Chapter 704: Through the Holy Land! (2 in 1)

Tsugikoku Yuichi's figure turned into a golden light and shot up into the sky, directly breaking through the earth and appearing in the sky.

The few remaining puppets on the land seemed to have noticed something and raised their heads to look up. However, at this moment, a cutting machine fell from the sky without warning and hit the ground in an instant.

The terrifying blade light instantly enveloped all the puppets, then sank into the earth and disappeared without a trace.

"Boom-"

A muffled sound rang out in the night sky, like a muffled thunder in spring. The slash released by Tsugikuni Yoshiichi caused the entire Red Earth Continent to shake violently. Even the people living in the Sabaody Archipelago could clearly feel the tremor.

After breaking into the underground palace, Yuichi Tsugikoku stopped in mid-air, and the warning in his heart disappeared without a trace at this moment.

After leaving the underground palace, the sense of danger and oppression disappeared, which made Jiguo Yuanyi breathe a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know what means Im used, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi did feel a strong sense of crisis in the underground palace before.

It has been many years since Tsugikoku Yoriichi had felt such a sense of crisis. Even when facing the powerful Joy Boy Canque, Yoriichi had never felt this way.

"That ability. Is it her devil fruit ability?"

"It's a gray body fluid that smells like the sea. It would be unpleasant to be stained by that kind of stuff."

Jiguo Yuanyi said in his heart, and he also guessed about Im's ability. There are many kinds of devil fruit abilities in this world, and there is even a dark fruit that can make other devil fruit abilities unable to work.

The smell of the gray liquid flowing from the Im worm is extremely similar to the fishy smell of the sea. This should not be a coincidence.

Perhaps that gray body fluid has a similar effect to sea water, and for someone with special abilities like him, he has to be on guard against it.

In fact, Yuichiro Tsugakuni himself does not have any obvious weaknesses. The side effects of the devil fruit may be the biggest weakness of Yuichiro Tsugakuni.

However, on the other hand, the strength improvement that the devil fruit brings to Yoriichi Tsugakuni can more or less make up for this weakness.

Yoshikazu Tsugakuni has already adapted to his identity as a person with special abilities, so when he fights with others, he will pay special attention to the enemy's methods in this regard.

Seastone, something that can restrain people with special abilities, does not pose any threat in the eyes of Yoriichi Tsugakuni. It is not easy for an enemy who is fighting him head-on to touch Yoriichi Tsugakuni's body with seastone.

And for some unknown reason, Tsugumi Yuichiro's resistance to seastone is much stronger than that of ordinary ability users. Other ability users will become exhausted and completely lose their combat ability after touching seastone, but when it acts on Tsugumi Yuichiro, it will only weaken and suppress Tsugumi Yuichiro's power, allowing him to only exert 50% of his own strength.

There is an upper limit to the effect that seastone can have on users with special abilities. This upper limit is more than enough for ordinary users with special abilities and is enough to cover the upper limit of the users themselves. However, in front of Yoshiichi Tsugakuin, this level of restriction is far from enough.

Compared to seastone, sea water poses a greater threat to Yoriichi Tsugakuni.

The "attribute" of a person with special abilities who cannot swim will not be changed by the strength of Yoriichi Tsugakuni. If the liquid released from Im's body really has a similar effect to sea water, the danger will increase sharply if Yoriichi Tsugakuni, who is wrapped in that liquid, continues to fight with Im.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, Tsugaru Yoshiichirō would not put himself in such danger.

The slash landed with a loud bang, directly splitting the red earth continent and penetrating the entire underground palace. In Tsugumi Yoshiichi's perception, he could clearly feel that his output had passed through Im's body, but the strange thing was that the split red earth continent seemed to be a living creature, and it re-filled the huge crack created by Tsugumi Yoshiichi's cut.

The land could not possibly "heal" on its own. The only one who could do this was Im. She used some means to combine with the earth, so that Im's aura filled the entire holy land. At the same time, Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slash seemed to have no effect on Im.

"." Hovering in the air, Jiguo Yuanyi observed the scene on the ground with a serious expression. After dealing with those remaining puppets of the powerful, his attention was all focused on Im.

This form of the enemy seemed to be immune to his slashing attacks, and the principle of this immunity was different from that of the previous Five Elders who possessed super-fast regeneration abilities.

The reason why the Five Elders are immune to Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's attacks is more due to their "recovery". When Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's attacks fall on them, they can cause real damage, but their strong recovery ability makes it impossible for Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's attacks to pose a fatal threat to the Five Elders.

The existence of pure gold also completely destroys the Five Elders' ability to recover, which is also the fundamental means by which Tsugakuni Yoshiichirō was able to kill the Five Elders.

But now Im's current state seems to be somewhat different from the Five Elder Stars. Her aura has merged with the earth. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's slash seemed to have hit her, but it also seemed not to have landed on her body.

This method of being immune to slashing is somewhat similar to that of natural-type ability users, except that natural-type ability users need to actively transform into elements and predict in advance when facing domineering power, but Im's current form does not seem to require that.

Recalling the scene when Im transformed into a long worm and infiltrated the ground, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi also felt that something was wrong.

It’s not that he is worried that he won’t be able to defeat Im. There is an essential gap between Im’s domineering power and Tsugaru Yoriichi. If other means are not considered, Im has no way to defeat Tsugaru Yoriichi.

But
What is most difficult for Yuichiro Tsugakuni now is that Im has no intention of engaging in a head-on battle with him. If the other party intends to avoid a fight, Yuichiro Tsugakuni really has no way to cause any substantial damage to Im.

Gently stroking the pure gold ring on his hand, Ji Guoyuan, with the mentality of giving it a try, slowly descended from the air and landed back on the ground.

"pat-"

The moment his feet touched the ground, a slight sound caught Tsugikoku Yoriichi's attention.

The originally dry ground began to seep out an unknown liquid the moment Yoshiichi Tsugikuni landed. Looking up at the battlefield, Yoshiichi discovered that the battlefield had become muddy. Unknown liquid was seeping out of the entire battlefield, and the smell of the sea was spreading over the holy land.

Not only that, a thin layer of mist began to condense on the ground, and within just a few breaths, the mist had spread out over a dozen meters in all directions.

"Well?!"

This kind of scene was not the first time he had seen it. When Yoriichi Tsugakuni first set foot on the holy land, the enemy had used similar tactics.

Moreover, that time, this strange water mist also blocked the fire attack that Tsugumi Yoshiichirō intended to destroy the entire holy land.

After thinking for a moment, a ball of golden fire ignited at the fingertips of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi. With a flick of his fingers, the ball of golden fire directly sank into the water mist in the distance.

"laugh--"

"boom!!!!!"

The golden flame sank into the water mist like water dropping into oil. After a loud bang, the golden flame directly burst open, producing a terrifying explosion.

However, the flames that spread out from the explosion were quickly submerged by the water vapor and soon disappeared without a trace. The water mist seemed to have some power that could suppress Jiguo Yuanyi's golden flame.

This discovery also made Ji Guoyuan jump back lightly, quickly widening the distance between himself and the group.

However, as Ji Guoyuan flew back, a ring fell silently on the muddy ground.

Ji Guoyuan flew back more than ten meters, then waved the long sword in his hand and inserted it into the ground with his backhand.

He quickly drew out his long sword and glanced at the ground seemingly casually.

After the long worm body of Im's incarnation sank into the red earth continent, this land seemed to have some special ability, and the soil on the ground could fill the holes and gullies by itself.

In Tsugumi Yuichiro's opinion, this must be the land protecting something, and the target of protection is either the land itself or something buried under the land.

Yunyi guessed that there was no way for Im to become one with this land. There should be a core with some kind of driving power under the ground.

If what we are expecting is correct, if we can find the core that drives the earth, we should be able to truly kill Im.

But
The protection of the soil layer and the aura of Imna that permeated the entire holy land made it impossible for Yoshiichi Tsugikoku to find the real core.

Throwing down the ring inlaid with pure gold casually, Jiguo Yuanyi also wanted to see if pure gold could suppress the earth's ability to heal itself.

At the feet of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi, the long sword left a shallow scar after being pulled out. Although the scar was shallow, what made Tsugakuni Yoshiichi happy was that the surrounding soil did not quickly fill the gap.

Is it because Yimu has no ability to use it? Or is it that the existence of pure gold suppresses some kind of power of this land?

At this moment, Yuichiro Tsuchikuni had no way of knowing the exact answer, but what was happening before his eyes was enough to drive Yuichiro Tsuchikuni to take the next step.

Regardless of whether pure gold really has any effect on this land, there is one thing that Yoshiichi Tsugumi can be sure of, and that is that there is only one chance to defeat the opponent.

If Im discovered that the earth had lost its ability to heal itself, she would probably flee immediately. Im possessed some kind of power that allowed her to merge with the earth. If she really intended to escape, then on this vast red earth continent, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi would really have no way of finding her.

Moreover, if Im knew that his ability had failed, the other party would probably try every means to find out the reason. If the effect of pure gold was exposed, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi would have no more means to deal with Im.

Because of this, Jikoku Yuichi will become extremely cautious about his next move.

The gray mist that appeared on the battlefield began to spread. The diffusion speed of the mist was very fast. It was more than ten meters away from Tsugakuni Yoshiichi, and the mist reached Tsugakuni Yoshiichi in just a few seconds.

The cloud of water mist released by Im seemed to want to wrap up Yuichiro Tsugakuin. Faced with the water mist that was rapidly expanding towards him, Yuichiro Tsugakuin did not choose to resist head-on.

With his wings spread out behind him, Tsugaru Yoshiichi's figure quickly retreated.

Tsugikoku Yuichi did not choose to take off quickly. He wanted to see with his own eyes the extent of the horizontal expansion of this cloud of water mist.

At the same time, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi no longer attacked blindly. He was observing the opponent's abilities and planning an attack.

The next strike must either not be made at all, or when it is made, it must not give Im any chance.

As Jiguo Yuanyi's figure quickly retreated, the mist quickly spread in all directions. Before long, it had covered the entire area where Pangu City was originally located, a full hundred miles. The large coverage area made Jiguo Yuanyi quite frightened, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.

The larger the coverage area of ​​Im's ability, the wider the possible hiding places of the opponent.

If Tsugikuni Yoshiichi wants to kill with one strike, the larger the range his next strike needs to cover.

100 miles
This area is still within the coverage of Jiguo Yuanyi's attack!
Yoshiichirō's retreat speed became faster and faster, while the spreading speed of the water mist slowed down. After Yoshiichirō Tsugakuni flew over three hundred miles, the water mist created by Im reached its limit and there was no way to further pursue Yoshiichirō Tsugakuni.

As Jiguo Yuanyi paused for a moment and turned around, he found that the entire holy land was now shrouded in the water mist created by Im.

The Celestial Dragon town, which should have been brightly lit, was now dark and utterly dark.

The bright moonlight poured down, but it was unable to penetrate the layer of mist, causing the entire holy land to become pitch black and dead silent, without any sign of life.

"."

Ji Guoyuan pondered for a moment, spread his wings behind him, soared up, and returned to the air, looking down at the darkness below. Ji Guoyuan lightly raised the long sword in his right hand, and a terrifying domineering aura also gathered on the long sword.

The cloud of water mist created by Im can cover the entire holy land, which also means that Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's next attack needs to "take care" of every inch of land in the holy land. The attack range must not only be wide enough, but also strong enough. Even three-point penetration into the ground is far from enough.

Taking a deep breath, Tsugikoku Yoriichi also began to accumulate strength.

In the thick fog below, there was a huge insect-like figure rolling in the fog. The next moment, countless flesh whips broke through the thick fog and shot rapidly towards Ji Guoyuan in the air.

Apparently, that worm is Im's true body?!

However, Tsugaru Yoshiichi was not moved at all. He just waved his hand and scattered a golden flame for you to resist, while the long sword in his hand was still hanging high, accumulating strength.

That insect shadow could be Im's true form? !

Although the aura was exactly the same as Im's, Yoshiichi Tsugikuni knew that it was just a cover to attract attacks. It would not be a problem for Im to create as many of those things as he wanted.

What he had to do was to raze the entire holy land to the ground, kill all creatures above and below the holy land, and not give Im any chance!

"It's sunny!"

As Tsugikuni Yoshiichi murmured softly, the long sword in his hand also fell down. At this moment, the dark night sky was as bright as day. Not only the holy land, its light instantly illuminated thousands of miles, even as far away as the Navy Headquarters, it became daytime at this moment.

When the blade fell, it penetrated the sky and the earth!

(End of this chapter)