Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

When fighting Esdeath, Wood felt that she was more like a pure beast. Not only was her fighting style offensive and defensive, but her combat intuition and reflexes were also incredibly sharp.

Faced with such a dangerous enemy, even Wood, a "great swordsman," fought with trepidation, fearing that a moment's carelessness would lead to a counterattack.

General Bud's fighting style is that of a seasoned veteran with superb combat skills. Although his martial arts are quite advanced, his steady and methodical approach and predictable moves do not put too much pressure on Wood.

Even without using the power of the 'Heart of God,' as long as the battle continues like this, he will still be able to defeat General Bud.

However, Wood also had something to consider: by the time he had firmly captured General Bud, Minister Ernest and the young emperor would have already fled.

However, Wood was worried that if he used the "Heart of God," he might run out of life force and have to end his Sim life.

"It seems I need to emulate Esdeath's fighting style, otherwise I won't be able to break the deadlock."

In another clash between Wood and General Bud, General Bud swung his fist, crackling with lightning, and punched Wood in the face, while Wood gripped his sword with both hands and slashed at his opponent's chest.

Based on previous experience, both Wood and General Bud, who are known for their cautious and steady approach, would likely change their attack angle or choose to evade if they sense danger.

But this time, General Bud was dumbfounded, because Wood in front of him, looking at his thunderous fist, did not have the slightest intention to dodge, but instead swung his long sword down at him with a determined look.

Now that things have come to this, changing tactics on the fly is impossible, and backing down would only result in taking a blow for nothing. So General Bud showed a fierce look on his face and threw a punch directly at Wood's handsome face!

"Boom X2——————!"

Two loud bangs echoed one after the other above the palace ruins. Wood and General Bud, who had been attacked by each other, were sent flying backward and crashed directly into the ruins.

Chapter 447 The Strongest Imperial Arm, the Guardian Machine God!

However, the two quickly rose from the ruins again. A deep knife wound appeared on General Bude's chest armor, and blood could be faintly seen seeping out.

Because Wood was covered in armor, we couldn't see whether his face was swollen or not, but the golden arcs of electricity still dancing on his visor proved that the punch he had just taken was also quite powerful.

"It seems you're planning to change your fighting style. You're not going to engage in a protracted battle with me, but rather to end the fight quickly by trading blows."

General Bud was a veteran who had seen many battles, so he immediately saw through Wood's intention to suddenly change his fighting style.

However, he had no way to deal with this. Wood's strength was no weaker than his, and was even slightly stronger. If Wood fought in this reckless way, he had no better option than to take the hit head-on.

"Speaking of changing my fighting style, I'd say this is just my usual style."

"But since we don't have magic... oh well, that's the situation now. Let's see whose body can take a beating!"

Wood wasn't bragging; this was simply how he had always fought.

With his immense magical power as a foundation, coupled with the healing magic circle engraved on his body, Wood was utterly unafraid to trade blows with anyone, knowing he would always come out on top in the end.

However, due to the scarcity of magical energy in this world, his healing magic failed to work its self-healing effect, which is why Wood didn't dare to be as carefree as before.

As soon as they finished speaking, the two charged at each other again, and the style of their renewed battle was clearly completely different from before.

Previously, it was a battle of skill between experienced generals and highly skilled swordsmen; now, it's a primitive brawl that's purely a contest of endurance and raw combat power.

I slash you with my sword, you retaliate with a punch; both sides completely abandon defense, seeking only to inflict more damage on each other.

And the two of them, one carrying the dream of his companion, and the other carrying loyalty to the empire.

Even with the protection of Armament Haki, Wood's "Winter Knight" armor was dented by the violent golden lightning.

General Budo's Imperial Armor "Admiral" has also been slashed open, indicating that even if this battle ends, this powerful Imperial Armor will probably be destroyed.

The battle continued. The already collapsed palace was now reduced to rubble in the increasingly intense fight between the two, and the rubble then turned into dust and disappeared completely.

In this intense, wound-for-wound battle, even Chelsea, whose combat strength wasn't particularly outstanding, could see that Wood was beginning to gain the upper hand, and this advantage was steadily widening...

General Bud is indeed very strong, but his advanced age is a major weakness. Moreover, Wood is an armor-type Imperial Armor, and with the added benefit of Armament Haki, even without self-healing ability, General Bud has no chance of outlasting him.

In the end, after a series of exchanges of injuries, General Bud was finally overwhelmed and was cleaved away by Wood's sword. This time, Wood's injury was fatal, and even though General Bud wanted to continue fighting, he was completely unable to get up.

Not only that, the Imperial Arm "Thunder God's Wrath: Admirer" is also completely destroyed, with no possibility of repair.

Under the constant barrage of attacks, even though Wood's physique was stronger than General Bud's, and both "Winter Knight" and "Admirer" were Imperial Arms, they should have been destroyed together. However, the difference was that Wood also possessed Armament Haki, which helped "Winter Knight" absorb a significant amount of damage.

Looking at General Bud lying in a pool of blood, Wood said, "It seems your determination to protect the empire is not as strong as my determination to overthrow it."

You are a good general, but not a qualified loyal minister. As a loyal dog guarding the house, you are undoubtedly the most dutiful, but as a minister bearing the weight of the empire, you are clearly far from qualified.

After leaving those words, Wood did not linger and went straight to the place where the minister and the young emperor had left.

Thorn and Zhu Tian, ​​who still had the strength to fight back against the four Rakshasa demons, originally wanted to stop Wood, but were stopped again by Chelsea and Mine.

Linglu and Matou were about to make a move, but Wood glared at them coldly, and they froze on the spot, not daring to move.

"I don't have time to waste with you anymore. If you want to stop me, feel free to try."

But don't expect a second General Bude to save your lives, and my mercy is also limited.

Upon hearing Wood's words and meeting his icy gaze, Linglu and Matou froze on the spot, letting Wood pass by them.

It wasn't that they didn't want to stop Wood, but their bodies simply wouldn't obey them; they were completely unable to move.

All living things have an instinct to fear death, and Linglu and Matou are no exception. In fact, as assassins, they are far more sensitive to this sense of death than others.

The moment Wood looked at them, they could clearly feel the true feeling of being close to death, as if if they made any move, the blade in Wood's hand would easily sever their heads.

So Linglu and Matou really wanted to move, but their biological instincts prevented their bodies from doing anything so dangerous.

After leaving the collapsed palace ruins, Wood chased after the minister and the young emperor at almost full speed in the direction they had fled.

To be honest, while on the way, Wood was somewhat worried that Minister Ernest had already successfully escaped.

Wood didn't know the true strength of the young emperor, but judging from the strength that Minister Ernest had shown when he was ambushed by Chelsea, he was indeed quite capable, despite being as fat as a pig.

Although Wood's previous battle with General Bud had ended as quickly as possible by trading blows, it still wasted a lot of time.

Given the strength the minister had previously demonstrated, he was already capable of escaping the kingdom and infiltrating the capital.

However, to Wood's surprise, the ministers did not abandon the young emperor, who was a burden, and instead of running out of the palace, they ran deeper into the palace.

When Wood saw the minister and the young emperor again, the minister had already given the young emperor some instructions, and the young emperor, holding his scepter, walked towards a throne.

"Rebel, do you know where you are?"

This is the very heart of the Imperial Royal Family's territory, and here lies a sleeping Imperial Arm, known as the "Guardian Machine God: Supreme Throne!"

"The 'Guardian Machine God - Supreme Throne' is the original and strongest Imperial Arm. It is both the origin of Imperial Arms and the pinnacle of all Imperial Arms, and is known as the 'Supreme Imperial Arm'."

It is said that as long as it is used, one can obtain the strongest Imperial Arm that rivals the power of a god!

However, there is a crucial condition for using this Imperial Arm: only those possessing the bloodline of the founding emperor can activate it.

After watching the young emperor slowly walk to the throne and insert his scepter into a keyhole-like recess in the throne, the minister explained why he had brought the young emperor there.

That's right. With the skills the minister had honed at the Imperial Fist Temple, he was fully capable of escaping the palace when General Bud fought Wood.

But how could Minister Ernest be content with merely fleeing for his life?

Having already seized power and controlled the entire empire, the ministers were far too pleased with the taste of power to simply slink away from the empire and hand over the empire they had worked so hard to control to the revolutionary army.

Wood is very strong, but they are not without a chance to turn the tide, as long as their strongest Imperial Arm, "Guardian Machine God," is activated.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

As the entire palace shook violently, a pair of scarlet lights flickered and lit up in the darkness.

Seeing the "Guardian God of the Nation" stand up as the ground shook, the minister laughed wildly.

The minister could have easily taken control of the empire and become emperor himself, but he chose not to. Instead, he spared the young emperor's life and even took him with him when he fled. The main reason for this was that the young emperor was able to use the most powerful Imperial Arm, the "Guardian Machine God".

The so-called "Guardian Machine God" is somewhat similar in form to the armor-type Imperial Arms of Wood, Tatsumi, and Will, but its size is far more outrageous.

Their armor-type Imperial Arms are generally only about two meters tall, while the so-called "Guardian Machine God" is at least nearly a hundred meters tall, so much so that when it stands up, it can even break through the ceiling of the palace.

No… it should be said that when the “Guardian Machine God” stood up, not only the entire kingdom, but even the buildings of the empire, became miniature models.

The moment the "Guardian Machine God" was activated, its mouth opened directly and gathered powerful energy at an extremely fast speed.

"Whoosh—!"

In less than a few breaths, a huge red beam of light shot out from the mouth of the "Guardian Machine God" and burst toward Wood!

Because of its enormous size, which is nearly 100 meters tall, the energy beam that bursts out from its mouth is astonishingly wide, reaching several meters in thickness, and its speed is even greater than that of General Budo's Lightning Imperial Arm!

A thick beam of crimson energy struck, and Wood frantically activated his Observation Haki. Before figuring out the strength of the "Guardian Machine God," Wood did not intend to rashly confront it head-on.

So after a brief hesitation, Wood used an extremely fast "shave step" to narrowly dodge the laser attack of the Guardian Machine God.

"boom------!"

Just as the huge red beam of light flew past Wood, a massive spherical energy halo suddenly erupted behind him moments later.

As a huge mushroom cloud rose from the capital, the powerful aftershocks of the storm blew towards Wood from behind, almost causing him to stumble and fall.

When Wood turned to look behind him, he was completely dumbfounded.

Where he had stood, a huge ravine, several meters deep, stretched from the palace all the way to the streets of the capital, a distance of several kilometers.

The surface of the ravine had been completely scorched by the high temperature, and all obstacles in the ravine path were now smashed and penetrated without any hindrance.

At the end of the ravine, where the red laser had just completely shattered, a super crater nearly ten kilometers in diameter has now appeared.

Not to mention the area in the center of the crater, not only have buildings disappeared, but even the surface has completely vanished, as if a hole had been dug out of the map of the capital.

"Damn, this is too outrageous. It's one thing to create a Gundam in the industrial age."

This enormous Gundam even possesses the power of nuclear annihilation! This power-up is just too much!

Seeing the destructive power of a casual laser beam from the "Guardian Machine God," even Wood couldn't help but curse.