"Is this… a Lord Monster?"
The countless giant heart's villi, like tree roots from deep underground, continuously spread towards the center.
Buggy retreated repeatedly.
Ice-blue bullets shot out, but after only being frozen for a few seconds, the root-like villi broke free from the frozen state.
The Buggy Pirates, who couldn't retreat in time, had several pirates instantly entangled, and a sucking sound was heard as they were turned into shriveled human skins.
"Get out of the way!"
Hawkeye drew his Black Blade and unleashed a scorching flame sword energy towards those tree roots.
In an instant,
countless tree roots were severed, and the emerald green flames burned into the ground.
"Something's wrong; the heart is just the shell, the real Lord Monster is inside!"
Hawkeye leaped high, unleashing his most powerful slash.
Emerald green flame sword energies, vaguely forming the shape of a skull, fiercely bit into the giant heart.
The sword energy seed within him had already risen to Lv.14.
The sword energy he wielded had gradually merged with a trace of will and spirit, which was sword intent.
Boom.
A deep, skull-shaped pit appeared on the town-sized giant heart, and gurgling blood emerged, quickly repairing itself.
Not far away,
Zoro, who had intended to rush towards Hawkeye, suddenly stopped.
"How is that possible!"
Looking at that scorching slash that seemed capable of melting the air,
Zoro's eyes widened.
He had just swung three swords at the heart, but couldn't even cut through the weakest fascia and blood vessels.
He knew he had a gap with the world's strongest swordsman, but he hadn't expected the gap to be so large.
However,
he wasn't disheartened; instead, an even stronger fighting spirit erupted in his eyes.
"His slash has reached purple quality? As long as I keep hunting Pollution Monsters, I can definitely reach the same realm as him, and eventually surpass him!"
If it were his past self, even if he saw a stronger swordsman, he would choose to fight without hesitation.
Even if he were to be crushed.
He was afraid that one moment of fear and retreat would mean he could never hold his sword tightly in front of that man again.
But now it was different.
He had found a new swordsmanship, with the courage and goal to climb to the peak.
He was no longer lost; he firmly believed that even if he wasn't as good as others now, he would one day stand at the world's absolute peak!
A ghostly figure condensed behind Zoro.
He didn't overestimate himself by continuing to challenge Hawkeye, but instead buried that fighting spirit deep in his heart, constantly honing and tempering it.
It was like forging a sword, waiting for the moment it would be unsheathed, sure to shock the world.
"Interesting."
Hawkeye turned his head and looked at the green-haired young man not far away, and seeing the three swords at his waist, he understood everything.
He wasn't intimidated by this slash; instead, he erupted with even stronger fighting spirit?
It was this wild fighting spirit that made Hawkeye notice this minor character he had only briefly glimpsed a few times.
"Do you want to challenge me?"
Their eyes met.
As fellow swordsmen, Hawkeye sensed Zoro's intention and thoughts, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.
With the appearance of the Game Merchant, there would be more and more interesting swordsmen like Zoro in the future, and they would have the opportunity to climb to the peak, so he thought his future path of swordsmanship would no longer be lonely.
"Luffy, I will definitely become the world's greatest swordsman! You absolutely must not hold me back."
"Of course, I'm going to be the Pirate King! What about you, Sanji?"
"Idiot, my name is Sanji!"
Sanji's angry fist struck Luffy's head, but he only felt the elasticity of rubber, causing no injury at all.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "I have many dreams. I want to find the legendary sea, I want the Clear-Clear Fruit, and I want to complete my life's menu!"
"Hahahahaha, a life's menu? That must have a lot of food, and countless adventures! You must cook it for me then, Sanji!"
"Bastard, don't talk to yourself like that! I haven't agreed to be a pirate yet!"
"How can you go on an adventure if you're not a pirate?"
Luffy laughed very happily, turned his head, looked at the orange-haired girl, and said, "And Nami, what's your dream?"
"I want to defeat the Arlong Pirates, and then draw a giant sea chart of all worlds!"
Nami, as one of the earliest players, already knew about the existence of the Otherworld.
Her Ghost Mage abilities came from the Otherworld, and her original dream of drawing sea charts had grown even grander as her horizons expanded.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Then let's… go on an adventure!"
Pfft.
The giant heart was constantly attacked by the players, but it still didn't suffer any substantial damage.
Suddenly, that vigorous and majestic life force abruptly began to shrink, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, the entire heart shriveled and withered like a squeezed peach.
"Something's wrong; I feel that all the essence of this giant heart has gathered together!"
Dragon, who had arrived at the edge of the abyss crack, had a grave expression, his eyes fixed on the ground.
Rumble.
The giant heart, with its full defense, was directly torn open by a pair of hands.
"Those who trespass into the Soul Hook Hall shall die!"
He wore black armor, had a ferocious appearance, and behind him was a massive cloak from which countless mournful wails of souls emanated.
Every word he uttered vibrated with a circle of gray-black yin qi fluctuations, spreading outwards and stripping away a large portion of the health of some weaker players.
Soul Reaper.
According to folklore, when a person is about to die, a ghost from the Netherworld comes to hook their soul to prevent the chaos of yin and yang and to prevent souls from lingering in the human world.
"Oh no, Master, the Soul Reaper sensed the continuous death of souls and directly ran to the first layer of Death Island."
Afu, who was constantly monitoring the players' movements, said anxiously as soon as the Soul Reaper appeared.
"That's to be expected."
Fang Yi showed a relaxed expression and said, "Death Island was originally a slightly modified product of the Soul Reaper's world fragments. I didn't block the Soul Reaper's perception, so he would definitely notice the large-scale death of his soul army."
Afu said anxiously, "With the current strength of the players, they can't defeat the Soul Reaper; they'll be completely wiped out!"
Although the number of players in the Pirate World was greater than the number of Ninja World players at that time.
However, when the Ninja World players hunted Ghost Mages, they had undergone a long period of training and growth.
They had good quality equipment and weapons, and strong skills.
"But the current Pirate players haven't even formed their equipment yet; the battle will definitely be a one-sided affair."
Afu also didn't want to just watch Death Island and the Trial Tower be destroyed by the corrupted Soul Reaper due to the players' insufficient strength.
"Don't panic."
Fang Yi waved his hand and said, "Do you remember what I told you? The Pirate World is never short of origin energy, is it?"
Vast and boundless sea.
Countless islands, innumerable resources—this was the greatest asset of the Pirate World.
Any prosperous island kingdom chosen at random contained enough origin energy to rival a small ninja village in the Ninja World.
"In the face of huge rewards, players won't care about being reserved; they'll use all sorts of methods to strengthen themselves."
"Master, are you saying?"
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