Inside Thriller Bark,
dense fog enveloped the entire Florian Triangle.
On the Thousand Sunny, everyone was listening to Brook's narration.
"This is Thriller Bark, and the one who rules this place is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Gecko Moria.
He possesses the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, which allows him to steal other people's shadows. Shadows have some characteristics of the soul, so Moria can imbue corpses with shadows, turning them into zombies.
My shadow was taken by Moria and given to a powerful swordsman. I... I've never been able to defeat him!" Brook walked to the side of the ship, leaning on the railing.
"A powerful... swordsman!" Zoro opened his eyes, clearly interested.
"That's all I know. I hope it can help you all! I must fight with all my might, for Laboon." Brook leaped, landing on the sea and moving swiftly.
"Luffy, should I go too?" There was a hint of interest and fighting spirit in Zoro's eyes.
"Okay...!"
As soon as Luffy finished speaking, Zoro's figure vanished, and in the next moment, he had already appeared on Ghost Island.
"Hey! Luffy, how could you let Zoro go alone?" Sanji looked a bit speechless.
At these words, Luffy suddenly reacted, "Oh no, that idiot!"
...Meanwhile, inside a luxurious palace within the ghost ship.
The little loli Perona and the scoundrel doctor Hogback stood obediently to the side.
The innermost figure was a giant, like a fat, ugly bat.
"Hee hee hee! So... how dare they?" Moria threw the Straw Hats' bounties to the ground, his red pupils glowing with intense killing intent.
"A mere rookie pirate dares to kill one of my generals, Absalom. Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you!"
"Pass on my orders, all zombies attack the port!" Moria waved his large hand.
In the dim fortress, in the grand cemetery,
terrifying figures appeared one after another, rushing towards the port without hesitation.
Tens of thousands of zombies surged like a tide of corpses!
Moria came before the two, "Go back quickly, don't go out tonight!"
The two hurried away.
Moria came to the window, "One billion Berries, huh?"
If Luffy's side hadn't killed Absalom, Moria wouldn't have clashed with Luffy and would most likely have let them go.
But now, it was... a fight to the death!
...On the other side,
feeling the tremor of the entire island,
everyone's expressions tightened.
Then, an almost endless stream of zombies surged towards the shore.
"Is this... a zombie siege?" Luffy was stunned for a moment, then chuckled softly, his blue eyes looking up at the sky.
"Rumble!"
Above the sky, ten blue light spots flickered in the air, then plummeted down with a crash.
Ten towering blue electric pillars, each a hundred meters in diameter, descended, instantly tearing the earth and sending trees flying.
Groups of zombies were incinerated into ash within the electric pillars.
Everyone on Thriller Bark witnessed this power, akin to a natural disaster... "This is endless!" A bolt of lightning flashed, turning a large pile of zombies into ash.
"I'm leaving the Thousand Sunny to you all, no problem, right?" Luffy sighed.
"No problem, leave it to the SUPER me!"
"Go, deal with that Warlord of the Sea!"
Luffy nodded, blue electric arcs crackling violently, and he instantly vanished from the spot.
"Franky, Miss Nami and Robin-nee, guard the ship. Usopp and Chopper, follow me." Sanji lit his cigarette and jumped off the ship.
"Huh??"
Despite their fear of the terrifying atmosphere, the third in command was still there, so Usopp and Chopper nervously followed behind Sanji.
Soon, they walked through the electrocuted forest.
From the shadows, from behind ruins, from the windows of the old castle, countless figures shambled out.
All kinds of beasts, and even humans in armor... But without exception, their bodies were covered in grotesque stitch marks, their eyes empty, exuding an aura of death.
"Firebird Star!"
Usopp aimed his slingshot, and a burning firebird attacked the zombie horde.
Flames engulfed several zombies, emitting a foul stench, but the zombies seemed to feel nothing, rushing straight towards the three.
Chopper bit into a Rumble Ball, "Arm Point, Kokutei — Cross!"
His hooves struck a zombie.
The zombie was instantly sent flying, rolling several times on the ground, a tenth of its bones shattered.
But it still stood up, as if utterly unkillable!
"So scary, are they unkillable? Are they really ghosts?!" Usopp swallowed, trembling all over!
"Hmm?" Sanji narrowed his eyes slightly, the muscles in his left leg tensing like a spring, and he shot out like an arrow from a bowstring.
His right leg kicked the head of a stitched lion, black Busoshoku Haki flowing over it like water.
"Bang!"
The lion's head was directly shattered, and a black shadow emerged from the corpse, rushing into the depths of the darkness!
Following that, his steps were like the wind, easily shattering a large group of zombies. This time, they didn't hold on.
Almost every time Sanji touched one, it fell... like a fixed fight!
"Sanji, how did you do that?" Usopp and Chopper's eyes glowed, as if he were a life-saving hero!
Sanji frowned, looking at the increasing number of zombies and stitched beasts around them.
Then he said calmly, "Haki, Busoshoku Haki can counteract the effects of Devil Fruits!"
In fact, there are four ways to deal with them!
One, salt, which contains the power of Seastone from the sea.
Two, sunlight, which counters shadows.
Three, Haki, which can overpower everything.
Four, blast them into dust.
As for whether glutinous rice works? Who knows?
Once they knew the zombies' weakness, everything became easier!
"Busoshoku — Firebird Star!"
"Busoshoku — Kokutei — Cross!"
The zombies fell one after another, unable to rise again.
But... for every zombie that fell, thousands more crawled out from underground. Soon, the trio was surrounded.
"How many zombies are buried in this graveyard?!" Sanji began to complain, then swung his leg, drawing a graceful arc in mid-air.
"Busoshoku — Rankyaku!"
A ten-meter-long air blade flew towards the zombie horde, then, like cutting grass, a large group of zombies were cut in half at the waist.
Then, carrying one in each hand, he leisurely left by walking on air.
"Sanji, you can use other Rokushiki too?"
"Mhm, all of them except Tekkai!" Sanji nodded, "But, you two should learn them too. Rokushiki is very simple, at least learn Geppo! You two are the only ones on our ship who can't, uh... and Brook!"
Chopper and Usopp: "...?"
Was it that they didn't want to learn?
...Actually, they were just used to being lazy!
...In a courtyard,
Zoro squinted at the dozens of stitched beasts in front of him, scratching his head in confusion.
"Do you know where a certain afro-wearing skeleton ran off to?"
The beasts remained silent, only revealing bloodthirsty eyes, looking at Zoro as if he were a delicious meal.
Led by a lion, the beasts charged at Zoro.
"You're asking for death!" Zoro calmly drew his Sandai Kitetsu from his waist, sword energy flowing, covered in Haki.
"Sanjuuroku Pound Ho!"
As soon as he spoke, Zoro had already appeared behind the beasts, sheathing his Sandai Kitetsu.
"That damn skeleton, why's he running around? Must be lost, huh?" Zoro looked left and right, finally choosing a direction based on instinct.
Behind him, all the beasts were cleanly cut in half by a smooth sword slash.