A Blade Itched for Blood, Yearning to Cut Someone Down

Rocks's terrifying surge in presence not only fired Lin Nuo up, but also alarmed the people inside the workshop.

"Hm?!"

A figure with twin horns atop his head and a spiked club in hand, along with an unusually tall and voluptuous woman eating dessert, rushed out of the workshop at the same time.

Kaido immediately sensed the familiar presence emanating from Rocks.

"Conqueror's Haki Infusion?! Who is Rocks using that move on?!"

He had been knocked flat by that move just a few days ago, and his body inexplicably began aching phantomly again.

Linlin also stopped chewing and looked toward the white-haired, black-winged figure opposite Rocks, her eyes filled with curiosity and interest.

"Mamamama! It's Lin Nuo!"

"That brat actually came!"

"They must be sparring. He actually made Rocks use that move!"

Then, under the tense or excited gazes of Kaido, Linlin, and the entire Crew of the Mike—

Rocks moved.

He stepped forward, gripped his blade with both hands, and delivered a simple downward slash at Lin Nuo!

A pitch-black slash wrapped in boiling lightning shot out at light speed!

Everywhere it passed, the air was completely forced away, forming a vacuum corridor!

Facing this strike that carried Rocks's tyrannical will, Lin Nuo felt pressure unlike anything he had ever experienced.

But he did not retreat. Instead, he used everything he had learned.

"Lunarian Flame, activate!"

"Flame of Regeneration, activate!"

"Armament Haki, activate!"

"Iron Body, activate!"

"Lightning Barrier, activate!"

Lin Nuo unleashed every ability he had that could boost his defense.

He tightly gripped the Black Blade: Yoru, which he had tempered day and night until its hardness had long surpassed all reason, and held it horizontally before him.

Lin Nuo assumed his most solid blocking stance, while the blade itself became wrapped in the strongest Armament Haki he