If so, then their strength might very well stagnate!!!
"Then what exactly is the Devil Fruit El ate?" Tsuru asked in pursuit.
"We're not sure about that yet," the man in the black suit smiled slightly. "But very soon, we will know."
Although currently, El was indeed holding the advantage on the battlefield, he didn't believe he could sustain this form for long.
Today, El would definitely be defeated by them.
And then, they could capture El and study him!!!
....
After some time.
On the battlefield, the Thousand Hands Buddha sat in the center, with countless arms behind him, continuously smashing toward the Five Elders.
The enormous Holy Land Mary Geoise, more than half of the buildings, had been completely destroyed into ruins.
Thick smoke billowed, the ground trembled violently, and debris was scattered everywhere.
The power of the Wood Style: True Thousand Hands was terrifyingly formidable.
However, the strength of the three Five Elders was also not weak.
The knife-wielding old man possessed the terrifying swordsmanship of Bakuya, the ultimate technique that dominates the world.
Of course, his martial arts and the Three-Color Haki had long been perfected.
The yellow-haired old man and the long-haired old man were not sword users.
But... both were men who occupied the peak of the world with their martial arts!
In a one-on-one fight, no one could be El's opponent.
Nor could they withstand the release of the Wood Style: True Thousand Hands!
But... when the three of them worked together, it was a different story.
They had been working together for over a hundred years.
They shared an extraordinary tacit understanding.
The three of them combined their efforts to destroy the arms attacking the Thousand Hands Buddha.
Even the tsunami-like giant arms couldn't cause them significant fatal injuries!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
With each punch they threw, the fists of the Thousand Hands Buddha were destroyed one after another.
As time went on, the three Five Elders, exerting all their strength, had almost destroyed all the giant arms of the Buddha statue.
"El, you're going to lose!!!"
The knife-wielding old man laughed loudly.
The power of the Thousand Hands Buddha was truly terrifying.
Despite their three extremely coordinated efforts and their overwhelming strength, they managed to destroy the incoming fists, but... they still suffered heavy injuries.
It was clear that each of them bore wounds that were not minor.
And because they repeatedly used Haki and pushed their physical limits, they had also suffered significant exhaustion.
But it was all worth it.
Because the giant arms of the Wood Style: True Thousand Hands that El unleashed were almost completely destroyed by them.
Once all the arms were destroyed, El would be in their grasp!
"Boom!!"
With the combined effort of the three, the thousands of arms of the Wood Style: True Thousand Hands were all destroyed!
Now, all that remained before everyone was a towering Buddha statue reaching the sky.
But the arms behind it had been destroyed beyond recognition.
"Win... we won!"
"The Five Elders have won! El's ability, which was unleashed, has been completely destroyed by the Five Elders!"
"This move is probably El's strongest ability. Now that it's destroyed, El is undoubtedly defeated!"
"But still, El is truly terrifying. It takes the combined efforts of all three Five Elders to defeat him!"
"No matter what, the final victory will definitely belong to us!"
Originally, because El's Thousand Hands Buddha, with its terrifying power, had been suppressing the three Five Elders working together, it caused countless strong fighters in the CP Organization to feel deep despair.
But as the arms of the Thousand Hands Buddha were all destroyed, countless members of the CP Organization were filled with excitement!!!
El was strong, but in the end, the victory belonged to them!
"Looks like the battle is finally over."
The suited old man watching from the sidelines, with his hands behind his back and a faint smile on his face, was already eager to make El their experimental subject.
"After fighting for so long, is it finally over?"
Looking at everything before him, Zephyr let out a sigh of relief.
In this battle at the Holy Land Mary Geoise, El had stunned everyone present with his absolute strength.
But luckily, this battle was finally coming to an end!
"Although I didn't personally defeat this monster, El... after losing El and Edward from the sea, our Navy will surely dominate the New World!" Sengoku said with a slight smile.
The top two pirates in the entire New World—today, both of them would fall in this Holy Land Mary Geoise, greatly easing their Navy's pressure.
With this, they could consider advancing into the New World!
"I always feel that it's not that simple," Crocodile furrowed his brows, feeling uneasy.
Even though El's Wood Style: True Thousand Hands had been completely destroyed by the Five Elders, he didn't sense any fear or dread from El's face.
...
At the center of the battlefield, the knife-wielding old man carried his blade on his shoulder, with a mischievous smile on his face.
"El, if you kneel and beg for mercy now, perhaps... we won't kill you."
"Do you think the battle is over?" El stood atop the Thousand Hands Buddha, calm and composed.
"Hahaha... at this point, there's no need to act pretentiously, El. You are now just a toy in our hands," the yellow-haired old man laughed loudly.
"Is that so?"
El's lips curled slightly.
In the next moment, the countless destroyed arms behind him began to slowly recover.
In no time, the vast number of arms returned to their original form.
It looked as if they had never been damaged at all.
As long as he had enough stamina, no matter how much the Thousand Hands Buddha was destroyed, it could be restored instantly!
"Impossible... it recovered!"
"No way! The three Five Elders worked together for so long and barely managed to destroy those arms, and now he just restores them all at once?!"
"Damn, this guy's ability is too monstrous—it's practically invincible!"
"Who would have thought that at this age, even the combined efforts of the three Five Elders couldn't defeat him!!!"
Initially, the members of the CP Organization, who had been somewhat elated, froze in place in horror when they saw all the arms of the Wood Style: True Thousand Hands fully restored.
They knew very well how terrifying the power of the True Thousand Hands was.
After all, it took the combined effort of the three Five Elders to destroy it.
Now that it had recovered again, how could they continue fighting???
The expression on the face of the knife-wielding old man instantly became extremely serious.
He stared intently at El sitting atop the Thousand Hands Buddha and said in a deep voice, "Has it recovered?"
"Damn it, isn't this guy's ability supposed to have a time limit? Why is it lasting so long???" The yellow-haired old man's face darkened, his expression grim.
According to their guesses, although El could make his strength surge instantly, this extraordinary ability should have a time limit!
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