I Have Been Sleeping Among Pirates For A Hundred Years

"Oh? Here comes another one..."

Joel narrowed his blood-red pupils and looked at the person, the bloodthirsty color on his lips became more and more intense, "Pirate hunter, Roronoa. Zoro!"

"I didn't expect it to be you..."

Cold sweat broke out on Zoro's forehead. He didn't know if it was caused by the pain in his body or the nervousness after seeing this man.

Although he had been traveling on the Grand Line for such a long time and had gained enough growth, he still had little confidence and certainty when facing this man.

However, he clearly felt one thing at this moment, and that was the hostility on the other side.

Rather than saying it is hostility, it is better to say it is a crazy fighting spirit!

Without giving him much time to think, the man in front of him turned into a blood-red light and rushed in front of him in an instant.

The sharp long claws drew five blood-red arcs in the air. Even though Zoro had prepared his defense, there were still five narrow blood marks on his body extending from his chest to his waist and abdomen!

The air flow roared out, instantly cutting five neat incisions into a huge rock dozens of meters away behind Zoro!

As smooth as cutting tofu.

Zoro groaned, ignoring the blood gushing from the corner of his mouth and body, holding the knife in reverse with both hands, and slashed powerfully from bottom to top!

Two-sword style. Two cuts. Climb the stairs! !

Two substantial blue slashing air currents flew up with Zoro's body, and at the same time, they slashed towards Joel's jaw!

Joel took a step back, raised his chin to the sky, almost at a right angle of 90 degrees to the ground, and calmly avoided the attack.

The sight of Zoro leaping into the air was reflected in his raised eyes.

A cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, blood fire that could burn even the blood surged out of his hand, and he aimed at the tiny figure in the air with nowhere to focus!

Bear!

The majestic flames soared into the sky.

"Oops!"

Zoro also clearly felt the huge flaw he had exposed at this moment, but he couldn't think too much at this moment. His fighting instinct made him instantly position his two swords downwards.

Two-sword style. Seventy-two troubled phoenixes!

The instantaneous slashing air flow rushed straight to the ground, and the reverse impact force caused by the collision with the ground caused the body to rise suddenly for more than ten meters, almost avoiding the flame pillar coming diagonally.

When he landed again, Zoro's left arm was covered with large blood blisters due to a trace of blood inflammation.

But he has no time to care about this at the moment...

Because, the blood-red figure is already approaching!

The huge gap in strength between the two sides prevented him from making any effective response. He could only watch five bloody claws stabbing his face.

About to pierce his skull.

…

The bloody claw stopped when it was still one centimeter away from his cheek.

It stopped there abruptly and strangely.

Then, a tall figure wearing a black cloak and a blood-red sword at his waist came slowly.

Immediately afterwards, the "Joel" in front of Zoro quickly twisted and deformed, and soon turned into a bloody bolt flying upside down in the air and seeping into the palm of the visitor.

Zoro, who had retrieved a life from the brink of death, groaned, and the tightly tensed muscles in his body suddenly relaxed. The fatigue in his body seemed to have found its outlet, rushing crazily throughout his body.

His knees softened and he half-knelt on the ground weakly, but the unstoppable shock in his heart still forced him to raise his head and look at the figure.

What's going on?

Why do blood pupils appear there?

And even the clothes have changed!

Not only the clothes, but also the temperament has completely changed...

Could it be that the one fighting him was not Xue Tong himself, but just one of his abilities? !

Zoro's thoughts were racing for a moment.

Rayleigh, who was watching all this calmly, also had a flash of surprise in his eyes, and murmured, "What a strange ability!"

now.

Joel looked around at the devastated ground with interest.

The memory fragments transmitted from the blood allowed him to clearly "see" all the experiences of this blood clone.

In fact, this blood clone is part of the blood in his left hand.

With the fusion of the blood factor and his body, the native blood in his left arm was washed away by the blood factor, resulting in an annoying rejection reaction.

So out of boredom, he released this part of the native blood that was contaminated with blood factors from his body and kept it in a storage container.

Normally, if this blood does not come into contact with any living body, even if it is left for another hundred years, it will not produce any changes.

However.

The flawless blood factor contains all human emotions and personalities, and thus "pollutes" this part of the original blood, giving it an independent personality in the reproduction of the original body.

and walked out of the container.

However, it does not completely replicate Joel's character, it only replicates part of it, so it appears more brutal and bloodthirsty.

Of course, after the blood returns to Joel's body, the personality will completely disappear and the memory will be inherited by Joel.

And even when the blood forms a blood clone again, it may not necessarily be Joel's negative character that is reproduced, but may also be transformed into a gentle and elegant royal family.

Just like a newborn baby is often a blank slate. Only after encountering different people and different situations will it develop completely different personalities.

"Some interesting experience..."

A slightly novel smile appeared at the corner of Joel's mouth.

If he had not inherited the memory of the blood clone, he would not have thought that his blood would evolve in this way.

Joel casually looked at the evil generations who fell to the ground, and walked past them towards the Island Turtle without any trouble.

"I thought you were going to kill them now..."

Rayleigh took a sip of wine and looked at Joel with a hint of teasing in her tone.

Joel paused for a moment and yawned without any trace.

"These guys are too weak, so weak that even if I kill them, I won't feel any fun."

"Aren't you afraid that they will grow up to the point where even you can't underestimate them?"

"The real strong men on the sea are never afraid of challenges. If one day they can grow to that point, then I will enjoy the battle...

Give them a decent exit! "

"Yeah……"

Rayleigh also showed an unprecedented smile,

"...It seems that your ability to take the path of fighting the world is not accidental, but destiny."

"Is it destined?"

Joel chuckled noncommittally and continued to move forward slowly, leaving only a deep and distant figure behind.

Rayleigh looked at Joel's back and praised in a low voice, "With such courage, he is worthy of being the top man in that era..."

When Joel gradually turned into a black dot in his sight, Rayleigh turned his gaze to the figure wearing a straw hat, and a bright light flashed in the lens,

“Although we lost this battle, losing to Xue Tong is a normal thing.

You who had a brilliant performance just now should be the Monkey.D. Luffy who made Shanks bet his arm on the new era..."