Chapter 1358: Battle of the Sabaody Archipelago (9)

"Believe it or not, I'm in a bad position right now!"

The bear responded quietly, his tone so calm that it was a little eerie.

"Hey, what the hell do you want to do, bear? Get out of the way!"

Seeing this, Akainu on the side became furious.

An extremely powerful aura burst out from his body, and magma continued to flow down from his body, as if it was going to burn everything around him to ashes.

The whole space became hot and suffocating because of his anger.

After hearing this, the bear slowly stood up. His tall and mighty body stood like an unshakable mountain.

He said with a serious face: "As long as the World Government does not instruct us to carry out the mission, we have absolutely no obligation to cooperate with you navy. So, don't expect me to give you answers to your questions!"

After saying that, Xiong turned around and looked directly at Akainu who was not far away.

Seeing this, Akainu was immediately furious, and the murderous intent in his heart quickly burst out like a surging tide.

He glared at the bear fiercely, his hands clenched into fists. If he had not been concerned about the bear's special identity and the serious consequences that might result, Akainu would have rushed forward recklessly to engage in a fierce battle with him.

However, at this extremely tense and pressing moment, an unexpected situation occurred - Luffy rashly broke into the area and without hesitation fixed his hostile gaze on the bear.

Then, Luffy shouted, "Gear 2!"

Along with this roar, Luffy's aura suddenly surged, and a powerful force continuously emerged from his body.

It looked like he was about to launch a violent attack on the bear.

But what was surprising was that in the next second, the bear's figure disappeared without a trace like a ghost.

Just when everyone was shocked, the bear appeared in front of Nami and Franky without any warning.

Before they could react, the bear's broad and powerful paws had already slapped Franky with lightning speed.

Poor Franky didn't even have a chance to resist and was beaten to oblivion in the blink of an eye.

"Luffy, save me!"

Nami screamed in horror at the horrific scene before her.

While desperately calling Luffy's name, she subconsciously reached out for help in Luffy's direction.

Hearing Nami's cry for help, Luffy was extremely anxious. He widened his eyes and his face was full of despair.

However, it was too late.

The bear's terrifying flesh paws showed no sign of stopping and continued to slap Nami with fierce gusts of wind.

In an instant, Nami, like Franky before, disappeared out of thin air in full view of everyone.

"Nami!"

Luffy roared in despair and heart-wrenching despair, and the roar seemed to break through the sky.

Luffy used all his strength and ran towards the bear desperately, as fast as lightning.

However, Kuma had no interest in Luffy's attack and could even be said to be dismissive of it.

He flashed like a ghost and appeared in front of Robin and Chopper in an instant.

When Chopper saw this scene, although he was filled with fear, he still mustered up the courage to resist.

However, before he could make any move, he saw a flash before his eyes, and the huge and desperate pair of flesh hands slapped him on the body with lightning speed.

In an instant, Chopper seemed to be swept away by a gust of wind and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The bear glanced coldly at the disappearing Chopper, and then fixed his cold and ruthless gaze on Robin.

At this time, Robin was already frightened and his face was full of horror.

"Stop, stop!"

Luffy roared at the top of his lungs and continued to rush towards the bear recklessly.

But in the next second, Kuma slapped out the terrifying hand without hesitation, which plunged Luffy into the abyss of despair.

With a scream, Robin's terrified face disappeared in an instant.

Luffy, who had missed his target, was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at the ground with a lifeless look in his eyes.

After a long while, he came back to his senses as if awakened from a dream, and then he pounded the ground with his fists like a madman, and kept howling in despair: "I can't even save one of my friends! Why... why is it like this!"

Tears continued to flow down Luffy's cheeks, soon soaking the ground under his feet.

The bear stood there quietly, looking at Luffy expressionlessly, never saying a word.

The whole scene fell into deathly silence.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly broke the silence: "Are you going to end it only after you knock him away?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Kizaru had quietly arrived in front of the bear without them knowing when.

At the same time, a black shadow fell from the sky and hit the bear's body heavily, stirring up a cloud of dust.

It turned out to be Xia Qi who had saved Luffy and his crew before!

However, her condition was extremely bad at the moment. She looked horrible, with blood all over her body. It was obvious that she was seriously injured.

"Xia Qi!"

When Rayleigh saw Xia Qi like this, his heart ached as if it was being cut by a knife, and he couldn't help but shout out loudly.

But before Xia Qi could make any response, an extremely ferocious fist attacked Rayleigh like lightning.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Akainu's murderous attack.

On the other side, Kizaru stared at the bear and sneered, "You should have thought about how to explain this matter, right? After all, this is not a small matter!"

Facing Kizaru's questioning, Kuma remained expressionless and slowly walked towards Luffy.

When he stood behind Luffy, he stared at him quietly and said softly: "I'm afraid we will never meet again, so let's say goodbye forever..."

Before he could finish his words, Kuma suddenly raised his huge paw and slapped Luffy mercilessly.

Under Luffy's shocked and angry gaze, there was a muffled sound, and Luffy's figure disappeared without a trace in an instant.

However, Xiong did not stop his actions, and immediately slapped Xia Qi, who was lying on the ground and unconscious, with his palm.

In an instant, Xia Qi was blown away like a kite with a broken string.

If there was someone present who had a profound understanding of Observation Haki, then they would definitely be able to notice that the direction in which Xia Qi was knocked flying was exactly the same as Luffy's.

Seeing this situation, the navy who were still in action stopped one after another.

The scene suddenly became silent and the atmosphere was extremely tense.