Chapter 354 - 193

Chapter 193: A Brawl Beyond Victory or Defeat, and the Heavenly Voice from the Other Shore!"Boom!!!"Two forces that seemed capable of tearing the sky apart exploded, and the violent shockwave rolled across the entire horizon like a tsunami, shattering even the distant clouds."You've made great progress, Yamato!!"Luffy grinned in the churning air currents, his skin instantly turning pitch black... That was Armament Haki condensed to the extreme, like an abyss.His fist pressed against the Spiked Club wrapped in Conqueror's Haki.Purple-black Conqueror's Haki lightning hissed and slithered between the iron spikes like a living thing, each flash causing the air to groan.Opposite him, the young woman whose silver-white long hair danced wildly in the shockwave was none other than Yamato.Her snow-white kimono hem fluttered violently, and she gripped the Spiked Club tightly in her hands."You're really strong, Luffy!!"Yamato's eyes burned with a battle intent that was nearly boiling; that light was more dazzling than the fiercest flames of Onigashima."As long as I can keep up with your pace... as long as I can reach the realm you are at now, I'll definitely be able to beat up Kaido and open the borders of Wano Country, right?!""Uh... that's what you say—"The smile on Luffy's face suddenly turned ferocious. He stomped his right foot, shattering the earth, and the entire patch of turf rolled up like a wave.A deeper, pitch-black color spread from his fist. This was not ordinary Armament Haki, but a flowing "flowing iron wall" that seemed to swallow light."But the current you—"The punch he threw seemed slow, yet it dragged dozens of afterimages in the air."—is still far from enough!!"Rumble—!!!The compressed air waves poured in from all directions, making a deafening sound like the collapse of heaven and earth.Yamato's figure shot backward like a meteor. She gritted her teeth and thrust the Spiked Club into the ground, and the hard rocky floor was easily torn apart like tofu.A terrifying trench nearly a thousand meters long spread wildly behind her, and the churning soil and grass clippings formed a long dust wave in the air.Finally, her figure slowly stopped at the end of the trench.A streak of bright red blood seeped from her tightly pursed lips, dripping onto the snow-white collar of her kimono, blooming like a cold plum blossom.However, her eyes were scorching, like magma surging beneath a frozen volcano, locking tightly onto the calm-looking boy opposite her.Yamato took a deep breath, as if to roar out the vows and power she had accumulated for twenty years:"Luffy—actually, I am also... a Devil Fruit user!!!""Crack—crack—!!!"Pale ice flames erupted from beneath her feet without warning, rotating and rising like an upstream waterfall.Wherever the flames touched, the grass and shrubs instantly froze into transparent ice sculptures, and crystalline frost spread rapidly along the ground.Almost simultaneously, an even more violent purple-black Conqueror's Haki exploded!Thunder-like lightning erupted from every pore of her body, crazily intertwining and wrapping around the pale ice flames.The young woman on the spot underwent a heaven-shaking transformation.A fluffy, massive wolf tail suddenly extended from her tailbone, its fur distinct and bristling in the turbulent energy.Her slender, vigorous limbs were covered in frost-like fur, her wolf ears stood erect, the breath from her mouth froze into ice crystals, and indigo cloud-like patterns glowed faintly beneath her skin.A phantom of a wolf, possessing both the violence of thunder and the sanctity of frost, appeared proudly behind her.The unique pressure of the Mythical Zoan Typebelonging to the "Guardian Deity" was like the rapidly dropping air pressure before a blizzard, heavily shrouding the entire battlefield, making it suffocating."Oh? A Mythical Zoan Type, huh..."In the distance, "Pluton" Rayleigh, who was resting and watching the battle under the shade of a tree, flashed a sharp light in his eyes, and his hand holding the wine gourd paused slightly.With his experience, he naturally understood what this meant.In this world, the most rampant Devil Fruits are Zoan types, but those that truly stand at the top of the pyramid and can be called "Heaven's Choice" are the Mythical Zoan Types among them.He took a sip of wine, his gaze seeming to pierce through time, seeing a giant dragon entrenched on Onigashima, and whispered with complex emotion:"Is this the fickleness of fate... or did that guy Kaidopour unimaginable effort into creating this 'work'?"In the center of the battlefield.Luffy's expression remained calm.His eyes were covered with a strange red light; the movement of all things in the world turned into slow, clear trajectories in his eyes;The powerful, flowing black Armament Hakiflowed faintly under his skin like a living entity, as if it were enough to isolate the invasion of all laws."Come!!!"Without extra words, Luffy's figure suddenly disappeared from where he stood, turning into a pitch-black edge that tore through space, crashing straight into the center of that storm of ice and thunder!Yamato's pupils contracted, her silver teeth clenched, and she gripped the Spiked Club so hard it rattled, not daring to be the slightest bit negligent.She stepped on the ice flames, her wolf tail straightened like a spear behind her, pouring all the power of her Mythical Zoan Type into the upcoming counterattack.The next moment—"Boom!!!!!"The loud noise of the Spiked Club colliding with the Haki-wrapped fist became the new heartbeat of this island.The entire island trembled violently under the impact of the two people's fully unleashed power, shockwaves rippled out in circles, large areas of the forest were razed to the ground, and unnatural, sky-high waves were stirred up along the coast.The domain of frost and lightning, and that streak of indomitable black edge, unfolded a fierce battle for the future above the island."Tsk tsk,"Rayleigh's gaze shifted from the main battlefield where ice and lightning intertwined to the other side of the island, his mouth curling into an intrigued arc."Tsk tsk, these two brats..."Compared to the "monster-level" battle between Luffy and Yamato that shook the island and changed the weather, the movement here indeed seemed... quite "simple".Law and Sanji's figures crossed at high speed among the trees."ROOM!"Law's domain expanded again, and the pale blue spherical space enveloped several giant trees.He turned his blade, and the tree trunks were instantly swapped with the stones under Sanji's feet.However, Sanji's figure had long turned into an afterimage of blue flames, appearing on his flank, and a roundhouse kick carrying high heat slammed into him!"Too slow, Torao!"Law barely raised his sword to block. With a loud "Clang!", he was shaken back several meters by the huge force, and a burning sensation came from the blade.The state of the battle was clear: Sanji still held the overwhelming upper hand.His speed, power, and the recovery ability brought by his combat-type bloodline factor formed an insurmountable chasm.Most of Law's attacks were predicted and dodged or crushed by him with faster speed.But Rayleigh's eyes, which had seen everything, saw far more than that.Every one of Sanji's attacks was like hitting an invisible wall that was quietly thickening.He was encountering a critical bottleneck period.It was not a lack of power, but that his famous "Observation Haki" and combat skills had reached the peak of his own conventional state.Looking at Law, he was in the healthiest "rapid growth period" in Rayleigh's eyes.The high-intensity actual combat pressure pushed the development potential of his Devil Fruit ability, his application techniques of Haki, and even his ability to adapt on the spot to the limit.Rayleigh took a swig of wine, his gaze deep.The aptitude and potential of these two, fundamentally speaking, did not have a chasm of difference.Sanji's bottleneck stemmed from the fact that he had already stood on a higher platform and needed an epiphany to push open the door to the New World.And Law's galloping was in an effort to catch up and widen the width of his own path.Their battle had long transcended simple victory or defeat and turned into a fierce collision of two different growth trajectories.One side was questioning the ceiling of the limit, while the other was doing everything to fill the road leading to the ceiling.Meanwhile—"Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep!"A short, crisp prompt sound suddenly came from the wooden stake beside Rayleigh.That special den den mushi with complex technological patterns printed on its shell had its two antennae flashing with eye-catching red light at the tips."Oh? At this time... is it finally about to start?!"Rayleigh's eyes, which were originally half-squinted as if watching the battle or dozing off, lit up instantly, as if a substantial sharp light had swept by.He didn't even hesitate, immediately moving his gaze away from the earth-shattering battlefield of Luffy and Yamato, and the direction where Law and Sanji were fiercely fighting....He focused his full attention on that little den den mushi.For him, at this moment, everything in the world seemed less important than this flashing little guy.This was a "special live broadcast den den mushi" that was born by chance through the hands of Vegapunk.The unintentional work of that genius scientist in his spare time had unexpectedly changed the world's communication and entertainment methods.It was completely different from the live broadcast den den mushi that could only transmit images in one direction during the Marineford War. Although it still could not achieve complex real-time on-screen interaction, it had groundbreakingly possessed the function of sending and receiving scrolling subtitles.It was this "small" innovation that was like throwing a huge boulder onto a calm lake.All over the world, "streamers" who attracted audiences with their personalities and talents emerged like mushrooms after rain.Bards, gourmets, competitive masters, and even ordinary people just sharing their daily lives... The special live broadcast den den mushi, with its unique charm, became popular throughout the Grand Line and even the Four Seas in a very short time.During his recovery, Rayleigh, having nothing to do, asked Shakky to get him one no matter what.Rayleigh still remembers the knowing and slightly teasing smile on Shakky's face at that time.And so, no one expected that this "Pirate King's right hand" who had once dominated the world and was famous throughout the world, after living in seclusion for many years, would actually quickly become addicted to this novel "little gadget".Relying on the intuition brought by the top-tier Observation Haki he had honed over decades (he insisted it was intuition),He accurately filtered content in the vast "live broadcast sea", and... specifically "caught" channels of some young, energetic, and talented female streamers to watch.In his own words, this was "appreciating the vitality and beauty of the new era".After some "deep exploration" and "aesthetic sedimentation", Rayleigh finally locked onto a budding singer.Her singing was not full of technical showiness like some pop tunes, but instead carried a pure power that crossed dust and hit the soul directly.Her smile had both the sweetness of someone who had not yet experienced the world, and vaguely revealed a trace of imperceptible loneliness and persistence.At this moment, the light on the shell of the den den mushi gradually stabilized, and the miniature light screen projected began to flow with the pre-broadcast subtitle.Rayleigh restrained all joking expressions, like a guardian about to witness an important moment, waiting quietly and attentively.The earth-shattering roar of the practice on the other side of the island had now completely turned into background noise for him to listen to the feast.This newcomer idol who had quickly accumulated astonishing popularity with her singing and was hailed by countless people as the "Heavenly Voice from the Other Shore", was named—Uta!!!!