Both were dressed in the attire of World Society's sect masters.
Xue Antian, true to his name, was like a skeleton, emaciated with dark skin, all due to his cultivation of Yin internal martial arts.
On the other side, two brightly colored venomous snakes were coiled around Cold Unforeseen's neck, staring coldly at everyone.
"One Lord, one Commander."
Shanks was shocked but not surprised.
After all, with his and Mihawk's combined strength, it would be impossible for them to send ordinary enemies.
Fortunately, there was still Huo Butian and the rest of the Huo Family to help.
As the manor lord, his strength should not be weak.
"I am here on behalf of Xiongba, the World Society Leader, to deliver a final ultimatum to Huo Family Manor: surrender to World Society and obey the Leader's commands, and Huo Family Manor will be secure and prosperous."
"Refuse, and you shall be annihilated!"
As Xue Antian spoke, a chilling aura of malevolent energy erupted from his body, making it difficult for everyone to breathe.
"World Society is utterly wicked, how many martial arts sects and innocent people have they slaughtered and sent to their deaths?"
Huo Butian's face turned ashen, and he said coldly, "My Huo Family Manor will never coexist with World Society!"
Clap.
What greeted him was an extremely cold internal energy.
The internal energy materialized into a dark sphere resembling a skull, directly lunging at Huo Butian.
"Huo Family Swordplay!"
Huo Butian drew the long sword from his waist, his moves sharp and sword shadows overlapping, blocking the skull-like internal energy.
It seemed to be an evenly matched fight.
However, Huo Butian's arms hung low, his wrists already frostbitten.
Xue Antian's internal energy possessed corrosive and icy properties; although it could block the impact of the internal energy, it could not prevent the damage caused by the cold and corrosion to the body.
The two became entangled in combat, and after several exchanges, Huo Butian's arms were covered in frostbite.
"Mihawk, go help Huo Butian. The beast tamer is mine."
Shanks' Haki erupted,
causing everyone to turn their heads.
"What unique Haki. Is it some kind of mental cultivation technique that can project mental Haki outwards? It's just too weak."
Xue Antian's eyes showed curiosity, but he quickly averted his gaze.
He did not know about Conqueror's Haki, only thinking it was some special technique, but it was not enough to catch his eye.
After all,
even the Conqueror's Haki, which reigned supreme in the Pirate World, would only be classified as a rudimentary martial art in the Wind and Cloud Continent, where second-tier techniques were commonplace.
It was only unique.
"Divine Avoidance!"
Shanks took a deep breath, gathered all his strength, and swung griffin, unleashing his most familiar move.
This move was infused with the fluctuating aura of Ashura, blended with his original three-color Haki cultivated to its peak.
A griffin-like phantom extended its fangs and claws, roaring as it charged towards Cold Unforeseen.
"Heh, mere child's play!"
Although Cold Unforeseen was a Commander, his strength was only slightly inferior to Xue Antian.
To be elevated by Xiongba as a World Society sect master, he also possessed ruthless and troublesome methods.
He stroked the two venomous snakes coiled around his neck,
infusing them with internal energy.
The two venomous snakes suddenly swelled, like inflated balloons, directly transforming into gigantic snakes as massive as Sea Kings.
They swung their heads, spewing purplish-red venom, blocking Shanks' slash.
"These two Black Horned Vipers of mine were found deep in the mountains and forests; they are top-grade and can withstand my extremely poisonous internal energy. Even Leader Xiongba praises them."
Cold Unforeseen spoke of Xiongba with great admiration and pride.
Shanks lifted his eyelids,
looking at the two enlarged venomous snakes, also Commander-level. Three Commander-level enemies in total, no wonder they were dispatched along with Xue Antian.
"Blazing Wave Sword!"
Shanks gripped his sword with both hands,
the blade glowed with a scorching red light, sparks flew, and then a pillar of explosive flames, like a volcanic eruption, shot into the sky.
"Flame Internal Energy?"
The scales of the two giant venomous snakes suddenly flared open, like countless sharp thorns, and from beneath the scales, countless poisonous mists were released.
They completely swallowed the Blazing Flame Pillar.
Cold Unforeseen's eyes showed confusion.
In just two moves, the opponent had displayed two attacks with different attributes. Was he cultivating two types of internal energy simultaneously?
He sneered inwardly.
Cultivating multiple internal energies simultaneously meant either an exceptionally gifted prodigy or a fool.
And Shanks was clearly the latter; neither ability had been cultivated to a profound level. Such a weakling, who could only show off rudimentary techniques, could not possibly be his opponent.
"It's not working?"
Shanks' face was solemn.
The enemy's strength was unexpectedly powerful; even the Blazing Wave Sword could not cause damage.
Fortunately, he had already broken through to the second tier; otherwise, he probably wouldn't even be able to fight and would be defeated by the opponent in an instant.
This was different from hunting monsters.
The opponent was a human from the Otherworld, possessing the same intelligence as himself, and cultivators from the martial arts world far surpassed them in combat experience.
To defeat the opponent, he could only use his strongest methods.
"Acting like a hero, daring to come and help after our World Society has already declared its intention to annex Huo Family Manor, you're courting death!"
Cold Unforeseen's smile was sinister.
The two snakes crossed like scissors, emitting a monstrous wave of poisonous mist.
Twin Snake Poison Shadow!
"Immovable King Array!"
Seeing the incoming snake shadow, Shanks unleashed his strongest Wave skill.
A Wave array rose from the ground, with complex and obscure Wave engravings, erupting with intense Wave energy.
Countless chains surged out,
coiling around the two venomous snakes and Cold Unforeseen, followed by two massive Wave engraved spheres.
Like rolling stones, they spun and crushed madly.
"Two Wave Orbs, is that the limit?"
Shanks was drenched in sweat, feeling a sense of exhaustion.
His energy value was visibly decreasing.
Fortunately, he had used the herbs obtained from Huo Family Manor's inner treasury; otherwise, he would have had to drink two more recovery potions.
Bang.
Finally, the Wave array exploded violently.
In front were Cold Unforeseen, covered in blood, and the limp, scale-shattered venomous snakes lying on the ground.
But soon, the python-like venomous snakes rose again and charged forward.
World Society Headquarters,
mountains stretching like a dragon's spine, dotted with countless palaces and pavilions, and fluttering banners proclaiming World Society's ambition to devour the world with its overwhelming Haki.
"Huo Family Manor should have been destroyed, right?"
A middle-aged man in an elegant dark gold robe sat on the highest throne in the center of the palace.
His eyes were slightly open; without any deliberate movement, he exuded a constant sense of awe-inspiring Haki.
Like a Conqueror born of heaven.
Haki manifested.
"Reporting to the Leader, calculating the travel time, the two sect masters should have already arrived at Huo Family Manor. Good news will be back soon."
The person speaking next to him was comically dressed, resembling a top scholar, wearing a tall hat and holding a folding fan.
Wen Chou Chou.
Xiongba's right-hand man, responsible for handling trivial matters.
Just then, a completely black eagle flew through the palace, accurately landing on Xiongba's shoulder.
The paper slip from the bamboo tube was unfolded by Xiongba,
his face suddenly turned gloomy, and he said, "Xue Antian and Cold Unforeseen are dead."
"How is that possible?"
Wen Chou Chou exclaimed in shock, "The strength of the two sect masters, either one alone far surpasses Huo Butian, let alone working together. Did Huo Butian have assistance?"
Xiongba's face was chillingly cold.
It didn't matter if two sect masters died; World Society had no shortage of sect masters, they could just find new people to fill the positions.
But for someone to dare disregard his orders and help Huo Family Manor, that was a direct challenge to his authority.
"According to the gang members who followed them, after killing the sect masters, the opponents vanished into thin air."
Xiongba's brows furrowed tightly.
Vanished into thin air?
What an absurd statement. Was it some kind of technique that cultivated extreme speed?
Impossible, even his Wind God Leg couldn't make him vanish into thin air. Perhaps it was because those gang members were too weak, which allowed them to be easily deceived.
"A golden scale is not a thing of the pond, once it meets wind and clouds, it transforms into a dragon."
Xiongba murmured these words.
This was the prophecy the Mud Bodhisattva had given him. He was now the golden scale about to break through the heavenly pond, only waiting for the wind and clouds.
No one could stop him, no one could hinder him.
I will be the overlord of this continent!
In the Reincarnation Game space,
A-Fu ate the Blood Bodhi, a specialty of the Wind and Cloud Continent, and drank the Jade Nectar, asking, "Master, do you want to recruit Xiongba as a player?"
He was a fated child of a certain stage in the second-tier Wind and Cloud Continent.
If recruited, he would definitely be a good chess piece to resist the contaminated continent.
Fang Yi shook his head, "In areas like the Wind and Cloud Continent, where the world's consciousness is contaminated, the recruitment of every core human cannot escape the other side's notice. Once Xiongba is recruited, the contaminated continent will detect it."
"Therefore, we must first use the projections of the derivative worlds to continuously kill the contaminated aura extracted from Xiongba."
"Until the contaminated aura on Xiongba's body is reduced to a level that the world's consciousness cannot detect, then we can recruit him."
"Roughly estimating, the derivative world's Xiongba still needs to be killed four more times by players before he can be recruited as a player."
He would not expose the Reincarnation Game to the contaminated continent's view just to recruit some players with high potential; that would be very troublesome. The current state of the enemy being in the open and he in the shadows was very good.
Of course,
Xiongba was not an easy player to recruit.
[Xiongba Lv.45 (Dark Gold Lord)]: A martial arts overlord favored by destiny, Leader of World Society, skilled in Heaven Frost Fist, Cloud Dispelling Palm, Wind God Leg, and Three Parts Return to Origin Qi.
In the current Reincarnation Game,
he could rival the strongest lords like [Light City Lord Segarhart] of the City Lord's Palace and [Hammer King Borodin] from the King's Ruin.
Players wanting to breach World Society would likely not find it easy.
On the other side,
Butterfly Shinobu, who had received orders from the Demon Slayer Corps' head and was to make contact with Claymore members, had already taken a steamship to [Claymore Island].
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