Inside the cell, Luo Chen crouched down and smiled. "You should be the strongest among these people."
"Don't disappoint me."
As his words fell, the space beside him distorted, and a tattered corpse appeared.
The corpse was a male with graying hair, wearing a worn-out white kimono. The character for "Dragon" was embroidered on both sleeves, and a sheathless black blade hung at his waist.
The appearance of the corpse caused the expressions of the bearded middle-aged man and the prisoners in the other cells to change.
Taking out a corpse at this moment.
Luo Chen's intention was definitely not as simple as subduing them.
What exactly was he going to do?
The men felt shock and suspicion in their hearts.
Luo Chen looked calm; he took the black blade from the waist of Shimotsuki Ryuma's corpse and held it in his hand.
"Black Blade, Shusui."
"One of the 21 Great Grade Blades. It feels even heavier than my Mumei."
Luo Chen muttered to himself.
The Supreme Grade Blade "Mumei" at his waist was one grade higher than "Shusui."
It was one of only twelve Supreme Grade Blades in the world.
At this moment, in the opposite cell, a middle-aged swordsman pirate exclaimed in shock, "Black Blade Shusui?"
"Isn't that the sword of the Dragon Slaying Samurai, the Great Swordsman of Wano Country, Shimotsuki Ryuma?"
"Rumor has it that it disappeared along with Shimotsuki Ryuma's corpse... No, if that's the case, that corpse..."
The middle-aged swordsman seemed to realize something, his pupils trembling.
He looked at the corpse in samurai attire on the ground, having already guessed its identity in life.
"Shimotsuki Ryuma's corpse..."
The prisoners in the nearby cells, having clear minds, all understood.
In the next moment, their faces showed shock.
Luo Chen used the Black Blade Shusui to cut off a piece of flesh from the corpse.
The flesh was desiccated, and no blood spilled out.
He returned Shimotsuki Ryuma's corpse to the Kamui dimension, holding the cut piece of flesh in his hand.
Luo Chen raised his hand and pressed a finger against the center of the bearded middle-aged pirate's forehead.
Dense, tadpole-sized black runes spread out from the center of the bearded man's forehead to the surroundings.
They crawled all over his body, imprinting a mysterious circular black formation on the floor of the cell.
Shimotsuki Ryuma's flesh was thrown onto the bearded middle-aged man by Luo Chen.
At this point, the bearded man clearly sensed something was wrong.
He glared at Luo Chen and shouted, "What are you doing?!"
Covered in black curses, he found it difficult to move.
The mysterious formation on the ground emitted a cold aura, like a chilly wind blowing from hell, chilling him to the bone.
The desiccated, pale piece of corpse flesh on his body was even more hair-raising.
The pirates in the other cells also stared intently at the "mysterious ritual" Luo Chen was conducting.
Maybe that would be their fate too.
Luo Chen remained silent and activated Impure World Reincarnation.
In an instant, a miserable scream tore from the bearded middle-aged man's throat, echoing through the cell and the prison.
His body began to tremble violently, resembling an epileptic seizure.
A large amount of gray-white paper appeared out of thin air around him.
The paper seemed to possess life, actively pouncing on the bearded middle-aged man.
In the blink of an eye, it wrapped him from head to toe, making him look like a mummy.
As his mouth was sealed by the gray-white paper, the bearded man's screams vanished.
His body went stiff and motionless.
Suddenly, the paper pasted on the outside of the body slowly drifted down and vanished into nothingness in the air.
A new body appeared before the prisoners.
A brand-new white samurai kimono, healthy bronze skin, a green topknot full of vitality, and a young, rugged face.
"Where... is this?"
The young samurai man lying on the ground sat up and spoke in confusion.
His face had sharp, distinct features; his left eye was closed, marked by a vertical old scar.
"Thud."
A sound came from the opposite cell.
Luo Chen, the bewildered young samurai, and several prisoners turned to look.
The middle-aged swordsman who had recognized the Black Blade Shusui earlier had fallen to the ground, his eyes filled with horror, his lips trembling.
"Shi... Shi... Shimotsuki, Ryuma?!"
Hearing the name he shouted, the others were stunned, and then horror gradually emerged in their eyes.
Who?
Shimotsuki Ryuma?
Wasn't that the Great Swordsman of Wano Country who died hundreds of years ago?
For them, they had more or less heard of Shimotsuki Ryuma's name.
He was famous throughout the world for cutting down a flying dragon in the sky.
Hundreds of years had passed, and his legends still circulated in the world.
But very few knew exactly what he looked like.
Several prisoners stared at the middle-aged swordsman with inexplicable horror, then looked at Luo Chen and the green-haired man with a bewildered face.
True or false?
Was it really Shimotsuki Ryuma?
At this moment, Shimotsuki Ryuma, with his green hair tied in a short topknot, slowly accepted his surroundings.
He looked at Luo Chen, then examined the skin of his arm, which was covered in cracks.
"You... resurrected me?" As a Great Swordsman, Shimotsuki Ryuma naturally knew he was long dead.
Returning to the human world now was something even he couldn't understand.
Shimotsuki Ryuma's question made the pirates in the surrounding cells hold their breath, not daring to breathe loudly.
They had witnessed Luo Chen performing the ritual with their own eyes.
They saw Luo Chen cut rotting flesh from the suspected corpse of Shimotsuki Ryuma.
And on top of a living person, he seemingly revived Shimotsuki Ryuma.
If there was no falsehood in this matter...
Then it was simply no different from a miracle!
Resurrecting a powerful swordsman who had been dead for hundreds of years—the shock of this horror made their brains feel like exploding.
Luo Chen smiled slightly at Shimotsuki Ryuma, and with a thought, transmitted information regarding Impure World Reincarnation into his mind.
As the caster of Impure World Reincarnation, he could control the reincarnated person.
He could also transmit voice and information to them via thought.
Shimotsuki Ryuma's expression froze slightly as he accepted the relevant information.
A look of surprise appeared on his face, followed by solemnity.
"What do you want to do?"
Shimotsuki Ryuma asked in a deep voice.
He understood the current situation.
He was controlled by this young man in the black trench coat before him.
The other party could completely master his every move.
This person resurrecting him must be to use him to accomplish some goal.
Luo Chen smiled. "I will explain things about me later."
"For now, congratulations on returning to the human world."
Shimotsuki Ryuma fell silent.
He had indeed returned to the human world, only to become a puppet controlled by someone else.
Life or death depended entirely on the other's thought.
Was it good or bad?
He couldn't measure it.
But right now, his heart was definitely somewhat excited.
As the world's greatest swordsman, Shimotsuki Ryuma had a calm heart and rarely experienced strong emotional fluctuations.
But at this moment, he felt excitement; he felt his fingers, which had held a sword for decades, trembling.
Shimotsuki Ryuma suddenly looked up, gazing at the Black Blade Shusui in Luo Chen's hand.
A light blossomed in his quiet eyes.
As if he had seen the most important treasure of his life.
Seeing this, Luo Chen chuckled and released the hilt of Shusui.
In the next instant, Shusui's black-purple blade, patterned with red sawtooth designs, trembled lightly, emitting bursts of crisp humming as it floated in the air.
The entire long sword seemed to possess life, radiating a chillingly sharp intent, vaguely lowering the temperature in several cells and filling them with a cold chill.
Shimotsuki Ryuma stared at his floating beloved sword, his pupils shrinking abruptly as he snapped his head up to look at Luo Chen.
He perceived that the reason Shusui could float in the air was that a will was controlling the blade of Shusui.
A sharp intent unique to a top-tier swordsman.
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