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

Chapter 288 Prelude to War

On the azure sea, a flash of lightning illuminated the sails of a pirate ship, instantly reducing them to charcoal.

The pirate ship, which had been moving at high speed, slowed down almost instantly, and the pirates on board immediately showed expressions of despair.

"Damn it, let's fight these guys!"

"Damn Blood Demons and the Navy! Since they won't give us a way out, then we'll fight our way out ourselves!"

On the pirate ship with its sails burned, a group of pirates from the New World had faces full of despair as they looked at the giant sea king chasing after them, their eyes revealing a desperate ferocity.

However, then, a huge pink dragon suddenly flew up from the naval warship next to the giant sea king and landed on the pirate ship with a whoosh.

Several agile beauties jumped off the pink dragon: Ain, the user of the Back-Back Fruit; Tina, the user of the Cage-Cage Fruit; Peacock, the user of the Whip-Whip Fruit; as well as Tashigi and Hibari—all well-known and beautiful female Marines.

What's even more astonishing is the strength of these beautiful female marines. They swept through the entire pirate ship like tigers among sheep. These New World pirates on the ship would have bounties in the millions across the world, but they were all defeated in a single move by these female marines.

Even the captain of the pirate ship, a Golden Eagle Fruit user with a bounty of 3 million, along with three subordinates with bounties of over 8 million, could only withstand two or three moves before being completely overwhelmed by various attacks when facing these female marines.

"As expected... he has become much stronger... both his domineering aura and physical abilities are completely different from before."

The peacock, holding a whip, looked at her fist and smiled excitedly. The lark standing beside her nodded in agreement.

"I never expected that Lord Feiyu would possess such miraculous power, instantly increasing our strength by so much!"

"Hehe, back when I sent you to serve Lord Feiyu in bed, you were struggling and shouting 'No, no!' But after one night, you were clinging to Lord Feiyu and wouldn't leave no matter how much I told you to."

A soft laugh came from behind. Tina, smoking a cigarette, looked at the two of them, instantly making the two little sparrows blush.

When these two new beauties arrived, Uchiha Touyu was looking for something new to do, so instead of using the Heavenly Demon Secret to control them, he brutally took them.

Hibari and Peacock's initial struggles and cries did indeed give Uchiha Touyu a taste of novelty. However, with the dual cultivation, the two, like other women, quickly succumbed to Uchiha Touyu's methods.

"Hmm... Tina, why are you bringing up that time? We're completely devoted to Lord Feiyu now!"

Peacock unconsciously fiddled with the tip of her whip, seemingly unconcerned, and said, her cheeks flushed, "I'm not doing this." Skylark nodded in agreement.

"Yes! Lord Feiyu also said that our performance back then was indeed quite novel and interesting to him!"

"Stop chatting! Search the pirate ship for treasure, then let's leave."

Just as the girls' conversation was getting increasingly off-topic and explicit, Momousagi stopped them from going astray and told them to clean up the mess.

After searching the pirate ship and finding some pirate treasure, Momousagi transformed back into a pink dragon and flew back to the giant sea king with several female marine officers.

At this moment, a large palace has been built on the giant sea king—this is certainly not something that was built in a short time, but a palace that Peacock drove down from the island using the power of the Whip-Whisper Fruit.

If the Peacock's Whip-Flick Fruit were developed to its limit, it would probably be similar to the Mountain-Driving Whip in myths and legends, capable of driving away even high mountains and islands, moving mountains and filling seas at will.

This Devil Fruit might not be outstanding for combat, but if used for infrastructure development, it's probably not much worse than the Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit.

Upon entering the palace, Momousagi and her group looked up and saw Uchiha Touya sitting cross-legged in the very center of the palace, his body constantly shifting between blood shadow and human form.

Although Uchiha Touyu had been living a life of extravagance and debauchery during this time, he had never given up on cultivating his strength, especially after he was able to cultivate demonic arts in the pirate world as well.

Aside from the nightly dual cultivation activities, Uchiha Touyu spent the rest of his time cultivating his Blood Nerve. He had already accumulated enough blood energy, but he was lagging behind in terms of physical evolution and energy purity, which was why he had not been able to fully master the Blood Nerve.

During this period, Uchiha Tou's main body has been constantly purifying his energy through arduous training, while his avatar has been continuously strengthening his physical body. The world rules of the Naruto world are more focused on energy, while the world rules of the One Piece world are more focused on the physical body. By using the different world rules of the two worlds for training, one can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

After obtaining the authentic Blood Nerve, Uchiha Touyu was able to cultivate the authentic Blood Sea Asura Body, and he had been working towards this goal for some time.

However, compared to the pirated Asura body he cobbled together in the One Piece world, the difficulty of cultivating into a true Asura is completely incomparable.

Even the weakest authentic Asura is still at the level of a celestial being or demon, and even in mythology, among celestial beings and demons of the same level, Asura's physical attributes are outstanding.

In the world of One Piece, a true Asura, even with just his physical strength, would be enough to destroy the entire civilization of a pirate planet.

If combined with the magical power cultivated from the Blood Nerve, not only could planetary civilizations be completely destroyed, but even the planet itself could be utterly destroyed.

With such a powerful Asura body, even though Uchiha Touyu is still a long way from mastering it, his physical strength is already incomparable to what it used to be.

Even if the original knock-off Asura Body were to reach its peak, it would at most be equivalent to the combined strength of Charlotte Linlin's Iron Balloon and Kaido's Immortal Body. It is incomparable to the genuine Asura Body—the genuine Asura possesses a physical strength roughly equivalent to that of the movie version of Superman, which is not something that Iron Balloon or Immortal Body can compete with.

As Momousagi and the others entered the palace, the original blood shadow trembled and transformed into a mass of crimson blood, which then coalesced into the figure of Uchiha Touu.

As his figure materialized, Momousagi and the others seemed to see a raging sea of ​​blood rushing towards them. Fortunately, the group was quite strong, so they did not lose their composure.

Standing in the center of the palace, Uchiha Hiyu was like a blood-red sun, radiating an almost terrifying aura. The palace even echoed with a sound like ocean waves, which took a while to subside.

He stretched and yawned, and then there was a series of cracking sounds. Uchiha Hiyu's body twitched and grew more than ten centimeters taller in a very short time before slowly shrinking back to its original size.

However, during this transformation, Uchiha Hiyu's body underwent another compression, resulting in significant improvements in both his physical attributes and the strength of his internal energy.

"Momotogi, have the pirates on the other side been dealt with?"

Having returned to her original form, Uchiha Touyu glanced at the female naval officers who had entered and casually asked them a question.

"It was easily and completely resolved, but we didn't find anything good on the pirate ship."

Momousagi waved her hand and said casually.

"I see... It seems we've encountered more pirates lately, and they're all heading in the direction of Wano Country."

Uchiha Touyu stroked his chin, sat down in the chair behind him, and began to analyze:

"Looks like I was right, most of the pirates in the New World have gone to Wano Country! Tsk, it seems the alliance between Kaido and Charlotte Linlin has really given these pirates in the New World a lot of confidence!"

"It's less about confidence and more about the immense pressure you put on them, sir. They had no other choice. Otherwise, given the nature of these pirates, how could they possibly stick together?"

Momousagi said with a grin, walking up to Uchiha Tou as she spoke. She slowly knelt down, unbuttoned her shirt, and hugged Uchiha Tou's legs, beginning to massage them.

Behind Momousagi, a group of beautiful female Marines surrounded him, using their mouths or jade balls to serve Uchiha Touyu.

Uchiha Touya let out a long sigh of relief and narrowed his eyes:

"Let's stop dealing with these pirates and head straight to Wano Country. I believe at least half of the pirates in the New World have already gathered there."

"Once we wipe out all those pirates, this world will be mine."

Having made up their minds, Uchiha Tou and his group no longer cared about the pirates they encountered along the way. As long as the pirates did not attack them, they would not fight back, and instead focused all their attention on traveling.

As it turned out, Uchiha Tou's guess was correct. Soon after, as the giant sea king slowly approached Wano Country, everyone saw a large number of pirate ships around the country.

"Wow, so many ships! There must be at least a thousand!"

"Wano Country's terrain is unique, so these pirate ships didn't enter Wano Country, but stayed on the outskirts... However, since they didn't enter Wano Country's inner harbor, these pirates probably aren't any particularly powerful pirates."

In the world of pirates, everything is allocated according to strength. Those with strength can go to Wano Country and enter its inner ports, while those without strength are left as cannon fodder. This is perfectly normal.

As the giant sea king approached, the miscellaneous pirate ships surrounding Wano Country scattered like a flock of startled sheep, immediately descending into chaos.

There's no way around it; pirates aren't the Navy after all, so they don't have a unified command. The pirates on the outskirts of Wano Country are practically a motley crew.

In this situation, the fact that these pirates didn't scatter immediately when faced with the overwhelming giant sea kings shows that they had gained some morale because of their large numbers.

Looking at the pirates in front of him, Uchiha Touyu did not make a move immediately. At this moment, he had reached the limit in terms of the soul power and blood energy he had absorbed. These "human resources" could only be used for storage now.

The black energy used as a sacrifice is no longer very effective. At this point, Uchiha Touya no longer has much need for techniques below the Immortal/Demon level.

So he simply took out a white bone banner, planted it in the center of the palace, and looked at the beautiful women under his command:

"These pirate henchmen are yours to handle. Take them all down!"

The Netherworld White Bone Banner is arguably the most common magical artifact in the demonic path. These kinds of magical artifacts, such as the White Bone Banner and the Myriad Soul Banner, have very similar effects—they are made from materials such as bones, blood, skin, and souls, and they are specifically designed to attack life. They also absorb things like souls and blood. The more they absorb, the greater their power becomes, and there is no upper limit to their power.

Of course, there may be no upper limit, but most people who don't know their own limitations and go on a rampage of slaughtering those who craft these magical artifacts generally don't have a good ending. The vast majority of those who cultivate through slaughter, unless they actually become big shots like Styx or Mara, or become their subordinates, are basically doomed to die.

In fact, the Asuras under Styx Ancestor and the Heavenly Demons under Mara are, to some extent, already "within the system" of demons. Every move they make must follow the rules. Even they dare not openly and endlessly cultivate things like the White Bone Banner or the Myriad Soul Banner. At most, they can only secretly obtain some souls.

As for why Uchiha Touyu planted it here, it was naturally to avoid wasting the feast that was about to begin—this Netherworld White Bone Banner was made by Uchiha Touyu using pirate prisoners from Dressrosa last time. As long as it was placed here, it could absorb the souls and blood in a certain area of ​​the sea, saving Uchiha Touyu the trouble of doing it himself.

Upon hearing Uchiha Tou's order, Hancock, Momousagi, and Shirahoshi exchanged glances, revealing a hint of competition.

Currently, among Uchiha Tou's harem, only the three of them have a large following. As for Nami, Robin, and Princess Vivi, although they are very favored, their strength is indeed much weaker than the three of them, and they don't have many subordinates. Naturally, they are not as useful as Hancock and the other two in battle.

The two princesses of Dressrosa do have some manpower, but they joined late and are weak, so they certainly can't compare to Hancock and her two companions.

(End of this chapter)