Chapter 314: Black Blade and Demon Bamboo!

On the dark, winding corridor leading deep underground to the SAD Production Room.

Tashigi, a Marine Captain, finally experienced the profound despair that the members of the Straw Hat Pirates endure daily.

Even with her leading the way as a guide and constantly turning back to check on him...

This directionally challenged Marimo could still naturally turn into a completely sealed dead end at the next simple, unmistakable fork in the road.

"What on earth are you doing?!"

Tashigi stomped her feet in frustration, clutching her short hair frantically as tears nearly welled up in her eyes.

"I've been right in front of you, telling you to follow me!

"Why would you run in the opposite direction when there's only one straight path?!"

Facing Tashigi's breakdown and roar, Zoro rubbed his forehead and argued back loudly with an indignant look:

"Shut up! There's clearly something wrong with the structure of this building!

"Who designs hallways this counter-intuitively? There isn't even a clear sign!"

Amidst this chaotic atmosphere, the two of them stumbled and dashed toward their destination.

...

Meanwhile, in the SAD Production Room.

The air was thick with the heavy scent of blood and the pungent odor of chemical reagents.

Vice Admiral Smoker's tall frame lay completely collapsed in a cold pool of blood, his Jitte broken beside him.

With multiple fractures across his body, he didn't even have the strength to move a finger, having completely lost his ability to fight.

Law, not far away, was in no better shape.

Because his beating heart was being squeezed tightly in the enemy's hand.

He could only kneel on the ground in agony, gasping for breath, utterly powerless to launch any counterattack.

Vergo stood like an invincible black demon, looking down coldly and ruthlessly at the fallen Smoker.

He slowly raised the pitch-Black Bamboo stick in his hand, gathering his strength to the peak, prepared to completely crush the head of his former colleague.

"It's over. Farewell, disgrace of the G-5," Vergo said in an icy voice, his arm swinging down violently.

BOOM—!!!

At that critical moment, the incredibly heavy steel door of the SAD Production Room was suddenly blown to pieces from the outside by a violent, peerless flying slash!

The wild sword ki, like a runaway horse, swept in with a whistle, carrying fragments of shattered metal.

Vergo's eyes narrowed, and he was forced to abandon the lethal blow to Smoker to quickly defend himself.

He held the pitch-Black Bamboo stick horizontally in front of his chest with both hands, steadily blocking the sharp slash.

However, under the immense impact, his body still involuntarily slid back half a step.

Amidst the swirling dust and the piercing sound of metal scraping, Zoro, holding the unsheathed Wado Ichimonji in one hand and followed by a panting Tashigi, stepped slowly into the bloody battlefield.

Zoro's sharp, single eye scanned the room.

He saw the brutally beaten Smoker and Law kneeling on the ground, clutching his chest.

But notably, there was no sign of his Straw Hat-wearing Captain.

Zoro slowly stopped his pace and glanced sideways at Tashigi, who was hanging her head, looking too guilty to meet his eyes.

He curled his lip and let out a disdainful snort:

"Tch... Marine woman, you've got guts, daring to lie even to me."

Zoro rested his sword on his shoulder, his tone revealing absolute trust and pride in Luffy:

"I knew it. My Captain isn't so weak that he'd be easily defeated by some piece of charcoal that popped out of nowhere."

With her lie exposed to her face, Tashigi turned bright red with shame, even to the tips of her ears.

She suddenly bowed deeply and apologized loudly:

"I'm sorry! It was wrong of me to lie to you!"

"But... but please, you must save Vice Admiral Smoker! You're the only one who can deal with him now!"

Standing opposite them, Vergo expressionlessly reached out a finger and pushed up the sunglasses on his face, one lens of which was shattered.

He looked coldly at the intruding swordsman, his tone carrying undisguised contempt:

"Straw Hat Pirates, 'Pirate Hunter' Roronoa Zoro... Hmph, what does it matter if you're a supernova with a bounty over a hundred million?"

"Do you think that with those pieces of scrap metal in your hands, you can cut through my tempered Armament Haki?"

With that, a deafening roar erupted from Vergo's throat.

His muscles instantly bulged, and deep, abyss-like pitch-black Armament Haki surged from his body like flowing ink, covering every inch of his skin without a single blind spot!

Facing this Armament Haki coating, known as 'Flawless, Absolute Defense'...

Zoro didn't retreat an inch; instead, he let out a disdainful sneer.

He slowly raised his hand, untied the dark green bandana from his left arm, and solemnly tied it tightly around his head.

Then, he bit the famous sword Wado Ichimonji horizontally in his mouth and gripped the hilts of Kitetsu and yubashiri in each hand.

Vrrr—!

As Zoro's aura climbed, a thick purple demonic ki instantly swirled around the three famous swords.

Immediately after, powerful Armament Haki flowed over them like water, turning the blades of all three swords into black blades radiating an aura of destruction.

Zoro lowered his body slightly, a cold, Shura-like killing intent erupting from his single eye:

"Perfect Armament Haki? Don't make me laugh."

"Listen well, in this world, there is nothing that I, Roronoa Zoro, cannot cut!"

The moment those words fell, the two of them, like two violent beasts, slammed into each other in the center of the vast production room!

CLANG—BOOM!

The violent collision between 'Black Bamboo' and 'Black Blades' triggered a visible, terrifying circular shockwave.

The wild air currents instantly swept across the room, causing even the massive, sturdy SAD storage tanks nearby to tremble violently under the impact, emitting the groans of overstressed metal.

Vergo had originally thought he could use his proud Armament Haki to completely suppress the young swordsman in terms of strength and defense.

However, the moment their weapons met, an undisguisable shock appeared on his hard, cold face.

He was horrified to find that the terrifying strength coming from Zoro's arms, and the Armament Haki attached to the blades, were not at all weaker than those of a battle-hardened Marine veteran like himself.

What made his heart race even more was that the sharp, peerless sword ki Zoro unleashed was actually dismantling his absolute defense!

In a spark-filled, intense struggle, the two briefly separated and then quickly closed in again.

Zoro's beast-like keen intuition instantly caught the fleeting gap in Vergo's transition between moves.

His eyes became as cold and ruthless as a true Shura at that moment, and his demonic ki completely exploded:

"Three Sword Style: Purgatory Onigiri!"

Three pitch-black sword lights, like the claws of a demon reaching out from purgatory, slashed down in a bizarre and domineering intersecting trajectory.

The terrifying power left three lingering black cracks in the air.

Squelch—!

Blood splattered.

This unstoppable strike carved a gruesome, bone-deep wound right through Vergo's proud full-body Armament Haki defense.

At the same time, the domineering and violent sword ki residue traveled down the Black Bamboo, directly numbing Vergo's wrist as he gripped the weapon.

In the pain of the sudden heavy wound, Vergo's fingers loosened.

The transparent heart box he had been squeezing instantly flew out of his hand, tracing a parabolic arc through the air.

Law, who had been enduring the severe pain to watch the battle, saw his eyes, which had been as dull as dead ashes, suddenly sharpen the moment the heart box flew out.

He lunged forward, stretching out his trembling hands to catch the heart box steadily in his palms before it could hit the ground.

Without any hesitation, Law immediately activated his ability and thrust the beating heart back into his chest cavity.

Thump-thump! Thump-thump!

The long-lost, complete heartbeat echoed powerfully within his chest.

The moment his heart returned, that death-like feeling of weakness vanished instantly.

Law took a deep breath of the blood-scented air, and his deep eyes instantly erupted with a killing intent and fervor like a volcanic eruption.

He slowly stood up from the ground.

He reached out and picked up the nodachi 'kikoku' that had fallen beside him, the blade unsheathing half an inch, glinting coldly.

Seeing this, Zoro cleanly withdrew his attacking stance.

"It looks like you have a long-standing personal grudge to settle yourself.

"In that case, I won't steal your prey here."

Law didn't look back; he simply gripped the hilt with one hand while his other hand snapped open in front of him.

"ROOM!"

With a low, cold shout, an unprecedented and incredibly massive hemispherical space instantly expanded.

This giant 'Operating Room' not only completely enveloped the vast SAD Production Room...

But it even broke through the walls, encompassing the towering central mountain of Punk Hazard within this blue-tinted space of rules!

Feeling this singular power that shrouded heaven and earth, Vergo's expression changed drastically, and a drop of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

But he still refused to admit defeat; he roared, regripping the Black Bamboo and lunging at Law like a maddened black bear:

"Don't waste your energy! It's useless!

"My tempered Haki can block any slash in the world!"

Law gripped his long blade 'kikoku' with both hands, looking coldly at Vergo as he charged like a cornered beast.

"You remnants of the old era only know how to sit high above, self-righteously measuring the strength of others..."

Law's gaze became sharp to the extreme at this moment, his killing intent soaring:

"Do you hear it, Vergo? The gears of the new era..."

"...have been completely destroyed by us!!"

The moment the words fell, Law drew his sword.

A brilliant blue-white sword light, carrying the irresistible power of rules, flashed through the massive 'ROOM' space.

Everything seemed to fall into stillness for a second.

In the next second, Vergo, who claimed to have perfect defense...

The indestructible SAD storage tanks filled with dangerous raw materials around him...

And even the towering central mountain range of Punk Hazard itself...

In this moment, all were sliced cleanly and evenly in half by Law's single strike!

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