I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

Soon the rest of the demons retreated a distance, leaving only Teach and Sauron facing each other.

Zoro's eyes darted around, his grip on his sword tightened, and he suddenly turned and charged to the side.

He had the conviction to fight the strong, but it would be foolish to fight desperately against someone who was clearly no match for him when he was surrounded. He should have run away.

"Good that you knew how to run." Teach leaped after him, laughing, "You thief...where do you think you're going!"

Suddenly, Zoro, who had started charging to a corner, turned around and charged straight back at Teach as if he were about to launch a counterattack!

Teach was genuinely startled. What was that? Was there an ambush, a trap, or someone hiding their strength?

When he noticed the confusion and surprise in Zoro's eyes after seeing him, he cursed inwardly: Where did this idiot come from!

bang

The sound of gunfire rang out again.

The ground cracked, and the sky roared.

Zoro's two lamps, which were close to level three, shone brightly together. Now, his success rate in lighting three lamps was quite high, but he was taking a steady approach and wasn't in a hurry.

However, this power was naturally insufficient for the veteran Teach. Teach did not bother to break through the power of the lights. Otherwise, once the four lights were on, even without using his three abilities, it would be unreasonable to say that he could defeat Zoro in less than two minutes.

He fought Zoro using only basic attacks, and the fight turned into a very lively scene.

"Hahaha...Again!"

"That was a good strike, take this punch!!"

Sauron gradually realized something was wrong, not understanding what was going on with this guy, who seemed to be a different species from the other demons... until Teach whispered something in his ear, which made him suddenly realize something.

Are these our own people?

The Star Demon Clan, spies?!

Teach didn't reveal his name directly, fearing it might bring unnecessary risks, and only mentioned it briefly. If Zoro dared to make any unusual moves, he would immediately go berserk and kill him. However, Zoro is not Luffy; his intelligence is quite sharp in crucial moments.

He exchanged a glance with Teach, indicating that he understood. Zoro, half-beaten and half-voluntarily, spat out blood, pretended to be injured, and began to look for an opportunity to escape.

Teach was quite satisfied. Now... he had to figure out how to reasonably let Zoro go.

This kid is too weak, he's a real nuisance.

Just then, another unexpected event occurred.

Screams echoed from the outside!

They were demons responsible for guarding and patrolling, along with the underlings that Teach had brought with him.

Zoro was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Teach was equally delighted upon hearing this.

"Reinforcements, three of them, well done!"

With a thunderous punch, Zoro was sent flying, and two more figures rushed in front of Teach!

"Waaaaah - machine gun!"

Both of them used the same technique: wildly swinging their fists, which were covered in Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki.

Teach swung his body sideways, his two strong arms firmly blocking the rain of fists, and when the two men's strength began to wane, he forcefully knocked them back.

At that moment, Zoro was also helped up by a female swordsman, who exclaimed in surprise, "Ace! Luffy!"

"Are you alright, Zoro?" Ace nodded, his gaze never leaving Teach. "This guy... is strong."

“Yeah.” Luffy also stared at Teach, a strange look flashing in his eyes: “Huh? This guy… I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere before?”

"Hmm? We've met before?"

How could it be this kid! This kid saw me once with Lord Figo! Teach remembered this and his heart tightened.

"Lord Marshall!" At this moment, the demons who had been knocked down but were not dead quickly came to reinforce and surrounded Luffy and his companions.

"Marshall?" Luffy bit his finger in confusion, the feeling of familiarity growing stronger.

Fortunately, at that moment, Zoro shouted:

"Don't get entangled with them, more and more demon reinforcements will be coming!"

Ace's eyes lit up: "Yeah, let's go!"

It's more reasonable for four people to break through than for one.

Teach swam around, fished, and protected his underlings, allowing the four to fight and retreat, gradually making their way to the shore before disappearing in a flash.

'Phew... I'm exhausted.'

Teach breathed a sigh of relief. Fighting against four rookies while being outmatched was exhausting, but... hehehe, he finally succeeded!

Meanwhile, after sailing away from the area in a speedboat, Zoro quickly explained Teach's situation.

"That's it! It's him!" Luffy slammed his right fist into his left palm. "I saw him at Grandpa Figo's place! Demon Teach!"

“It’s the Demon Child,” Ace corrected, now knowing which one Teach was. “Are the Demon Race secretly amassing forces in the Barth Sea?”

Luffy wasn't concerned with the important matter: "Wow, he's that strong! I felt like he was holding back a lot of power! I've decided, next time we meet, I'm going to beat him to a pulp!"

Ace said helplessly, "He's one of us."

"...Huh? I forgot, he doesn't look like a good guy." Luffy muttered under his breath, then added, "Then let's defeat him!"

"Ah, me too." Zoro coughed lightly, his expression serious.

For a swordsman to be let off easy by his opponent in battle is a minor but significant humiliation.

But as soon as he spoke again, the other three people's eyes immediately focused on him.

After a few seconds of silence, Zoro decided to strike first: "You three, could you please not act alone next time?"

Kuina raised an eyebrow, ready to give Zoro a tap on the head, but Luffy blinked and said, "Oh, sorry, sorry, I won't do it again."

Ace covered his face and remained silent.

Guina smiled, her energy waning.

Zoro laughed too, but then his stomach suddenly growled again, and he couldn't help but look at Kuina.

Ace and Luffy also looked over, suppressing their stomachs and making the same growling sound.

Kuina remained silent.

so tired.

……

"Sea creatures? That's possible?"

At the same time, Figo found Baimon.

A sea monster that is 5,000 meters long!

He actually changed his own perception, transformed himself into a sea monster, and infiltrated the sea monster team!

"What are you trying to do?"

From afar, Baimon, who had transformed into a sea monster, also saw Figo, but he did not think that Figo had discovered him or come looking for him.

Because this is the place beside the spirit of the lamp.

There are now many more sea creatures around him!

"Oops~!"

Figo's arrival immediately alerted the Spirit of the Light, who clearly held a grudge and let out a loud cry.

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!

As it cried out, the entire sea seemed to come alive, with sea monsters emerging from the seabed and covering the ocean!

The lineup was even more spectacular than when they besieged Rilentorford, with more than 30 level-five sea monsters over 5,000 meters in size, which were probably the majority of the level-five sea monsters on the Light Star!

These behemoths, controlled by the spirits of the lamp, can hardly express individual intelligence anymore.

They quickly surrounded Figo.

Baimon remained among them.

Figo pretended not to notice him, and looked at the Spirit of Light, saying, "What? You were prepared for my return and ambushed me? This lineup is quite troublesome..."

Killing too many animals makes it hard to eat them all.

It won't be fresh if left out for too long!

The spirit of the lamp ignored, or perhaps couldn't understand, Figo's words, and shouted to itself, "Ooh~!"

Two figures flew out of his mouth!

It truly learned from its mistake; it realized that the sea monsters' attacks were simply too clumsy. They had the strength, but lacked agility and would interfere with each other.

So they sent two people directly.

Figo's gaze swept across the faces of the two men.

A pot-bellied, toothless man and a green-haired swordsman with three knives at his waist!

"Teach, and Zoro?"

It's Zoro, not Luffy!

Two second-magnitude stars!

Chapter 384 Giantification

Figo hadn't actually planned to come to see the Spirit of Light a second time so soon. He wanted to play it safe and wait until his bloodline advanced and he had a second ability before coming back.

At that time, it will be easier to either release the sun after obtaining the benefits of the capture to prevent the planet's sun from going out, or to force out more secrets from the Spirit of Light.

But plans can't keep up with changes. Baimon's direction shifted to the Spirit of the Light, making Figo uneasy. Sure enough, the Spirit of the Light had learned his lesson after his previous defeat and had gathered a formidable lineup around him.

With a total of 32 level-five sea beasts, two second-class stars whose strength is close to that of the Demon Twin Pillars, plus the Spirit of the Lamp itself, even Figo would have to be extremely careful with such a lineup.

'Without the power of the lights, facing such a force, even escape would be difficult.'

Standing at the center of the encirclement, the power of the six lights was already connected to Figo, while his gaze lingered on Zorontitch in front of him.

Teach's appearance was almost identical to that of the Teach of this era, and he too had activated his demon bloodline, growing a pair of horns.