Volume 1 The Pirate Banner of Faith Chapter 37 The Penultimate in Heaven (6000 words)
"Well, I believe that both the audience in front of the screen and the audience at the scene can't wait to see which player enters the martial arts arena in the first round!" A drum beat and music played, and the man spoke to a transparent camera.
"Now let's wrap up the first half of the first round! Question 9! Player No. 1! Who was the most valuable painter in the 20th century? The man pointed with his right hand, and Wu Sheng's face was on the big screen behind him.
"What are these topics? Elig, do you know? Wu Sheng turned over in his mental memory, and there was no relevant information, so he could only ask the big guy for help.
"Hmm... Van Gogh: Like? Elig returned uncertainly.
"Countdown 10, 9, 8, 7...."
"Wasn't Van Gogh a man of the 19th century?" Wu Sheng was stupid.
Eilig said: "This question is not about the people of the 20th century, but about the most expensive painters, and Van Gogh's paintings are the most expensive." β
"Player No. 1, please answer."
"Van Gogh." Wu Sheng had no choice but to reply.
"Correct!" The man's white light shot into Wu Sheng: "Don't you know, what are you waiting for?" β
Wu Sheng was shocked, feeling the power of his arm slightly raised, "Is this really a trap question?" Who can answer this right? β
The man complained with a question mark: "Didn't you kid answer correctly?!" β
Perfunctory laughter rang out from the audience, they were surprised by Wu Shenglian's answer to the three questions, and a little dissatisfied, after all, the other party who entered the martial arts arena would choose one of them, and no one wanted to face an awakened person who had added three buffs in a row.
The man complained and stopped paying attention to Wu Sheng and turned to Luffy: "Player No. 2, are you nervous now?" β
"Not nervous." Luffy sat on the boat shaking his legs boredly.
"Haha! The second contestant is full of courage! Worthy of the person I am optimistic about! So, listen to the question: The original football was composed of black and white, mainly so that the audience could see it clearly when black and white TV was broadcast, so how many sides of the original football were there? β
"Hah!" Luffy laughed out loud and replied in a hurry, "I don't know." β
"A.... Wrong! The No. 2 player is really fast! I appreciate your coolness! A black light struck Luffy's body.
Luffy felt like his feet were sinking a little, but it didn't affect much.
The man said to the audience: "The previous contestants obviously couldn't answer, so they had to delay the time and struggle, and sometimes it was uncomfortable!" I believe you must have a deep understanding, right? The man said to the audience.
"Yes!" The audience was also very cooperative with the mountain echo, they like this kind of broken jar and broken people.
"Next up is the number three, I hope he can be so happy!" The man turned to Sauron and asked, "Oh, that's a simple question! Everyone knows the movie, so in the history of mankind, the first .... What are the two movies? β
"Well, I still know about the first movie, but I really don't know about the second movie." Elig also said in Wu Sheng's heart: "It can be determined at the earliest, but in the second part, there are different opinions, and there is no clear statement so far." β
Zoro groaned for a second before replying, "I don't know." β
"Answer~~~ Wrong!" The man laughed and shot out a black light: "The third contestant was asked about art-related topics today, does anyone think you have art cells?" Want you to dig it down? "It seems that there is an inexplicable obsession with Zoro's artistic cells.
"Get out." Zoro eats another negative effect with a blank face, feeling no longer in love.
The man looked at Zoro and paused, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said loudly: "Okay! This is followed by the final question, after which one of the four contestants will be drawn to enter the first round of martial arts! β
"So the number four...... Oh? This question is also very simple, I don't know if she can win it? I would like to ask you: With regard to the theory of relativity of space-time and gravity, which discipline laid the foundation of modern physics? β
Wu Sheng stared blankly, and complained frantically in his heart: "It's too strange to watch a group of monsters or non-humans talk about the theory of relativity!" Do they also study physics and believe in science? β
"Ha, I know this!" Nami smiled, as a scholar, she had basically never studied the two basic subjects of modern physics, and she also had an understanding: "It's quantum mechanics!" β
"Correct!" The man shot out with a white light and said to Luffy and Zoro: "The two players are still young, they need to learn more, knowledge is the most important force in modern society!" β
"I don't know if I can survive or not...... "The man added in a weird way, and his arm turned, "Okay, the 12 questions in the first round have been asked, so let's take a look at the situation of the four players!" Look at the big screen! "Point behind you.
The big screen behind him was instantly divided into four pieces, displaying the avatars of the four people, and the man explained: "No. 1 player, all 3 questions are correct!" Amazing knowledge! Give him a round of applause! β
There was a faint cheer from the audience, mixed with a few boos.
"Player No. 2 and Player No. 3 only answered one question correctly! With two debuffs on you, it's your best target! β
At this time, the audience burst into loud cheers.
"And the fourth contestant answered two questions correctly, if it wasn't for the first question to ask a field that girls are not familiar with, maybe she could have answered three questions in a row!"
There was applause in the audience, and it seems that these demons and monsters are more tolerant of girls......
"Okay, now let's take out the Wheel of Destiny and see who among the four players enters this round of martial arts!"
The man snapped his fingers with both hands, and amid the beat of drums and grand music, a huge golden turntable appeared in mid-air, and the names of the four people were staggered all over the turntable, with a total of more than 100 squares. The man gave a slight high-five, and the roulette wheel began to spin.
"At this time, let's interview the next four players!"
"The second player must want to enter the martial arts arena, we won't ask him, let's ask the only girl among the four, do you want to go in?"
"Of course, after all, Takeda and I are in the best shape right now." Nami said without hesitation.
"The only girl is also unexpectedly cheerful and confident!" The man was surprised and said, "Give her a round of applause!" Even if she doesn't know what she might be up against! β
There was another round of cheers and applause, mixed with a few whistles.
"So let's ask player number three, do you want the wheel to be transferred to you?" The man looked at Zoro.
"Think, will you be killed? I want to hack you to death. Sauron said coldly, his hand already resting on the hilt of the Sanskrit Mahakisa.
The man exclaimed in surprise: "Oh oh, oh, it is worthy of a man who is attached to the rakshasa!" Murderous! Then he smiled again: "But I'm the host, I won't end the show, and the show won't be able to go on if I get down." β
"Hahahaha!" The audience burst into laughter, "The boy's courage is commendable!" "I can't help myself!" "Hmm... He may not survive today. β
As he spoke, the turntable had stopped, and it stopped directly on Luffy's name.
Takekatsu and Nami sighed, a little pity, while Zoro looked at Luffy cheering with a black line and gesturing his biceps to the audience.
With a swipe of the man's hand, the screen changed from four to two, the left side became Luffy's avatar, and the right side was a question mark: "Our first round player has taken the initiative to take the position, so let's directly open the other side's wheel of destiny!" β
A silver turntable appeared out of thin air in the air, only to see countless lines on the turntable, and when I looked closely, I found that it was because there were too many grids on this turntable, which caused it to be crowded with lines, but I couldn't see the content in the grid.
"Me! I! I! I! I! ......β
When the wheel of fate turned, the four people shouted again, and all the demons and monsters in the audience shouted the word "I", and it seems that all the names on this wheel are on it.
The silver roulette wheel didn't spin for too long, and soon stopped on a line, Wu Sheng couldn't see the name in the line clearly, but it was already displayed on the big screen:
γThe penultimate martial arts arena in the skyγ
γWine Swallowing Boyγ
As soon as the real name comes out, the noise is even louder!
"Shh
At the same time, two huge pillars of light fell on the audience platform and the road spacecraft respectively.
The next moment, two figures appeared on the central red and white stage.
In the next second, the red-lipped man sat in the air and made a temporary cameo comment:
"Left! The Awakened Man Against Fate! Monchi Luffy! β
The pillar of light dissipated, and Luffy stood straight on the left side of the stage, covering his hat, completely ignoring the black lines on the other three, with an excited smile on his face, his snow-white and neat teeth exposed, and his eyes burning with unprecedented fighting spirit.
"Right! Heinous crimes, terrifying Kyoto, the leader of the ghost clan in the night walk of the hundred ghosts! Wine Swallowing Boy! β
Opposite Luffy, there is a handsome man with a wine gourd in his left hand, a large mace in one hand in his right hand, red hair with evil horns, red eyes, fair skin and a delicate face, more than 3 meters tall, he is wearing red Japanese-style ancient armor, and his lower body is a tattered robe. On the belt, there are several human heads with seven holes bleeding, which are chic and terrifying, extremely strange and twisted.
He was gulping down wine in the middle of the room at this time, and he didn't seem to pay attention to Luffy at all.
"The collision of times! The clash of humans and ghosts! Confrontation of wills! In this duel, only one side can walk off the stage! β
"Then, in this special battle, in order to reward the courage and fighting spirit of the second contestant who has never diminished since entering the field! Personally! He will be given special rewards and bonuses! β
The man's left hand snapped his fingers in mid-air, and a pillar of light enveloped the wine swallowing boy again with Pei Ran's soul power, and after a few breaths, the light pillar dispersed, and the momentum and shape of the wine swallow were completely different from the leisure and indifference just now!
I saw a pair of evil horns in him, emitting a trace of white smoke like a red-hot iron, and his waist-length red hair had turned into a burning flame! The originally fair skin has also turned into a real demon-like gray, smooth and shiny, and has become twisted and hideous like the bark of a thousand-year-old tree. On the right arm holding a mace, the remnants of women's souls kept popping up.
His red eyes remained unchanged, and he glared at the man in mid-air hatefully: "Clean up this milky little ghost, you don't need to liberate me completely!" β
"Oh, this is my reward for the brave, what does it have to do with you scum?" The corners of the man's mouth were frivolous, and his tone was indifferent.
"Tsk......" The wine swallows no more, and he can't be provoked by this one on his head.
βοΌοΌοΌβ Wu Sheng had a question mark, he was quite happy when he talked about the award just now, thinking that Luffy was stupid and stupid, but he didn't expect that the reward was to improve the energy level of Luffy's opponent?
What kind of commendation is this?
"The opponent's all-out effort is an infinite reward for the brave." Elig sighed in his heart.
"You're perverts, aren't you?" Wu Sheng almost suffocated to death in one breath, and could only scold the perverted will of this group of sins in his heart.
"Oh!" Luffy didn't think there was anything wrong, in his opinion, no matter who the other side was, or what state it was, he just had to use all his strength to send the other side flying.
"So, the first round of duels, begin!"
As soon as the words fell, the Chimera behind Luffy rushed straight into Luffy's brain, and instantly completed the soul merger, and then Luffy's eyes flashed with a brutal red light, his feet stepped on continuously, and a dodge appeared above the wine swallow, his right foot was raised, and his soul power burned into a giant axe, and the mountain struck down!
However, the wine swallow under him raised his mace with one hand, easily blocking Luffy's soul technique, although he was beaten back by the huge force, but in addition to the force, he still raised the gourd to take a sip of wine, his posture was relaxed, and his expression was freehand, and he didn't take Luffy in his eyes at all.
A mouthful of wild wine into his throat, the wine swallow seemed to have finally been ignited, the long hair of the flame on his head suddenly burned, and a stream of flame spilled out from his body, and then his right arm picked up a huge force, and the mace swung 360 degrees.
The slow blow didn't hit Luffy, who was dodging and retreating, but the wind it brought up made his hair fly upside down.
"Hahahaha!" Luffy laughed excitedly, this was definitely the strongest enemy he had ever encountered, even in the face of Aaron when transforming, he didn't have such terrifying pressure.
But the wine swallowing on the opposite side seems to be very lacking, could it be that he drank too much? Luffy was thinking blankly in his mind, his hands kept going, his guns and fists were swinging, his soul power overflowed, and his fists turned into countless afterimages and slammed towards the wine swallow.
The wine swallowed unchanged in response to all changes, the mace in his hand opened and closed, and shouted in his mouth: "Feast!" Drink bars! Let's dance! "With the wind and energy brought up by his own huge strength, he firmly blocked Luffy's countless attacks without revealing a single flaw.
It's all the drunken man's drunken posture, slow and clumsy, chaotic and disorderly.
Whether it's Takekatsu, or Zoro and Nami, they can all see it. There is no way for both sides to take each other on the field, Luffy can't even break the defense in the face of the drunken boy, and the drunken body is huge and still drunk, and the attack speed can't catch Luffy at all.
Luffy himself didn't think about it that much, he was enjoying this pure duel, fighting with instinct and instinct.
Seeing that the head-on attack was not working, he dodged and swept in front of Jiu Tun, stepped forward and grabbed the knot rope on the gourd of Jiu Tun, and snatched it!
Then he used the 1-meter-long gourd as a weapon and waved it, and under Luffy's strange power, a flood of wine flew out of the uncorked gourd, and it was also a tiger for a while.
Jiu Tun didn't expect Luffy to pay attention to his wine gourd, and he didn't check it for a while, but he was robbed by Luffy. In the sky full of wine, he threw a rat bogey, for fear that the mace would break the gourd, and while feeling sorry for his wine, he was forced by Luffy to retreat again and again.
There was also a burst of laughter from the audience, they didn't expect the battle to develop in such an interesting direction, and some of the youkai who were familiar with the wine swallow even laughed crookedly, feeling that this scene alone was worth the ticket price.
Xu was affected by these laughter, or felt sorry for his wine, and the wine swallow that he couldn't attack for a long time roared, and struggled to shake the long flame hair on his head, and the long hair turned into a fire dragon raid, and the mace in his hand came left and right!
The scorching long hair and domineering swing forced Luffy back from below.
And when Luffy didn't notice it, the long flame hair of the wine swallow turned into a wisp of waving and quietly got into the gourd in Luffy's arms.
With a move of his left hand, the wine in the gourd was ignited in an instant. But the gourd did not explode, the ignited liquor turned into a black flame, gushing out from the gourd's mouth, and turned into a black flame in midair, and the liquor fountain was swallowed by the liquor not far away.
After a few seconds, the gourd was empty!
As the flame wine was swallowed in its stomach, the momentum of the wine swallowing changed dramatically again, and it seemed that he had finally awakened from his dazed drunkenness, and became the head of the hundred ghosts that shook Kyoto for a hundred miles.
On the red and white stage, a fierce black flame ignited on the body of the wine swallower, and the flames swept through his upper body, spreading over his armor, clothes, hair, horns, and mace.
Horns and armor melt in flames, and ghosthair and mace reshape in the dark.
The next moment.
The Great Oni King of the Heian Period returned to the sea of clouds, and the fiery killing intent permeated the red and white stages.
The terrifying arrogance made the distant stands lose their voices in unison, and even if Luffy's nerves were big, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva in this suffocating murderous aura.
"Humph!" The wine swallowed disdainfully, leaned over slightly, and in a hurry, a sonic boom exploded under his feet, and the next second, he appeared in front of Luffy, and the mace burning with black flames in his hand swept downward.
"Hah!" Luffy sensed it, his body reacted in front of his brain, and in the moment of the mace, he did a backflip, narrowly avoiding the strong assault of the drunken swallow.
But after Jiu Tun transformed again, his attack speed increased greatly, and he was seen holding the mace with both hands, pulling down in the upper section, pulling down in the lower section, breaking the hand setback, folding the left and right sleeves, and hitting the small hand in the upper section...... A series of Japanese-style stick techniques are coming, and the attack speed is actually a few points faster!
The two chased and flashed, and their bodies turned into afterimages, fighting on the stage.
The Chimera had already appeared behind Luffy, using her soul power to help him block some of the sharp blades that the mace had brought up between the whistling.
For a while, the ghosts and people clashed, and the anger exploded!
Luffy's fist path is complex and dense, and when he dodges at a moment's notice, his fist strength collapses! Keep hitting the chest and abdomen where the empty door is open in the drunken swallowing frenzy, and try to turn the situation around in the retreat!
The wine swallowing stick wind is hard and neat, and the teeth are chasing and biting like a storm, shaking the mountains and rivers! Although he missed for a while, the energy he brought up still drew blood marks on Luffy's body, looking for a killer blow in the fierce grappling!
But...... Even if Luffy can save the day every time, it is only a solution to the urgent need, and it cannot really reverse the current disadvantage.
Soul Power, Strength, Black Flame, Fist Shadow...... A frenzied attack is intertwined, and the brilliance is like a star falling to the ground! Hurry like thunder!
The battle has entered a white-hot battle, so that everyone watching does not dare to breathe, for fear that they will miss this wonderful battle in a trance!
Finally! Once swallowed wine, the heart is revived!
"Blood Sacrifice!"
Luffy, whose half body is dyed red, seizes the opportunity in mid-air dodge and directly activates the Desperate Soul Technique!
In an instant, both fists burst out, and a short body dodged the blow of Jiu Tun, and rushed forward, his eyes changed: "King Kong..."
β... Break! β
This kind of soul skill is sudden! Timing, strength, extreme intention, and soul power have reached their peak! The momentum is like a rising dragon, and the clouds are whistling! With so much strength, the huge body of the wine swallow 3 meters high was actually hit straight into the air by Luffy!
Luffy's footsteps don't stop, and the polar style of Aaron Hall is reappeared! A dodge, jumped straight into the air, appeared above the wine swallow, clasped his fists together, turned into a combat axe, and slashed down in the air!
"Tomahawk Strike!"
The wine swallowed in mid-air, his body was lost, his hands had no strength, and he couldn't react, so he could only hurriedly raise his stick to meet him, and was directly pressed down by Luffy's giant soul power tomahawk on the red and white stage, and his 3-meter-tall body fell on the red and white stage and was rebounded!
I don't know what kind of material this red and white stage is, if the two of them had fought in the Aaron Palace, it is estimated that the castle would have been demolished seventeen or eighteen times, and here it is only scratches!
Luffy took advantage of the victory to pursue, and his feet stepped on a wave of air in mid-air, drawing an afterimage and hitting the wine swallow who was shocked by the solid floor to vomit blood.
The wine swallow body was bounced into the air, and in the face of Luffy's rushing again, there was no way to avoid it, so he had to use the persuasion technique: his hair was on fire again, and then a burst of flame energy instantly ignited all over his body, trying to force Luffy back with scorching flames.
But I didn't know that Luffy had already raised his flame resistance to the full level in the sparring with Wu Sheng!
Luffy ignored the flames that exploded, and took advantage of the momentum of the wine swallow to fight back, and rushed straight into the flames, and in the surprised eyes of the wine swallow, he punched him in the right eye!
At the moment of hitting, the volley reappeared, the soul power surged, the figures collided, and the fist exploded a layer of air waves in mid-air!
"Boom!" "Smack!" "Boom!" At an extreme disadvantage, Luffy seized the opportunity to burst out into a series of onslaughts, and even pressed the head of the wine swallow on the stage floor and directly hammered it!
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The scene was dead silent, and Luffy's series of counterattacks came extremely suddenly and ended extremely quickly. As a result, everyone in the audience, including the red-lipped man in mid-air, did not react.
When I really hit Luffy, I found that this guy looks very resistant, but in fact his head is quite brittle.
This may also be because of the reflection feedback of the public consciousness, after all, the legend says that the drunken boy was beheaded by a human as a ghost king, which is indeed a bit unrecognizable.
"Hahaha." Luffy looked at the huge figure that Jiu Tun was slowly dissipating, and grinned at the three of Wu Sheng.
Then with a "snap", he lay straight on the ground, but it was a huge backlash after the [Blood Sacrifice], which made him directly lose his ability to act.
"The first round of duels was won! Monchi Luffy!! The red-lipped man landed beside Luffy at this time, took out the microphone, spoke appreciatively, and announced loudly and excitedly.
The audience also erupted in a loud cheer.