One Piece: Groudon the Beasts

Chapter 362 Because I have perseverance!!!

At the sharp top of the stone pillar, Sanji coughed up blood in pain. Even with his exoskeleton awakened and Haki providing defense, his abdomen was still pierced.

Fresh blood continued to drip down the stone pillar.

"Sanji!"

The companions rushed toward the stone pillar with worry.

Sanji shouted anxiously, "Don't worry about me, watch out for the enemy!"

"But!"

The crew wanted to rescue Sanji, but the next moment their bodies stiffened and they couldn't move, and a burly figure appeared among them.

Everyone turned their heads in shock.

It's Goode!
Franky clenched his right fist and was the first to attack, followed by Brook, Usopp, and the others who also picked up their weapons.

"Powerful Iron Hammer!"

"Ultimate Kill Green Star - Impact Wolf Grass!"

"Revolutionary Dance - March!"

A dazzling barrage of attacks surrounded Goode.

Goode chuckled softly, stomped his right foot lightly on the ground, sending up a dozen or so pebbles, and then tapped the pebbles with his finger.

Seemingly slow, but in fact, the series of actions were completed in the blink of an eye. Before the Straw Hat crew's attack came, more than a dozen stones tore through the air and shot out, leaving behind extremely sharp vacuum air currents in the atmosphere.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Wow ah ah ah!!!"

Unable to dodge in time, Franky and Usopp were pierced through the body by the rock, with multiple bloody holes appearing all over their bodies, and they flew out screaming.

Brook was in a better position; there was no flesh to tear, but his bones were shattered into pieces.

In just a moment, the three were critically injured and on the verge of death.

Goode never shows mercy to enemies who have no value.

"Colorful colors and huge trees!"

Robin crossed his arms, and two giant, white, slender legs materialized on the ground behind him, seemingly about to launch a kick.

"Your legs are quite nice."

Goode gave a thumbs-up, then flashed to Robin's side and stared at her.

Robin's movements came to an abrupt halt, and all that remained in his vision were those captivating eyes; there was nothing else.

My body is out of control!
Robin's legs buckled and he knelt on the ground, his eyes dull and lifeless.

She could feel that Goode's will was suppressing her spirit in every way, depriving her of control over her body.

Observation Haki?!

"Ouch!!!!"

A giant deer-like monster appeared.

It's Chopper!
"Don't hurt my companions!"

Giant Chopper, enraged, swung his right paw at Good.

"Carved Hoof - Coconut!"

"Oh!"

A shockwave erupted from the ground, and the deer claw came to a stop.

Goode braced himself against the deer's paw with one hand and looked up at the gigantic Chopper.

Compared to Usopp and others, Chopper's unique medical skills are somewhat valuable, but not as irreplaceable as Nico Robin's.

A beating will do the trick.

Goode leaped up and quickly ascended along Chopper's body, arriving at the side of Chopper's head in the blink of an eye.

"Be quiet!"

"Oh!"

A fierce punch landed on Chopper's cheek.

"puff!"

Chopper's head lolled to the side, he coughed up blood, his massive body tilted dramatically, and then he crashed to the ground with a loud thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.

In less than 10 seconds, almost all of the Straw Hat crew's underlings were wiped out.

Luffy and Zoro arrived late, and seeing their companions fall one by one, their anger reached its breaking point.

Zoro bit the hilt of his sword, gathering his strength.

"Luffy, give me some time!"

"Fourth Gear - Snake Man!"

Luffy immediately activated his Snake Man form, his body becoming much thinner, and his speed was greatly increased compared to his Boundman form.

"Rubber Jet Serpent Cannon!"

The right fist is thrown out, and as the arm continues to extend forward, the power increases continuously, allowing it to relentlessly pursue the enemy.

Based on past experience, the enemy will be exhausted from dodging and running for their lives, and will eventually be caught up and shot away by the giant snake cannon!
However, Goode was clearly different from his previous enemies. Instead of dodging, he raised his palm to face the giant snake cannon directly.

"Snapped!"

Fists and palms collided!
Under the powerful impact, Goode slid backward for more than ten meters before stopping, and was not knocked away as Straw Hat had expected.

"Not enough strength!"

Luffy instantly realized the problem.

The man before him possessed the strongest physique of any enemy he had ever encountered. Ordinary attacks were ineffective, and even when he used his Haki to inflict internal damage, the man could also use Haki to defend against it.

Up to this point in the battle, the initiative has remained with the other side.

"Is this all there is to it?"

Goode gripped Luffy's snake-man fist with his five fingers together, then pulled hard, the powerful pull causing Luffy to fly uncontrollably toward him.

While extended arms can increase attack power, they are also full of openings, making it easy for enemies to grab them after an attack.

Oops!

Luffy sensed danger.

However, being forcibly dragged along, he was unable to change his position to dodge and could only watch helplessly as he flew towards the enemy.

"It's time to end this, Straw Hat Boy."

Goode exerted force with his right arm, his muscles bulging and expanding, flames and streaks of black lightning appearing on the surface of his fist. "Million-Ton Flame Fist!"

"Bang!!!"

The fist pierced the straw hat's face, and then scorching flames erupted, engulfing the straw hat and devastating half the battlefield, stretching all the way to the sea.

Fatal blow!
Goode's fist was smoking, and the straw hat had already disappeared from sight.

A hundred meters away, the straw-hatted boy, his body charred black, fell from the sky and landed with a "thud" in the huge ravine that Goode had blasted open.

Good calmly withdrew his fist, turned around to leave, but suddenly stopped and turned back in surprise to look at the distance.

"Overlord color?"

Ghostly figures emerged from the smoke and dust.

"To be trapped in hell without greed, to witness life and death without anger, to endure all suffering without weariness—this is the path of the Asura!"

Zoro began reciting poetry, and the demonic aura around him became even more malevolent, even manifesting as having three heads and six arms, and his three swords multiplied into nine.

"Ghost energy·Nine-sword style!"

"Asura, draw the sword, the play of the dead!"

As he finished reciting the poem, Zoro transformed into a streak of black light and darted behind Goode, maintaining his sword-wielding stance.

"puff!"

Blood gushed from Goode's chest.

Feeling the pain in his chest, Goode turned to look at Zoro.

"This knife is quite good!"

"hateful."

Zoro reluctantly put down his sword.

That last strike was his strongest attack, delivered with all his might. He had hoped it would have some effect, but it seems his opponent only suffered minor injuries.

The gap was so large that he couldn't even muster any resentment.

"Cliff Sword!"

The next moment, Zoro was also pierced through the abdomen by the rock pillar and sent flying, hanging on it like Sanji, with all three swords in his hands falling to the ground.

At this point, the Straw Hat crew was completely wiped out.

"Snapped!"

Good snapped his fingers, and several rock pillars rose from the ground. Except for Robin, who was to be taken away as the translator for the Beasts, the rest of the Straw Hat crew were all pierced and lifted up.

A family should be together.

"Is this the end of it?"

Goode nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave.

The cleanup work can be left to subordinates.

"Um?!"

Goode suddenly frowned and turned to look at the location of the Straw Hat Boy.

The Straw Hat Puppet, who had been unconscious and awaiting death, broke free from the Stone Pillar and his aura gradually grew stronger.

Goode frowned even more deeply.

The rock pillar he just created was only to lift the person into the sky; he didn't use much force, and he had no interest in desecrating corpses.

As a result, the straw hat was jolted awake?

This isn't right.

Even if rubber is incredibly durable and can reduce a lot of physical damage—no, let's just say the straw hat completely withstood his attack, which was imbued with Conqueror's Haki.

But he's covered in flames!

The scorched and melted earth, stretching for kilometers in front of him, revealed just how intensely hot the flames clung to him were.

Moreover, it was a double attack at point-blank range.

Normally, it would be impossible for Straw Hat to regain consciousness in such a short time.

Goode's face turned cold.

"Kid, how do you still have the energy?"

"Because.Because"

Straw Hat Luffy gasped for breath and roared at the top of his lungs.

“Because I have perseverance!!!”

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Goode looked astonished.

will?

So... they're not going to act anymore?!

good good!
Goode stretched out his hand, and a greatsword appeared out of thin air above him, falling into his hand, its blade reflecting a chilling light.

"Straw Hat Kid, I really want to know if I cut you into pieces, can you still piece yourself back together with sheer willpower!"

"Then let's try it."

Luffy slowly clenched his fist, and tiny black lightning bolts appeared on the surface of his fist.

Although he was in pain all over his body at this moment, he had a strange feeling. His body felt more open and clear than ever before, and his domineering energy flowed smoothly.

Luffy grinned: "After you beat me up just now, I realized that Conqueror's Haki can also be used to entangle people, right?"

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Goode's expression was strange.

It's one thing to withstand the flames head-on, that's a testament to perseverance, but now, after just one instance of being entangled by Conqueror's Haki, he's achieved enlightenment on the spot.

It took him quite a while to master Conqueror's Haki Entanglement.

"Hehehe, this is really interesting!"

Goode grinned broadly.

Go ahead and open it, it's fine.

He's now quite curious to see what "Nika" is up to!

(End of this chapter)