Starting with two Kamui, they raised the flag of rebellion in One Piece.

What should we do?

The idea popped into Zoro's mind, but he hadn't yet come up with a solution.

The second laser cannon has already arrived.

"roar--!!"

With Edrag's roar, the earth undulated like waves, and laser cannons once again pierced the sky.

Helpless, Zoro took a deep breath, his expression turning serious.

"The scars on your back are a swordsman's shame!"

We must never turn our backs on the enemy!

At this moment, Zoro was prepared to sacrifice an arm and fight the swordsman Golas to the death.

Even if his speed might not be enough to completely block the second sonic cannon, at least his counterattack would give him back the initiative.

"How could I possibly let you keep firing laser cannons like that!?"

At that moment, Zoro's arm, which was blocking the swordsman's sword, suddenly swelled up.

By pushing his body to its limits, he actually developed a prototype of techniques similar to "Ichi-Gonri-Ro" and "Ni-Gonri-Ro" three or four years earlier than in the original story!

"Tora! Hunt!!"

Zoro almost transformed into a phantom as he suddenly swung his twin swords at Golas.

Upon seeing this, the swordsman Golas was startled, but then his expression turned to wild joy.

"Fool! Such a glaring opening in your attack! I'll chop off your arm!"

Instead of retreating, Golas advanced with his blade in hand, preparing to slash at Zoro.

With Golas's strength, he could shatter even a hill on the spot, let alone a mere flesh and blood.

If the situation continues like this, regardless of whether the counterattack succeeds or not, it is foreseeable that Zoro will be severely injured, or even crippled on the spot!

Upon seeing this, Joseph and Johnny, who were not far away, rushed towards Edrag without the slightest hesitation.

"If I can't intervene in this battle, I must at least act as a human shield to block that lion-headed laser cannon!"

The two of them reached a firm consensus without prior arrangement.

However, just as the battle reached its climax and blood was about to spill,

"Fire Fist!!"

Faster than a laser cannon.

What suddenly appeared in everyone's eyes was a huge flame.

--boom!!!

The laser cannon collided head-on with the flames that suddenly erupted from the side, and in an instant, a terrifying explosion broke out throughout the entire old castle site.

Most of the mountain was shattered by the impact, and the cliff on the side was blown away by the aftershock!

Such an astonishing scene left not only the pirates present dumbfounded, but even Zoro stopped what he was doing and stared intently at the firelight to the side.

"Who's there!?"

The sonic cannon failed again, and Edrag's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the raging flames not far away.

"Such an interesting battle can't be ignored, but two against one is a bit boring, isn't it? I happen to be free right now, how about I be your opponent?"

Ace emerged from the flames with a smile on his face and said casually, "Your men gave me a very warm welcome just now. As their leader, they shouldn't have refused me, right?"

"Hmph, a Devil Fruit user, huh?"

Edrag snorted coldly, narrowed his eyes and looked at Ace, "I didn't expect that before I even paid attention to you, you would actually come looking for death."

"If you dare to cause trouble, you should be prepared to lose your life!"

Edrag's hair flew wildly as he roared to the sky like a lion, "Although I don't know how you found this island, all the gold in Unan is mine, and I will never give it to anyone!!"

Seeing Ace causing trouble, Edrag decisively abandoned his continued attack on Zoro and chose to deal with Ace first.

Zoro, who had been watching the whole thing intently, couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

As for the swordsman Golas, he was already standing there in shock, staring in astonishment at the scene before him.

"There are two Devil Fruit users here at the same time."

Swordsman Golas murmured, "Could it be that that person also came for the treasure of Unan?"

Shaking his head sharply, the swordsman Golas snapped back to reality and glared at Zoro with a fierce expression once more.

"No matter what, my mission is to take you down. Even if you're a Devil Fruit user, it's nothing!"

Golas sneered, "Pirate hunter! Now it's a one-on-one duel. Even if you die, you'll have no excuses, right?"

"Too much nonsense."

Zoro raised his sword and pointed it at Golas, saying in a deep voice, "The next move will decide the victor."

"Um?!"

Upon hearing this, the swordsman Golas's expression turned angry, and he was about to say something.

But before he could even speak, he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

"Something seems to have changed about the pirate hunter!"

Golas looked at the three-sword style swordsman in front of him and only then realized that the aura around the other person had changed.

More solid, and more heavy.

Like a demon, an extremely cold and sinister aura seemed to gather around the man in front of him.

"call……"

Zoro slowly closed his eyes, his heart gradually calming down to a still state.

So far on his journey in the East China Sea, he had never encountered such a fierce battle, nor had he encountered so many powerful enemies. Just now, when he was determined to fight with all his might, he didn't know why, but he felt that his body suddenly became much lighter.

If that's the case, that move that was just a concept before might actually be put to use now.

"Three-Sword Style: Gyūki - Hero Claw!!"

Suddenly opening his eyes, Zoro roared and charged at the swordsman Golas with three swords clashing at terrifying speed.

"Watch me retaliate!"

Swordsman Golas felt a chill run straight to the top of his head. In an almost instinctive shiver, he swung his sword.

Followed by.

After a loud clang, the swordsman Golas's expression suddenly changed.

"What?!"

Swordsman Golas stared in disbelief at what was before him.

As Zoro charged forward with three sword strikes, the blade of his greatsword shattered instantly, scattering everywhere!

Before he could react, the pirate hunter was already in front of him.

Boom! !

With a deafening impact, the pirate hunter's three blades pierced through Golas's body one after another.

Golas's body was thrown uncontrollably high into the air, his eyes rolled back, and blood spurted from his chest, staining half the sky red.

Finally, Golas's body fell to the ground with a thud.

Zoro's figure, charging like a bull demon, stopped behind the swordsman Golas, and he put down the Wado Ichimonji he was holding in his mouth.

"The pride you abandoned in your heart is precisely that shame that caused your sword to hesitate for a moment."

Looking back at the unconscious Golas in front of him, Zoro calmly said, "Someone like you could never be my match."

Having said that, Zoro stopped paying attention to Golas. He took a deep breath and, with a complicated expression, lowered his head to look at the other two swords in his hand besides Wado Ichimonji.

In an instant, after a crisp explosion, the blades of both knives shattered completely, turning into a pile of debris on the ground.

"But even so, it seems I'm still far from good enough."

Zoro said with a hint of regret.

Meanwhile, just as Zoro had finished off Golas and was about to check on the battlefield in Edrag,

Joseph and Johnny, who had been standing nearby, had now rushed to Zoro's side.

"Zoro, are you alright?!"

"That hired swordsman's sword could shatter a hill, and you actually defeated him, Zoro!"

Joseph and Johnny, both visibly excited, surrounded Zoro and exclaimed in unison, "The strongest swordsman in the East Blue is undoubtedly Zoro, the second brother!!"

"So, I said, stop that weird yelling right now!"

Zoro said with a headache, "What are you two doing here? I'm busy right now."

"Speaking of which, Zoro, look what this is."

Joseph and Johnny exchanged a glance, then suddenly chuckled. Johnny pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Zoro.

Zoro didn't pay much attention at first, but after taking Johnny's things and looking at them carefully, he realized that they were not important.

"Hmm? This is..."

Zoro's expression shifted slightly as he looked at the item in his hand with some surprise.

The castle in Unan, with a dense forest on one side of the original site.

Although Zoro and Golas had already decided the winner, the battlefield between Ace and Edorago, who were still fighting, continued to expand without anyone noticing.

Both sides are undoubtedly high-powered fighters; even the aftershocks of the battle are enough to alter the island's terrain.

Logically speaking, if these two people were to fight with all their might, any attack from either side could be countered by the other's corresponding firepower, and it wouldn't be surprising if they fought for three days and three nights.

However, this is the theory.

In reality, the situation did not develop that way.

"I am fire, you are sound waves, we are incompatible."

Ace remained relaxed, looking at the drastically changed terrain around him, and said, "If this continues, the outcome should be decided soon."

Before Ace, Edrag, panting heavily, knelt on one knee.

His expression was one of surprise and uncertainty as he looked at Ace not far away.

"You bastard! Impossible! My attack hit you and you weren't even scratched?"

"I'm the only one whose injuries keep piling up."

Edrag gritted his teeth, looking at the sea of ​​fire all around him, feeling as if even breathing had become difficult.

You can’t go wrong!

"The Devil Fruit you ate, it couldn't be one of those legendary Logia-type fruits, could it?!"

Edrag looked on incredulously.

Devil Fruits, known as the treasures of the sea, are worth at least 1 million Berries on the market.

Ordinary villagers may only know that Devil Fruits are the incarnations of sea demons, and that eating them will grant different abilities, but as a price, the eater will be rejected by the sea and become a landlubber.

However, almost everyone who truly understands Devil Fruits knows this.

Devil Fruits are also divided into different types.

Paramecia, Zoan, Logia.

Among them, the Logia type, which is generally recognized as the strongest of the three types of Devil Fruits, has the greatest characteristic of being able to "transform" the body into an element, thus rendering physical attacks ineffective!

Could it be that he actually encountered such a rare fruit in this small East China Sea?!

"Oh? You know a lot about this?"

Upon hearing Lionhead's words, Ace, whose body was engulfed in flames, touched his hat with his finger and said with a smile, "Yes, there's no point in hiding it now. The Devil Fruit I ate is the Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit."

"Your sound waves are powerful, but unfortunately, they won't work on me."

As he spoke, Ace suddenly crouched down.

The flames burning on his body suddenly spread outwards from him, instantly enveloping the surroundings and forming a wall of fire.

"Inflammation is on the rise!!"

"I'm sorry, but my companions are still on this island. If the forest continues to burn, things will get really bad. So, I'll limit the battleground to here for now."

Bathed in the intense heat of the flames, Ace looked at Edrag again and chuckled, "Your name is Edrag, right? I think I heard one of your men call you that just now."

"To be honest, I only came to this island because I wanted to see what the legendary mountains of gold looked like. I have no grudge against you and I am not interested in your head. I only retaliated because your men started trouble."

"Now that my anger has subsided a bit, if you choose to surrender, I will forgive and forget about your men attacking me earlier. But if you continue to attack, I will defeat you here in the style of a pirate."

"So? What's your choice?"

Facing Ace's gaze, Edrag slowly rose from the ground with a sullen face.

"I think I've already said... the gold is mine!"

"What's so special about a mere Logia-type Devil Fruit?!"

Without warning, Edrag roared again.

A massive laser cannon erupted from his mouth, larger than any sonic cannon ever fired, and hurtled straight toward Ace.

Seeing this, Ace could only sigh.

"As expected, normal conversation doesn't work."

Since that's the case, then we have no choice but to continue fighting.

Given the enemy's capabilities, if they are truly determined not to surrender, it could potentially turn into a protracted war.

of course.

Ace didn't actually dislike these exhilarating battles.

"Fire Fist!!"

Ace shouted.

He suddenly raised his hand and retaliated with another fiery punch at the oncoming laser cannon.

The collision of the massive flames and the sonic cannon shook the surrounding walls of fire, and the intense impact swept across the entire area once again.

in this way.

The powerful explosion reached the outside world, becoming a huge sound that echoed throughout the entire island.

When Li Mingyuan and Nami left the cliff and arrived near the dense forest, this was the scene that appeared before them.

The crew members of the Spade Pirates nearby were hiding far away, secretly observing the battlefield. However, the most crucial center of the battle was blocked by a tall wall of fire, and they had no idea what was happening inside.

"Are they here, Captain Bounty Hunter?"

Upon seeing Li Mingyuan arrive, the female pirate cook, whom he had met a few times before, raised her hand in greeting and laughed, "You're really slow. At this rate, our captain will take all the gold."