One Piece: Starting with the Immortal Rocks Pirates

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The two had only run a few meters when a dark shadow flashed by, and Dimon had already intercepted them.

The older brother, Yizang, was horrified. His movements were too fast for the naked eye to follow. He instinctively shielded his younger brother, shouting, "Be careful..."

The massive sword energy struck Kikunoomi and Izou like a cannonball.

It coughed up blood and flew backwards.

His younger brother, Kikunoomi, whom he was protecting, was not much better off; he was also affected by the Wei Kingdom's influence.

"To Zang, a minister of chrysanthemums!"

Kanjuro Kurozumi stared wide-eyed, then picked up a paintbrush and started drawing something on the ground.

Paramecia type, user of the Pen-Pen Fruit.

Dimon noticed the man's movements, immediately lunged forward, and slashed down with his sword.

A figure cut in from the right, and with a clang, a samurai sword blocked his attack.

"Huh? You managed to react, not bad," Dimon complimented.

Ashura Doji's expression was solemn as he gritted his teeth and gripped the hilt of his sword. An immense pressure emanated from the opponent's black sword.

It was as if it wasn't facing humans, but a mountain.

Armament Haki burst forth with jet-black lightning during the battle, radiating outwards in waves like pulses.

"Get out of the way, Kanjuro! I can't hold on much longer..." Ashura Doji roared.

Denjiro, a two-sword style samurai, seized this brief opportunity and launched a fierce attack.

"Oden Two Swordsman Style·Peach Blossom Ten Fists!"

It was the same swordsmanship that Kozuki Oden used to slay Kaido earlier, a cross slash after closing in at lightning speed.

"You are far inferior to your Lord Oden."

Faced with the attack, Dimon remained calm and composed, bringing his left index and middle fingers together and pointing them at Denjiro from a distance.

In an instant, a pentagram magic circle opened.

The sword energy from the cross-shaped slash was swallowed by the magic circle and disappeared without a trace, without even causing a ripple.

"What?" Denjiro's face was blank.

In that moment of hesitation, Dimon deflected Ashura Doji with a slash, and at the same time, turned around and kicked Denjiro on the head.

A strike like a steel whip would be unbearable even for Saturn's Satan, let alone a civilian warrior.

Denjiro coughed up blood and was kicked away, his body dragging a long way across the ground like a rag.

"Denjiro!"

Ashura Child was greatly shocked. What kind of enemy was this? In just a short while, four of the six of them had been defeated.

Only he and Kurozumi Kanjuro remained.

Kanjuro Kurozumi was still drawing on the ground.

Ashura Child glared angrily at Dimon and shouted:

"Kanjuro, stop drawing! This is no match for you. Take the others and run. I'll hold him off!"

Kanjuro Kurozumi abruptly stopped what he was doing, his face full of resentment.

Seeing this, Dimon's expression was somewhat amused, and he couldn't help but say:

"Such deep camaraderie, but misplaced. Didn't I just call your names?"

"His name is Kurozumi Kanjuro, didn't you hear that?"

"Or perhaps you heard it, but didn't notice?"

Ashura Child's pupils contracted, as if he had realized something.

He glanced at Kurozumi Kanjuro, only to see that Kurozumi Kanjuro's expression was somewhat gloomy.

"Kanjuro, your name is Souyaku Kanjuro..."

Dimon smiled calmly: "That's a pseudonym. He's an excellent undercover agent. You've worked hard, [Black Charcoal] Kanjuro."

"You...who are you?"

After a long silence, Kurozumi Kanjuro couldn't help but ask.

He was indeed an undercover agent. As a member of the Kurozumi family, he harbored an irreconcilable hatred for the Kozuki family.

He lurked around Kozuki Oden, hoping to one day take revenge.

Could it be an assassin sent by Kurozumi Orochi?

Unable to maintain his pretense any longer, Kurozumi Kanjuro stood up, his expression no longer flustered, but cold and indifferent.

He wielded his paintbrush with lightning speed, drawing a monster on the ground.

"Fire Workshop!"

In just a few seconds, a burning, pitch-black monster transformed from a two-dimensional plane into a real object.

Ashura Doji was stunned. "W-No...aren't you supposed to be a terrible artist? How are you going to explain this, Kanjuro!"

"What's there to explain? Your identity has already been exposed anyway." Kurozumi Kanjuro grinned, then turned to Dimon and asked directly, "Did Lord Orochi send you?"

"Is he worthy?"

Dimon flashed forward and pierced Kurozumi Kanjuro's chest with a single strike.

He then deftly drew his sword, leaving a trail of blood.

"You..." Kurozumi Kanjuro clutched his wound and knelt down with a thud, his eyes filled with disbelief: "Why? Wasn't your enemy Kozuki Oden's group? Cough cough..."

"No, the entire Wano Country."

Dimon wiped the blood off his knife and turned to walk towards the last person.

"To be honest, it's a bit boring to bully weaker players. You're the strongest, Ashura Doji, hang in there a little longer."

Ashura Child was completely dumbfounded; the series of reversals overloaded his pig brain.

However, seeing Dimon charging towards him, there was no point in thinking too much now.

"I will win! I am Ashura Doji!!"

He roared and took the initiative to fight back.

He was once the tyrant of Jiuli and was known as "the most dangerous monster in Jiuli".

Two years ago, he was defeated by Kozuki Oden, but was impressed by his character and willingly followed him.

The battle back then was still vivid in his mind; it was a clash of equals, only he was slightly inferior.

A few hours later.

Ashura Doji's katana was knocked away, and he fell straight backward.

His body was covered in wounds, and bright red blood clung to his entire body.

"Cough... Damn... monster!"

With a weak curse, Ashura Doji slowly closed his eyes and fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss.

Dimon stood beside him and couldn't help but shake his head.

"It doesn't mean anything. I'll probably forget about you in the next second."

Aside from being a bit more durable, it wasn't even a warm-up compared to the high-level games he used to play.

Having dealt with the group of retainers, Dimon turned and left.

On a small hillside, Dimon sat cross-legged, quietly watching the battle between Kaido and Kozuki Oden.

The two were indeed evenly matched opponents, and the battle was evenly contested.

No, if I had to say, Kaido is stronger, while Kozuki Oden is at a disadvantage.

However, defeating Kozuki Oden would be difficult for Kaido as well.

This is a protracted battle.

In the world of One Piece, evenly matched opponents can fight for days and nights.

Night quietly passed, and the stars dimmed.

As the first light of dawn appeared on the horizon, Kozuki Oden, after more than ten hours of fierce fighting, finally succumbed to exhaustion and was knocked unconscious by Kaido with a single blow.

Kaido transformed back into human form from his beast form, his breathing becoming very rapid.

Dimon approached the unconscious Kozuki Oden and looked him over.

"Well done, Kai. I thought it would take several days to decide the winner."

"Hmph, it's just a warm-up."

Kaido gave a proud snort.

Chapter 31 Demon Skill Three: [Parasitic Fruit]

"What should we do next? Head to the Flower Capital and kill Kozuki Sukiyaki?"

Kaido took a breath and sat down to recover his strength.

He reached for his waist, wanting to drink, but found that the gourd had been destroyed in the battle, and couldn't help but scoff.

Have you ever heard the saying, "It's easier to conquer a country than to govern it"?

“You’ve never been to school,” Kaido said irritably. “I’ve been trained as a warrior since I was a child. Just tell me your next plan.”

Dimon smiled and said, "I'm going back to the Hive to find some of my men. You keep an eye on them for now."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.

The next moment, a pentagram magic circle appeared beneath their feet.

Kaido's gaze sharpened: "You can do this too? Back in God Valley, members of the Knights of God were teleported here using this kind of magic circle."

"Not quite the same, but similar. I'll be right back now."

As soon as he finished speaking, black mist enveloped Dimon and vanished in the blink of an eye.

The pentagram magic circle on the ground still exists.

Kaido observed for a moment, then nodded in realization: "I see, that's how he got back to Hive from God Valley..."

After spending more than two years with Dimon, he found the guy increasingly mysterious.

Considering that Dimon is immortal, he might be an ancient monster who has lived from ancient times to the present.

Beehive Island, Immortal Bar.

On the floor of the second-floor bedroom, a pentagram magic circle emitted wisps of black smoke, after which Dimon quietly appeared.

He first took out the five top-tier Devil Fruits he had previously obtained from the locker, and then went downstairs to the bar.

The bar was deserted, with no customers.

Abel immediately stood up to greet Dimon as he came downstairs.

"Lord Dimon."

"Go and call Orsia and the others. Everyone come here."

Currently, there are no capable people under my command, except for Abel and the remaining guards of the Tide Sound Kingdom.

Abel didn't ask any questions and faithfully carried out the orders.

After he left, Dimon placed the five Devil Fruits on the table one by one.

One of them is a Paramecia-type Paw-Paw Fruit, but the identities of the other four are unknown.

"It's a pity that Rocks was captured, so I didn't have a chance to ask him about the Devil Fruit encyclopedia."

Dimon thought for a moment, then picked up a pill and silently swallowed it.

[Consuming a Devil Fruit grants 1000 Devil Points.]

As the system notification flashed before his eyes, Dimon thought to himself, "Just as I thought."