Three Lives of Afflictions, Joining Forces to Defeat the Enemy

"Tsk, what kind of swordsman are you?"

Faced with Zoro's questioning, Ohm, the tattooed, sunglasses-wearing priest wielding a huge white sword, pushed up his sunglasses with his middle finger.

"Swordsman of the Blue Sea, my 'Iron Cloud' is not only as light as a cloud and as hard as iron, but it can also extend and retract freely and change shape..."

"So, the so-called swordsmen of your Sky Island are just a circus troupe?"

Zoro, who just crashed into the 'Iron Wall' formed by the opponent's Cloud Blade during the fierce battle, couldn't help but complain!

Can't you so-called swordsmen just have a proper, passionate sword fight with me? You have to play with these weird and wonderful abilities, turning a longsword into a shield, whip, fork, spear... You just don't know how to use a sword properly, huh?!

Swish, swish, swish.

"Lord Ohm, we're here to help you!"

More than a dozen 'divine soldiers' leaped down, and at the same time, four Shandia warriors rushed over.

"Are we the only ones left, Wipper?"

Leading the group was Wipper, the Shandia warrior whose shoulder wound had healed, followed by the last three warriors.

"Looks like the others haven't caught up yet, but it doesn't matter!"

They had already reached the foot of the giant vines; all they had to do was climb this skyscraper-like canopy. Above them lay the shrine of 'God'! This time, this time!

"The target is right in front of us, take Enel's head!"

"Light the Shandora's Light!"

"Dream!"

The priest Ohm, with a tattoo on half his arm, pushed up his sunglasses with his middle finger. —In his Mantra, the voices of the other three priests had disappeared, signifying their defeat.

Rumble~~~

Amidst a spray of earth and stones, the colossal serpent 'Lord of the Sky' charged wildly into the battlefield! But its appearance... it seemed to be inexplicably in pain?

"What a disgrace, a bunch of guys whose cultivation is insufficient."

Faced with the hordes of enemies that had broken through to his front, Priest Ohm waved his hand fiercely.

"Holiness, use that move!"

The so-called 'holiness' was a giant dog he kept.

As the priest Ohm gave the order, the giant suddenly ran around the battlefield, and circles of white thorny Iron Cloud rose up with its footsteps, forming a huge inverted iron cage that trapped everyone—including the giant serpent 'Lord of the Sky'.

Well, if Roman were here, he would definitely complain that this is a cheap, Birdcage that can't shrink.

"Hahaha, this is Lord Ohm's 'Iron Trial'."

"The White Thorn Death Game!"

"None of you will escape—"

Puff!

With a flash of light, Zoro sliced down the dedicated commentator with a single strike, then nonchalantly stretched his neck.

"Anyway, I'm not planning to run away."

"Damn it, this is Bai Jing—"

Before the other soldier who was supposed to be giving the commentary could finish shouting, a large hand covered the back of his head and then slammed him against the iron cage behind him.

Pfft,

"Hmm, once it's touched... things will get complicated."

Wipper nodded calmly, the fallen warrior covered in blood behind him serving as a role model.

???

"There are seventeen people and two animals left..."

Kill!!

In an instant, all the creatures in the iron cage pounced on the nearest enemy.

Zoro's target is none other than the master of this place—the priest Ohm who presides over the Iron Trial! Regardless of what the iron cages around here are, taking down the active enemies first is definitely the right thing to do.

"Two-Sword Style: Eagle Wave!"

"Iron Wall!"

The cloud blade in his hand instantly transformed into a wall to block Zoro's wave-like shockwave. Priest Ohm swung the cloud blade in his hand, and in an instant, it transformed from the wall into a long whip.

"Iron Whip!"

Brush--

The weapon, sharp as a knife and flexible as a whip, sliced across the battlefield in an instant, leaving a long crack in the earth! Zoro had already dodged it.

"Blue Ocean Man, your attack strategy is too one-dimensional."

"Your sword's radius is only two meters around you, while my cloud blade is tens of meters long, and can transform into a sturdy shield when retreating! It can both attack and defend, so take it..."

"The eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind are the six senses of a person,"

"Add to that good, evil, and neutrality! Each of these has its own purity and defilement, which makes up the Thirty-six Afflictions of the First Life..."

???

Why are you reciting poetry when we're just having a fight?

Priest Ohm was speechless. Doesn't this make us look uncultured?

"My sword is already aimed at your heart, pray to God—"

"Thirty-six Afflictions of the First Life, seventy-two afflictions in the second life, and so on..."

"Go to hell!!!"

The enraged priest Ohm suddenly swung his cloud blade, which, like waves, cleaved through gold and stone, and struck Zoro, who was assuming the Three-Sword Style stance!

"One Hundred and Eight Afflictions Wind!!"

Zoro spun around rapidly, his swords spinning in unison, the sword energy from his three swords transforming into a Big Saber wheel that slashed down on his opponent, capable of annihilating and cutting through everything!

With a single strike, the swirling blade grew ever more ferocious and rapid, unleashing a deafening hurricane! In an instant, it shredded the cloud blade, said to be as hard as steel, that Priest Ohm had unleashed! Then, without pause, it surged forward like Arlong, devouring everything in its path.

"How could this be—"

The attack came too fast, and the range of the blade wind was too wide!

Priest Ohm only had time to let out an incredulous cry before he was thrown into a storm of blades like a rag doll, blood splattering everywhere, and he was sent spinning backward!

Flying Slash, one strike to kill.

"Paper Dance - Maple Forest!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Sheets of white paper danced and spun, like high-speed cutting wheels slicing through the sky! Let alone mere flesh and blood, even a steel robot would be scrapped into a pile of scrap metal. But:

"You think you can challenge me with such meager skills?"

Enel calmly watched the battle-ready boy before him, letting the paper spin and cut through his body.

"Then give it a try!"

Roman, wielding a single sword, suddenly charged toward Enel, who stood motionless. At the same time, white papers fluttering in the battlefield formed chains that reached out to grab the feet of the motionless white figure.

"Childish."

He struck the jade drum on his right shoulder with the Golden Rod, and a giant bird-shaped Thunder Beast suddenly pounced out.

"30 Million Volt Thunder Bird".

Facing the giant thunderbird rushing towards him, Roman neither dodged nor avoided it, but instead raised his arms in front of him to meet it head-on!

Crackle!

In an instant, Roman's entire body was crackling with azure Lightning Flash, with Inazuma constantly exploding and shooting out. His skin peeled up with a hissing sound from the meandering current, as if it would crack and shatter at any moment, turning into ashes.

Upturned?!

"Oh, using the insulating properties of paper?"

Enel raised his eyelids, completely unconcerned. Under his Mantra that covered the entire Sky Island, he already knew about Roman's Devil Fruit ability.

"Unfortunately, the fact that paper cannot withstand high temperatures means you have no chance of winning against me."

"Electric Light!"

Even though Roman's charge speed was so fast that ordinary people couldn't react to it with the naked eye, Enel was still able to calmly unleash lightning from his fingertips, then convert the lightning into light and heat. And this:

Puff puff puff,

The paper on Roman's body quickly turned black, carbonized, and then turned into ashes!

Even the 'Vivre Card' cannot last long under such high temperatures, but as long as you get close to the opponent, you will at least have a chance to fight.

"Cut!"

Roman's single-edged sword fell like lightning, but against Enel, the true incarnation of 'Lightning,' this speed was still insufficient. With just a thought, he could instantly—

?

Clang!

The paper knife and the Golden Rod collided violently. Enel glanced at them and immediately understood.

"A clever little trick."

"Bury the metal into the paper, then link them together and send them deep into the earth."

The two weapons were firmly pressed together. Roman was giving it his all, while Enel still had the energy to speak.

"In other words, if I want to 'Elementalization' and teleport away, I will inevitably be instantly guided into the ground by these 'wires'."

"It's just a clever trick. Even so, it's nothing more than stretching for me."

Enel's "kind" explanation was merely an attempt to undermine Roman's will. Roman knew this, and Enel knew it too. But what he didn't know was:

"I'm not fighting alone."

Whoosh!

Just as the two were wielding their swords and clubs, a sandstorm suddenly swept into the battlefield from the side! Unfortunately for Nami, she wasn't Crocodile. This sandstorm might be able to deal with ordinary people, but for Enel, it wasn't even worth dodging—

!??

In an instant, the yellow sand fell on Enel's bare upper body, causing his expression to change drastically!

Chance,

Roman twirled the paper knife in his hand, aiming for Enel's chest! Just as the blade touched his skin, a sudden flash of light illuminated everything! Only a blinding white light remained.

Thump—thump,

Roman, his body charred black, was sent flying backward, while in the center of the battlefield, a figure radiating lightning stood proudly!

His entire body was emitting lightning, with countless lightning snakes darting and crawling wildly, instantly spreading in all directions and densely intertwining to form a lightning barrier. The 'grounding wire' that Roman had set up on the ground melted and broke instantly in the high temperature!

(Simplified version - Thor)

Just as Enel himself said, it was unrealistic to think that the earth alone could divert his power.

"Ahem, hahaha~~~"

However, Roman, who had been thrown back, got up, and pieces of charred paper peeled off, only to be regenerated and wrapped around his body.

"This,"

He brandished the Golden Rod in his hand.

"I'll accept it."

As the iron Iron Barrel on the paper in his palm opened its mouth wide, Enel's weapon said goodbye to him.

"You just now,"

The 'god,' his face falling, wasn't concerned about a mere stick, but rather about his earlier weakness...

Just as I suspected, you can only 'hear' my thoughts, not other people's.

Why?

Of course, it was because Roman was the only one on the island who knew Enel's true strength, so he was the one who was most 'afraid' of him. After much anxious and repeated internal deliberation, Enel was finally able to clearly 'hear' his thoughts.

And the others—who is Enel? I don't know him... like:

Nami behind me!

"I see. So you entrusted the most important part of the plan to the girl behind you."

Enel instantly understood the key point: it was in that gust of yellow sand that had just flown in—

"Seastone particles".

Roman sighed.

"Unfortunately, I can only suppress your strength for a moment, otherwise..."

"A boring trick,"

Enel wiped his chest, a splash of crimson making his expression serious.

"Looks like I need to get serious."

PS: This is tomorrow's update!! — That means there will only be one update tomorrow.

I thought I'd hinted at it clearly enough. Enel can only occasionally hear other people's thoughts during battle (in the original work), but it was because Roman had been intensely and repeatedly pondering questions about Enel for a long time that Enel was able to read Roman's thoughts. — It's like the difference between a whisper and a loudspeaker broadcast.

Nami had no idea what Roman had instructed her to throw into the sand, so Enel was hit instantly. (Her superpowers can affect seawater and Seastone, similar to Golden Lion's control over seawater. Nami activates her power through the book; she is not immune to Seastone.)

And then, for those who have read this far and still say I'm torturing the protagonist, I'm speechless. In the original Luffy climbed a vine three times... Never mind, let's not talk about the original work.

Okay, here's a list of some One Piece novels from the Supernovas as mine, with plenty of stories where the protagonist single-handedly defeats the Shichibukai without a single haircut in 200,000 words. Absolutely no suffering for the main character, and incredibly satisfying... I don't read them myself, but those who are interested can check them out.

With Roman's current strength of less than 100 million, I can't imagine how he could easily defeat Enel has a bounty of 500 million. Should I just stab him through the chest in this chapter? — It's already 300,000 words and people are still criticizing my writing style; that's really pointless.

Finally, it will be available for purchase the day after tomorrow. —Because each chapter starts at 3,000 words, unlike other authors who rarely exceed 2,000 words. Also, because I followed the normal process to get listed on Sanjiang (without skipping any recommendations), it's been delayed until now.

Any other author would have been cursing by now—it's over 100,000 words' worth of money! Even if it's possible to revert to a paid version, who among those following the story would pay to read the previous content, right? —But for me, the glory of Sanjiang (my first flop) is much better than money.

If you think it's well-written, you can support it when it's published. If you think it's just trash, please be kind and let's part ways amicably.

I'd consider myself a pretty laid-back author~~~ I'm too lazy to set up a group, and I just casually shout out votes; there's no need to make it seem like we're enemies cursing each other, right~~