Fire and Ice Magic Scrolls

With Yamato and Fire Fist Ace acting as a dominant force of suppression, the Vice Warden, Headliners, numerous guards, and rabble of the Udon Seastone Mine were all defeated and locked up.

A large number of prisoner-samurai and civilian slaves were released.

Karamatsu and Hyo of the Flower learned from them that Beast Kaido had already set sail on a distant expedition and was not currently in Wano Country.

Meanwhile, Luo Ji and Fire Fist Ace still needed to deal with Kurozumi Orochi.

This allowed the samurai to see hope for the restoration of their country.

Luo Ji found a moment of respite to release the Portrait Puppet of Kozuki Sukiyaki.

Following the appearance of Kozuki Sukiyaki, the samurai shouted with tears streaming down their faces, loudly calling for the restoration of their country.

Little did they know that this would lead them toward an even more tragic future.

Luo Ji was simply calculating against them, using their counterattack and bid for restoration to throw Wano Country into chaos.

On one hand, this forced the Beasts Pirates to divide their attention and energy, ensuring the safe development of Luo Ji and Yamato out on the open seas.

On the other hand, he intended to use Beast Kaido to dismantle this disgusting samurai-run nation.

Nor could Luo Ji be blamed for being ruthless; he simply could not stand this country.

Let them torture each other alongside Beast Kaido!

Yet they certainly could not defeat the Beasts Pirates.

It remained to be seen which fellow Beast Kaido would prop up to rule Wano Country once Kurozumi Orochi fell.

After all, the Beasts Pirates still required the Udon Seastone Mine and the various weapons factories of Wano Country.

They could not possibly abandon this treasured land.

They would inevitably have to install a puppet to suppress the citizens of Wano Country, forcing them to continue working for Beast Kaido.

Just as Kozuki Sukiyaki and the Five Yakuza Bosses were reorganizing the samurai and prisoners throughout the seastone mine...

Babanuki, the Mine Warden, finally returned to the location with half of their combat strength.

Yet what greeted him were an excited Fire Fist Ace and Yamato.

Those few Headliners were quickly defeated, with some dying and others beaten.

After collecting the majority of the seastone, Luo Ji decisively headed for the Flower Capital.

Under the orders of Kozuki Sukiyaki, Karamatsu and the Five Yakuza Bosses also led an imposing army of thousands of samurai-prisoners and marched toward the Flower Capital.

Through the Sukiyaki puppet, Luo Ji additionally instructed Karamatsu to find Onimaru in Ringo, ensuring the restoration army would not lack weapons.

Moreover, Luo Ji had also set his sights on Onimaru, the komakitsune possessing the Mythical Zoan Onyudo ability.

Tama's Millet-Millet Fruit ability should be able to tame this komakitsune.

After all, Komachiyo the komainu had been tamed by Tama, gradually and completely becoming a pet and companion.

By that time, while Tama could tame Onimaru, Luo Ji could also use Onimaru's blood to paint even more powerful Mythical Zoan Onyudo monsters.

News of the Udon Seastone Mine riot and the reappearance of Kozuki Sukiyaki spread rapidly to the Flower Capital, the various districts, and Onigashima.

Upon returning to Onigashima, the two Vice Wardens heard that the so-called Luo Ji had already invaded the seastone mine, instantly making their scalps tingle.

Their Young Master Yamato seemed to have truly defected.

This matter was no longer something they could handle.

Terrified, they transmitted the latest intelligence back to the grand expedition fleet.

By this time, the Beasts Pirates were already at the border of their territory, fully confronting the Red Hair Pirates.

The All-Stars had cruelly massacred several rebellious islands that had changed their flags.

An enraged Red-Haired Shanks engaged in a fierce battle with Beast Kaido.

Once this battle started, it became endless.

It was estimated that it would not stop for at least eight to ten days.

The Beasts All-Stars and the Red Hair Executives had also clashed, while the Tobi Roppo and the Red Hair officers went at it as well.

Now, having received Onigashima's cry for help, those Headliner officers had no opportunity to report the news to their battling bosses.

They could only worry anxiously!

Meanwhile, Kurozumi Orochi in the Flower Capital was frightened to the point of scalp-tingling terror when he heard that Kozuki Sukiyaki was leading an army to attack him.

He hastily requested reinforcements from Beast Kaido as well.

However, Beast Kaido, who was currently locked in battle with Red-Haired Shanks, could not receive these messages at all.

As Kozuki Sukiyaki raised the banner, the samurai in various districts who remained fiercely loyal to the Kozuki Family responded one after another.

Even Ashura Doji, who had been acting as a bandit at Atamayama in Kuri, led his subordinates and poured into the Flower Capital.

This restoration counterattack was faster and more violent than imagined.

It seemed Wano Country had been squeezed and exploited by Beast Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi for too long, pushing their springs to the absolute limit.

It only took a tiny spark and a slight external force to detonate them completely.

Denjiro and Kozuki Hiyori, lurking in the Flower Capital, were extremely happy about this imposing uprising, and thrilled that Kozuki Sukiyaki was still alive.

Yet, deep down, they faintly sensed an endless crisis.

Even if Kurozumi Orochi were wiped out, who would deal with Beast Kaido?

Once the Beasts Pirates returned to Wano Country, they would still be subjected to Beast Kaido's suppression.

This uprising was so hasty that Denjiro did not even have time to notify Nekomamushi and Inuarashi.

Nor had they seen the return of Momonosuke and Kin'emon.

This left Denjiro and Kozuki Hiyori deeply uneasy.

The timing for this was not yet ripe!

Yet now that the grand momentum had risen, they could only play it by ear.

Kozuki Hiyori also had to ready herself at any moment to let the Oiran Komurasaki identity perish and execute the plan to restore her status as princess.

While Kurozumi Orochi and the remaining Onigashima Headliners in the Flower Capital fell into utter panic...

Luo Ji was leisurely leading Yamato and Fire Fist Ace as they slowly marched toward the Flower Capital.

"It's gone! It's truly gone! Let me rest for half a day!"

With a pale face, Fire Fist Ace begged Luo Ji for mercy, his body extremely weak.

Over the past two days, at Luo Ji's demand, Fire Fist Ace had unleashed [Dai Enkai: Entei] twice and [Fire Fist] dozens of times.

This had nearly overdrafted Fire Fist Ace until he was as skinny as a stick!

Even Yamato had fired off the ice-attribute frozen-qi energy wave [Musaishi Hyoga]—comparable to Beast Kaido's Boro Breath—five times, alongside dozens of cold-qi [Ma Genin] attacks.

The two of them had contributed a massive amount of [Fire Magic] and [Ice Magic] for Luo Ji's [Elemental Scroll].

"Hehe, I won't forget your contributions!"

Luo Ji laughed happily and with great satisfaction; his repertoire of methods had grown considerably stronger.

Furthermore, he had used Yamato's fresh blood to paint a fierce and lifelike Okuchi no Makami upon the scroll.

This mythical portrait puppet truly possessed ice-attribute powers, much like the flame ghost [Kazenbo].

For the sake of experimentation, Luo Ji once again used the blood of Fire Fist Ace, a Logia Mera Mera no Mi user, to redraw [Kazenbo] and enhance its flame potency.

To his surprise, it genuinely achieved a favorable result.

It seemed the blood of Devil Fruit users did indeed contain a trace of special energy.

No wonder Dr. Vegapunk was able to extract [Green Blood] capable of fully utilizing abilities from the blood of Paramecia users.

It appeared Luo Ji's Fude Fude no Mi ability, when paired with the power of the scroll, allowed him to paint even more powerful monsters and preserve them.

How could monsters temporarily sketched out by the Fude Fude no Mi ability compare to those meticulously prepared by Luo Ji and inscribed onto scrolls using vital essence?

This made Luo Ji all the more eager to acquire Kurozumi Orochi, who possessed the Mythical Zoan Yamata no Orochi ability, as well as Onimaru, who held the Mythical Zoan Onyudo ability.

These were crucial sources for Luo Ji's Mythical Zoan ability blood-inks.

One day, Luo Ji would paint an entire army of Mythical Zoans, surpassing Big Mom's army of Homies.