"Perona! Do it!"
Moriah roared loudly.
Perona was about to activate her ability.
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind Luffy.
The Straw Hat, bringing Laura and the others, was rushing towards them.
Seeing everyone on the opposite side assembled, Moriah immediately became even happier.
"Geh-hee-hee-hee-hee…"
"Everyone's here!"
"This saves us the trouble of looking for you!"
"Perona, let's deal with them all together!"
Perona couldn't help but laugh along.
"Haraharahara…"
"Leave it to me!"
With that, she immediately activated her ability.
"Negative Hollow!"
Perona roared, and a dozen white, transparent ghosts immediately flew out from her body, soaring towards the Straw Hat.
"Negative!"
"Negative!"
These ghosts floated up and down like jellyfish, making strange sounds.
This scene left everyone in the Straw Hat looking puzzled.
"What are these things?"
"They look like the same ghosts that appeared on our ship earlier!"
"But that sound is really creepy!"
"Hmph! Whatever they are, I'll blast them to pieces with one shot!"
Franky snorted coldly and stepped forward.
He transformed his reinforced fist, revealing a cannon muzzle, and aimed it at the ghosts flying in the air.
Boom!
A violent roar exploded!
The ghosts were immediately engulfed in the flames of the explosion.
However, to the astonishment of Franky and everyone else,
the ghosts were completely unaffected, flying out of the cannon fire and still heading towards them.
"What's going on? Is it not working?"
"It looks like it!"
"Franky's attacks don't seem to affect them."
Everyone speculated.
But Franky suddenly took a deep breath.
"Purification Flame!"
Whoosh!
A fierce burst of fire spewed from Franky's mouth, covering all the ghosts.
Yet, it still had no effect on them whatsoever.
Just then, one of the ghosts suddenly accelerated and flew towards Franky.
Before he could react, it passed right through his body.
Thud!
Franky suddenly fell to his knees, pounding the ground with his hands.
Looking extremely dejected, he said,
"I'm terrible! I'm truly terrible this week!"
"I can't do anything right!"
"I've lost all confidence to live!"
"I might as well just die!"
Seeing this, Sanji couldn't help but bare his teeth and shout in exasperation,
"You just couldn't deal with those ghosts, right?"
"Do you really need to be so dejected?"
After complaining, Sanji returned to his serious demeanor.
He took a deep drag from his cigarette and said gravely, looking at the approaching ghosts,
"This must be some kind of Devil Fruit ability!"
"Unable to attack the main body, it's probably like the elementalization of a Logia-type!"
"Which means…"
"We can probably deal with it using Haki!"
Sanji quickly analyzed the situation.
Then he suddenly leaped up, his leg covered in Armament Haki, and kicked at the nearest ghost.
The next second,
everyone saw.
Sanji, like Franky, knelt on the ground, pounding the ground with his hands.
He said, utterly dejected,
"I'm so useless!"
"I'm simply a piece of trash!"
"I shouldn't even be alive in this world!"
With two people in a row experiencing this, the Straw Hat immediately became serious, their faces grim.
At this moment, Laura, who had come with the Straw Hat, suddenly shouted,
"Everyone, be careful."
"Those are Negative Hollows."
"Once they touch you, you'll become extremely negative and unable to fight."
"You absolutely must dodge them!"
Laura's group had been on this island for so long that they had secretly gathered information about Moriah's crew's abilities long ago.
However, they hadn't had a chance to speak until the battle had already begun.
And the Straw Hat, upon hearing Laura's words, all understood what was going on.
Just then, Perona suddenly smiled eerily and said,
"Want to dodge them?"
"Hmph!"
Perona snorted coldly.
Then, she activated her ability again.
Immediately, dozens more ghosts flew out from her body.
All the ghosts, with full power, flew towards the Straw Hat at top speed.
Perona laughed heartily.
"You can't escape my Negative Hollows!"
"They can pass through anywhere!"
"Haraharahara…"
Moriah couldn't help but laugh heartily at this sight.
"Straw Hat, I'll gladly take your crew's shadows!"
"Geh-hee-hee-hee-hee…"
Hogback also burst into laughter at this moment.
"These zombie artworks I made can finally come to life!"
"Fuh-fuh! Fuh-fuh! Fuh-fuh…"
Meanwhile, Absalom's gaze was fixed intently on Uta and the other girls, his eyes filled with excitement and thrill, finally landing on Nami, and he laughed,
"Master! Leave that woman to me…"
As Absalom was speaking, Luffy's figure suddenly flashed past.
Bang!
Before Moriah's crew could react in any way,
they heard a loud bang.
And when they heard the sound and looked,
Perona and Hogback, as well as all the surrounding zombies, were instantly scared, their eyes bulging, snot running, their faces filled with shock and terror.
They saw beside them.
Absalom lying on the ground, having smashed a deep crater into it.
His face was a bloody mess, with a particularly deep fist imprint.
And Hogback, who was quite knowledgeable in medicine, just by looking at Absalom's condition, trembled and said in utter shock,
"Dead… dead!!!"
Thud!
He was so scared that he lost all his strength and sat on the ground, looking at Luffy, who was now beside them, with an expression of extreme terror.
Perona was now trembling all over, like a puppet, frozen in place, unable to move an inch.
Only Moriah nearby was gritting his teeth, his eyes filled with rage, glaring fiercely at Luffy, wishing he could immediately erupt and kill him.
"You bastard!"
"How dare you kill my officer!"
Moriah roared in a deep, angry voice.
"He was courting death himself!"
Luffy's voice, however, sounded even deeper and angrier.
He hadn't acted before because he didn't feel rushed and wanted to play with them.
But when he saw Absalom's gaze on Uta and heard his words, Luffy was instantly enraged.
With a flash, Absalom was instantly killed.
When Moriah heard what Luffy said, he became even more furious.
He didn't care what his people did; he only saw what others did to his people.
In a fit of rage, Moriah gnashed his teeth and yelled at Perona, who was still deeply terrified.
"Perona!"
"Take down this bastard and all his people!"
"You are in a clone state right now; they can't hurt you."
Hearing Moriah's words, Perona suddenly came to her senses.
Before they set out, Moriah had thought that Straw Hat might attack Perona to nullify her ability.
So, from the beginning, he had Perona use her ghost clone to move with them.
Just now, because she felt Luffy's astonishing aura at an extremely close range, Perona was so scared that she forgot about it for a moment.
Now, with Moriah's reminder, she finally realized it.
Knowing that she was currently invincible, Perona let loose.
She immediately fully controlled all the Negative Hollows and charged towards all of Straw Hat.
At the same time, she released another Negative Hollow, which flew towards Luffy.
Because Luffy was right next to Perona, she was extremely confident.
It was impossible for Luffy to dodge this Negative Hollow.
Swish!
The ghost passed through Luffy's body.
At the same moment, the other ghosts also caught up with the rest of Straw Hat one by one.
But to the surprise of Moriah, Perona, and the others, several members of Straw Hat suddenly vanished into thin air.
Only a long-nosed man, a swordsman, and the two who had just been pierced by the Negative Hollow were still outside, and all of them were passed through by the Negative Hollow.
Due to the urgency of time, Karu didn't have enough time to bring everyone into the alternate dimension.
So Usopp and a few others were forced to stay outside.
But now Moriah was too lazy to care about anyone else.
The Straw Hat he cared about most had already been passed through by the Negative Hollow.
Next, he would be able to obtain Luffy's shadow.
"Gehehehehe..."
Moriah couldn't help but burst into laughter, then said.
"Straw Hat!"
"You bastard!"
"How dare you kill my subordinate in front of me and insult me."
"You can't be arrogant now, can you?!"
As Moriah spoke, he tried to kick Luffy.
But at that moment, Perona's expression changed drastically, and she exclaimed.
"Master! This guy..."
However, before Perona could finish speaking, Moriah's pupils constricted violently; he was incredibly shocked to see a pitch-black fist smashing towards his face.
Bang!
A loud noise.
Moriah's huge body flew backward violently, knocking down a large number of zombies behind him.
Such a scene immediately terrified Perona, Hogback, and the ordinary zombies watching around them.
They looked at Luffy in disbelief, their eyes filled with shock.
"Why? Why can that guy still move after being hit by Lady Perona's Negative Hollow?"
"That guy... he sent Master flying!"
"What a terrifying guy! Who exactly is he?"
Not only were these ordinary zombies shocked, but Perona herself was also extremely puzzled and incredibly incredulous.
"You... why can you resist my ability?"
"My ability should be invincible!"
"What exactly did you do?"
As Perona asked, she suddenly heard the nearby zombies exclaim again.
"Hey! Look! There's another person over there who was hit by Lady Perona's Negative Hollow but is still standing!"
Hearing this exclamation, Perona and all the zombies looked over in unison.
They saw a long-nosed man standing there, completely unaffected.
Seeing this, Perona was completely dumbfounded.
"What exactly is going on?"
"What did you two do?"
Then Usopp slowly spoke.
"I am already negative to the extreme; your ability has no effect on me!"
When Usopp said this, he puffed out his chest and held his head high, with unprecedented confidence and a very proud look.
This scene immediately made the rest of Straw Hat, who were hiding in the alternate dimension, unable to help but complain.
"Why is that guy so proud at a time like this? It's as if he's saying something amazing."
"But among those who were hit by that move, only Luffy and Usopp are fine! Even Zoro fell down!"
"How did that guy Luffy do it? He's not negative like Usopp."
While everyone was wondering, Luffy said to Usopp behind him.
"Usopp, this woman's main body is inside the castle!"
"Is it okay to leave her to you?!"
Usopp, hearing this, patted his chest with extreme confidence and said.
"Leave it to me!"
"Now, only I can deal with this woman."
While Usopp said this, he had another thought in his mind.
"The strongest enemies seem to be gathered here; that woman's main body must have no defense right now."
"If I go deal with her, it will be absolutely safe!"
"Wahahahahaha..."
Usopp chuckled to himself, then immediately ran towards the castle.
Perona, seeing this, panicked and repeatedly ordered all the Zombie Generals.
"Zombie Generals, stop him!"
Upon receiving the order, all the Zombie Generals immediately moved collectively and charged towards Usopp.
And at that moment, three extremely furious figures suddenly climbed up from the ground.
Zoro, Sanji, and Franky bared their teeth, their eyes bloodshot, looking as if they could kill, and charged towards the zombie army with extreme fury.
307 At the same time, each of them roared.
"Perfect timing! I'm really angry right now!"
"Usopp, you just go and deal with that hateful ghost woman! Leave these small fries to us!"
"That woman! How dare she make me so humiliated! I'm going to cut everything down here!"
As the three spoke, they charged into the zombie army, and a chaotic battle quickly ensued.
Every zombie that tried to stop Usopp was cut down, kicked away, or punched away by the three.
Usopp, meanwhile, advanced rapidly and smoothly towards the castle.
Perona, seeing this, no longer bothered with using Negative Hollows to deal with the people in front of her; she called her pet and chased after Usopp to protect her main body.
On Zoro's side, they quickly knocked down a large number of Zombie Generals.
During the battle, Zoro suddenly noticed a samurai charging towards him.
And the moment he confronted this samurai, his eyes lit up.
"Oh?! That sword of yours looks good!"
After saying that, he curved his lips and launched an attack like a storm.
This scene fell into the eyes of the surrounding zombies, making them incredibly shocked and emotional.
"Th-three people stopped all the Zombie Generals!"
"No way?! Those Zombie Generals are all incredibly strong! How come now it seems like those three are at an advantage instead?"
"This group is too terrifying!"
The Lola Pirates were also completely dumbfounded at this moment.
"Hiss... sugei! We couldn't even defeat one Zombie General by working together, and now they're being slaughtered by these three!"
"As expected of the legendary Straw Hat!"
"They are truly too strong!"
The rest of Straw Hat, seeing Perona's ghost leave, also came out of the alternate dimension one after another.
But they had no intention of helping; they just watched quietly from the side.
"I think those three guys don't need our help at all right now!"
"That's right! Let them take out their anger on those guys!"
As everyone was saying this, Chopper suddenly walked forward alone.
This scene immediately made the others deeply puzzled.
"Chopper?!"
Hearing someone call him from behind, Chopper said in a deep voice.
"I know that Dr. Hogback!"
"I heard him say earlier that these zombies seem to be made by him; I need to go confirm it with him."
"I cannot tolerate him, as a doctor, insulting life like this."
Hearing Chopper's words, everyone stopped trying to stop him.
...
Luffy's side.
He had now arrived outside the battlefield where Zoro and the others were fighting.
Just then, Moriah, whom he had sent flying earlier, climbed up from the ground.
His mouth was bleeding, and his eyes were now completely filled with rage.
He stared fiercely at Luffy, saying each word slowly and deeply.
"Straw Hat! I won't spare you!"
Luffy frowned at the words and said coldly, "I originally intended to spare your life."
"But you keep seeking death!"
As Luffy spoke, his expression suddenly turned ruthless!
"Then you can go..."
"Die!!!"