Marvel: The Greatest Hero Era

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Katakuri took the lead and turned to walk back the way he came.

Katakuri stopped shortly after walking. He stared blankly at the vast, beautiful flower field before him, muttering in astonishment, "What's going on? This was clearly a path before, there weren't any flowers here. Why..." "What the hell?! Where did the path go?!"

As Ace and the others approached, they were all surprised by what they saw.

At this moment, Ace couldn't help but look at him coldly and suspiciously, "Katakuri, you didn't lead us the wrong way, did you?" "Do you think everyone is as directionally challenged as you?"

Katakuri retorted rudely, and Ace, after hearing this, lowered his head, feeling quite dejected.

Noticing something, Vista, the flower swordsman, stepped forward and quickly chopped down a flower from the field, holding it in his hand. "The stem of this flower is so hard, and the edges are so sharp."

Diamond Joz also walked over curiously and reached out to pluck one to take a look.

But to his surprise, the flower let out a mournful cry and instantly shrank into the ground as soon as he reached out his hand.

This scene immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"What a strange flower! It actually hides in the ground. Is it because it's shy?"

"Haha, Jozu, with your face, it's evolved to the point where you can not only scare children to tears, but even flowers are scared away by you!" A gloating Ace handed Kingdo over to his companion Spide and Gil to take care of, while he himself stepped forward.

He jokingly patted Joz on the shoulder, intending to show him the correct way to pick flowers.

Unexpectedly, Katakuri, at that moment, used his Observation Haki to foresee a very ominous glimpse of the future.

Ace was pierced through the chest by a sharp tentacle that emerged from the ground.

He was neither dead nor injured, as Ace was a user of the Flame-Flame Fruit.

Being immune to physical damage is the most basic skill, so what happened next was the source of Katakuri's terror.

explosion!

big Bang!

Who could have imagined that the flower field would be destroyed the moment it came into contact with an open flame?

A massive explosion has occurred!

In the sudden, massive explosion, Katakuri foresaw the deaths of many. "Ace, don't go there!!!"

To stop that terrible future, Katakuri roared and flung out his mochi-like arm, tightly binding Ace.

"What do you want to do?!" "Let go of Ace!!"

"Katakuri, you're asking for it!!"

When the squad leaders saw Katakuri suddenly launch a sneak attack on Ace, they all exploded like lit powder kegs.

Vista, wielding Armament Haki, swiftly severed Katakuri's mushy arm in two quick moves. Diamond Jozu, even more hot-tempered, transformed into diamond and charged at Katakuri after Ace was rescued.

If that collision had actually occurred, Katakuri would have been seriously injured.

It's worth noting that Jozu's brute force charge was so powerful during the Marineford War that even Admiral Aokiji couldn't withstand it and was injured. "...Die!!"

Just as Katakuri was about to be hit by Diamond Jozu, a loud cry suddenly rang out across the sky.

This cry stunned Joz instantly.

"Marco...that's the voice of Marco in his phoenix form!"

Jozu, who is extremely close to Marco, knows everything about his brother.

Katakuri, who was originally preparing to defend against Jozu's charge, hurriedly explained when he saw that the other party had stopped, "Wait! I wasn't trying to attack Ace, I was saving you!" "Bullshit! Look, you wrapped Ace up in mochi, what else could it be but trying to suffocate him!" Vista, the flower sword, slashed down and cut open the mochi wrapped around Ace.

Just as Ace was about to unleash his flames, seeing that he had been saved, he promptly climbed out of the mochi. "Katakuri, you bastard! You actually ambushed me!" "I told you it wasn't an ambush, and watch out for your flames!"

Katakuri, seeing the flames on Ace's body and the sparks that had landed on the mochi, hurriedly rushed over to extinguish them. The captains, witnessing Katakuri's actions, couldn't help but feel suspicious. "What on earth are you doing?"

Katakuri pulled Ace away from the exploding flower field, saying, "Those plants are dangerous. If an open flame falls on them, they'll explode! The power is incredible!" "What! Those things... they can explode?" Ace's eyes widened upon hearing this.

Not only him, but the other team leaders were also shocked after hearing about this.

Just as everyone was looking at each other in confusion, and even thought that Katakuri was lying to them, a phoenix with blue flames landed.

And it landed, precisely in that flower field! "—Lie down!!!"

Seeing this, Katakuri roared with fury.

Chapter 181 Whitebeard: Yaksha King, come and get your beating!

Map - [Purgatory]

Difficulty level: Dragon!

Rank: High!

Before entering the Purgatory map, Whitebeard's crew was fortunate enough to save many surviving villages along the way.

In order to protect the survivors, Whitebeard had two people from his seven-man crew go to protect them.

The two captains who were separated were naturally Fosa and Izang.

Whitebeard has now climbed halfway up the mountain and is about to enter the Purgatory instance map.

He stopped, turned around, and silently observed his sons' condition. "Alright, everyone, rest here for a bit."

"Dad, let's go in quickly and resolve this so we can continue searching for survivors and collecting points." "Yes, Dad, let's go in quickly."

The white-bearded man laughed heartily as he looked at his eager children.

"Gurararara! Since you've insisted, then I'll ask one last question: are you all ready?" "Of course we're all ready!"

Captain Bramank of the 6th Division carried a large hammer in one hand and pounded his chest loudly with the other.

Seeing that the other four squad leaders were also eager to get started, Whitebeard smiled, opened the communication app, sent a message to Fossa and Izo who had left the squad, and then led his men into the map instance.

Enter the cave leading to the [Purgatory] map instance.

A sinister and terrifying atmosphere immediately enveloped them along the way. "1-177 Awooo!" "1-1 Awooo!" "Enemy!" "Be on guard!" Upon noticing the commotion, Whitebeard and his crew immediately assumed a fighting stance.

The white-bearded man standing behind the children had already clearly seen the enemy's figures and numbers.

Seeing that it was not a formidable enemy, Whitebeard gave up the idea of ​​taking action and decided to leave it to his children to handle.

The invading enemy is a group of about thirty zombies, a third of whom are red-skinned, hungry zombies. They are much stronger than ordinary gray zombies (C-level), but only at the level of ghosts (B-level).

So, it's a wave of enemies that's not difficult to deal with.

They were easily wiped out by Whitebeard's sons, who were like chopping vegetables.

"Hahaha! I'm not afraid of any number of enemies like this!" "Don't jinx it. What if thousands of zombies come running out later..." "Then what are we waiting for? Just hide behind Daddy!" "Lakuyo, you bastard!"

"Gurarara! Lakyo is right. Don't feel embarrassed, Sachi. If a large number of enemies appear, quickly hide behind me. After all, I am your father!" Whitebeard's words moved all his sons deeply.

Just as they were preparing to continue, suddenly, the earth shook violently! "What!"

"Was there an earthquake!?"

"Damn it! Watch out for falling rocks!" "Dad!!"

Namur, the captain of the 8th Division and a shark fishman of the fishman race, was so excited when he saw a large number of stalactites falling from Whitebeard's head that he immediately jumped up from the ground and struck a fishman karate stance in mid-air.

—【Fishman Karate. Samewa Straight Fist!】

He unleashed a powerful straight punch with all his might, creating an air shockwave in the air.

Boom! In an instant, hundreds of tons of stalactites were shattered by the shockwave and turned into ashes.

After resolving the crisis, Whitebeard dusted off his shoulders, a hint of worry in his eyes. "What just happened!?"

"I think I heard an explosion outside."

"An explosion? You must be kidding me! The mountain shook from the blast, how violent must it have been?!" "Shh! Everyone, be quiet, keep your voices down..."

Sachi, one of the team members, twitched his ears and unleashed his Observation Haki.

In the darkness, a barely perceptible whooshing sound could be heard.

Using his Observation Haki to sense the danger, Sachi charged forward from behind Bramank and raised his sword to block.

After a flurry of flashing lights and swordplay, Sachi knocked down a pile of thin, sharp spikes. "Well done, Sachi!"

Seeing this, Whitebeard didn't hold back his encouragement.

He was almost about to make his move, but luckily Sachi gave him a surprise. "Thanks, Sachi, I'll treat you to drinks when we get back!"

"Hehe, forget it. Every time you go out for drinks, you always pester me to cook for you."

After exchanging a few jokes with Bramank, (cdeb) Sachi became serious, his eyes fixed intently on the depths of the cave.

"They're coming! And there are a lot of them!"

"Gurala-la-la—Don't be afraid, children, follow your father's steps, let's move forward!!"

They realized that everyone was restricted in the cave, and that the enemy was in the open while they were in the dark, making them easy targets for monsters.

So, in order to protect his children, Whitebeard took action!

A massive earthquake struck!

Shockwaves emanated from the great naginata as Whitebeard stepped forward and unleashed a powerful slash.

In an instant, the air shattered with a mournful cry. Countless monsters hidden in the darkness were torn apart and crushed into dust by the shockwave, unable to even utter a final scream, let alone escape.

The next second, the entire cave collapsed.

At that moment, Whitebeard threw another powerful punch forward!