into massive earth spikes.
Riding atop them, Law closed in on Bob.
In an instant, the three most notorious pirates of the Worst Generation each unleashed their unique abilities, launching a coordinated assault on Bob.
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