Strange Attack

Desert Greatsword!

Crocodile raised a hand and slammed it against the ground, causing a heavy wall of sand to rise from the earth.

Gold Wall!

Gild Tesoro activated his Devil Fruit awakening, raising a towering wall of gold in front of everyone.

Shadow Mimic!

Moria followed suit, using shadows to erect another wall.

The outermost sand wall shattered the instant it met the sound waves. Next came the golden wall. The sound waves stopped before the final shadow wall, leaving the wall of shadows battered and crumbling.

It took the combined efforts of three Shichibukai just to barely withstand Saint Maz's casual attack.

"Everyone, listen to me." Robin stepped into the middle of the group and spoke quickly.

"According to our intelligence, Saint Maz has a way to extract souls. Don't get close to him. If there's no other choice, have Moria's 'Shadow Warrior' make contact instead."

"The Five Elders can't be killed. Baccarat and I will look for an opportunity to have everyone deal with that Fleet Admiral first."

"Bartholomew Kuma, if you get the chance, please try using the Paw-Paw Fruit to send Saint Maz flying."

"Let's try following my plan first. I'm counting on all of you."

"Fuffuffuffuffu~ Got it."

The reason they had brought Baccarat along even for a battle of this level was because of her absurdly powerful Lucky-Lucky Fruit.

As long as her own luck had not run out, she possessed the ability to make anything she wished for come true. Even if she stood still and let Saint Maz attack her, he would miss for one reason or another.

However, affecting an enemy of this level consumed an enormous amount of luck. That was why, before this battle, Baccarat had absorbed the luck of five hundred prisoners.

For a long time to come,