The Second Man with Oni Aura

The Five Elders were the representatives of the Celestial Dragons, and symbols of their status.

Even though only one of them had appeared, it was enough to make them feel humiliated.

They actually had to act personally against an ant like Moonlight!

Kizaru and the other two were astonished by the Five Elder's strength! This figure standing at the pinnacle of the world and the pinnacle of power possessed such strength! The blade in his hand had to be the Cursed Sword Shodai Kitetsu!

Cursed Swords were blades of ill omen. Those who wielded them always met miserable ends.

Yet he could suppress it, and he had even saved Kizaru under those circumstances just now. His strength was clear to see! This bald elder, one of the Five Elders, possessed strength beyond that of an Admiral! "Oni God Kazan? The pinnacle of Oni Aura?"

Moonlight's pupils contracted as he looked at the faint power of an Oni God emanating from the red formation beneath his feet!

This was something formed when Oni Aura became powerful to a certain degree and condensed to an extreme—something that could be considered a living being.

It possessed a certain degree of intelligence and special abilities!

Unfortunately, as far as he knew, Zoro was the only person on the current seas who possessed Oni Aura.

Zoro's Oni Aura was simply incomparable to that of the Five Elder before him.

If Zoro was a newborn infant, then the bald elder before him was a full-grown, burly man! The two were not even on the same level when it came to Oni Aura! To think that cultivating Oni Aura to its peak could grant such an ability—it was truly unimaginable. No wonder it was an ability even rarer than Conqueror's Haki. No wonder it could tame a Cursed Sword.

Only those with Oni Aura could suppress the wicked nature of a Cursed Sword! With the bald elder's peak Oni Aura paired with the Cursed Sword Shodai Kitetsu, there was no need to question his strength. He was absolutely beyond an Admiral! That strike just now had already proven it!

"Stand down."

At that moment, the bald elder dismissed Kizaru and the other two.

The three were already injured and unfit to continue fighting. He would act personally! Besides, faced with a swordsman as powerful as Moonlight, the Cursed Sword in his hand had long been itching for battle! Even he had not seen a swordsman as strong as Moonlight in a long time, and he wanted to cross blades with him! "Oni God Puleimeng!"

The bald elder swung his Cursed Sword again.

A green ring of light formed into a formation above the red one.

At the same time, a green Oni God followed the swing of the Cursed Sword and attached itself to the ground!

Moonlight immediately sensed something was different! Red and green formations had now been laid out across the ground! Yet it was not over. After setting up the green formation of Oni God Puleimeng, the bald elder repeatedly swung the Cursed Sword in his hand.

An icy-blue Oni God flashed past and, in the blink of an eye, formed a blue ring of light on the ground. Within the formation, frost-filled cold air froze all things!

Then, a purple Oni God flashed by, forming a purple ring of light on the ground. Within the formation, the purple Oni God transformed into purple venom that boiled within the formation!

"Oni God Saya!"

"Oni God Rakshasa!"

In an instant, red, green, blue, and purple formations appeared across the ground. The frost-filled cold air within the blue formation was especially chilling, freezing all things. Moonlight could no longer remain still and immediately attacked! Otherwise, he would be frozen! The ability wielded by the bald elder was simply unheard of, far too inconceivable! He could not let him unleash one attack after another. He had to strike first and seize the initiative! The Kusanagi Sword swept out at once, man and sword becoming one as he instantly cut toward the bald elder.

His strike was incredibly fast, and with man and sword as one, he instantly crossed the space between them and slashed at the bald elder.

Yet to his surprise, the moment he struck, a ghastly Oni God phantom suddenly coiled around the elder's body. Like a shadow, it clung to him.

The next moment, it was as though he had donned invisible armor. His entire body transformed into a streak of light and vanished from where he stood as though teleporting, evading Moonlight's killing blow! "Oni God Kaijia!"

"Ghost Shadow Steps!"

The bald elder appeared elsewhere, Oni Gods winding around his feet as he moved with incomparably strange footwork. Facing Moonlight's slash, he immediately counterattacked.

His body began moving at high speed, and with every movement, his figure transformed into a streak of light and flickered instantly.

Then his body shifted like a phantom. In the next moment, he suddenly appeared before Moonlight, transformed into a streak of light, and slashed toward him!

His movement speed was astonishingly fast, and the speed of his slash was even faster!

Moonlight saw only a ghostly shadow flash before the bald elder had already struck!

"Ghost Shadow Flash!"

The bald elder had now teleported behind Moonlight. Without even looking at him, he slowly spoke, each word distinct! "Crack!"

A purple skull phantom flashed over Moonlight's head, and then a shallow but broad wound appeared on his body! The bald elder's strike had injured him!

"As expected of one of the Five Elders, and as expected of the Cursed Sword Shodai Kitetsu. One flash of the ghostly blade pacifies the world. I have learned much from this swordsmanship!"

Moonlight nodded solemnly at the sight.

It was his first time seeing such a slash. His eyes had truly been opened!

Although the strike was fierce enough to wound him even through his Level 8 Armament Haki, his physical body was incredibly powerful and had already begun recovering.

Though it could not compare to Kaido's seemingly immortal regenerative body, his body was equally formidable.

If they were compared carefully, it was not inferior to Kaido's in the slightest.

That was because his physical body had been automatically enhanced through the system's upgrades.

The strength of his body differed from that of anyone else in this world! "As expected, this kind of attack cannot do anything to you!"

The bald elder did not seem surprised to see Moonlight unharmed, only somewhat regretful.

"Underworld Flame Sword!"

At once, deep-black Armament Haki violently wrapped around his body and coated Shodai Kitetsu. At the same time, the Oni Aura around him surged to life, becoming intensely sinister.

The surface of Shodai Kitetsu's blade seemed to ignite with fierce, savage black flames.

Yet these were not flames, but ghostfire formed from Oni Aura cultivated to the extreme, clinging to the blade almost like a physical substance.

It was something like Haki, yet different from Haki! Only a Cursed Sword like Shodai Kitetsu could withstand such Oni Aura. An ordinary blade would have long since been burned to ruin! After unleashing both Oni Aura and Haki, the bald elder did not stop. Instead, he plunged Shodai Kitetsu into the ground! Streams of Oni Aura surged violently from the blade, then spread across the entire area within a radius of ten thousand meters at an incomparably savage speed.

The ground immediately changed, as though it had become a swamp.

Black liquid churned beneath their feet, seeking to devour everything! This was the manifestation of Oni Aura condensed to an extreme and liquefied! It had even begun affecting the real world! The bald elder had unleashed such Oni Aura and Haki, showing that this attack was anything but ordinary! The changes in the surrounding environment sent a flicker of unease through Moonlight's heart! This could not continue! Otherwise, he might not even know how he died when the time came!

With that thought, he did not hesitate. He immediately gripped his sword in reverse, bent his body, settled into a bow stance, and circulated all the Haki around his body with full force before delivering a fierce slash!

At the same time, the bald elder unleashed his own slash without yielding an instant!

"The Seventh Oni God: Boulrash!"

"Extreme God Sword Style: Space-Time Slash!"