Bang! Bang! Bang!
The flames and shockwaves from the explosions blasted off Sanji, kicking up clouds of smoke and dust.
However, when the smoke cleared, Sanji's figure still stood proudly upright!
Although his black suit was slightly damaged, there wasn't a trace of blood on his exposed skin, apart from some charred marks!
"Hey~ Mr. Musician,"
Sanji elegantly brushed the dust off his shoulders, exhaled a smoke ring, and instead of pain, his eyes burned with an even more intense flame.
"Is your playing just tickling me? The tempo is too slow, and the dynamics are too weak!"
The face beneath the Apoo mask was filled with horror: "Impossible! How could my explosion have failed?!"
Little did he know that Sanji's body, modified by the German technology Lineage Factor, and his resilience honed by countless "love shocks" from Nami, had already reached an unbelievable level!
Even more terrifying is his resilience, which comes from the Vinsmoke Family. When attacked, he can adapt and become even stronger!
Each explosion was like a high-intensity "forging" for him!
The pain was real, but it became a catalyst that further enhanced his physical activity!
"Now that your performance is over…" Sanji's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his figure blurred instantly. "Then it's time for my 'cooking time'!"
" Diable Jambe...Braised Pork Belly SHOT!"
His right leg, like a red-hot iron, with terrifying heat and penetrating power, struck Apoo Benn's chin with unparalleled precision at a speed that Benn couldn't even react to!
Click!
The sickening sound of bones cracking was clearly audible!
Apoo didn't even have time to scream before he was kicked high into the air like a puppet with its strings cut, arcing through the air before crashing heavily to the ground and losing consciousness completely.
After dealing with Apoo, Sanji immediately set his sights on his next target: X Drake, who had just been blasted away by Luffy's punch and was struggling to get up from the rubble!
Drake shook the slightly dizzy faucet, and just as he regained a bit of consciousness, he saw the chef Gin had sent appear before him like the Grim Reaper.
" Allosaurus? Looks like the meat is pretty tough," Sanji commented casually, as he suddenly stretched his left arm backward!
A deep, dark energy, seemingly capable of devouring all light, instantly condensed and swirled in his palm, forming a miniature black hole.
" Dark Water!"
A powerful gravitational force erupted instantly!
Drake's massive Allosaurus body was out of control, dragged by the terrifying suction force, and involuntarily crashed into Sanji's palm at high speed!
"Damn it!" Drake thought in horror!
However, Sanji Benn did not give him a chance to struggle!
The moment Drake was pulled close, Sanji grabbed his arm, instantly sealing his Devil Fruit ability. Without hesitation, Sanji's right foot, entwined with darkness and Armament Haki, was raised high like a battle axe!
" Diable Jambe... Fried Neck Shot!"
The burning heel, with the force to tear everything apart, slammed down hard on Drake's unprotected neck!
"Ugh—!"
Drake let out a piercing scream, his Allosaurus form instantly dissipated, and he reverted to human form. His eyes rolled back, blood gushed from his mouth, and he collapsed to the ground like a tattered sack, following in Apoo's footsteps.
In a short period of time, Sanji, with his invincible resilience and increasingly skillful use of the Dark Fruit, swiftly and decisively took down two Supernovas!
Just as Sanji swiftly defeated two Supernovas in succession,
On the other side, Zoro was also surrounded by several powerful enemies.
Capone Bege unleashed a barrage of fire from the castle's body, while the eccentric monk Uruge, with his bizarre ability to absorb damage and convert it into power, launched a relentless and powerful attack!
Faced with these powerful attacks from different directions, Zoro wielded his three swords with lightning speed, creating an impenetrable defense. With flashes of light, he continuously blocked and cleaved away incoming slashes, projectiles, and heavy punches.
But his brow furrowed slightly; under such intense and unpredictable pressure,
He felt that his swordsmanship had reached an invisible barrier. Many of the vague feelings he had in his daily life became clear in the life-and-death battle, but he was still missing that final step and could not fully integrate them.
"Tsk, what an annoying fly..." Zoro parried Urouge's heavy punch, took a half step back with the force, and a hint of impatience flashed in his eyes. "Looks like... I need to find a quiet place in Ann to 'get a good'sleep'."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly closed his eyes in the middle of the fierce battle!
An incomparably profound and indescribable aura emanated from him.
It was not Haoshoku's Haki impact, but a deeper, more spiritual Benn source of power fluctuation.
His body remained in a fighting stance, but most of his mental consciousness had sunk into a realm that only he himself could access.
Dream Space, the second layer of the dream, is now open!
From the outside, Zoro simply closed his eyes, and his movements seemed to freeze for a very slight moment.
However, in his own perception, the flow of time had undergone a dramatic change!
In the second layer of the dream, a second in the real world is stretched and extended twenty times!
In the second layer of dream space
Zoro's spiritual avatar is engaged in an endless battle and honing against a more perfect and powerful "imaginary enemy" constructed from his own memories and combat experience.
In reality, the trajectory of every attack and the characteristics of every ability of external enemies are instantly captured and analyzed, and then deduced, deciphered, and counterattacked in the dream world at a thousand times the time!
In reality, Urouge absorbed the power of one of his slashes, his body swelled, and he threw a punch with even greater power.
In his dream, Zoro had already simulated countless times how to sever that strange damage absorption channel and how to directly attack Benn's body with a more refined sword intent!
In reality, Capone Bege's artillery fire poured down like a gin storm.
In his dream, Zoro's swordsmanship, honed through countless trials, found the inspiration to utilize flying slashes to their fullest potential, creating the Absolute Defense blade aura!
"I see..."
In real life, Zoro suddenly opened his eyes!
His aura became incredibly deep and chilling, as if he were bringing the killing intent of the entire dream to the mortal world!
There was no longer any confusion or stagnation in his eyes, but instead a clear understanding of Benn's essence and a sharpness that cuts through everything!
His aura suddenly changed, as if he had completed some crucial transformation and sublimation!
"Demon Aura - Nine-Sword Style..."
His deep voice seemed to echo from a dream, and three tangible, ghostly blue phantoms emerged from behind him, assuming an attack stance in sync with his Benn body.
" Ashura: Dream Slash!"
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