Chapter 185 Substitute·Withering Rose!
The pirates chatted happily. Today's Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates are extremely powerful. Even if they are about to face the World Government, which has ruled the world for eight hundred years, no pirate thinks they have the possibility of losing. .
After all, the scene of Boros suppressing the two pirate emperors by himself is too exaggerated, especially since such scenes are staged almost every day. Even new pirates can quickly see the unparalleled terror of Boros. strength.
Therefore, despite the shocking noise coming from the Overlord, the pirates who were used to it were not nervous at all. Some even placed bets on the spot on how long the battle would last.
However, only the newcomers who just joined yesterday or even today will be fooled. The ‘veterans’ all have almost blind or even unreasonable confidence in Boros.
The fierce battle on the Overlord continued. At first, Charlotte Lingling just wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble to cheat Kai one more time, but now she is in a difficult position and must defeat the 'newcomer' Esdeath to consolidate her position.
Otherwise, once Esdeath ends the duel with a tie or even the upper hand, she is also the top combatant, and the opponent will definitely take away part of the power that originally belonged to her.
For Charlotte Lingling, who has fallen to this point, this is an absolutely unacceptable result for her!
"Elbaf's Spear·Powerful Country!"
Auntie, who realized this, tried her best with every strike, wishing to tear Esdeath into pieces to prove her strength, and for this she would not hesitate to be punished by Boros.
Anyway, based on her understanding of Boros, the winner and the strong are correct in the eyes of that monster. Even if it damages the strength of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates, Boros will not care.
"Armed·Double Ice Wall!"
Feeling the almost crazy warning from the domineering force of the sight, Esdeath gritted his teeth and stabbed his sword into the ground, and two thick ice walls quickly condensed into shape.
Facing Charlotte Lingling who was going all out, Esdeath's physical disadvantage finally became apparent bit by bit.
The power gap made it impossible for her to fight in close combat with Charlotte Lingling. Especially after testing the old woman's incredible defense, Esdeath completely gave up the idea of scraping with a saber.
The difference in physical strength caused Esdeath and Charlotte Lingling to quickly fall into a disadvantage in the fight. After all, Esdeath had to consider the issue of physical exertion, but Charlotte Lingling did not need to at all.
When she was only five years old and without any training, Charlotte Lingling was able to destroy the giant village by herself. Ever since she could remember, she had never experienced lack of physical strength!
‘Kakakakakakakaka…’
The indestructible sword pressure was like a drill, constantly cutting into the ice. Esdeath, who had seen Charlotte Lingling's destructive power, did not dare to show any signs of neglect. A large amount of armed domineering energy poured into the ice wall continuously. Negate and weaken the power of enemy attacks drop by drop.
"Stolen Fire!"
At the critical moment, Prometheus showed the same evil smile as Charlotte Lingling, turned into a meteor and violently hit the already precarious ice wall.
'boom! ’
Fierce flames once again filled every corner of the passage. With the blessing of the bursting flames, Elbaf's Spear and the Sword Pressure of Weiguo finally broke through the ice, and was about to turn Esdeath into a鑑粉.
At this time, the figure of Porusalino who was far away in Marineland had turned into a dazzling light. Poros, who silently 'watched' the battle through his mental power, was also ready to tear the void apart for emergency rescue, but he suddenly stopped at the last moment. Stop.
"Ha... let's see my limits!"
Deliberately putting himself into a near-death situation, a crazy smile appeared on Esdeath's beautiful face.
A golden arrow decorated with beetles appeared in Esdeath's hand.
As the deafening explosion sounded, the expression on Charlotte Lingling's face became extremely ugly.
The next moment, overwhelming freezing air surged out from the center of the explosion, extinguishing the burning flames around him in the blink of an eye. Then Esdeath, who was completely unscathed, walked out of the white freezing air.
"It doesn't look like the power of a Devil Fruit...Huh! He is indeed a troublesome guy..."
In the distance, Kaido narrowed his eyes slightly. With his insight, he could feel something following behind the blue-haired woman, but he couldn't see what it was.
If Porusalino was present now, he would see a 'woman' wearing an iron mask, with long burgundy hair, and a body shape almost exactly the same as Esdeath followed behind Esdeath.
This is exactly the substitute Esdeath obtained in a desperate situation. With the power of the substitute, she not only survived, but also gained abilities that made Esdeath quite satisfied.
"Go to hell! Zhenyu Lei!"
Charlotte Lingling showed a ferocious expression, grabbed Thunder Cloud Zeus and blasted a huge thunder beam towards Esdeath.
‘Boom! ’
The lightning beam wrapped with overlord-colored domineering energy directly hit Esdeath. However, this shocking blow, which was enough to kill the Neptune class in an instant, still failed to cause any damage to Esdeath, and even disappeared after hitting Esdeath. No trace left.
On the other hand, the substitute behind Esdeath hugged his arms and curled up his body, as if he was enduring the pain, but also seemed to have received a huge amount of pleasure in an instant, so that his whole body was trembling.
"Eleven percent...is this the only level?"
Esdeath glanced at the substitute behind him and showed a slightly contemptuous smile.
At this time, Smoothie, who was watching the battle from a distance, had fallen into a daze.
She never thought that there would be any woman in this world who could confront her mother head-on, or even receive a full blow from her mother without any damage.
And that woman looked much younger than her.
Apart from monster, Smoothie could not think of another adjective that belonged to Esdeath.
"It's so scary, so scary... Licking, you are worthy of being the top combatant alongside mom, Licking, but does it really matter if we keep fighting like this, Katakuri?"
Perospero keeps licking the candy cane in his hand. This is an old habit of his. When he is nervous, he has to keep licking the candy to relieve his mood.
"Their battle is not something we can interfere with, and Captain Boros has not come forward until now..."
Katakuri's grip on the trident relaxed slightly. He was already mentally prepared to intervene at any time, even if it might cost his life.
But now it seems that he has overthought it. After all, he is the most advanced combatant that Captain Boros can recognize. He is indeed a top powerhouse on the same level as his mother.
If Lord Tatsumaki, who looks like a little girl, has similar strength to Lord Esdeath, there will be nothing to worry about even if he goes up against the World Government!
"You damn stinky girl!"
The ground beneath Charlotte Lingling's feet exploded, and her huge body rushed towards Esdeath at an astonishing high speed.
Although he didn't know why the two attacks just now were useless against Esdeath, the battle-experienced pirate emperor instinctively realized that something was wrong.
Coupled with the unknown presence following Esdeath in the sense of seeing and hearing the domineering force, Charlotte Lingling simply gave up the plan of long-range attack and rushed directly to kill people with a knife.
“Just what I wanted!”
Facing Charlotte Lingling, who was suddenly approaching with an unusually fierce attitude, Esdeath's mouth opened in an exaggerated arc.
It was as if he had forgotten the difference in strength and defense between himself and the enemy, and swung his sword to attack without any hesitation.
‘锵锵锵锵锵锵……’
Two sabers with huge differences in size were constantly clashing. In theory, Esdeath's swordsmanship was not inferior to Charlotte Lingling, but the strength of the two sides was not at the same level.
Charlotte Lingling used her brute strength to press forward step by step, but she didn't notice the malicious smile on Esdeath's face.
‘Poof! ’
Seemingly seizing on Esdeath's mistake, Charlotte Lingling's saber struck Esdeath's body directly, seeming to end the fight by almost slicing her opponent in half.
But before Charlotte Lingling could show a proud smile, Esdeath, who should have been cut in half, seemed to be unaffected and almost cut off Charlotte Lingling's arm with a knife.
It's just that the defense of the 'Steel Balloon' was too strong. This knife only cut a deep wound on Charlotte Lingling's arm.
"Fireball from the sky!"
Fortunately, Prometheus came to the rescue at the critical moment and spit out a ball of fire that exploded between Charlotte Lingling and Esdeath.
Although Esdeath was immune to damage due to the ability of the substitute, her body was still blown away by the exploding fireball.
"Mom, mom, are you okay?!"
Thundercloud Zeus came over in a panic. This was the first time since they were created that their mother was injured.
"That stinky girl..."
Charlotte Lingling's huge body trembled slightly, as if the actual murderous aura was rising continuously from her body. Esdeath's knife that almost cut off her arm further aroused the ferocity of the pirate emperor. sex.
"Mom, mom, you can't hit! That woman can't be chopped to death!"
Napoleon yelled in horror with the saber. It was clear that his mother had hit Esdeath with it just now, and Napoleon was convinced that he almost cut the woman in two.
But in the end, not only was the woman not injured, she almost cut off her mother's arm with her backhand.
"Twenty-four percent... shall we continue?"
Esdeath, who was blown away by the explosion, appeared in front of Charlotte Lingling again. Not to mention the wound that was almost cut in half, not even the explosion left any trace on her.
Only Kaido with a serious expression not far away was staring at Esdeath's back. The sense of danger became more and more obvious. At this moment, Kaido was extremely sure that there was some unknown entity following Esdeath.
And just because of that existence, the dead old woman's several attacks not only failed to work, but also caused some bad changes.
Of all the people present, only Katakuri could vaguely 'see' that there was another Esdeath following behind her.
"Kill you! Smelly girl!"
After being injured, Charlotte Lingling's aura became more fierce, and she actually rushed towards Esdeath again with her saber brandished, as if the incident where Esdeath almost cut off her arm had never happened.
Seeing this, Esdeath grinned and came forward. This time, she simply gave up dodging and allowed Charlotte Lingling to split her in half with one strike. Immediately afterwards, the scene just now reappeared. Esdeath, who was unharmed, slashed down with a sword and struck Charlotte Lingling on the belly.
Although Charlotte Lingling, who was well prepared this time, covered her belly with armed domineering energy, Esdeath still cut a deep gash in her haste.
Then Charlotte Lingling slashed back with the knife, but the result was still the same as before. This time Esdeath simply stabbed Charlotte Lingling's stomach from the position of the previous wound.
This extremely bloody and crazy battle lasted for less than three minutes. Charlotte Lingling was already covered in blood, with at least six or seven fatal wounds on her body that would be fatal to ordinary people.
However, such injuries are still nothing to Charlotte Lingling, the pirate emperor, and the wounds on her arms are even showing signs of healing at this time.
Esdeath, who was stabbed again for being unable to dodge, turned to look at her stand-in. At some point, the iron mask on her stand-in's face had disappeared, revealing her over-excited flushed face.
"Go, Withered Rose!"
Esdeath showed a crazy smile to Charlotte Lingling, and then quickly retreated, as if something terrible was about to happen.
Charlotte Lingling, who was covered in blood, didn't react at first, but then the domineering force of her knowledge flashed a crazy warning in her mind, and its intensity was almost as intense as when she faced Boros directly.
"Damn old woman! Run!"
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Not far away, Kaido suddenly roared angrily. Compared to Charlotte Lingling, who was a little slow to react due to the interference of Esdeath's domineering aura, Kaido, who had always been a bystander, was more powerful than Charlotte Lingling. Already realized what happened.
As soon as she finished speaking, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Charlotte Lingling. It was Boros who was supposed to be in the temple.
"Don't damage my boat..."
Boros suddenly appeared and opened his palms towards Esdeath's stand-in. The next moment, a 'black hole' suddenly appeared. Esdeath's stand-in disappeared directly into the 'black hole'. When he reappeared, he was already far away from the sea of dark matter in the universe. The thieves are on an island hundreds of kilometers away.
Along with a sound like breaking glass, countless fine cracks appeared on the surface of Esdeath's body...
"Lord Boros!"
Katakuri, who was still in shock, reacted first and knelt down on one knee towards Boros.
Although he had the ability to 'predict the future', he didn't notice that Esdeath's double would explode, but the feeling like death knocking on the door just now still made him feel frightened.
"Captain Poros!"
"Boss Boros!"
"Lord Boros!"
……
The cadres who had been preparing to run away just now also approached cautiously. Who would have thought that they had already hid so far away and were still almost affected by the fight between the two most senior combatants.
"...Don't use that trick on the ship in the future!"
Boros didn't pay attention to the pirate cadres who were kneeling on the ground, and looked directly at the pale Esdeath with his huge one eye.
Although I don't know why Esdeath can launch an attack that exceeds the limit of her strength, I can roughly guess it by recalling the battle process.
Boros, who was once the overlord of the universe, didn't care about a mere spaceship, but this spaceship would still be useful in the future, and Esdeath could not be allowed to do whatever he wanted.
"I just want to try this trick..."
Esdeath said nonchalantly, and showed a mocking smile at Charlotte Lingling.
However, Charlotte Lingling was obviously not in the mood to pay attention to Esdeath's ridicule at this time. This was the first time in her life that she was so close to death.
If Boros had not taken action just now, given her condition at the time, the result of taking that blow at close range would have been serious injuries even if she did not die.
Who would have thought that an opponent who was suppressed by her the whole time and could only rely on her weird abilities to disgust people would actually have such a dangerous trump card!
After warning Esdeath, Boros returned to the temple.
I don’t know what Kaido said to Charlotte Lingling, but the two pirate emperors also left one after another with Boros.
Just when Esdeath was about to leave, Chui Xue dragged a reluctant Tatsumaki over, along with passers-by and Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei.
"What the hell!? Did the world war just end here?!"
Seeing the devastated battlefield, passers-by were stunned. Can anyone explain to him what just happened?
"Miss Esdeath, are you okay?"
Fubuki looked at Esdeath, who was pale, and asked proactively out of concern for her friends.
"Ah, very good."
Esdeath casually replied that her relationship with Tatsumaki was tense, but she had no problem with Fubuki.
Moreover, Esdeath had just obtained a powerful substitute through the insect arrow given to her by Porusalino, and Esdeath was in a very good mood at this time.
"Lord Esdeath, the cabins in this area need to be renovated. Please allow me to help you prepare a new residence."
Katakuri said respectfully, this battle destroyed at least hundreds of cabins and more than a dozen passages on the Overlord.
However, for a spacecraft that is tens of kilometers long, this level of damage is not a big problem.
"Okay."
Esdeath wasn't picky about where she stayed, but there was obviously no need to stay in the ruins when she had a normal room.
'boom! ’
At this moment, a roar like thunder suddenly exploded.
Even though they were hundreds of kilometers away, even if they were inside the Overlord, everyone present could still feel the earth-shattering explosion that happened in the distance.
The substitute obtained by Esdeath is called 'Withering Rose'. The substitute's ability is also very simple, that is, it absorbs all the damage suffered by the substitute user.
However, there is an upper limit on the damage that the stand-in can absorb. When the damage absorbed reaches the upper limit, the stand-in will release all the damage previously absorbed by self-destruction.
Strictly speaking, Withering Rose's ability is only to absorb damage, and subsequent self-destruction should be regarded as a side effect of the ability.
However, Esdeath regarded it as a trump card and prepared to harm both Charlotte and Lingling.
Fortunately, Boros took action at the critical moment and banished Esdeath's substitute. Otherwise, even the Overlord would have been severely damaged by this terrifying blow.
The island chosen by Boros to exile the Stand was the temporary base of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates.
Although no one lives on the island, this uninhabited island can be considered medium-sized in the New World. Some small countries are not even as large as this island.
However, the explosion of Esdeath's stand easily destroyed the island. The strong winds and huge waves generated by the explosion reached the location of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates in ten minutes.
Dozens of pirate ships located outside the fleet were directly overturned by tsunami-like waves. The hurricane-like blast tore into hundreds of sails. Just the aftermath of the explosion easily killed hundreds of sailors. thief.
However, Esdeath obviously didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to these things at this time. As soon as she walked into the cabin with a pale face, her body that was on the verge of reaching its limit fell uncontrollably in front of her.
At the critical moment, a ray of light flashed, and Esdeath happened to fall into the arms of Porusalino who suddenly appeared.
"If I had known you were acting like this, I shouldn't have given you the insect arrows..." Porusalino, who had been paying attention to Esdeath, said helplessly.
Originally, it was just because the animal-type Devil Fruit of the Phantom Beast species could not be found for the time being that the insect arrow that could be used to obtain a substitute was given to Esdeath as compensation.
But what Porusalino didn't expect was that Esdeath was so courageous that he would not hesitate to push himself into a desperate situation to squeeze out his potential.
"But I did get the ability I wanted, didn't I?"
Esdeath changed into a more comfortable position in Porusalino's arms, raised her head slightly and spoke with a hint of contentment.
The Stand User will receive the same damage as the Stand, but Esdeath's 'Withering Rose' is special. Strictly speaking, its self-destruction is just pouring out excess absorbed damage.
Although it will still cause a huge burden to Esdeath, as long as it is controlled properly, it can be regarded as a special trump card.
"I have the nerve to say, can you call out the substitute now?"
Porusalino gently poked Esdeath's cheek. He was used to Esdeath's strong posture, and it was really touching to see her look so weak once in a while.
"No, it will take at least three days after the Withered Rose self-destructs to return to normal."
Esdeath said with some regret, the substitute's ability is indeed very strong, but the restrictions on its use are still a bit large.
If she could absorb unlimited damage and then have her substitute self-destruct, would she be able to fight even against Porusalino, right?
"What are you thinking about?"
Sensing some malice from Esdeath in his arms, Porusalino couldn't help but pinch her cheek and said angrily.
Even though she was already so weak, she still refused to calm down. If Esdeath didn't look like a "sick beauty" now, Porusalino would not let her go so easily.
"Next time, when I fight that old woman, I can kill her without a substitute!"
Esdeath answered confidently that the Baruts tribe she came from was a group that specialized in hunting dangerous species, and the education Esdeath received since childhood was to challenge the strong.
(End of chapter)