Chapter 126: The Mysterious Flower (Second Update)

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Luffy walked ahead.

The world around them grew hazy and gray.

After reaching the shore, Luffy found a narrow path stretching forward. On either side grew dark crimson flowers, their tender petals so vividly red that they seemed ready to drip blood.

These were the legendary Flowers of the Other Shore—delicate, dazzling, and breathtakingly beautiful, yet deeply eerie. They seemed to possess a strange magic, compelling people to look while simultaneously making them want to look away.

It was a peculiar feeling. An unsettling one.

When Jun Moyu saw the beautiful flowers, she reached out, intending to pick one. Luffy immediately stopped her, seizing her delicate hand and saying sternly, “You’d better not pick one. Unless you don’t want that hand anymore.”

“Why wouldn’t I want it? Are they poisonous?”

Jun Moyu quickly withdrew her hand, surprised by his warning.

“Of course.”

Luffy continued forward. The path of the Flowers of the Other Shore seemed to lead toward the place where the Netherworld Cold Flame was hidden.

Jun Moyu followed him, looking at him curiously. “How do you know?”

“Because I can see it.”

Luffy gave her a mysterious smile and continued ahead.

Jun Moyu was speechless. How could he possibly see that?

A leaf appeared in her hand, and she flicked it toward the flowers.

With a soft rustle, the green leaf was corroded away before their eyes.

Jun Moyu’s pupils contracted sharply.

That fellow had been telling the truth. The flowers really were poisonous—and not merely poisonous, but deadly.

She drew in a sharp breath, then followed Luffy onward.

Flowers that were not quite flowers.

Their fragrance was intoxicating, yet it carried an aura of slaughter.

“Hahaha…”

Suddenly, a laugh rang out—seductive, charming, and irresistible.

As Jun Moyu continued walking, Luffy’s figure suddenly vanished from sight. She panicked at once.

What had happened?

“Come on, hurry up and enjoy yourself…”

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Several seductive beauties appeared before Luffy, dancing gracefully while laughing joyfully. Their voices were enchanting.

“Handsome, don’t you think we’re beautiful? Why not come dance with us?”

“No. You’re far too ugly.”

Luffy answered indifferently. “Go away.”

“Don’t you want to? We’re very beautiful. Come dance with us.”

The women approached him, pressing their towering figures against him in an attempt to seduce him, their eyes hazy with allure.

They began pulling off their clothes, revealing their alluring, fair bodies, each with seemingly perfect proportions.

An ordinary man would have reacted immediately, but Luffy possessed the Six Paths Heavenly Eye. With a single glance, he saw through them. They were nothing more than illusions created by the spirit of the Flowers of the Other Shore.

He walked straight ahead, completely unaffected. His Six Paths Heavenly Eye instantly found the true path.

Jun Moyu, however, stood nearby with her face flushed bright red. She looked deeply embarrassed and clearly entranced by the illusion, as though she had been drawn into some improper fantasy.

Luffy casually flicked his hand. A yellow talisman flew through the air and ignited on its own, blazing with brilliant golden light.

Jun Moyu immediately awoke.

When she saw Luffy standing ahead of her, she stared blankly. She had never imagined that she would fall victim to an illusion—and such an indecent one at that.

It was utterly humiliating.

Her face burned crimson. She lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to look at Luffy.

Suddenly, the wind began to rise.

Countless petals were swept into the air, spinning faster and faster until they formed a towering tornado that surged into the heavens. It was immense, violent, overwhelming, and utterly terrifying.

“Ah! A tornado! Run!”

Jun Moyu’s eyes widened. She had never expected anything like this to happen. Terrified and shocked, she turned and tried to flee.

“Why are you running? The faster you run, the stronger the wind becomes. Stay with me. I guarantee you’ll be fine.”

Luffy could see how strange and powerful the tornado was. It had even swept the petals into its vortex, and those petals were deadly poisonous. If one cut the skin, even by accident, the result would be death.

This was an exceptionally terrifying tornado.

Behind it stood a woman who was clearly controlling the storm. A flower floated behind her, radiating a faint blue-green light. It was mysterious beyond measure.

It was not one of the Flowers of the Other Shore. Luffy had never seen such a flower before.

He felt as though it were calling to him—as if it had belonged to him from the moment it first bloomed.

“Why aren’t you running?” Jun Moyu shouted at him in confusion. “Getting caught in such a powerful tornado means certain death!”

“What’s there to fear? I can cut it apart with a single sword strike. Stand aside.”

Luffy walked forward.

“Are you insane? You think you can destroy that tornado with one sword strike? That’s nothing but a madman’s dream! If you can really cut it apart, I’ll spend one night with you.”

Jun Moyu snorted. She clearly did not believe him in the slightest.

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“Then watch closely. I’ll show you what a true expert can do.”

Luffy smiled. “Just wait. I’ll have you begging for mercy.”

He wore a wicked grin as he drew the Nameless Sword.

Once the divine weapon appeared, all others paled before it.

He unleashed the One Sword, Two Severing Blades technique—the second form:

Severing the Earth.

He swung his sword down toward the ground.

A white torrent burst forth. There was no visible sword aura, only that silent, colorless white radiance as it shot forward.

“Wait… a divine weapon?”

Jun Moyu stared blankly. How did this young man possess such a weapon?

So he had been pretending to be weak all along.

She suddenly regretted everything she had said. He truly had the power to do whatever he wished.

With a thunderous boom, the winds and clouds seemed to change.

That enormous, raging tornado was split cleanly in two by the white torrent.

Another series of explosions followed.

The sight was so astonishing that Jun Moyu’s eyes widened, her mind completely blank. How could anyone possess such a terrifying sword technique?

With a single strike, he had cleaved a tornado of such immense size in half.

It was simply horrifying.

Luffy put away the Nameless Sword and continued forward. Behind him, the tornado gradually faded, and the flower petals drifted gently back to the ground, no longer posing any threat.

He reached the end of the path lined with Flowers of the Other Shore and stood before the demoness.

She was the Queen of the Flowers of the Other Shore.

“Hello. I’ll be taking the flower behind you.”

Luffy stood with his hands behind his back as he looked at her.

Jun Moyu remained behind him, staring blankly at his back.

Who exactly was this young man?

He was unbelievably powerful. With one sword strike, he had destroyed that terrifying tornado.

It was simply too frightening—far beyond anything she had expected.

She deeply regretted making that earlier remark. If he truly decided to sleep with her, wouldn’t she have lost far too much?

She clenched her teeth, not knowing what to say.

“Your strength is impressive. You are the one it has been waiting for. Go on.”

The Queen of the Flowers of the Other Shore turned and drifted away gracefully without looking back. Before long, she vanished at the end of the flower path.

“Wait… it’s over already?”

Jun Moyu had expected a fierce battle. She had never imagined that the Queen of the Flowers of the Other Shore would simply leave.

It was completely unexpected.

Luffy was surprised as well. He had not expected the queen to depart so easily.

He looked at the blue-green flower. It resembled a lotus, yet it was not a lotus. Its mystery was impossible to fathom.

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