Chapter 91: Op-Op Fruit vs. Sick-Sick Fruit, Take Out the Teleport-Teleport Fruit User First!
Watching Link's entire crew mobilize and give them a "greeting gift" right off the bat, Ochoku said in a deep voice, "Impaler Duke Link, is your first target me?"
"Isn't it obvious enough?" Link shrugged, smiling.
Ochoku couldn't help but mock, "You want to take Whitebeard's place, yet you don't dare to move against the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates. Seems you're just like that Blackbeard—all talk and no substance."
"You'll find out soon enough whether I'm all talk," Link replied, unprovoked. The corners of his mouth simply curved up as an invisible wave of energy erupted from his body.
The wave of energy roared towards the opposing Ochoku Pirates like a hurricane.
To those who could sense Haki, it appeared as a blue energy shield spreading out to cover them.
Boom— A wave of energy also erupted from Ochoku, forming a golden energy shield that collided with Link's Conqueror's Haki.
In an instant, a storm kicked up endless sand and dust, causing the members of both the Ochoku Pirates and the Kuja Pirates to narrow their eyes.
A few members of the Ochoku Pirates couldn't withstand the clash of the two Conqueror's Haki; their eyes rolled back as they fainted.
But the vast majority of the members were completely unaffected.
The Ochoku Pirates were one of the veteran crews that emerged after the dissolution of the Rocks Pirates, alongside the Flying Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Big Mom Pirates.
A veteran crew like this had been through countless baptisms of blood and mountains of corpses. They weren't mere fodder that could be taken out by Conqueror's Haki.
The pirates from other places were not so lucky.
Having just barely survived the bombardment of ten thousand lightning bolts, many of them now fell to the mental attack of the Conqueror's Haki.
After a long while, the clashing waves of energy from the two Conqueror's Haki finally dissipated.
Almost at the exact moment the energy waves vanished, Barick, user of the Paramecia-type Sick-Sick Fruit, secretly released a virus, intending to launch a surprise attack and wipe out the Kuja Pirates.
Zzzzt...
But in the next second, electric currents suddenly appeared in the air.
These currents were not created by Nami, but by Yafirandora, who stood behind Link's group, towering over four meters tall.
Yafirandora raised her massive palm, surrounded by blue-white electric currents and golden lasers.
The two types of light, as if conductive, killed the viruses, which were invisible to the naked eye, from a distance.
To be precise, she ignored the concept of distance and directly erased all the viruses.
The entire island of Hachinosu was now enveloped in Yafirandora's operating room.
Discovering that the viruses he released had been erased, Barick's expression changed in shock. "What ability is this?"
"El Thor!"
Seeing that the enemy had made the first move, Nami didn't hold back, raising her hand to unleash a massive pillar of lightning that roared forward.
Watching the approaching pillar of lightning, the members of the Ochoku Pirates remained unfazed.
"So the legendary Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which had disappeared for ages, has finally been found."
Douru, user of the Mythical Zoan: Pegasus Model fruit, stepped forward. His body visibly transformed into his Human-Beast form, becoming a centaur with a pair of wings.
Immediately, blue-white lightning flashed around him, and he shot forward as a bolt of lightning.
Boom—
The lightning bolt collided with the pillar of lightning, shattering it into a sky full of sparks.
The Pegasus, a mythical beast from legend, a beautiful horse that rides the lightning.
Seeing Douru, who could also command lightning and had so easily shattered her El Thor, Nami's expression turned grim.
With just one move, Nami knew she was no match for him.
Although Douru could also command lightning, the strike that shattered her lightning pillar wasn't primarily about the lightning itself.
The means of shattering the pillar was mainly his powerful physical prowess and Haki; the lightning was merely an enchantment for his attack.
In the world of Naruto, Douru would be a taijutsu expert like the Fourth Raikage.
Nami was currently just a mage. Without having mastered Armament Haki and with physical attributes far inferior to a Mythical Zoan user, she would likely be instantly defeated if Douru landed a direct hit on her physical body.
But fortunately, Nami was not fighting alone.
"Sables!"
Seeing the pillar of lightning disperse into countless sparks, Vivi, standing beside Nami, also raised her hand and condensed a sand tornado. However, instead of throwing it at the Ochoku Pirates, she pressed it into the ground.
In an instant, a thick cloud of dust rose, enveloping both sides.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh... Splat splat splat!
Within the dust cloud, the sounds of arrows cutting through the air and piercing flesh suddenly rang out.
"Ahhh..."
Horrific screams echoed continuously from within the dust cloud.
As a wave of energy blew the dust away, a large number of the Ochoku Pirates were seen lying on the ground.
This was one of the tactics discussed by Carina and the others.
What was the Kuja Pirates' greatest advantage?
Without a doubt, it was that every single member had mastered two forms of Haki and possessed exquisite archery skills.
The dust cloud could obstruct the vision of the Ochoku Pirates, but it couldn't affect the Kuja Pirates' "Mind's Eye."
"Negative, negative..."
After the dust cloud dispersed, Carina and the others led the Kuja Pirates in a charge against the Ochoku Pirates.
Leading the charge was Perona, her real body hidden in another dimension while her soul was projected.
Perona floated in the air, controlling five Negative Hollows and sending them toward the Ochoku Pirates.
"That's the Hollow-Hollow Fruit user! Don't let her ghosts touch you, or you'll lose the will to fight!" Peter, user of the Paramecia-type Teleport-Teleport Fruit, shouted as a reminder.
Then, Peter's gaze swept over the Kuja warriors, who had split into two groups—one for close-quarters combat and one for long-range support from the rear. He suddenly drew the rapier from his waist and vanished into thin air.
Just as he teleported behind a Kuja warrior, intending to kill her with a surprise attack, a long leg came flying at him.
"Perfume Femur!"
Hancock, as if she knew exactly where Peter would appear, had already charged up her attack, aiming precisely at the spot he materialized.
Seeing the kick that distorted the air, Peter's expression changed in terror, and he quickly teleported away.
After landing, Hancock suddenly made a heart sign with her hands, releasing a pink light wave at the nearby Kuja warrior. "Mero Mero Mellow!"
At the same time, Yafirandora whispered, "Shambles!"
In the next instant, the Kuja warrior vanished, replaced by Peter, who had just teleported away.
Unable to resist the swap with Haki, Peter was struck by the Mero Mero Mellow, instantly turning into a stone statue with a horrified expression.
One of the tactics of Carina and the others: take out the Teleport-Teleport Fruit user first
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