Chapter 134: The Sword That Pierces the Island

"Die for me!"

Ten threads covered in Haki were swung, whistling towards the lion-shaped Ricarudo.

Wherever the threads went, everything was silently cut, as if ten swordsmen were attacking.

Dofu attacked feRosinanteously, completely ignoring his own defense, filled with the intent to crush and dismember the enemy at all costs.

Facing the furious Dofu, Ricarudo in his lion form had to be cautious.

The Haki-covered threads were as sharp as large cleavers!

Even Ricarudo had to cover himself in Haki to dare to resist. A slight mistake would still result in being injured by these incredibly sharp threads.

"Quick, Jola—"

While Dofu and Ricarudo were locked in intense battle, on the other side, Pic, who was moving stealthily underground, swiftly dragged the heavily wounded and unconscious Rosinante to the rear.

"Let me handle this."

She produced a needle in her hand, connected to the special suture thread created by Dofu. It pierced Rosinante's gaping chest wound, and she rapidly began stitching up the four bloody, gaping gashes.

The Shadowless Needle, capable of sewing any object—derived from the Grimm Brothers' "The Four Skillful Brothers."

The needle danced, miraculously sewing up blood vessels, muscles, and even nerves in Rosinante's massive chest wound, allowing blood to flow and nerve signals to transmit smoothly.

"The Water of Life, heal the person before me."

Immediately afterward, she poured the Water of Life, which had the ability to heal wounds and treat injuries, freely over Rosinante's chest. Soon, Rosinante's critically injured condition stabilized.

Insufficient strength compensated by the Fruit.

In terms of medical skills alone, Jola could only be considered passable on the high seas. However, she possessed the "Art Art Fruit," a devil fruit of a bug-level, which could create various healing-related tools. While not as miraculous as those in the stories, as long as someone wasn't dead on the spot, she could still save them.

And with Rosinante's current physical constitution, as long as she regained consciousness, her recovery ability was equally astonishing!

"Uh..."

Opening her eyes, Rosinante saw Jola busily at work, as well as Diamenti and Pic, who had breathed sighs of relief.

"How long was I... unconscious?"

Shaking her head, Rosinante quickly recalled the events before: she had been clawed in the chest by that Ricarudo, and then everything went black.

"Don't move,"

"It's only been half a minute."

"Help me up,"

Seeing Rosinante's determination, Jola could only wave her hand behind Rosinante. A soft reclining chair transformed Rosinante from lying on the ground to a sitting position.

Huh?

"That... That's Dofu,"

Raising her head and looking ahead, Rosinante saw Dofu wielding his hands, tearing the earth apart with threads, and engaging in a fierce battle with the scorched Ricarudo.

What's going on? How did Dofu suddenly become so much stronger?

"Cough, Dofu must have been provoked. He thought you had been taken down."

Diamenti, trembling as he stood with a half-cut sword, explained.

Even Rosinante and Dofu were struggling to deal with the young man named "Ricarudo," let alone connect with each other's attacks.

"Too bad, Torrebol..."

Diamenti sighed sadly.

Among the Don Quixote Family, he and Torrebol had the closest relationship. They were about the same age, and when they initially established the "Four Suits Family," they faced harassment from nobles, thugs, and law enforcement officers together.

You could say they'd been through thick and thin together, even indulging in...

Well, let's not go there.

And unlike the other talented "family members," Diamenti and Torrebol's talents, though far above average, couldn't compare to Rosinante and Dofu.

They couldn't even match Vergo!

"You bastard, why did you have to die?"

"Psh, you're the one who died—"

Huh?

Just as everyone couldn't help but grieve, a voice came from inside Torrebol's "headless corpse."

Splat~

A head emerged from Torrebol's "headless corpse," looking at everyone with a crooked neck. And the "Torrebol's head" that had fallen beside quickly collapsed, turning into a puddle of brown goo.

"Damn... I thought... I'd lost my head,"

With trembling lips, Torrebol's face turned pale, and he seemed quite shaken.

The most noticeable thing was his bald head, with a large portion of his hair shaved flat, exposing his shiny scalp. Combined with his somewhat... not-so-audience-friendly face, he looked like a Garppa.

"Splurt..."

Rosinante, who had just sat up, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Torre, you deserved it!"

"You always skip exercise and laze around. Now you know what fear is, right?"

Although she said this, seeing the other person escape death, Rosinante genuinely felt happy.

Before she fell unconscious, Rosinante also thought that Torrebol was done for!

Now it seemed that his Observation Haki combined with the properties of the Sticky Fruit made his survival ability unexpectedly strong.

"Cough, Rosinante."

Pic, lying on the ground with her chest just stitched up, squeaked anxiously.

"What should we do, Dofu...?"

Dofu can't hold on much longer!

Because of his anger, he had burst out even stronger Haki, perfectly covering the threads. But this was only a short-term burst, and Dofu's strength was still not on par with Ricarudo.

On the battlefield, the two figures were entwined at high speed, causing destruction wherever they went.

"Your speed has slowed down,"

Ricarudo, remaining calm even during the battle, calmly spoke.

"Hasn't your Haki almost run out as well?"

"Relying solely on your courage won't win against me. Let me..."

"Lion's Overlord Rending Sky Slash!"

After letting Dofu exhaust his stamina from his furious attacks, Ricarudo seized the opportunity and tore forward with his claws!

A massive flying slash suddenly burst forth, rising hundreds of meters into the sky! It was like a towering cliff, with an overwhelming force that crushed toward Dofu.

This will settle it!

"Five-Color Lines..."

Unable to evade, Dofu gritted his teeth and covered ten threads with Haki, fiercely confronting this gigantic flying slash!

However, Dofu's stamina and Haki had both declined to a weakened state. The threads could only resist the gigantic slash for a brief moment before breaking one after another.

Damn, is it over...?

Crackle...

Just when Dofu couldn't help but feel despair, two figures passed him from left and right, with metal boots and bullhorns simultaneously crashing into the gigantic slash.

"Electricity Step Swallow!"

"Electricity Horn!"

Boom—

In another thunderous roar that shook the heavens, the gigantic slash was finally stopped.

"Huff... Huff..."

"Dofu Langminge, leave this to us."

One metal boot burst open, revealing a bloody bare foot; the front part of the bullhorn broke, and blood dripped down the bull's face. Both of them had huge stitched wounds on their chests, which had ruptured again with the intense fight just now, continuously dripping blood.

It turned out to be Luffy and Lodi, who had received treatment from Jola!

"Good,"

Even with Dofu's personality, he didn't waste time and immediately retreated.

"Get out of the way,"

Frowning, Ricarudo glanced impatiently at the two fighters who were ready to be handed over to his big brother for "recovery."

"My mercy has limits."

"Moo-hehe, we, the Fur Clan warriors, don't need your pity!"

"That's right, we were enemies from the start. What Akainu did to our tribe can't be easily forgiven!"

Facing the unyielding Marujoa and Bullhead Clan warrior, the scorched Ricarudo closed his eyes.

"You're looking for death!"

Opening his eyes again with a roar, his silver pupils exuded dominance.

With the raging Haki gushing out from his body, with a clattering sound, his scorched outer skin fell off, revealing the golden fur underneath! Shaking his head, the golden mane spread out again and draped over his shoulders.

"You think you can wear me out with hit-and-run tactics?"

"Let me show you the stamina of a 'Beast-Type' Devil Fruit user!"

***

"Rosinante?!"

Rushing over to Rosinante, who was sitting on the ground, Dofu couldn't help but crack a smile.

"It's great, you're okay... Really great!"

"...Dofu, what about me?"

On the other side, Torrebol, who had a chunk of his scalp shaved off, rolled his eyes in grievance. He had come very close to kicking the bucket too.

"Fufufu, it's just great that everyone's okay. So..."

Taking advantage of Luffy and the Bullhead Clan warrior keeping the enemies at bay, Dofu gave a decisive command:

"Let's go!"

"We're leaving this place right away!"

For Dofu, abandoning those who weren't part of the family didn't trigger any feelings of "guilt" or the like.

"Wait a minute,"

Although with the Devil Fruit abilities of the Donquixote Family, they could escape from the Animal-type Zoan Fruit user on land or in the sea, Rosinante didn't want to just sneak away like that, especially leaving two allies behind.

"I have one more move that can turn the tide,"

"I need your cooperation, Dofu."

"Tell me,"

Dofu had absolute trust in Rosinante.

---

Half a minute later,

"What a boring struggle."

Standing before the fallen Maruja and Bullhead Clan warrior once again, the burly lion-man, with golden hair and silver eyes, raised his chin proudly.

Although Luffy and Rodi had decent strength, they were still no match for Ricarudo, also known as the "Silver-Eyed Lion King," the second-in-command of the Thousand-Faced Pirate Crew. Now that the two were heavily wounded, facing the endurance-enhanced Animal-type Zoan user in his hybrid form, their defeat seemed inevitable.

"So..."

Turning his head to the other side, Ricarudo noticed that the members of the Donquixote Family hadn't taken the opportunity to flee but were instead gathered together.

"Wounded soldiers, hoping for a miracle?"

"Heh, don't be too arrogant with your words. Miracles do exist—"

Facing the heavily injured crew members, Rosinante held her Sandai Kitetsu sword in front of her and pointed it at Ricarudo.

And in front of him, Dofu created coils with his ability that resembled elastic bands but were incredibly durable.

What does this mean?

Ricarudo frowned, as the opponent appeared confident, indicating that their next attack would be formidable. Or perhaps it was just a bluff? Due to Rosinante's "Silent Power" ability that blocked Observation Haki, Ricarudo couldn't sense the strength and trajectory of their attacks.

However, it didn't matter.

At this point, the external injuries Ricarudo had sustained had already healed during the battle, while the opponents were all heavily injured, making a comeback virtually impossible.

The advantage is mine!

Thinking like this, Dofu's created coils were constantly sparking with electricity. Although it seemed impressive, this amount of lightning wasn't enough to make Ricarudo take it seriously.

"Come and taste the 'scientific' miracle!"

Rosinante, who was the most heavily injured among them, thrust her Sandai Kitetsu forward, placing the longsword into the coil that Dofu had charged.

Danger!

In an instant, Ricarudo's body hair stood on end!

Although his Observation Haki was blocked, the countless life-and-death battles he had experienced instinctively reminded him frantically:

Dodge!

Get out of the way!

Quickly dodge!

Swish—

Just as the burly Silver-Eyed Lion King instinctively dodged, a burst sounded, and a beam of light had already traversed the battlefield!

This beam of light was so fast that it had exceeded ten times the speed of sound! Normal metal would have melted at this high speed, but only the Sandai Kitetsu, imbued with Haki, could serve as "ammunition."

Splurt...

The beam of light flashed across the entire "Food Island," disappearing at the edge of their sight!

On the trajectory of this beam of light, the air was severely distorted, leaving a long-lasting mark! At the same time, you could see the air shimmering with lightning, emitting a "sizzle" of electric current.

"Cough, cough,"

Rosinante, who was holding a sword stance, coughed up blood. If this move didn't work, there was only running away left.

"What is this move called?"

On the opposite side, a bowl-sized round wound pierced Ricarudo's right chest, and through the scorched flesh and blood, you could even see the ruined rubble behind the burly lion-man.

"...Let's call it the 'Super Electromagnetic Sword.'"

"Good swordsmanship!"

With a gaping hole in his chest, the burly lion-man staggered, but his gaze grew even colder.

"It's a shame; it almost pierced my heart."

The instinct honed through life-and-death struggles had saved Ricarudo's life at the last moment, causing him to shift his heart aside.

These guys are too dangerous. Even if I have to risk my life, I must eliminate them for my big brother, Gaimon.

"Blub-blub, blub-blub-blub~"

Just as the heavily injured Ricarudo was about to fight to the death, a Den Den Mushi's voice came from his tattered belt.

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