Enemies Arrive

Thus, another three months passed. By his reckoning, Luo Sa had now been in this world for half a year.

On the beach, Luo Sa's gaze was fixed tightly on the horizon. His already long black hair was tied behind him with vines, casually draped over his shoulders.

"Half a year already?"

Luo Sa looked at the notches on the log beside him, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Standing up, he walked toward the forest with frequent backward glances—it was time for his hunt again.

"Sigh, at this rate, I'll eat all the animals in the forest!"

As he walked, Luo Sa began to observe the Transformation Energy inside his body, his expression gradually turning bitter.

By his estimate, his Transformation Energy was now between 269 and 270 points.

That meant, over these three months, his Transformation Energy had only risen from 210 to 269—barely over 50 points!

To think that in the previous three months, he had first transformed into a Green Caterpillar and then accumulated 210 energy points, totaling over 400 points!

"It seems the 200-point mark is a threshold. Before and after 200, the rate of increase has more than halved!"

Luo Sa muttered to himself, then shot into the forest in a single bound.

Three months ago, he still needed to rely on stealth to ambush his prey. Now, three months later, he could take down ferocious beasts head-on!

Dragging his freshly caught prey, Luo Sa returned to the beach.

But just then, a sound like a motorcycle engine suddenly roared to life.

Luo Sa's heart leaped with joy, and he quickly turned to look. But the next moment, his expression changed.

A sea motorbike sped across the surface of the water. On it, a giant wolf in a black leather jacket gripped the handlebars, occasionally sticking its head out to sniff the air.

"That's... Jabura of CP9, the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Wolf user!"

Luo Sa grimly spat out the name.

Relying on the Wolf Clan's keen sense of smell, CP9 had finally caught up!

"What must come, comes, doesn't it?"

Luo Sa sighed helplessly in his heart, abandoned his prey, and fled into the forest.

In a direct confrontation, he was no match for Jabura. His only chance to escape lay in using his familiarity with the terrain!

"Finally found you, little mouse!"

Sensing the familiar scent, Jabura stuck out his tongue and licked his dry lips.

In a flash, the sea motorbike reached the shore. Jabura leaped off, and seeing the still-bleeding beast on the beach, his grin grew even more vicious.

"Ready, little mouse?"

Sniffing the air, Jabura's figure vanished in an instant, leaving a few scattered leaves drifting down.

Feeling the loud noise behind him, Luo Sa knew Jabura was closing in. Taking a deep breath, he crouched under a large tree where there was a big hole.

"Transform: Stone Form!"

As he spoke, Luo Sa's body began to petrify, gradually turning into a stone indistinguishable from the surrounding rocks.

This was an ability Luo Sa had developed over these three months. In the Ditto's data, it was said: "Ditto turns into a stone while sleeping to avoid attacks."

So Luo Sa came up with this concealment method. Compared to the Green Caterpillar, this was far more effective.

Moreover, he discovered that after transforming, he truly became stone, greatly enhancing his defense.

At the time, Luo Sa had thought of Doflamingo's subordinate, Pica, the Supa Supa no Mi user.

But he only thought about it—after all, he could only turn into stone, not control it.

After becoming stone, he sank into the hole, leaving only a small part exposed.

Luo Sa almost stopped breathing entirely. When he couldn't hold it any longer, he carefully breathed into the hole he had dug at the base of the tree.

Within minutes of Luo Sa finishing his preparations, Jabura rushed over like lightning.

Then, sniffing the air, he happened to stop right under the tree where Luo Sa was hiding.

"Damn, his scent is too strong here. It's practically everywhere!"

Jabura frowned. Things weren't as simple as he had imagined.

"Since you won't come out, I'll destroy this forest and see where you can run!"

"Rankyaku: Lone Wolf!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under Jabura's Rankyaku, rows of trees began to fall. Even the extremely thick tree beside Luo Sa was cleaved in two by one of his kicks.

Luo Sa was genuinely startled. He wasn't sure his rocky body could survive the Rankyaku unscathed.

After clearing the open space, Jabura sneered and walked up to a large tree. He rubbed his claws together.

Sparks flew, and in an instant, the entire forest was set ablaze.

"Hmph, little mouse, let's see where you can run now!"

With a smug grin, Jabura casually sat down on a rock, waiting for the great fire to burn out before going in to collect the little mouse's corpse.

At that moment, however, Luo Sa's expression turned extremely strange.

This Jabura, of all places, had sat right on the rock he had transformed into!

In that instant, countless thoughts raced through Luo Sa's mind, finally coalescing into a single resolute idea.

Jabura had already chased him to this island and set fire to the forest he was hiding in!

Even if he dodged this time, there was no way he could hold out long on this desolate island!

And although he had turned into a rock, that didn't mean he could go without food and water. When he couldn't bear it anymore, he would either starve to death or have to reveal himself.

So, either way, he was dead. Why not take this rare golden opportunity to fight back?

In his past life, he was a helpless orphan who had teetered on the edge of life and death countless times. Fighting for his life was nothing new to him!

"Let's do this!"

Luo Sa roared in his heart, and the rock beneath Jabura quietly began to change.

A sharp spike slowly formed under Jabura.

"Heh, Thousand Years of Death!"

With a furious shout, Luo Sa's fingers turned into rock spikes and thrust upward with all his might!

The next moment, he felt himself hit something, and a torrent of red liquid gushed out.

Ah!

A roar that tore through the sky rang out as Jabura's body shot high into the air, blood tracing a parabola through the air!