Aside from Ace and Sabo, the others were also fighting with intense ferocity.
Relying on his short stature, Luffy weaved through the zombie horde, slipping through their legs with various postures, all done effortlessly!
He would throw a punch or two at them from time to time!
"Hahaha! This is so fun!!"
Luffy grew more and more excited as he fought. This situation of taking down one zombie with one punch somehow made him feel incredibly strong.
He felt like a war god right now, charging through the zombie horde seven times in and seven times out.
These zombies were completely like a bunch of weaklings to him, not worth...
Before Luffy could continue his daydream, a withered fist suddenly shot out from the side, landing squarely on his face and sending him flying.
He crashed into a nearby bush.
Well, the war god has fallen!
"I... I hit him! I hit him!!"
A zombie covered in wounds, shriveled as if it hadn't eaten for ten months before death, looked at its own fist and shouted excitedly.
The other zombies around, seeing this, all gave him a thumbs up and shouted in unison:
"You're awesome!!"
"Ah, luck, just luck!!"
He scratched his head sheepishly and spoke modestly.
"Bastard! Which one of you hit me?!"
Suddenly, Luffy burst out from the bushes, shouting mid-air.
The next moment, all the zombies who had just been giving thumbs up instantly scattered, leaving a small empty clearing. In the center stood the zombie scratching its head in confusion.
Then they all retracted their thumbs, pointed their index fingers at that zombie, and shouted loudly:
"It's him!!"
Withered Zombie: ???
What?! You're zombies! You're not those two-faced humans, so why are you acting like this too?
However, before he could protest this disgraceful act by the zombies, he heard Luffy shout:
"So it's you, huh? Very good, you dare to hit me!! Stand right there and don't move. Gum Gum..."
The withered zombie instinctively looked up. He saw Luffy stretching both his arms far behind his back, then shouting fiercely:
"Rocket!!"
The next moment, both arms snapped back like retracting rubber bands at incredible speed, shooting towards the withered zombie.
Thump!!
A dull thud sounded as Luffy's palms slammed hard into the withered zombie's chest. A powerful force erupted from his palms, instantly blasting the zombie away. It crashed violently into a tree, shaking countless leaves loose.
Seeing the main culprit sent flying by his attack, Luffy showed no intention of stopping. His gaze turned to the surrounding zombies.
If they hadn't been holding him back earlier, how could he have been hit by that zombie? So these guys were all guilty. In the eyes of the law, they were accomplices!
Therefore...
"Prepare to die, all of you!!"
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"Stinky cook, I just cut down another one. You better save your energy. There's no way you can beat me!"
"Huh? What nonsense are you spouting, moss-head? I've already kicked away who knows how many zombies. Are you bragging about cutting down just one?"
Zoro: "What did you say?! I misspoke. I cut down over a dozen zombies!!"
Sanji: "I kicked away over a hundred!"
"I cut down over a thousand!!!"
"I..."
Zoro and Sanji kept trash-talking and taunting each other while continuously attacking the zombies swarming around them.
Although the two were arguing fiercely, faces red and necks thick, they seemed to be enjoying this atmosphere. At least, that's how it looked to Kyle.
Right now, Kyle was sitting on the back of the three-headed dog-fox, observing everyone's fight. Then he shifted his gaze to Kuina on the other side.
Compared to the others who were shouting and yelling during their fights, Kuina was much quieter. She kept swinging her Wado Ichimonji, only letting out an occasional soft cry.
After observing everyone's performance, Kyle couldn't help but nod slightly.
Their current strength, placed on the grand scale of the sea, was still just that of small fry. But among their peers, they were undoubtedly among the very best.
They were much stronger than they were at this same time in the original story.
However, this age wasn't their period of rapid growth. Even Kuina, the oldest, was only twelve years old.
Physical limitations still had some effect on everyone.
But for him, that certainly wasn't the case. Having a cheat should look like having a cheat. If he was still limited by age, wouldn't that make the system look bad?
Currently, in their squad, aside from him, the strongest was still Sabo.
The position of 'Second Brother' was firmly held by him, repeatedly thwarting Ace's attempts to claim it.
As time passed slowly, everyone began to show signs of fatigue. Prolonged fighting placed a significant burden on their stamina.
But Moria's zombies weren't without losses either.
Although the zombies Moria created had an undying nature as long as their weakness wasn't exploited, that was only immortality of consciousness, not feeling pain. The injuries they sustained would still remain.
And these zombies hadn't yet undergone any re-suturing or reinforcement by Hogback.
They would lose arms or legs after just a few hits. Right now, there were quite a few zombies crawling on the ground towards everyone.
But overall, the zombies on Moria's side still held the advantage.
Their quality was indeed poor, but their numbers were several dozen times greater than our group's.
Without absolute strength to overwhelm them, numerical superiority was still quite significant.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, all the zombies stopped moving and turned to look in one direction.
Everyone, seeing this, was momentarily stunned, all panting heavily as they watched the zombies.
"Hey! Why did you suddenly stop fighting?!"
Luffy asked, but the zombies paid him no mind at all. Visible joy appeared on all their faces.
Following their gaze, everyone saw nothing but trees intertwined with each other.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Suddenly, heavy footsteps slowly sounded from that direction, growing louder and louder.
A sense of oppression inexplicably spread across the scene. Everyone felt their hearts grow heavy, their expressions turning extremely grave.
It was as if some terrifying existence was slowly approaching from that direction.
Among everyone, only Kyle's expression remained unchanged from start to finish.
Oh, wait. There was a change. A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He looked at that direction with great interest and said softly:
"He's finally here!"
Not long after, as a dark figure pushed aside the trees on both sides and walked out, his form was fully revealed before everyone.
Instantly, all the zombies shouted with unparalleled fervor:
"Lord Moria!!!"
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