Chapter 341: Natural Disaster Descends! The Straw Hat's Wild Dance and the Secret Room's Disturbance
"Charge! Take them down!"
"As long as that Straw Hat, Luffy, with the one-billion bounty isn't here, what are a few crew members worth!"
Greed and luck flickered in the eyes of many gladiators.
In their view, while the Straw Hat crew was famous...
But their Captain wasn't here right now, which was a god-given opportunity.
As long as they could swing their weapons here and knock down these crew members, stepping on the Straw Hat crew's illustrious reputation, they could instantly become famous in one battle, and even get the generous rewards promised by the organizers.
However, facing this overwhelming tide of enemies, what awaited them was by no means a lamb to the slaughter.
Nami, standing at the front of the formation, let out a disdainful snort.
She raised her magical clima-tact high, air currents surging around her, and gave an order to Futo floating beside her.
"Futo! Show these arrogant fools what we're made of!"
Under Nami's command, the thundercloud Futo, originally only the size of a balloon, let out an excited roar and quickly flew into the high sky of the arena.
Its volume began to expand crazily in the blink of an eye!
In just a few seconds, a thick black cloud that seemed to be able to completely swallow even the sunlight instantly condensed over the arena.
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the black cloud, and a hair-raising static roar immediately filled the air.
Nami swung her clima-tact down forcefully, shouting loudly:
"Futo! Thunderbolt Tempo!"
Rumble—!!!
Accompanied by an eardrum-shattering explosion, countless thick and dazzling purple lightning bolts, like dragons emerging from the sea, poured down from the black cloud with the violent natural power of heaven, accurately striking the dense enemy formation below.
"Zzzzt!"
The blinding lightning instantly illuminated the entire arena.
The large group of gladiators charging at the very front didn't even have time to scream before they instantly lost consciousness under the violent lightning strike.
Their metal weapons became the best conductors.
Hundreds of strong men were instantly charred, black smoke rising from their bodies, and they fell straight down in droves like mowed wheat.
This large-scale destructive scene, like a divine punishment from the gods, instantly shocked the entire audience!
The enemies in the back who were still fanatically charging were forced to stop by this terrifying thunderous power, their eyes full of horror.
However, the Straw Hat crew's attack had only just begun.
After the thunder forcibly broke through the enemy's dense formation,
The Straw Hat's "wings" didn't give the enemy any chance to breathe, following closely behind like tigers descending the mountain, slaughtering their way into the enemy ranks.
"Too slow."
Zoro's eyes were cold, his hands gripped the sword handles tightly, and he bit down hard on the wado ichimonji.
His muscles tensed, a terrifying sword aura soared into the sky, and his figure spun violently:
"Three Sword Style: Black Rope Dragon Twister!"
In an instant, a pitch-black tornado mixed with endless slashes and sharp sword aura rose from the ground!
This tornado, carrying a suffocatingly powerful suction force, swept countless surrounding enemies along with the heavy stone slabs on the ground into the high sky without any ability to resist.
In the violent eye of the storm, sharp sword aura ruthlessly cut and threw them around, their screams completely drowned out by the roar of the storm.
And in mid-air, Sanji's figure was like a black lightning bolt.
He danced leisurely in the air using Moonwalk, his right leg instantly igniting with crimson flames hot enough to melt steel due to high-speed friction.
Watching those enemies who were swept into the sky by the tornado, or those who tried to jump up for aerial combat, Sanji made a sudden turn, his whip leg swinging down like a battle axe:
"Diable Jambe: Boeuf Burst!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The flaming heavy blows landed precisely on every enemy.
Those strong gladiators were like burning meteors under Sanji's feet, kicked hard to the ground with long tail flames, smashing out huge deep pits.
On the other side of the battlefield, Robin remained composed.
She stood in place, her hands gently crossed in front of her chest:
"Gigantesco Mano: Stomp!"
Countless gorgeous flower petals danced and condensed in mid-air, instantly turning into rows of exaggerated, giant-like arms.
These huge arms aimed at the gladiators who tried to flank from the side.
Like swatting flies, they slammed down with a dull whistling sound, directly swatting hundreds of enemies away like sweeping garbage.
"SUPER—! Taste my firepower!"
Franky laughed and opened his heavy armor, the cannons on his shoulders and arms extending simultaneously.
Dense bullets and dazzling lasers poured out like a rainstorm, causing a series of violent explosions in the enemy formation.
Brook's lithe body shuttled through the crowd like a ghost.
The cane sword in his hand was drawn, carrying the biting cold from the underworld.
"Soul Solid!"
Sword light flashed, and the bodies and weapons of countless enemies were instantly frozen by a thick layer of solid ice.
Chopper transformed into his round, yet incredibly agile, Kung Fu Point.
He let out battle cries, shuttling and jumping in the crowd, using a set of smooth punches and kicks to knock down all the enemies who tried to approach.
And as the "great hero," Usopp was currently standing very safely on top of a tall bunker built by Franky.
He stood with his hands on his hips, laughing loudly, striking a pose of pointing out the country.
He was holding a megaphone and loudly "commanding" his companions who were fighting bravely below.
Seeing King Usopp looking so majestic, the Tontatta Tribe following behind the team showed admiration.
They raised their weapons, blood boiling, wanting to follow their companions to charge and join the battle.
Seeing this, Usopp immediately pretended to be profound and reached out to stop them.
He naturally knew that this level of monster brawl was not something these little guys could participate in.
To protect them, he said solemnly:
"Stop! My loyal subjects!"
"Dealing with these small fries doesn't require your ace army to make a move! My subordinates can handle it!"
"Your mission is to protect this King right here!"
Standing in the center of the storm, completely protected by the Straw Hat crew, Rebecca and the one-legged soldier Kyros were completely stunned.
The father and daughter widened their eyes, staring blankly at the incredible scene before them.
They never expected that just a few people, facing thousands of battle-hardened gladiators and vicious pirates, could form such a one-sided, terrifying massacre!
The strength of this pirate crew was simply unfathomable.
...
Meanwhile, in a hidden secret room deep underground in the Corrida Colosseum.
It was completely different from the cruel scene above, where the arena was like an Asura purgatory with thunder and war.
The atmosphere in this small secret room was unusually warm and peaceful.
The torches on the walls flickered with soft light, casting long shadows of the two.
Luffy was sitting cross-legged on the cold stone floor, looking relaxed.
In his hand, he was clutching a huge bone-in meat he had found in some storage room of the arena, biting into it without any image, his mouth full of oil.
And opposite him, Sabo was also sitting on the ground.
He wore a gentle smile, speaking to Luffy in a relaxed tone about his growth experience in the Revolutionary Army over the past two years, those thrilling missions, and his attention to Luffy's adventure stories over the years.
The brothers burst into carefree, hearty laughter from time to time, as if they had returned to their childhood days of idling around in Mount Colubo.
Rumble—!!!
However, at this warm moment, a dull, thunder-like sound suddenly came from above.
On the arena above, the Thunderbolt Tempo summoned by Nami, Zoro's Black Rope Dragon Twister that tore the earth, and Franky's heavy firepower bombardment.
The huge explosion aftermath caused by various terrifying attacks intertwined.
Finally penetrated the thick rock layer and was violently transmitted to this deep underground secret room.
The entire secret room began to shake violently.
The ceiling made a trembling sound of being unable to bear the weight, and a large amount of dust fell like fine rain.
Even on the surrounding sturdy stone walls, spiderweb-like fine cracks began to spread.
Feeling this abnormal vibration, Luffy stopped the action of chewing the bone-in meat in his mouth.
He reached out and casually wiped the dust that had fallen on his face.
Luffy looked up a bit blankly, muttering indistinctly:
"Huh? What happened up there? Why is there such a big commotion?"
Sabo, who was sitting opposite, saw this and stood up from the ground calmly.
He reached out and patted the dust off his clothes, then put his iconic black goggles top hat firmly on his head.
Sabo reached out and picked up the steel pipe weapon placed aside, weighing it lightly in his hand.
Listening to the constant roar and the sound of falling rubble from above, the corners of Sabo's mouth slowly curled into a smile:
"The commotion is really not small..."
"Let's go, Luffy. Since the reunion chat is over, let's go up and take a look together."Chapter 342: The Captain Descends from the Sky! Haoshoku Clash and an Unexpected Breakthrough
Although the Straw Hat crew's world-shaking grand entrance just now had cleared most of the filler small fry from the ring like autumn leaves being swept away by the wind...
...many truly powerful experts, famous throughout the New World, still stood tall within this colosseum.
The leader of the Happo Navy, Don Chinjao 'the Drill', stood his ground like an immovable mountain alongside his two formidable subordinates, Sai and Boo.
On the other side, 'White Horse' Cavendish gripped his famous sword, a dangerous light flickering in his eyes.
The various factions were each fighting their own battles, yet they also kept each other in check.
The originally chaotic situation in the colosseum gradually fell into a tense stalemate.
Just as everyone held their breath, preparing for the next round of fierce fighting, the hard stone floor in the very center of the ring suddenly let out a cracking sound.
Bang!
Debris erupted like a fountain.
Under the stunned gazes of everyone present, Luffy, covered in dust, nimbly jumped out of the large hole that had been broken open from below.
He landed steadily, completely unaware that he was at the center of a storm. Instead, he looked around with a bewildered expression and exclaimed:
"Ah, it's so lively up here!"
The colosseum, which had been filled with murderous intent and tension just a second ago, instantly fell into an eerie silence at this ill-timed exclamation.
Luffy turned his head, first seeing the circle of ferocious gladiators surrounding him.
Then, looking past the crowd, he was pleasantly surprised to find his crewmates standing not far away.
His eyes lit up instantly, and he waved his hands, shouting excitedly:
"Zoro, Sanji, Nami! Why are you all here!"
Following Luffy's high-profile appearance, another figure leapt out of the hole behind him.
Sabo reached up to adjust the black top hat on his head and brushed the dust off his trench coat.
He glanced left and right, then silently led Luffy through the dazed crowd to join the Straw Hat Pirates' camp.
The moment they reunited, the anxious Nami could no longer hold back.
She rushed forward, grabbed Luffy's red collar, and began shaking him back and forth frantically:
"You idiot! Where on earth did you go! We've been looking for you for so long!"
"And where is that guy Victor!"
Luffy was shaken until he saw stars. Dizzy and disoriented, he flailed his arms and legs, shouting for mercy:
"Ah! Nami, stop shaking me! I don't know either!"
Seeing their Captain return safely, albeit in a disheveled state, everyone breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
However, Usopp, who had been acting all high and mighty just a moment ago, looked extremely displeased.
He jumped out from behind Zoro and pointed at Luffy, protesting loudly:
"Ah! Luffy, couldn't you have come out a bit later!"
"I, the 'Acting Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates,' was majestically commanding the battle!"
"The moment you showed up, you completely ruined my command rhythm!"
Upon hearing this, Luffy found the strength from somewhere to break free from Nami's 'clutches'.
He roared back at Usopp in exasperation, veins popping on his forehead:
"What! I'm the Captain of this ship! You Long-nose!"
Watching this group of people actually argue with each other as if no one else were there, despite being surrounded by hundreds of powerful enemies...
...Sabo, who had followed along, was simply stunned. His mouth twitched slightly, not knowing how to react.
Robin, seeing the Revolutionary Army's Chief of Staff whom she hadn't seen in a long time, simply covered her mouth and chuckled, used to such antics.
She stepped forward with a smile to greet Sabo, then briefly explained the current chaotic situation to him.
In the distance, watching the Straw Hat Pirates' dismissive attitude, as if they didn't care about any of the experts present...
...Piman, who was already fuming with rage over an old grudge, now completely lost his temper out of shame.
"Straw Hat! You little brats, don't get too arrogant!"
Piman roared, and the terrifying aura belonging to a man with a 500 million bounty erupted.
He crushed the stone slabs beneath his feet and, like an out-of-control heavy tank, charged toward Luffy's position with an all-crushing momentum.
Seeing this, Bartolomeo, who had been hiding in a corner and viewing Luffy as his ultimate idol, could no longer hold back.
He stepped forward without hesitation, blocking the path of that 'heavy tank'.
"I will never allow you to disturb this wonderful reunion!"
Bartolomeo quickly crossed his index and middle fingers, activating his Barrier-Barrier Fruit ability.
A shimmering transparent barrier instantly condensed in the air, blocking the path in front of Luffy.
However, the berserk Piman was unstoppable.
His withered right fist was instantly coated in a high concentration of pitch-black Armament Haki, and he slammed it hard against the transparent barrier.
With a heart-wrenching 'crack,' the barrier—famed for its absolute defense—was actually shattered by Piman's furious iron fist!
"Don't block my way!"
Piman let out a wild roar, his momentum undiminished.
Bartolomeo spat out a large mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward like a broken kite, crashing heavily into the rubble.
Faced with the aggressively approaching Piman, Luffy didn't retreat in the slightest.
He reached out, steadily pressing down on the Straw Hat on his head, as his lips slowly curled into his signature confident smile:
"I don't really get what's going on! But as long as I knock you guys flying, it'll be fine, right?"
Before his voice had even faded, Luffy kicked off the ground, leaping into the air like a cannonball to meet the massive figure charging from below.
In mid-air, he bit his thumb and forcefully blew air into his bones.
With the muffled sound of expanding bones, Luffy's right arm instantly swelled into a giant fist.
Immediately after, deep black Armament Haki spread like flowing water, completely covering the giant fist and giving it a cold, metallic luster.
He laughed out loud, his body flipping over as he slammed that massive, pitch-black fist down toward Piman like a falling mountain!
Looking up at the giant fist descending with destructive force...
...Piman was secretly shocked by Luffy's terrifying power, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: "As expected of that old geezer's grandson."
But he was a legendary pirate who had once dominated the seas; there was no way he would retreat.
Piman roared, concentrating all his strength and Haki into a single point.
He charged upward without fear to meet the giant fist falling from the sky.
BOOM—!!!
The two iron fists, both wrapped in top-tier Armament Haki, collided violently in mid-air!
The moment of impact felt like heaven and earth were splitting apart!
A violent shockwave exploded outward with the two of them at the center.
Then, thick dark-red Haoshoku lightning bolts, accompanied by the sizzling sound of tearing air, spread and raged wildly in the sky.
The terrifying pressure belonging to a natural-born king swept across the entire field.
The weaker gladiators nearby instantly rolled their eyes and foamed at the mouth, knocked unconscious by this Haki, falling in large numbers like wheat being harvested.
At the edge of the Haki storm, Bartolomeo, who had just scrambled up from the ground, didn't even bother to wipe the blood from his mouth.
Seeing Luffy's peerless, domineering figure in the air, he was moved to tears, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing frantically.
He kept shouting that he could die today without regrets.
The struggle in mid-air fell into a brief stalemate.
However, the aging Piman ultimately fell behind in terms of pure explosive power.
Luffy's expanded giant fist slammed down, completely crushing Piman's defense.
BOOM!
The colosseum's indestructible floor was completely shattered by the massive impact, with dense cracks spreading wildly.
Piman's massive body was like a falling meteor, driven straight into the ground by Luffy's punch, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Luffy did a nimble flip in the air and landed steadily on the broken ground.
He patted his hands, ignoring the shocked gazes around him, and turned to his companions with a smile:
"Yosh, battle over."
Just as the entire arena was deeply awed by Luffy's overwhelming and terrifying strike, falling into a dead silence...
...Nami's sharp eyes pierced through the dust.
She stared at the huge crater where Piman had been smashed, suddenly realizing something, and pointed downward while shouting excitedly:
"Ah! That factory is right under here!"
Hearing this, everyone leaned over to look.
It turned out that Luffy's incredibly powerful strike had not only defeated Piman, but its penetrating force had actually smashed through the thick layers of the colosseum's floor.
Even the sturdy protective shell of the SMILE Factory below had been blasted with a huge gap by that punch!
Usopp, who had been depressed about having his thunder stolen, was instantly revitalized.
He excitedly jumped onto a high spot, raised the giant slingshot in his hand, and pointed at the gap below with a roar:
"Oh! Follow my charge! Target: the factory!"
Hearing this heroic command, Luffy, who had just settled the powerful enemy, instantly turned his head.
Seeing Usopp giving orders before him, a giant cross-shaped vein popped on his forehead, and he roared at Usopp in exasperation:
"Usopp! You bastard!"
"Don't steal my lines!!!"Chapter 343: Piman Falls from the Sky! The Interrupted Call and the Great Factory Melee
Deep beneath Dressrosa.
The core control room of the SMILE Factory, which roared day and night, was filled with the pungent smell of chemical agents and the dull sounds of machinery in operation.
As a top executive of the Donquixote Family, Trebol was dragging his massive, sticky body back and forth, patrolling the factory corridors.
He leaned on a cane marked with a plum blossom symbol, his ugly face bearing his signature sloppy grin, with two long, thick streams of snot hanging from his nostrils.
And in the center of the control room, on a comfortable, wide chair.
The Donquixote Family's most core special executive—the Hobi Hobi no Mi user, Sugar, was wearing a bear-patterned cape with polka dots, sitting there expressionlessly.
She reached out with slender fingers, popping fresh purple grapes into her mouth one by one, indifferent to everything.
Just as this den of iniquity was operating as usual, with countless Tontatta Tribe slaves still toiling away on the assembly line.
"Boom—!!!"
From the incredibly sturdy, thick dome above everyone's heads, a dull, terrifying, and deafening roar suddenly erupted without warning.
The entire underground space trembled violently at that moment, as if a massive earthquake had struck.
Immediately after, accompanied by flying debris and choking dust.
A massive shadow, as large as a small mountain, smashed through the dozens-of-meters-thick hard ground layer from above and crashed straight into the factory!
"Bang—!"
The shadow slammed heavily onto the floor of the factory's core area, which was paved with special alloy, creating a huge crater.
The violent shockwave instantly overturned a large number of precision equipment and guards nearby, leaving the entire control room in chaos.
The dust slowly dissipated in the murky underground air.
Trebol steadied his wobbling body, used his cane to push away the dust, and stared intently at the crater.
At this sight, his snot-covered face instantly twisted in horror, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets in fright.
The person who had smashed through the ceiling and fallen into their top-secret stronghold was none other than the blood-soaked legendary pirate—the leader of the Happo Navy, "Drill" Piman.
At this moment, Piman's eyes were rolled back, having long been knocked unconscious by Luffy's terrifying punch.
Trebol snapped his head up, following the trajectory of Piman's fall, and saw the massive hole leading directly to the surface.
Cold sweat instantly soaked Trebol's back.
He knew very well just how insane the defensive power of this dome was.
Looking at Piman's massive body and the terrifying gap above, a terrible thought flashed through Trebol's mind: The Corrida Colosseum above must have had a major accident!
And it was a devastating accident capable of overturning the entire kingdom!
Trebol completely panicked.
He frantically waved his sticky arms and roared at the surrounding family gang guards, who were already stunned into silence:
"Hurry! What are you all standing around for!"
"Go sound the highest-level red alert!"
"Use the communication devices to call for support from the family executives on the surface immediately! Someone has invaded our core factory!"
The urgent, piercing sound of the alarm instantly echoed throughout the underground factory, and the red warning lights flashed frantically.
After issuing the defensive orders, Trebol didn't hesitate, immediately reaching into his sticky coat and pulling out his exclusive secret Den Den Mushi.
He had to dial and report this sudden, devastating crisis to Young Master Donquixote Doflamingo before the situation spiraled completely out of control.
However, as if by fated coincidence.
Just as he took out the Den Den Mushi and before his fingers could dial the number.
"Brrr-brrr-brrr... Brrr-brrr-brrr..."
A rapid ringing sound suddenly came from the Den Den Mushi in his hand.
The special Den Den Mushi vividly mimicked the cold expression of Donquixote Doflamingo wearing sunglasses.
Donquixote Doflamingo had actually called him at this very moment!
Seeing the caller ID, Trebol scrambled to answer the Den Den Mushi.
He didn't even bother to wipe the snot falling to his mouth, and into the Den Den Mushi, he shouted at the top of his lungs in a sticky voice filled with terror and panic:
"Doffy! It's bad!"
"Our factory... our factory has been attacked by unknown enemies!"
"You need to come quickly..."
However, before Trebol could finish his desperate cry for help.
A blinding, scorching flash of light suddenly appeared without warning at the massive hole Piman had smashed in the ceiling!
"Bang!"
A sharp, air-piercing sound rang out suddenly.
It was a scorching projectile burning with raging flames.
It crossed the distance of dozens of meters and, with artistic, perfect precision, shot straight down from above, unerringly piercing through the secret Den Den Mushi in Trebol's hand!
"Splut!"
The Den Den Mushi, which was in the middle of a call, let out a miserable scream and instantly burst apart, along with its hard shell.
Flesh and sparks splattered everywhere; its expression mimicking Donquixote Doflamingo froze completely, and its final sound ceased abruptly as its functions were destroyed.
Looking at the charred lump of flesh that was all that remained of the Den Den Mushi in his hand, Trebol's brain went blank for a moment.
He hadn't yet recovered from this miraculous sniping.
Just then, a triumphant and incredibly arrogant burst of laughter came from the massive hole in the ceiling that let in the sunlight.
Trebol looked up and saw Usopp pulling back a huge slingshot.
With his back to the sunlight pouring down from above, he looked down at the panicked enemies below, shouting triumphantly:
"Hahahahaha!"
"How about that! How about that!"
"How did that Hissatsu: Fire Star taste, you sticky bastard with the disgusting big nose!"
"That shot completely cut off your hope of calling for help!"
"Nice work, Long-nose."
"That last shot wasn't bad."
Accompanied by a cold snort from Zoro, agile figures appeared at the edge of the hole.
With no more worries, the members of the Straw Hat crew were like a group of fierce tigers descending from the mountain.
Without a moment's hesitation, they jumped down one after another through the huge hole that had been smashed open, boldly leaping into the SMILE Factory.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
With steady and powerful landing sounds.
Zoro, Sanji, Franky, Robin, Nami, and the others struck fighting poses, intimidating the gang guards in the factory's core area into retreating repeatedly.
Finally, a familiar figure wearing a red short jacket landed.
Luffy landed steadily like a light meteor.
He slowly straightened his body, reached out to press down on the Straw Hat he treasured as his most precious possession, and lifted the brim slightly.
Those eyes, originally clear and simple, now shone with a sharp light.
His gaze crossed the mess on the floor and instantly locked onto Trebol, who was guarding the factory's core control area, and the little girl, Sugar, who was still sitting in the chair.
Luffy grinned, showing a confident smile, and pointed forward, shouting loudly:
"Found you!"
"You're the hateful bunch who are secretly making those annoying toys and those fake, gross things, aren't you!"
"Today, we're going to smash this place to pieces!"
Looking at these "uninvited guests" who had suddenly broken in.
Trebol, who had been dazed, was instantly consumed by absolute rage.
His massive body began to tremble violently, and the thick layer of mucus on his body began to surge crazily.
This seemingly ordinary snot-mucus was actually a terrifying, highly corrosive weapon he created as a user of the Sticky-Sticky Fruit.
"Unforgivable... you damn rats!"
Trebol waved his cane, and the mucus around him rose into the air like giant pythons.
"Straw Hat! Don't get too carried away!"
"This is the Donquixote Family's top-secret stronghold!"
"Since you've come here seeking death, I will turn you all into fertilizer for this place and bury you underground forever!"Chapter 344: Mucus Hell! The Fatal Spicy Grape and the Birth of a "God"
Following the massive pit Luffy had just punched through, fierce winds mixed with rubble continuously poured down toward the bottom.
Rebecca and Kyros followed closely behind the Straw Hat crew and leapt down.
As soon as they landed, the pungent smell of chemical agents hit them in the face.
"You pests, get out of my way!"
Zoro's eyes were as sharp as knives, his hands brandishing his snow-white famous blades.
Accompanied by several sharp, peerless blue slashes tearing through the air, the sword intent sliced through several massive SMILE fruit artificial cultivation tanks in the factory like they were tofu, shattering them instantly.
Green chemical nutrient fluid mixed with broken glass spilled everywhere, leaving the scene in a complete mess.
On the other side, Sanji's kicking techniques erupted within the dense crowd.
His legs turned into afterimages; every kick was accompanied by the dull thud of bone hitting flesh.
He sent a group of guards armed with heavy weapons flying like sandbags, slamming them hard against the solid steel walls.
In this chaotic battlefield, Rebecca did not back down either.
Holding her blunt, edgeless sword, her body moved as flexibly as a butterfly fluttering through flowers, performing her signature "Backwater Sword Dance."
She precisely avoided the enemies' sharp edges, using clever parries to deflect the weapons of those trying to surround her one by one.
Meanwhile, the one-legged soldier Kyros completely ignored the fragility and small stature of his toy body.
He stood like an indestructible, fearless shield, firmly blocking the way in front of Rebecca.
Facing the vicious guards who tried to ambush his daughter from the shadows, he raised his toy flintlock and fired continuously, combining it with sharp kicks to repel the attackers.
While the main force was frantically drawing fire at the front, Robin maintained an elegant composure in the rear.
She crossed her hands gently over her chest, instantly activating the power of the Hana Hana no Mi.
Countless slender arms bloomed out of thin air around the laborers.
Working with the agile Tontatta Tribe warriors, they moved with dazzling speed to quickly unlock the heavy steel shackles on the hands and feet of their compatriots who had been forced to work day and night.
"SUPER—! Let me show you my art!"
Franky roared, his massive steel body aiming directly at the factory's largest SMILE fruit conveyor belt.
The heavy cannons on his shoulders ejected simultaneously, and with a deafening roar, dense gunfire poured down like a meteor shower.
Explosions rang out one after another, and the sturdy mechanical equipment was turned into twisted scrap metal under the bombardment.
Watching his painstakingly managed territory being smashed to pieces by these uninvited guests,
Trebol trembled with rage, the mucus on his body boiling violently like scalding water.
"You bunch of ignorant pirates!"
"Do you really think our Donquixote Family is to be trifled with?!"
With a furious roar, Trebol suddenly activated his Beta Beta no Mi powers.
A large amount of extremely sticky mucus chains instantly whipped out from his wide sleeves.
This overwhelming mucus was not only incredibly tough but also possessed a despair-inducing adhesiveness.
Even Zoro's indestructible, sharp slashes felt like they were hacking heavily into a bottomless swamp when they hit the thick mucus, all their force instantly dissipated.
Trebol's bloodshot gaze swept through the chaotic crowd, accurately locking onto Usopp, who was hiding at the very back of the group taking potshots.
He roared through gritted teeth:
"It's you, you Long-nose bastard! You just broke my private Den Den Mushi! Get over here!"
As soon as he spoke, a thick mucus tentacle shot out like a venomous snake leaving its burrow, moving at a speed nearly impossible for the naked eye to track.
Usopp didn't even have time to cry out before the mucus tightly wrapped around his ankle.
"Waaaaah! Help!"
"Luffy!"
With an irresistible, massive force, Usopp was suddenly yanked into the air upside down, struggling desperately within the mucus's binding.
Seeing the "Great Hero" they revered as a god captured, the Tontatta warriors who had just been rescued were instantly filled with terror.
They pointed at the little girl in the center of the control room and shouted a warning to everyone:
"Great King Uso-land!"
"Everyone, be extremely careful of that little girl who's been eating grapes!"
"She is the source of all the tragedy in this country!"
"As long as her hand touches your skin, anyone will instantly turn into a defenseless toy!"
Hearing this warning, Sugar, who had been sitting expressionless in her large chair watching the show, slowly stood up.
Wearing her polka-dot bear cape, she took two steps forward with a seemingly delicate gait.
She looked up at the screaming and struggling Usopp, a malicious glint flashing in her eyes.
"What noisy trash."
"Since you death-seeking fools destroyed the Young Master's important factory,"
"I will personally turn you into a hideous toy and make you do the lowliest hard labor here for the rest of your life until you completely break down!"
At this critical moment of life and death,
Because Usopp was hanging upside down and struggling violently, the pocket that was originally filled with various strange props suddenly loosened.
*Rumble, tumble...*
A seemingly ordinary purple grape fell out of his pocket.
This was originally a top-secret prop carefully prepared by the Tontatta Tribe for this uprising to sabotage Sugar.
Inside this flawless-looking grape, the world's most terrifying seasoning had been injected—the "Special Tatababasco."
Now, by a twist of fate, this fatal Spicy Grape rolled exactly to Sugar's feet.
Sugar looked down at the plump grape by her feet, then bent over to pick it up.
She walked over to Usopp, who was hanging upside down and unable to move, and forced his mouth open with a powerful squeeze.
Then, she forcibly stuffed the special Spicy Grape into Usopp's mouth:
"Since you like screaming so much, eat a grape and shut up."
"Next, it's time to become a toy."
However, the moment that grape was bitten open,
An intense spiciness that completely surpassed the limits of human taste exploded in Usopp's mouth like a nuclear bomb!
That feeling could no longer be described as simple "spiciness"; it was an ultimate agony, as if his soul were being scorched by a raging fire!
Under this inhuman pain and most primal instinctive stimulation, Usopp's bodily functions completely spiraled out of control.
His eyes, which were already large, suddenly bulged outward at this moment, nearly popping out of their sockets.
The whites of his eyes were instantly covered in dense, terrifying bloodshot veins like a spiderweb.
His tongue lolled uncontrollably out of his mouth, rolling up and down violently like waves in a gale.
The muscles of his entire face shifted bizarrely under the extreme stimulation,
Turning into a terrifying expression that would make even the demons of hell feel their skin crawl!
"AAAAAAAGHHHHHH—!!!"
Accompanied by a shrill, inhuman scream to the extreme,
A scorching, physical pillar of fire erupted directly from his mouth.
And the defenseless Sugar was hit full-on by the impact of Usopp's face, which had broken through the limits of human physiology.
In that instant, Sugar's eternally cold little face went blank.
"Eeeeeeyaaaaahhhhh—!!!"
Sugar let out a tragic, blood-curdling scream.
Her small body jerked backward, her eyes rolled completely white, and a large amount of foam spewed from the corners of her mouth.
In extreme fright and mental collapse, she fell straight back and fainted on the spot.
As the ability user Sugar lost consciousness, the malicious magic of the "Hobi Hobi no Mi" that had shrouded Dressrosa for ten long years vanished in an instant!
A miracle finally happened on this land of despair!
In this dark underground factory,
In the boiling Corrida Colosseum above,
In every street of the town, every house, and even spreading to every corner of the entire island of Dressrosa,
Thousands of toys of all shapes and sizes, forced to work or serve as playthings,
All at once, a burst of dazzling white light erupted from the surface of their bodies.
Amidst the flashing light, accompanied by a series of dull sounds of relief,
Their sealed bodies rapidly grew, shedding their disguises of wood and cotton, returning to their original human forms.
In the underground factory, Rebecca, standing at the center of the storm, widened her eyes in shock and covered her mouth.
Under her gaze, the one-legged clockwork soldier who had always been blocking her path suddenly erupted with the most brilliant light.
That small toy body began to rapidly elongate.
With a dreamlike shift of light and shadow, the ridiculous toy disappeared.
In its place was a tall, burly human tough guy with knotted muscles and a bright red cape!
Although he still lacked a left leg, his aura, which had weathered many storms yet remained majestic, was like an immovable mountain.
He was the legendary undefeated gladiator of this country, Kyros.
The moment the light shone, the precious memories forcibly erased by the Devil Fruit flooded back into the depths of Rebecca's mind.
The once warm scenes, the back that had stood in front of her countless times, that deep and wordless love...
Everything was clearly pieced back together.
"It was... it was you..."
"It was always you... Father..."
The blunt sword in Rebecca's hand fell to the ground with a *clang*.
Tears streamed down her face, her vision completely blurred, and at this moment she wept uncontrollably as all her grievances and longing finally erupted.
"You finally remembered, Rebecca."
Kyros stood there, looking at his now-grown daughter.
On that weather-beaten and weary face, hot tears that had been held back for ten whole years finally flowed.
He stepped forward and pulled his sobbing daughter into a tight, wide embrace.
"Don't be afraid... Father... is back."
At the same time, under the radiance, a wave of miracles swept across the entire nation.
The memories that had been forcibly erased flooded back into the minds of all the citizens like a dam breaking, unstoppable.
In the streets and alleys, people looked blankly at the humans who had suddenly appeared beside them, tears falling involuntarily.
"I remember now... that person was my husband!"
"Mama! You finally changed back! I missed you so much!"
"So our country has been deceived by such false lies all along!"
With the full return of all memories,
The ultimate pain suppressed for ten whole years, the endless indignation of being treated like a plaything at will,
And the towering rage toward the Donquixote Family's tyrannical rule were completely ignited at this moment.Chapter 345: The Reshaped Drill Head! Great Success of the Operation and the Descending Cage of Despair
Looking at Sugar, who had completely fainted.
And the toys in the underground factory turning back into humans one after another, Trebol's psychological defense completely collapsed.
His already ugly and slovenly face was now distorted to an extreme degree by intense terror and fury.
Trebol's eyes were bloodshot, and he screamed hysterically like a mad beast:
"You pirate bastards who don't know the meaning of death... what on earth have you done!?"
"The Young Master's plan has been completely ruined by you!"
Accompanied by an irrational roar, the completely berserk Trebol no longer cared about holding back his strength.
He completely liquefied his entire body, turning into a massive, disgusting mass of mucus that was highly corrosive and explosive.
The mass of mucus continued to expand, turning into a small-scale tsunami in the blink of an eye.
It pounced toward the Straw Hat crew and the newly reunited Kyros and his daughter, attempting to drag everyone here down with him.
Facing this landslide-like mucus attack, the Straw Hat crew did not panic at all.
Zoro's eyes sank slightly as he swung his famous swords, the sharp sword energy weaving into a net that precisely sliced through the incoming mucus.
Sanji's figure flashed as he kicked out with his terrifyingly high-temperature Diable Jambe, instantly evaporating the approaching venom.
Robin summoned a barrier of giant arms, providing perfect defense and protecting the large group of people behind her.
Meanwhile, Luffy's eyes turned sharp. He put away his usual playfulness and suddenly exerted force with his legs.
Accompanied by a dull sound of air exploding, Luffy directly used Moonwalk to rise into the air, leaping into mid-air.
Deep Armament Haki instantly covered his rapidly expanding arms like flowing water.
"Gum-Gum—Grizzly Magnum!"
Luffy shouted as he slammed down a pair of fists with peerless power, directly striking the center of the mucus tsunami head-on.
The terrifying impact not only instantly crushed the mucus offensive but also sent Trebol, hidden within it along with his proud sky-covering mucus, crashing through the floor of the factory's base.
He was blasted heavily into the cold seawater even deeper underground.
With the top officer Trebol completely defeated, the situation in the factory became entirely one-sided.
At the massive hole overhead, figures began to flash one after another.
Sabo swung his steel pipe, Bartolomeo brought his underworld lackeys, and the members of the Happo Navy were there as well.
Even Cavendish leaped down through the hole, officially joining the underground battle.
Under the ruthless crushing force of these top-tier powerhouses famous in the New World,
The remaining Donquixote Family guards were unable to resist at all and were cleared out like clouds driven by the wind.
The evil facilities inside the SMILE Factory were also completely destroyed under the combined attacks of everyone, turning into a pile of scrap metal that could no longer function.
Amidst the incredibly noisy sounds of battle and the roar of collapsing buildings,
Piman the 'Drill', who had been smashed into the ground by Luffy's earth-shattering punch earlier, finally woke up slowly from his deep coma.
He only felt his head throbbing as if it were about to explode completely.
As he coughed out dust from his mouth, he grumbled and reached out to touch his head:
"Ouch... that brat, he hits so hard, my head..."
However, the moment his palm touched the top of his head, Piman's movements instantly froze.
A blank and unbelievable expression appeared on his wrinkled face.
He suddenly used both hands to feel the top of his head again, confirming repeatedly—
That head, which had been flattened decades ago by a punch from Marine Hero Garp, had actually been hammered back to its original shape by a stroke of luck during the terrifying clash with Luffy's Conqueror's Haki-infused punch just now.
He had regained the 'Drill Head' that he was once so proud of!
"This... this is my Drill Head? My Drill Head is back!"
Piman was so excited that tears streamed down his old face, and he let out a long roar to the sky.
Seeing this, the gladiators and pirates on the scene also noticed the miraculous change in this legendary pirate, and they all burst into shocked cheers.
Just as everyone was cheering, the structure of the underground factory, having lost its load-bearing support, began to shake violently.
Massive stones and steel beams continued to crash down from the broken ceiling.
Abyssal cracks opened in the ground, and the entire underground space was on the verge of total collapse at any moment.
Seeing this, Sabo frowned slightly and swung his pipe to shatter a lethal falling rock, shouting loudly to everyone:
"Luffy! This place is about to collapse! Hurry and take everyone back to the surface!"
Luffy reacted immediately, holding down his Straw Hat and shouting:
"Everyone! Back to the surface!"
After saying that, he unhesitatingly stretched out his right arm.
That arm was like a highly resilient rope, rapidly weaving and circling through the crowd, instantly binding a large group of people around him tightly together.
Those encircled included his Straw Hat companions, Kyros and his daughter, and also the star-struck Bartolomeo.
Being tightly squeezed by his idol's sudden 'hug of love',
This usually ferocious underworld boss was so shocked and happy that his whole body twitched, nearly fainting on the spot.
He was incessantly muttering things like "I can die happy now," "I'm going to faint," and "I'm so happy."
"Here we go!"
Luffy cheered and stretched his other arm, firmly grabbing a solid rock at the edge of the upper passage.
He suddenly retracted his arm, carrying everyone like a cannonball fired from a barrel, whooshing out toward the hole above.
The rest of the people followed closely behind, each showing off their special skills as they rushed toward the safety of the surface at full speed.
Just seconds after everyone burst onto the surface, a deafening, dull roar came from behind.
The massive platform of the Corrida Colosseum collapsed with a crash, kicking up clouds of dust and permanently burying that evil SMILE underground factory beneath deep ruins.
Landing steadily on the safe ground and looking at the completely finished factory ruins,
Luffy put his hands on his hips and burst into a completely carefree laugh:
"Ahahaha! The operation was a great success!"
"Is everyone okay? Everyone, let's smile!"
Under Luffy's highly infectious laughter, the people who were still feeling lingering fear also let down their guard and couldn't help but laugh along.
For a moment, the air was filled with the joy and relief of surviving a disaster.
Kyros tightly held his daughter Rebecca's hand and led a large number of liberated Tontatta Tribe warriors, walking steadily toward Luffy and the Straw Hat crew.
This iron-blooded gladiator, who had once shed blood but no tears in the colosseum, now had eyes full of tears.
He bent his knees and gave a deep bow with the highest respect.
Kyros sincerely thanked this group of pirates for saving this country shrouded in lies and for saving countless families forced to be separated.
However, just when the atmosphere was at its warmest,
A sudden, hair-raising roar of air-breaking came from the sky above without any warning.
The sound was sharp and piercing, as if the sky itself was being ruthlessly torn apart.
The smiles on everyone's faces instantly froze, and they looked up in surprise.
They saw countless incredibly sharp, transparent threads flickering with an eerie reflection in the dim sunlight, rapidly spreading across the sky like a dense, massive meteor shower.
These threads spread outward from the highest point where the palace was located, their sharp edges easily slicing through towers and buildings along the way.
Eventually, they turned into a sky-covering, massive 'Birdcage', tightly surrounding all of Dressrosa.
Before the shocked crowd trapped in the Birdcage could understand what was happening,
Above the ruins of the colosseum, the massive commentator's screen suddenly flickered to life.
Not just here, but screens all over the island were forcibly connected to the signal at the same time.
In the image, on the terrace of the Dressrosa Palace, Doflamingo looked gloomy, the veins on his forehead throbbing wildly.
He was stepping ruthlessly on the dying Law.
And in his hand, he was tightly gripping a sharp, cold-glinting long sword.
Doflamingo on the screen looked down at the camera like a furious, bloodthirsty beast, roaring with a distorted face:
"Straw Hat boy!"
"Don't think you can get too ahead of yourself just because you destroyed a factory!"
As soon as he finished speaking, this cold-blooded mogul didn't give anyone in front of the screen time to react or speak.
A flash of cruelty crossed his eyes, and he directly swung the sword in his right hand, hacking ruthlessly toward Law's vital spot beneath his feet!
Seeing this bloody and cruel scene through the giant screen, the people present felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar and let out a horrified cry.
Most people, including Nami and Robin, couldn't help but close their eyes in pain, unable to bear watching this moment of cruel execution.