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OPI Chapter 218: Echoes of Death
🕑 Added 2024-08-07 22:12:14 +0000 UTCSouth Blue competition venue, Amysiti Island.
[Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!]
In the lush ocean of vegetation, a green-clad, agile figure glides through the air at high speed.
"Fire!"
Suddenly, an angry voice broke the calm of the forest.
Eight figures, armed with pistols or rifles, emerge from between the trees, and a hail of bullets begins to fly.
But the figure in the air skillfully dodged all the bullets and appeared behind a shooter.
In the next instant, the white light of a bright blade appeared.
"Ah!"
Before anyone could react, the man had already been decapitated, the ground stained red with his blood.
"Ah!"
The next second, another familiar scream rang out, and the second headless body fell to the ground, causing the ambushers to frantically fire towards the figure.
In less than two minutes, the group of eight people was reduced to two trembling survivors.
[Puff!]
As the figure fades away, one of the survivors is cut in three by the blade's light.
Seeing this, the only survivor threw away the machine gun that had run out of bullets.
He then pulled out a large blood-stained iron staff he was carrying on his back, shouting angrily around. "You stinky rat who can only run around, if you have the guts, fight me head-on!"
[Swoosh!]
After the survivor finished speaking, the figure lunged straight at him.
"That's better!"
While roaring, he held the iron rod tightly with both hands and smashed it with all his strength.
But the green figure, moving so fast it became a blur, began to spin, creating a green whirlwind visible to the naked eye.
Before the survivor could react, the green figure had already appeared behind him.
The next moment, lines of blood begin to appear on the survivor's neck, chest, thighs and arms.
Then the survivor's flesh began to crumble, spreading across the ground.
A strong smell of blood began to spread.
And all this was observed by a Den-Den Mushi in one of the trees.
Amazing some of the spectators who watched this battle.
As the green figure stopped, people finally saw his appearance clearly.
This is a man with short black hair, black eyes, pale skin, very short stature, but deep and sharp eyes.
He wears a green cloak, has two strange mechanical devices on his waist, and holds two long, thin-bladed swords, while standing on a branch of a large tree.
"So there are also weak people in the Starfish World?"
Levi, with his back to the scattered corpses, narrowed his eyes as he muttered.
As soon as he finished speaking, he used the three-dimensional mobile device to fly between the trees again.
Along the way, whether facing competitors, giant beasts, ancient dinosaurs or the pure titans, he eliminated everyone as if unleashing his murderous rage.
...
While Imu was watching the screen where Levi was fighting, he suddenly caught the image on another screen next to him.
"Enlarge the perspective of Amatori Biba."
"Yes."
A technician quickly took control of the Den-Den Mushi, and within seconds, Amatori Biba, who was in combat, appeared on the main screen, replacing Levi.
...
West Blue competition venue, Royeia Island.
[Boom!]
Suddenly there was an explosion that pierced four hundred meters of forest.
In the center of a now ruined clearing, a blurry figure stood amidst the thick smoke.
"Biba."
Not far away, a woman covered in ferocious black armor, with a deep blue luminescence on her chest, slowly lowered her right hand. “Is this the new power you obtained after giving up being a Nue?”
Horobi, with an impassive expression, asked as he looked at the figure.
"Yes."
As the wind cleared the smoke, Biba, in his pink suit, slowly appeared. His handsome face still wore a friendly smile.
"Although the Nue can greatly improve our mental strength and even sense the fear of others, it also cuts off the possibility of further improvement in physical fitness, and it is also impossible to eat devil fruits."
“What kind of inferior power is that?”
Biba looked at the current Horobi with an expression of disdain.
Then, he turned his raised hand, with a look full of admiration, he had used that hand to block the Fear Energy Projectile launched by Horobi.
"Compared to that, the physique of the humans of the Starfish World, the Rokushiki and the extremely powerful Haki, can be said to be a high-level power comparable to divine power!"
“When I obtain a Logia-type Devil Fruit, I will also be able to become an elemental deity like Crocodile.”
After hearing this, Horobi could only sigh in her heart.
“Inferior, but it is the power you so desired. Do you remember how many lives you sacrificed so that Dr. Arata Soue could perform the experiments with the power of Nue?”
She had also been one of those experiments.
"Haha, who would remember such a trivial thing~"
Biba smiled indifferently.
"By the way, I heard that you have become the woman of Captain Gus. Congratulations. It seems that you are also working hard to climb up in your own way, so I won't kill you, but can you please stay away from me?"
Biba's last warning was actually meant with sincerity. He didn't want to make an enmity with a powerful captain of the same department just because of a woman.
Of course, he simply didn't want to, it wasn't that he didn't dare. If Horobi didn't listen to his advice and insisted on hindering his actions, then he would just kill her cruelly.
No matter what, he had to make sure he got a spot in the top ten in this World Tournament.
Compared with this benefit, what's the point of offending a CP-Nue captain?
Furthermore, he still had some degree of friendship with Lieutenant General Crocodile.
And in Biba's opinion, Captain Gus was only someone with limited qualifications. He relied on the enhancement of the Nue virus to have combat power comparable to that of a lieutenant general.
Although he was much stronger than him right now, that was all he could achieve in his life.
Meanwhile, he had unlimited potential.
Because of this, Biba despised Horobi's perception even more, thinking that she was just a foolish woman.
“Biba, I’m telling you clearly, I came here solely to fight you. If you don’t defeat or kill me, the selection process that follows won’t be easy for you.”
Horobi, with an impassive expression, was not affected by his opponent's hurtful words. She had already clearly seen Biba's true nature.
Horobi's response caused Biba's killing intent to condense into a terrifying red light in his eyes.
"Soru!"
Biba's figure disappeared in an instant.
Horobi felt a chill and a strong sense of danger.
She quickly shot out a long black line from the center of her back, which dragged her towards a large tree in the distance.
The next moment, a sharp blade with bright red lines on the surface passed a few centimeters away from the tip of her nose.
Seeing this, while maintaining the posture of flying backwards, Horobi fired a fear energy bomb at the newly appeared Biba.
"Serpent Breathing - Fifth Form: Slithering Serpent!"
At the critical moment, Biba used the perception of Kenbunshoku Haki and the high-speed assault of this sword movement to dodge the energy bomb.
At the same time, with a sweep of his sword, a large white and pink snake appeared, heading towards Horobi's neck.
Fortunately, Horobi threw another energy bomb that collided directly with the white snake's open mouth.
[Boom!]
A burst of purple-blue light erupted, generating a white, circle-shaped air wave that shook the area, causing competitors within a radius of several kilometers to turn to look.
"Serpent Breathing - Second Form: Venom Fangs of the Narrow Head!"
Before the smoke had completely cleared, Biba's voice and figure suddenly appeared behind Horobi, who had been knocked down by the explosion.
At the same time, a fierce white snake relentlessly bit Horobi's neck.
[Clang!]
But all that could be heard was the deafening sound of swords clashing.
Biba narrowed his eyes at the double swords blocking his sword and put a smile on his face.
"Are you Lord Tengen Uzui?"
Ever since Biba learned that the World Government would force some people from other worlds to participate in the World Tournament, he had been checking key information about characters from the Demon Slayer World and the Titan World at the Cipher Pol headquarters.
"Ah~ That's right~"
"I'm the elegant man with three beautiful wives, so I can't allow you to destroy such a beautiful lady."
Tengen maintained a gentlemanly smile.
On the battlefield, the two men stared at each other calmly across their swords.
Meanwhile, Horobi didn't just stand there, she jumped back and climbed onto a high branch of a tree, increasing the distance between her and Biba, while watching Tengen silently.
"That sounds interesting. Jonin Uzui, you should know that a preliminary round is taking place on this island. If you don't let me kill this lady, what if she tries to kill me?"
Biba asked with an air of apparent confusion.
At the same time, the force that both of them applied to their swords did not decrease.
"Well~"
"I have no interest in saving men."
Tengen exerted force on his wrist and forced the blade of Biba away. He looked at Biba with a confident and arrogant attitude.
"You can continue to fight with this lady, but as long as you threaten her life, I will definitely stop you."
In reality, he was one of those people forced to participate, and due to his long career as a demon slayer, he still maintained some restraint on killing.
Of course, if it was someone he had to kill for a mission, he wouldn't hesitate, since not doing so would affect his life and that of his three wives, something he would not allow under any circumstances.
So Tengen had already decided.
In this preliminary round, he would kill only if necessary to protect himself.
