One Piece: A Warlord's Path

Chapter 795: The Straw Hat Pirates - Assemble!

"This tanuki is an Ability User!" Cavendish stared at Chopper in disbelief, looking annoyed. "A 50 Berry bounty? That’s insulting!"

To be honest, Cavendish almost felt bad for Chopper. With a Zoan transformation and that kind of power, he should have at least a few dozen million. He definitely deserved a higher bounty than the Straw Hats’ female navigator!

"Arm Point!!!"

"Cloven Cross!!!"

Chopper’s form shifted again. His face became more beast-like, the muscles in his arms bulging as he slammed his hooves together in a cross formation, striking toward Cavendish.

"This hit..." Cavendish’s expression changed. He felt a terrifying pressure, as if a 32-pound heavy cannon had fired a massive shell at point-blank range, a pure, unadulterated physical force. He wasn’t a physical tank or a pure brawler; if he took this hit with his body alone, even with Armament Haki, he’d be severely injured.

"Precious Metal Axe!!!"

Cavendish roared, swinging his sword in a defensive maneuver.

BOOM!

An explosion of air sent shockwaves rolling outward, stripping the top layer of snow for dozens of meters. Cavendish’s entire body shuddered as he was forced back several steps, each footprint sinking deep into the permafrost.

As for Chopper, the recoil sent him flying back ten meters, tumbling through the snow.

"Chopper!" Nami cried out, rushing to help him up.

"Nami, watch out for that guy. He’s strong!" Chopper warned, his eyes grim as he stood back up.

"Franky! Chopper!" Sanji shouted, his voice thick with rage. "You want to touch my crew? You have to go through me first!"

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Sanji leaped into the sky, using Sky Walk to close in on Cavendish.

"Using Geppo, are we... shouldn’t underestimate you," Cavendish muttered.

At that moment, Otto’s legs bent slightly before he launched himself upward. He intercepted Sanji in mid-air, dozens of meters above the ground.

"What?!" Sanji’s vision went dark as he realized the orc was right in front of him.

"Get back down!" Otto bellowed. Gripping his metal axe with both hands, he swung it in a whistling arc.

"Dammit! Diable Jambe!!!" Sanji gritted his teeth. His right leg snapped upward, turning glowing red and radiating intense heat as he blocked the axe with his foot.

CLANG—

A thunderous boom shook the air. After a brief stalemate, Sanji was overwhelmed by the monster’s raw strength. He was slammed out of the sky and into the ground.

BOOM!

Sanji cratered into the snow, creating a massive impact zone.

"Damn!" Sanji scrambled out of the pit, wiping blood from his lip. "This guy’s strength is insane. I can’t trade blows with him directly!"

THUD.

Otto landed shortly after, his feet sinking deep into the snow. Seeing Otto and Cavendish engage, Law didn’t hold back either, launching an attack at Smoker.

"Smoker, everything you’ve seen on this island has already sealed your fate!" Law raised his hand and slashed forward.

Smoker’s face paled as his body dissolved into smoke, surging into the air.

Slash—

In the next heartbeat, over a dozen G-5 Marines were cleaved through, their upper bodies tossed into the air.

"AAAHHH!"

"I’ve been cut!"

"Wait... I’m still alive!"

The bisected Marines screamed, only to realize they weren’t dead, they didn’t even feel pain, and not a single drop of blood fell from the clean cuts.

"You’re in the way! Get outside the circle!" Smoker barked over his shoulder.

"The circle?" The Marines were baffled.

"When you are within the circle Law creates, think of yourselves as patients on an operating table. This is the operating room, and that man is the Surgeon of Death who completely controls this space!" Smoker explained grimly.

He paused and shouted again, "Tashigi, take the men and pin down Cavendish! Straw Hats, take the fight outside the circle to avoid his wide-range slashes!"

"Yes, Vice Admiral Smoker!" Tashigi nodded, leading the Marines toward the edge of the ’Operating Room.’

Hearing Smoker’s tip, both the Straw Hats and Otto’s group were secretly shaken. If a stray slash from Law hit them while they were mid-fight, it would be a disaster. By unspoken agreement, Otto, Cavendish, and Sanji’s group began shifting the battlefield outside the boundary.

"Takt!"

Law, expressionless, slowly raised a finger, manipulating the hovering warship, ice, and boulders. The bisected ship and massive stones began to spin in the air before raining down on the airborne Smoker.

BOOM! CRASH!

Massive blocks of ice and riverbed rock slammed down. Smoker wove through the falling debris like a ghost, rapidly closing the distance to Law.

"White Out!!!" Smoker roared, his fists erupting in smoke.

BOOM!

Law reached out, and three massive ice blocks fell in front of him as shields. Smoker’s barrage shattered them into a million shards, sending frost and debris flying everywhere.

As Trafalgar Law and Smoker engaged in their fierce duel, the others who had moved outside the ’Operating Room’ resumed their battle.

"Black Leg Sanji! I’ll remember your name!" Otto, in his hybrid form, swung his giant axe in a frenzied flurry.

"Who asked you to remember me?! I only care... if the beautiful ladies remember me!" Sanji shouted back, his eyes briefly turning to hearts despite the danger. His legs remained glowing red with intense heat as he unleashed a barrage of Diable Jambe kicks, parrying one heavy axe strike after another.

"Kiri Shigure!"

Tashigi cried out, raising her blade high. Her edge was coated in Armament Haki as she slashed forward like lightning.

CLANG—

Cavendish flicked his sword upward, parrying the strike with a crisp metallic ring.

"To be honest, facing two beautiful ladies, I really can’t bear to strike," Cavendish said, holding Tashigi’s blade at bay with one hand while tossing his blond hair with the other. "However, if I let you go, that freak Captain Aeridar might not let me off so easily!"

Seeing his relaxed posture, Tashigi gritted her teeth. "Damn you, are you looking down on me?!"

Cavendish glanced at her and shook his head. "Looking down? I would never—"

BOOM—

Suddenly, the earth shook. A violent gale swept through, kicking up a blinding blizzard and cutting Cavendish off. A massive dark shadow blurred through the storm, flying backward and slamming into an iceberg a hundred meters away. The force was so immense that the ten-meter-high iceberg shattered into a million pieces.

"What?! Otto!" Cavendish gasped. He recognized the massive figure that had just been sent flying.

"I said... who exactly are you people?"

Through the swirling snow, a figure wearing a straw hat stood before Sanji. Behind him, four other figures lined up alongside the chef.

Cavendish’s expression froze as he looked back.

"Straw Hat Luffy!!!"