Another Devil Fruit Acquired

Luffy abruptly stopped his attack, while Charlotte Hachée had already unleashed her sword.

"Brush!"

The attack barely grazed Luffy's hands, and Luffy narrowly dodged it.

"Call..."

Luffy breathed a sigh of relief, then stared intently at Charlotte Hachée.

It wasn't just Luffy; Roronoa Zoro, Sanji, Law—every single one of them—looked at Charlotte Hachée differently. They had all changed their attitude towards her.

Charlotte Hachée was just like the other grunts.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a powerful swordsman.

Roronoa Zoro and Law, being swordsmen, naturally recognized at a glance that their opponent possessed the strength of Swordmaster.

"Gurgle..."

The two swallowed hard.

They truly live up to their reputation as Four Emperors' pirate crews!

Anyone who came out was Swordmaster. Then, they looked at Charlotte Mont-d'Or, Charlotte Poire... Charlotte Nozet and the others.

If this guy in front of me possesses the strength of Swordmaster, then what about these people?

If they all possessed such strength, a bloody battle would likely ensue today. Roronoa Zoro glanced behind him; he wasn't afraid of a bloody fight.

But... Nami, Usopp, Chopper probably won't even have a chance for a bloody battle!

He couldn't help but turn to Sanji and Franky: "Protect Nami, Usopp, and Chopper."

Sanji and Franky were taken aback at first, then nodded solemnly, indicating that they understood. At this moment, Sanji didn't even argue with Roronoa Zoro.

Because he also understood that the current situation was extremely unfavorable to them.

The Wano Country.

"Swish swish..."

At this moment, Kurozumi Orochi had already transformed into its Yamata no Orochi Form, with its eight heads attacking Yamato from various angles at different speeds. Caught off guard, Yamato was temporarily put on the defensive.

She swung her iron rod repeatedly, deflecting the Kurozumi Orochi's attacks time and time again.

However, the difference in strength between the two was simply too great. After Yamato recovered, he Yamato his eyes and aimed for a headshot.

He swung the iron bar in his hand once more.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Yamato struck the Kurozumi Orochi's head with an incredibly fast iron rod crackling with Inazuma, striking it with all his might. This time, Yamato was giving it his all.

"Bang!"

Kurozumi Orochi's head was smashed off on the spot, and it drooped down completely.

"Ah!"

The Kurozumi Orochi cried out in pain, then a ferocious look appeared on its face, and the remaining seven heads rushed towards Yamato at an even faster speed.

Because he understood that this was a life-or-death battle. It was either him or the guy in front of him who would die. There was no other possibility!

Since that's the case, we have no choice but to fight to the death.

At that moment, Yamato pushed off with both legs, retreating seven or eight meters before taking a deep breath.

Upon seeing this, Kurozumi Orochi's expression changed slightly, and he thought to himself, "This is bad!"

But it was too late; Yamato swung his iron bar once more.

"Horse Phantom Blade!"

Yamato used an iron rod wrapped in cold air to attack his opponent, Kurozumi Orochi, facing the incoming special rod energy, instinctively used his five heads to protect the central one.

"Click click..."

The five heads that blocked Yamato's attack were instantly frozen.

How could Yamato let such an opportunity slip by?

With a powerful thrust of his legs, he shot forward like a cannonball. "Divine Footwork - White Serpent Drive!"

Almost instantly, she rushed in front of the Kurozumi Orochi, swinging her iron rod rapidly and smashing it hard against the five Ice Seal heads blocking the middle one.

All five heads were destroyed.

Kurozumi Orochi was shocked. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the only remaining head in the middle retaliated and rammed into Yamato.

Yamato blocked the attack easily by moving his iron rod forward.

He then kicked out, striking the Kurozumi Orochi squarely in the abdomen.

"Collapse..."

The Kurozumi Orochi was kicked away, and under the immense force, it felt a sharp pain in its abdomen before spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Rumble..."

It then slammed hard against the wall of the room, smashing a large hole in it.

Yamato and gave chase.

Unexpectedly, Moke was already standing in front of Kurozumi Orochi.

"It's you..."

The Kurozumi Orochi struggled to its feet; it had been seriously injured by that attack.

The moment Moke saw Kurozumi Orochi, he finally understood who was targeting him. He had been wondering where this woman got the audacity to lay a hand on him.

Keep in mind that he is not only the Admiral of Wano Country, but also Kaido's ally. To attack him is tantamount to attacking Kaido!

"Call..."

Kurozumi Orochi took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. Then he stared intently at Moke: "So you've also set your sights on Wano Country?"

Moke made no attempt to hide his feelings and nodded. "That's right!"

Kurozumi Orochi was delighted upon hearing this. "I can cooperate with you."

He assumed that Moke, like Kaido, had his eye on Wano Country because, despite being a closed- Wano Country, it possessed some technologies that were unavailable overseas.

For example, the Seastone found all over the world originated in this country.

The forging technique is unique to the artisans of Wano Country, allowing them to process items down to the size of nails. They can also control the purity of the Seastone Handcuffs, so that even if a Devil Fruit user wears them, they cannot use their powers but still have the strength to do manual labor.

Even the Poneglyphs were made by the Kozuki Family of Wano Country.

"Fool... If I kill you, everything in Wano Country will be mine. What kind of alliance would I have with you?!"

Moke stopped wasting words with him, and amidst the terrified and desperate look in Kurozumi Orochi's eyes, he transformed his hand into a blade and severed his last head.

Then, Moke immediately placed his hand on the head of the Kurozumi Orochi.

The Paramecia Absorb-Absorb Fruit ability is activated, and at the same time, the other hand takes out the fruit that was prepared beforehand. The moment the demon was extracted from Kurozumi Orochi's body, it is pressed into the fruit.

The Snake-Snake Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Yamata no Orochi Form, was immediately created.

Tsk tsk!

Moke couldn't help but laugh; another decent Devil Fruit. Now he had several good Devil Fruit in his possession.

Yamato was also shocked by what she saw. Having been Beast Pirates, she was quite worldly-wise. This was the first time she had ever seen someone kill a Devil Fruit user and immediately obtain their Devil Fruit power.

This completely overturned my understanding of Devil Fruit over the past twenty years.

He muttered to himself, "They can do that???"

Seeing Moke's Yamato, Mok couldn't help but laugh, "You're overthinking it. Others can't do that. It's just that my ability is a bit special; it can temporarily extract demons from the user's body, but that's enough..."

At this point, he looked at the Devil Fruit in his hand, extremely satisfied.

Yamato nodded.

That was enough, even if only for a moment, it was enough for Moke to press the demon into the fruit.