"Captain, the island ahead should be Gudora Island, as recorded on the treasure map." Nami stood beside Lu Zhuo, looking at the small black shadow appearing on the horizon.
Lu Zhuo rubbed his chin, smiled slightly, and said, "Full speed ahead!"
"Aye!"
As the island grew larger in their view, Lu Zhuo's expression suddenly shifted slightly.
"Robin, it seems something is happening on that island."
Robin nodded, closed her eyes, and immediately activated her ability.
A moment later, she opened her eyes and said, "There is a battle taking place on the island ahead; it appears to be quite one-sided."
"Oh?" Lu Zhuo stared curiously at the approaching island. This was the place recorded on the treasure map, yet someone had arrived ahead of them.
Could it be that Kuma, after giving him the treasure map, had come early to take the Kitetsu?
No, he shouldn't be the type to do that.
"Pull in!"
Lu Zhuo spoke calmly, ready to meet any change with composure. Although he had gained some insights into the Sword Domain, he had not yet officially condensed his own.
The Sword Domain is divided into two levels: the complexity of the Great Dao and the simplicity of the Great Dao.
When one sword strike can manifest into thousands, that is the complexity of the Great Dao. From this point, the Sword Domain is considered minorly successful.
When thousands of sword strikes are unleashed but overlap and condense into a single strike, that is the simplicity of the Great Dao. From this point, the Sword Domain is considered fully mastered.
Currently, Lu Zhuo could only manifest eight swords from one; he was still a long way from turning one into thousands.
Slowly approaching the island, Lu Zhuo took Nami and jumped ashore, while Robin and Conis stayed behind to guard the ship.
As soon as he stepped onto the island, Lu Zhuo frowned.
The entire island looked desolate, yet it seemed to bear traces of human activity.
The next moment, he released his Observation Haki, which barely managed to cover a small portion of the island.
His eyes suddenly lit up, and he laughed, "Interesting."
"What's so interesting?" Nami asked, looking at Lu Zhuo with confusion. Her Observation Haki was far inferior to his, and she hadn't sensed a thing.
Lu Zhuo chuckled and said, "We are about to add more crew members to our ship."
"Huh?!" Nami was startled, then gritted her teeth and said, "Who have you taken a fancy to now? Speak! You heartless flirt!"
"Good grief, I'm being wronged here." Lu Zhuo looked at Nami, torn between laughter and tears. Perhaps because his three crew members were all beautiful women and he treated them as his own, Nami subconsciously assumed he had set his sights on another girl.
"Hmph!" Nami snorted, pinching the flesh on Lu Zhuo's waist as a threat. "Having Robin isn't enough, and now you've added Conis—if you dare to mess around again, I'll never talk to you again!"
"Uh..." Lu Zhuo felt a sudden headache. It seemed he hadn't even made a move on Conis yet, but Nami's words implied that he had already...
Forget it, the more he explained, the worse it would get. It was better to get down to business.
With a bitter smile, Lu Zhuo shut his mouth and led Nami quickly toward the depths of the island.
"Captain, we're done for, we're absolutely done for this time!" A white bear, looking disheveled and battered, spoke in human language, crying out to the thin man in a tall hat beside him.
The thin man was none other than one of the Supernovas who stood alongside Luffy in the original story: Trafalgar Law!
"Damn it, this guy's ability..." A pile of vines suddenly appeared at Law's feet, tightly binding him and the white bear Bepo.
"ROOM, Shambles!"
With a soft shout, Law and Bepo's bodies instantly turned into logs, and the next moment, their figures appeared dozens of meters away.
At that moment, a middle-aged man in strange attire suddenly appeared, looking coldly at Law and the white bear Bepo.
Soru!
Shigan!
His figure vanished instantly, and when he reappeared, he was already beside Law. His finger was instantly covered in a layer of pitch-black Armament Haki, thrusting toward Law.
Law gritted his teeth, his sword slamming up to block the strike.
Clang!
With a sharp ring, a massive force sent Law flying, crashing into Bepo. The man and the bear tumbled for several meters before hitting the ground.
Bepo stuck out his tongue, calling out weakly, "It's over, it's really over!"
"Damn it!" Law struggled to stand up, looking at the two men closing in, and asked gloomily, "Who exactly are you, and what is your purpose here?"
The middle-aged man, Shuzo, sneered and said, "You don't need to know that; just wait quietly for death!"
He raised his leg and unleashed a sweeping kick in Law's direction.
Rankyaku!
A blue arc of energy flew out instantly. Cold sweat broke out on Law's forehead; having been on the run for so long, he had almost exhausted his ability.
Barely managing to use Shambles one more time, the man and the bear shifted a few dozen meters away.
However, the middle-aged man Shuzo instantly utilized Soru, closing the distance of several dozen meters in a flash.
Is this really where it ends? No, I still have to kill that man; I cannot die!
Law struggled, but the ROOM in his hand refused to expand no matter how hard he tried.
Bepo let out a miserable cry and shoved Law away with all his might.
The next moment, just as Shuzo's pitch-black finger was about to touch Bepo, it was severed in total silence!
This scene left both Law and Bepo with their eyes wide open.
Law had been completely unable to cut that bizarre black finger!
Yet now, it had been severed for no apparent reason!
Shuzo's expression shifted violently as he tried to turn his head. However, in the next instant, still without a sound, his head instantly fell from his neck, and blood sprayed out!
Having just arrived to witness this scene, Biz wore a look of utter horror.
"Hey, hey, what is this situation? Did you get hit by that brat's ability? That's not right, that brat's ability can only cut people apart, it can't kill them!"
The next moment, a figure slowly walked out from the distant jungle.
A sharp sword intent instantly spread out, pressing down heavily on Biz, making his chest feel suddenly stifled as if his body were being scraped by countless blades.
"Uh oh, this is bad, another powerful guy has shown up!" Biz shook his hands, barely resisting Lu Zhuo's sword intent, and began to perform a strange dance.
"Flourish, flourish!"
The next moment, an extremely thick vine suddenly sprouted beneath Lu Zhuo's feet, wrapping toward him.
Lu Zhuo continued to walk forward with indifference, his right hand seemingly twitching on the hilt of his sword.
Snap, snap!
In an instant, the thick vine was swept by eight chaotic sword beams and shattered into fragments.
Lu Zhuo continued his steady, slow pace, walking forward one step at a time.