Moon Fang Heaven Piercer!

Boom!!

As the two attacks collided, a thunderous blast suddenly echoed through the area.

A burst of force became rolling shockwaves that swept outward. Centered on the point where their attacks collided, the ground caved in directly, sending dust flying everywhere!

"Where are you looking?"

A figure burst out from the dust, moving at incredible speed. A cold smile appeared on his lips as he threw another punch. The sharp knuckle spikes howled through the air, his fist force driving away the air ahead as it struck at a black shadow within the dust!

Boom!

The fist force pierced through the black shadow and smashed into the ground, blasting out a huge crater with power even more terrifying than a cannonball!

The force dispersed the dust, but where was anyone?

That attack had only struck an afterimage.

"Where is he?"

Lawrence frowned. The next moment, he sensed danger descending from above. Looking up, he saw a bolt of lightning falling straight toward his position.

Then a calm voice rang out. "White Lightning!"

Lawrence twisted aside to evade it. Just as he was about to launch another attack, he felt waves of scorching heat rushing toward him from the right.

Over there, Yun Ye landed with Flash Step, raised his hand, and unleashed Way of Destruction Number Thirty-Three: Azure Firefall!

Before the blazing flames even arrived, the heat wave had already reached him first, making Lawrence's expression change drastically. He wanted to dodge, only to realize that the flames were spreading in a fan-shaped sweep, enveloping all his escape routes!

With no other choice, Lawrence could only take it head-on!

He raised both hands before him, intending to block Yun Ye's attack by force!

But was Yun Ye's attack so easy to stop?

Without Armament Haki, relying solely on physical defense, even a Zoan Devil Fruit User might not emerge unscathed from this attack!

With a thunderous boom, the blazing flames struck. Lawrence was blasted hundreds of meters away, smashing every tree along his path to pieces before crashing into the ground and creating an enormous crater!

"Oh? You're still alive? Then... what about this one?"

Yun Ye sneered. Although he did not know who this man was, the mere fact that he had said he wanted to slaughter everyone on the island was enough for Yun Ye to regard him as an enemy.

And enemies had to be eliminated completely!

Yun Ye used Flash Step to leap into the air, raising his sword above his head as an immensely powerful sword aura gathered around him.

His gaze turned icy as it locked onto Lawrence below. A cold smile hung on his lips. "Moon Fang... Heaven Piercer!"

A sword aura gathered upon the blade. Then, a crescent-shaped slash dozens of meters long burst forth from its edge and cleaved viciously toward Lawrence's position!

At that moment, Yun Ye unleashed Moon Fang Heaven Piercer, the ability of Zangetsu!

The sharp intent contained within this strike was countless times stronger than before, as though it were about to split the entire island in two!!

Over there, Lawrence had only just risen when he saw a terrifying slash falling straight down from above. At that moment, he finally felt fear and could not help shouting, "A slash of this level? Who the hell are you!? Are you a member of CP0?"

He could feel that this sword strike could not be resisted head-on!

Even an ant struggled against death, let alone a vicious pirate like him!

At that moment, Lawrence went completely mad. Blood filled his eyes, and his expression twisted savagely. He unleashed all his strength, drawing both fists back to his abdomen before punching toward the sky with every ounce of power in his body. "Break for meee!!"

At the moment of crisis, Lawrence had completely unleashed his potential. This strike was also the strongest attack of his life!

Boom!

Their attacks collided once more, this time erupting with an even more violent sound!

The ground beneath Lawrence collapsed again. The shockwave swept outward, directly blowing away rock and trees alike!

Crushed! Completely crushed!

Yun Ye's sword descended, directly tearing apart the fist force Lawrence had unleashed.

At last, the crescent-shaped slash came crashing down amid Lawrence's despairing gaze!

With a sharp hiss, a sword scar stretching over a hundred meters suddenly appeared, cutting across the entire area!

It had forcibly carved a ravine into the island!

Below, half of Lawrence's body had been sliced off, exposing his internal organs. Yet the powerful vitality of this pirate world kept him from dying completely. He looked up at Yun Ye in the sky, coughing up mouthfuls of blood as he gasped and spoke in broken fragments. "Cough, cough... Don't... don't think you've succeeded..."

Near the end, as though experiencing a final burst of life, Lawrence erupted with his last vitality and laughed maniacally. "Hahaha! Lord Judge won't abandon the research results! The Vinsmoke Family's great fleet is already heading for this island. You... all of you... and everyone on this island will die! No one will survive! Hahaha..."

Yun Ye frowned at his words, then a White Lightning ended Lawrence's life completely.

Lawrence's wild laughter stopped abruptly. His eyes lost focus, and he finally breathed his last, all life gone from him.

Using Flash Step to tread on the air, Yun Ye hovered briefly in midair. He too was breathing heavily. That sword strike had consumed a great deal of his stamina.

Here, skills consumed his own stamina. If his physique was not strong enough, he would not even be able to increase their power.

If he unlocked Flowing Blade Like Fire later but lacked the physique to display the temperature of the sun's surface, leaving him able to use it only to light candles, how embarrassing would that be?

My physique still isn't strong enough...

Yun Ye realized his current weakness, but there was nothing he could do about it. Physical strength could not be developed overnight; it required long-term accumulation.

Yun Ye already had a plan for that. Perhaps joining the Marines would be a good choice...

Then Yun Ye looked at Lawrence's corpse and recalled what he had said, falling into thought. The Vinsmoke Family...

In the end, Yun Ye wore a confident smile and muttered to himself, "Then let them come. If they dare come, I'll make them pay the price!"

Of course, the dead Lawrence could no longer hear those words. If he had still been alive and happened to hear Yun Ye, he would definitely have called him arrogant!

Naturally, Yun Ye had his reasons for saying that. He had not used his full strength in that Moon Fang Heaven Piercer strike just now!

Ding! First kill of a pirate with a bounty of 40 million Beli. Reward: 200 Achievement Points!

Achievement acquired: Evil Nemesis. Reward: one special-category random draw!

The system's voice rang out.

Hm? A random draw? Special category? This is the first time it's appeared!!

Yun Ye was astonished. He had not expected the system to reward things besides Achievement Points.

A draw? Would it draw skills?

And it was even a special category??

In Yun Ye's estimation, the special category should refer to the abilities of Hollows or Quincy.

The skill icons behind the four branches of Blade, Fist, Walk, Ghost could be seen, though they had not been unlocked.

However, there were no skill icons behind the special-category branch. Everything was blank.

That was why Yun Ye had been wondering what exactly could appear in the special category.

The first thing Yun Ye thought of was the other factions and races in Bleach.

Hollows and Quincy naturally appeared in Yun Ye's mind.