radiothebook Chapter 649: The Final Hunt!
Chapter 649: The Final Hunt!
Chopper's massive body trembled in the wind and snow.
He suddenly lowered his head.
With thunderous force, its two powerful forehooves slammed even deeper into the broken ice field below.
"boom!"
The frozen soil let out a mournful cry.
The ice cracked outwards from the edge of his hooves, and the dense cracks spread like a giant net, covering the ground within a radius of a hundred meters.
A bone-chilling cold emanated from the ground.
Emerald green light rose from the depths of the crack.
Chopper didn't look back at Zoro.
He cut off the defensive forces that were spreading outwards.
They abandoned the protection of the entire battlefield.
He channeled all the remaining power of the forest within him into the ground.
Thick roots grow wildly deep in the frozen soil.
Chopper's eyes held only determination.
There is only one goal.
Turn this land into a cage.
That monster who called himself a god could no longer move an inch.
On the distant ice plains, the Qilin Gom Saint knelt on one knee.
He was breathing heavily.
His core armor on his chest shattered, and fear gripped his neck.
He noticed the unusual activity underground.
He figured out which reindeer was blocking the terrain.
"Don't even think about it..."
Qilin Gom Saint gritted his teeth.
He raised his right hand and pressed it hard against the horrific crack in his chest.
They wanted to suppress the leaking demonic energy using physical methods.
They wanted to forcibly restart the Rain God's mobility.
His palm just touched the edge of the crack.
"laugh!"
A faint cutting sound.
Deep within the crack, the dark gold remnants of Zoro's slash still lingered.
A flash of dark golden light.
Several deep, bone-revealing wounds were cut into the palm of Qilin Gom Saint.
"Ugh!"
Qilin Gom Saint let out a muffled groan and withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted.
Warm, dark blood seeped out from between his fingers.
Thick blood dripped onto the crack in his chest, flowing into the crimson vortex that swirled and swelled at varying speeds.
The leakage of demonic energy did not stop; instead, it became even more violent.
The underground tremors grew increasingly violent.
"Click click click—"
The dense, muffled sound of roots moving through came from all directions.
Like countless giant pythons swimming underground.
The next second, dozens of new vines as thick as buckets broke through the ice.
The ice shards were lifted into the air.
These vines did not attack the Qilin Gom Saint.
Like conscious soldiers, they quickly took positions within a twenty-meter radius around the Qilin Gom Saint.
Directly in front, three of the thickest main vines broke through the soil.
They crossed in mid-air, blocking all escape routes for Qilin Gom Saint.
On both the left and right sides, five thorny vines are inserted diagonally into the ground.
Rows of sharp barricades.
Above, the branches of the giant tree droop down, with countless green leaves and vines intertwining to form a dense, emerald-green net.
Behind the Qilin Gom Saint, the roots of a large number of giant trees broke through the ice layer, intertwined and hardened in the air, forming a semi-circular solid wooden wall.
A green hunting ground.
It took shape completely in a few breaths.
Chopper closed his eyes.
He senses the location of each vine through the underground root network.
His body had reached its limit.
Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, dripping onto the ice and instantly freezing into dark red ice beads.
He didn't stop.
He endured the excruciating pain tearing through his mind and forcibly corrected the angle of the vines.
The third vine on the left is off by half an inch.
Chopper suddenly opened his eyes.
He let out a low growl.
It raised its right foreleg and crushed the ice beneath its feet.
The power traveled from the hoof tip straight to the ground.
The stray vine was instantly pulled back, then, with even more ferocious force, pierced back into the absolutely correct position.
The emerald green runes on the surface of the vines began to shimmer.
Ancient natural runes intertwined, forming a vast array in the air.
The array exuded a sense of oppression.
Now, no matter which direction Qilin Gom Saint dodges, he will collide with at least three layers of vine bindings.
The hunting grounds have been sealed off.
Qilin Gom Saint's face was extremely ugly.
He refused to believe it and stared intently at the vines diagonally inserted on the left, then took half a step to the left.
"Whoosh!"
A vine sprang up from the left and tightly wrapped around the knee of the Qilin Gom Saint.
"Get out of here!"
Qilin Gom's Holy Roar.
The emerald green runes on the vines burst forth with dazzling light.
Pure natural power surged into his leg armor, purifying the dark demonic energy.
The hissing sound was piercing.
The indestructible black crystal leg armor was burned to a grayish-white color, and large pieces of black crystal turned into powder and fell off.
Qilin Gom Saint was sweating profusely from the pain.
The black water arm behind him rose, and the dark, corrosive liquid condensed into a huge blade in mid-air.
He swung his black arm to cut the vines that were wrapped around his knees.
Just then.
A very thin, dark gold slash wave pierced through the air.
Zoro was still half-crouched on a branch of a giant tree in the distance.
He did not charge.
He watched coldly as his prey struggled.
He casually swung the knife.
This dark gold slash, as thin as a hair, was incredibly fast, precisely cutting into the joints of Blackwater's arm.
"Pfft!"
The front end of the Blackwater arm was severed.
Corrosive black water splashed onto the ice, producing plumes of white smoke.
Qilin Gom Saint's attack was interrupted.
The deadly blade was aimed straight at his throat.
He was forced to pull the remaining half of his arm back to his chest and assume a defensive stance.
Zoro's power was beginning to build up.
He stood up straight.
With knees bent, lower your center of gravity to its lowest point.
"Click."
He pushed off with his right foot, crushing the bark on the branch.
The toe of his left foot dug deep into the grain of the giant tree.
His body and the tree trunk beneath his feet became one.
He held Enma horizontally on his right, the dark golden ghostly energy flowing wildly on the blade.
He held the Sandai Kitetsu in his lower left hand, the dark red demonic energy pulsating violently on the blade.
He held the Wado Ichimonji tightly in his mouth, the pure white blade firmly positioned along the center line of his body.
Three famous swords.
Three forces.
Zoro narrowed his one eye.
He adjusted his breathing.
The tips of the three knives traced three cold lines in mid-air, corresponding to the three fatal cracks on the chest of the Qilin Gom Saint.
The hunter has locked onto the prey's throat.
Chopper's condition is getting worse.
The pure green light is fading.
Large patches of his magnificent emerald green feathered robe were peeling off his shoulders and back.
The vibrant leaves, once separated from his body, instantly lost all color, withered in mid-air, and fell to the ground as scattered fragments.
Chopper's breathing was extremely heavy.
But he did not withdraw any of his strength.
He gritted his teeth and forced the surrounding vines to continue compressing inward.
"Crunch, crunch—"
The sound of vines rubbing together was teeth-grinding.
The living space of the Qilin Gom Saint was ruthlessly squeezed.
Twenty meters.
ten meters.
five meters.
The cage made of vines is getting smaller and smaller.
Each shrinking brings a terrifying sense of oppression.
Qilin Gom Saint was forced to retreat repeatedly, but there was nowhere left to retreat.
The demonic energy leaking from his chest became even more chaotic, and the scarlet vortex emitted a roar of unbearable strain.
Zoro sensed the completion of the vine array.
The muscles in his right arm were stretched to their limit.
The bulging muscle fibers are bursting with explosive power.
"Clatter".
The last few wraps of bandage around the forearm could not withstand the force and broke completely, falling into the wind and snow.
Just then, things changed.
Emerald green life light surged from the branches of the giant tree beneath his feet, running up Zoro's ankles and sticking to his palms and the hilts of his three famous swords.
This gentle force seeped into his reopened wound.
The excruciating pain was suppressed.
Zoro's fingers, which had been trembling due to blood loss, regained their stability.
He steadied his grip on the knife.
Zoro's eyes grew even colder.
The dark gold ghostly aura emanating from the Yama Blade began to compress.
The rampant ghostly energy was compressed into a thin, dark gold line by him, clinging tightly to the blade.
It's so sharp it's indescribable.
The snowflakes falling around them were shredded into powder by this invisible sharpness just half a foot away from the blade.
The chilling atmosphere in the air was extremely intense.
Within the five-meter square hunting ground, Qilin Gom Saint was completely panicked.
The crimson vortex on his chest emitted another piercing, snapping sound.
The vortex's rotation speed suddenly stopped.
"puff--"
Three gashes running through his chest simultaneously spewed out a large cloud of dark blood mist.
The circulation of demonic energy briefly stalled.
"roar--!"
Chopper seized the opportunity and let out a low growl.
He used his last bit of strength to pull all the vines as tight as possible.
"Clang!"
Zoro's shoulders jerked forward.
His body entered the final, frozen position before the sprint.
The wind and snow stopped at that moment.
The window, where the demonic energy had been stagnant, that the two had been waiting for was about to reappear.
The time for the hunt has come.