Just then, as if sensing Ah Hua's provocation, the ghosts parted and one flew directly towards him.
Ah Hua raised his hand and struck at the ghost, as if swatting a fly.
Seeing Ah Hua advance alone, apart from Kong Tai's strange smile, the others showed no particular reaction.
This was because they felt no danger from these white specters.
Even Gu Yi Na crossed her arms, squinted, and watched Ah Hua with a smile.
"Huh?"
"No substance."
Ah Hua paused, his outstretched hand stopping mid-air.
He saw his hand pass through the ghost as if it were air.
The ghost then instantly phased through Ah Hua's hand and charged towards his chest, emerging from his back in a flash.
"Ugh..."
Ah Hua froze in place, then his entire being seemed to lose all spirit and energy. His body trembled, and with a "bang," he collapsed to his knees.
He propped himself up with his hands, head bowed, exuding an aura of utter despondency. He opened his mouth and uttered, "I am a worm, a maggot, I shouldn't be alive, wasting air in this world..."
The others looked at Ah Hua, their smiles frozen. They then collectively looked up at the specters in the sky, surprise flashing across their faces.
"What is this thing??"
It could instantly subdue Ah Hua and make him say such things.
Although this thing posed no danger to them, this kind of public humiliation in front of their comrades was worse than facing a dangerous foe.
Therefore, upon seeing Ah Hua's fate, none of them dared to approach the specters.
Just then, Ah Hua woke up.
His strength was there, after all, so even after being pierced by Perona's Negi Negi no Mi, he could recover quickly.
"Get up, or keep lying on the ground."
He had suffered a huge humiliation.
Stiffly, Ah Hua trembled all over, not from fear or excitement, but from anger.
He knew everything that had happened. He could already imagine that soon, A Luo and A Tao would mock him mercilessly about this.
"Damn it, I was careless."
Raising his head, a hint of rage flashed in Ah Hua's pupils. White fur instantly covered his body, and he roared towards the sky, his body transforming into a red-eyed rabbit.
With a stomp of his legs, he crushed the ground with a "bang" and shot towards the specter that had humiliated him, like a drawn sword.
He had already been embarrassed, all he could do now was tear apart the thing that had caused him such shame.
"Hororororo!"
The specters looked at Ah Hua and all laughed, gathering around him as if unafraid of the ferocious aura he exuded after his transformation.
However, Ah Hua, now prepared, was completely different from Ah Hua when he was caught off guard.
His massive rabbit claws were instantly coated with black Armament Haki. Looking at the approaching specters, Ah Hua hovered in the air and swung his black rabbit claws without hesitation.
*Puff—!*
The moment the specters came into contact with Ah Hua's palm, they distorted, deformed, and were squeezed, like water balloons meeting high-speed steel projectiles, before exploding.
Then, Ah Hua continued his assault, as if swatting flies, his palms striking out several times, scattering the remaining specters with a series of "puff" sounds.
After dispersing the specters, Ah Hua, with blood-red eyes, fixed his gaze on a figure hiding behind a tree in the distance.
Unseen from the ground, but now in the air, that figure, similar to the specters, was like a beacon in the night to him, instantly drawing his ire.
Behind the tree.
Perona, in her soul form, dared only poke her head out.
After leaving the castle earlier, she quickly found a secluded spot, hid her body, and then projected her soul out.
Because she could fly, she arrived here before Moria and encountered Kong Tai and the others.
She dared not approach. Even though she was currently in a soul state, completely immune to physical attacks, it was precisely because of her soul state that her perception was far stronger than when she had a body.
She felt that Kong Tai and the others were like an ocean, and she was a fallen leaf on that ocean. Although Kong Tai and the others did not exude any aura, the power hidden deep within their souls made her afraid to step forward. Even standing behind this tree, her soul trembled slightly.
Especially the blue-haired figure among the distant crowd, who gave her the feeling of being their natural predator. She could sense a world-destroying power from them, and though it didn't radiate outward, it made her reluctant to look directly.
On the other hand, the silver-haired figure who had initially terrified her now appeared like an ordinary mortal, revealing no aura at all.
However, she dared not treat him as an ordinary person. She still remembered the pair of eyes she had seen through the specter earlier, eyes that were like those of a god.
Just then, as if sensing something, a dangerous aura instantly filled her entire soul, chilling her to the bone.
She abruptly looked up at the sky.
"Uh..."
Her eyes widened, her mouth agape, her throat feeling as if something was lodged in it, making her unable to utter a sound. Terror instantly spread across her face.
What had she seen?
She saw that the plump figure, who had been instantly killed by her specters moments ago, had now transformed into a giant rabbit, scattering her specters with a few swipes.
"What kind of power is that???"
Perona's pupils contracted involuntarily as she looked at the ability shining with a black luster on Ah Hua's claws. Fear welled up from the depths of her heart.
Just then, Ah Hua's blood-red eyes looked over, meeting hers.
"Run!"
She felt Ah Hua's undisguised killing intent and a soul-chilling cold.
But.
At this moment, she was like a small rabbit encountering a prehistoric beast, trembling all over. Her thoughts slowed down with fear, and in her soul state, she felt as if she had lost all strength, unable to move.
*Whoosh—!*
She was stunned, but Ah Hua wouldn't give her a chance to escape.
Ah Hua's giant body crushed the air, rapidly moving towards Perona.
With a "bang," he landed before Perona's soul, creating a large crater in the ground.
The immense power caused debris to fly, and the ground itself trembled.
"It's you, it's you, it's you."
Ah Hua leaned down, staring at Perona, his mouth agape like a ferocious beast.
His blood-red eyes glowed with a bloodthirsty gleam. "It's you who made me look foolish in front of my companions."
"Die!"
His fist, shining with black light, descended from above, smashing down fiercely towards Perona, who was now no bigger than his fist compared to him.
If this blow landed, even in her soul state, Perona might perish.
After all, her current state was granted by a Devil Fruit, and her fruit was still in its early stages, not yet fully developed. How could she possibly withstand Ah Hua's fist, filled with rage and coated with Armament Haki?