Naturally, the Petrification Was Undone

Shalria laughed. "But think carefully. Is there really any need to bring your two younger sisters back to life? They've already become like that. Even if you revive them, they'll just be two ugly monsters. Hahaha!"

"Right. If you die, they'll naturally wake up. But when they discover that you're dead and that they became monsters for nothing, hahaha! Do you think they might despair and kill themselves?" Shalria laughed so hard she nearly choked. This was the most entertaining part!

"Shalria, stop playing around!" Xia Luqianqian shrieked. Even the CP0 agents around them had been half turned to stone. This was too terrifying!

"It's fine, Auntie." Shalria spoke smugly. "We've already played this game twice before. As long as we kill her, the petrification will naturally be undone."

After someone died, their Devil Fruit would reappear somewhere in the world. Then they could find the Love-Love Fruit again.

"Kill her!" Xia Luqianqian huddled behind her bodyguard and pointed. At once, several dark figures pounced toward Hancock.

Hancock raised her head and closed her eyes, waiting for death.

At that moment, she did not hate the people before her. Instead, she blamed the man who had sworn to Heaven that he would definitely save them.

Lord Miming, why haven't you come back yet? So in the end, all those sweet words were lies, weren't they? A Celestial Dragon's momentary kindness, forgotten the instant he turned his head, had been treated by me as a lifeline. It was only natural that things would end like this.

The ground mysteriously stirred up a trace of dust, accompanied by a rustling sound. Then came several crisp bangs as fists and feet collided.

Hancock opened her eyes and saw a tall figure standing in front of her, blocking all the attacking CP0 agents.

The CP0 agents froze for a moment before becoming serious. Their opponent was extremely fast, constantly flashing in and out of sight. He seemed to have trained in the Marine Six Styles, and had already cultivated Soru to its limit.

"A Marine?" One of the CP0 agents took a deep breath. His body suddenly swelled, transforming into a minotaur more than two zhang tall. His entire body was covered in black Haki, and he exhaled heavily. With a roar, he shouted, "Iron Hoof!" His fist became harder than iron as he threw it with all his might at the person blocking the way. With a bang, the opponent's arm was struck inward and broken, yet he did not retreat even a step.

The force of the punch exploded behind the opponent on both sides of his body like two spread wings, perfectly shielding Hancock and the stone statues of the two Boa Sisters behind him.

Miming gasped for breath. It was his first real fight, and he was facing a CP0 agent with strength above that of a vice admiral. He was truly overestimating himself. But he could not retreat, nor did he want to, because the fury in his heart was surging violently with nowhere to go!

His arm hung down. He shook it once and fully activated Life Return, automatically reconnecting the broken bones. It seemed that he still could not withstand fists of this level head-on.

There were at least six CP0 agents around him, with several more protecting the viewing platform. He had no chance of winning in a real fight. But this was not a fair battle.

The CP0 agents around him all grinned viciously. They had already seen his weakness. To protect the Boa Sisters, he could not even dodge.

"No matter who you are, since you want to die, we'll grant your wish!" The CP0 agents' auras surged at the same time. Fists and feet rose from all directions, while Miming continued standing there like a boulder, as if all the attacks coming at him were illusions.

"I'll never let you touch them again!" Miming roared furiously and struck back at the CP0 agents around him. His bones cracked, but it did not matter. He still used his broken fists to strike back. When someone tried to take advantage of the opening to kill the Boa Sisters, Miming's figure flashed over instantly, filling the air with countless fists and blocking all the attacks.

"Damn it! One person can't block attacks from so many of us!"

"This guy is incredibly fast!" one CP0 agent thought in surprise. Can Soru really reach this speed? He's so fast I can't even see him. He's an expert!

"Attack the three female slaves. Then he won't be able to dodge." Someone grinned viciously. In the next instant, more than a dozen kicks struck his face, sending him flying backward. His smile stiffened as he stared in shock at Miming, who stood before Hancock.

"Beat him to death! Iron Hoof!" The beastified minotaur roared and raised his iron hooves, striking toward Hancock again and again like he was beating a sandbag. Miming kicked the minotaur several times in succession, violent currents of air exploding against the minotaur's chest, but his opponent did not care in the slightest. Miming had no choice but to clash with him head-on once more, strengthening his fists and feet with Vajra as he collided with the Iron Hoof. But after only a few exchanges, he collapsed under the pressure, because CP0 agents kept swarming in from all directions.

Amid the exchange of fists and feet, attacks heavier than cannonballs slammed into Miming again and again. Yet Miming did not feel the pain, because his Observation Haki sensed the wail in Hancock's heart. It was a hundred times more painful than the pain in his body.

"Life Return." Miming took a deep breath, healed all his wounds, and reconnected his bones. Shadowless Step left behind a field of afterimages. Combined with the defensive power of Vajra, it stubbornly kept every CP0 attack outside.

At that moment, Cairns ran in, panting. "Stop!—This is Saint Sanming!—"

At once, all the shadows of fists and feet came to an abrupt halt.

Xia Luqianqian poked her head out from behind her bodyguard and shouted, "Miming! It really is Miming!"

Shalria was already staring wide-eyed. "Brother Miming! You've become so strong!"

"That can't be right, can it?" Saint Charlos emerged from somewhere, dragging a string of snot from his nose. "Saint Sanming was never this tall or this muscular! He's covered in muscles! He's so ugly!"

Uh... Miming was speechless, but he also understood why Charlos had not been petrified. That guy's sense of beauty was a little strange.

Miming kicked the tall minotaur opposite him into the air. His opponent let out a long moo, spun around, and crashed heavily onto the ground. The landing posture was guaranteed to make Saint Sanming very satisfied.

Miming clenched his fists. Who was it that attacked me just now?

"Ahhh!" Screams rang out continuously across the arena. The powerful CP0 agents were kicked hundreds of times one after another and collapsed onto the ground, their faces covered in shoeprints as they all entered fake-death mode.

"Miming, hurry and kill your slave!" Xia Luqianqian shouted. "Look at what she's done!"

Miming slapped the last CP0 agent to the ground, then happily clapped his hands. He raised his head and looked around at the petrified Celestial Dragons and agents before letting out a long, satisfied breath.

He did not know how the Boa Sisters had eaten the Devil Fruit and become the way he remembered them, and he had been worried all along about how things would develop. In a sense, he ought to thank Shalria. If this tragedy had not happened, Hancock's future would never have led her to become the empress.

"What an interesting sideshow." Miming felt as if every pore in his body had been vented of its anger. He looked toward Saint Ni, who had turned into a stone statue. "You've turned to stone, haven't you? You look perfect like this! Hahaha!"