Chapter 770: Reduction in personnel, a strong man from another dimension! (1 in 2)

Bursts of exclamations came from the sinking Moby Dick, and Kozuki Oden suddenly turned around and looked towards the harbor.

Seeing the pirate ship entrusted to him by his elder brother being cut into pieces by Yoshiichi Tsugakuni one by one, Kozuki Oden couldn't help but feel bloodshot.

"You don't have time to look anywhere else right now!"

In a battle between top warriors, a moment of distraction is enough to completely decide the outcome of the battle. Moreover, the enemy that Kozuki Oden was facing at this time was the strongest man in the world, Yoriichi Tsugikoku.

A cold voice sounded in Kozuki Oden's ears. When Oden turned around hurriedly, he found that Tsugekuni Yoshiichi, who was just a few meters away, had come to his side, and the long black sword in the other's hand was slashing towards his neck at a rapid speed.

“I can’t avoid it!!”

In the moment of crisis, Oden's mind suddenly went blank after this thought flashed through his mind, and he stood there in a daze. It seemed that his brain had stopped working and he no longer thought about ways to dodge and escape, as if he had accepted his fate.

His pupils suddenly shrank, and as he watched Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's blade getting closer and closer, Kozuki Oden actually closed his eyes silently.

"clang--"

However, the pain did not come from the neck. On the contrary, a crisp golden sound exploded in Oden's ears. He opened his eyes suddenly and found that Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, who was originally swinging the sword to slash, had at some point taken a back-hand blocking posture, with the blade tightly pressed against his body.

"Oden, what are you doing?!"

"Come on!"

"Think about Whitebeard and his instructions to you!"

Rayleigh's roar rang in Oden's ears, pulling Oden back to reality, and Rayleigh's words also made Oden come back to his senses.

There has never been a moment when Oden felt that he was so close to death. Even though Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's blade had not yet completely fallen, his body had already given up resistance in the face of such a powerful enemy.

To say it's a revolving door, this is happening too fast.

Shaking his head slightly, Oden tried hard to control himself from looking in the direction of the Moby Dick, forcing himself to focus on the battle in front of him.

While Oden was distracted, Rayleigh had already drawn his sword and rushed towards Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

"Ben Beckman."

After failing to kill him, Ji Guoyuan glanced at Rayleigh who was flying towards him, but his eyes turned to Beckman who was more than ten meters away.

His attack just now was disrupted by Beckman. The opponent seemed to have anticipated his action long ago. He had already fired the bullet before Tsugery Yoshiichirō flashed to the side of Oden and slashed with his sword, "coincidentally" forcing Tsugery Yoshiichirō to give up attacking Oden and instead put away his sword to defend himself.

The opponent's armament domineering was very strong. Although with Tsugakuni Yoriichi's strength, he would not suffer much damage even if he was hit by the opponent's bullet, but Tsugakuni Yoriichi had always been vigilant and cautious about things like bullets.

He is indeed very strong, but he must take the existence of seastone weapons into consideration when fighting.

He didn't know much about Beckman, and didn't know if he had such a thing. According to normal thinking, if Beckman was a domineering and powerful gunsmith, it would be normal for him to be equipped with seastone bullets as Red Hair's deputy.

Through the feel of the bullet during blocking, Yoshiichi Tsuchikuni was able to determine that the bullet he had shot away was not made of seastone, but this was probably just a means for the opponent to confuse Yoshiichi Tsuchikuni. If he ignored the opponent just because he was using a firearm, Yoshiichi Tsuchikuni himself would probably be the one who would suffer in the end.

Compared to Oden and Rayleigh who are fighting with shining long swords, and Luffy who is wielding his fists with the power of the devil fruit, the person who poses the greatest threat to Yoriichi Tsugakuni on the battlefield now is not Rayleigh and Oden who are attacking in the front, but Beckman who is providing support with guns.

Noticing Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's gaze, Beckman curled the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, and then he gradually faded from Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's sight. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the spot, as if he was invisible.

"Hey, Tsugikoku Yoriichi, your opponent is me!"

Without giving Tsugakuya Yoshiichi too much chance to observe the battlefield, Rayleigh had already rushed in front of Tsugakuya Yoshiichi, and with a downward swing, his long sword slashed diagonally from bottom to top towards Tsugakuya Yoshiichi's chest.

At the same time, Oden, who had come to his senses, hurriedly drew his sword to cooperate with Rayleigh's attack. They were both once members of Roger's pirate group. Although there were not many enemies worthy of their simultaneous attack, they were very familiar with each other's fighting styles and had long developed a tacit understanding.

Without any communication, they formed a joint attack on Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

The attack was fierce. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's gaze quickly swept across Rayleigh and Oden, and glanced at Luffy, who was standing outside the battle and wanted to join in but was hesitant, and then his gaze returned to Rayleigh and the others.

While observing the battle situation, Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's body movements did not stop for a moment. As he retreated lightly, the long sword in his hand either slashed or blocked, easily resolving the attacks of Rayleigh and Oden.

However, when the two of them saw Ji Guoyuan retreating, they naturally stepped forward and attacked him repeatedly, forcing Ji Guoyuan to retreat repeatedly, and they actually gained the upper hand in the situation.

Seeing this, Luffy outside the field, his throbbing heart gradually calmed down at this moment.

The sense of oppression that Tsugakuni Yoriichi brought to him when he first appeared was too strong. That domineering slash made even a big heart like Luffy feel the threat of death.

However, as Rayleigh, Kozuki Oden and Beckman attacked one after another, the situation seemed to be under their control. This situation also made Luffy have some different ideas.

Although Rayleigh repeatedly reminded him to leave, is Luffy such a man who can easily listen to advice? !
Of course, the more important thing is that Luffy of this generation did not encounter the "group annihilation setback" in the Sabaody Archipelago. The emotional connection between him and Rayleigh is actually not deep. Luffy only thinks that the other party is the vice-captain of Roger's pirate group, a guide who has mastered the historical text of the signposts and can lead him to Raftel.

There is not a very deep relationship between the two. For Luffy, Beckman is far more trustworthy than Rayleigh, but Beckman did not remind himself to leave.

Judging from the current battle scene, there is really no need for him to leave. He is fully capable of joining this battle at the top of the world and exerting his own strength.

Luffy even wants to defeat Yoriichi Tsugakuni and avenge his dead companions!

Yoriichi had no idea of ​​Luffy's plan. While resisting the joint attack of Rayleigh and Oden, Yoriichi Tsugakuni even had enough energy to observe other people on the battlefield. Seeing that Luffy had no intention of leaving, but instead stood at the edge of the battlefield with a covetous look on his face, Yoriichi Tsugakuni couldn't help but smile.

Although he didn't know what the guy was going to do, it was a good thing for Yoshiichi Tsugakuni that he didn't leave. Otherwise, it would have been a lot of effort to chase them.

To outsiders, it seemed that Rayleigh and Oden had superb skills and coordinated well with each other. Under their combined attack, Tsugakuni Yoshiichirō was left with only the ability to defend himself and was beaten back step by step.

But in fact, the more Rayleigh and Oden attacked, the more frightened they became, because every sword attack by Tsugakuni Yoshiichi was very accurate, whether it was to block or counterattack to force them to retreat, and there was no disorder in his own moves or steps, and he was in a state of ease.

There is no way to act out this kind of ease and calmness.

This only proves one thing, that is, Tsugaru Yoshiichi's swordsmanship is stronger than both of them, and not just a little bit stronger.

Oden and Rayleigh both knew that Tsugakuni Yoshiichi had the ability and means to fight back, but the other party had not changed his tactics yet. Perhaps he was testing their bottom line? !
"Is that all?!"

Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's retreating steps stopped. In just a few seconds, Tsugakuin Yoshiichi had retreated a hundred meters after fighting and retreating. However, as soon as he finished speaking, Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's moves suddenly changed. First, he used his sword to push Rayleigh back, and then he slashed Oden with a horizontal slash.

The power of his domineering aura and fierce strength were beyond the understanding of Oden and Rayleigh.

The two of them were already strong men at the top, but when Tsugikoku Yoshiichi attacked with all his strength, they had no choice but to retreat. "At this level, there's no way I can enjoy myself!"

"It's been a long time since I fought against a strong man."

Ji Guoyuan's tone was full of disappointment.

In an instant, the domineering aura surging in Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's body suddenly doubled in strength. With just two slashes of the sword, he forced Rayleigh and Oden to retreat. Changing the offense and defense, Tsugakuni Yoshiichi stepped forward and swung his sword repeatedly. The sword light condensed into substance in front of him, directly covering Rayleigh and Oden.

However, under the attack of Tsugakuni Yoshiichirō, Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden could not keep up with the speed of Tsugakuni Yoshiichirō's sword. In a two-on-one situation, they had no way to intercept all the incoming sword shadows, and could only barely block those attacks aimed at vital points.

At the moment of switching from offense to defense, several bloody marks appeared on the bodies and arms of Rayleigh and Oden. These were the knife wounds left by the attacks that they were unable to avoid. Some were deep, some were shallow, and the blood made them look a little embarrassed.

But fortunately, these knife wounds are just superficial injuries, right?
Rayleigh and Oden had just had similar thoughts in their minds, but reality slapped them in the face.

They didn't know when it started, but the wounds on their bodies that were inflicted by Tsugikoku Yoshiichi began to feel a burning pain.
The pain was not strong or obvious at first, but as more and more wounds appeared on the body, the pain became more and more severe and could not be ignored.

The three of them had only exchanged a hundred moves when the burning pain was already able to affect the accuracy of Rayleigh and Oden's swords. The problem with accuracy also resulted in them being able to block fewer attacks and suffering more wounds.

As one gained strength, the other lost strength, and it became increasingly difficult for Oden and Rayleigh to fight back.

This change came suddenly. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates were watching Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden making rapid progress just a moment ago, but in just a blink of an eye, the two of them were trapped in the sword light of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi and struggled to escape.

Luffy could even clearly sense that the aura of Rayleigh and Oden was rapidly declining.

Even if Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden joined forces, they were no match for Tsugikoku Yoriichi!!

"Rubber White Pistol!"

Seeing that the outcome of the battle was about to be decided, Luffy finally couldn't hold back any longer. He seized the opportunity and jumped into the air. With a roar, his fists fell towards Tsugakuni Yoshiichi like raindrops.

Rayleigh and Oden also saw the opportunity to escape, quickly putting more than ten meters between themselves and Yoshikazu Tsugakuni.

Rayleigh and Oden, who thought they had escaped to a safe area, looked down at the wounds on their bodies at the same time. They found that the skin on both sides of the wounds caused by Tsugikoku Yoshiichi was a little black, as if they were burned.

"Devil fruit power?"

"Tsugikoku Yoriichi can use a golden flame"

Oden looked at the wound, his domineering aura wrapped around the wound, but it did not reduce the pain in the wound at all.

"It's not the power of a devil fruit?!"

"What the hell is this."

Rayleigh discovered this when he was checking the wound. Fine beads of sweat covered his cheeks. He didn't know whether it was because of the tiredness from the battle or the shock from the strange injury.

"Dong dong dong dong——"

Luffy's fist slammed into the ground, causing it to crack and the entire island to shake violently.

However, when Luffy stopped attacking and looked at the ground intently, there was no trace of Yoriichi Tsugakuni on the battlefield.

"laugh--"

The thick smoke and dust scattered, and at that moment when Luffy, Rayleigh and others were looking around for the trace of Tsugakuin Yoshiichi, a slight sound suddenly came from behind Sanji, Brook and others.

The location where the sound came from was closest to Sanji, even right behind him. Sanji, who noticed the movement, turned around suddenly, only to find that Yoriichi Tsugakuni, who had disappeared on the battlefield, had appeared behind him at some point, and the other party stabbed forward with a knife, and the tip of the knife appeared clearly behind Sanji, less than an inch away from his vest.

"!!!"

When Sanji saw this scene, his pupils suddenly shrank. He thought the other party was going to attack him, but unexpectedly, the tip of the other party's knife stopped there.

Just as Sanji was wondering, the space behind him suddenly twisted, and Beckman's figure suddenly faded away slowly, and Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's blade had already pierced through his vest, from the back to the chest, revealing a black blade.

The target of Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's attack was not Sanji at all, but Ben Beckman, who had disappeared from everyone's sight in some way before.

"How can it be"

"you"

"why?"

His heart was pierced and the light in Beckman's eyes was rapidly fading. When he was dying, only this question remained in his mind.

"Be it a devil fruit or a special ability."

"In front of my transparent world, Beckman, you have nowhere to hide!"

Yuichi Tsugikoku knew what questions Beckman had in his mind. Facing a dying man, Yuichi Tsugikoku didn't mind giving him a definite answer.

However, Beckman probably couldn't hear it.

The breath was extinguished, and Yoshiichi Tsugakuni pulled out his sword boldly, and Beckman's body fell straight forward. Sanji subconsciously reached out to support him, and was about to guard against Yoshiichi Tsugakuni attacking him and other companions, but he found that Yoshiichi Tsugakuni, who was in front of him just now, had already come to his side.

"don’t worry"

"Not everyone is worthy of my sword!"

Jiguoyuan disappeared in a flash, leaving Sanji and the others standing there in a daze, unable to speak for a long time.

"The strength is not even in the same dimension!"

Brook slumped down on the ground. Under the terrifying domineering aura of Yoshiichi Tsugakuni, Brook felt his mind was in a mess and his bones were about to fall apart.

Just the domineering aura that permeated from the opponent had already affected the effect of his Yomiuri Fruit.

(End of this chapter)