Inside the Gorosei's office!
After the CP0 intelligence agent left, the Gorosei fell silent.
"How did that bastard Blue Demon survive? Even if he survived by sheer luck, how could he still kill Luo, who possessed Marine Admiral-level strength, and block his final strike after he unleashed Life Burn?"
The sword-wielding elder broke the silence with his question, and the other four were equally puzzled.
The Life Curse of the Curse Fruit was an ability no powerful person could resist. After all, time was a hurdle no one could bypass. No matter how powerful a person was, they could only bow before time.
The curse was delivered in a manner invisible to the naked eye. To block it, one needed not only powerful Armament Haki, but Armament Haki covering the entire body.
As long as there was even the slightest gap, to the Curse Fruit's power, it was no different from having no defenses at all.
On top of that, the immense life force of a young Marine Admiral-level fighter had all been used to activate the Curse Fruit's ability. That brought the curse's power to its peak. Anyone touched by it would basically die.
"So how exactly did Blue Demon survive?"
In the Gorosei's memories, only Rocks's special Armament Haki technique had ever withstood it.
They had once used this one-hit-kill Devil Fruit ability against Rocks as well, sacrificing a Marine Admiral-level combatant and an extraordinary Devil Fruit in the process.
Yet it had failed. His Armament Haki had blocked it. They had thought that, after Rocks, no one else could do it. They never expected Blue Demon to become that possibility today. Even now, the five of them could not believe it.
"That bastard Blue Demon absolutely cannot have survived. There is no way he suddenly possesses a