What is he laughing at?
How can he still manage to laugh?!
Just as Akainu had this thought, Shano finally lifted his head, meeting his gaze with full mockery:
"Sakazuki, you've fallen for it!"
Not good!
Akainu's face changed dramatically!
Just as he was about to retreat, he was horrified to discover that his entire right arm, at that moment, seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, firmly absorbed into the opponent's body.
No, that's not right!
It wasn't absorption!
It was the area around Shano's pierced chest. The flesh was wriggling madly, converging like a living thing, biting down on his arm!
Using all his strength, he still couldn't break free!
"It seems you all truly have no idea to what extent Life Return can be pushed to its peak!"
Shano revealed a mouthful of sharp white teeth:
"I gave you a flaw, and you couldn't wait to burrow in. What, Sakazuki, did you really think...that with just your Meigo, you could pierce through my body that has been tempered a thousand times?!!!"
The blood and flesh on the chest is pierced?
That was just him deliberately making way for it!
As for the heart?
Hmph.
Such a thing doesn't matter at all! I can regenerate it however many times I want!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
As he finished saying this, the vigorous, powerful beat of his heart resounded clearly from his chest once again!
What a terrifying monster!
Above him, the faces of the five great demons were all filled with a shocked and horrified expression.
As the world's highest authorities that have lived for hundreds of years.
They've witnessed the rise and fall of countless powerful individuals on this vast ocean!
But who has ever had such an unbelievably formidable regeneration ability?
"Impossible!"
The kimono-clad Five Elders gritted their teeth, "Without an Awakened Level Zoan-type Fruit, without our master's blessing, how could a pure body techniques practitioner reach this level!"
"Sakazuki!"
The bull-headed, spider-bodied Saint Saturn roared in anger and surprise, "What are you hesitating for, one punch wasn't enough, quickly follow up with another punch!"
This clueless fool!
Do you have any idea how much energy it takes for us to maintain this unparalleled control effect, 'Divine Binding'?!
"No amount of punches will help, shut up, you old fat pig!"
Shano poured all the strength in his body into the muscles on his chest, "You don't really think this old dog's arm could be saved, do you?!"
The next moment!
Buzz!
Red and black thunder surrounded his body abruptly as Shano laughed wildly. The thick muscle fibers on his chest, after being entwined with an excess of Supreme King, twisted and tightened suddenly, screwing together violently!
Crack!
An intense pain surged forth, and Akainu had no time to counterattack, just groaned as his entire right arm was forcibly torn off in an instant!
The large, intact portion near his shoulder dropped with a thud to the ground.
Meanwhile, a small piece that was ground into minced meat stuck in Shano's flesh, though in the next instant, Shano disdainfully squeezed it all out.
"Aaargh!!!"
Akainu let out a painful scream, staggering back several steps.
The pain! Shano's twist was far more painful than a clean cut, blood still gushing out continuously, too painful!
A flash of ruthless determination crossed his eyes, and without hesitation, he activated his ability, spewing molten magma from his right shoulder's severed stump to forcibly cauterize and seal the wound.
Once the bleeding was stanched, Akainu's face turned pale, sweat trickling down his forehead, his eyes full of disbelief as he looked at Shano.
Life Return...
To think a human could achieve such mastery over their own body!
"Shano!!!"
The roar from the Five Elders echoed through the clouds.
They never would have thought, that at this critical moment of their planned ambush, the carefully laid kill setup would be completely overturned in an instant!
"Sakazuki, don't concern yourself with the wound, don't stop, keep attacking!"
Saint Saturn roared orders in quick succession, "It's just a missing arm, your combat power is hardly affected! We can suppress him for at least five more minutes, within these minutes, we must put him to death!"
"Shut up!"
Akainu, holding back a burst of anger in his chest, couldn't bear it anymore, raised his head and shouted angrily, "Shut up! You high and mighty old things, stop pointing fingers and getting in the way!"
If it weren't for these old folks constantly pushing him, how could he have fallen into Shano's trap carelessly!
But, that's all there is to it.
A lesson learned, with this in mind, that embarrassing situation from a moment ago won't happen again!
"It's time to end this!"
Akainu cast his icy gaze on Shano, suppressing the agony from his severed arm, stepping forward to launch another attack.
"Oh, really?"
Shano, however, grinned, golden light exploding in his eyes:
"Sun Fist!"
Buzz!
In an instant!
Dazzling golden light burst forth, like a thousand suns blazing simultaneously in the sky, the entire battlefield, the whole world, was submerged in blinding brilliance!
"Aaaah!!!"
"My eyes! My eyes!"
"I can't see, I can't see anything!"
Everyone, including the Five Elders, involuntarily cried out in pain and closed their eyes, as the intense light temporarily robbed them of their vision, even blocking their Observation.
What kind of bizarre move is this again!
"Now's the time!"
Shano laughed heartily.
He keenly sensed that after taking a Sun Fist head-on, the Five Elders were panicked and distracted.
This caused the five purple-black binding beams to tremor violently, showing obvious signs of relaxation.
When else should I escape, if not now!
He tensed all his muscles, the black-red Supreme King Haki gushing out like a mighty flood, then suddenly gathered all his strength for a fierce shake!
Crash!
The five beams shattered like glass, fragmenting inch by inch!
"Ugh!"
The Five Elders let out a muffled grunt as their gigantic demon bodies were forcefully shaken back several steps. Behind them, the purple-black flame clouds rippled tumultuously.
"Not good!"
Saint Saturn's closed eyes were streaming, urgently shouting: "Sakazuki, hurry and stop him! Don't let this little brat escape!"
There was no response.
Unless Kizaru were here, under the Sun Fist all beings were equal, Akainu too was clearly blocked from all perception at that moment.
"Escape?"
Shano snorted coldly, his figure suddenly soared into the air, reaching a height of a hundred meters, his black hair fluttering wildly in the gale.
"What a joke, you old things?"
He looked down on the chaotic battlefield below, raised his right hand high, the corners of his mouth slowly curving into a fierce grin:
"It's you who should be the ones escaping!"
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Black vortices gathered furiously in his palm, emitting a piercing hum as they spun at high speed.
Primarily Armament Haki, supplemented by Supreme King!
In just a few seconds, it grew larger and larger, more terrifying in momentum, eventually coalescing into a massive black disc over a hundred meters in diameter.
Overshadowing the valley, blotting out the sky!
"Qi Circle Slash!"
Shano shouted ferociously, his right arm's muscles tensed as he hurled the terrifying energy disc fiercely toward the massive figures of the five great demons in the distance!