Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

At Kuzan's personal request, and with Luffy's approval, the two Straw Hat Pirates inventors, Usopp and Franky, built a mechanical arm for Zephyr who had returned to his peak, with a completely different effect from the original.

You know, Franky has obtained the research results of Dr. Tsukimi on the moon and Mechanical Island, and he himself is a cyborg.

The level of technology he possesses is not only comparable to that of the MADS team led by Vegapunk, but he is also an absolutely first-class scientist in the entire ocean.

Coupled with the various knowledge Usopp gained during his journey, the two not only increased the attack power of the mechanical arm by more than one level, but also designed many mechanisms in it.

One of them is the seastone confinement device used as a [hidden weapon].

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"what?!"

Just as Huangmu was surprised that Zefa saw through his attack, he saw the mechanical arm rushing towards him rapidly.

With a bang, the mechanical arm was shot out with ten arrows made of seastone, which pierced Huang Mu's abdomen as expected.

This guy, who has been arrogant since his debut, now looks extremely embarrassed.

Not only that, the robotic arm deformed in the air after shooting the arrow.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a claw-like restraint device and grabbed straight towards Huangmu.

There is no doubt that this claw is also made of seastone.

At this moment, a big word "danger" seemed to appear on Huang Mu's head.

Everything seemed to be coming to an end in the next moment.

"asshole!!!"

At this moment, Huangmu let out a roar.

He directly broke the vine that Zefa was holding tightly to, and then he actually let himself explode from the chest down.

Yes, it was like a bomb was placed. After a loud bang, Huangmu was left with only his head, arms and a small part of his chest.

The blast blocked the robotic arm for less than a second, and it was during this time that Huangmu grabbed the sword at his waist.

The sword was unsheathed with a clang, and Huangmu's eyes were red as he swung it fiercely at the mechanical arm and Zefa.

A powerful slash appeared, the mechanical arm was instantly blocked and rushed towards Zefa at a faster speed.

Zefa was not in a hurry. He caught the mechanical arm with his right hand and punched out with his left hand to smash it to pieces.

In just three seconds, the situation on the field changed drastically.

The soldiers from the Kingdom of Daughters, who had been watching the battle, were unable to react.

"Oh? It seems that Yixiao is right. You did have good swordsmanship before you got the devil fruit."

Zefa didn't seem surprised by Huangmu's performance.

After all, if Huangmu didn't know swordsmanship, he wouldn't have been wearing a sword of that level all the time.

Of course, more importantly, Yixiao had already informed the top brass of the Liaoyuan Army of Huangmu’s intelligence.

In the original work, Aramaki once said that he stopped eating after obtaining the Devil Fruit.

He has been living like this for three years.

That is to say, at the time of the Battle of Marineford, he had only obtained the Devil Fruit for a year.

Even if the natural devil fruit is strong enough, Aramaki is a genius in developing the fruit, but he cannot get the position of admiral of the navy with this ability alone.

After all, the original three admirals of the navy were trained by the navy for decades before they had their current combat power.

If Huangmu had the same strength as them within a year of obtaining the fruit, the navy and the three admirals would be too rubbish.

This is also a misunderstanding of many people, who think that they can dominate the sea by obtaining a powerful devil fruit.

This is too much disrespect for the strong ones on the sea.

Look at Ace with the Flame-Flame Fruit and Eneel with the Thunder Fruit. Who dares to say that they are not talented?

But they have obtained the devil fruit for several years, and their strength is among the top powers above the sea, so they can't challenge any of them.

It's the person who is strong, not the devil fruit.

To some extent, Nami was able to join the admirals' battles shortly after obtaining the Thunder Fruit. Although she mostly served as an assistant, she could be considered extremely talented.

Zefa activated the robotic arm, wanting to see Aramaki's swordsmanship.

After all, this kind of sneak attack cannot be used against absolutely strong people.

According to Yixiao, the reason why he and Huangmu became good friends was because of the other's superb swordsmanship.

If Yixiao does not use the power of his fruit, there is no guarantee that he can defeat him with swordsmanship.

But to Yixiao, Huangmu can be said to be a good opponent, but he is destined not to go far on the road to becoming a strong man.

Because of his character, he lacks the qualities of a strong man.

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"But no one told me that you old man had grown arms."

Huangmu's body began to recover gradually, and he looked at Zefa with an unhappy expression while holding the sword.

After eating the Sen Sen Fruit, he almost gained the ability to be immortal.

As long as he is integrated with the plants, even if he is burned to ashes, he can still "regenerate" through a new sprout.

As for why he was unhappy, it was because after he obtained this devil fruit, this was the worst beating he had ever received, except for the duel with Sakaski during the World Recruitment.

Moreover, when Zefa said his name, Huangmu actually already knew the identity of the person in front of him.

After all, when Zefa was suddenly sentenced to leave the navy, it caused quite a stir.

But Aramaki didn't care much about it. He just knew that his right arm had been chopped off by a pirate.

But now, Huang Mu just wanted to curse. Didn’t the old guy in front of him still have both arms intact?

Bang!

Zefa threw the mechanical arm to the ground and moved his right wrist.

"I've already told Kuzan that this kind of thing is useless in battle."

"I have no interest in bullying the little guy."

Yes, Kuzan's request to the Straw Hat Pirates was not only to rebuild the robotic arm, but he also asked Byakuya to restore Zephyr's arm in exchange for three favors.

But he knew that Zhepu's leg was restored by Bai Ye.

Bai Ye did not comment on this, even though the pills used to help Zeff and Zefa recover were completely on a different level.

After all, Zeff is just a pirate who has just entered the Grand Line, and his own blood level is not very high.

But Zefa is a man who once stood at the top of the sea. Even though he is old now, his blood and energy are still quite vigorous.

In fact, Bai Ye felt that Zefa's mood had just dropped after experiencing many painful experiences, but his physical fitness might not have been weakened at all.

Because Oda once said in person on SBS: [He hates the situation where the physical strength decreases due to aging, so there will be no characters in his One Piece whose strength decreases due to aging. ]

Please note that what many people say about Garp being the only one who is not affected by age and even getting stronger as he gets older is a rumor.

It's not just Garp, but all the old men.

After all, Sakaski is now over 50 years old.

Of course, only physical strength is not affected here, but Oda did not emphasize injuries and the like.

This can also indirectly prove Whitebeard's performance in the original work.

If it weren't for the accumulation of hidden injuries, he might not have been beaten so badly by Akainu.

As for Zephyr, in the movie, the navy sent out a luxurious lineup to execute this old man with a broken arm - an elite team of vice admirals led by Borsalino.

But even so, Zefa was not quickly resolved.

Therefore, the medicine that Bai Ye prepared for him was no longer the flesh-growing and bone-repairing medicine that he had given to Zhepu.

As for the three favors that Kuzan mentioned, Bai Ye didn't care too much.

After all, his current strength has already reached the level of a general emperor, and with Luffy and other partners, it seems that there are not many situations in which he can use Kuzan's favor.

Bai Ye's willingness to help is purely out of respect for Zefa, and...

I want to see this strong man at his peak.

After all, he was the one who fought side by side with two perverts, Garp and Sengoku.

However, Bai Ye would never have imagined that the first person to witness Zefa's peak combat power would be Huang Mu.

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At this moment, Zefa looked at Huangmu and grinned, not caring at all that the other party was recovering from his injuries.

"Next, let me see how much you have learned."

"Don't lie down for too long. I haven't had enough fun yet."

It has been so long that Zephyr has almost forgotten what it feels like to fight.

And at this moment, he is in the best condition!

"Immortal."

Huang Mu spat out a mouthful of blood from his throat.

"Since you want to die, I will make it happen for you!"

As he spoke, Huang Mu's aura began to rise, becoming completely different from before.

He slowly sheathed the sword in his hand, and the powerful sword intent rushed straight towards Zefa.

After obtaining the Devil Fruit, he has become accustomed to and even enjoys the feeling of being a god of nature, and has almost forgotten that he was once a powerful swordsman.

"Interesting, that's exciting enough."

Zephyr's purple hair danced wildly with the momentum, but he just grinned.

Although he was known as the one who would not kill generals, he was able to reach the position of general not by mercy, but by fighting hard.

Fighting against a strong enemy is something that can naturally ignite him.

【Iai: Wild Slash! 】

When the sword intent was concentrated to the extreme, Huang Mu turned into an afterimage and rushed towards Zefa rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the two were already close to each other.

The precious sword is unsheathed, emitting endless light.

"Well done!"

Zefa suddenly became eager to fight and punched forward with his right fist.

No matter how many skills you have, I can break them with one punch.

【Black Dragon! 】

A dragon roared, and the extremely strong armed color domineering aura danced like a dragon, opening its huge mouth to bite Huangmu's sword.

break! ! !

In an instant, the blade light shattered, and a black dragon swept through the void and hit Huang Mu's chest.

As if it was anticipated, Huangmu had thick armor on his chest, and with the blessing of the armed color domineering, it did not break under Zefa's heavy punch.

However, Huangmu flew backwards in the next second.

The speed and distance were so fast that Zefa frowned.

He didn't think that Huang Mu would be beaten to this point by just one punch from him.

At this moment, there was a movement under his feet. Countless vines coiled up like pythons, tightly grabbing Zefa's body.

"you dare!!!"

Zefa's loud shout rang out, and at this moment he finally understood Huangmu's purpose.

He was not fighting with himself at all, but taking advantage of the moment of being knocked away to attack the Kingdom of Women.

The time difference is only a few seconds, but for strong people like them, there are so many things that can be done in a few seconds.

When the vines on Zefa's body broke off, Huangmu had already chopped off the formation of the Kingdom of Women with a single knife and controlled the vines to move towards the shocked female warrior.

But at this moment, a huge body appeared from the fog not far away.

His face was stern and he slapped his heavy palm in the direction of Huang Mu.

boom!

A powerful shock wave suddenly formed, shattering Huangmu's vines like a prehistoric beast and knocking him away.

The visitor was Bartholomeo Daxiong, the executive officer of the special operations department of the Liaoyuan Army.

After he returned to the Liaoyuan Army headquarters, he learned that Zefa was going to the Kingdom of Women to fight against the Navy Admiral. It didn't take him long to decide to come and help.

On the one hand, I am worried about Zefa, on the other hand...

Admiral Huangmu was originally ranked high on the Liaoyuan Army's beheading list.

In other words, he came here just for Huang Mu.

boom!

Zefa also came to Big Bear at this time.

"It seems that Vice Admiral Zefa is too powerful, so the enemy decided to escape."

Although he had not seen the previous battle, Big Bear still roughly guessed some things.

"My strength is good, but my character is far from yours."

Zefa also shrugged and started chatting with Big Bear quite naturally.

"Even that lazy boy Borsalino wouldn't behave so cowardly in battle."

"It's impossible for the soldiers I lead to do this."

Although Zefa's words and deeds show his disdain for Borsalino, in fact, whether it is Sakaski, Kuzan or Borsalino, they are all disciples that make him proud.

As for Huang Mu, he really disliked him.

It is not impossible to escape during a battle, but at the moment, Huangmu is not in a desperate situation no matter how you look at it.

To be honest, the wild herdsmen living deep in the vast forest actually have the advantage.

If he really puts all his effort into fighting Zefa, he might have to force Zefa to take drugs.

But now, Huang Mu just suffered a loss and actually wanted to escape.

"Has the World Government really become so corrupt?"

Zefa glanced at Huangmu with disdain:

"If a general like this meets the emperor in the future, he probably won't even dare to go to the battlefield."

In a sense, Zefa can be regarded as a divine prophecy.

After all, in the original work, after the Super Rising Stars team defeated the two emperors, Aramaki went to the island of Wano Country alone to take Luffy's head.

When he was fighting Momonosuke and others, he clearly said: [If Kaido was here, I would not come to this island. ]

Afterwards, he was directly shocked by the Red-Haired Man's domineering aura from a long distance.

The red-haired handsome guy asked: [Are you so scared? New Era! ]

Huangmu actually raised his hands in surrender and said:

[I don't intend to fight you. It's not time yet...]

[Okay, okay, I get it.]

Then he left directly.

Let’s not discuss here whether Huangmu can beat Red Hair.

Even if Huangmu had a particularly important reason, such behavior was too cowardly.

It can be said that he single-handedly pulled the Admiral to the limit.

Such a guy has no belief in becoming the strongest person at all.

So after seeing that Zefa could threaten him, it was not wrong to make such a choice.

Although Huang Mu looked unhappy about the conversation between the two, he did not lose his temper.

Because if the two of them are determined, it is possible that they can keep me.

So, he controlled the forest to block the two people and left.

And Zefa forgot one thing because he had been fighting for too long.

That is, Huangmu has been hiding several warriors from the Kingdom of Women.

At this moment, he didn't care about the number of people, and just waited for them to fly out of the island.

But when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth.

Just as Huang Mu was about to leave the island, an extreme sword light slashed down from the sea in the distance.

Directly cut off the vines that bound the warriors of the Kingdom of Women.

Huang Mu turned his head to look.

A silver-haired old man was floating on the sea, holding a sword and smiling at him.