Swing the knife at the man in front of you......

Can't do it......

Dusty's eyes trembled, and her body seemed to be bound by an invisible shadow, unable to move no matter how hard she tried.

Bang Dong –

The saber eventually fell off the ground in his hand.

Dusty's strength seemed to be drained in an instant.

She fell to her knees and looked at the saber lying quietly on the ground.

Zoro and the others, who rushed to the scene as soon as possible, as well as Luffy and the others who had just untied their shackles, all looked at Dusty who had lost his fighting spirit with strange expressions in their eyes.

Did Maud do something just now?

If it wasn't for what Maude had done, how could this strong female navy just give up resistance?

Everyone turned their eyes to Maude, who looked calm.

How could this group of rookie pirates who didn't really stand on the opposite side of Maude appreciate the oppressive force that Dusty needed to endure when facing Maude at close range.

That kind of momentum,

It's not just through the disparity in strength.

What's more, it is an aura "forged" by countless blood, which reaches the heart like a sharp knife, which can make people's blood lose its temperature in an instant.

This is the natural reaction when facing monsters.

Seeing that Dusty had obediently given up resistance, Maud withdrew her gaze and no longer looked at Dusty again, but walked towards where Dusty had fallen.

"Hoo ——!"

Maud had only taken a few steps when he saw puffs of white smoke gushing out of the shattered house, slowly condensing into Smoker's form.

The kick just now did not completely incapacitate Smoker, but kicked off one of his arms.

Seeing that Smoker stood up again, the Straw Hats immediately waited for him.

This guy who can smoke all over his body is simply the most difficult opponent they have been to sea so far.

If you can't beat it at all, all you can do is run away.

But such a difficult opponent can only be beaten in front of Maude.

"Is this the effect of armed color domineering......

The Straw Hats looked at Smoker's limp arm hanging at his side, and their hearts were surprised.

They only know about the existence of armed color domineering, but they don't know how to use it.

Now I can't help but be amazed to see Maud ignore the smoke effect and directly kick off one of Smoker's arms.

For them, the scene in front of them was more intuitive than the battle between Maud and Pika.

Smoker ignored the Straw Hats, stared at Maude, and said in a deep voice, "Bacardi. Maude, don't forget who you are now. ”

"Tsk......"

Maude raised his eyebrows slightly, and said coldly: "This kind of thing, you don't need to remind you." ”

Before the words fell, the figure in the walking state suddenly disappeared out of thin air.

In the next moment, Maud was already in front of Smoker.

Before Smoker could react, Maud reached out his right hand and clamped Smoker's neck neatly.

"Huh!?"

Smoker was startled and suffocated.

"Can't Elementalize ......"

Smoker was agitated, trying with all his might to break free from Maud's grip.

however

All the force is like hitting a heavy mountain, and it can't even shake it.

Maud clamped Smoker's neck tightly and lifted him up.

The strong clamp quickly aggravated Smoke's suffocation.

Oxygen was gradually depleted, like a shadow of death, clinging to Smoker's heart and lungs.

The surrounding straw hats all looked at the scene in front of them with amazement.

In just one face, the powerful Smoker was forced to the brink of death by Maude.

Maud looked at Smoker, who was having trouble breathing.

"So, what you should do is not to remind me of my current 'identity', but to thank my current 'identity' for allowing you to escape."

“……”

The oxygen in his lungs was squeezed out, and Smoker turned red with discomfort, unable to speak, and could only stare at Maude.

He understood what Maud was saying.

The identity of the Seven Martial Seas makes him unqualified to make a move against Maude, but at the same time, it can also let Maude let him go.

It's just that

The clear gap in strength made him full of unwillingness.

If the strength is stronger than Maude......

Then, as long as the Straw Hats have no affiliation with Maude, he will arrest all the Straw Hats in front of Maude, and Maude can only watch.

It's not about identity and position.

Rather, his strength is far weaker than Maude's......

Suffocation and unwillingness, the corners of Smoker's reddened forehead rose with green tendons.

It looks quite embarrassing.

"Let go of Colonel Smoker!!"

At some point, Dusty gripped the saber again, and although he still looked flustered, his tone was unexpectedly firm.

The root cause of this change is that Smoker is on the verge of death.

Therefore, although Dusty's fighting spirit was crushed by Maude's momentum, he still did his best to maintain the last trace of dignity as a swordsman.

Even if it is death, you must die with a saber in hand.

Maud turned his head to look at Dusty, who had barely escaped the shadows, and his idle other hand touched the long-unused fifty-work fast knife Chidori.

"Courage is commendable, but since you are ready to become enlightened, let's use the 'knife' to speak, but ...... It's your words, it's not enough to qualify me to use autumn water. ”

"Don't underestimate my !!"

Dusty shouted angrily, grabbed the knife in front of him, and ran to Maud at high speed like a rhinoceros.

Immediately, a slash made a beautiful arc of slashes, pointing straight at Maude's throat.

Qiang ——!

Maud pulled out a thousand birds, and the color of the weapon covered the blade.

"It's too slow."

Maud swung his sword and slashed out, easily slashing through the oncoming arc of the knife.

In the air, there was a crisp sound of the blade breaking.

But it was the saber in Dusty's hand that broke in response, and half of its blade rolled sharply and flew into the sky.

"My ...... ...... the rain"

Dusty maintained his posture of making a move, and looked at the fast knife Shiyu who only had half of the blade left.

Maud ignored Dusty's reaction, flicked his arm hard, and threw Smoker at Dusty very simply.

Smoker's body flew out like a cannonball, slamming into the body of the half-cut knife that Dusty stretched forward, and blood splattered everywhere!

Then, the impact that had not yet been completely removed caused Smoker and Dusty to crash through the walls of the restaurant and fly into it, kicking up a large amount of smoke.

Maude looked at the big hole in the wall of the restaurant that was smashed by Smoker and Dusty, and said lightly: "I hope this encounter can make you remember it for a long time." ”

Not far behind Maude were a group of silent straw hats.

Luffy quietly clenched his fists.

He has always been reckless about the consequences, and finally began to think about one thing.

That is, will Klockdahl, who is the same Seven Martial Seas as Maude, be an enemy that can be defeated?

A corner of the street.

Ace, who was carrying a satchel, slowly withdrew his gaze.

Even if Maud didn't make a move, he would have stepped forward to restrain Smoker when he heard the movement and rushed to the scene as soon as possible.

"Blackbeard isn't here......"

Ace raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat, his mind already drifting to the next island on this route.

........

At the same time, the casino rain feast.

In a dimly lit room, Robin, who had just received a report from hundreds of millions of elders, did not immediately go to Klockdahl.

"The man...... How can it be in Alabastan? ”

Robin's eyes were thoughtful, puzzled.

Robin, who was thinking, didn't notice a shadow creeping behind him.