The Devils' Hunt

The first layer of steel plate was supported three times.

The fourth impact sent the entire wall panel, along with its support frame, flying into the ward.

Luo raised his knife and cut through the steel plate; fragments fell from both sides of Lami's wheelchair.

"Drake, take her to the tympanic cavity."

"And you?"

Block the door.

What should we use to block it?

The Gyuki's spider legs pierced through the gap and went straight for the control panel.

Luo raised his hand and replaced the load-bearing beam in the corridor.

The beam struck the spider's leg and snapped in two in the blink of an eye.

"Block it with their legs."

Drake transforms into an Allosaurus and bites the support bar at the back of Lami's wheelchair.

"Take it easy."

"Wrap your chest up first."

"Too late."

"Then I won't leave."

"Still picking this now?"

Lami reached for the Medical Kit.

Drake bent over; blood was still flowing from the wound left by the spear.

She wrapped the tourniquet around the crack in the scales and tied it twice.

Let's go.

"That's all?"

"Survive and then disassemble."

Drake dragged his wheelchair toward the inner door.

A colossal beast with a monstrous bird-like beak swooped down from the top of the tower, snatched a steel plate, and ripped open the entire corridor along with it.

Drake turned and shielded his abdomen with the wheelchair.

The bird's beak struck his back.

The enormous Allosaurus crashed into the tympanic cavity, its tail sweeping over three hospital beds.

Lami's wheelchair tipped over to one side.

Dragon grabbed the handrail, which pulled him down to his knees.

"Lami."

Oxygen cylinder.

The bottle rolled toward the notch.

Joy Boy dragged his injured leg forward, and just as his fingertips touched the bottle, the strange bird's second attack was already pressing down on his head.

Cold air rushed in through the crack.

The bird's beak was frozen half a meter away from the oxygen cylinder.

The ice layer rose upwards, sealing off half of the giant beast's body.

Aokiji stood outside the collapsed wall, his right arm covered in ice.

"I think I arrived just in time."

Luo picked up the oxygen cylinder and reattached it to the wheelchair.

"Later on, you can attend the funeral directly."

"He can still swear, so it seems like he's not in serious trouble."

What about the navy?

"Those who guarded the civilian areas in the outer harbor and were willing to come in went with Garp."

Aokiji stepped onto the broken wall, and a chill spread in all directions.

Thick ice formed where the Gyuki and the strange bird landed, and the feet of the other two demons were also frozen.

"I can only stop three at most."

Luo asked, "What about the remaining two?"

A ball of fire rose from beneath the High Tower.

Sabo stepped over the broken wall and grabbed one of the Gyuki's spider legs with his right hand.

Flames seeped into the joint gaps, and he twisted his waist and used his strength to bend the entire spider leg outwards.

"The Revolutionary Army takes over."

Emporio Ivankov jumped up from behind.

"The dragon has gone to find the Throne's energy source; leave these old fogies to us!"

The Gyuki laughed.

The severed spider leg fell into the ward.

Black flames covered the severed area, and new limbs emerged from it, quickly restoring the area to its original state.

Sabo retreated to Aokiji's side.

It can't be burned.

"Freezing it won't help."

"Then let's continue dismantling."

The eight legs of the Gyuki rose simultaneously.

Aokiji pressed his hands to the ground, and ice walls surrounded the drum chamber.

Spider legs slammed down one after another, causing large white cracks to appear in the wall.

Luo unfolded the ROOM and moved two of its legs in front of the strange bird.

The two demons collided.

"They will need time to recover."

Joy Boy supported the hospital bed.

"It was needed before."

"And now?"

"The Throne is still keeping them alive."

Dragon wiped the blood from his chest.

"The authority over the Throne has been transferred to Lin Qi."

"He has gained control of the city, but his Life Contract remains with Pangaea Castle."

"Location."

"Flower Room."

Lin Qi's voice came from the wall.

Before you discuss positions, could you please address my situation first?

The spider legs that the Gyuki had been displaced from did not disappear.

One section fell along the shared wiring into the Tavern, piercing the Cellar ceiling.

The chef used a pot lid to block the falling stones.

Whose responsibility is this?

Lin Qi grasped the edge of the spider's leg and tried to push it outwards.

"Let's calculate the Five Elders first."

"It's moving."

Several Black Lines grew from the surface of the severed limb, crawling towards the stone door of the Cellar.

The helper carried the accounting box and hid behind the stairs.

"Boss, it wants the Throne."

"Get the salt."

What is the use of salt?

Slugs are afraid of salt.

"This isn't a slug!"

"Do you have something better?"

A basin of coarse salt was poured onto the severed limb.

The Black Line did indeed retract.

The chef himself was caught off guard and stood there for a moment, holding the empty bowl.

"Take two more bags."

What should I do when cooking?

"It's practically eaten up the shop, what are you still cooking?"

Over at the High Tower, Vegapunk has already connected to the Tavern's detection network.

"Salt doesn't contain any special ingredients; its effectiveness comes from its source!"

Lin Qi glanced at the bag.

"Sea salt from the East Blue Sea."

Joy Boy spoke.

"Ocean."

Luo immediately turned towards the outer harbor.

Are they afraid of seawater?

Even Devil Fruit Users are afraid of it.

Aokiji shook his head.

"What I froze was the spot where I was standing; the ice came from the air, so the contact wasn't enough."

Sabo looked down from the High Tower.

"The crevice in the Red Line has led to the seabed."

Dragon leaned against the wall and stood up.

"Bear."

A bear's response came from the sky above the outer harbor.

"I am here."

"Bring the seawater up."

"Scope?"

"The entire High Tower."

The bear removed its gloves, pointing its paw print at the gap beneath the Red Line.

As soon as the seawater was pushed out of the rift by the power, the Gyuki turned towards the drum chamber.

It did not continue its attack on Luo.

Eight spider legs simultaneously pierced the energy manager of the White Swallow's connecting High Tower.

Luo raised his knife to block the first one.

Sabo missed the second shot.

The remaining six rods passed through the ice wall.

Marco fell from the sky, using blue flames to support the two ice walls, but the strange bird crashed into him from the side, sending him and the ice wall flying.

The last spider leg pierced the bottom of the White Swallow.

The thick ship planks were punched through.

The alarm sounded throughout the ship.

[Energy main unit damaged]

[Oxygen supply from the White Swallow will be stopped in six minutes.]

Chopper accessed the communications from inside the ship.

"There are still 27 wounded in the ward, and the reserve oxygen is only enough for half of them!"

Luo raised his hand, preparing to replace the pipe.

Just as the ROOM reached the edge of the White Swallow, the newly sprouted spider legs of the Gyuki pressed down again.

"It knows where we need to fix."

Aokiji stood in front of the pipe, his entire right arm pushed into the wall by the spider's legs.

"Then let's get rid of it first."

At that moment, the seawater surged through the crack.

The water spray from the bear covered the outer wall of the High Tower.

The black flames on the five-headed demons then dimmed.

Luffy back to the platform from the outer port, punched the Gyuki in the head, and pushed it into the water.

"Can we fight this time?"

The Gyuki's head caved in, but its body did not disappear.

The broken section, submerged in seawater, is still healing, albeit at a slower pace.

Joy Boy looked at the Black Lines extending from its back.

"Seawater can suppress power, but it cannot sever the contract."

Luo asked, "How many more times do you want me to say it?"

"Speak to someone you're willing to listen to."

"I'm listening. Give me answers that I can use."

Dragon walked through the tympanic cavity to the wall.

He attached the remaining half of the stone slab on his chest to the High Tower's wiring.

The God Valley map has reappeared.

Five Black Lines extended from the location of the Five Elders and eventually converged into the deepest part of Pangaea Castle.

There was only the outline of a chair there.

"The Empty Throne."

Dragon points below the outline.

"Their heartbeats all originate from here."

Lami looked at the map.

"Just like the Buttons from back then."

"What?"

Five people share one holder.

Luo looked in the direction she pointed.

The five Life Line merge into one below the Throne.

The other end of that line leads to the Flower Room.

Dragon pressed the stone slab even tighter.

"Smashing them won't help."

Luffy is still standing on the back of the Gyuki.

"Then what should we fight?"

"Throne."

The sound of bells came from the direction of Pangaea Castle.

The five demons raised their heads simultaneously.

The countdown for the White Swallow's oxygen supply was still decreasing, but the Empty Throne on the map lit up.

Joy Boy opened the last Medical Kit and took out a roll of parchment soaked in blood from Inner Compartment.

There was an old line of writing on the outside of the paper roll.

[Perennial Youth Operation Negative List]

Luo read the words clearly, and the Kikoku in his hand drooped.

The parchment seal bears the mark of the Trafalgar Family.