One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

Chapter 548 Nearly Massacred the Village

"Hey... what was that just now?"

"I think I'm hallucinating."

"Hehe, you're not the only one. I probably didn't sleep well last night."

"Really? What a coincidence."

……

A brief exchange, a silent scene.

No matter how unwilling the onlookers were to believe it, the facts were right in front of them.

The destroyed houses seem to still be complaining about the injustice.

Why are they the only ones who are so unlucky?

But before these people could think further, the situation on the field quickly changed again.

"Now that the warm-up is over, let's show some real skills."

"Next, whatever you do, don't blink or get distracted, or else..."

Abel remained where he was, but a voice suddenly and strangely rang out from behind Mifune.

"will die!"

Shunpo!

Mifune had lost count of how many times he had used Shunpo to dodge today, but he knew that if the other party hadn't deliberately reminded him, he definitely wouldn't have been able to react in time.

"Is it a clone? When did it happen? Is this guy a ninja?"

Mifune, who had regained distance, was slashed in the back, while he also kept an eye on the 'illusion' that was slowly disappearing out of the corner of his eye.

"I think I've already warned you about the consequences of being distracted in battle."

not good!

Startled by Abel's sudden burst of speed, Mifune immediately raised his sword to block.

There was a clang sound!

A tremendous force sent Mifune and his sword flying, causing him to roll on the ground more than a dozen times before he finally managed to regain his footing.

When he stood up again, leaning on his knife, his tiger's mouth was split open, and his hands were trembling uncontrollably.

If he hadn't gripped the knife so tightly with astonishing willpower, that attack might have already ended.

What Mifune found even more unbelievable was the speed and power his opponent was unleashing at that moment, which was completely different from before.

Warm-up complete?

"That's really quite ironic."

Mifune gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and forced his trembling hands to steady them, gripping the long sword tightly.

Abel, who had only just entered White Walker form, had already seen Mifune's limits and was ready to end the battle.

Talent [Beast Power] unlocked!

Bang!

Abel stomped heavily on the ground, leaving a large, cracked crater, and then appeared in front of Mifune like a cannonball.

Although Mifune knew he couldn't confront his opponent head-on, the opponent arrived too quickly, leaving him with no other choice.

Sword Technique: Control!

To be honest, Mifune rarely uses this move. Every time he does, it means he is at a significant disadvantage and needs to block the opponent's attack first to buy himself a chance to catch his breath.

It's the same this time.

He precisely identified the weak point in Abel's strike and then swiftly slashed out.

If the hit is successful, the opponent's power will be reduced to less than one-tenth.

That blow was blocked.

However, he underestimated the strength of his opponent this time.

The instant Mifune made his move, Abel activated the Transparent World!

In an instant, the movement of everything around seemed to slow down.

Abel's perception was amplified several times over, entering a special realm akin to 'bullet time'.

This allowed him to clearly see every change in Mifune's movements and analyze Mifune's attack intentions.

When he saw through all of this, the outcome was already predetermined.

Swish!

The two figures passed each other in an instant.

"I'll take your knife."

Abel spoke softly and slowly.

The two men, standing back to back, moved their lips slightly...

puff!

A large amount of blood splattered from Mifune's body, and a deep, long, gruesome wound nearly cleaved him in two.

This was only because Abel showed mercy at the end.

Otherwise, that one slash would have been enough to kill Mifune more than ten times over!

bang...

Mifune, severely injured, collapsed to the ground unconscious, and his famous sword, Kurosawa, fell to the side.

Abel walked over, picked it up, examined it for a moment, and nodded, saying, "It is indeed a fierce and fine knife."

Now it belongs to him.

He planted the long sword in the corner directly into the ground next to Mifune, and also took the scabbard off Kurosawa.

For him, a good knife was enough.

But at that moment, the people of the Land of Iron, who had been watching, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Mifune-sama?!"

"Oh my god, Lord Mifune...lost?"

"Doctor! Where is the doctor? Quick, find a doctor!"

"Don't let that outsider leave! He almost killed Lord Mifune!"

"Put down Lord Mifune's sword!"

"Yes, put it down, or you won't be leaving here today!"

"The only way to take it away is by stepping over our corpses."

……

The defeat of Lord Mifune himself had already brought them great shock and panic.

Seeing the other party take away Lord Mifune's personal sword now fills them with an indescribable sense of humiliation.

If we let them leave the Land of Iron just like that today, all of their samurai can commit seppuku together!

"So even if it means death, we must stop them from taking Lord Mifune's sword!"

At this moment, this thought was the shared will of everyone present.

Abel scoffed at this, "If you want to die, then so be it. Come at me!"

He had only threatened to kill Mifune, not kill him, but only to force him out so he could take the knife.

Now that he has the famous sword Kurosawa, if these samurai are ungrateful and insist on courting death, he wouldn't mind slaughtering them all.

Just as the situation was about to deteriorate to the point of being out of control, a figure stepped forward.

"Quiet!"

Upon seeing who was speaking, the crowd became quite excited.

"It's Lord Okisuke!"

"Great! Let Lord Chongjie uphold justice for me."

"We absolutely cannot let this outsider take Lord Mifune's sword away!"

……

Okisuke is also a famous Iaijutsu master in the Land of Iron. Because of his very calm personality, he sometimes manages the samurai in place of Mifune and can be said to be deeply trusted by Mifune.

The people also trusted him very much.

Given the current situation, no one but him can take charge.

However, Chongjie's expression was somewhat bitter. If he could, he really wished that someone else had stepped forward instead of him at this moment.

Because what he's going to do is something that probably few people can understand.

"Make way, let him go."

"what?!"

Chongjie's words caused an uproar at the scene, and the angry crowd almost thought they had misheard.

Chosuke took a deep breath and shouted, "I understand how everyone feels right now, but Lord Mifune gave me instructions beforehand. If he is defeated, the famous sword Kurosawa will be given to him. No one else is allowed to stop it!"

"Look at what you're doing now?! Are you trying to disgrace Lord Mifune's samurai spirit?!"