One Piece: Wolves

Stark held the bone sword in his hand in front of his face and listened carefully to the movement around him to better judge the direction in which the giant mantis was coming.

The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet, and a gust of wind came from behind Stark. With his skilled combat consciousness, Stark immediately blocked the bone sword behind him with his backhand, "Ding." There was only a loud noise, and Stark continued Taking a few steps back to eliminate this huge force, a giant mantis also appeared in front of him.

Perhaps because his egg cocoon was taken away by Stark, the giant mantis's eyes were reddish, "This bug seems to be much more powerful than before, Stark, be careful." Lilini sounded in his mind. Stark's voice was special, and Stark had no time to answer Lilynite at this time, because the giant mantis had already rushed up while Stark was listening to Lilynite's words.

Even though he had the fighting memories of Stark in his previous life, his physical strength was really not worth mentioning. Faced with the blows from several steel-like front legs of the giant mantis, Stark could only retreat continuously.

The surrounding trees fell in pieces due to the battle between one man and one beast. The fight lasted no less than twenty rounds. There were cracks on Stark's bone sword made of animal bones, and Mantis's attack speed also slowed down. A lot.

One person and one beast stopped at a certain distance after fighting each other. Stark breathed heavily, "When I was strong in Hueco Mundo, I longed to be weak. But now, I have become weak after getting my wish, but I feel like this." I am not willing to give in. I am a wolf, a born king. How can I be defeated by a reptile like you? That is an insult to me, Keyatei Stark." At this time, Stark's momentum steadily increased and stabilized at its highest point. , "Kill you with one blow, reptile, you should feel honored to have wasted so much of my time."

"Shunpo" Stark disappeared from the place in an instant. The giant mantis was obviously stunned. In a blink of an eye, Stark appeared on top of the giant mantis. "It's over." Stark took out his sword from the void and drew his sword. Sheathing the sword, the mantis' head fell to the ground with a "hiss" sound, and its huge body struggled for a moment and stopped life activities.

Although the strength was indeed broken through, the physical exertion was not small. Stark immediately left the shabby open space destroyed by the battle. Who knows whether this battle will attract more powerful beasts.

"The Zanpakutō is finally back, but it's probably still a long way from returning to the sword." Stark said to Lilynite with his consciousness.

"I may have to force you to stay in my mind for a while longer, Lilynette."

"Well, in that case, Stark, I seem a little tired and sleepy. I have to go to sleep first." Lilinite's voice, which was obviously becoming a little weak, came from Stark's head.

"Is it because of the appearance of the Zanpakutō?" Stark thought.

Regardless of all that, if I return to my peak condition now, I shouldn’t have much of a problem going to the center of the island.

Early the next morning, there was an explosion in the center of the island. Stark, who was lying on the tree, immediately withdrew from training and looked at the center of the island with a pair of lazy eyes.

"Did something big happen? It's interesting, right Lilynette?"

"It seems that I still can't get used to living without Lilinite."

Stark scratched his head and muttered to himself as he walked slowly towards the center of the island. .