While everyone is now occupied with Elbaf and speculation on Loki's actual strength, I'd like to shift focus back to the unkillable horse lord of death, Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro.
In the short amount of time in which ethanbaron was introduced, he showcased quick situtational awareness and took fast, decisive action, in which he cleared the entire coastline of rogue pacifistas, while being nearly invisible due to his blinding speed.
Considering that he was nerfed by the plot since the Gorosei mission wasn't to eliminate strawhats, I think him handling Sanji and matching Zoro( even blocking his dash from his blindside) shows that he's going to be incredibly powerful opponent for Zoro in the future, more so because his power level will directly tie to whatever level Zoro reaches in the future, so the more powerful Zoro gets, Nusjuro will be that plus some more.
And since he's infused with the abyss he's going to be unkillable for the first half of the battle, which could trigger some interesting reactions from Zoro.
When have we last time seen Zoro get mortally challenged? Even with the harsh battle against King and Lucci ( to a degree ) Zoro didn't seem like he was being pushed to his max limits, something that we've seen in pre-timeskip happen to him multiple times.
We are still waiting for Zoro to get a near insurmountable challenge this arc, and with Luffy having that in his fight against Kaidou, I think the Horselord is ideal opponent for Zoro to reach a new level. Wby?
In the short amount of time in which ethanbaron was introduced, he showcased quick situtational awareness and took fast, decisive action, in which he cleared the entire coastline of rogue pacifistas, while being nearly invisible due to his blinding speed.
Considering that he was nerfed by the plot since the Gorosei mission wasn't to eliminate strawhats, I think him handling Sanji and matching Zoro( even blocking his dash from his blindside) shows that he's going to be incredibly powerful opponent for Zoro in the future, more so because his power level will directly tie to whatever level Zoro reaches in the future, so the more powerful Zoro gets, Nusjuro will be that plus some more.
And since he's infused with the abyss he's going to be unkillable for the first half of the battle, which could trigger some interesting reactions from Zoro.
When have we last time seen Zoro get mortally challenged? Even with the harsh battle against King and Lucci ( to a degree ) Zoro didn't seem like he was being pushed to his max limits, something that we've seen in pre-timeskip happen to him multiple times.
We are still waiting for Zoro to get a near insurmountable challenge this arc, and with Luffy having that in his fight against Kaidou, I think the Horselord is ideal opponent for Zoro to reach a new level. Wby?
