The Legendary Family of One Piece

Chapter 157 Dangerous and Miraculous

The dark sea stretched out in a vast expanse.

"Is it foggy?"

Lina found it strange, her beautiful eyes scrutinizing her intently.

"It seems so!"

Charlotte was slightly surprised; there hadn't been any fog a moment ago, but somehow a hazy mist had appeared around them.

"We haven't stumbled into the Island of Gloomy Mist, have we?!" Beta's booming voice suddenly rang out, startling everyone.

"Bang!"

Beta cried out in pain and looked at Lina, "Miss...why did you hit me again?!"

Lina brandished her steaming fist, her face contorted in a rage, and yelled, "You bastard, don't make that noise out of nowhere! You're scaring me half to death!"

"Stop arguing, there's something going on up ahead!" Charlotte interrupted everyone.

A moment later, an island slowly appeared, surrounded by various dilapidated boats with half of their hulls sticking out of the water.

A sinister and terrifying feeling.

Pande felt a jolt of electricity run through his body, and in a flash, he clung tightly to Barrett like a slingback bear.

Barrett was exasperated. "Pander, don't lie on top of me!"

"I...I'm scared!" Pande stammered.

The others looked wary, but no danger appeared until they got close to the island.

The hazy fog did give off a very unsettling feeling, especially since there seemed to be some shadows moving around in the fog in the distance.

Beta's face looked very unnatural, and he said, "Um, I'll stay and protect the ship."

Pande followed suit, speaking up as if he would never leave the Hibernian.

Seeing how these two were behaving, Charlotte was naturally worried, so both Jin and Mitis were left on the ship.

He, Barrett, and Lina set off.

As soon as they got close, the three immediately left the Hibernian.

The three moved quickly toward the shadow swaying in the fog, only to find it was just a tattered pirate flag when they got closer.

"Charlotte, it's too quiet here," Lina said calmly, her eyes scanning the room warily.

"Boss, over here!" Barrett called out to Charlotte from not far away.

Charlotte and her partner exchanged a glance, and the two quickly walked over. At first glance, they saw a vast expanse of snow-white skulls covering the ground.

"How many people will die!" Lina couldn't help but turn pale.

"Let's go and take a look ahead."

Charlotte said in a deep voice, "It is a given fact that there are unknown dangers on this island."

The three continued towards the center of the island, and after a long time, the ruins of a city appeared before them.

It was as quiet as a ghost town; apart from some tall buildings and ruins, there was no sign of any living creature.

The wind howled like a ghost, and the occasional, unseen shadows flickered, making one uneasy.

It was truly like a ghostly realm.

"Boom!"

A violent tremor followed, and Xia Luo and the other two looked solemnly in the direction of the sound.

The dark mist churned wildly, and a gigantic figure gradually approached until it was fully revealed.

"giant?"

It has a massive body that is twenty meters tall, with tendrils growing on its back like vines, and each of its four hands holds a huge weapon.

What is this?

Charlotte was speechless; she had never heard of such a creature in the world of One Piece!

Moreover, he could sense that the giant had long since lost his life force, like a dead man, yet still retained his bodily instincts.

Especially around the extra hands and vines, there were dense stitches.

It looked as if it had been artificially modified, and there was a strange little red smiling face on the giant's shoulder.

"Charlotte, this is so ugly!" Lina couldn't help but complain. She looked terrifying and was even more unusually ugly.

He wasn't concerned about ugliness or beauty, but rather he had absolutely no idea what this thing was.

The mutated giant suddenly moved, its four weapons slashing and swirling wildly.

Charlotte's gaze turned cold; whatever it was, she would smash it to pieces.

The flying slash instantly tore through the air, and in a split second, the giant's arm was completely severed, and his body was cut in two.

"Hiss hiss hiss..."

In an instant, terrifying, snake-like screams rang out from the giant's body.

The giant's shattered body suddenly sprouted a large number of vines, which attacked Charlotte and her companions like tentacles.

The three of them immediately disappeared.

"Boom!"

The vines, as strong as steel, pierced the ground, shattered slabs of rock, and swept away all obstacles.

"Slash!"

Charlotte continued her attack, and in an instant all the vines broke, but the broken parts immediately grew back and continued to attack Charlotte.

"Damn it! What is this thing?"

Charlotte quickly dodged, but soon his gaze fell on the mutated smiling red flower on the giant's shoulder.

At this moment, it has transformed into a bizarre flower with its mouth wide open, revealing a mouthful of teeth.

Before he could think further, the vines, having missed their attack, continued to strike him.

Charlotte shouted, "Barrett, attack the flowers on the giant's body!"

Without hesitation, Barrett shaved his head and came to the side of the eerie flower.

"Frenzy Fighting Fist"

The fist, covered in Armament Haki, unleashed a terrifying force.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, everything in front of them vanished into thin air, revealing a terrifyingly large crater.

The vines that had been chasing Charlotte withered and decomposed into dust as if they had been dehydrated.

Seeing this, Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief.

The three of them quickly gathered together.

"That little red smiling face is so weird, what exactly is it?" Lina asked anxiously.

Charlotte shook his head; he had never heard of it and naturally didn't know.

However, I seem to have a vague impression of this thing, but unfortunately I can't remember it.

Barrett seemed to know something about it and said, "I've encountered this thing before. It can absorb life force to grow, and it can even reside in a person's body to grow and control them."

Charlotte was startled and looked at Barrett.

Barrett, with a serious expression, slowly recounted an experience he had once had.

After hearing this, not only was Charlotte shocked, but even Lina was dumbfounded.

This thing can be as deceptively ordinary as a flower, but it needs to devour other life forms to sustain itself.

What a terrifying creature.

It seems that many pirates were killed by this strange flower.

The world of One Piece is truly dangerous and wondrous.

However, several more corpses controlled by the smiling red flower soon appeared, but they were all dealt with by Xia Luo and the others attacking the main body.

The three of them arrived at a magnificent altar.

It is evident that ancient sacrificial customs exist here, and something seems to be offered on the high altar.

Charlotte and her two companions quickly walked over.

This is... a Devil Fruit?

To the complete surprise of the three, a Devil Fruit was placed on the altar.

However, it is obvious that this thing is a sacrificial offering, because there are other fruit fragments left after they rotted in the fruit plate on which it was placed.

One of the major characteristics of Devil Fruits is that they can remain incorrupt for a long time.

Charlotte put it away; the more Devil Fruits, the better.

This unexpected gain was quite good; it's just a mystery which Devil Fruit it was.

At the very center of the altar was a statue that looked exactly like the flower they had destroyed.

After that, there were no further exciting discoveries, and the three of them decided to leave.

Charlotte had absolutely no interest in such a dangerous man-eating plant, and hoped it would never appear again.

The threat is too great.

Otherwise, it would be an absolute nightmare.

If it were to devour the corpse of a powerful figure, and some other bizarre changes were to occur, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Leaving here is the safest option, and of course, they've already cleaned up all the smiley faces and little red flowers.

Wishing everyone a happy Lunar New Year's Day 2:

With the dragon soaring and the tiger leaping, wealth flows in; with the spirit of the dragon and the horse, grand plans unfold.

May the Year of the Dragon bring you good fortune and all things going well.

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