Final Chapter!

A jet-black blade flash swept horizontally across Joy Boy's body. Blood sprayed out, staining the ground red.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi passed by him, gave the long sword in his hand a light shake to fling away the blood on its blade, then slowly turned back to look at Joy Boy, who had already collapsed onto the ground.

Under the cover of Observation Haki, Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed Joy Boy's aura rapidly fading. By the time Yoriichi strolled closer, Joy Boy was already barely clinging to life, his vitality swiftly draining away.

His footsteps paused slightly. Tsugikuni Yoriichi planted his sword in the ground, lowered his head, and carefully observed Joy Boy's condition.

"Joy Boy, the new era no longer has a ship capable of carrying people like you."

Having confirmed that Joy Boy's life force was rapidly dissipating and that the wounds on his body were no longer being stitched back together by those white flames—

Tsugikuni Yoriichi could more or less conclude that he had struck through Joy Boy's weakness. He could no longer restore his injured body as he had moments ago.

Just as Yoriichi had suspected, Joy Boy's weakness was likely his heart—the legendary Drum of Liberation.

Yoriichi did not know whether ordinary people were truly liberated by Joy Boy whenever the Drum of Liberation sounded, but one thing was certain: whenever it rang, Joy Boy's Haki surged dramatically.

Due to the unique nature of his Devil Fruit power, injuries on Joy Boy's body did not severely affect his actual combat ability. Even if Yoriichi's Scarlet Blade continually made him feel the piercing pain of his wounds, his movements would not become noticeably distorted.

That man was like a perpetual-motion machine. So long as his heart continued beating and the smile had not vanished from his face, his very