The two stab wounds on Saint Saturn's back were covered in black flames in less than a moment and completely healed on their own.
And when he struck again, those black flames actually condensed into a huge black figure behind him, and turned into the appearance of Saint Satan of Saturn.
To put it simply, the current Saturn Saint is a monster bull ghost whose upper body is a bull's head and whose lower body is a spider.
The black flames around it seemed to have turned into huge silhouettes of cow ghosts at this moment, and stretched out their hands towards Wood!
"After Amaterasu is Susanoo! Are you so sure that you really didn't come from the eyed ninja from the studio next door!"
Seeing the dark shadow in front of him stretching out his hand towards him, Wood was really stunned.
After swinging his sword with an outward slash and cutting off the huge black flame monster's arm, its severed arm quickly returned to its original shape after being covered by a burst of flames.
Wood, who had witnessed this scene, looked at the Saint of Saturn in front of him with a really puzzled look on his face.
If, as he had guessed before, these black flames were not the Devil Fruit ability of Saint Saturn, then what kind of power did they belong to?
The Lunaria clan is called the "Clan of Gods", and it is quite outrageous that its body can burn its flames to increase its defense, but no one expected that the Five Old Stars would be even more exaggerated!
Is it true that as fans of the previous life imagined, the true identity of the Five Old Stars is not a human being, but a real demon?
Or could it be said that the Devil Fruit eaten by the Five Old Stars was not just an ordinary Phantom Beast Devil Fruit?
Or is it that the awakening of the Devil Fruit is not the limit of the development of the Devil Fruit itself?
All kinds of conjectures at this moment all appeared in Wood's mind. After all, there are too many unsolved mysteries about Devil Fruit.
Moreover, when Saint Saturn used his abilities before, his posture was also very different from others.
Not to mention the five-pointed star diagram that appeared under his feet, the opponent's Devil Fruit ability... No, it should be said that the black flames around his body seemed to have a life of their own, which immediately reminded Wood of something about the Devil Fruit ability.
Rumors.
Gabra from CP0 once said that eating a Devil Fruit is like letting a demon take over your body.
The animal-type Devil Fruits seem to have their own will, and they will choose their own master.
All in all, when I first watched One Piece, I always thought that natural fruits that could be elementalized were the strongest.
In the middle stage, I saw Doflamingo's awakened fruit ability, and I felt that the superhuman fruit had higher potential, but it was not until I looked back at the end that I realized that the animal type fruit was the most awesome.
The black flame can be restored again after being cut. Even if it damages the body of Saint Saturn, it can still complete self-healing and regeneration through its powerful regeneration ability.
As the temperature in the air suddenly dropped sharply, flakes of snow suddenly began to fall from the sky. In just a few minutes, the original light snow began to gradually turn into a blizzard.
Wood couldn't figure out what the black flames ignited on and around Saint Saturn were.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was unrealistic to use a sword to cut off similar elemental substances, so Wood used magic.
Although the black flame looks quite impressive, a flame is a flame after all, and it just needs to be frozen.
With the emperor-level magic that is only second to the god-level, coupled with the power bonus of Wood's body "Winter Knight" on ice-type moves, Wood, who is clearly not a Devil Fruit user, was able to breathe in less than a few breaths at this moment.
In a matter of seconds, an area of several miles around was transformed into an ice field!
As ice and snow covered the surrounding area, the black flames that originally rose from the surrounding ground were now completely frozen by the ice and snow.
Although the black flames melted the frozen snow and ice again and again, the dark clouds in the sky did not disperse, and the rain kept falling on Efei University. As soon as those flames broke through the ice, they would soon be frozen again.
"What on earth are you this guy? You are obviously not a devil fruit user, but you have mastered all kinds of strange abilities.
Even the ancient kingdom should not have had such power.
In other words, are you really a so-called human being?"
Before, Wood suspected that Saint Saturn, or the Five Old Stars, were not human beings. But now when he saw Wood using an ice ability comparable to that of former Navy Admiral Aokiji in every move, Saint Saint Saturn looked at Wood.
His expression was also full of speculation and doubt.
800 years ago, the ancient kingdom that "disappeared for a hundred years" possessed many advanced technologies and capabilities.
Even the "Mother Fire" created by Vegapunk not long ago was actually created by the energy reaction of the mechanical giant soldiers left behind by the ancient kingdom.
But even in that country, there was no existence like Wood.
Wood suspected that their Five Old Stars were not human beings, and now he, Saint Satan of Saturn, also suspected that in addition to being a descendant of Joyboy, Wood might also be the technological crystallization left over from that lost country, such as a clone or an artificial human being.
stuff like that.
Don't look at things like clones and artificial humans. They look quite high-end in today's world. Even without Vegapunk, these things wouldn't be able to appear in this world.
But only those who know that period of history know that what Vegapunk is doing now was just the leftovers from that country in the past.
Do you suspect that you are not human? There was also an ancient kingdom in the past? Wood is also a little curious about the words of Saint Saturn, but he also knows that even if he asks, the other party will not say much.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Even if you don't say anything, you can still maintain your coolness, so he simply chose to remain silent.
Since magic can restrain the black flame to a certain extent, the space for him to proceed will be much larger.
The black flame monster that was originally waving its arms and constantly trying to catch him was frozen, and Wood's body also approached the position of Saint Satan of Saturn again with a few dodgers.
Using such power in a snowy and icy environment directly made Wood's moves more powerful than before by more than 30%.
And when the ice-like slashing blasts shot towards Saint Saturn, Saint Saturn, who was unable to escape, could only resist by waving multiple spider legs like spears.
The spider legs covered in armed colors seemed to turn into black spears. While the ice and snow slashed and exploded at him, Saint Saturn also raised his upper body and stabbed out one of his own at an extremely alarming speed.
Spider legs.
The spider legs, which were like black metal spears, continuously stabbed into the air while making bursts of sound.
It is naturally impossible to break Wood's slash with the strength of a single spider leg thrust.
However, the spider legs that Saturn Saint Saint swung out continuously at high speed seemed to be chaotic. In fact, if you look closely, you will find that all the spider legs that he swung out at high speed at high speed all hit one position, which is the so-called point arrancar.
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Under a series of high-speed random cloak thrusts, the giant ice and snow slash that originally spanned at least several hundred meters finally shattered in response.
However, before Saint Saturn could take a breath after crushing Wood's slash, he discovered that while he was crushing the slash, Wood's figure had already arrived several meters in front of him.
Although animal-type Devil Fruit users have excellent physical abilities, they generally tend to engage in close combat with their opponents when fighting against them.
But this also depends on who the opponent is. If it is an ordinary existence, Saint Saturn will naturally give full play to his advantages. However, the opponent is one of the few great swordsmen on the sea. Instead of fighting in close combat, it will undoubtedly be quite unfavorable.
Intelligent behavior.
Seeing Wood who had already rushed a few meters in front of him, Saint Saturn opened his mouth without hesitation.
Immediately afterwards, poisonous needles burst out from the mouth of the cow ghost he transformed into.
Facing the shower that was heading towards him like a sudden rainstorm, Wood initially planned to use "iron blocks" or "armed colors" to resist.
But when the poisonous needle approached him, a faint sense of crisis suddenly surged into Wood's heart, so he chose to avoid it at the last moment.
And almost at the moment when he stepped on his feet and used "shaving" to leave the place where he just stood, the poisonous needles shot by Saint Saturn at him also instantly penetrated the surface of the earth and made a continuous "sizzling" sound.
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Each long needle, which is almost twenty centimeters long, when it falls to the ground, is like a red-hot steel needle touching foam, directly entering without the root. Do you dare to believe it?
This is a hard rock surface, not fragile tofu. After those long needles penetrated the ground, they corroded the entire ground into huge holes in a short period of time.
Seeing such an outrageous scene, even a fool can see what would have happened if Wood had not chosen to dodge these poisonous needles just now, but instead used the "iron block" and "armed color" hard top.
kind of encounter.
Although Wood possesses the immortal regenerative ability of the Archenteron IV, once he is hit by these poisonous needles, not only will his body be corroded, but he will also be poisoned.
The regenerative ability can heal and repair the body, but it is not a simple matter to eliminate the toxins left in the body.
Wood, who had dodged the poisonous needle, had just stabilized his body when he was quickly enveloped by waves of gun shadows.
Needless to say, these continuous spear shadows are naturally the long legs of Saint Saturn.
Under the attack of poisonous needles just now, Saint Saturn also adjusted his condition, and continuously waved his spider legs, stabbing out a barrage of spears.
Saint Saturn's spider legs are very long. If they extend out, they can even be several meters long. His current thinking is quite clear, which is to control the distance between Wood and himself in the best area.
His spider legs are much longer than the long knife in Wood's hand. Judging from the attack distance of the two of them, the current distance is the most powerful for him.
It is true that the swordsman can perform long-range attacks such as external slashes, but as long as he is not directly hit by the blade covered with armed domineering, injuries such as sword aura slashes are not considered serious for him, the Saint of Saturn.
The real fatal wound.
Like the spider legs of a black metal spear, they made a sound of breaking through the air again and again, stabbing at various vital points on Wood's body.
Wood, who was holding two knives, could only wave the two knives in his hands quickly to defend against the spider legs stabbing him.
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding——!”
The dense clashing sound of gold and iron was like rain falling on metal products, making an extremely rapid but quite regular continuous impact sound.
The spider legs, which were like spears, spattered bursts of sparks and debris from time to time when they collided with the long knife.
In terms of speed and swordsmanship, Saturn Saint Satan is definitely not as good as Wood, but he has enough spider legs.
A total of eight spider legs covered in armed colors, thrust like spears, high-speed continuous thrusts, even turned into afterimages around Wood's body, not to mention moving forward, even the space for dodge was quite limited.
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Moreover, the power of the spider's leg thrusts is also quite astonishing. Regardless of those blocked by Wood with his knife, those thrusts that fall into the air can leave fist-sized holes in the ground every time.
"Ice Dragon Spin Tail!"
Wood could see that Saint Saturn was not in any hurry to decide the outcome with him, and was even dragging the battle into a protracted battle intentionally or unintentionally, so it adopted a defensive stance more than attacking.
Animal-type ability users have extremely strong endurance, not to mention that Saint Saturn also has a rather cheating regeneration ability. It is understandable that he would want to fight a protracted war.
However, it is also quite clear here that the longer this battle drags on, the more detrimental it will be to them.
Except for a few high-end combat forces on Netherworld Island, almost all of their combat capabilities and wealth are here.
But it's different with the World Government. Apart from Admiral Akainu and Admiral Kizaru, the Navy also has alternate admirals.
There are four other five old stars in the Holy Land Marie Joa. Besides the first one, there is even the mysterious "Knights of God".
All in all, the World Government's background is far beyond their imagination. It cannot be ruled out that the other party has already asked the navy or Marie Joa for help after learning that they have landed on the island. Therefore, Wood does not want to delay this battle at all!
The dragon tail behind the Winter Knight's armor was also covered in armament color at this moment, and when Saint Saturn stabbed it with spider legs again, Wood used a tail swinging motion to throw it away and stab at the same time.
of multiple spider legs.
After getting a chance to breathe, Wood quickly pressed one hand to the ground again.
Along with a rumbling sound on the ground, a stone pillar suddenly rose from Wood's feet.
"boom------!"
Although the rising stone pillar was quickly shattered by Saturn's spider legs, Wood's body also jumped up due to the inertia of the rising stone pillar.