The person is wearing a straw hat, and starts with the power of words!

Brooke also provided the information: "The island is full of zombies made from other people's shadows. Their weakness is salt with the power of the sea. Putting it in their mouths can purify them."

"The approximate high-end combat strength is..."

"My shadow was..."

......

Listening to the information he already knew, Sima Di stroked his chin in thought.

The Straw Hat Pirates' combat strength has been greatly enhanced. Luffy's three main combatants have awakened Armament Haki, and he and Crocus, two Admiral-level combatants, are also on board.

Shatter the image of the "weakest of the Seven Warlords of the Sea," Moonlight?? (This last part is a nonsensical string of characters and doesn't translate directly.)

While sweeping through enemy lines might feel good in the short term, the Straw Hat Pirates won't experience much growth.

Therefore, the core of this operation is to give the Straw Hat Pirates valuable experience—preferably a life-or-death situation.

In this case...

"Nami, bring the Going Merry to shore."

"Since everyone trusts me..."

"Let's have a competition this time and see who can free Brook's shadow faster."

"The winner will receive a powerful move that I tailored specifically for them!"

When Sima Di presented his "prize," everyone's eyes lit up!

Even Crocus was somewhat tempted, casting an inquiring glance at Sima Di.

How about adding him?

"Professional players are prohibited from participating in the game by smurfing," Sima Di refused. "You and Run Fast should stay and guard the Merry. I'll take them and come right back."

Crocus had clearly anticipated this, shrugged, and found a recliner to lie down.

Those who ran fast breathed a sigh of relief.

—It really is just a pet; don't involve it in any fighting.

"You guys go have fun, leave the Merry to us," Crocus said.

Franky seemed to have something to say, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything—the Going Merry didn't need any protection at all; its combat power was stronger than most of the people present.

Sima Di noticed Frankie's change and kept a close eye on him.

With its own readily available materials, the Going Merry is several levels above the original Thousand Sunny.

I'm really looking forward to its outstanding performance.

"We've reached the shore, let's go." Sima Di led the way, jumping off the boat.

The others immediately followed.

Most of them only carried weapons and salt blocks, but Usopp and Chopper chose to board the Mk-5.

The reason why the others did not wear the Mk-5 was not because they forgot, but because, apart from the flight enhancement, the Mk-5 actually limited their ground combat capabilities and weakened their overall combat power.

Only then can one reach the shore.

The group was stopped by a moat, which seemed to prevent intruders from entering rashly.

However, with a width of only 10 meters, it was not a problem for anyone present.

"Looking at it this way, it doesn't seem so scary after all," Usopp said casually.

Sima Di glanced at Usopp but said nothing.

A sudden change occurred!

A shadowy creature with three heads leaped out from below, its mouth snapping at Usopp, who was flying through the air.

Usopp, danger!

Usopp was so frightened that his eyes flashed blue light, and his petrification ray struck the attacker, turning him into a stone statue.

The process happened too fast.

When everyone realized what was happening, they saw a "Cerberus stone sculpture" about to fall into the moat.

Sima Di used telekinesis to grab him and throw him onto an open ground.

Usopp, still shaken, increased his height and sped across the moat.

"Oh, didn't you just say there was nothing to be afraid of?" Weiwei said with amusement.

This made Usopp lose face.

He stubbornly retorted, "Didn't you see I petrified it?"

Having said that...

What kind of big boss could appear on the outskirts?

The petrification beam is actually Usopp's trump card for survival. It's like he was scared out of his wits by a grunt, so what's there to be proud of?

No one paid any more attention to the stubborn Usopp and instead gathered around to examine the "Cerberus stone sculpture."

"It's stitched together, and the stitches are so rough... But the technology to allow three dog heads to share one body is impressive," Chopper commented.

"Three dog heads?" Zoro hesitated. "The one on the far left... doesn't it look like a fox head?"

"That's true."

"I guess they didn't have enough materials and had to put them together at the last minute."

"I don't know how high their combat strength is, but someone who could be instantly defeated by Usopp probably isn't that great..."

"Hey! I'm still here!"

"do you have any opinion?"

"..."

In just a few words, the group finished analyzing the general information.

Emperor Sima gazed thoughtfully at the stone sculpture...

shadow......

Does it contain the power of the soul?

Give it a try!

Sima Di beckoned to Brook and said, "Come here, I have something good for you."

Brooke had also heard about Sima Di's many amazing feats, so he immediately came over.

Sima Di then took out two "soul fires" and roughly pressed them into Brook's eye sockets.

As a skeleton, he easily matched the "Soul Fire," and the eerie green flames danced in his empty eye sockets, appearing exceptionally strange in the desolate night amidst tombstones.

Usopp was so frightened that he secretly improved the steel mask to give himself some sense of security.

"Yohohoho—what amazing flames!"

"It feels like it has absorbed my soul."

"It's like..."

The eerie green flames suddenly detached from Brook's eye sockets, and his original skeletal body scattered all over the ground.

Soul Fire:?っQ?;)っ

The eerie green flames rushed back to the bones scattered on the ground, and the bones seemed to come alive as they reassembled themselves with a series of "click-clack" sounds, restoring themselves to Brook's skeletal form.

"Hohoho—I almost thought I was going to die!"

"What an amazing ability! Soul and Devil Fruit power are both gathered in this flame."

"As long as it's not injured, I can replace the skeleton's body at any time."

"But my own is still the best!"

......

An excited Brooke chattered on and on, sharing his findings with Sima Di.

Emperor Sima nodded; it seemed the first step had gone smoothly.

So......

Try the next step!

Sima Di slammed his black fist into the stone sculpture of Cerberus, shattering it as three black shadows flew into the sky—the shadows residing within the three heads.

"Brook, absorb them!"

absorb?

How is it absorbed?

Brooke subconsciously had this thought, and a rope made of eerie green flames ignited in his hand.

He quickly swung the rope and caught a dark shadow. The eerie green flames spread and burned it to ashes, leaving only specks of green light that drifted toward Brooke's eye sockets and were absorbed by the "Soul Fire".