After cutting down three opponents and driving back another, Oak set his sights on his next target.
A boar-like monster, Fengxi, dug his four hooves into the ground. Four sharp tusks jutted from his mouth, and spots covered his body.
One of the Five Elders, Saint Topman Warcury, turned those sharp tusks into blades and charged at Oak.
Clang!
Oak met him with a sword strike and frowned.
Saint Topman Warcury had the strongest defense among the Five Elders. In his boar form, his toughness could even rival Kaido's Azure Dragon Form, and he could reflect force back at his attacker. The impact jolted Oak's sword hand, but it was no real problem. Oak reversed his grip and slashed upward, unleashing his full strength.
Rumble!
He sent his opponent straight into the sky.
Screech!
A cry rang out overhead. A massive, fiery-red bird dodged Saint Topman Warcury's airborne boar form and spat a blast of scorching flames at Oak below.
The huge bird had a bird's head, wings, and talons, but a serpent's body. The flames it spat were not red, but black. Together with its cries, they evoked an instinctive terror.
Nearby, Katakuri, Marco, King, Tesoro, and the others all shuddered involuntarily.
An attack that targeted the soul?
Oak stared at the black flames before him in surprise.
The Five Elders really had all sorts of bizarre abilities. Now even powers that attacked the soul had appeared.
Both the strange bird's cries and its flames targeted the soul. Its cries could affect a person's soul directly through sound, while its black flames inflicted a burning sensation on the soul itself.
Oak spread an invisible barrier of Conqueror's Haki, shutting everything out. Whatever tricks they used, unless their Conqueror's Haki was on his level, they could forget about breaking through