Chapter 877: Chapter 534: Burst Mode! The Artificial Human’s Transformation!
"How dare you ignore me! Don’t underestimate me!"
The overlooked Black Maria retracted the long-handled roulette wheel, driving it into the floor. Her eyes widened as she spread her fingers to unleash webs.
"Just wait until I bind you up, and then I’ll prepare you properly!"
She had consumed the Spider-Spider Fruit·Ancient·Rosamygale Grauvogeli Form, and was the strongest "Flying Six" member within the "True Fight" rank of the Beast Pirates, so how could she be looked down upon!
However, when the webs clung to Gin, they were instantly ignited by the high temperature emanating from his body, turning to ashes that scattered on the ground.
"Flying Six, huh..."
Gin glanced back at Black Maria, "Master Sage said the Flying Six’s ranking system is like our ’Seven Stars’, but I don’t see it. I’m the gatekeeper of the Seven Stars; everyone who becomes a Seven Star is stronger than me. What rank are you?"
Black Maria narrowed her eyes slightly, "I’m ranked second among the Flying Six. How can you, at the bottom, fight me!"
With that, she straightened her upper body, took her pipe into her mouth, inhaled deeply, and exhaled a faint mist.
"The bottom should have the awareness of being at the bottom. All of you, drown in your delusions!"
The mist spread towards them, causing their expressions to freeze, and their pupils gradually dilated.
"Wanyudo!!"
As Black Maria’s Haki-infused long-handled roulette wheel began to spin again and ignite, the face in the center called out.
She shouted loudly, raising the wheel and smashing it heavily towards Gin’s head.
Bam!!
The dazed Gin suddenly extended his fist, radiating intense heat, and collided fiercely with the roulette wheel, his powerful Haki causing the wheel to deviate.
"How could it be so fast?!"
Black Marika exclaimed, "I didn’t even see a shadow!"
Her move, ’Illusion Mist’, was specially combined with her Zoan-type ability and crafted mist, which had the power to let one see the deepest illusions within their memories.
It contained all the beauty in one’s memories, using this allure to entice them into the illusion and reveal a flaw.
She had even fought sparring matches with other colleagues, and anyone who encountered this mist would be dazed; otherwise, she wouldn’t be ranked second.
Against an ability user whose body seemed hardy, the Illusion Mist was supposed to be ideal. So why couldn’t it even hold for a second?
Even she didn’t see the illusion that the mist conjured up!
"Captain Krieg."
Gin said calmly, "It was him who appeared. He was my captain when I sailed the East Sea, and he was also my first memory."
He took a step forward, "Back then, the failure to march into the Grand Line was simply due to bad luck when we ran into Hawkeye. Had we entered smoothly, with Krieg’s strength, at that time, even without a bounty over a hundred million, he could have been a decent pirate and might have even entered the New World."
"But he refused to listen to advice. Even after failing at Baladi with only a few subordinates left, he should’ve shown the grandeur of a pirate, rather than continuing to disgrace the pirate flag by being cowardly. If not for that, perhaps I would have continued to follow him."
"If he were still alive, I would really like to talk to him, tell him that the decision back then was wrong... but I clearly know he won’t resurrect, for Master Sage blew him up. Anyone personally killed by Master Sage has no chance of coming back!"
He walked forward several more steps, "Fake, no need for dialogue!"
Thud!
After saying this, he stamped down hard, releasing a smoke ring, and used Moon Step to reach beneath Black Marika’s spider lower body. He melted the remaining stick hammer into molten iron around his fist, giving it a crimson glow.
"Fist Bone..."
Gin swung his fist like a fiery shooting star, slamming straight onto the large face on the spider’s lower body.
"Flowing Fire!!"
Boom!!
The scalding molten iron carried an unparalleled impact, forming a column through the spider’s body from face to tail, displaying a fiery hue.
Clang!
Black Maria’s grip on the long hammer roulette wheel naturally loosened. It dropped to the ground. She herself tilted back, her eyes rolling white, smoke issuing from her mouth, as the spider underneath collapsed, causing her to fall to the ground unconscious.
Strong?
She was actually quite decent.
But Gin’s abilities were stronger. The destruction brought by the melting high-temperature iron, combined with Gin’s inherent steel high heat, are not something everyone can pass with a mere body alone.
Haki?
Even the Haki hasn’t reached that level.
"In terms of combat power, you performed well enough to be at the forefront among the ’New Stars’, but not qualified as a Seven Star. When you join our Disaster Pirates in the future, you’ll still need to improve."
Gin remarked, then suddenly moved, becoming a shadow rushing backward, his fist radiating red as he punched forward.
Bam!
A similarly fiery red leg and foot blocked the punch; Sanji hooked Gin’s hand with force, pulling it aside to expose the chest area, then stabbed inward with an arched foot.
Just as Gin reached out another hand to defend, the person in front leapt into the air, swinging the supporting foot to release a smoke ring and kicked into Gin’s exposed abdomen.
Bam!
The sheer force pushed Gin back a few steps by instinct. He shook his hand, looked at Sanji, who had leaped a couple of times in mid-air and landed on the ground, his feet burning with flames similar to the color of Gin’s entire body, and even more fire emerging from Sanji’s stance, squinting slightly:
