Seraphim vs. God's Substitutes!

As for why they were reacting this way, the reason was simple: Z-Wood's display of strength had been absolutely insane!

Putting Momousagi and Fujitora aside, Zoro was staring at Z-Wood with such disbelief that he was practically questioning his own existence.

Earlier, Fujitora had used the Press-Press Fruit to pull down three small meteorites. Zoro had needed to use his strongest techniques just to deal with them, and even then, the result hadn't been perfect.

But that Z-Wood had just split apart a meteorite that Zoro could only cut through with his ultimate technique—and completely pulverized the pieces.

And he'd done it all in little more than ten seconds, with such effortless ease that Zoro could clearly feel the sheer gap between them.

He'd trained in the way of the sword for so many years, fought countless hard battles, and defeated countless powerful enemies—and now he was actually worse than a robot?

After seeing S-Hawk's strength earlier, Zoro had already thought it was outrageous that the Pacifista could be this powerful.

But he'd never imagined that Z-Wood, modeled after Wood, would be even more absurd than S-Hawk!

"This Pacifista modeled after you has perfectly replicated your swordsmanship!"

Of everyone present, no one understood Wood's swordsmanship better than Momousagi. Seeing Z-Wood use the Hundred Demons Sword Style had left her utterly astonished.

Everyone on the sea knew what level of Swordsman Wood was. Even setting aside the possibility that these Pacifista might possess Lineage Factors, just matching Wood's swordsmanship alone meant there were fewer than ten people on the sea who could beat him!

"It's not just swordsmanship. The Lineage Factors used for the 'God's Substitutes' on Dark Island aren't from the Lunarians, like the ones used for the Seraphim. They're made from my blood.

"So all these God's Substitutes have