The Warrior of Love

"I--"

"Don't hesitate, Jiang Liu."

Rayleigh seemed to understand Jiang Liu's thoughts and shouted, "It's not shameful to lose to a general. As long as you are alive, sooner or later you will get back what you did today - I have no doubt that you can do it!"

"Thank you for this past year."

Jiang Liu already understood that he could never go back to the bar again.

During the year since he came to "One Piece", fragments of memories kept flashing before his eyes... Finally, Jiang Liu tightly grasped the Undying Slash, turned around firmly and ran towards another battlefield.

There, Luffy and others were struggling against Momomaru.

This man not only has amazing wrist strength, but also is extremely agile and skilled in physical skills and the use of weapons. Although he is not a special ability user, he is even more difficult to deal with. He can even fight with an invisible force that Luffy cannot understand.

At first Luffy thought it was a compressed air shell, but after he blocked it twice with his body, he no longer thought so.

He didn't know yet that it was actually an advanced technique of using Armament Haki that even Jiang Liu had not yet learned, and it was much more sophisticated than the so-called "hardening".

Although it cannot be observed with the naked eye, if one uses the observation Haki to "see", one will find that the thick armament Haki has covered his body like a layer of hard armor.

Zhan Taomaru's fighting power is even higher than that of an average vice admiral, and he is simply not something the Straw Hat Pirates can handle with their current strength. He quickly forced the injured members of the Straw Hat Pirates into a desperate situation, and even Luffy once thought of "escaping".

"It's almost time to end the battle." Zhan Taomaru looked at everyone.

He had already reduced his opponents' physical strength to a great extent, and he could easily capture them alive or kill them.

As a man specialized in defense, Sen Taomaru is particularly good at wars of attrition and counterattacks. The Straw Hat Pirates were held back by him and didn't even have a chance to escape.

"The first one is you!"

Zhan Taomaru moved to Zoro's side and raised the axe.

He could easily tell that Zoro was already injured and had consumed the most physical strength, so he naturally chose to start his breakthrough from this stubborn swordsman.

"Well!"

Zoro stared at the giant in front of him. He wanted to swing the blade but was interrupted by the severe pain in his body. His companions were too late to rescue him and could only watch the giant axe fall.

"Get out of my way, Meatball."

A cold voice came from behind him, and Zhan Taowan's skin tensed up and his pupils suddenly shrank.

He quickly turned his head and saw a figure appearing behind him like a ghost out of the corner of his eye. Zhan Taowan was horrified.

There was absolutely no presence of any kind, not even an intuitive warning.

He didn't even feel anything. When did he——

"Don't stand in front of me!"

See and hear the world without intention!

In a thousandth of a second, the world in Jiang Liu's perception seemed to be decomposed into a combination of lines and planes, and then suddenly turned into a monotonous combination of black and white.

The giant man towering above the earth no longer seemed so tall, and his invisible armor was "clearly visible", and he could even observe the direction and fluctuations of the turbid airflow.

"Iai o Undying Slash!"

A red light flashed, and Jiang Liu had already crossed the space, broke through Zhan Taomaru's iron-like defense, and reached out to catch the exhausted Zoro.

"You guy..."

Zhan Taomaru slowly lowered his head to look at Jiang Liu who saved Zoro, his eyes filled with anger and shock.

"I have the world's strongest defense...you!"

呲!

The sound of wind blowing was heard, and the man covered his neck with his hands. A large amount of blood kept oozing out from between his fingers.

At the same time, knife marks appeared all over his hands, feet and limbs, some deep and some shallow.

The domineering armor that he was so proud of was actually useless!

"hateful!"

Zhan Taomaru tried his best to stop the bleeding, but only then did he remember that he was only ordered to come to the Sabaody Archipelago to assist Kizaru in suppressing criminals, but he did not know the other party's name yet.

"Tell me your name, boy!"

"Distant mountains and rivers."

Shaking off the blood on the tip of the knife, Jiang Liu said coldly: "Remember this name, you will hear it more than once in the future!"

Chapter 93: If it is a trip

Must escape!

Can't die here!

His body couldn't help but tremble. The breathing method continued to squeeze out the potential of his body, but it also brought an enormous burden. The serious injuries almost turned into a solid boulder that was crushing him. Jiang Liu now found it extremely difficult to even stand.

Even though Zhan Taowan was severely injured, this was Jiang Liu's limit.

He was first hit by the bear's shock wave, and then his shoulder was broken by Kizaru's kick. No one knew how many bones in his body were left intact. The fact that he didn't fall down only showed his amazing willpower.

On top of this, he forcibly opened the "transparent world", which made the already overwhelmed body even worse.

His condition is even worse than Zhan Taowan whose artery was cut!

"If you don't want to die, then don't move..." Jiang Liu said coldly to Zhan Taowan, "If you continue to fight, your wound will split open on a large scale, and then you will really be beyond help."

"Bastard!" Zhan Taowan glared at him but did nothing, still holding the wound on his neck tightly.

Jiang Liu's swordsmanship can be said to be superb. If he really killed Zhan Taomaru, Kizaru would only use all his strength to hunt him down, so he controlled the wound to the level of "serious injury" rather than "fatal".

If Zhan Taomaru stopped here, then with his strong physique and control over his body, he would be able to stay alive even with damaged arteries.

But if he insisted on continuing to fight Jiang Liu, the wound would be torn uncontrollably on a large scale, and then even gods would be unable to save him.

It was precisely because Jiang Liu had grasped this point that Zhan Taowan felt particularly aggrieved.

Jiang Liu clearly had no fighting ability at this moment, but he was unable to arrest him, which was really frustrating.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Jiang Liu raised his head, as if he had sensed something, and his expression immediately turned ugly.

Zhan Taowan paused for a moment, then suddenly grinned: "What a pity, you've forced me to this point. I'm about to escape, but I still can't fly out of this birdcage."

Several unusually tall figures appeared around the battlefield and surrounded them steadily and unstoppably, giving people a huge sense of oppression like moving hills.

"I can't help it. Who told you to fight the Celestial Dragons? This is a good opportunity to test the new weapon."

Looking at the little giants slowly approaching, Jiang Liu fell into speechlessness.

Zoro, Luffy and others, who had just been able to take a breath, were now in even greater despair.

"You're lying, aren't you? More than one person?"

Nami's voice trembled slightly: "What's going on? The Seven Warlords of the Sea... How could there be so many people?!"

"Such powerful guys...are we going to deal with so many of them at the same time?" Brook also murmured, "This is really not funny anymore."

That’s right, the people who appeared on the battlefield were humans who looked exactly like the Tyrant Bear.

No, to be more precise, it is a combat weapon in human form—the Pacifist.

They are autonomous robots designed based on bears. Although they do not have the abilities of devil fruits, they are equipped with many technological weapons developed by Vegapunk, and even reproduce some of Kizaru's laser skills.

They are expensive to build, and it is said that the consumption of each one exceeds that of several latest battleships, but their combat effectiveness is definitely worth such a lot of consumption. Even a single Pacifist can pose a deadly threat to today's supernovas, not to mention forming an Iron Legion.

In fact, even if Kizaru did not take action this time, Sen Taomaru leading these ten pacifists would be enough to suppress the Sabaody Archipelago.

Luffy and the others don't know the origins of the Pacifist yet, but this doesn't prevent them from judging how powerful the Pacifist is. That extraordinary sense of power definitely doesn't just come from the same appearance as a bear.

"This is bad...Everyone, let's run!"

Luffy, you took a deep breath and shouted at the top of your lungs: "In short, escape first, run away separately, and think about what happens next later. No matter what, you must save your life!"

He admitted defeat...

Failure has been a common occurrence since entering the Grand Line, but this is the first time Luffy has taken the initiative to admit defeat.

But even if he loses, no matter how embarrassed or useless he is, as long as everyone can survive, he will do it without hesitation even if asked to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Nothing is more important than the lives of your companions!

"Escape..." Jiang Liu glanced at the pacifist's position and frowned.

"Luffy, the guy on the west side is injured, let's rush over together!"

Perhaps because they had encountered a supernova before, some of the Pacifists were not in intact condition, especially the one pointed out by Jiang Liu. It looked normal, but its internal structure had been destroyed. It was simply strong on the outside but weak on the inside. This could not be hidden from Jiang Liu, whose Observation Haki had already reached an extremely high level.

"That's good. Although it's urgent, it's not completely hopeless."

Jiang Liu thought calmly and used breathing techniques to suppress the injuries on his body.

"As long as we defeat this pacifist, we can escape before they surround us. There's still time for everything—"

"Jiang Liu!"

Suddenly, Luffy's loud shout made Jiang Liu distracted for a moment.

Buzz—a slight vibration was heard in the air.

In the blink of an eye, a tall shadow enveloped Jiang Liu, but this time the Observation Haki did not give any warning.

Is it that his mental strength has finally reached its limit, or is it that the opponent's speed is really too fast?

Jiang Liu had no time to think, he just subconsciously raised his right hand and swung the red Immortal Sword towards the attacker.

"Oh!"

The blade hit the opponent's palm, but not even a drop of blood flowed out. The thick and elastic flesh ball treated the blow as nothing.

And the person who suddenly appeared behind Jiang Liu was the prototype of the pacifist, the tyrant Kumamoto of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!

Both his physical and mental strength were exhausted to the extreme. He had to exert all his strength just to stand, and even fighting back seemed extremely weak.

Jiang Liu now has no ability to fight against the Seven Warlords of the Sea!

"If you were to travel, where would you like to go?"

Gentle words sounded calmly, and Meatball's right palm released the Undead Slash, seemingly slowly but actually swiftly swung it towards Jiang Liu.

"We first met, and then—"

farewell!

The bear's meat ball touched Jiang Liu's body, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

"Jiang Liu?"

Luffy, Zoro, Chopper and others stared at the scene in a daze. Something seemed to have happened before their eyes that was difficult for them to understand. No one could speak for a moment.

But there was only one thing Luffy could be sure of: the interesting guy he used to chat with was no longer there.

"No, Jiang Liu!!"

Chapter 94: Hippolyta

"I was bounced away" - Jiang Liu was silent as he watched the clouds flying backwards.

At this moment, he was wrapped in a translucent air mask shaped like a bear's paw, flying in the air like a cannonball. The strong air pressure made him unable to move, and he could only watch the changing scenery in front of him quietly.

It is not known why Kuma changed his attitude, but in short, he did not kill Jiang Liu. Instead, he bounced him away from the Sabaody Archipelago just like he did to the Straw Hat Pirates in the original work.

I guess by now, Kuma should have done the same to the Straw Hat Pirates.

Kizaru was blocked by Rayleigh, Zhan Taomaru was severely injured by Jiang Liu, and the remaining pacifists could not stop the bear at all. It is estimated that the Straw Hat Pirates will be blown away by the bear without a single one left.

In the original work, Kuma did this to save Luffy and the others, and the place where they were launched happened to be an environment suitable for their growth. Therefore, many viewers speculated that Kuma did it on purpose to help the Straw Hat Pirates before leaving.

The only strange thing is the protagonist Luffy. The place he went to was Amazon o Lily, which is the Nine Snake Island commonly known as the "Land of Women". All the people living on this island are women. It is theoretically a forbidden zone for men. It is also the territory of the Empress, so the danger level is extremely high.

In his previous life, Jiang Liu once wondered why Kuma would send Luffy to the Kingdom of Women, a place that seemed to have nothing to do with Luffy and where he might lose his life. Later, he came up with three possibilities.

One, Kuma wants Luffy to avoid a major event that is about to happen.

The geographical location of Nine Snake Island is extremely isolated. Not only is it located in the doldrums, but there are also many dangerous sea kings living around it. Except for the Nine Snake Island's own ships, there is almost no way to enter or exit.

Although Luffy is an outsider here, he is also destined to be isolated from the outside world. Given his sensitive identity, it is best for him to hide from the world stage during this period.