Chapter 129 Luffy's Instant Step Instantly Defeats KidEven Shakky, a veteran member of the Rocks Pirates, found this behavior despicable.
Even the usually mild-mannered Shanks couldn't resist breaking one of his arms.
This is enough to show just how cruel and deserving of death Kid truly is.
At that moment, a communications officer ran forward tremblingly and reported to Luffy.
"Vice Admiral, according to regulations, when a World Noble is attacked, we must notify headquarters immediately… What do you think…"
Luffy immediately put on a serious face and began to spout nonsense with a straight face.
"With this Vice Admiral here, is it really necessary to trouble the Admiral to travel all this way?"
"Besides, for such important matters, it's up to the Celestial Dragon himself to decide if support is needed. Look, he's sleeping soundly right now. What if he finds it too troublesome and doesn't want to call for help?"
"Here's what we'll do: you stay here and wait. Once the Celestial Dragon wakes up, ask him for his opinion before deciding whether to call for reinforcements."
As he spoke, Luffy casually punched Saint Charlos hard across the face, making sure the guy wouldn't wake up anytime soon.
"Do you understand?"
The communications officer looked at the Celestial Dragon's swollen face, his lips twitching.
"...Understood."
"A quick learner."
Luffy nodded in satisfaction, then turned to the trembling guards and roared.
"You lot, listen up! Protect Saint Charlos! If a single hair on his head falls, I'll hold you all responsible!"
Several guards stared at the pile of CP5 ice shards on the ground, nodding their heads like chickens pecking at rice, terrified they'd be the next to break.
Luffy suddenly felt incredibly dignified, straightened up, and muttered to himself,
"Indeed, one should win people over with virtue."
Then, he silently repeated it to himself.
"System, open my attribute panel."
[Host: Luffy (Monkey D. Luffy)]
[Currently Loaded Template: Hitsugaya Toshiro]
[Equipment: Zanpakuto - Hyōrinmaru]
[Zanpakuto Basic Skill: Celestial Phenomenon (One of Hyōrinmaru's basic abilities, and also his most powerful. It is said that everything in the sky is under its control.)]
[Zanpakuto Shikai Skills: Bird Ice Pillars, Ice Dragon Whirlwind Tail, Ice Dragon Whirlwind Tail: Void Resolve, Vacuum Multi-Layer Ice Wall, Vacuum Ice Blade, Prism Ice Array, Six-Clothing Ice Purification Array]
[Zanpakuto Bankai Skills: Remnant Ice Humanoid, Dragon Scattering Frame, Thousand-Year Ice Prison, Ice Heaven Hundred Flower Burial, Four Realms Freeze]
[Talent Abilities: Fist, Slash, Demon, Movement!]
**Skill 1: "Punch" (or "Hand-to-Hand") refers to a Shinigami's technique of attacking enemies with their bare hands, essentially melee combat.**
**Skill 2: "Slash" (or "Kendo") refers to a Shinigami's technique of attacking enemies with a sword and the development of their Zanpakuto (sword).**
**Skill 3: "Demon" (or "Kido") refers to a Shinigami's use of incantations to transform spiritual energy into various forms to attack enemies. Kido is further divided into Destruction (for destruction), Binding (for binding and imprisonment), and Healing (for healing).**
**Skill 4: "Move" (or "Shunpo") is a technique for rapidly and instantly moving the body, allowing the Shinigami to move to the opponent's side or even further away at a speed invisible to them, similar to teleportation.**
[Character Reset Countdown: 6 days, 10 hours, 48 minutes]
[Character Accuracy: 10%]
The Soul Society's Gotei 13, 10th Division Captain, Toshiro Hitsugaya template!
This is the strongest of the 16 templates Luffy has randomly encountered since his transmigration.
If we exclude Li Jing, who possesses causality abilities, Toshiro is definitely at the power ceiling, even surpassing the first randomly encountered DC One Piece.
Logically, a template of this caliber would be difficult to achieve a high degree of accuracy in a world like One Piece.
After all, Daiguren Hyōrinmaru is the strongest ice-type Zanpakuto comparable to the monstrous Zanka Tachi.
Zanka Tachi's Bankai can evaporate all the moisture in the Soul Society, while the fully realized Daiguren Hyōrinmaru can freeze the entire world.
This terrifying power, capable of affecting an entire world at will, is simply unbearable in a world like One Piece, which doesn't even have any Star-level powerhouses.
The brilliance lies in the fact that this time, it was Toshiro Hitsugaya who accompanied him.
Because not everyone is a monster like Yamamoto.
Hitsugaya is, after all, still a genius, the youngest captain, and his development of Hyōrinmaru is still in its early stages.
In the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, he even had to rely on Hollowfication to defeat Zacian.
So, while the sword's potential is terrifyingly high, Hitsugaya's current level of development isn't too outrageous.
This means that in the original work, he didn't display any terrifying techniques that were incomprehensible to the people of the One Piece world.
His strongest Bankai, Four Realms Freeze, only freezes all elements within a four-step radius.
So, while powerful, it's not so powerful that it's completely unrecoverable.
Moreover, the power of a Shinigami originates from the soul; as long as the soul's strength is sufficient, it can be perfectly controlled!
And Luffy, as the protagonist destined to live twice, naturally has an incredibly strong soul; his Conqueror's Haki has already awakened.
So even with such a powerful template, Luffy still managed to achieve a 10% accuracy in recreating the character.
With just that 10%, Luffy could feel that the ice in his hands was even more powerful than Aokiji's Ice-Ice Fruit!
The current Luffy is a true Admiral-level fighter!
In terms of attack power, he's already caught up with that old monster, Garp!
At this moment, Luffy's eyes sharpened as he looked at Kid and Killer, who were running wildly in the distance.
"Instant Step!"
His figure vanished instantly, appearing out of thin air in front of the two a second later.
"What the hell!?"
Kid's face turned green. Why the hell didn't he chase after all these people, but instead focused on him?
Kira, the Killer Samurai, let out a strange cry, brandishing his scythe, and lunged at Luffy from the side.
"Ice Dragon Whirlwind Tail..."
Luffy didn't even bother to turn his head, casually swinging his Shikai-form Hyōrinmaru.
The trajectory of the blade instantly froze into ice, carrying a chilling aura as it pierced towards Killer.
Kira's expression changed drastically. He twisted his body forcefully in mid-air, trying to dodge this fatal blow.
"Skyfall!"
Luffy shouted softly, and the frozen area accelerated and changed direction abruptly with the momentum of his blade, catching up with Killer as if it had eyes.
With a soft "噗嗤" sound!
Before Killer could even spit out blood, a terrifying burst of cold air instantly encased him, freezing him into a crimson ice sculpture.
"Kira!!"
Kid's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he stared at Luffy in horror.
"The Ice-Ice Fruit? That's impossible! That's clearly Aokiji's ability!"
Furious, he roared at Luffy.
"Don't think you're the only Devil Fruit user! You're courting death!!"
The surrounding Marines were stunned, dozens of muskets snapping shut on the center of the battlefield.
"Die!"
Kid roared, activating his Devil Fruit ability.
The dozens of muskets, as if summoned, flew from their hands and hurtled towards Luffy.
Luffy merely raised an eyebrow, not even moving an inch.
A crystalline ice wall instantly rose up, protecting him completely. Bullets clattered and bounced off with a crisp sound.
A Prismatic Ice Array!
A defensive wall constructed from high-density spiritual ice, harder than diamond.
"Damn it!"
Kid's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He swiftly raised his right hand, attracting all the surrounding swords, guns, and cannons.
"Magnetic String!"
A gigantic mechanical arm instantly materialized, slamming down towards Luffy with a whistling sound.
Luffy looked at this extremely rudimentary use of the Devil Fruit, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.
"We both use magnetism, but look at Magneto next door—his style, the depth of his development!
He went straight from a level 4 mutant to an Omega-level through sheer hard work.
And look at this weakling in front of him, still using this most primitive 'magnetic' tactic.
It's a complete waste, a disgrace to this Devil Fruit with its limitless potential.
Watching the pile of scrap metal rain down, Luffy sheathed his sword, slowly extending his right hand, palm facing Kid.
As Luffy uttered an obscure incantation, a crimson sphere of light rapidly coalesced in his palm.
"Hado #31!"
"Crimson Fire Cannon!"
BOOM!!
An incredibly terrifying, high-density compressed flame, like a laser cannon, erupted from Luffy's palm!
"Impossible! How can you still use fire abilities?!"
Kid roared in disbelief; this was completely beyond his comprehension.
However, the fully incanted version of the Crimson Fire Cannon, released from the spiritual pressure of a captain-level individual, possessed astonishing power.
The massive mechanical arm was instantly blasted through and melted; the terrifying impact offered no resistance, creating a gaping hole directly in Kid's heart!
Kid lowered his head in despair, staring at the charred, empty hole in his chest.
"Impossible… I'm… the man who's going to become the Pirate King…"
A muffled thud.
This supernova, who was supposed to be allied with Luffy in the future, doing sit-ups like a cockroach, and going head-to-head with Big Mom, was now lying utterly dead in a pool of blood.
"Kid... is dead!?"
"That great pirate Kid, with a bounty of 315 million Berries, was just instantly killed like that?"
The supernovas who were fleeing for their lives turned around and saw this scene, each one terrified out of their wits.
Kid was instantly killed, Killer turned into an ice sculpture—the scene was too shocking.
He looks so young, how could this rising star of the Navy be so ridiculously strong?!
Urouge, the eccentric monk who was locked in combat with Zoro, twitched his eyelids wildly, forced Zoro back with a powerful attack, and turned to run away.
He was warlike, but he wasn't stupid.
At this moment, his strength was definitely top-tier among the Supernovas; after all, he was the only one who had defeated a Yonko's Sweet Commander upon entering the New World.
Because of his strength, he sensed the despairing aura emanating from Luffy more clearly than others, so he ran faster than anyone else.
The remaining Supernovas wished they had fewer legs, running away in a cloud of dust.
Luffy looked at this group of pirates who had completely lost their will to fight and nodded in satisfaction.
If these guys had fought back desperately, his Marine soldiers would have suffered heavy casualties.
Now the pirates were in complete disarray, like a swarm of headless flies, chased wildly through the streets by the Marines. Even when captured, they dared not resist, fearing that Luffy would unleash another terrifying fireball.
After all, the Kido, though with a long wind-up, was incredibly powerful.
Seeing that the situation was largely under control, Luffy waved his hand.
"Don't pursue a cornered enemy. Pass on my orders: wipe out all the criminal groups and kidnapping rings in this lawless zone, according to their assigned numbers!"
"Yes, sir!"
The navy soldiers saluted in unison, their morale soaring.