The blade of Murakumogiri, still a little distance from that fist, clashed with the Haki released from it, tugging back and forth.
Luffy, using the Giant Fist, wasn't weak either.
"Diable Jambe..."
In the standoff, Sanji suddenly stomped the ground, bursting forth with immense force, his body shooting like an arrow. His other hand spun with flames, aiming straight for Weevil's abdomen.
"Abdominal Strike!"
But before he could reach, Luffy's giant fist trembled, erupting with densely packed wounds from the surface to the arm, blood splattering everywhere.
"Ah!"
Luffy cried out in pain, and his fist rapidly shrank as if deflating, bouncing off the blade.
Bam!
With no more obstruction, Weevil swung the blade smoothly, like hitting a baseball, unleashing a massive impact that struck Luffy from a distance, covering him instantly in a multitude of wounds, blood spurting forth.
After swinging to the side, Weevil let go with one hand and formed a fist, his Diamond-covered surface turning pitch black, heavily crashing into the just-arrived Sanji's torso.
Boom!!
With just one punch, Sanji coughed up blood, slammed into the icy ground, shattering ice as he hit, creating a huge crater.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Murakumogiri spun twice in Weevil's hand, stirring the air, before being raised high again, mercilessly slashing down towards Sanji in the pit.
The wind howled with a sobbing wail as Murakumogiri descended sharply.
Clang!!
At that moment, a green silhouette sped out, blocking the smoke-emitting dark blade.
Zoro's one eye was bloodshot, his arm swelled as he crossed two swords, the Wado Ichimonji in his mouth placed behind the two, the three swords raised to parry.
Bam!!
The icy ground beneath the pit cracked and split open at the moment of the parry, lifting up massive ice blocks.
The Haki-imbued glaive blade struck the three swords, its force blasting everything around at once.
Zzz, zzz, zzz!
Along with Zoro's body, which burst into blood at this moment, revealing a maze of wounds.
Even without a direct hit, just blocking this strike felt like being cut a thousand times!
Zoro's face flushed red, he stubbornly supported his body, straining against the pressing glaive blade.
Crack, crack, crack...
The blade shuddered, the body trembled!
This guy's strength was astonishing!
Not even lasting a breath, Zoro's arm sagged, and instinctively he tilted his head, the three sword's backs pressing hard into his shoulder, embedding deeply.
Can't hold on!
Zoro's left shoulder slipped, the three swords changed to scrape along Murakumogiri's blade, sparking as they spun away.
"Three-Sword Style: Kalasutra Great Tornado!"
The slash spun up from the blade like a tornado, but before it could rise, a black gleam of chilling light surged in, tearing through the tornado-like slash, heading straight for Zoro's head.
With a flash of red in his eye, Zoro quickly adjusted his stance, lifting two swords and horizontally placing one, colliding with that black gleam.
Bam!!
Just one strike felt like being hit by a massive object, blood trickling from the corner of Zoro's eye as he, with the three swords, was slammed into the icy pit, creating a large hole.
Weevil's eyes glowed red, and with force in his arm, Murakumogiri kept advancing, as if trying to crush Zoro.
"White Mist Bomb!"
At this time, several smoke-emitting Haki fists pounded on Weevil's face, exploding into new smoke clouds.
Smoke clouded his eyes, forcing Weevil instinctively to retract a hand, waving off the smoke and rubbing his eyes.
"You're annoying..."
He looked at Smoker with smoke in his hands not far off, retracting Murakumogiri and swinging a strike towards him, the blade stirring up a dark storm, obliterating Smoker instantly.
"Deadly strike..."
Weevil glanced at Sanji lying on the ground, then at the bloody Zoro in the hollow, a simple thought crossed his mind as he raised the blade to strike at Sanji.
"Rubber Rubber: Giant's Stamp!"
Just as Murakumogiri was raised, a foot many times larger than before swept across, crashing into Weevil's side.
Boom!
Under the fierce impact, Weevil was flung away.
"Zoro! Sanji!"
The giant foot shrank, and Luffy's body plunged into the pit, taking a deep breath, grabbing Sanji with one hand and pulling Zoro out of the hollow with the other.
"I'm fine, won't die." Zoro spat blood, taking a deep breath twice.
"Luffy... watch out!"
Before Sanji could speak, he suddenly looked up, biting his teeth in shock.
In the sky, under the sunlight, a monster reflecting dazzling light lifted the pitch-black glaive high, violently leaping downwards.
That Diamond Body, unscathed!
The force of the Giant's foot was immense, enough to send Weevil flying, but that was all...
Fly away, just jump back!
"Hit them hard!!"
Weevil roared, two red flashes bursting out from the blade, and under the solemn gazes of the three, he fiercely slashed down.
Luffy took a deep breath, biting down on his arm...
"Room!"
Whoosh!
Boom!!!
The diamond monster plunged into a deep pit, sending out a massive shockwave, expanding the already deep hollow outward in a wide arc, scattering countless ice blocks and ice crystals, and stirring up a massive ice fog.
Outside the ice fog, Luffy and the others appeared beside Law, who had been slashed but now was whole again.
"Torao, you're still alive, thank goodness!" Luffy said excitedly.
"It's not that easy to kill me..."
Indeed, he had been split, but he forced himself apart with his 'Command Stick' and 'Room' abilities, creating the illusion of being sliced.
The ability of the Op-Op Fruit was just that, separating and then putting back together.
However...
He glanced sideways at a straight line running down from his shoulder, where a deep bloody mark appeared.
The excess injuries from the blade slash were still present.
Staring into the ice fog, he said heavily, "This guy won't let us go that easily, let's join forces!"
Whoosh!
Just as he finished speaking, the ice fog swiftly blew open, and from the massive pit, accompanied by heavy footsteps, emerged a...
Monster glinting with black shimmering light!
"Ah... disappeared again, so annoying."
Weevil gripped his glaive with both hands, saying somewhat foolishly, "Can't I just cut them down?"
No matter how it was attacked, that body sustained no damage.
Let alone...
The flickering Haki beneath that diamond surface!
Truly a ferocious monster for real!
Is this the Three Phases?
"Let's work together!"
Smoker appeared above them sometime, surrounded by swirling smoke on his lower half, "Fighting alone, he's not an opponent!"
"That's right, so let's discuss the battle plan, we..."
"Just knock him away!"
Luffy shouted, interrupting Law, squeezing his arm, and charged towards Weevil.
"Underestimating us isn't good."
Simultaneously, Zoro crouched left, Sanji spun right, and they all charged forward.
"Tch! Why won't they listen?"
Law scowled, watching Smoker turn to smoke and float up, reforming his upper body in the air after dodging a slash.
"That's the Straw Hat... cover him!"
Smoker bit his cigar, exhaling smoke as he pointed both fists at the black diamond monster below.
Speaking of differences, in these two years, he hadn't achieved nothing!
At least after encountering Sage in Alabasta and the Summit War, he rethought it all.
Status is important, but facing these highly Haki-endowed guys, power...
"White Mist Machine Gun!"
Is important too!
Ratatatata!
His fists fired like cannonballs, pounding continuously under the smoke's jet, first hitting Weevil's diamond body.
Bam bam bam!
The unique hardness of Haki, hitting Weevil's body, made a dull sound, but still couldn't break that diamond.
The previous Fruit Ability User Jozu, even Moriah didn't want to take on directly but used ability to bind him instead.
Such defense could easily deflect a Soaring Slash from the World's Number One Great Sword Master.
Just increasing the power of Armament, and with smoke, couldn't break the diamond defense.
The punches exploded on Weevil's body, dispersing into shallow smoke.
However...
"My ability isn't just for striking!" Smoker's smoke-filled hand areas began to coil.
The shallow smoke thickened with the continuous blows, starting to coil around Weevil's head.
Not shrouding elsewhere, just specifically covering Weevil's head, blocking his sight!