One Piece: Start as a mythical beast, practice to become stronger

The huge creature roared and took a step forward. The moment its footsteps landed, it seemed as if the earth was shaking under its power.

Its eyes flashed scarlet light and a thunderous sound came from the depths of its throat, carrying a deterrent force that could not be ignored.

On the other side, those slender shadow creatures were floating silently. They dispersed like smoke and almost merged into the dust around the battlefield.

Suddenly, one of the shadow creatures rushed towards Jinan at incredible speed, and its arm as sharp as a knife pierced straight into his chest!

"hiss--!"

The sound of air being cut was heard, and the shadow's attack was as fast as the wind, carrying a cold murderous intent.

Jin An's pupils shrank slightly, but he was not at all panicked. He raised his long sword lightly, and the moment the shadow approached, the blade suddenly flashed a cold light!

"clang--!"

The blade collided with the shadow's sharp blade, making a sharp sound that made your teeth ache.

The shadow's movement paused for a moment, but Jin An keenly caught this flaw.

His body moved forward, and the blade swung out again like lightning, accurately cutting into the core of the shadow creature!

"puff--!"

The shadow let out a low wail, and his body began to disintegrate like smoke, disappearing into the air.

However, Jin'an's expression did not relax at all, because he felt that more shadows were approaching silently.

“These guys move so fast.”

Loki's voice came from not far away, and he swung his hammer down suddenly, smashing a shadow creature that pounced on him into black fragments.

But just as he took a breath, he found that the fragments had re-condensed into a new form in the air.

"They... can be resurrected?"

Loki opened his eyes wide, raised his hammer again, and smashed it down heavily.

"Damn, what a hassle!"

"These things are more than just resurrection."

Whitebeard said in a deep voice, his long sword pierced into the chest of a shell monster, and the shock wave instantly shattered its body.

But he found that the scattered shells swam quickly and reassembled, and after just a few seconds, the monster stood up again!

"They...are not dead at all."

Whitebeard's expression became more serious. He snorted coldly.

“That’s interesting.”

At the same time, Yisheng, who was on the ruins in the distance, sensed the movements of these creatures and slowly pulled out half of the knife in his hand again.

He raised his head slightly, and a hint of coldness flashed in his white pupils:

“This kind of aura is no longer ordinary control.

Yimu...has indeed made a more profound move."

The air became heavier, and everyone could feel the silent pressure growing stronger, while those creatures seemed to be advancing towards the battlefield endlessly.

Jin An's eyes were stern, he gripped his sword tightly, and whispered:

"Don't panic, they may not really be invincible."

"Then tell me, how can we defeat these things?"

Loki swung his hammer, his tone a little impatient.

Although his attacks were powerful, the reorganization abilities of those creatures were really a headache.

Jin An's eyes sank slightly. He quickly scanned the battlefield and analyzed the characteristics of these creatures in his mind:

“They are not immortal, but their core is not damaged.

Their outer shells and shadows are just a trick; their real weaknesses may be hidden where we cannot see them."

"core?"

Whitebeard smiled coldly, and swept his long sword across, repelling a group of shell monsters.

"Then smash them until they can no longer be resurrected!"

Jin An nodded, moved his feet, and instantly rushed towards those shadow creatures.

His blade slashed out at an extremely fast speed, and the blade energy was like a rainbow, splitting the shadow in front of him into pieces.

But his eyes were fixed on the scattered fragments. He was searching - searching for the source of their resurrection!

"I saw it..."

Jin'an's eyes suddenly focused, and he caught a glimpse of a very tiny light flashing on the ground at the moment when the shadows dispersed.

"That's their core!"

Jin An let out a low shout, and rushed towards the light like an arrow, with the blade raised high, and then chopped down suddenly the next moment!

"boom--!"

With a loud bang, the ray of light was cut by the blade, followed by a shrill scream from the shadow creatures on the entire battlefield.

Their bodies began to crumble and dissipate like broken mirrors.

"Sure enough!"

Jin An's eyes were sharp, and he turned around quickly to lock onto the next target.

"If we find the core, we can solve them completely!"

After hearing this, Loki and Whitebeard immediately adjusted their fighting style and began to search for the cores of those shell monsters and shadow creatures with all their strength.

As the cores were destroyed one after another, those once invincible killing machines gradually became weak and powerless, and the situation of the battle began to slowly tilt.

But at this moment, Yim's deep laughter came from the depths of Pangu City:

"You are very smart... But the real fun is yet to begin."

Her voice was gentle, but it was like an icy blade, piercing everyone's heart.

Above the battlefield, the storm gathered again, and it seemed that a greater crisis was approaching!

Deep in Pangu City, in a space shrouded in shadows, Im sat alone on the throne, with the mirror reflecting the scene of the battlefield.

Flames and smoke intertwined as Jin An and others fought fiercely with the newly released monsters, leaving the ground in ruins.

And all this, in her eyes, was nothing more than an entertaining drama, a farce performed just for her.

Suddenly, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing an almost imperceptible smile.

The smile was light and strange, totally inconsistent with her cold face.

Even when this smile appeared on her face, she didn't even notice it.

It has been hundreds of years. How long has it been since she last laughed?

Even she herself can't remember clearly.

It seemed that from the moment she sat on the throne, time lost its meaning to her, and smile, as a "useless emotional expression" of human beings, had long been buried deep in her memory.

However, at this moment, looking at Jinan and the others fighting desperately, and watching those creatures being destroyed, reassembled, and destroyed again one by one, she actually laughed for the first time in her life.

The smile started out as a slight twitch of the corners of the mouth, then slowly expanded and finally turned into a real smile.

There was sarcasm, contempt, and a hint of imperceptible appreciation in that smile.

"It's really interesting..."

Yim said softly, her voice low and soft, with a hint of nonchalant amusement,

“These people can actually hold on until now.”

She stood up and slowly walked to the huge mirror, her fingers gently sliding across the edge of the mirror, as if she was touching a rare treasure.

Her eyes were fixed on Jin An's stern face in the mirror, Whitebeard's wild laughter, and Loki's fearless roar.

She tilted her head slightly, and there was a hint of depth in her smile.

"What a lovely struggle, what a tenacious performance."

She sighed softly, with an indescribable sense of pleasure in her voice.

"I haven't been this happy in a long time. I really should thank you."

This is not sarcasm.

She was truly happy—an emotion she hadn't felt for a long time, an emotion that even she herself felt unfamiliar with.

Those fake smiles and polite expressions on a daily basis mean nothing in her world.

But now, this smile from the heart emerged uncontrollably from her face.

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