General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 743 Devil Pirates

"Boom, boom, boom!"

With the deafening roar, the entire Soft Island shook with this huge movement.

Looking down from the hot air balloon where Marbury was sitting, you could see that the beach below and a small half of the ruined town were cracked apart by violent tremors.

Five huge fingers made of soil, sand, gravel, and rubble rose from the ground and suddenly grasped upwards!
"boom!"

Katakuri, Tikki, and Walder, who were fighting for the Shock Fruit, along with hundreds of pirates standing on the ground, all fell into the palm that suddenly grasped it.

The air within a radius of hundreds of meters was violently clenched by this huge palm, compressed at extremely high speeds and emitting a harsh explosion.

Smoke and dust shot out from between the fingers of the big hand, and a strong wind blew up on the island, which caused the hot air balloon where Marbury was sitting to shake violently and fly like feathers in the wind.

Marbury held the video phone bug used for live broadcast tightly in his hand. Regardless of the danger of falling into the deep sea, he pointed the phone bug at the soft island and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Did you see it? Zhen Zhen." The Shock Fruit! The Devil Fruit that can destroy the world has actually appeared on the soft island below! Now, Katakuri of the Beast Pirates, the Ward Pirates! The World Destroyer Bondiwald, Blackbeard Tikki, is snatching this top devil fruit? No! There are new pirates from the New World joining the fight for the Shock Fruit. It's...the newly-rising Four Emperors, the Devil Pirates!"

After Marbury finished speaking, at the moment before the hot air balloon was about to completely fall into the sea, he pointed the image phone bug held high in his hand at the sea not far away, where a huge iron-clad ship was puffing out steam and cutting through the waves.

On the bow of the giant steamship, a burly man wearing headphones was facing the direction of Soft Island, holding his right hand from a distance.

"Yonko! Devil's descendant, Douglas Barrett is here!"

On a steamship that is three to four hundred meters long and looks like a hill moving on the sea, hundreds of men with wild and fierce auras, holding various weapons, surround Barrett who is standing on the bow, and a man wearing a hooded coat. A young man wearing a red cloak, holding a bone sword in his hand, and with lips as bright as blood.

"I really didn't expect that when I came here, I would encounter the rebirth of the Zhenzhen Fruit. This is really... unprecedented luck."

Dai Peng, who was wearing heavy makeup, grinned and looked at the loose island that was getting closer and closer.

"Since we left Impel Down City, our luck has indeed gotten better and better~. However, it is a little pity," Pizarro touched his head with an annoyed look on his face, "I am already an esper. Otherwise, this shocking fruit..."

"It's none of your business, Pizarro."

A bald man next to him mocked unceremoniously, and at the same time looked at the huge fist protruding from the ground with extremely fiery eyes.

"The captain and the vice-captain are both ability users. Even if they get the earthquake fruit, they can't eat it. Then this ability of Whitebeard belongs to me, Tigers."

The bald giant Tigers couldn't help but lick his lips, his face full of greed and desire.

"You are not the only non-ability user Taigus on the ship. If you want to get the earthquake fruit, you should also ask our opinion."

Behind Pizarro, dozens of escaped prisoners from Impel Down City with extremely violent auras stepped forward not to be outdone.

That's the ability to shake the fruit, who wouldn't want it?

"Hmph! Whoever has the bigger fist gets it! Whoever grabs it gets it! You trash, are you worthy of grabbing the Shock Fruit from Tygus and me?"

With a sinister look in his eyes, Taiges flew up and stepped on the hull of the ironclad ship. His four-meter-tall body jumped into the air. He even used his hands and feet to perform the Moon Step move, running like a leopard over the sea. Then rushed towards the loose island.

Seeing this scene, the escaped prisoners on the ironclad ship couldn't sit still. Before the ship under them could reach the shore, they impatiently followed Targus's example and left the steamship and rushed to the island.

On the soft island, the huge palm protruding from the coast is constantly squeezing blood from the fingers.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

There were three loud explosions, and three huge holes exploded in the palm made of thousands of tons of soil, sand and gravel.

Amidst the splashing of earth and rocks, three figures broke the grip of the palms and flew out from inside.

Tiqi bumped through the back of the big hand in the soil and staggered back more than ten steps on the ground before barely regaining her balance.

He was coughing up blood from the corner of his mouth, his chest was heaving violently, and his body was covered in dust and blood, making him look extremely embarrassed.

But at this moment, there was a crazy smile on his face that was twisted with excitement.

"Thief hahaha, thief hahahaha!"

Tiqi looked at the blue gourd-shaped fruit in his hand, and his whole body, from body to soul, was filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.

Here it is!
He grabbed the Zhenzhen Fruit!

As long as he eats the fruit in his hand, he will gain the power of Whitebeard. With the blessing of the dual abilities of the Dark Fruit and the Shock Fruit, he can set foot on the pinnacle of the new world again and continue to move towards the ambition in his heart.

You can fulfill your brother's dream and become the king of the world just like the legendary Rocks D Jiback!

What a pity!

The three of them, brother and sister, have worked so hard and endured so much for this dream.

Originally, when Ace was caught by him, that was when he was closest to this dream.

But who could have imagined that the lunatic General Lan Lin would go back on his word and arrest the man who was supposed to be the Shichibukai.

If it weren't for his special racial talent, he would have died in Marineland. All his dreams and ambitions would be completely ended.

Who would have thought that now that everything has turned around, he would once again have the opportunity to reach the top of the world.

"This is the fate of me, Marshall D. Tikki. God has destined me to become the king of the world! Brother! Watch carefully in heaven. We will definitely fulfill our dreams as you wish!"

Thinking of Di Qi leaving the two sisters forever, the corners of Di Qi's eyes became moist.

As various thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, he had already raised his arm and stuffed the entire Zhenzhen Fruit in his hand into his mouth.

"Huh? It's strange. I remember you seem to be an esper already. Why do you want to eat a second devil fruit?"

An extremely deep voice, as if reverberating in his chest, sounded extremely abruptly behind Tiqi, making his scalp feel like it was exploding.

Without any hesitation, infinite black energy spurted out from Tiqi's body, wrapping his body in it, as if it was dragging him into another dark space.

At the same time, he stuffed the entire Shocking Fruit into his mouth. He was about to bite it off, crush the fruit into pieces and swallow it into his belly.

However, in the next moment, a huge fist shining with crimson lightning stirred up the infinite black energy released by the Dark Fruit, and punched into the depths of the ink-stained darkness.

The black and red overlord-colored lightning dispersed the black energy gushing around him. In Tiqi's furious gaze, she punched him in the abdomen, making him arch backward. His mouth could not help but open wide, and he was thrown away. The Zhenzhen fruit that entered the mouth fell out before it could be chewed.

"Do not……!"

Tiqi's eyes were bloodshot, and her mind went blank. She wanted to reach out and grab the shock fruit that fell out of her mouth, but her neck was firmly grasped by a huge hand. Like pulling out a carrot, black energy spurted out. He pulled it out abruptly from the dark space.

And the shocking fruit that fell out of his mouth was scooped up by another broad hand and easily caught in his hand.

A burly figure gradually emerged from the collapsing black energy.

A head of golden curly hair is casually spread on shoulders as broad as a city wall. His body is nearly six meters tall and as majestic as a hill.

Barrett was dressed in a military uniform, with a face as tough as a rock sculpture, and a burly body that exuded a wild and domineering aura.

The military uniform on his body is darker in color. It is not a navy uniform, but comes from his home country of Endless War.

Thirty years ago, he was a member of the death squad named Douglas.

The black military boots trampled away the black air escaping on the ground. Barrett grabbed Tiqi's neck with one hand and the shocking fruit that made countless people's eyes eager and eager, and stepped out of the dissipated black air. He came out and stood in the open space in front of the towering big hand.

"Barrett!"

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

Walder, who had suffered several big losses at the hands of Barrett and his Devil Pirates, now saw Barrett appear and take away the Shock Fruit that was supposed to belong to him, and he became furious. Clenched his fists.

Katakuri's body was also stained with a lot of blood, but his face remained stern.

His eyes did not stay too much on Barrett, but walked in the direction where Perospero, Smoothie and others were.

Barrett didn't even look at Walder, whose eyes were red. He just raised Tikki, whose neck was grabbed by him, in front of his eyes. He grinned, revealing a set of neat white teeth.

"Can you tell me? Why do you dare to eat the second Devil Fruit? If I remember correctly, everyone seems to be able to only eat one Devil Fruit at most."

Barrett looked at Tikki with interest, whose eyes were bloodshot and about to burst from the strong unwillingness and anger in her heart.

Tiqi roared like a wild beast in her throat, struggling wildly, black air coming out of her hands, and grabbing at the big hand grabbing her neck.

Barret is also a Devil Fruit user. As long as he is a user, he will be suppressed by his Darkness Fruit ability.

Then you still have a chance to get back the Zhenzhen Fruit!
Tikki's hands with black whirlwinds easily grabbed Barrett's thick arms.

"Dark Water!"

The black cyclone rotated crazily, releasing a huge invisible suction force, firmly adsorbing Barrett's arm, trying to suppress his fruit ability.

however……

What was reflected in Tiki's protruding eyes was a flash of deep blue that surged out from Barrett's body like a tsunami.

The dark blue air flow emerged from Barrett's burly body, twisting, compressing, and covering his body, turning into a dark blue armor, covering his entire body inside, making the current Barrett's aura became thicker and more terrifying, like a dark blue abyss troll.

The black cyclones emerging from Tiki's hands were blocked by this layer of compressed thick dark blue domineering energy, and could not touch Barrett's arm skin at all.

Tiqi did not believe in evil and increased the suction power of the Dark Fruit, but she felt that what she was sucking was not a person, but a mountain range and a steel city wall.

It can't be sucked at all!
what is this?
Is Barrett capable?
No.

Looking at this familiar scene, Tikki couldn't help but think of the scene when she faced Rorschach after defeating Ace that day.

This is not an ability at all.

This is domineering!
Unparalleled, the powerful armed domineering force like a tsunami not only enveloped Barrett in front of him, but also spread crazily on the island under their feet. It had a tendency to submerge the entire island. Witnessing this, Everyone in the scene was shocked and horrified.

Barrett looked at the black energy spreading on his arms. After thinking about it, he dispersed the armed domineering energy covering his body and allowed the black energy in Tiqi's hand to press on his arm.

The moment Tiki grabbed him, Barrett had a premonition of something unusual, and his body reflexively released his own armed domineering force to resist.

"Huh? Your ability is also very strange. It can actually suppress my fruit ability like a sea tower stone."

The moment he felt his arm being grasped by Tikki, the Fusion Fruit ability in his body seemed to be completely silent. No matter how he mobilized it, he could not use it. Barrett looked at Tikki with even greater interest.

Tikki was surprised when she saw that her Darkness Fruit had successfully suppressed Barrett's Devil Fruit ability.

But soon, this surprise turned into despair again.

Because he found that his neck was still grasped by Barrett's big hands.

The power transmitted from Barrett's right hand was so arrogant that it was indescribable. No matter how much he struggled and how he used both hands to pry Barrett's fingers, he could not move the opponent in the slightest.

At this moment, Tiqi finally understood that the alien physical talent she had always been proud of was no different from ordinary people in the face of real monsters and some perverts whose bodies were as powerful as ghosts and gods.

The Barrett in front of him was like this, and so was Rorschach back then.

These perverts, even without fruit abilities, are still as powerful as inhumans and as powerful as ghosts and gods.

However, Tiqi was unwilling to give in!
This feeling that the opportunity to reach the top of the world was right in front of him but out of reach drove him crazy.

"Give me the Zhenzhen Fruit...ahhhhh!"

Tikki's roar turned into a howl of pain.

Barrett's five fingers of his right hand tightened and squeezed Tikki's neck, causing a crackling sound. It seemed as if the cervical vertebrae under the muscles were crushed by him. The pain made Tikki scream unbearably, and her eyes, ears, mouth and nose were all covered in pain. Squeeze out the blood.

As Barrett's big hand gradually tightened, Tikki soon couldn't even scream. Her whole body seemed to have lost all strength and was hanging in Barrett's hand, and he was grabbing it like a chicken.

Only then did Barrett raise his left hand and open his palm, revealing the blue gourd-shaped fruit covered with spiral patterns.

"Whitebeard's shock fruit? Heh, I don't know, can I eat it?"

This thought suddenly came to Barrett's mind.

As soon as this idea came to him, he looked at Tiqi who was in his hand again.

A strong intuition told Barrett that Tikki must have some secret.

Judging from his performance when he tried to eat the Zhenzhen Fruit just now, this guy is sure that he can eat the second Devil Fruit.

So, why on earth does this guy think he can eat a second Devil Fruit?
If he can really eat a second devil fruit and have the abilities of two devil fruits, can I eat it?
Barrett has always been pursuing his ultimate strength.

In the army of the Kingdom of Endless War, he escaped death countless times and became the strongest soldier in the kingdom's army during the war.

Later, because of his instructor's betrayal, Barrett single-handedly destroyed his own country and went to sea to challenge the strong men on the sea, earning a reputation as the heir of the devil. After meeting Roger, he was impressed by Roger's strength and boarded the Oro Jackson as a challenger, constantly challenging Roger and strengthening himself.

However, even as strong as Roger, his strength will decline due to an incurable disease, which makes Barrett frustrated.

He left the Roger Pirates and wandered alone in the new world, continuing his strongest path until he was captured by the Demon Slayer Order fleet led by Garp and Sengoku.

But even though he was imprisoned in the dark impel city, Barrett still did not give up on becoming stronger. He spent decades honing his fighting skills and body in the infinite hell that was enough to make countless prisoners collapse in despair.

During the more than twenty years in the infinite hell, he not only broke the limits of human beings and made his body as powerful as ghosts and gods, but his fruit ability also successfully reached the level of fruit awakening, making his whole person stronger than he was twenty years ago.

After leaving Impel Down, Barrett thought that he could truly surpass Roger and become the strongest in the world with his strength which was much stronger than before.

But what he didn't expect was that not only did he fail to defeat Kaido in a duel, he also failed to defeat Shanks, who was dismissive of him at the beginning.

While being surprised that his power was not as powerful as he imagined, Barrett also felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

Yes.

He is very happy.

Barrett is happy that he is not the strongest in the world yet. He still has challenges and goals to surpass.

This kind of life is interesting.

Only by constantly challenging the strong can you become stronger, stronger than Kaido, stronger than Shanks, and stronger than anyone else.

But Barrett, who is now as powerful as he is, can clearly feel that there are fewer and fewer ways to continue to become stronger.

Physically, he is already powerful beyond the limits of the human body.

Haki, the three colors of Haki are all at the top level, and they are not inferior to Kaido and Shanks.

Ability, his combined fruit has also reached the point of fruit awakening, developed to the extreme.

Combat skills have also been honed to the peak of their skills, and it is difficult to make breakthroughs again.

It can be said that at his level, if he wants to make further progress and defeat other strong men of the same level one by one, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

But, if I could eat another Devil Fruit...

Moreover, it was the Shock Fruit that even Barrett found to be extremely powerful.

Thinking of this, Barrett suddenly felt that his trip was not in vain.

Just when Barrett was immersed in the imagination that he might continue to become stronger, the non-ability users under his command were all looking at the shocked person in his hand with greedy eyes that could not be concealed. Shock fruit.

The desire for power made these prisoners of infinite hell who chose to follow him start to move around.

Just thinking about what it would be like to become another Whitebeard after acquiring Whitebeard's ability, the greedy prisoners couldn't hold back the enthusiasm in their hearts.

The first one to jump out was the bald giant Tigers.

With his strong muscles, he is also one of the strongest among the many prisoners in Infinite Hell.

His strength is almost the same as that of Dylan the Angry Lion.

And he is not an esper yet. He can be on par with Dylan just by relying on his strong body and domineering power.

Tygus licked his lips, stared straight at the shock fruit in Barrett's hand, licked his face and smiled: "Hey, hey, captain, you see, I am a member of the Devil Pirates, all non-powerful people." The strongest among them. Why don't you give me this fruit? If I eat this earthquake fruit, we will definitely become the most powerful pirate group in the new world, and become as powerful as Locke. The strongest pirate group in the world, just like the Si Pirates."

Barrett's thoughts were interrupted, and he looked down indifferently at Tigus, who was approaching step by step, and the dozens of escaped prisoners who were following him, breathing heavily.

"What do you think? Captain Barrett?" Tigers' voice even contained an honorific.

Barrett looked indifferent, "No, I want to eat this fruit."

"Huh?" Tigers was stunned.

Barrett never concealed his true inner thoughts, but his words stunned everyone present.

Not only Tigus was stunned, but Pizarro, Dai Peng and others were also stunned.

Ward, who was gathered with a group of senior cadres of the Ward Pirates, was also stunned when he heard this.

The smile on Taigus's face froze, and he forced a smile and said: "Captain, don't be ridiculous. Everyone can only eat one Devil Fruit. This is common sense that every three-year-old child knows. Are you already a Devil Fruit user?" Yet?"

"Who's kidding you?" Barrett glanced at Tigers who was forcing a smile indifferently, turned around, and walked towards the steamship that had docked.

He was going to interrogate Tiki to see what secrets this guy had, and to see if he could eat a second devil fruit.

"Asshole...! You know you can't eat the Zhenzhen Fruit, but why don't you give it to us? Barrett! You guys are really a selfish bastard!"

Thick blood vessels sprouted from Taigus's bare forehead. He didn't even care about his status as a member of the Devil Pirates, and directly opened his mouth to curse at Barrett.

At the same time, dark domineering energy enveloped his tall body. He stamped his feet and the ground beneath him exploded. His tall body rushed out like a meteor, and actually rushed directly towards Barrett, trying to grab the Shock Fruit.

The escaped prisoners who were following him also quickened their pace and were about to follow Tigers to fight for him.

In the distance, Walder witnessed this scene with a sneer on his face.

He had long expected the internal strife in Barrett's pirate group.

No one can remain calm under the huge temptation of the earthquake fruit, especially those without abilities who have not eaten devil fruits.

This is a Devil Fruit ability that can reach the sky in one step.

"Fight, let's fight! Only when there is complete chaos can I have a chance to seize the Zhenzhen Fruit!"

Walder did not choose to leave, but stood and watched from a distance.

Just as he thought in his heart, the temptation of the Zhenzhen Fruit was too great. Although he had already eaten the Momo Fruit, if he could get the Zhenzhen Fruit, he might be able to cultivate a strong man comparable to Whitebeard in the future to follow him. Together we can dominate the world.

This strong man does not have to choose from among the pirates under his command. Walder himself can give birth to a son and give his son the Shocking Fruit to eat.

Even though he is over seventy years old now, because he has been frozen in the infinite hell for thirty years, his physical condition is still in his forties.

He could have waited until his son grew up.

At this moment, Wald even thought about which woman he should marry as his wife.

"I heard that the pirate empress Boya Hancock is the most beautiful woman in the world. When I get the Zhenzhen Fruit, I will capture her and make her my wife!"

Before Walder's fantasy disappeared, there was a deafening roar from Barrett's side.

Walder looked up and saw the bald giant Tygus rushing towards Barrett. He was slapped down from mid-air by the huge hand protruding from the coast, and was slammed into the ground.

"Barrett!"

Tigers roared angrily, peeled away the rubble on his body, jumped out of the ground, used all four limbs together, stepped on the moon steps, and rushed towards Barrett again.

"Hehehe, it wasn't the captain who beat you, meow, it was me, meow. I can also control the island, meow."

Protruding several hundred meters from the ground, like a huge dark cloud, Pizarro's strange smile came from the huge arm that grabbed Tegus like a fly.

"Pizarro! How dare you stop me, you loser?"

Facing the giant palm that was covered in black and covered with darkness, Taigus advanced instead of retreating. The air beneath his feet shook like an explosion. His tall body wrapped in high-level armed colored armor hit the giant palm that fell several hundred meters away like a cannonball.

There was a loud bang, and countless rubbles splashed out. The black-clad Tigus crashed directly through the big island hand controlled by Pizarro and continued to rush towards Barrett.

His speed was extremely fast, and a series of white air masses appeared in the sky. Tigus had already rushed behind Barrett, swooped down from the sky, and punched Barrett in the back of the head.

Barrett still didn't look back.

"Go to hell! The Zhenzhen fruit belongs to me!"

Seeing Barrett's unprotected back of his head so close to him, a ferocious smile appeared on Tiger's face, and his pitch-black right fist roared down.

"Bottle Dance - Pierce the Heart."

An extremely calm voice sounded very suddenly in Tegus's ears, making him stunned for a moment.

The next moment, he felt a pain in his heart.

"What are you doing?"

Taiges lowered his head and saw a long sword like a forest-white spine right at his heart, piercing through it section by section, bringing out strands of flesh and blood and bright red blood.

Above the tip of the sword, a layer of extremely sharp energy flowed, easily tearing apart the thick domineering energy covering his body, destroying the powerful body he was proud of, piercing his entire body from the back to the heart, and from the air. It was shot down and pinned straight to the ground behind Barrett.

Severe pain spread throughout his body, causing Tegus's vision to go black.

Blood kept pouring out of his mouth, blocking the words he wanted to say.

He tried his best to support his upper body, raised his head, and saw a blood-red robe suddenly falling down and appearing in front of him.

Then, his neck was grabbed and he was lifted from the ground.

Ryder looked at Tigus, who had the fear of death in his eyes, and opened his mouth, revealing four sharp fangs. In the frightened eyes of the escaped prisoners who stopped in their tracks, Ryder bit down and returned the knife. On the neck of the still alive Tygus.

"Gudonggudonggudong..."

Ryder's throat rolled up and down, swallowing large gulps of Tygus's blood.

As the blood was sucked away, the tall and majestic Tygus' body quickly became shriveled and skinny, like a dried mummy.

But Ryder, who had sucked the blood of Tygus, became radiant, and the skin on his face became brighter and whiter, as if he had returned to his youth in his twenties, with extremely strong vitality and full of vitality. , he doesn’t look like a 70 or 80-year-old man at all.

Amidst a harsh friction sound, Ryder pulled out the spine-like Demon Sword Dragon Spine from Tygus's heart.

The blood stained the joints of the dragon's spine, making the demonic sword look even more demonic and evil, like a real spine.

"Ryder..." Looking at the Red Earl who easily killed Tygus, Walder's eyes showed a strong look of fear.

The man in front of him is one of the important reasons why the Ward Pirates will be broken every time they encounter the Devil Pirates.

The Red Earl, Baloric Clydefield, is not only personally powerful enough to be no less powerful than Barrett, but also possesses the domineering aura that can spy on people's hearts, making other people's thoughts invisible to his gaze.

Among the entire Devil Pirates, the ones that Walder fears the most are Barrett and Ryder.

If he had just come out of Impel Down a few months ago, Ryder had only made him afraid.

Now that this terrifying old man had acquired the ability of a phantom beast that could restore his youth through blood-sucking, Wald even felt a hint of fear.

Barrett's Devil Pirates also have a tendency to become the most powerful Yonko group in the new world because of the presence of a terrifying guy like Ryder.

Seeing that the powerful Tygus couldn't even block Ryder's sword, the escaped prisoners who were still a little ready to make a move suddenly became honest one by one. They didn't dare to look at Barrett and Ryder for fear of falling into Tygus's fate. .

"Kill everyone on the island and dig away the gold."

Following Barrett's order, no one dared to covet the Shock Fruit in their hands. Instead, they followed Pizarro, Dai Pen and others to attack the Ward Pirates of Walder and the Baidu where Katakuri was. Kill the Beast Pirates.

"Have you fully recovered your strength?" Barrett looked at Ryder, who was becoming younger.

Ryder shook his head slightly and looked at Tikki in his hand, "Not yet. I need the blood of stronger people. These people are too weak. No amount of blood can make up for the qualitative gap."

"Can my blood be okay?" Barrett raised his arm.

"Of course. However, I owe you a favor, and I won't do anything to you until I repay the favor." Ryder's slightly gloomy gaze paused for a moment on the thick blood vessels bulging on Barrett's arm. , then moved away.

"Hahahaha, you are really principled, Ryder."

Barrett laughed, then seemed to think of something, grabbed Tikki in his hand and looked at Ryder.

"By the way, isn't your knowledge able to spy on other people's inner thoughts? Help me find out what hidden secrets this guy has in his mind. I want to find a way to eat the second Devil Fruit."

"How to eat the second devil fruit?"

Ryder narrowed his eyes slightly and focused on the miserable-looking Tikki in Barrett's hands.

Then he moved slightly and said, "Well, you're right, this guy really has a lot of secrets."

(End of this chapter)