"Wyper, wait! Calm down! Don't let him sway you!"
The warrior Braham came to his side on his impact boots. Holding him back, he continued firing at Luo Chen to blind him, giving the others a chance to press their attack.
"I know. Let go of me, Braham. I'll take care of him myself and avenge them!"
Wyper calmed down and spoke to him.
"Good, as long as you've calmed down. As long as he can't open his eyes, we have a chance to kill him and avenge our comrades. So now we need to seize the opportunity and join forces with the others, giving him no time to move and finishing him off as quickly as possible."
Braham released his grip on him and explained.
"Kamakiri, I'll create an opening and leave him unable to fight back. Take this chance to finish off this priest!"
He called out to his comrades while firing, giving Luo Chen no time to open his eyes and see them, making their movements more advantageous. Nor was he afraid of Luo Chen knowing their battle plan. Even if he did, so what? If he couldn't see them, wouldn't he be at their mercy?
"Got it!"
Kamakiri was hidden in a large tree, watching Luo Chen and looking for the best moment to attack. Hearing his comrade's call, he answered.
"We understand too."
The other warriors hiding in different places also responded.
"Then, the operation begins..."
With that, Braham leaped to the top of a tree and began sniping at him from above.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Are you treating me as prey? Then let's see whether you can hunt down this tiger."
Luo Chen knew the Shandia warriors were treating him as prey, but he wasn't angry. Wasn't he treating them as prey too?
"Then let's see if I can awaken Observation Haki under these conditions. From here on, I won't use my ability. I hope you can kill me before I awaken it, or don't blame me!"
Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Luo Chen still didn't panic. Instead, he treated this crisis as a trial, a whetstone on which to forge his Observation Haki.
Luo Chen closed his eyes and relied on his instincts to dodge at high speed. Flashbangs exploded one after another behind him. Several shells missed him by only a hair, yet he remained unmoved.
"Closer and closer. Hmm, this is..."
As Luo Chen was attacked by them nonstop, he was also driven into a trap the Shandia had carefully prepared.
"Is that so? Come on, let's see if I can dodge it!"
Luo Chen already knew he seemed to have fallen into some kind of trap they had prepared, and he grew even more frenzied, hoping to use it to awaken his Observation Haki.
At that moment, a figure appeared before him. It was Kamakiri, holding a short spear and a Gas Dial, releasing a Burn Blade and swinging it down at Luo Chen.
"Bang!"
The long sword formed by burning gas slashed straight at him. A tall tree blocking the way in front of Luo Chen was cut across and slowly fell apart to either side.
"Almost, almost, just a little longer!"
Facing the slash, Luo Chen grew even more frenzied. With no intention of making a move, he charged straight at it.
In his mind, voices grew clearer and clearer, and images of people steadily took shape.
"Boom!"
Finally, just as the blade was about to split his head open, the voices became clear in an instant, and those images also appeared in his mind.
"I've finally awakened it. Then it's time to end this."
As soon as he spoke, his body changed drastically. He turned into a Shura in an instant and met the blade with his own body.
"Bang!"
Luo Chen was swept away by the blade and only stopped after crashing headfirst through a large tree.
"Cough, cough! If I'd known, I shouldn't have been so reckless and blocked that attack with my body. Luckily, nothing happened."
He stood up in the smoke, patted himself down, and spoke.
The smoke gradually cleared, revealing Luo Chen's crimson skin. Billowing blood qi flowed through his body as he fixed his crimson eyes on Wyper and the others and parted his lips.
"I've finally awakened it. So, are you ready? Can you hold out against my full strength? The price is your lives."
Luo Chen lightly licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, his words brimming with boundless killing intent.
"What kind of joke is that? If even that wasn't your real strength, then what have we been doing all this time?"
Hearing Luo Chen's words, Wyper refused to believe it and roared at him.
"Click!"
"It doesn't matter whether this is your real strength now. As long as I take you down, everything will be over. I'll use this."
After venting his anger, Wyper calmed down, fitted a special dial onto his right hand, and wrapped it in bandages. He raised his hand toward Luo Chen as he spoke.
"Ahahaha! Come on, if you can do it! Let me show you what a Shura is."
Seeing Wyper take out a special shell and say it could finish him off, Luo Chen didn't mock him. He laughed and welcomed his attack.
"Then I'll take care of you small fry first."
With that, he vanished from where he stood and appeared before a warrior. Using his hand as a blade, he slashed down in an instant.
"Puchi!"
"One."
The sound of a blade passing through flesh rang out, accompanied by Luo Chen's voice. The warrior fell without reacting at all.
"Bang!"
"Two."
His voice rang out again, and another person fell.
"Damn it, stop!"
Seeing his comrades taken down by Luo Chen at an incredible speed, Wyper spoke angrily.
"Three."
The voice rang out once more, and another warrior fell.
"Click!"
"Stop, do you hear me?!"
Wyper aimed his cannon at the latest spot where Luo Chen had appeared and fired an incendiary shell at him.
"Four."
The shell exploded where he had just appeared, flames spreading in every direction. A warrior whose entire body was charred black fell to the ground.
Unfortunately, it did no harm to Luo Chen. After he truly displayed his ability, the power of his fruit boosted his speed to a level they could hardly follow with the naked eye.
"Five."
Watching his comrades fall one by one before his eyes while he was powerless to stop it, Wyper could no longer contain his rage and charged at him recklessly.
"Don't, Wyper, it's dangerous!!!"
Braham was no longer playing the hunter either. Hiding beneath a large tree, he saw Wyper charge forward and hurriedly warned him.
"How naive. Did you think I'd fight you head-on like that?"
Before he finished speaking, Luo Chen vanished from where he stood again, choosing not to clash directly with Wyper.
"Did you enjoy shooting at me? It felt good to be the hunter, didn't it? But this time, our roles should be reversed. I'll be the hunter, and you'll be the prey. Run all you like, Braham."
This time, Luo Chen heard his voice and sensed his location. He came to Braham's side and spoke to him, his words full of mockery.
"Oh no, he's found me. Die!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Knowing the enemy had found him, Braham made a desperate last struggle and fired flash bullets at him again.
"Boom!!!"
Luo Chen slashed them apart with a backhand, setting off a burst of dazzling yellow light.
Braham took the opportunity to flee, but unfortunately for him, Luo Chen had already awakened his Observation Haki and had him firmly locked on.
"It's useless, Braham. You can't escape the palm of my hand. Since you helped me awaken my Observation Haki, I'll give you the respect due to a strong man. Let me use my full strength to end your stubborn, lowly life."
As soon as he finished speaking, he appeared before Braham again with a whoosh. Crimson gas gathered in his palm, and he swung it heavily down toward Braham's head with seething killing intent.
"Shura ultimate technique—Covering the Sky and Blotting Out the Sun." His voice rang out calmly as endless blood-red light completely engulfed the area around Braham. Fierce energy billowed, and countless clouds of smoke obscured the entire area, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.