For over a decade, Kurozumi Semimaru sat silently beside Kurozumi Orochi, making the will to "protect Kurozumi Orochi" his very foundation, a resolve that even Sig's previous attempts to mislead him could not sway...
It wasn't because Kurozumi Orochi had any personal charisma, but because after the Kurozumi clan's incident, the surviving descendants were hated by the entire Wano Country, suffering humiliation and even being slaughtered everywhere. So after Kurozumi Semimaru orchestrated Kurozumi Orochi's "ascension to the throne," every member of the Kurozumi family possessed an inherent "loyalty" attribute, vowing to protect everything the Kurozumi clan now.
Kurozumi Semimaru successfully breached the barrier, and Fukurokuju led his ninja forces to surround them. It seemed the situation was completely tilting in Kurozumi Orochi's favor, but...
Sig wasn't flustered at all!
Everything was under control— Sig hadn't consulted anyone beforehand, only worried that their "acting" would be unnatural. Now, Kurozumi Orochi also felt that holding up the barrier meant victory, unaware that this was exactly what Sig wanted!
On the Red Force, Sig spent every day with Shanks and the others, especially the Devil Fruit ability... Sig knew exactly how many hairs were on their bodies.
Sig had long since mastered Shanks' Fly-Fly Fruit to the point of "no fruit required".
Furthermore, while on Mayo Island, I observed the Door-Door Fruit. Although the time was short, as both are space-type abilities, the information from the Door-Door Fruit complemented that of the Fly-Fly Fruit.
While Sig can no longer teleport or "Door Opening," he can now pass through walls!
This ability might sound useless, but... it's perfect for dealing with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit.
Sig threw a punch, and his fist pierced right through the barrier!
Kurozumi Semimaru sensed something was wrong and tried to immediately close the "door" and "push" away the intruding fist, but it was too late...
This punch wasn't meant to land on the face of the Kurozumi Orochi, but rather, after passing through the barrier, it spread out from the wrist into bats.
Ding-dong--
The explosive bracelet on her wrist also fell into the barrier.
Without a second thought, Sig turned around and swung his arm, creating a dense "shadow" that surged forth from his own shadow!
The next moment...
Boom--
A terrifying explosion resounded throughout the entire Flower Capital, and the small building that the Kurozumi Orochi had kept in the entertainment area was instantly engulfed by the shockwave and razed to the ground!
"General... cough cough cough..." Fukurokuju hurriedly looked in the direction of Kurozumi Orochi.
The small building was gone, and the dust had settled. Under the moonlight, a gigantic shadow giant bent down to protect Yamato, Kyoshiro, and Kawamatsu, while the surrounding ninjas were also badly injured by the explosion.
This is because what swept across this area was not the explosion itself, but merely the "aftershocks"...
Because the actual explosive impact is completely confined within the barrier—when the barrier is opened, the attack inside cannot be transmitted out.
This power... if it had exploded directly outside, most of these ninjas would probably have been killed or wounded, not just "in a sorry state".
Sig suspects that the bracelet Kaido gave him was specially made, even stronger than Yamato's bracelet!
Of course, the reason why the aftershocks of the explosion spilled out later was not because the power actually exceeded the ability of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, but because... Kurozumi Semimaru died.
If his first reaction was to create another barrier for himself, he might survive. Sig, Sieg will have to put in some effort later—the barrier of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit must be a single piece, but it's possible to extend another barrier inwards from the outer barrier.
However, because his belief in protecting Kurozumi Orochi was too strong, his first reaction was to add another layer of protection for Kurozumi Orochi, so he himself was directly killed by the explosion, and even his body disappeared.
And...
Orochi was killed again by the aftermath of the death of Seramaru, which caused the barrier to fail.
If Kurozumi Semimaru had thought things through calmly, he should have saved himself, since Kurozumi Orochi was going to lose his life anyway!
Fukurokuju then discovered that, in addition to the enormous shadow giant, there was another figure that, although much smaller, was still considered "enormous"—a strange "dragon" with eight heads!
The dragon's head has horns and looks very ferocious, but there are no dragon claws or anything like that. At first glance, you might think there are several dragons, but upon closer inspection, it is a Monster with many heads.
The head in the very center clearly resembles the facial features of the Kurozumi Orochi, and is a deep green color. The other heads, including the body, are all green and look like ordinary dragon heads.
One of the heads was cut in half, and another was blown to bits...
It was during the appearance of Kurozumi Orochi that the Eight-Headed Serpent manifested its beast form!
After all, there was no Kurozumi Semimaru and no barrier left. Kurozumi Orochi understood that if he did nothing, his remaining six lives would only be waiting to be harvested.
"Protect the general!" Fukurokuju shouted immediately upon seeing that the giant snake was still alive.
The ninjas rallied their spirits, eager to step forward and "protect" him, but... just then, the Shadow Giant pulled out a super shadow mace, tens of meters long and with a diameter of over ten meters at the top, from the shadows.
Thunder, Roar, Eight Trigrams!
Oars the Oz unleashed a gigantic version of Thunder Bagua, unleashing a massive fan-shaped impact that blasted towards the surrounding ninjas, instantly wiping them out amidst screams and cries of pain...
At the same time, not only Sig, but also Kyoshiro, Yamato, Kawamatsu, without even being told what to do, immediately charged towards Kurozumi Orochi!
Kurozumi Orochi's physical skills were negligible; they were only facing the "Eight-Headed Serpent's" physical attributes.
Kappa Flow - Destroy the Nanmu River!
Oden's Two-Sword Style: Togen Totsuka!
Kawamatsu's sword energy, like a raging torrent, severed one of the monster's heads. Kyoshiro, inheriting Oden's Two-Sword Style, wielded his twin blades, cleaving the other head into three pieces with a flurry of swordplay...
Night Demon Swoop!
Devil's Blood Whip!
Countless shadow bats devoured one of the monster's heads, reducing it to bone. Meanwhile, Sig's right hand had somehow grown back, and he wielded Devil's Blood Whip imbued with Blood Power with both hands, strangling the two monster heads one by one.
Seeing that all seven "extra" monstrous heads were dead, Kurozumi Orochi was terrified. The only human-like head in the middle cried out, tears streaming down its face, "Wait, wait! Whatever you want, I'll give you! Money? Women? Or do you want Wano Country? I..."
"Your oppression of Wano Country has ended! The dawn of Wano Country is now! Sooner or later... Thunder Bagua!"
Yamato restrained himself, refraining from publicly declaring that he would drive Kaido away sooner or later. Instead, he leaped up and delivered a powerful blow, smashing Kurozumi Orochi's last head—which was also his own—off with a single blow!