At this tense moment, some overconfident and tactless fellows came closer.
Everyone just felt a cold light flash before their eyes, and an arrow "whoosh" soundly pierced the ground in the middle of the crowd, its arrowhead buried in the soil, its fletching still trembling slightly.
Everyone was already fuming, and their faces instantly turned as dark as the sky before a storm.
They all simultaneously turned their gaze towards the direction the arrow came from, glaring at this group of uninvited guests who disturbed them.
They saw a group of seemingly disorganized fellows standing opposite them, completely fearless, instead, they were all grinning, letting out eerie, spine-chilling laughter.
One of them shouted in a sarcastic tone, "We finally found you! You guys should help us out, hahahaha, look at this haul, one with a 200 million bounty, and two more with 300 million!"
The Longleg Tribe's fighter stood among the crowd, his gaze contemptuously sweeping over the group opposite him, and he snorted coldly, saying,
"Aren't those the toys who used to work with us underground?"
The Executioner examined them carefully: "Now that you mention it, it's true."
"Hmph, how shameless!" The criminal Jett licked the harpoon in his hand, his face grim as he looked at the group.
Seeing that group of reckless fellows charging forward menacingly,
Hajrudin instantly erupted. As a Giant Race member, his strength was already astonishing. This punch, when thrown, seemed to carry the power to split mountains.
The others beside him were not to be outdone, clenching their fists and attacking alongside Hajrudin.
Everyone roared in unison, "Go to hell! You ungrateful wretches!" The roar was so loud it seemed to make the surrounding air tremble.
At this moment, Luffy and Zoro seized a gap in the chaos. The two exchanged glances, nodded in understanding, and quickly left, crouching low amidst the confusion.
Turning a corner, Luffy suddenly stopped, his eyes instantly wide and round, bursting with excited light.
At the end of the street, a robust bull stood leisurely.
Luffy shouted excitedly, "Ushi!!" His voice was filled with the joy of reunion.
（´•౪•`）The bull's eyes lit up as soon as he saw Luffy.
Mooing happily, he galloped towards Luffy, his four hooves prancing, as if he had seen a long-lost close friend.
Seeing this, Zoro couldn't help but tilt his head, muttering in confusion, "A bull???",
He secretly wondered what kind of strange things Luffy knew.
Luffy didn't care about Zoro's thoughts. As soon as he saw the bull approaching, without another word, he threw Law onto the bull's back like a package.
Immediately after, he nimbly flipped onto the bull himself, shouting loudly,
"Let's go! Ushi!"
The bull nodded, rubbed his hooves, and took off running.
Law, on the other hand, lay on the bull's back with a look of utter despair, his body bouncing up and down with the bull's movement. At this moment, he truly looked like a "pink bow package," completely powerless and at the mercy of others.
However, they hadn't run far when Cavendish and the others came chasing after them furiously from behind.
The criminal duo, without ceremony, leaped onto the bull, intending to hitch a ride.
Seeing this, Luffy instantly became furious. Without thinking, he stomped on one person with his foot and extended a hand to push the other, shouting,
"Get lost! Don't follow me! Doffy is mine!!!!"
His posture made it seem as if he would fight them to the death if they insisted on staying.
The commotion among the crowd was quickly noticed by Pica. He glared, shouting, "You! How dare you speak such arrogant words!!"
However, the voice that came from his mouth was high-pitched and strange, like the shriek of a mouse whose tail had been stepped on.
As soon as this sound came out, everyone was startled at first, then burst into laughter simultaneously. ⌯ ˃̶᷄₎₃₍˂̶᷄
Laughter spread unrestrainedly through the air. Some even ran while holding their stomachs, unable to straighten up from laughing.
"Hahahahaha... That voice really doesn't suit him! Why is it such a voice!"
In the crowd, waves of laughter rose and fell continuously.
Pica's face instantly turned crimson, completely enraged and broken by this wave of ridicule.
He raised his enormous Giant Race arm, lifting it high. The strong wind generated by his arm scattered sand and stones around him.
"Whether it's three people or three hundred people!! It makes no difference!!"
He roared hoarsely, his voice becoming even sharper with anger.
The next second, that thick Giant Race arm, carrying immense force, crashed down on the crowd like a collapsing hill. The ground trembled slightly under this powerful pressure.
At this critical moment, Elizabello II roared and charged towards Pica's Giant Race arm, his charged fist carrying an unstoppable momentum.
Chinjo followed closely, using his cone-head to ram the Giant Race arm at extreme speed.
Both attacks accurately struck Pica's fist, and a powerful impact instantly erupted.
With a loud bang, Pica's fist was directly shattered by their combined attack, and fragments of rock flew everywhere.
Luffy rode steadily on the bull's back, the bull galloping towards the Royal Palace Plateau.
The gladiators from the arena followed Luffy closely.
Along the way, they continuously dealt with commoners who attacked Luffy for bounties, as well as those who were once toys but became ungrateful for bounties.
The group hurried along like this, running and overtaking, raising a cloud of dust wherever they went, rapidly advancing towards the Royal Palace Plateau.
Luffy, riding the bull, kicked the people next to him, shouting loudly,
"I told you not to follow! You're in the way! This is my business!"
Luffy's face was flushed with anger, but the group behind him remained unmoved.
No matter how much Luffy tried to drive them away, they wouldn't leave, and the irritation in his heart grew stronger.
A ridiculous thought even flashed through his mind: should he just wake Orochimaru up, package these people, and throw them to Orochimaru to save himself the trouble?.
Thinking of this, Luffy scratched his hair in frustration. No, no, he had to maintain his older brother image; that snake would definitely mock him.
Ushi sensed Luffy's thoughts, swiftly took a shortcut, shook off the people behind them, and began to run up Pica's massive stone body.
Luffy, meanwhile, let out an excited shout,
"Ya-hoo~ (๑•̀ㅁ•́๑)✧ Good job, Ushi!! This is a shortcut! Run, Ushi!!"
"Run, Ushi!" At this moment, the criminal duo finally climbed all the way up and sat on the bull's back, shouting along with Luffy.
Luffy's smile suddenly froze ʘ̅_ʘ̅, and he turned to look at the two behind him.
"Hey..."
The two smiled foolishly at Luffy, "Hehehe..."
Luffy suddenly changed his expression, his face turning into a shark's as he roared at the two,
"Why are you guys making such a fuss! Get down now!!! Ushi will find it heavy!!"
But the two seemed not to hear, still laughing foolishly.
The third brother, Jett, pointed to himself and introduced, "Hai... we haven't introduced ourselves yet, have we?"
"My name is Jett, and this giant behind me is 'Abudra'."
He gestured to the giant Abudra behind him, who just smiled in response, showing no intention of getting down.
Jett and Abudra both raised their hands high, with mischievous smiles on their faces, swaying their bodies constantly, and said in unison, "Isn't this great?"
Just then, the two seemed to be frozen in place, their smiles instantly vanished, their eyes wide with disbelief.
Jett instinctively poked Luffy, who was still roaring loudly, and stammered, pointing forward, "straw hat Big Brother..."
Luffy was bewildered by this sudden turn of events. He turned his head impatiently, and the next second, he too was stunned.
He saw a colossal eye, like a terrifying full moon, staring intently at Luffy, who was riding on the bull's back and galloping along the Giant Race arm.
"Straw Hat! You won't get near Doffy!!"
A moment later, Pica's true form slowly emerged from the stone golem's body, steadily blocking the path ahead.
Although his figure was not as towering as the stone golem, he exuded a fierce aura.
Seeing this, Zoro's eyes flashed with excitement. He raised an eyebrow slightly and muttered to himself, "Finally, this guy looks somewhat human."
Pica coldly swept his gaze over the few people in front of him. Without a word, he silently drew a long sword from beneath the rock.
The blade gleamed with a cold light, reflecting his icy face. Then, he suddenly exerted force and, without another word, slashed fiercely at the crowd with clean, crisp movements, the blade whistling through the air.
The criminal duo on the bull's back turned pale with fright at this sudden attack, cold sweat trickling down their faces.
At this critical juncture, as Pica let out that high-pitched, strange voice, Luffy's face turned red from holding back laughter. He suddenly exerted force, sinking his arms, and actually lifted the bull and the group of people on its back, leaping high into the air.
The movement was fluid, as if effortless. Everyone felt their bodies suddenly lighten, thus avoiding the fatal blow.
As soon as Luffy's feet touched the ground, he could no longer hold back and burst into loud laughter:
"Hahahaha... Your voice really is so funny!"
Laughter echoed in the air, completely disregarding the danger before them.
Seeing Luffy easily dodge the attack, Pica gritted his teeth in anger, his eyes seemingly spitting fire. He quickly turned and attacked Luffy and the others again, as if he wouldn't stop until he cut them down with his sword.
Luffy still wore a brilliant smile, and without looking back, he shouted, "I'm going on ahead!" With that, he put down the bull he was carrying, got back on it, and continued forward.
Just then, Zoro's eyes narrowed, and he instantly "swish" drew the sword from his waist.
Amidst the flashing sword light, he had steadily blocked Pica's fierce slash.
Accompanied by the harsh clang of metal, sparks flew. Zoro's lips curled into a slight smile, and he said confidently, "Oh... leave it to me!"
His voice was firm and powerful, as if declaring to Pica that he was ready for battle.
The criminal duo, Jett and Abudra, looked at Zoro, who had successfully blocked Pica's attack, and were moved to tears of excitement.
Jett's voice trembled, full of admiration, as he said,
"Amazing! As expected of a God's Companion!"
Abudra also nodded vigorously beside him, his eyes filled with adoration.
Pica looked at Zoro, who was blocking him, gritting his teeth in anger and roaring fiercely, "Get out of my way!"
Luffy, meanwhile, stared intently at the high ground ahead and shouted, "Zoro! I'm counting on you! I'm going to beat up Mingo!"
Upon hearing this, Zoro grinned, revealing a confident smile, his eyes fixed on Pica, and he responded loudly, "Understood, Captain!"
Seeing Luffy about to get away, Pica grew more agitated and roared again, "Get out of my way!! The one I'm looking for is Straw Hat!" With that, he swung the sword in his hand and lunged at Zoro once more.
Zoro grinned, revealing a hint of a challenging smile, his eyes full of fearlessness and unruliness.
"Our Captain doesn't have time for a broken rock like you,"
Zoro paused, deliberately drawing out his words, and continued teasingly,
"Let me entertain you, you high-pitched sissy."
Those words were like a sharp blade, directly piercing Pica's sore spot, successfully enraging him once again.
Zoro achievement +1 "Red-hot Pica"
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