Sailing: This Bounce-Bounce Fruit is a little different.

At the same time, he also flicked the long knife in Sam's hand away.

what?

Sam's hands were thrown back uncontrollably by the force of the impact, and his eyes, which were wide open in front of him, couldn't help but widen.

However, a strange elastic force caused his body to become slightly sluggish.

And it was just that brief moment.

Huang Hai keenly seized the opportunity, his right hand gripping the curved blade in reverse, ready to strike. Simultaneously, a series of loud bangs echoed from beneath his feet, to the side of his hand, and from the back of the blade.

Swish!

For a moment, it was as if the air had been torn apart.

Huang Hai's figure disappeared from the spot.

When he reappeared, he was already behind Sam.

next moment.

Pfft!

The sound of blood splattering rang out.

thump!

In a daze, a head fell to the ground along with blood from a slightly tilted wound.

"The Devil Fruit ability is quite good..."

Huang Hai casually tossed aside the blood-stained scimitar, shook his head, and straightened his slightly disheveled trench coat.

"You shouldn't be staying in such a weak place as the East Blue. If you were in the Grand Line or the New World, with your abilities, you would surely be among the top powerhouses..."

At this time.

not far away.

Helmeppo and the others, who had been watching the battle closely, also noticed the scene. Their eyes revealed complex emotions as they raised their swords and roared in a hoarse voice.

"Sam is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!!!"

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.

Confusion, ecstasy, doubt, anger...

A variety of expressions arose spontaneously.

But then a head, stripped of its disguise and familiar to the pirates, was thrown from afar and landed among them.

Bang, bang, bang!

In an instant, all the remaining pirates, whether dejected, fearful, or following suit, threw down their weapons, covered their heads, and squatted down, no longer willing to resist.

Seeing this, Bellemere and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Having not eaten properly for several days, they were already struggling to keep going.

If the fighting continues like this, some more people might die.

But since the culprits are already dead, there's no point in continuing the fight.

Thinking of this, Bellemere and the other navy personnel looked gratefully at the figure standing in the distance.

Is this guy really a pirate?

Seeing no signs of fighting, Zoro glanced curiously at Huang Hai, thought for a moment, and then walked straight towards him.

The other side.

After kicking Sam's head away and seeing the pirates surrender, Huang Hai stopped paying attention to that and focused his attention on willpower.

[Talent Intake: Shedding Skin]

[Shedding: When the injury is too severe and life-threatening, a shedding effect will be triggered, granting the user a skin-renewing property similar to that of a snake shedding its skin...]

"There's even this [molting] talent? Could it be an ability or trait borrowed from the Pebble Fruit?"

This information came during his battle, but since the opportunity was rare at the time, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be such a pleasant surprise.

"I just don't know... is there only one chance for [Shedding Skin], or will it be triggered every time there's a life-threatening crisis..."

As Huang Hai watched intently, the information gradually disappeared, and a warm current appeared out of nowhere, covering all the skin tissue on the body from top to bottom.

As it fully integrates, the skin becomes firmer without affecting its elasticity, as if the resilience of the skin has been further enhanced.

"If it's true that you can absorb some of the characteristics from Devil Fruits, then what about Alvida's Smooth-Smooth Fruit...?"

After a moment's thought, Huang Hai suddenly realized something.

He suddenly remembered the first principle of [Talent Absorption], which is that when the other party has multiple talents, the talents will be randomly absorbed.

So it seems that Sam is a talentless guy if he didn't eat the "PiPi Fruit".

Or perhaps he was just lucky and happened to get his hands on it.

"Forget it, whatever kind of talent I have, I won't be at a disadvantage. Why think so much about it..."

"Hey!"

At that moment, Zoro, with three swords at his waist, walked over calmly.

"Do we still need to honor the previous agreement?"

Chapter Thirty-One: Tornado X Bull Demon!

"Of course!"

Coming to his senses, Huang Hai looked up at Zoro, put his hands in his trench coat pockets, and smiled slightly, "I'm available anytime, I have plenty of time..."

"Then let's just get started!"

Zoro slowly drew his sword and said, "From the battle just now, I can tell you're not a bad pirate, but for me, a promise is a promise for life..."

“I have my own ambitions; I want to become the world's greatest swordsman! What you said earlier certainly broadened my horizons, but…”

"This doesn't mean I can't live without you! I don't care about my reputation, whether it's good or bad, I only have one goal: to let the whole world know my name!"

"Defeat me! Beat me! If you can't, don't bother me again!"

Before he could finish speaking, he had already bitten into the Wado Ichimonji sword, and gripped the other two swords tightly in his hands, his slightly hunched body seemingly ready to attack.

"You've already said it all, what else can I say..."

Huang Hai reached out and rubbed his face, the smile gradually fading, replaced by a calm expression.

"Perfect timing! I'd also like to see how strong you are, given your ambition to become the world's greatest swordsman!"

The words fell.

boom!

A little dust rose up.

Huang Hai's figure shot out instantly, quickly heading towards Zoro.

Seeing this, Zoro's eyes narrowed, and with a steady movement, he twisted his right wrist, slicing the blade diagonally towards Huang Hai's upper body, while simultaneously slicing downwards with his left blade.

The blade moved with steady speed and accuracy, precisely anticipating Huang Hai's trajectory, clearly based on observations made during the previous battle.

"Not fast enough!"

Just before the twin blades were about to strike, transparent ripples compressed and exploded beneath Huang Hai's feet, causing his body to instantly flip and bounce up.

He then lightly patted the back of the blade, and the elasticity burst between them, propelling Huang Hai's body while also accelerating the speed of the opponent's diagonal slash, preventing him from changing direction in time.

Using this momentum, Huang Hai spun rapidly, his right leg slamming down like a battle axe towards Zoro's head.

Below, Zoro narrowed his eyes and instead of forcibly retracting his right blade, he used the speed of the diagonal cut to naturally tilt and turn his body, wielding the blade in his left hand and slashing backwards, spinning like a blade tornado.

【Three-Sword Style - Tornado】!

In an instant, the powerful sword pressure generated a tornado-like airflow, and the direction of the airflow from the sword blade swept upwards towards Huang Hai.

Oh?

Seeing this, Huang Hai frowned and repeatedly struck the void in mid-air, using the unformed bursts of air to generate propulsion, thus halting his body's vertical shift.

Due to the speed of falling, the transparent ripples condense to form a water curtain shape, and the frequency of the ripples is accelerated several times.

next moment.

Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang!

The sword-blade tornado and the ripple elasticity are like incompatible water and oil, colliding and deviating between the rebound and the slash.

However, not long after.

As Huang Hai descended with increased force, the ripples in the water curtain gradually deflected all the sword attacks, and the air currents it carried were also bounced back with the impact.

For a moment, Zoro's body was fixed in place by the airflow.

【Three-Sword Style - Gyu-Oni - Hero Claw】