Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 281 Sweeping Away the Fishmen

However, even though most of the fishmen have fallen, it's definitely impossible to kill them all with just these poisons.

Firstly, because time is too tight, the amount of poison is not very sufficient, and it would be difficult to kill the fishmen who have drunk less alcohol. Secondly, the physical condition of fishmen cannot be generalized.

Even in the real world, there are those who can take multiple poisons in succession and still survive, their vitality is like that of a cockroach, let alone in the world of One Piece.

In other words, there are no truly strong fishmen. Otherwise, even if some monsters were to eat poison like it was food, they would probably only get a stomachache and would never die from it.

Moreover, it's impossible to wipe out all the fishmen with poison—there will always be fishmen who don't like drinking, and there will always be fishmen who don't like crowds and don't attend banquets. There are also countless fishmen wandering outside the Dragon Palace and across the entire ocean.

Mermaids are the primary targets of slave traders, so they are rarely seen on the high seas outside of Fishman Island. However, fishmen are not as precious as mermaids. There are countless fishmen who go to sea to become pirates or join various professions.

"Damn it, Princess Shirahoshi, why did you do such a wicked thing?!"

"Do you want to kill all the fishmen? Are you out of your mind? Without the protection of the fishmen, Fishman Island is nothing but easy prey for slave traders!"

"Princess Shirahoshi, if you hand over the antidote now, there's still a chance to salvage the situation. Otherwise, you'll be the culprit who destroyed Fish-Man Island!"

Some fishmen who were lucky enough not to be poisoned and those with strong physiques and mild poisoning shouted loudly. However, Bai Xing just sneered at this, clenched his fist, and punched the direction from which the shouts were the loudest!

With his terrifying physique and overwhelming aura, this punch unleashed a beam of light, instantly vaporizing the shouting merman into ashes. The expanding explosion sent hundreds of mermen flying into the air.

Sitting next to Princess Shirahoshi, Uchiha Touyu watched the chaos below with a smile. The invisible and intangible demonic energy had already permeated the entire venue. Relying on this demonic energy that had seeped into the fish-men's bodies, even though the fish-men who appeared to have been killed by Shirahoshi were actually counted as Uchiha Touyu's heads in the end.

Uchiha Touyu remained calm, but the fishmen below were terrified by Princess Shirahoshi's move.

They simply couldn't understand how the mermaid princess, who just a month ago was nothing but a crying, decorative vase, could have transformed into such a powerful and tyrannical king a month later.

Because they already knew that war was possible, the mermaids and fishmen were seated at separate banquets this time. This gave Princess Shirahoshi a great advantage, as she didn't have to worry about accidentally hurting the mermaids.

"The culprits who destroyed Fishman Island? I'm truly sorry, Fishman Island no longer needs you fishmen! We now have enough strength to ensure the safety of the entire merfolk race. As for you fishmen, go down below and repent to my father!!"

"Now I'll show you fish-men the true power of the merfolk!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a group of beautiful mermaids walked out from behind Princess Shirahoshi. These beautiful mermaids were all agile and their bodies were covered with Armament Haki, which stunned the fish-men and mermaids below.

One of the mermaids, who had been worried, was completely dumbfounded when he saw hundreds of beautiful mermaids wielding Armament Haki:

"When did so many powerful individuals emerge from the merfolk?"

Another elderly mermaid stroked his beard:

"I thought Princess Shirahoshi—no, Her Majesty Shirahoshi—had lost her mind! I never expected she had such a trump card. With so many powerful mermaids, our mermaid race truly doesn't need to rely on fish-men anymore!"

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? Aren't mermaids and fish-people related?"

Some mermaids showed dissatisfaction on their faces. Over the years, although there have been conflicts between mermaids and fish-men as a whole, there are also countless individual mermaids and fish-men who have close relationships.

This is similar to the racial issue in America. Overall, white and black people are indeed opposed, but when it comes to individuals, there are definitely many friends, relatives, and spouses of different skin colors.

If Shirahoshi were merely suppressing the status of the fishmen, the merfolk might be happy to see it happen. However, killing all the fishmen is something that many merfolk simply cannot accept.

However, Shirahoshi doesn't care about the opinions of ordinary mermaids at all. In the world of One Piece, as long as you have enough power, you can completely ignore the opinions of the people below. Shirahoshi is undoubtedly the one who has that power now.

With a wave of Bai Xing's hand, the mermaids immediately charged into the swarm of fishmen. Most of these fishmen were already poisoned, not to mention that even if they weren't poisoned, they couldn't withstand hundreds of powerful mermaids. In a short time, the entire square was covered in blood.

The flowing blood slowly disappeared without a trace. Uchiha Touyu felt his increased magical power, and the smile on his face never stopped. There were many more fishmen attending the banquet this time than the rebellious fishmen. The blood energy of at least a million fishmen was enough to allow Uchiha Touyu's Blood Nerve to reach the Great Perfection realm.

The one-sided massacre lasted for several hours. During this time, whether the fishmen resisted or tried to escape, they were all eventually killed by the mermaids. The group of mermaids who watched the mermaids under Shirahoshi's command slaughter gradually changed from having unbearable feelings and anger on their faces to turning pale and trembling.

Princess Shirahoshi sat at the head of the table, watching the massacre with great interest. If any of the fishmen resisted too fiercely, she would take action herself and blow them up from a distance.

While committing this cruel act, the mermaid princess never stopped smiling, and even seemed to enjoy it.

"Finally, we've cleaned up some of the trash. Hmm... there's probably still about 200 million tons of trash left on Fishman Island!"

The fishmen on the ground had all become dried corpses, while the mermaids had turned into quails, trembling as they looked at Princess Shirahoshi sitting on the high platform. Shirahoshi glanced down and said calmly:

"Issue my order! From this day forward, the entire Fishman Island will be renamed Mermaid Island, and no fishman will be allowed to appear on this island again!"

"I don't want to commit any more killings. Expel all the remaining merfolk from this island! Give them three days! If any merfolk remain on this island after three days, don't blame me for being impolite."

As she spoke, Princess Shirahoshi's face broke into a sweet smile, but the mermaids who saw her smile all trembled and lowered their heads.

As for what choices the fishmen will make after this order is announced, it's hard to say, but whether they resist or escape from Fishman Island, it's basically a dead end.

Uchiha Hiyu, on the other hand, slowly released more demonic energy into Fishman Island. Three days would be enough for him to infect all the fishmen on the island. Then, no matter how the fishmen died, he would be able to finish the harvest.

As Uchiha Tou's strength increased, the help provided by the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance became less and less—not that there were no more powerful techniques in the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance, but that stronger techniques required not only the quantity of black energy sacrifices, but more importantly, their quality.

In the world of One Piece, life force is abundant, but the life level is basically that of mortals. It is very effective for training, but it is not very useful for sacrifice.

In any case, Uchiha Touyu already has several million units of black energy stored up, which is enough to exchange for mortal-level cultivation techniques and skills at will, so obtaining more black energy would not be of much use.

In fact, Uchiha Touyu had already collected enough blood essence and soul energy, enough to forcefully push his demonic arts to the level of perfection.

However, more blood and soul can be transformed into a stronger foundation, which can not only forcibly increase one's own magical power, but also allow for rapid progress after obtaining subsequent techniques. That's why Uchiha Hiu has been accumulating them.

The bloody massacre banquet came to an end, but for the remaining three days, the entire Fishman Island was in chaos.

After two massacres, the number of fishmen on Fishman Island was greatly reduced. However, fishmen are much more irritable than mermaids. As soon as the news spread, the vast majority of fishmen reacted by resisting.

Then these fishmen were brutally suppressed. Most of them met a tragic end. Only a small number escaped the massacre. Some fled Fishman Island and were devoured by sea kings from the outside world. Others hid in some uninhabited areas of Fishman Island and struggled to survive.

Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the Dragon Palace, Shirahoshi lay reclining on a massive throne, watching the bloody battle raging below.

Several fish-men, their faces filled with terror, faced a gigantic, serpentine sea beast that was over ten meters tall. They dodged and weaved, trying to evade the beast's pursuit.

Suddenly, a fishman slipped and fell to the ground. The giant sea serpent with three heads opened its mouth without hesitation and bit down.

"Aaaaaah! Get away from me, you damn sea serpent!!"

Seeing his companion fall and about to become food for the giant serpent, a tall merman roared and charged forward, punching the giant serpent.

With a loud crash, one of the giant snake's heads was smashed to the side. A smile appeared on the tall merman's face. However, at that moment, the merman who had fallen to the ground cried out in alarm:

"Big brother, get out of the way!"

The three-headed serpent's remaining two heads bit into the tall merman's body from the left and right, then tore him in two with a piercing scream.

Seeing such a brutal scene, Shirahoshi, who was reclining on the throne, instead revealed a sweet smile:

"What pitiful fishmen! Their deaths were so gruesome, I can hardly bear it... So let's hurry up and send these fishmen to hell!"

At Bai Xing's voice, the giant three-headed sea serpent seemed to go berserk, and began a frenzied tearing and biting. The remaining fishmen quickly became the three-headed sea serpent's food.

"How boring..."

After a moment of excitement, Shirahoshi stretched lazily and looked at the fish-man who was now just a few traces of blood and remains. His expression of boredom quickly faded.

"Let's go find Lord Feiyu! I wonder what he's doing now? Is he still building the mermaid army?"

The enormous pink mermaid tail transformed into bare legs. Shirahoshi found a dress to wear and then entered the palace.

Inside the palace of Dragon Palace, there is a hot spring pool that covers a considerable area. At this moment, the hot spring pool is filled with steam, and the sounds of laughter and splashing can be heard from time to time.

Following the sound, Shirahoshi immediately spotted Uchiha Touyu leaning against the edge of the pool. Many beautiful mermaids were frolicking around him. Hearing footsteps, Uchiha Touyu looked up and saw Shirahoshi approaching.

"Shirahoshi's here too! What's wrong? Aren't you going to your Fishman Arena?"

Leaning gently against her back, Uchiha Touyu chuckled and said something. The giant mermaid behind him trembled slightly, but then hugged Uchiha Touyu even tighter.

She was a mermaid with a cold and beautiful face, short black hair covering her right cheek, indifferent blue eyes, snow-white skin, and a rather voluptuous bust. At this moment, Uchiha Touyu, who was in his normal form, was sitting in her lap, his head resting on her chest.

"The Fishman Arena isn't very interesting... Serving the master is much more enjoyable."

Bai Xing smiled and said something, then lay down on the edge of the hot spring pool, glancing at the mermaid behind Uchiha Fei Yu:

"Is Lady Shirley now Lord Touyu's new mermaid bed?"

"Yes, Princess Shirahoshi... Your Majesty, it is my greatest honor to be your bed."

Madam Shirley's originally indifferent eyes were now filled with sweetness and infatuation. She spoke softly, as if afraid of startling Uchiha Touyu, whom she was holding in her arms, while gently massaging her chest.

Shirahoshi pouted, revealing a very obvious unhappy expression. Uchiha Touyu immediately saw through her thoughts and deliberately asked:

"What's wrong? My lovely Princess Shirahoshi?"

"Lord Touyu... I'm clearly your favorite mermaid bed!"

"Hehe, each has its own merits! But Shirahoshi, you are indeed the most precious and comfortable of all the mermaid beds."

Upon hearing this, Shirahoshi's face lit up with joy, and she slowly stretched out her foot and stepped into the hot spring pool.

Although Princess Shirahoshi is quite large, the hot spring pool is several hundred meters in diameter, so as long as you go deeper inside, you can also enjoy a comfortable soak in the hot spring.

(End of this chapter)