It was a man with moss-green hair. In both his hands and his mouth, he held a sharp long blade. When he saw the attack Gray had released coming toward him, not only did he not panic, he even grinned, his eyes filled with a bloodthirsty light.
Looking at this person, others might find him unfamiliar, but in a certain swordsmanship dojo in Shimotsuki Village in the One Piece world, everyone was shocked.
Wasn't the person in the video Zoro?
"Hmph. Boring tricks. Three-Sword Style: Three Thousand Worlds."
In the video, Zoro smiled. Then his body spun at high speed, and the three blades instantly created a massive tornado, easily breaking through Gray's spell.
Seeing his attack neutralized so effortlessly, Gray began to get serious.
At this moment, a complex magic circle appeared beneath his feet. Then he clenched both hands and roared,
"Ice-Make: Lance!"
As he spoke, his hands swung forward. A visible streak of ice shot straight toward Zoro. Its speed was so fast that it actually carried a piercing wind howl.
Looking at the attack before him, Zoro finally became truly serious.
Immediately afterward, he tossed away the two long blades in his hands and took the one held in his mouth into both hands.
Then, under everyone's incredulous gazes, Zoro actually closed his eyes. The long blade in his hand was also returned to its sheath.
Just when everyone thought he was about to give up resisting, Zoro's voice rang out with extreme calm.
"One-Sword Style: Lion's Song!"
In the next second, as his voice fell, his body suddenly accelerated. At a speed invisible to the naked eye, he passed straight through that mass of ice, causing the ice behind him to shatter and fall to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Koshiro in the dojo smiled.
From Zoro's sword technique, he saw something different.
It was something he had once taught him—
The power that could cut steel, yet also choose not to cut paper.
In the video, Gray saw Zoro cleanly neutralize his spell with one move, but he did not seem surprised. Then he opened his mouth, and a stream of ice shot toward Zoro at high speed, giving Zoro no chance to rest.
Afterward, Zoro still did not panic. Instead, he smiled calmly and swung his blade downward in what looked like a light and slow motion. Yet he directly split the ice Gray spat out into two.
"One-Sword Style: Dog Tremor!"
After that, taking advantage of the moment when Gray's follow-up strength was lacking, Zoro quickly turned back, picked up the two long blades behind him, and once again returned to his previous Three-Sword Style stance.
"Three-Sword Style: Oni Giri!"
Zoro slowly bent forward. Then, the two blades in his hands and the blade clenched in his mouth erupted with three sharp streams of sword energy, slashing directly toward Gray not far away.
The power was so great that three marks were carved into the ground wherever they passed.
"Ice-Make: Ice Shield!"
Seeing this, Gray struck the ground again. A block of ice several dozen centimeters thick rose from in front of him, forming a giant shield that protected Gray.
Boom!
After a tremendous sound, the ice shattered.
However, those three terrifying streams of sword energy still continued to rush toward Gray, directly leaving three bloody marks across his chest. They also forced Gray to take two steps back before he could finally disperse the force of the sword energy.
"Cough, cough… Ice-Make: Blood Demon Armor!"
"Blood Blades: Sevenfold Dance!"
Gray coughed up blood.
Then, something astonishing happened.
The blood flowing from his body actually froze into ice. Under Gray's command, it directly transformed into a set of blood-red armor, arming Gray completely.
Protected by the armor, Gray roared loudly.
Immediately afterward, two blades condensed from blood appeared on his arms. Then, with a sudden burst of strength from his right foot, he charged straight in front of Zoro and swung the blood-colored blades, striking seven times like a dance.
Caught off guard, Zoro was directly knocked into the air by Gray's spell. Deep blade marks were left across his chest, and blood spilled through the air.
However, Gray on the ground had no intention of stopping there.
In the next instant, he pressed his hands together and shouted in a firm voice,
"Ice-Make: Demon God Spear!"
As Gray's voice fell, a gigantic ice spear gleaming with cold light appeared out of thin air beneath Zoro's feet.
One could imagine that if this attack landed, Zoro would undoubtedly die.
Seeing the ice spear before him, Zoro did not dare gamble. He exhausted all the strength in his body and, while in midair, twisted his body with the power of his waist to adjust his posture. Then, in an extremely dangerous moment, he dodged that powerful spear.
After landing, the first thing Zoro did was create distance between himself and Gray. Only then did he finally gain a brief chance to breathe.
After widening the distance, Zoro touched the wound on his body.
Then, looking at the warm blood on his hand, Zoro smiled. A strange, bewitching red light rose in his eyes.
Afterward, Zoro raised the long blade in his hand high and spoke in a low voice.
"Demon Aura Nine-Sword Style: Asura!"
Gray, standing off to the side, was shocked to see a bizarre scene.
Zoro's arms slowly spread open. Then, Zoro's body underwent an unbelievable transformation. Two more heads slowly grew from both sides of his head, and four more arms also grew from behind him.
At this moment, Zoro had transformed into a being with three heads and six arms. Immediately afterward, a terrifying aura enveloped Gray.
Although Gray was shocked inside, his expression became increasingly solemn.
Then he suddenly took a deep breath and spoke calmly.
"Ice Devil Slayer Magic: Iced Shell!"
The moment his voice fell, a complex magic circle instantly appeared beneath Gray's feet. Then the temperature in the air dropped rapidly.
A thick layer of ice instantly spread outward from beneath Gray's feet.
Even Zoro's ankles were frozen little by little. Then the ice swiftly spread across his entire body, giving Zoro no chance to attack at all.
Iced Shell could also be called a one-for-one technique.
By using all the magic power and life within Gray's body to activate this spell, it directly froze Zoro, who had yet to react, turning him completely into an ice sculpture.
Then Gray looked at Zoro, who had already become an ice sculpture, and expressionlessly raised his hand, making a grasping motion forward.
The ice sculpture instantly shattered completely, turning into countless chunks of ice that filled the sky.
In the next moment, the screen suddenly went black.
Clearly, the video ended there.
The viewers, still unsatisfied, immediately began discussing it below.
Naruto: So strong! That Iced Shell move looked terrifying. It should be a forbidden technique, right?
Ace: Iced Shell, huh? I wonder if my flames could melt it.
Ash: Iced Shell is really powerful, but Ho-Oh's flames should be able to handle it easily, right?
Giovanni: What a pity. He's human. Otherwise, I would definitely find a way to obtain his genes and create a powerful Pokémon.
Just as everyone was discussing heatedly, Gray had no interest in joining the conversation at all.
Because right now, he was immersed in the spell he had released in the video, silently studying it.
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