I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

Deep in the dense primeval jungle, light and shadows are mottled, and the air is filled with a solemn atmosphere, as if one can smell the cold iron on the blade.

In a corner, two men stood facing each other like statues. Their gazes were like knives, sharp and deep, as if they could penetrate each other's souls. Their muscles were tense, as if ready to burst forth with astonishing power at any moment.

"I didn't expect that a mere Qinghai native could master the mind network." One of the dark and strong men holding a big sword said in a deep voice, suppressing the pain in his chest.

"A frog in the well. There are countless people who can do this under Sky Island and in the vast ocean..." Zoro was very disdainful of this. In his opinion, these priests on Sky Island, apart from having a basic observation Haki, most of the others were just acrobatics and black technology.

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Just now, the two of them fought a round, and Zoro jumped down from the tree and used the Ittouri·Flying Dragon·Fireworks. When he approached him quickly, he predicted his dodge, so he changed his moves, drew out the Kidō, flipped in the air and slashed him in the chest with a knife.

This priest obviously did not expect that Zoro also possessed Observation Haki, so he failed to predict his prediction and was injured by a knife due to carelessness.

But he reacted quickly. He jumped back and pointed the greatsword at Zoro: "Iron Rapier!"

The greatsword suddenly stretched out and stabbed towards Zoro.

Zoro held up his sword with both hands to block, and the two men retreated several steps and confronted each other cautiously.

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After a wave of trash talk, Zoro took the initiative to attack: "Three Swords Style: Demon Slash!"

The prepared priest foresaw that Zoro's move was a straight-line charge, but in order to avoid being predicted by the opponent, he took a cautious defensive action: "Iron Levee!"

The huge cloud sword in his hand turned into a large shield, blocking Zoro's way, but...

"razor!"

The charging Zoro suddenly changed his trajectory to avoid him. Even though the priest had predicted that he would change direction, it was too late to retract the Cloud Sword, and he couldn't dodge it even if he wanted to.

Zoro passed by him from the side. After Zoro stood firm, Ohm, the priest of the Iron Trial, spurted out several streams of blood and fell to the ground.

"I know your skills very well, but you know nothing about mine. This move is called...Puff..."

Zoro stood firm and put away his sword in a cool manner. Just when he was about to show off, he felt a sharp pain in his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood: "R... Dodge..."

Before Zoro could catch a break, he sensed something attacking him from behind.

At the same time, Lachi exclaimed from behind: "Be careful!"

He took several quick leaps forward.

Boom!

Turning around, he saw a frantic dog standing in a boxer's stance. It had punched a large hole in the ground where Zoro had been standing.

Damn it... that's unsportsmanlike, isn't it?!

"sit down!"

A magical scene happened. The dog actually sat down obediently.

Lachi, who had been struggling with it for a long time, looked shocked.

"Lower your head!"

Zoro patted its head and said, "So good!"

"Woof woof!" The big dog stuck out its tongue docilely.

It is indeed an obedient silly dog. The dog's name is Shengjie. In the original plot, when the original owner was dueling with Ohm at the former site of the Golden Township, he found that the dog listened to everyone, so he asked it to knock itself unconscious, and it actually did it obediently.

After expressing strong condemnation for the abuse of such an obedient large animal, Zoro followed Ohm's example and sat on the big dog.

"How did you do that?" Lachi approached cautiously and was surprised to find that the big dog was no longer attacking him.

"Who knows, this dog seems to be very obedient." Zoro is an honest man.

"My name is Lachi. Thank you for helping me defeat the priest." After expressing his gratitude, Lachi turned and said, "But there will be a war on this island soon. I hope you and your companions will leave here."

Ding! Help Goddess No. 12 defeat a powerful enemy, gain her gratitude, and receive +500 Love Points.

"Hey, wait!" Seeing that she was about to leave again, Zoro hurriedly stopped her and asked habitually: "Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Huh?" Lachi was shocked. He had never seen such a person even in the Shandia tribe. "Sorry, I already have someone I like."

Ding! Your confession to goddess No. 12 failed. Please keep trying and you will be rewarded with +1 love value.

Alas, it is indeed difficult to have no reputation on this empty island.

"Hey! Wait a minute! How do we get to the living altar?!"

However, the girl ran faster than a rabbit and did not respond to him.

"Wang Wang!"

"Huh? Are you laughing at me!?"

"Woo!"

"Huh? Hey... where are you taking me? To the living altar?"

In the deep mountains shrouded in clouds and mist, a big dog was running through the jungle with a confused swordsman on its back.

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Living altar, Merry.

"What!? You left Zoro alone in the woods!?" Nami exclaimed, then covered her forehead with her hands: "It's such a big island, where can we find him?"

"Who knows, hehehe." Luffy grinned.

"I'm sorry... Usopp... I tried my best, but there are fires in many places..." Chopper looked at Usopp, who looked distressed for Merry, and apologized guiltily.

"What about you? Are you okay?" Usopp, instead of being concerned about Chopper, pretended not to care about the ship and laughed, "That arsonist must be difficult to deal with. Fortunately, he only burned the ship and not you! Hahaha! We can just repair the ship!"

"Huh!? Oh!!" Chopper suddenly became very excited and ran to the bow and raised his front hooves: "I must become a reliable man!!"

"Hey! Chopper! Where's that weird old man?" Luffy turned to Chopper and asked, "I heard he was injured?"

"Ah! By the way, the Sky Knight is badly injured!"

On the Merry's side, Robin saw the ancient text on the altar, so she wanted to enter the island for a walk. She casually mentioned that there might be gems on the island, and Nami was taken advantage of by this.

In order to protect the two ladies, Sanji ruthlessly left Chopper on the boat.

The three of them went out for a stroll and found out that this was the land of gold that Nolando had mentioned. Apart from being slightly frightened, nothing serious happened.

Chopper was very pitiful. He met the priest of the Rope Trial who rode a big bird. Chopper had not experienced many battles yet and lacked combat experience. He suffered serious injuries and the Merry was damaged. The situation was critical, so he could only blow the whistle to call the air knight.

However, the Sky Knight was also defeated and fell into the water. Chopper seemed to have forgotten that he was a landlubber and jumped in with a splash. It must be said that it was not easy for the Sky Knight to earn the 500 Baileys hiring fee.

In the end, it was the native guide bird that saved Chopper and the Sky Knight.

After everyone finished their stories, the sky darkened. At this time, the Straw Hat Pirates, except Zoro, lit a bonfire in the jungle on the island, tamed the wolves, and danced with them...