One Piece: I'm a Hunter on the Grand Line

Yelena and Luo happened to be standing on a bulge.

"He just touched the ground!" Luo exclaimed in a low voice.

"No need for further explanation, just get started!"

Boo!

Yelena swung her sword, cleaving through the ground beneath her feet, successfully preventing the explosion.

"ROOM..."

The three bulges blocking his way were cut off by Luo, but his spatial coverage was limited, and he was powerless to do anything further away.

Yelena swung her sword repeatedly, the sword waves landing on several raised patches of ground behind her.

But her expression remained unchanged; there were too many explosives around her to cut them all down.

Turning my gaze, I spotted a deep crater not far to the left, likely created by Gladius during the previous battle.

A deep pit.

An impending explosion.

Huh?

Has anyone ever successfully avoided an explosion this way?

"Go there!"

"Slaughterhouse!"

Luo raised his hand to activate his ability, and Yelena reached out and grabbed his neck. The two of them disappeared from the spot.

"Explosion-Rock Celebration!"

With a furious roar from Gladius, the bulging ground exploded instantly!

Boom!!!

More than a dozen explosions came together, their sound echoing throughout the entire forest!

The ground exploded, and a powerful shockwave swept in, snapping a tree that would take several people to encircle in half!

Dust billowed through the forest, and pebbles and fallen leaves clung together, tumbling and rushing hundreds of meters away.

After the earthquake, the shockwave from the explosion gradually subsided.

Yelena jumped out of the deep pit.

She raised her hand to wipe away the dust and leaves that had fallen on her head, glanced at the forest that had been ravaged by the explosion, and looked solemn.

Aside from the slightly slow startup animation, the true power of the Boom-Boom Fruit far exceeded expectations.

Just considering the giant crater directly in front of her, which is tens of meters in diameter, she is far from having that kind of destructive power!

Without Law's abilities, she could have been seriously injured by that single attack!

"Cough...cough cough!"

Luo's figure flashed beside Yelena, and after landing, he took a few steps back to the side.

"This unnamed leader, next time I will use my ability to transfer you to someone else. Please do not repeat what you did just now."

Luo reached out and rubbed his neck, which was red from being choked. His gaze quickly swept over Yelena's bear claws, and his eyes showed a hint of lingering fear.

"Don't mention it, it was just a small favor."

"Explosive Bullet!"

Seeing the two escape from the violent explosion, Gladius's expression grew even more somber. He raised his intact arm and activated the device on it.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

Countless black projectiles shot out, rapidly expanding in the air.

Yelena narrowed her eyes and swung her sword in a horizontal slash.

A gentle wave of sword energy shot out, the sphere paused in the air for a moment, and then returned along the same path at a speed far exceeding its initial speed!

"What?!"

Guradius's eyelids twitched wildly, and he quickly lunged into the nearby pile of rubble.

Bang!Bang!

The sphere exploded next to the pile of stones, sending countless pieces of iron flying!

Yelena swung her sword again, unleashing a swift wave of energy that engulfed the metal fragments that blasted towards her.

"From now on, I will cooperate with you."

Yelena shifted her feet, flanking Gladius from the side.

The opponent has no Armament Haki. If Law finds an opportunity, he can kill him in one blow with the cutting ability of the Op-Op Fruit!

Luo nodded emphatically and quickly moved closer to the enemy.

As soon as Gladius emerged from the pile of stones, he caught a glimpse of the two approaching figures out of the corner of his eye. He patted the ground lightly with his palm, stood up, and retreated.

The ground he touched quickly bulged up and instantly became a hemispherical shape.

Right-angle flash!

Yelena swung her sword, the sword wave slicing through the hemisphere, deflating it, but the speed did not decrease. It turned ninety degrees and flew towards Gladius's back.

"What?!"

Gradus sensed danger and turned to the side.

"ROOM..."

Luo's attack followed immediately, and the surgical space completely covered an area of ​​tens of meters around it.

Gladius's expression changed again, and he forcefully lunged forward at the ground!

An invisible slash swept across.

Click!

The ground in front of us was completely cut open!

A hint of regret flashed in Luo's eyes; the shot missed!

Gladius leaped up from the ground and continued to flee, but after taking only two steps, his vision suddenly turned red!

A blood-red slash flew straight at us!

Taking advantage of the moment when he was desperately dodging, the figure wielding the sword actually blocked his way!

But did that slash miss?

The flight path was viewed from his side.

Guradius paused, taking half a step back.

It slashed and flew past him at a ninety-degree turn!

"It's this kind of thing again... Ouch!"

Gladius breathed a sigh of relief, then collapsed back down.

He watched helplessly as the ground right next to his forehead was neatly sliced ​​open, cold sweat pouring down his face.

Before the cold sweat could even drip down, another whooshing sound came from above!

Bang!

Gladius rolled over, narrowly avoiding the crimson sword wave!

Luo seized the opportunity and struck down with a single blow!

An invisible slash swept past, and this time the person on the ground was unable to dodge it completely. His only remaining arm was severed by the elbow strike!

"Enough!!"

Gladius roared and leaped to his feet.

You think that's enough?

Yelena raised her longsword.

Right angle...

Gladius's body instantly swelled up a size.

Yelena's expression changed drastically. "Get out of the way!"

Whoosh!

After reminding her teammates, Yelena disappeared from her original spot and appeared in a pit.

Seeing that the pit was too shallow, she slammed her knee into the rock at the bottom, creating a wide crack, thus deactivating her Devil Fruit power and returning to normal, shrinking into the crack.

On the ground, Gladius's body had swelled more than ten times its previous size, his facial features were completely stretched out, and he could no longer be seen as a human.

Luo's eyes turned serious as he activated his ability to move a boulder in front of him.

Bang! ! !

Gladius's body, which had expanded to its limit, suddenly exploded!

Countless shrapnel and steel needles were swept away by the powerful shockwave and flew in all directions.

The boulder, more than three meters thick, that blocked Luo's path instantly became covered in cracks, with steel needles piercing through the gaps and leaving bloodstains on Luo's body.

He groaned, flipped his fingers, and placed a new stone in front of him.

Yelena hid in the crack, listening to the continuous crackling sounds outside, and sighed softly.

People who are quick to self-destruct at the drop of a hat are so difficult to deal with!

hiss!

Her expression suddenly changed.

He raised his hand to his eyes, and a steel needle was inserted shallowly into it, with a few drops of blood remaining on the skin.

That guy's self-destruction was so powerful that it penetrated several meters of ground!

Yelena grew larger and reverted to her beastman form, wedging herself tightly into the crack in the ground.

So what if I get stuck? It's better than getting injured.

The commotion outside gradually subsided.

Yelena struggled to squeeze out of the crack in the ground. Just as she jumped out of the pit, a hunched figure ran past her not far away.

Yelena blinked. No arms. It was Gladius!

Whoosh!

A crimson slash erupted, flying straight toward Gladius's back!