I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

"Is that the priest? Didn't Conis say that every priest is terrifyingly powerful?"

The ball-like priest Forest Satoru in front of him not only kept grinning foolishly, but also jumped left and right on the ball in a funny way. No matter how Luffy looked at it, he didn't think he was a powerful character.

Only Zoro looked serious. This guy seemed to be not very smart, but he had mastered the Observation Haki.

"Let me be frank with you. If you can't beat me, you can forget about moving forward." The fat ball jumped from ball to ball, gradually approaching the Crow.

"He's coming! Luffy! Go! Kill him!" Usopp began to command the battle.

"Okay! Watch me knock him down." Luffy swung his right hand.

"Oh? It can stretch!" Fatty laughed and continued to jump towards the Crow.

"Eraser...pistol! Huh?"

Fat Ball unexpectedly predicted the attack position, dodged in advance, jumped onto the boat, and raised his hand towards Luffy.

Boom! !

With a loud bang, Luffy was blown away into the air and hit a tree in the jungle hard.

At the same time, the two knives in Zoro's hands had already slashed towards his chest.

He said calmly, "A feint?"

"shave!"

The next moment, Zoro appeared right in front of his right hand.

"Iron!!"

Boom!

Zoro also crashed into the tree, his chest felt a little numb, well... how to say it, the iron block could still block the impact, but it was a bit of a stretch.

Looking at the advanced skill of Iron Block, Iron Block Steel, which is worth 1000 love points in the system panel, Zoro fell into deep thought.

In the blink of an eye, Usopp also flew over.

"Damn it! Usopp!" Luffy was a little angry when he woke up and saw Usopp injured.

"Ha! Haha!! My name is Satoru, and I'm one of the priests serving the almighty god, Enel. I'm in charge of this land called the Lost Forest!"

"Lost in the forest?" Luffy started chatting with him.

"Yes, it's this forest. What's going to be lost is... your ship!"

"Ah! The ship ran away by itself!!" Luffy screamed exaggeratedly.

Isn't this nonsense? The ship hasn't broken anchor.

"Your boat will follow the Cloud River through this forest and eventually reach the forest's end—the Living Altar," said Fatty Ball proudly. "Without the boat, you'll lose the path to the altar, so you must find a way to get back on board. Of course, I and the countless startled clouds floating here will never let you succeed."

Then he said solemnly: "Welcome to the forbidden holy land - the Island of God... Hehe!! This is the Lost Forest, the survival rate is 10%... Accept the Trial of the Ball!"

"Hey, Luffy, take Usopp and chase the ship first, leave this to me!" Zoro took out the Wado Ichimonji and bit it in his mouth.

"Okay! Then be careful, that guy is weird!"

"Don't worry!" Zoro naturally knew what Luffy meant by weird. It must be said that although Luffy had never come into contact with Observation Haki, his combat intuition was indeed very sharp.

"Come on if you're brave enough! I'd be honored! Haha!" Fatty suddenly revealed a strange smile: "Want to just charge over here?"

"Three Swords Style: Demonic Slash!!"

The fat ball leaned back in advance and slid to the bottom of the floating ball, avoiding Zoro's passing slash.

"Moon Step! Three Sword Style: One Hundred Eight Trouble Winds!"

Three long-range slashes hit countless cloud balls, causing a series of explosions.

But the fat ball still predicted it in advance and quickly jumped onto other balls to avoid it: "Oh oh... that was close, I actually flew up without relying on Yunbei."

Zoro remembered that in the original plot, the original owner used this move to kill the priest of the Iron Trial in seconds, but he was hiding behind the wall at the time and was attacked later. Moreover, the man did not know the power of this move, so he succeeded.

No sooner said than done, just as Zoro was recalling the plot, Fatty took out a cane and waved it a few times. Several balls in the air seemed to be controlled by him and flew towards him quickly.

"razor!"

boom!

Zoro looked towards where he was originally standing. Several balls collided with each other, causing not only explosions but also countless knives and axes flying in all directions.

He swung his sword quickly to deflect the flying blades.

"Impact!"

Boom!

The fat ball appeared behind him at some point, and before Zoro even had time to use the iron block, he was blown away and knocked against a tree. Fortunately, his physical fitness was relatively high, so he only suffered minor injuries.

Can Observation Haki still hide one's aura? Facing the sneak attack of Fatty, Zoro's intuition as a warrior could not be used at all.

Seeing that Fatty was about to chase Luffy and the others, Zoro didn't have time to think of a strategy: "Where do you want to go!?"

"razor!"

"Santo-ryu·Tiger Hunting!"

The fat ball jumped between the cloud balls and hid under the cloud balls again to avoid Zoro's slash.

This time, Zoro didn't give him a chance to breathe. He performed Moon Steps in mid-air, turned around and slashed horizontally towards the bottom of the cloud ball.

Fatty still predicted in advance, loosened his hands and jumped to the ground, and Zoro followed closely.

"Three Swords Style: Leopard, Koto, Jade"

This move was a combination of hardness and softness. He rushed through the air, turned around and slashed in the air, then held both swords in reverse and quickly turned over to slash twice.

Although the fat ball looks bulky, its dodge attribute is extremely high. It twists its body here and there and dodges all attacks.

"You still won't give up! A Qinghai swordsman who hasn't practiced the Heart Net is no match for me no matter what! Haha!!" After dodging all the attacks, the fat ball smiled triumphantly: "Well, it seems that I have no choice but to get rid of you completely first."

With that, he attacked Zoro.

Zoro didn't dare to use his sword casually. After all, if he couldn't hit him, it would just be a waste of energy. So he used the soft sword technique of the Wolf Blade Style, dodging the fat ball's attacks and occasionally returning a blow.

But his hesitation was seen through, and he was knocked to the ground by a fierce kick. Fatty seized the opportunity and quickly approached, leaning over and aiming his palm at his chest.

"! Block of iron!!" Zoro tensed all his muscles.

"Impact!"

Boom!

The classic example of smoke without injury, Fatty Ball was knocked back a few steps by the recoil. He looked at Zoro, whose face was only stained, in shock: "What kind of monster are you!?"

Zoro ignored him, stood up, and put on his turban: "I'm obviously weak, but my attacks are always seen through. It's really difficult!"

Recalling the original plot, Luffy and Sanji defeated Fatty because his observation Haki was not practiced enough, and he was distracted by Luffy's chaotic fighting style, so he was locked by Luffy's old tree roots, and then Sanji gave him a fatal kick to the head, completing the KO.

But that kind of random fighting style was not Zoro's style, so he remembered the later teaching videos of Mr. Ka and Luffy, put away the two swords, held the Wado Ichimonji in one hand, slowly closed his eyes, carefully felt all the surrounding environment, and muttered to himself.

"focus……"

"Ha! Haha! Are you going to give up struggling?" Fatty didn't understand what was going on, but quickly took the opportunity to launch an attack.

There is murderous intent! Zoro held the sword with both hands and slashed forward diagonally.

"Impact!"

Boom!

He only felt a violent impact on his chest and flew backwards. Although his physical attributes were very high, his chest was continuously injured and blood was still flowing out of his mouth.

Looking at the injured Zoro, Fatty suddenly became smart:

"Haha! I understand. You can't maintain super strong defense when you're attacking or moving. Or... if you want to maintain that super strong defense, you can't attack."

After saying that, Fatty attacked again.

"Impact!"

Boom!

……

After being beaten several times, Fatty was already gasping for breath and covering his arms. He was also not feeling well after using the impact shells continuously and bearing the impact of the recoil.

Zoro struggled to get up again and again, gritting his teeth as blood flowed out from the corners of his mouth until he kept coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.

Every time he stood up, he gritted his teeth and reminded himself: "Focus..."

At this moment, he closed his eyes tightly and seemed to have entered a mysterious state. He only felt that a light seemed to appear on the right side. The light became brighter and brighter, and gradually expanded, as if something was about to explode.

He swung his sword in that direction, and there was a loud bang.

boom!

That was the cloud ball pulled by Fatty with a cloud line. When it encountered Zoro's sword strike through the air, it exploded instantly.

"This is...?" Fatty was surprised: "Impossible...Absolutely impossible!"

Did you see that? Zoro began to recall that feeling. The attack had a breath, as did the cloud ball, the surrounding water, the trees, the earth... all of them!

Suddenly feeling a blinding white light coming at him, he quickly leaned forward and slashed back, only to hear a scream.

"Ah! Ah..."

Zoro turned around and slowly opened his eyes, only to see Mr. Qiu covering his bleeding right shoulder with his left hand and wailing in pain on the ground, and his right hand was gone.

Is this the observation Haki? Zoro grinned evilly, walked to the fat ball, raised the Wado Ichimonji and said, "Teacher Ball, good bye!"