On the other side of Nicolo Island, three Gorosei arrived at the CP base.
Before the three Gorosei arrived, the other two Gorosei had already arranged for many CP members to come here for investigation.
Although the CP training base was destroyed, completely cutting off the supply of fresh blood for the CP, the CP members who had already completed training and left the training base were not affected in any way.
"How is the investigation going? Have you found any anomalies, or have you found any other Limitless Pirates members?"
Scientific Defense Warrior God Saturn Saint asked.
"Reporting to the Gorosei sirs, currently no Limitless Pirates members have been found entering or leaving. Rhea has not left this island, and we have not had close contact with her these past few days!"
CP0 Matias Coli replied.
"I understand, you may withdraw!"
Scientific Defense Warrior God Saturn Saint waved his hand.
"To be safe, we will use Kenbunshoku Haki to patrol again from three different directions, and make sure the Kenbunshoku Haki does not sweep over Rhea!"
Finance War God Nasujuro Saint said.
"Okay, I'll go to the east!"
Saint Mars said.
Immediately, the three Gorosei quietly surrounded Rhea from three directions. Under the precise control of their Kenbunshoku Haki, it did not cover Rhea herself, and they searched tens of thousands of meters around Rhea without finding any anomalies.
"No anomaly in the east!"
"No anomaly in the west!"
"No anomaly in the south!"
"Let's start the next step. I will block her escape route from the sky, and the two of you will flank her from both sides. We absolutely cannot let her escape!"
"No problem, let's act!"
The three Gorosei communicated with each other using den den mushi and quickly decided on the plan to capture Rhea!
"Hmm? Killing intent!"
Rhea, who had just finished shopping and buying snacks and was about to go home, suddenly turned her head to the left. The snacks in her hand were instantly thrown aside, and she immediately drew her Supreme Grade Swords: Yōtō Muramasa.
A tall white skeletal warhorse appeared, but the upper body of the skeletal warhorse was a bald old man wearing glasses. He held an Enchanted Sword emitting a black, eerie light and was charging over at an extremely fast speed.
"Nasujuro Saint of the Gorosei!!"
Even though Rhea had never met the Gorosei, the moment she saw Nasujuro Saint, she immediately recognized him. After all, she had seen pictures of the Gorosei countless times when she was a child!
"Then let me see just how strong the Gorosei, who are said to stand at the pinnacle of World power, really are!"
When Rhea saw Nasujuro Saint, she did not choose to retreat. Instead, her fighting spirit soared.
As far as she knew, Nasujuro Saint was the strongest swordsman among the five Gorosei and possessed the Supreme Grade Swords: First Generation Ghost Tormentor. He was an incredibly powerful Grand Swordmaster.
As a Grand Swordmaster herself, she naturally wanted to see if Nasujuro Saint's swordsmanship was stronger than hers.
If it were two years ago, Rhea would never have had such a thought, but now, at nineteen years old, she had enough strength to challenge the Gorosei!
"Ghost Tormentor: One Form!"
Seeing that the opponent actually wanted to counterattack, Nasujuro Saint's eyes turned cold. He held his sword with both hands and unleashed a hundreds of meters long white, icy slash.
Wherever the slash passed, all the surrounding buildings were destroyed by the attack. Anyone on the street who was touched by the slash was, without exception, cut in half.
As Nasujuro Saint's slash arrived, Rhea transformed into her human-beast form, and her entire body was enveloped in white cursed energy.
The Mythical Zoan Nue form granted her unparalleled cursed power. This curse could be inflicted on enemies to cause cursed damage, and it could also be applied to herself to enhance her own abilities with the power of the curse.
Currently, Rhea applied the curse to herself, placing a powerful physique curse on herself, which instantly increased Rhea's own physique by 30% temporarily!
"Don't use such weak power to test me!"
The moment Rhea's entire body's power increased, she swung her sword and shattered Nasujuro Saint's slash, turning it into starlight scattered all over the street.
"Take this!"
The moment Rhea stomped her feet on the ground, the ground instantly collapsed by more than ten meters. With the recoil, Rhea rushed towards Nasujuro Saint like a white meteor.
The cursed power unique to the Yōtō Muramasa was stimulated by Rhea's cursed power and magnified more than ten times, causing the entire Yōtō Muramasa to be covered in black cursed flames.
At the same time, black Ryuo Haki was injected into the Yōtō Muramasa like a combustion aid, making the black cursed flames burn even more fiercely.
A black flaming blade and white cursed power appeared on Rhea simultaneously. Two distinct black and white colors, yet possessing the same cursed power!
"Curse Slaughter: Demonic Frenzy!"
With one sword slash, the cursed power instantly erupted, and the entire World seemed to be cursed, turning black!
"Ghost Tormentor: Demonic Ice!"
Facing Rhea's incoming slash, Nasujuro Saint swung the First Generation Ghost Tormentor to meet it without hesitation.
A bone-chilling power erupted from the First Generation Ghost Tormentor, even freezing the scattered cursed power in the air that was trying to invade Nasujuro Saint's body from all directions.
"Bang!!!"
The moment the two Supreme Grade Swords collided, the black cursed flames carried a maddening power, attempting to invade Nasujuro Saint along the blade of the First Generation Ghost Tormentor.
But it was blocked by the icy power contained within the blade of the First Generation Ghost Tormentor.
"Your swordsmanship is much weaker than your father's!"
Nasujuro Saint snorted coldly. The four horse legs beneath him simultaneously exerted force again, pushing Rhea back more than fifty meters!
The moment Rhea drew her sword, Nasujuro Saint confirmed that the familiar swordsmanship on her came from Nox!
As a Grand Swordmaster himself, he had studied Nox's swordsmanship for more than ten years, so he naturally wouldn't be mistaken!
"Your swordsmanship is much weaker than my father's!"
Although Rhea was repelled, she was not discouraged at all. Instead, her fighting spirit became even more vigorous.
After the collision of that sword just now, she had roughly guessed the depth of the opponent's strength. Even if she was not his match, she would not be easily defeated!
"Rumble rumble!!!"
Just as Rhea was about to continue fighting Nasujuro Saint, a violent tremor came from behind her.
It was a giant Bull Ghost (Ox Demon) like a mountain. No, it should be said to be a monster with the face of a human old man, horns on its head like Kaido, but a body like a mountain spider.
Not only from behind, Rhea's Kenbunshoku Haki also sensed a powerful presence circling above her head in the sky, ready to launch a sneak attack from above at any time.
"The Gorosei are truly shameless, sending out three Gorosei to deal with just me!"
Seeing this, Rhea immediately gave up the idea of continuing to entangle with Nasujuro Saint and broke out from the side at the fastest speed.
"You have nowhere to escape!"
Not long after Rhea rushed out, Nasujuro Saint, who had four legs, had already blocked her path. After all, how could Rhea, who had two legs, be faster than Nasujuro Saint, who had four legs!
And at this time, Saint Saturn behind her had also rushed over, officially surrounding Rhea from both front and back. Not to mention there was also Mars Saint flying in the sky who could support at any time.
Rhea might be able to handle one Gorosei, but with three Gorosei, Rhea truly had nowhere to escape now!
"Nox's daughter, Rhea, now you have nowhere to run. Just surrender obediently!"
As Nasujuro Saint held the First Generation Ghost Tormentor, preparing to join forces with Saint Saturn behind him to capture Rhea in one go, he unexpectedly saw no panicked expression on Rhea's face, nor any fear. Instead, there was an invisible sense of mockery.