One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 568: The Skeleton Monster, Half-Dead!

Rumble

A colossal black shadow crashed down, shattering the surface of the underworld.

The debris exploded violently in all directions from the point of impact.

Loki had already assumed his most ferocious attack stance.

The colossal 67-meter-tall body sank. Its legs were firmly planted on the ground. Cracks spread.

His strong hands gripped the iron thunderbolt tightly.

Dark red Armament Haki surged wildly, winding around the hammerhead along the arm.

Black lightning bolts leaped violently. A tearing sound pierced the air.

He was prepared to use the purest violence to smash his prey into a pulp.

The hammer was only half a foot away from the monster. Loki's arm suddenly stopped.

The violent force was forcibly withdrawn from the muscles.

Loki narrowed his bloodshot eyes, staring down into the deep pit. The colossal creature was there.

The giant fire skeleton was even larger. It didn't stand up at all after landing.

The massive skeleton collapsed into a limp mass, sinking deep into the pit.

It made no sound. It seemed to be half-dead.

The dust settled. Visibility returned.

The Straw Hat crew rushed forward. Hajrudin and the other giant warriors also approached. They saw the monster's true, horrific state.

Everyone's pupils contracted sharply.

The monster looked extremely gruesome.

The left half of the giant skull has completely collapsed.

His broad sternum was shattered by a violent, immense force.

The massive skeleton was covered in terrifying cracks.

Cracks spread from his chest to the ends of his limbs. With the slightest touch, his skeleton would crumble into dust.

This is definitely not a fall injury.

Haildin spoke in a deep, resonant voice, tinged with awe.

"Look at the direction of these cracks."

"Before it fell down"

"He's been beaten down to his last breath."

The monster suffered a devastating blow up there. It was completely destroyed. That's when it fell down.

"cut"

"This is so boring."

Loki curled his lip. The fervent expression of his desire for battle vanished.

The arm muscles relaxed. The heavy iron thunderbolt slammed to the ground.

Loki looked at the monster with disgust and began to mutter curses.

I thought something powerful had fallen down.

"Turns out he'd been beaten half to death."

"This kind of garbage is about to die."

"You don't even qualify to warm me up."

He had completely lost interest in making a move. His eyes were filled with boredom.

Loki's dismissive remark did little to ease the atmosphere.

His words became the fuse. Everyone's attention was drawn to an even more terrifying problem.

Who beat it like this?

A giant, fiery, undead skeleton monster. It was actually destroyed and reduced to scrap on top of that.

Just how terrifying is the destructive power of that guy who made the move from above?

Zoro didn't speak. With a cold expression, he strode forward and stopped beside the monster's enormous skull.

He kept his head down, his eyes sharp as knives, staring intently at the shattered fracture of the monster's sternum.

He glanced at it twice. His right hand was already expertly resting on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

铮

A crisp sound of a sword being drawn rang out. The deathly silence of the passage was shattered. The demonic sword Yama was drawn.

A surge of purplish-black Armament Haki erupted, tightly binding the dark red blade.

The violent sword energy swirled once more on the blade. A heart-pounding, buzzing sound rang out.

Zoro made no unnecessary movements.

He gripped the knife handle tightly with both hands. His eyes sharpened. Every muscle in his body tensed instantly.

The blade carried a sharp and domineering aura. It sliced ​​diagonally into the monster's broken neck bone, precisely and ruthlessly cleaving deep into its chest cavity.

The monster's last breath was completely extinguished by Zoro's strike.

The enormous, gigantic skeleton collapsed on the spot.

It collapsed with a crash. Scattered all over the ground.

Zoro flicked his wrist, deftly sheathing his sword.

He didn't retreat immediately. He used Yama to pry open the collapsed sternum fragments on the ground.

The fragments still carried an extremely powerful residual shockwave.

Zoro looked up.

He looked at the crowd.

"This thing has previously suffered extremely severe blunt force trauma."

Zoro pointed at the broken bones on the ground with his sword sheath.

And

The guy who made the move

Their strength must be terrifying!

This is definitely not an ordinary physical attack.

"Instead, it's some terrifying force capable of directly shattering the internal structure."

He raised his head, his gaze passing over the dark crack above him, looking towards the battlefield on the surface higher above.

There must be some very terrifying people at the top.

"We're really going to fight these monsters!"

As soon as those words were spoken...

Everyone wanted to know what had happened up there!

Before anyone could ask any further questions, a rapid, heavy whooshing sound came from deep within the rift above them once more.

"Something fell down again?"

"Everyone be careful"

Usopp screamed in terror. His legs went weak, and he instinctively hid behind Franky's tall frame.

A dark shadow pierced through the thick rock layer and plummeted straight down.

Bang

The dark shadow slammed heavily onto the skeleton's corpse. It tumbled and rolled on the shattered bones, finally coming to a stop against the rock wall at the edge of the passage.

It was a giant warrior, covered in scorch marks and blood.

His armor was completely shattered. His body was covered with horrific wounds, deep enough to expose bone.

The most severe wound was on his shoulder. The skin and flesh were torn open. Blood gushed out wildly from the gash, instantly staining the ground red.

"doctor"

"Get out of the way!"

"I am a doctor"

Chopper screamed anxiously. Carrying a heavy first-aid kit, he took off like a gust of wind, his short legs carrying him forward.

He lunged at the giant warrior, pressing his hands firmly against the warrior's bleeding, lacerated shoulder.

Quickly open the medicine box. Take out a strong hemostatic agent and thick bandages.

"Don't move."

"Hold on"

I'll stop the bleeding right away.

"Chopper shouted. He quickly began treating the soldier's wounds. He had to stop the bleeding first. He had to save his life. He needed to ensure the soldier could recount the events described earlier."

The giant warrior was panting heavily. Each breath carried a strong, bloody stench.

Vision was blurred. Then, upon seeing Haildin not far away, a sudden glint of survival flashed in his eyes.

He gritted his teeth, enduring the excruciating pain, and braced himself against the ground. He shakily stood up.

Prince Halding

The soldier shouted in a hoarse voice, his voice filled with despair.

Haildin immediately rushed over and caught the swaying warrior.

What exactly happened up there?

How's the defense line?

"Explain clearly"

The warrior gripped Haldin's arm tightly, his nails almost digging into Haldin's flesh.

Speaking extremely fast. The report begins.

The battle above has completely descended into chaos.

"Those enormous, fiery monsters are rampaging through our villages and streets."

"Kill anyone you see"

Our defenses have been breached.

Everyone is fighting desperately.

Extreme fear flashed in the soldier's eyes. His whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"What's even more terrifying is..."

There was also a woman dressed in white.

"She stands at a higher place"

"With a strange power"

"They turned some of our soldiers directly into those burning monsters."

"They've lost their minds."

"Turning around and attacking our own people"

The soldier screamed in despair.

The white-clad woman's ability to transform caused the level of crisis above to escalate instantly.

One of our own people turned into monsters. Vicious methods.

Elbaf is facing annihilation.

Haildin's face was extremely pale.

His eyes were bloodshot. His hands were clenched into fists.

Is there any help available?

Has anyone else arrived?

Haildin pressed on anxiously, his voice filled with hope.

The severely wounded soldier struggled to raise his arm. His trembling finger pointed to the dark crack above his head.

"Yes"

"Even in the worst-case scenario"

"When we were on the verge of total collapse..."

Three men suddenly fell from the sky.

An unprecedentedly powerful light shone in the soldier's eyes.

"One of them"

"He's the captain of the Red-Haired Pirates."

Shanks

"and"

"His severed left arm"

"It actually grew back!"

I saw him holding the knife with his left hand.

He cleaved through the monsters' encirclement with a single strike.

Upon hearing that name, Luffy abruptly raised his head, his eyes instantly blazing with intense light.

He pressed down on the straw hat on his head.

There was another man.

He was holding a huge naginata.

He called himself Whitebeard.

He threw a punch.

Even the air itself seemed to crack from the shock.

Those monsters were like paper in front of him.

The last man.

He exuded a terrifying aura!

He claimed

"Locus"

The moment those three names were uttered, the entire underworld fell into a deathly silence.

Shanks.

Whitebeard.

Rocks.

These three people arrived at the Elbaf battlefield at the same time.

The warrior raised his hand again, pointing to the black ash and bone fragments that Zoro had shattered at his feet.

"This giant, fiery skeleton"

The soldier's voice trembled.

"That's the man who calls himself Whitebeard."

"With that terrifying power that could shatter the air."

"A single blow that struck from the ground."

This statement completely confirms Zoro's earlier judgment.

There are terrifying people fighting up there.

With a single strike, the white-bearded man smashed the monster through the earth and into the depths of the underworld.

Upon hearing that Shanks had also arrived, Luffy tensed up completely.

The seriousness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by an overwhelming, uncontrollable excitement.

He grinned, revealing his pearly white teeth. His eyes were sharp as knives.

Zoro raised his head, his gaze following the direction the warrior was pointing, fixed intently on the deep crack above his head.

His hand rested on the hilt of the sword again. His thumb rubbed against the guard. A fierce fighting spirit ignited in his eyes.

Sanji took a drag of his cigarette and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.

He lifted his foot and crushed the cigarette butt on the ground. He sneered.