louisehourcade Chapter 403: Death penalty may be spared, but punishment is inescapable!
Chapter 403: Death penalty may be spared, but punishment is inescapable!
Upon hearing this, Satan Saint's body trembled violently.
He started to tremble.
It is fear.
It is the fear of life's instinct.
His soul seemed to be frozen by those words.
He lay on the ground, not daring to lift his head.
His forehead was pressed firmly against the broken rocks.
cold sweat.
The supreme power of the world government.
A scientifically-minded defensive warrior who sees all living beings as worthless.
Now, he's just an old dog with a broken spine, waiting to die.
Im lightly slashed the ground with the spiraling longsword in his hand.
The sound of the sword tip scraping against the stone was enough to make your teeth ache.
"Your sin is unforgivable."
Im's voice was flat.
"But the battlefield still needs you..."
A "but".
Satan suddenly looked up.
His eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
The blood vessels burst open.
He stared intently at Junzi's mouth, which was hidden behind a veil; it was the only way out that would determine his life or death.
He knew Im's methods all too well.
Death is always merciful.
The real punishment is the eternal torment of being unable to live or die.
Im looked down at the ugly, distorted face, his eyes filled with pure disgust.
"After this battle is over, Mu will deal with you personally."
"Now, you only have one goal: kill the person in front of you, understand?"
Im's gaze swept past him, across Luffy and the ancient robot not far away, before returning to him.
The tone was as if it were an act of charity.
"If handled well, Mother will be lenient with your punishment."
"Treat her leniently!"
These four words struck Satan Saint's mind.
He grasped at a straw.
His face contorted even more violently with excitement.
Anything is fine as long as it's not eternal torment!
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
He kowtowed heavily.
"I will atone for my sins! I will tear them all to pieces and offer them to you!"
After saying that, Satan sprang to his feet.
"roar--!!!"
The roar made the air tremble.
His shrunken body underwent another transformation.
In the blink of an eye, the giant bull-like spider returned.
This time, it's even bigger.
It grew even longer, sharper, and more menacing barbs.
Satan's eyes were blood red.
They are the eyes of a wild beast.
"Straw Hat Boy! Scrap metal! Die!"
His massive body shot out like a black cannonball.
Crazy.
boom!
The ground cracked.
He was even faster than before.
Luffy stood on the ancient robot's shoulder, his face instantly turning serious.
"That old spider guy, has he gone mad?"
Luffy pulled his straw hat down low, white smoke swirling around him.
The ancient robot's red electronic eyes shone brightly.
The giant robotic arm was raised.
"Joey...Boy...Protect..."
boom--! ! !
The black spider and the steel giant collided.
Satan did not hold back.
The spider legs, resembling spears and coated with top-tier Armament Haki, frantically stabbed at the robot's joints.
Sparks flew everywhere.
The sound of metal clashing echoed through the sky.
Ancient robots were powerful, but not as agile as him.
"Die! Die! Die! All of you, die!"
As Satan attacked, he also sprayed highly toxic black acid.
Every move he made was designed to result in mutual destruction.
They would rather withstand an iron fist with their own bodies than leave a gash on the robot.
A robotic arm slammed into his back.
The newly grown shell cracked again, and green blood splattered everywhere.
Satan seemed to feel no pain.
Using the momentum, he turned around and plunged his two front legs into the gaps in the robot's chest armor.
Tear it open with force!
"Sizzle—"
The sound of metal tearing apart sent chills down my spine.
A gash was torn in the robot's thick chest armor.
The intricate gears and wiring inside were exposed.
"Hehehehe! Did you see that, Lord Im? I'm fighting again! I'm clearing away obstacles for you once more!"
Satan Saint was vomiting blood while laughing maniacally; he had gone mad.
Luffy jumped off the robot's shoulder.
The body spun rapidly in the air, like a white whirlwind.
"Gum-Gum, White Star Gun!"
A massive fist, crackling with Conqueror's Haki, slammed towards Satan Saint's head.
Satan Saint's compound eye was fixed on Luffy.
A spider leg suddenly popped out from behind at an unusual angle, blocking the punch.
"Get out of my way! Damn Nika! Don't block my way of atonement!"
Satan roared, unleashing a toxin burst from his entire body.
The torrential rain enveloped Luffy and the ancient robot completely.
The battle here has reached a fever pitch.
On the edge of the battlefield, the clouds of despair grew even thicker.
The eerie "black magic circle" did not stop.
As the Five Elders and Im unleashed their power, the magic circle became more active and violent.
On the ground, countless black halos resembled festering sores.
"Aaaaaah! Help! What is this?!"
Screams were heard everywhere.
Black tentacles stretched out from the magic circle, like greedy venomous snakes.
Ignoring friend from foe.
Anything alive is their prey.
A rear admiral stepped back, clutching his arm.
His feet suddenly lost their footing and he stepped into a newly appeared black circle of light.
"No! Don't!"
His eyes widened.
The black, viscous liquid climbed up his legs at an alarming speed.
The liquid seeped into his pores, blood vessels, and wounds.
"Ughh ...
He let out a heart-wrenching wail.
The body began to deform.
His face was distorted, his features were displaced, and his skin turned a deathly gray.
The blood vessels bulged out like black earthworms.
"Kill...kill..."
Within seconds, he lost all reason.
The fingernails fall off and bone claws grow out.
The spine pierced through the military uniform.
He turned his head, his eyes filled only with crimson killing intent.
"roar!"
The rear admiral, now a monster, lunged at the naval soldiers who were about to pull him away.
He bit down on his former comrade's neck.
Blood spurted out.
Such scenes play out in every part of the battlefield.
The elite naval soldiers and revolutionary army warriors will turn into new monsters if they encounter the magic circle or get entangled by the tentacles.
Join this massacre.
"Damn it! This is never going to end!"
The revolutionary army leader, Long, transformed into a hurricane, traversing the battlefield at low altitude.
"Wind Dragon - Tornado!"
With a wave of his hands, the dragon conjured a tornado from the ground.
They rolled up a dozen or so revolutionary soldiers and sent them to the safety zone.
But he felt powerless in the face of such widespread erosion.
His winds can disperse poisonous gases and shatter rocks.
But these curses rooted in the earth cannot be dispelled.
Even if the tentacles are severed, they will regenerate and even split into more.
"Everyone! Don't touch the black circles on the ground! Evacuate to higher ground!"
The dragon's voice echoed across the battlefield, but it sounded pale.
On the other side, Shanks, the red-haired man, held his sword in one hand, his expression extremely solemn.
"Gods, beware!"
A dark red, domineering slash swept out.
Smash the black magic circles in front of you and the monsters above them.
Conqueror's Haki has a counter to this power, but it consumes a huge amount of energy.
Shanks was panting heavily, his forehead covered in sweat.
He glanced around and felt a chill run down his spine.
too fast.
The erosion is happening too fast.
The number of living people is decreasing rapidly.
The monstrous army, driven mad by desperation, is expanding at an alarming rate.
What's even more terrifying is the collapse of psychological defenses.
Watching your comrades turn into monsters is more terrifying than facing the Five Elders.
"Help me! I don't want to become a monster!"
"Don't come any closer! That's Lieutenant Jack! Don't shoot!"
"Kill him! He's no longer human!"
Cries for help, pleas for help, and the sounds of gunfire intertwined to create a hellish atmosphere.
Shanks looked at Ben Beckman.
The latter used his powerful bullets to accurately kill the approaching tentacles, his brows furrowing into a deep frown.
"Boss, this can't go on."
Beckman said in a deep voice, "The barrel is hot."
"This is power. If we don't cut it off at its source, we'll be worn down sooner or later."
Shanks gritted his teeth, his gaze piercing through the chaos to the indifferent figure in the air.
"The source is there..."
Shanks gripped Griffin's hand tightly.
"But that monster was so powerful that even Captain Roger and Rocks couldn't defeat it together."
Despair permeated the entire Future Island.