One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 678: The Appearance of an Old Friend!

While Luffy was waiting!

Im forcibly stopped his backward flight!

But the series of attacks just now had caused Im's right hand, which was holding the sword, to tremble.

He was actually scared!

Eight hundred years.

He was used to looking down on everyone and to absolute crushing.

Scared?

A word that should have disappeared from Im's consciousness long ago.

But the sword in front of Luffy caused a tremor.

Like a knife.

It brought back his fear.

Im looked down at his still trembling right hand.

The pure white reflection of the greatsword was seen in the dark red pupils.

"Hahaha."

A low chuckle escaped from deep within his throat.

The laughter was so soft, it was almost swallowed by the wind.

Then it suddenly gets higher.

It turned into a strange tremolo of reminiscence and madness.

There was no joy or anger in the smile, only a twisted sense of nostalgia.

The white-bearded man in the distance gripped the Murakumo-giri tightly.

Lox's pupils shrank to a point as he stared at Im's expressionless face, which was grinning strangely, and dared not utter a sound.

Im laughed for a while and then stopped.

Then it turned into a sigh.

He raised his head, his gaze passing over the giant sword and over Luffy.

The scene before me was just like a scene from my memory.

"It still feels the same as it did back then."

Im was talking to himself.

"I really miss those days."

A look of nostalgia flashed in his eyes.

Eight hundred years ago, the scene was almost exactly the same as it is now.

He united the initial 10 kings to fight against that person!

That person was standing right in front of him.

Holding the same sword, looking at him with the same eyes.

Who drove him into a corner? It was only because he used his own cunning that he was driven into this predicament.

I'm afraid I wouldn't be standing here today!

That was the closest he had come to death in eight hundred years!

The result of that battle was that he killed that person with his own hands.

He became the king of the world.

I used a lot of methods!

Make sure that threat is completely eliminated.

But now.

Im fixed his gaze on the suspended giant sword.

It was as if they were mocking his eight hundred years of wasted effort.

"I didn't expect that."

Even this sword has awakened.

His gaze swept over the shattered battlefield beneath his feet.

The air was thick with the smell of battle.

His senses were everywhere, regardless of the aura.

None of them are a concern!

Except for Chen Ye, whom I've been keeping a close watch on!

And this guy in front of me!

Luffy.

He awakened the pure power of Nika.

The power of the sun god.

It represents the embodiment of freedom.

This power is exactly the same as that of the person from eight hundred years ago, even their laughter is the same.

A cold smile curled at the corners of Im's lips.

"In this little Elbaf."

The voice wasn't loud, but it penetrated the ears of every powerful person present.

"I can't believe I ran into so many old friends."

These words may seem insignificant.

But for him to utter those three words was incredibly important.

Whitebeard doesn't like guessing.

But the way Im spoke, with that condescending and casual tone.

It made the hairs on his body stand on end.

That's not how rivals address each other.

It is the hunter's term for his prey.

Lox's reaction was more direct.

His pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints.

He stared intently at Im, but dared not utter a word.

He read something unsettling in Im's eyes.

It wasn't contempt, anger, or murderous intent.

It's a memory.

The composure of something that has lived for far too long when looking back at its kill list.

At an altitude of 10,000 meters, Chen Ye's pupils contracted slightly.

He understood what Im meant.

Old friend.

They are enemies, they are adversaries.

But more importantly, they are old friends.

Chen Ye's mind raced.

Im was referring to an old friend, not a new adversary.

Chen Ye noted down the information and began to ponder it.

What makes Im both an old friend and an enemy!

There's only one left!

Joy Boy!

Im's words caused a moment of silence in the arena.

The giant sword blocking Luffy's path trembled violently once more.

It burst forth with a blinding white light.

The sword hummed once more.

Anger could be heard in the buzzing sound.

Pure anger.

The greatsword understood the contempt in Im's words about his "old friend".

The indomitable spirit that had been dormant for eight hundred years was ignited.

It longed to rush over immediately and cut the guy who killed its master into eight pieces.

But it didn't move.

The buzzing stopped abruptly after reaching a certain point, and the vibration subsided.

The giant sword remained firmly in place, its blade pointing directly at Luffy, completely unmoved.

Overwhelming anger was overshadowed by an even stronger will.

It is waiting.

Waiting for those hands.

Luffy tilted his head back, the shadow of his straw hat covering most of his face, revealing only his shining eyes.

Because this sword in front of me is so cool.

Moreover, the sword in front of me exudes a sense of familiarity.

Although he couldn't put it into words, it was as if something deep in his blood had been awakened.

The sword is cheering.

It trembled and glowed before him.

Like an old dog that had been separated from its owner for many years, it wagged its tail and rubbed against his hand desperately.

They longed to return it to him.

Luffy could feel that longing.

This sword waited for far too long, so long that it thought it would never see the light of day again.

But it waited, clinging to its last shred of unyielding will, until now.

Luffy is getting excited!

It wasn't tension, it wasn't fear.

It means agreement.

The power of the sun god within him was telling him this.

This sword was originally yours.

He did not hesitate.

Luffy grinned, revealing his signature big laugh.

He extended his hand.

The enormous hand firmly gripped the thick, mottled hilt of the sword.

Tighten your fingers.

The moment they gripped each other tightly, their aura changed.

Pure white light exploded from the sword.

The patterns that had been dormant for eight hundred years came back to life.

The white flames of the sun god on Luffy responded simultaneously.

The white flames surged, like a wildfire spreading from a single spark, carrying the will to freedom and flowing upstream, pouring down the arm and into the hilt of the sword.

It slowly interacted with the white light emanating from the sword.

Then they merge into one.

There is no conflict, no exclusion.

Two forces.

They merged perfectly together, transforming into a towering white pillar of light that pierced the sky.

As the beam of light passed, the last wisp of cloud enveloping Elbaf was torn apart.

The pure white light illuminated every corner of Elbaf as if it were daytime.

Everyone on the battlefield raised their heads.

The white-bearded man's eyes widened, and the Murakumogiri in his hand trembled uncontrollably.

The power within that white light resonated even with his own Zhenzhen power.

The deepest wildness within him was awakened.

Lox stared silently at the light, his pupils filled with a pure white reflection.

His lips moved, but he said nothing.

Luo Ji stood on the broken ice, staring in shock at the pillar of light that pierced through the sky.

"This is the true sun god."

Loki's voice trembled.

Chen Ye closed his eyes high in the sky.

He can feel it!

Luffy's aura has changed.

He's evolved again!

Chen Ye opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Im's pupils contracted sharply in the distance.

He watched the soaring aura and the image of the sword merging with Luffy.

He watched as the power he had personally ended once returned in an even more powerful form.

The longing on her face vanished completely.

He revealed an extremely solemn face.

His dark red pupils surged with a killing intent never seen in eight hundred years.

This killing intent was even stronger than before.

The sword of the code trembled violently in his hand, but unlike the previous tremors, this one was driven by rage.

"They're really back."

Im paused.

That thing that could threaten him.

It's back again.