A Grand Melee

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"Sorry, it looks like this old man has to go on ahead." Gan Fall looked at Li Ziming. "Would you like to come along?"

"With pleasure." Li Ziming grabbed Gan Fall's hand and climbed onto Pierre with him.

"Hey, wait for me!" Nami tried to stop them, but the two headstrong men completely ignored her and flew straight away from the Going Merry.

"I told you to wait! You heartless bastards! There are still two injured people here!" Nami shouted furiously.

"Don't worry, they'll be fine!" Li Ziming's voice drifted back from afar, making Nami stamp her feet in frustration.

"Is your body really alright?" Gan Fall had brought Li Ziming along, but he was still unsure how much fighting strength Li Ziming had left.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Li Ziming had finally realized that martial arts and the Haki that required martial arts to support it might be useful to him, but they were absolutely not something he could focus on right now. No matter how hard he trained, there was no way he could match natives who had survived countless life-or-death battles in such a short time. Although he had Zephyr's notes, notes were still only notes, and Li Ziming's physical condition was also a major weakness. His ideas for improving his strength had been good, but they were long-term plans. What mattered most to him now was developing his Devil Fruit abilities. Of course, that did not mean Li Ziming was going to abandon the power he had already gained. Devil Fruit abilities were not omnipotent, after all, just like now.

"Young man, can you find Wyper using your Mantra?" Gan Fall asked from Pierre's back.

"Sorry, but why should I look for that guy?" Li Ziming frowned. "Besides, the range of my Observation Haki is very small. I might not be able to find him."

"Is that so?" Gan Fall frowned. "That makes sense. Having Mantra on Enel's level is practically impossible. Then, Pierre, I'll leave it to you!"

"Pierre!" Pierre let out a roar, then shot rapidly in one direction.

"This bird can track people too?" Li Ziming asked curiously.

"That's right. Although he is a bird, he ate the Horse-Horse Fruit, so Pierre's sense of smell has also been enhanced. It is not quite as sharp as a dog's, but he can barely manage to track someone." Gan Fall patted Pierre. "Being able to have Pierre is my good fortune."

"Alright, old man, is it really that interesting to flaunt your affection with a bird?" Li Ziming teased. "So, where is Wyper?"

"I don't know. I'm not Pierre." Gan Fall looked at Li Ziming as though he were an idiot.

Li Ziming merely shrugged. He had only wanted to test whether his Observation Haki was still in its original state and see how much it differed. When he had first encountered that being inside his body, Li Ziming had always suspected that kind of Observation Haki might have been the legendary Voice of All Things. But after he had toyed with it, although he had retained his Observation Haki, its strength was nowhere near what it had been.

After several hours of flight, the two arrived at some ruins. The first thing Li Ziming saw was the legendary Berserker Wyper. Zoro was there as well, along with a priest. Chopper lay on the ground, covered in wounds.

"Chopper!" Li Ziming jumped straight off Pierre and used Geppo to reach Chopper's side.

"Ziming! Did your training succeed?" Zoro knew Li Ziming had gone off to train. Now that he had returned, he assumed he had achieved something.

"More or less." Li Ziming himself was not sure whether that counted as succeeding. "That guy, you want him?" Li Ziming looked at the priest with an unfriendly gaze.

"Don't worry. I'll settle the kid's injuries myself!" Zoro's eyes were like those of a wild beast.

"Oh, are the three of you preparing to join forces? Now this is getting interesting." Ohm adjusted his sunglasses. "Let me redeem you all."

"What a joke! I'm the one who's going to take Enel's head!" Wyper raised his rocket launcher.

"It seems communication is impossible." Gan Fall raised his spear.

"Then we should've started fighting sooner." Zoro drew his swords.

At that moment, the Sky Lord suddenly appeared.

"It seems everyone has a lot on their minds and refuses to give ground." Zoro looked at the others, brimming with fighting spirit.

"Hmph. Talk after you survive." Wyper looked disdainfully at the others.

"Do your best, Zoro. If you lose, I'll help collect your corpse." Li Ziming flashed to the side, completely giving the field to the fighters whose battle intent had already surged high. "I'd better check Chopper's injuries first. Those wounds are serious, though his fur did help cushion them."

"Tch, those guys really don't know how to pick a battlefield." Li Ziming carried Chopper far away from the others' battleground. "Is that... Nami?" Li Ziming stared in surprise as an incredibly fast Waver charged toward the group. Besides Nami, there seemed to be a girl aboard it as well.

"That speed..." Li Ziming was helpless. He had wanted to save them, but Nami's Waver was absurdly fast and vanished from sight in an instant.

"Zoro!" Li Ziming could only place his hopes on Zoro, who was still fighting, hoping he would notice. As for stopping them, Li Ziming held no such hope. "Be careful! Nami and a kid are on that Waver!"

"Aisa?" Wyper cried out in shock as well, astonished that Aisa was here.

"Take them out!" At that moment, several goats chose to make themselves particularly unwelcome, shouting as they charged at Nami and Aisa's Waver. Naturally, Wyper and Zoro knocked them out, while Nami also managed to stop the Waver.

"Aisa!" Wyper's rocket launcher was already aimed at Nami. "Why are you here? Blue Sea person, let Aisa go!"

"Hey, are you blind? Nami isn't holding that girl hostage!" Zoro pointed his swords at Wyper.

But Wyper paid no heed and fired a rocket at the Waver. Given the rocket's power, the two people aboard would undoubtedly be blasted to pieces!

"Damn it, you're willing to attack your own people too?" Zoro rushed toward the Waver, trying to save them.

"What are you doing here?" At the critical moment, Gan Fall rode Pierre over and dragged the Waver out of the way.

"Wyper is a devil!" Aisa was so frightened that she burst into tears.

"This isn't the first time he's been ruthless. As a person, I don't particularly like someone like him, but as a warrior, he's exceptionally capable." Li Ziming walked over.

"Blue Sea person, do you want to join the battle too?" Wyper aimed his rocket launcher at Li Ziming.

"Zoro, that priest is yours. Suddenly, I feel like teaching this guy a lesson." Li Ziming looked at Wyper.

"Don't die before I do." Zoro turned back to face the priest, Ohm.

"I won't die before you." Li Ziming replied irritably.

"Hey, be careful! There's a giant snake in this forest! We were chased here by that snake!" Nami shouted a warning.

"A giant snake?" Everyone wore strange expressions as they turned to look at the Sky Lord.

Nami found everyone's gazes rather strange. She turned around, slapped a hand against her palm, and said, "Right, it's this snake!" Then her expression changed. "A snake!!!"

"Get out of the way!" Li Ziming rushed over using Geppo.

But it was clearly too late. The Sky Lord swallowed Nami and Aisa, along with Gan Fall and Pierre, in a single bite.

"Idiot!" Li Ziming rushed toward the Sky Lord's jaw, or perhaps its throat.

Big Explosion! The Sky Lord's jaw was instantly mangled and bloody, but the wound was only superficial and not very deep. At the same time, Wyper fired a rocket at the Sky Lord, but the Sky Lord's hide was too thick, and the damage was completely negligible. Perhaps its only effect was thoroughly enraging the Sky Lord.

At that moment, Ohm took advantage of everyone's distraction and ambushed Zoro and Wyper, who were closest to him.

"You can barely protect yourselves, and you still have time to worry about others?" Ohm looked disdainfully at the two fallen men.

"Zoro." Li Ziming's eyes burned with rage. "You bastard." Li Ziming was about to charge at Ohm when a hand suddenly grabbed him.

"I'm not down yet." Though Zoro was covered in injuries, the hand holding his sword did not tremble in the slightest. "And didn't you say that guy was your opponent?"

"I don't intend to waste much time on you, Blue Sea person." Wyper stood back up as well.

"Honestly, none of you can save anyone. Then let me grant you despair." Ohm snapped his fingers. "Poly, use that move."

Having received the order, Poly began sprinting around them. Before long, every person and creature still standing had been enclosed within something massive, like a cage.

"Welcome to the—White Thorn Death Game."

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