Aramaki raised his hand.
The next second.
Boom—!
The entire forest came alive at once.
Thick vines tore through the ground, dozens of massive trees burst out from both sides in a crisscrossing assault, while even more fine roots spread wildly along the ground.
Every attack was focused on one person.
Sabo.
"They're coming!"
Sabo curled three fingers, and Armament Haki instantly covered his arm.
The vines were already upon him.
Whoosh!
His figure vanished.
Boom!
More than a dozen vines struck empty air at once, smashing a huge crater into the ground.
Sabo reappeared twenty meters away.
But the moment his feet touched down, the soil beneath him suddenly overturned.
A mass of roots burst from the ground and instantly coiled around his ankles.
"Drain!"
Tiny holes split open across the roots' surface. Once they truly ensnared someone, they would rapidly siphon away the target's moisture and life force.
Sabo did not take the attack head-on.
Whoosh!
He teleported again.
His figure flickered repeatedly through the forest.
But this time, he was clearly not as relaxed as before.
Since infiltrating Mary Geoise, he had made an unknown number of spatial transfers.
Destroying the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon, relocating the slaves, fighting Shamrock head-on, then covering everyone's retreat all the way here.
The Teleportation Fruit already consumed no small amount of stamina, not to mention the several untreated sword wounds on his body.
When he landed again.
Sabo's vision went slightly dark, and his feet visibly stumbled for an instant.
That single instant.
Boom!
A massive tree several meters thick swept in from the side.
Sabo crossed his arms.
Bang—!
A tremendous force erupted.
He was blasted straight backward, crashing through two enormous trees in succession before slamming heavily into the rock wall behind him.
"Sabo—!"
A commotion instantly