On the top of the huge skeleton building, Luke, dressed in casual clothes, had his robe fluttering while standing there with his arms folded as he overlooked the island and the surrounding sea.
At this moment, a large number of zombie pterosaurs circled back and forth in the sky, constantly patrolling the sea.
With Hachinosu Island as the center, there were islands of various sizes and dense vegetation scattered around.
They were like stars holding the moon, guarding and surrounding the main island.
Huge bridges extended in all directions, connecting these secondary islands.
It was a world of difference from two years ago.
Pah! Pah! Pah!
At this time, a muscular figure, using the Moon Step, rushed up to his side.
"Luke-sama… are you looking for me?" Gin, who was summoned, rushed over.
Compared to two years ago, he had experienced one fight after another and had been constantly tempered in this cruel sea and had become much more sturdy.
His sharp eyes were full of murderous intent, and he appeared as fierce as a demon, which could definitely stop a baby from crying.
Making him really deserve the name of Man-Demon.
But his eyes looking at Luke were full of fanatical admiration and respect.
To this day, this youngest pirate in history has become a legendary figure that people constantly praise and discuss on the sea.
In the past two years, the Netherworld Pirates have continuously defeated and destroyed those invading enemies who were ignorant of life and death and tried to provoke them.
There were even frictions with other emperors of the sea from time to time, and small-scale conflicts continued.
Although Luke almost never took action, the name of the Netherworld Pirates has become even louder.
It seems that it has become one of the people that people fear in the New World.
In addition to the special zombies such as Ryuma, Golden Lion, and the Oars, in the Netherworld Pirates, headed by Shiryu, Wyper, Gin, Kuro, Rob Lucci, Kaku, and others, have already become famous and have made a great reputation in the sea, making those Marines and pirates all have drastic changes of expression when they hear about their names.
"Go to the first half of the New World and bring this kid back!"
Luke threw Ace's bounty to Gin: "If you can subdue him, bring the whole Spade Pirates back; if not, forget it!"
"Spade Pirates?"
After taking the bounty, Gin raised his eyebrows.
He naturally pays attention to the current news.
This Super Rookie has been in the limelight recently.
Not only did he refuse the title of Warlord in the Sabaody Archipelago, but he also defeated a long-established Vice-Admiral from the Marine Headquarters, and then he broke into the New World with a big fanfare.
"Please rest assured, I will talk to him properly!"
After grabbing the bounty, Gin showed a grim smile.
"Go!" Luke waved his hand.
It's just a small Spade Pirate; he just had a whim and wanted to test their strength. He really didn't regard the other party as a threat and didn't care about them at all.
Whoosh!
A deserted island located in the west of Hachinosu Island. There are potholes and shocking traces of battle everywhere here.
At this moment, two figures are fighting fiercely there.
It's so fast that it's almost impossible to see them with the naked eye.
"Storm Dance!"
Kuro, who has transformed into a Human-beast form, waved his sickle-like claws there.
Whoosh!
As the windswept, a huge tornado, carrying endless wind blades, directly came crushing.
"It's useless, Kuro… It's different now!"
In the Human-Beast Form, with horns and pink dragon scales all over his body, Lucci sneered with indescribable confidence.
His beast-like right foot kicked out like lightning: "Tempest Kick: Line!"
Whoosh!
The piercing sound came as a terrifying wind blade came out directly.
Boom!
It cut through the tornado, dispersed the wind blades, and continued to blast toward the distant sea.
On the sea, water splashed all over the sky, leaving behind a shocking huge trench, which healed slowly.
"Death Razor!"
A sharp slash came out from mid-air, but it was blocked by the extremely sharp sickle.
"Finger Gun: Barrage!"
Clang!
The two figures clashed fiercely, and Kuro was forced to retreat step by step as he could only dodge.
"Hand Cannon!"
The extremely sharp claws were wrapped in Armament Haki, struck like lightning.
Klang!
Sparks flew as Lucci barely deflected the attack, but the sheer force sent Kuro crashing into a mountainside.
"Damn… you're a monster."
Kuro, who's slightly disheveled, glared at Lucci with a grim expression.
In this world, there are really some people who are born geniuses and can only be looked up to.
Although he claims to be a genius, he is obviously not at the same level as Rob Lucci.
Before, he could defeat Lucci by relying on his Devil Fruit.
But after the other party obtained the artificial Mythical Zoan Fruit, the position between the two was directly reversed.
The other party's strength is advancing by leaps and bounds, growing at an astonishing speed, surpassing those prisoners of the Eternal Hell in a short period of time, and catching up with Shiryu.
No matter how hard he tried, it was not easy to even hurt Rob Lucci, not to mention defeating the genius who was once as famous as Luke in CP9.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
A round of applause came.
Lucci and Kuro looked over.
They saw Luke, who had appeared here since they didn't know when, and had a full view of the whole process, clapping his hands there.
"Luke-sama!"
"Lucci, your growth is beyond my expectations…"
Looking at Lucci, who had withdrawn from the Human-Beast Form.
Luke smiled lightly, his eyes full of satisfaction.
With the other party's growth rate, in two or three years, he will surely become his right-hand man.
"Luke, I think I'm ready!"
Lucci looked at Luke with burning eyes and said firmly.
Two years ago, he had boldly declared his goal to challenge the strongest zombie kings of the Netherworld Pirate.
In the past two years, he has been practicing crazily day and night, and his efforts are no less than those of crazy people such as Wyper and Gin.
But the sweat he put in finally paid off.
Now, he feels that he has the qualifications to challenge those zombie kings.
"Really?"
Luke chuckled: "Then I'll give you the chance to prove it."
In fact, although the other party has made rapid progress. But in his opinion, Lucci is still a little worse.
Because his special zombies are not completely standing still. However, Luke is not going to dampen the other party's enthusiasm. But he hopes this guy won't be too shocked.