Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 149: Tomb Blade and Peak

It has been three months since the last pirate attack on the G7 branch. During this period, a number of pirates who were unlucky enough to accidentally break into the navy blockade zone were captured by Liu Mang and sent to Mitchell as labor.

The subordinates were obsessed with cultivation and accepted Liu Mang's meticulous training. They made great progress both physically and mentally, and their lives could be considered peaceful.

And today, the sea that has been calm for three months will be stirred up again.

The third captain of the Rocks Pirates' Grand Fleet, Oldran, returned after being missing for three months. As soon as he appeared on Heio Island, he confronted the first captain, Skyfire Houston, and a fierce battle broke out.

Odlan stood still, his 5-meter height expanded to 12 meters, his body was full of muscles, holding a black long sword with a powerful aura.

In front of him, a big man with flames all over his body was kneeling on one knee, with scars all over his body and blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

This is Skyfire Houston, the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, former first captain under Rocks, and now second captain.

"You win, Odran, from now on, you are the first captain"

Houston was somewhat unwilling. He did not expect that Odran, who was originally a far cry from him, suddenly became so much stronger. He was defeated in less than three hours of fighting. He had only experienced this kind of gap with Jibek and Andes Merck.

Looking up at Odran, whose appearance had changed drastically, even Houston couldn't figure out what had happened to him.

His height suddenly jumped to 12 meters, his physical strength increased significantly, the strength of his Armament Haki was extremely different, and he also awakened his Conqueror Haki.

He is a rising star who has risen to prominence in the last decade thanks to the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit. He is not even thirty years old yet, and the power of the Nature-Type Fruit on humans is truly enormous. Houston has only been at sea for eight years, but he is already the first captain of the Rocks Pirates, leaving his predecessor, Oldran, behind.

He never encountered any setbacks on his way to success, but he did not expect that after his success he would be beaten up by the seniors whom he used to look down upon. However, Houston was young but not arrogant. He admitted defeat quickly and it was obvious that he knew how to save his life.

Odlan did not reply, but took back the pitch-black sword that was placed on Houston's neck. His aura surged again, oppressing the strong men of the Skyfire Pirates around him so much that they felt uncomfortable, and those with weaker willpower fainted directly.

Obviously, the rise in status has led to an improvement in Odran's morale, and his domineering aura has become even more domineering.

"Houston, I'll give you one day to organize the materials and personnel and follow me to the Navy G7 Branch."

Odran's eyes were filled with hatred as he recalled the golden-haired marine.

Houston raised his head sharply, "Oderan! Captain Gibek has ordered that we must not attack the G7 branch without authorization. Don't act rashly!"

Odran was defeated by the Navy's superstar Arthur and disappeared. The news of his suspected death spread across the sea within a few months, so Houston naturally knew about it.

It is obvious that Odran is unwilling to accept defeat and wants to go back for revenge!

"Shut up! The despicable navy is not worth Jibek's caution! I will destroy the navy and truly conquer the New World for the Rocks Pirates!" Odlan roared with red eyes, and his domineering aura soared into the sky, causing everyone in the Skyfire Pirates to frown.

The pressure of the domineering aura naturally could not affect a strong man like Houston, but through the changes in the domineering aura, he sensed Odran's determination and did not know what to do for a moment.

If he didn't obey Odlan's orders, it was obvious that this madman blinded by hatred would kill people, but if he obeyed his orders, it would undoubtedly be disobeying Jibek's orders. Facing the increasingly brutal Jibek, he might die!

If you obey, you will die; if you disobey, you will also die. The difference is that if you disobey, you will die now, but if you obey, you can live for a while longer. Houston has actually made a decision in his heart.

Just as he was about to agree, a deep voice came from a distance.

"Odran! What are you doing?!"

The sound of air being torn came from far away and then a figure suddenly appeared between Odran and Houston, directly separating the two.

This was a skinny middle-aged man about three meters tall, wearing a duck-red cap and a green robe. He had two pistols on his waist and had an extremely dangerous aura.

The second prince, Dead Eye Gadro!
The number three figure in the Rocks Pirates, he is the user of the Stare-Stare Fruit and a peerless warrior second only to Emperor Rocks D. Zibek and Grand Prince Andes Merck. His sniping ability is so terrifying that he can snipe the enemy across thousands of kilometers!
Seeing that it was him, even Odlan frowned slightly and was in a bad mood.

"What is the Second Prince doing here?" Even though he was unwilling, Odlan could not ignore such a strong man.

"What are you doing? I should be the one asking you what you are doing? Why are you fighting with Houston?" Gadro was extremely angry. He had finally managed to snatch a beautiful woman and was about to enjoy her when he was suddenly informed that Houston and Odran had started fighting on his territory.

He couldn't just ignore the fight between two powerful captains. Gadro was so furious that he immediately took his gun and rushed over at full speed, wanting to teach the two ignorant captains a lesson.

But now seeing that Houston was seriously injured and Odran was fine, Gadro naturally took out his anger on Odran. After all, Houston was already in a miserable state.

"Hmph! Houston is not strong enough to be the first captain. I have greatly improved my strength and I deserve to sit in this position!" Odlan spoke with disdain. Houston looked unhappy, but he also agreed.

Huh? Gadro was in a state of confusion. He knew Houston's strength. Natural ability users were notoriously difficult to deal with, but he was actually defeated by Odran?
Looking at Odran who had grown rapidly in height, Gadro was a little hesitant. There were many ways to increase one's height rapidly in this world, and this was nothing.

That obvious domineering aura is not something that can be obtained easily, and that aura has indeed improved greatly compared to before he disappeared, and his strength can be said to have greatly improved.

But how did he do it?
Odlan is already 48 years old. His strength reached the previous level more than ten years ago. If he could have made further progress, he wouldn't have had to wait until now. What great opportunity did he encounter?

Gadro turned to look at the equally obvious giant black long sword.

This knife looks familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere.

He fell into deep thought, trying to recall where he had seen him before.

Such a big sword is usually used by giants, and such a deep black color is most likely the "gangster" trained through the armament color domineering. So which giant meets this characteristic?
In a flash of inspiration, Gadro cried out, "Grave Knife! You actually found the Grave Knife!"

Most people around have never heard of this name, including the young Houston, but there are always older pirates who have not forgotten this name that once roamed the seas.

Graveblade Taia, once a top warrior of the older generation who was as famous as King Fabrice Guise of the New World, fought a decisive battle with the rising star of the Navy, Steel Bone Sora, on Meteor Island 10 years ago, and his whereabouts are unknown after his defeat.

But this did not affect Taiya's reputation, because he was the world's number one swordsman at the time, a terrifying strong man who could be compared with the Wo Kingdom alone.

Taiya was a descendant of the giants, born with great strength, but he did not inherit the giants' longevity. At the age of 38, he became a well-known peak warrior on the sea, holding a big knife that somehow swallowed the tombstone fruit, and earned the title of tomb knife.

Tomb Blade is not only Taiya’s title, but also the name of the black knife.

Ten years ago, at the age of 78, Thea fought with the 40-year-old Cyborg Sky for 10 days and 9 nights, but was eventually defeated due to old age and physical weakness.

Meteor Island was completely destroyed in the battle, and Theia fell into the sea and disappeared. Today, the Tomb Blade reappeared, but it was in the hands of Odran. I'm afraid that Theia is really dead.

Combined with Odran's skyrocketing height and the fact that he could become stronger by eating the strong with the Eat-Eat Fruit, it was obvious that Odran was lucky enough to pick up the corpse of Taya and the sword and completed the swallowing, reaching a level that even Houston had to admit! Thinking of this, Gadro suddenly felt itchy. He was not qualified to challenge the Tomb Blade 10 years ago and had never seen Taya's power, but today, Odran, who had swallowed Taya, might be able to reproduce a little of the Tomb Blade's style.

Gadro smiled and suddenly fired a shot at Odran. The bullet, which was wrapped in unparalleled domineering aura, was accurate and swift, and instantly reached Odran's forehead.

Odlan's face turned completely gloomy. He turned his sword and directly blocked the bullet, but he didn't expect that the small bullet was so powerful that it pushed him back a few steps!
He was caught off guard and failed to use his Armament Haki, and actually suffered a small loss. Odran's eyes turned completely cold, and he looked at Gadro with murderous intent.

He hated these despicable guys who used evil guns and evil cannons the most. They started fighting without even saying hello, which was totally inconsistent with his aesthetic pursuit of battle. In addition, he almost died from the evil cannon before, which made him hate Gadro all of a sudden.

A height of 12 meters is not suitable for fighting against small targets, so Odran uses the ability of the Eat-Eat Fruit to swallow most of his own volume, and his body quickly grows to 3 meters in height. While the mass remains unchanged, the body density naturally increases greatly.

The tomb knife automatically shrank to adapt to the human body and fell into his hands in the most suitable posture.

After the transformation, Odran has a deeper understanding of the fruit's ability. He can even swallow his own volume. In addition, he can master the ability of the tombstone fruit through the tomb knife in his hand. The depth and diversity of Odran's abilities are incomparable.

Devouring Taia's body not only strengthened his domineering aura, but also greatly increased his physical reserves. Even if he had to use the abilities of two fruits, he could still support it.

Less than two minutes into the fight, Gadro was at a disadvantage.

This is obvious. He is a sniper with an attack range of thousands of kilometers. He did not use his advantage to engage in close combat with Odlan. The fact that he was not killed in a few moves was the result of his years of intensive practice of physical skills to make up for his shortcomings.

No, we have to keep our distance! Gadro knew that he could not beat Odran in close combat, so he had to use his best sniping ability.

But how could Odran give him a chance?

"Void Stele Forest!" Odlan seized the opportunity and released a skill of the Tomb Knife. Densely packed huge tombstones appeared out of thin air, covering the sky and falling down, like continuous tombstones of gods falling from the sky, instantly turning the area of ​​several thousand meters into a forest of tombstones!

Gadro was surrounded by a forest of tombstones. The endless tombstones completely restricted his movement, and his constant dodging greatly slowed down his speed.

He narrowed his eyes and decided not to hide. His armed color domineering aura entangled him and he pulled out both pistols at the same time.

"Double Guns, Collapse!"

Bang!
There was only the sound of one shot as the two round lead bullets spiraled in the air and pierced through hundreds of tombstones with an indestructible force.

The tombstones that were pierced collapsed and shattered one after another, and the road in front of them was instantly connected!
Gadro accelerated as fast as he could and headed towards the exit of the Forest of Steles.

Just as he was about to escape, an extreme sense of crisis came over him and made him stop. In an instant, a huge tombstone fell from the sky and destroyed the earth, as unstoppable as a meteorite. The powerful shock wave swept over more than ten kilometers, and Gadro was forced to retreat.

"The Heavenly Monument is descending." Odlan's voice was heard at this time. He turned his hand and pressed down, instantly suppressing the shock wave and smoke, and the world returned to clarity.

He landed on the top of the Heavenly Monument with the Tomb Knife in his hand, and looked down at Gadro below. His pressure was overwhelming, and his domineering aura made all things speechless.

Gadro smiled nonchalantly. It would not be easy to leave the Forest of Steles, so he would not leave. If it was sniping at a very long distance, would it not be sniping at a very close distance?

"Swift Net Binding!"

He raised his hand and fired two shots. The two bullets flew towards Odran one after the other. Driven by the powerful domineering aura, the two shots almost reached 300 times the speed of sound!
He kept moving, quickly changing the bullet and firing. In an instant, more than a dozen bullets were fired, flying towards a special angle.

Odran's Observation Haki was always active, and he immediately caught the rapidly flying bullet.

It was extremely difficult to dodge at such a fast speed, so he raised the tombstones to surround himself and took the attack head-on.

But Gadro's attack was not that simple. The flying projectile hit the tombstone and bounced off, but was hit by the following bullet and shot out again. It also hit the tombstone and bounced back. The following bullets repeated the process and bounced all the flying bullets back again.

The rebounding bullets just collided with each other and rebounded again. More than a dozen bullets kept weaving back and forth like a woven net. For a moment, Odlan and the tombstone were enveloped by a storm of rebounding bullets. Stone powder was constantly dropped by the bullets, and the tombstone soon became tattered!

With bullets traveling at 300 times the speed of sound, Gadro could no longer use his Haki to make the bullets turn in mid-air to attack weak points, but he completed the bullet bouncing network with his ingenious calculations. The Armament Haki was responsible for strengthening the attack and maintaining the speed, thus forming such a large bullet network.

Odran realized the danger. Even the tombstone with armed color domineering could not withstand such continuous attacks.

The tombstone shattered in an instant, and more than a dozen projectiles rushed towards Odlan at the same time, completely covering him from all sides, leaving him no room to dodge.

Blocking will cause the bullet to bounce out and attack again, and there is no chance to dodge, so just take it!
"Rotting teeth, wasting away!"

Odran once again used the ability of the Chi-Chi Fruit, and countless mouths bloomed all over his body, revealing their pitch-black teeth, and they rushed to bite the bullets.

In a flash, the bullets shrank and disappeared under the gnawing of countless teeth, and the attached armament color domineering was shattered and dissipated by the teeth that also attached domineering. More than a dozen bullets were completely destroyed before they even got close to Odran!
Before the rubble fell to the ground, Odran's eyes moved and he uttered softly: "Sky-high Monument!"

Under Gadro's feet, a sharp tombstone suddenly rose up and pierced towards him.

The speed was too fast, and Gadro only had time to cover his body with the Armament Haki before he was pushed into the sky by the tombstone.

Gadro felt a faint pain in his abdomen. He looked down and saw a black area on the left side of his abdomen with blood flowing out.

Fortunately, he used his Armament Haki to defend in time and only suffered minor flesh injuries. Otherwise, just one blow would have broken his bones.

Gadro flew into the sky, showing extremely rich combat experience. He fired continuously to interrupt Odran's several attacks and landed safely on the ground.

He dodged sideways to avoid the sharp tombstone that came out from the ground, but saw the tombstone suddenly fall down.

After spending a lot of effort to dodge, there was another intensive bombardment of tombstones. Gadro was exhausted and could only fire a few shots in return occasionally, and was easily killed by Odran.

After fighting for 3 hours, Gadro was covered in wounds and most of his strength was consumed by the constant use of his domineering aura, while Odran was almost unscathed and still had plenty of strength.

By now in the battle, Gadro has truly felt the difference in strength between the two. There is no doubt that Odran has truly crossed that gap and reached the peak that countless people dream of!
The eating fruit, the corpse of a powerful giant, and the tomb knife actually allowed Odran to rise to fame overnight. Gadro couldn't help but sigh that the encounters in life are really wonderful.

As expected, Gadro admitted defeat. The strength of the two was no longer on the same level. After all, there was an essential gap between the emperor and his vice-emperor, the general and the general candidate.

The loser cannot disobey the strong, this is the rule of the sea. The second prince and first captain of the Rocks Pirates, who were ordered to guard Black Ao Island, were defeated by Odran and followed his orders and prepared to march towards the G7 branch.

However, Liu Mang, who was tens of thousands of kilometers away, had no idea that Odran, who had reached the peak of his power, was approaching him, and he continued to repeat his life of teaching, practicing, and catching pirates.

(End of this chapter)