352 351-Artemis Vs. The Crew(3)

Artemis saw Nami, Ann, and Balloon making the same move as before, and lightning descended to hit her, and this time she did not use anyone as a shield and did not dodge.

'Although it's an illusion, I feel the pain, as if I've really been struck by lightning.' Artemis dodged the real person who attacked her from behind.

Even though she couldn't see the girl who attacked her, she moved as if she could see her and dodged all the attacks very deftly.

Artemis noticed with her eyes that Nojiko started spinning around while firing beams at the places she wanted to evade in order to avoid attacks from real people. Artemis knew it was an illusion so she didn't care but when the attacks hit her it felt as if she was really hit by a beam.

'This girl is trying to use the girls in the illusion to distract me from the real girls. Even if I tried to ignore the girls in the illusion so, their attacks would still distract me.' Artemis smiled while thinking that the person who put this illusion on was really a genius. Because she knows that Artemis will discover that she is in an illusion, but she still uses this illusion to help her comrades launch attacks by distracting Artemis' mind.

Artemis closed her eyes and began to focus on the real people.

Artemis continued to fight and despite being in an illusion, she was able to defeat four girls.

Artemis continued to attack and dodge, then decided to remove the illusion from herself.

'Illusion targets the mind, so if I protect my mind with Haki and use Conqueror's Haki, I can get rid of the illusion.' When Artemis opened her eyes again, she let out Conqueror's Haki, so powerful that the island began to shake and the ground beneath was destroyed.

After the illusion disappeared, Artemis discovered that she had defeated Marianne, Zala, the Honey Queen, and Makino. Then she noticed the expressions of the rest of the girls and noticed that one of them looked a bit shocked.

The flames on Artemis' back disappeared and then she used Soru to appear in front of that girl, "You're the one who put me in the illusion right?"

Kaya tried to quickly back away, but Artemis was faster and with one punch knocked Kaya down and made her pass out.

Only seven left standing who can fight are Lucy, Zora, Sanju, Kuina, Croco, Mikita, and Carmen.

"Only seven of you are left." Artemis showed a small smile and signaled for them to attack her.

The girls rushed towards Artemis.

Carmen charged straight towards Artemis while using a Devil Fruit ability to make her hands hotter and then landed three quick punches, Meanwhile, Zora and Kuina moved on either side of Artemis, trying to slash her with katanas.

Croco also attacked her from behind. Croco forms her right hand into a loose blade of fast-moving sand, and then stabs it into the ground, extending it along the ground like a torpedo, splitting anything in its path, including the very ground itself, through extreme and focused erosion created by the sand blade.

*Desert Spada*

Mikita also participated in the attack on Artemis. She changed her weight to one kilo and jumped high and became above Artemis, then she began to increase her weight drastically.

*Ten thousand kilo.*

*Soru*

Artemis' expression did not change as she spread her wings and flames swirled around her like a tornado making Zora and Kuina retreat as she sent Carmen away.

Despite Zora and Kuina's retreat, they sent air blades flying towards the tornado and pierced it to attack Artemis and at the same time Mikita pierced the tornado and descended directly above Artemis.

Artemis used her wings to block Croco's attack and air blades and raised her right arm to block Mikata's attack.

Mikita's feet collided with Artemis' arm, and the collision made a loud sound as if there was an explosion. The ground under Artemis was destroyed, and the island began to shake, as if it had been hit by a meteor.

Dust rose to cover the area and block the view.

After a while, the dust cleared and everyone could see a giant hole that looked like a crater, but Artemis came out of there completely fine while carrying Mikita on her shoulder.

Artemis dropped the unconscious Mikita to the ground. There was a hole in Mikita's clothes in the abdomen area and there was a punch mark on her stomach, which indicated that she had received a very strong punch.

After that, Artemis disappeared from her place, and appeared in front of Carmine, and sent a quick punch to her ribs from the right side, then another to her cheek from the opposite side.

Carmen bled from her nose and mouth, but she did not fall because her body was very hard thanks to the Hard Hard Fruit.

Artemis grabbed her by the shoulders and then used internal destruction as her knee hit Carmen's stomach.

Carmen spits up blood and falls to the ground, unable to move.

*Diable Jambe*

Sanju's leg turned a yellow-orange as if it was on fire.

*Diable Mouton Shot*

She jump into the air and then channels all his might into one leg to deliver a flurry of kicks so fast that they appear to strike simultaneously, creating the illusion of Sanju's legs shaking.

*Gear Second*

Lucy pumped blood into her body in order to activate Gear Second and then covered both her hands with Armament Haki.

*Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling*

Lucy stands still, bends forward and moves her arms upwards at speeds which they can no longer be seen, leaving only jet streams in their place, very much like how the Jet Pistol looks.

The hits land so fast that, after a volley, they seemingly connect simultaneously. The circles of air bursts from the punches surrounding Lucy, resemble the many barrels of an actual Gatling gun.

At the same time, Zora coated her three swords with haki.

*Kiki Kyutoryu: Ashura*

Zora gains an additional pair of heads and four more arms, all of which bear duplicates of her swords- each appearing twice more, for nine swords total. At the same time, an indistinct, six-armed, Asura-like silhouette forms behind Zora.

*Ashura: Makyusen*

Zora, holding her swords so that the blades are pointing toward Artemis, leaps toward her at great speeds, powerfully slashes her with all nine of her swords at once.

*Ittoryu: Akai saigai*

Kuina launches from her sword a red crescent moon-like projectile of compressed air to Artemis with great speed.

*Kyutoryu Gomu Gomu no Diable Mouton Jet Akai saigai Gatling*

Artemis did not dodge the combined attack of the four and received it head on.

Artemis retreated tens of meters while her feet left a long line on the ground, but in the end she did not fall, and not a single scratch appeared on her skin.

"A great combo attack, but it didn't affect me." The flames on Artemis' back disappeared, and then she showed a pose as if she was going to run towards Lucy

*Gear Third*

Lucy noticed this, so she bit her right and left thumb at the same time and started blowing air into her bones.

*Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gatling*

After Lucy made both of her arms very huge she used Armament Haki and then started to swing both giant arms towards Artemis with great speed.

Artemis moved left and right very quickly and dodged the giant arms very easily as she gradually approached Lucy.

When she reached the halfway point, Artemis disappeared and appeared in front of Lucy, grabbed her head and crushed it to the ground.

Zora, Sanju, and Kuina tried to attack her together again, but Artemis flips over into a double-handed handstand, raised both her legs in the air, spins around, and kicks them. Every kick was blazing with fire and carried great power.

The fight continued after that for a while, but Artemis was completely superior and dropped the girls one by one Sanju, Croco, Kuina, Zora, and then Lucy.