Slaying Zunesha
"What's going on? Why is the ground shaking so violently?" Duke Inuarashi asked, puzzled. This was the first time in decades that he had seen such a strong commotion on Zou Island.
"That ancient hissing sound... it's Zunesha!" The Master Nekomamushi looked back with suspicion. His intuition told him that Zunesha's transformation was related to the man who had entered the Whale Forest.
"You still have the mind to care about other things? You think too highly of yourselves." Enel's Thunder God form waved his arm, and black lightning, like chains, tightly surrounded the cat and dog.
Boom... Rumble...
A deafening sound shattered once more, and a black shadow suddenly enveloped the sky, causing even the usually composed Enel to stop what he was doing, staring blankly upwards with his pupils contracting sharply.
"This is... a giant serpent?" Enel was taken aback when a figure resembling World-Destroying Serpent loomed across the sky. He quickly realized, "No, this is an elephant's trunk, the trunk of the giant elephant that carries this island."
When they arrived at Zou Island, they had glimpsed the entire island and knew what a terrifying creature the giant elephant carrying the island was. Even ordinary Giant Sea Kings were probably just small earthworms in the eyes of this giant elephant.
After all, the ability to walk in the ocean means that the giant elephant is at least 10,000 meters tall, while even the Giant Sea Kings summoned by Shirahoshi Poseidon are only a few thousand meters long.
Powerful creatures are not necessarily huge, but huge creatures are definitely not weak. For Zunesha, if Elephant truly had a strong desire to attack, destroying an island would be an extremely simple matter for it.
"Damn it, is that human fighting with the Zunesha?" The Master Nekomamushi had obviously realized this as well, and became even more agitated.
"Old Cat, calm down and deal with the battle at hand. The one who should be worried is not us, but that human." Duke Inuarashi was as steady as an old dog.
The Master Nekomamushi thought it made sense. Mosquitoes might bother the elephant, but they could never really hurt it. Given the Zunesha's size, it could remain motionless and let others attack it without being able to break through its defenses.
Moreover, according to the information they learned from Kin'emon, the enemy was a powerful swordsman. Although his attacks were sharp, given the length of the sword, even if it were to completely penetrate, it would not be able to pierce through the skin of the Zunesha. Therefore, no matter how powerful the enemy's swordsmanship was, he could only sigh in vain.
"It's just a big beast. Do you really think this stupid elephant can cause any trouble for the captain? How naive!" Enel wasn't worried at all. In his opinion, the giant elephant had nothing to offer except for its immense strength. He himself wasn't afraid of facing it, let alone his ridiculously strong captain.
"It... it's the power of a giant elephant! My Kozuki Family... we're actually the masters of a giant elephant!" This sudden turn of events made Momonosuke. He could only sigh, the ups and downs of life were truly thrilling. "Hmph, Nightmare, huh? No matter how strong you are, you're just a mortal. How could you possibly be a match for a creature like Zunesha, which almost only exists in mythology? After you're defeated, I'll definitely torture you to death in the most cruel way!"
"Zunesha such a powerful weapon of war, yet our ancestors didn't make use of it and even drove it away. How foolish! If we had kept this power in our hands, our Kozuki Family might not have been confined to this corner of the world, but would have become the masters of this world." Momonosuke's eyes burned with the flame of ambition. "That's right, I, Kozuki Momonosuke, will definitely become the ruler of this world."
"Then... then I'll have a harem of three thousand beauties, and I'll grind an iron rod into steel..." Momonosuke chuckled foolishly, then glanced at Kin'emon and the others behind him, who were also in shock, with a sinister look. "And these few, now that they've witnessed my humiliating moment, they can't be spared. After this, I'll find an excuse to kill them."
"It's not that I'm narrow-minded, I just want them to continue to be loyal to Father. Yes, that must be it."
Faced with the elephant's trunk crashing down like a collapsing pillar, Roy had no intention of confronting it head-on. In terms of pure power, perhaps Zunesha was the strongest being.
"Unfortunately, a battle is not simply a contest of strength between two sides."
Roy appeared on the side of the elephant's trunk in a flash, and without hesitation drew his Seven Star Sword and slashed horizontally.
The dark sword light struck the thick elephant trunk, leaving only a clearly visible wound, not the usual all-severing force. But the Zunesha was far from relaxed; blood gushed from the wound like a spring, instantly turning the Whale Forest into a blood-red forest.
"Moo!" The Zunesha cried out in pain, its trunk lashing out like a long snake towards Roy.
"Still want to struggle? With your clumsy movements, no matter how many times you attack, you won't be able to hurt a single hair on my head." Roy easily dodged Zunesha's attack and aimed at the wound to strike again.
Zunesha's physique is indeed formidable. Even with its slashing attacks, it can only leave wounds tens of meters long at most, which is insignificant compared to the enormous size of its trunk. However, if countless attacks are combined and aimed at the same weak point, even Zunesha would not be able to withstand it.
The dark sword light struck the same spot again, tearing the wound open and causing a continuous stream of blood to spill out, even engulfing the forest and forming a sea of blood.
Having almost forgotten the taste of pain, the Zunesha went into a frenzy, wildly swinging its trunk without any strategy, nearly crushing and destroying the Whale Forest behind it.
Roy showed no mercy, and all his attacks were aimed at the wound on the elephant's trunk.
Under countless attacks, the originally insignificant wounds rapidly expanded, and the elephant trunk, like a tree with half sawed off, was only half still attached to its body, teetering on the verge of collapse.
Even so, Zunesha did not give up, and continued to relentlessly swing its trunk.
"You still have no intention of giving up even after all this?" Roy shook his head, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Since you want to be a loyal elephant, let me send you to see the ancestors of the Kozuki Family."
Crescent Moon!
The fierce Sword Qi, like a crescent moon, slashed towards the giant elephant. Finally, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, it ruthlessly severed the half of the elephant's trunk attached to Zunesha body, which fell onto its back.
The Zunesha let out a mournful cry, but no matter how it swung its remaining trunk, it could no longer reach Roy was still on its back.
Boom... Rumble...
Looking at the elephant trunk that had fallen to the ground like a mountain, Momonosuke was filled with despair.