Amid the fierce sword energy of Steel-Cutting Flash, the Armament Haki coating Axe-Hand Morgan had gathered over his chest was torn apart. His body, plummeting straight down from the sky, finally made a "safe" landing.
A spray of blood burst from his wound, mixing with the dust he had kicked up and staining half his body a dark crimson.
"D-Damn it."
Axe-Hand Morgan clutched his wound tightly and staggered to his feet.
His breathing had grown heavy and ragged, and his body trembled faintly from his severe injuries, but the viciousness in his eyes had not faded in the slightest.
"Still got some strength left?"
"Armament Haki really does have incredible defense!"
Zoro murmured in admiration, though his expression was no longer as grave as before.
Axe-Hand Morgan had held no real advantage in a one-against-three fight to begin with. Now that he had suffered such serious injuries, there was no way he could turn things around.
Still, Zoro had to admit it:
Axe-Hand Morgan's gaze was terrifying right now, full of pressure, like a beast driven into a corner that looked ready to sink its teeth into someone at any moment.
However, what Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji did not know was that Axe-Hand Morgan's nearly murderous gaze was not directed at the three enemies before him, but at Kuro hiding behind them.
"Kuro."
Axe-Hand Morgan roared madly in his heart:
"You actually told me there were only some construction workers here?"
"With their skills, could they possibly be bricklayers?"
The more he thought about it, the more wrong it felt. He even began to suspect that Kuro had deliberately tricked him into coming here to die.
Of course, whether Kuro had done it deliberately or not, Axe-Hand Morgan was already trapped in a desperate situation.
Even if those three