One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

"Deadly strike—"

"Giant Gas Star!"

Whoosh!

The compressed, specially designed projectiles pierced the sky above the cemetery.

It swept past Halding's sword, through the putrid air spewed out by Gruun's roar, and precisely struck the mouth of the undead giant.

The bullet traveled down Gruen's parched throat and into the depths of his chest cavity.

boom!

The outer shell shattered instantly.

High concentrations of flammable gas erupted wildly, spreading along the already dried-up trachea, empty chest cavity, and damaged spine.

The black soul fire within the undead giant immediately sensed the anomaly.

The ball of soul fire in his chest suddenly expanded, attempting to expel the gas from his body with the black flames.

The soul fire from the spine and head also began to converge towards the chest cavity.

Upon seeing this, Usopp shouted:

"Nami!"

"Now!"

Nami had already raised her Weather Stick high.

"Zeus!"

"clear!"

Zeus's round body suddenly contracted.

A large cloud compressed into a thin bolt of lightning, which rushed into Gruun's still-open maw.

"Everyone, stand back!"

Nami's voice faded.

Hajrudin and Luffy simultaneously released their restraints and leaped backward.

Sanji missed a step and fled.

Robin also quickly withdrew all the restraints from her arms.

next moment.

boom--!

The explosion occurred from inside Gruun's body.

The dull, deafening roar was like thunder being forcibly shoved into the mountains.

The head, chest, and back of the undead giant bulged up simultaneously, and then it was torn apart from the inside by fire.

Black soulfire erupted from three locations.

It can accurately cover three control nodes.

The soul fire at the head was the first to explode.

The core of power in his chest then went out.

Finally, the black fire flowing along the spine also collapsed amidst lightning and gas explosions.

Gruun's giant axe, held high, stopped in mid-air.

The black flames in his eyes flickered violently twice before fading completely.

The massive body swayed in place.

This time, the chest cavity did not reignite the head.

No new soul fire emerged from the spine.

Gruen slowly fell backward.

boom!

The valley floor shook violently, and dust shot up into the sky along the mountain walls on both sides.

The rusty giant axe slipped from his hand and crashed deeply into the ground in front of the tomb passage.

Gruen has completely ceased operations.

Usopp remained in the position of raising his slingshot, staring blankly at the fallen giant.

"D-It's a success?"

Nami put down her Clima-Tact and smiled.

"It's a success."

Usopp paused for a moment.

Then he suddenly jumped up.

"It's a success!"

"I, the great one, defeated the Dead Titan with a single blow!"

"Did you see that? That's the ultimate sniper shot from the brave warrior of the sea, Usopp!"

Chopper waved his hands excitedly below.

"Usopp is amazing!"

Frankie also gave a thumbs up.

"A absolutely beautiful strike!"

Usopp raised his nose higher and higher, almost pointing it towards the sky.

But Haildin did not celebrate immediately.

He walked to Gruun's remains, planted the greatsword in the ground, and knelt down on one knee.

Seeing this, the other giant warriors also lowered their heads.

The sounds of fierce fighting that had been echoing in the valley fell silent for a moment.

Gruen died guarding the Heroes' Tomb.

More than two hundred years later, his remains were controlled by Blackbeard, who took up arms again to attack his descendants.

Now, the black fire has finally been extinguished.

This hero of the past can finally rest in peace.

Haildin said in a low voice:

"Lord Gruun."

May you rest in peace.

The giant warriors behind him held their weapons to their chests, paying their respects to the fallen heroes in the most solemn way in Elbaf.

After a brief moment of silence, Haildin stood up again.

He turned to look at Usopp.

"Thank you."

Usopp, who had been feeling smug, was stunned when he heard this heartfelt thank you.

Haildin raised his fist and slowly extended it toward him.

Even though he was deliberately controlling his strength, that fist was still bigger than Usopp's entire body.

"You have restored peace to a hero of Elbaf."

"This strike is worthy of the name of a warrior."

Usopp stared at the large knuckles in front of him, his eyes welling up slightly.

He extended his fist and slammed it into Halding's knuckles.

"Because I am also a brave warrior of the sea!"

Haildin grinned, revealing a hearty smile.

However, this brief peace was soon broken by even heavier footsteps.

thump.

thump.

thump.

Deep within the tomb passage, three pairs of eyes burning with black flames approached simultaneously.

The first deceased person stepped out of the tomb.

He was clad in heavy armor, and in his left hand he held a round shield that covered almost his entire upper body.

The shield's surface is covered with cracks left by time, yet it still stands like a mobile city wall.

The second deceased was relatively slender and held a giant spear.

His steps were noticeably lighter than Gruun's, and black flames moved along his spine, his massive body displaying a speed disproportionate to its size.

The third deceased was unarmed.

His arms were thicker than those of an ordinary giant, and his wrists were wrapped with huge, decaying iron chains.

With each step, his fist would leave deep dents in the ground.

When Hajrudin saw the insignia on the chests of the three men, his expression darkened again.

"The Shieldbearer of the North, Bourne."

"Voyage Warrior, Calga."

"Red Fist, Otto..."

All three were renowned warriors in the outer cemetery area of ​​the Heroes' Tomb.

Bourne once single-handedly defended the northern canyon of Elbaf.

Calgar once sailed with the ancestors of the Ancient Giant Pirates, slaying countless giant beasts at sea.

Otto, on the other hand, never uses weapons and once defeated a sea king that attacked a village with his bare hands.

But now, all that remains in their eyes is cold, black fire.

The round-shielded dead were the first to stand in front.

The giant shield crashed down, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The spearman was hidden behind him, his sharp spearhead suddenly thrusting out from the side of the shield.

Zoro drew his sword to block the attack.

clang!

The impact made the blade hum continuously.

On the other side, the dead fighter slammed his fists into the ground.

boom!

Large boulders were ripped up by the force of the punch, and the impact swept across the ground towards the Straw Hat crew and the giant warrior.

Luffy took a step forward and unleashed a powerful punch, radiating Haki.

The two forces collided, producing a dull, loud bang.

"They can do more than just walk."

Sanji leaped into the air, dodging the flying rocks.

"These guys still retain some of their fighting instincts from when they were alive."

The battle broke out again.

Luffy faces off against Otto, the Red Fist.

The fist, covered in Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, collided head-on with the fist of the Dead Titan.

Zoro blocked the spear of the dead Calgar, and the flash of the blade and the huge spear tip clashed continuously in front of the tomb door.

Sanji kept changing positions in mid-air, using high-speed kicks to distract Calga's line of sight.

Hajrudin led the other giant warriors to besiege Shieldbearer Bourne.

However, that enormous round shield almost completely blocked all frontal attacks, and several giant axes and longswords only left shallow marks when they landed on the shield.

Robin, Franky, and Chopper stayed behind.

Viktor's Rinnegan swept across the battlefield.

He soon discovered that the soul fire structures of the three deceased were not entirely the same.

"Behind the shield."

Victor looked at Bourne.

"His soulfire is hidden in his chest and on both shoulder blades; the shield is not only a defensive weapon but also protects the nodes."

His gaze shifted to the spear-wielding dead.

"Kalga's soul fire moved up and down along his spine, its position constantly changing."

Finally, there's Otto the boxer.

"His core is in his head, heart, and arms."

Blackbeard did not use the same method to create all the undead puppets.

He readjusted the Soulfire nodes based on the corpse's fighting style before its death.

The ordinary dead in Totland, with only a head and a core, were nothing more than the crudest experimental subjects.

The dead in the Heroes' Tomb are almost like real weapons of war.

Victor quickly shared his assessment with the others.

Calgar's spear pierced Sauron.

Usopp's Observation Haki and Gas Sense simultaneously locked onto the constantly moving black flame.

"Zoro!"

"The soul fire has moved to the right shoulder!"

Zoro sidestepped the spear, simultaneously slashing out with his sword.

The pitch-black slash struck Calga's right shoulder with pinpoint accuracy.

boom!

The black soul fire exploded.

The movements of the undead giant clearly paused for a moment.

On the other side, Otto, the Red Fist, raised his left fist, preparing to smash it at Luffy again.

Usopp immediately shouted:

"Luffy!"

"Hit the left hand!"

Luffy grinned.

"good!"

A powerful, domineering fist met the attack head-on.

boom!

Otto's thick left elbow was shattered by a punch, and the black fire hidden in his arm also exploded.

The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly.

Usopp began to actively observe the entire battlefield, pointing out targets to all his companions.

However, the eyes of the round-shielded dead Bourne, burning with black fire, suddenly rose and locked onto Usopp at the top of the stone tablet.

Bourne abruptly abandoned Haldin and hurled the giant shield in his hand while spinning it.

hum!

The round shield tore through the air like a rapidly spinning mountain wall, heading straight for the stone monument where Usopp was.

Usopp's expression changed drastically.

He tried to dodge, but the shield covered too much area.

Viktor raised his hand.

"Shinra Tensei"

An invisible repulsive force crashed into the giant shield.

The round shield suddenly stopped less than ten meters from the stone tablet, and then flew back at an even faster speed.

boom!

The giant shield slammed into the entrance to the tomb passage, smashing a large section of the rock wall.

Usopp was thrown to the ground by the oncoming blast of air, gasping for breath.

Viktor looked down at him.

"Can you still see clearly?"

Usopp gritted his teeth and stood up again.

"certainly!"

Under Usopp's command and with the cooperation of the others, the soul fire nodes in the three deceased were destroyed one after another.

Bourne, the Shield Guard, lost an arm.

Calga suffered a severe spinal injury, resulting in a significant decrease in speed.

Otto, the boxer, had his arms broken by Luffy and Sanji respectively.

But they still didn't stop.

The remaining black fire flowed continuously within his body, beginning to reassemble and repair the destroyed nodes.

Brook sensed for a moment and immediately reminded him:

"We can't delay any longer."

"We must destroy all the cores simultaneously, just like before."

Usopp quickly surveyed the three battlefields.

"Luffy, Sanji!"

"You're in charge of the boxers!"

"Zoro and Brook, deal with the spear-wielding dead!"

"Hayldin, suppress that shield giant!"

"Nami, Robin, Franky, prepare to follow up with ranged attacks!"

He instinctively looked at Victor.

"Viktor will take charge...see where you're needed."

Everyone was preparing to launch a final attack.

Viktor suddenly looked up.

He suddenly noticed that, in his Rinnegan vision, tiny black lines of fire extended from behind the three dead bodies and disappeared into the depths of the tomb passage.

Viktor raised his hand and briefly pulled one of the black fire lines with Universal Pull.

A low tremor immediately came from deep within the tomb passage.

The three dead bodies simultaneously raised their heads and roared.

The soul fire, which was originally weakening, suddenly surged, and black flames even began to re-condense around the lost arm and the damaged nodes.

Robin looked grave.

"Is someone controlling them from inside?"

Viktor nodded slowly.

The voice just fell.

The black flames deep inside the tomb passage suddenly intensified.

A deep, resonant heartbeat, like the beat of a war drum, echoed from beneath the entire Heroes' Tomb.

thump.

In the cemetery, countless ancient stone tablets trembled slightly at the same time.