Luffy also felt it was time to deal with the enemy. Power gathered in his fist, which then stretched out and shot straight at Xiao Zhen's face.
"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!"
To Xiao Zhen, the rapidly swinging fist looked like it was moving in slow motion, no different from an old lady throwing a punch.
A sharp blade flashed past. Xiao Zhen added a bit of battle aura and swiftly chopped off Luffy's hand.
Sensing something, Luffy pulled back his arm, only to discover that his palm had been severed.
The others were equally stunned. Luffy's Devil Fruit ability was anything but ordinary, yet now...
Xiao Zhen sneered. "I told you I was strong. Now you know what it means to suffer, don't you?"
Luffy clutched his injured wrist, endured the pain, and snatched back his severed hand. Then, before everyone's astonished eyes, he directly reattached it on the spot.
Xiao Zhen felt like he could complain about this for days. Did the original Luffy have an ability like this?
It seemed he had never seen this brat get his limbs chopped off and then put back together.
Usopp, with his long nose, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said in immense relief, "You scared me to death! I thought Luffy was really going to become disabled. So the Gum-Gum Fruit can be used like that too."
A cold gleam flashed through Zoro's eyes as several sharp longswords swung toward Xiao Zhen.
"This guy is too strong. Get out of here, all of you! I'll hold him back!"
As a swordsman, although Zoro often did baffling things like getting lost, his sensitivity to danger was indeed stronger than that of the other crew members.
The instant Luffy had exchanged blows with that mysterious warrior, Zoro had already realized