Bab 165: 165. Mind Shot! Living Dead - Shiki!
*Bang
The pieces of the pirate ship headed by Shiki, the Golden Lion, bombarded Rob indiscriminately with the roar of the wind.
Despite this massive attack, it didn't have much effect.
Rob just raised the Shinto in his hand and slashed out with his sword. The spiral flying slash instantly shattered the fragments of the pirate ship into even smaller pieces!
"Slash Wave!"
The attack with the pirate ship fragments was just a feint by Shiki.
When Rob slashed, Shiki flicked the famous sword prosthesis on his leg, launching a fierce and huge flying slash that split everything and came right at Rob's face.
His expression remained unchanged.
With a backhand swing of Shinto, the moment the sword light bloomed, Rob directly cut Shiki's Slash Wave saber energy in two.
prickly——
At the same time, as thunder light exploded on his body, Rob's figure burst with ultimate speed, instantly rushing in front of Shiki. He raised Shinto and slashed at Shiki's body viciously with his haki emitting sword!
"The speed is really fast!"
Shiki's expression didn't change, but he pondered in his heart.
He'd seen Rob's speed just now.
So, feeling Rob's speed again at this moment, Shiki was not surprised or panicked, but responded to Rob's attack very calmly.
Indeed—
He's much older compared to Rob.
And his physical strength has declined significantly, but his experience in life-and-death battles from the Rocks era to the Roger era and up to today is still quite outstanding!
Facing the Shinto sword in Rob's hand, he directly threw his fork in the air and used the Oto and Kogarashi on his feet to block everything!
Clang——
The moment the metal clashed and sparks flew, the terrifying power transmitted by the god in Rob's hand pushed Shiki's whole body higher into the sky.
"It's also powerful!"
Feeling the force that pushed him back, Shiki's face became very solemn. He could feel that Rob's slash just now was just an ordinary slash, not one with all his strength.
In other words—
When this guy was fighting him, Shiki, he was showing mercy!
Boom!
The moment he realized that Rob was showing mercy, the string of reason in Shiki's mind snapped!
"You bastard!!!"
With a grim expression on his face, Shiki forcibly used his ability to stop his body in the air and stared violently at Rob, who stepped on a flame cloud and flew towards him at high speed.
Roaring and shouting:
"You are showing mercy, right? You must be showing mercy! Do you think I need your mercy?! A rookie like you can't humiliate me like this!"
"Absolutely unforgivable, you guy, absolutely unforgivable!!!"
Roaring, Shiki directly swung the swords on his legs.
Unleashing dozens of flying slashes more terrifying than Slash Wave:
"Lion: Thousand Slice Valley!"
Zheng
Zheng
Zheng
The dense slashing attacks came from top to bottom, slashing directly towards Rob!
His eyes narrowed slightly.
In the face of those dozens of flying slashes, Rob just raised the Shinto in his hand, and without even charging his power, slashed out with a domineering sword!
Zheng
A crimson slash quickly pierced through the air.
The instant it collided with Shiki's Lion: Thousand Slice Valley, all his slashing attacks were cut off, and the crimson saber energy exploded, splitting all the clouds above the sky.
prickly——
Thunder light galloped.
Rob's figure flashed in front of Shiki, and the Shinto in his hand slashed at his head casually.
Zheng——
With a flash of the sword, Shiki lowered his head, and the rudder on top of his head, which had been lodged there since the "Edd War" with Roger, was directly cut off by Rob's quick slash.
swish!
Shiki flew back without hesitation.
His face was solemn as he looked at Rob seriously, his expression ferocious, shocked, and filled with disbelief. A strong unwillingness burst out of his body.
Looking at Rob in full swing, Shiki said in disbelief:
"This can't be... how could a young man like you..."
Swish——
Without giving Shiki a chance to say more, Rob directly turned the Shinto in his hand and stepped on the flame cloud.
Looking at Shiki calmly, he said:
"If you paid more attention to the changes in the sea and didn't immerse yourself in the false dreams you made up, you could face your failure! Your strength wouldn't have declined to this extent!"
Raising the Shinto in his hand, Rob looked at Shiki calmly:
"A person who always lives in the past has no future! After failure, you don't believe in anything and immerse yourself in daydreams, this is the biggest gap between you, Roger, and Whitebeard!"
prickly——
While speaking, Rob's figure once again charged towards Shiki. The Shinto in his hand kept slashing towards Shiki's vitals with increasing speed, quickly aiming for his heart!*clang
Breaking through all of Shiki's defenses one after another, Shinto left wounds on Shiki's body repeatedly, and at the same time, left deep cuts in Shiki's heart.
Puff——
The sword cut his body; the truth cut his soul.
As Rob slashed Shiki away, he said sternly:
"You're not a 'Legend' anymore, Shiki!"
Having lost himself long ago, Shiki couldn't resist Rob's attack at all. Struck by countless blows, his pupils shrank when he heard Rob's words.
Then, slowly, he slackened.
Enduring Rob's attack, Shiki muttered to himself:
"I'm...not a 'legend' anymore?"
Now, Rob's Observation Haki clearly perceived that Shiki's heart and will had become extremely weak.
At the same time, he could also sense that this weakness was only temporary!
Once Shiki woke up, he would definitely be able to burst out with even stronger power. While he might not regain his prime, reawakening his long-lost Haki wouldn't be a problem.
Only—
Rob had been waiting for this moment.
swish!
Raising his hand, Rob stood tall and straight on top of the flame cloud, looking at Shiki, who was numb, distracted, and unconsciously floating in the air.
Snap!
Rob snapped his fingers with his left hand, and the ability of the Op-Op Fruit activated. A transparent space instantly enveloped Shiki's body within the Op-Op Fruit's ability space!
With a flick of his finger, Rob made a pistol fire motion towards Shiki's heart:
"Mind Shot!"
boom
In the next instant, Shiki's body trembled, and then the vitality of his whole body quickly disappeared. Although the breath of life still existed, the feeling of being alive in his body vanished quickly.
At the moment, Shiki felt like—
The living dead.
Or in other words, a walking dead existence that had completely lost its own will and inner soul!
"Hah--"
Rob grabbed Shiki's body and held it in his hand.
Rob breathed a sigh of relief:
"Successful! The developed 'Mind Shot' is indeed a bit of a bug! If it weren't for the restrictions on its activation, this move would have become the dream of many in the sea!"
Mind Shot—
Based on the move of the Op-Op Fruit that can exchange the mind, consciousness, or soul of a person, Rob further developed a move that directly attacks the target's mind, consciousness, and soul itself!
Once the attack is successful, the target's spiritual consciousness and soul will can be wiped out directly, causing a spiritual death while the body remains alive—a true living dead, a walking dead!
This trick is very powerful!
But there are also great restrictions, so much so that this move can only be said to be a double-edged sword for the time being.
Firstly—
If the target's mind is pure and flawless, or if their will is strong enough, "Mind Shot" will have no effect, rendering it useless against most of Rob's opponents!
The purity of the soul is easy to understand, but how many people in the world have a pure and flawless soul?
The main issue is the limitation of firm will—
Too idealistic.
Both the lower limit and the upper limit are pretty high!
So Rob wouldn't use this trick at all unless absolutely necessary, because it often doesn't work!
In fact—
If it weren't for Rob's young and strong style, playing in a crushing manner from the very beginning, Shiki, who was originally falsely confident, wouldn't have fallen into confusion and chaos.
A larger part of the reason is that Shiki's heart had already been riddled with holes and broken. If he were more stimulated by Rob's words, Shiki could have been immune to this trick!
Haki's strength is related to both the body and one's own willpower!
Shiki's heart had been so depressed that even his Haki was lost.
From this, it can be seen that—
The current Shiki is incredibly weak.
Before he came to his senses again, it was normal for him to be directly shattered by the "Mind Shot" and become a living dead, like a walking corpse!
"This is the first time I've used 'Mind Shot', and it succeeded."
Looking at the living dead in his hands—Shiki—Rob felt a mix of emotions:
"You've really fallen, Shiki! But losing to me, you can consider it an honorable exit! It's better than in the future, losing disgracefully to the Straw Hat Boy and being imprisoned in Impel Down for the second time!"
Compared to losing to Luffy in the future, who didn't even have Haki at that time—
Shiki now—
Defeated by Rob, who is recognized by the whole world as the "world's strongest", isn't a disgrace to his prestige from the first half of his life.
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