The Witcher: The Journey to Transcendence from Marvel...

Chapter 281 Opening

However, seeing Wes' relaxed expression, Luo took a deep breath. "I can only trust him now," he silently told himself.

He could sense that Wes wasn't the kind of person who just talked big; his strength and confidence must have some basis. Although Law didn't know what that basis was, at this moment, he was willing to entrust his and his companions' fate to Wes, even if only temporarily.

Wes suddenly seemed to sense something; he abruptly looked up, his gaze flashing like lightning as he looked towards a tall tower to the east.

The tower soared into the clouds, its body constructed of sturdy bricks and stones, but to Wes, all of this seemed meaningless; his gaze seemed to pierce through the tower, reaching right to its top.

Violet, who was monitoring from the tower, took two steps back in shock. Her beautiful face instantly lost all color, and her eyes were filled with terror.

"What's wrong?" Gladius asked, frowning.

"He seems to have spotted me?" Violet's voice trembled slightly; she wasn't sure.

As a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user with the ability to see through stares and stares, she has always been confident in her abilities.

With the power of this fruit, she can extend her vision to a radius of 4000 kilometers, thereby obtaining intelligence or observing enemies.

In countless missions before, she had never failed. Her eyes were like all-knowing divine eyes, silently watching every move in Dressrosa and gathering all kinds of intelligence for the Doflamingo family.

Whether it's a secret base hidden deep in the mountains and forests or a ship sailing on the vast sea, nothing can escape her eyes.

But this time, facing Wes's sharp gaze, she felt an unprecedented fear, an unease of being seen through.

"Are you seeing things?" Gladius said dismissively, not believing that anyone could detect Violet's surveillance.

"Are you two the executives of the Don Quixote family?"

A calm, deep voice came from behind him, like the whisper of death, making Gladius's hair stand on end instantly.

His body stiffened abruptly, and an unprecedented sense of crisis surged into his heart.

He turned around with incredible speed, almost on instinct.

His pupils contracted sharply when his gaze fell behind them; Wes was standing quietly less than three meters away.

When?

A storm raged in Gladius's heart.

With their Observation Haki and Violet's abilities, they should be able to control everything around them.

However, he hadn't noticed Wes's presence at all until Wes spoke.

The feeling was like a prey being unknowingly targeted by a hunter's gun, the shadow of death instantly looming over him.

An invisible pressure surged towards him like a tidal wave, so heavy that he could hardly breathe, as if the air itself had become viscous.

Gladius was a seasoned warrior with extensive combat experience, having honed his keen intuition through countless life-or-death battles. At this moment, that intuition was frantically warning him that he was far from being a match for Wes.

[Escape!] That was the only thought in his mind.

Almost at the same instant, he activated his ability.

The ground began to tremble violently, and then a large bulge rose up from the ground.

"BOOM!!" With a deafening roar, the immense explosive force shattered the top floor of the tower into dust.

Bricks and pieces of wood flew everywhere, smoke and dust filled the air, and the entire tower shook violently.

Taking advantage of the moment, Gladius grabbed Violet, who was still in shock, and jumped off the tower without hesitation.

During his descent, he skillfully controlled his body, adjusted his posture, and landed smoothly on the ground.

"Go!" Gladius landed without hesitation. He knew that he could not linger at this moment and had to get away from this terrifying enemy as soon as possible.

He grabbed Violet and ran wildly toward the family's stronghold.

"The judgment is correct." However, Wes's ghostly voice rang in their ears.

Immediately afterwards, the two were horrified to find that their bodies were suddenly unable to move, as if they were tightly bound by countless invisible ropes.

Every muscle felt frozen; even the simplest movement of a finger was impossible.

What's going on? Is this guy also a power user?

Despite the extreme tension, Gladius's mind was still racing as he tried to figure out what kind of ability user Wes was.

His eyes were filled with terror and confusion; among the Devil Fruit users he knew, he had never seen such a bizarre ability.

However, the next second, he felt a powerful force impacting his consciousness, a force like a surging black tide that instantly overwhelmed his consciousness.

His eyes became empty and lifeless, his body swayed twice, and then with a "thud," he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, lifeless.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Wes stared at Gladius's corpse, his eyes devoid of any pity.

He knew this was just the beginning, and he was waiting for something to appear.

A few seconds later, sure enough, something was seen emerging from Gladius's body.

Wes had been waiting for this moment. He uttered a soft shout: "Imprisonment!" As soon as he finished speaking, a cube-shaped barrier emitting a pale blue light appeared instantly, firmly trapping the energy.

This energy surged wildly within the barrier, each impact causing ripples and accompanied by a deafening explosion.

Wes's barrier was incredibly strong, and no matter how much the energy struggled, it could not break through it.

Wes reached out and gently pinched the cube in his hand, his eyes filled with curiosity.

"Is this the true form of a Devil Fruit?"

He was already planning to study it carefully and explore the power and secrets it contained.

Violet, standing to the side, was terrified; her body trembled uncontrollably, and her face was as pale as paper.

In her eyes, the powerful Gladius had died so silently, and she couldn't even figure out what methods Wes had used.

This filled Violet with a deep sense of despair and fear; she didn't know if she would be the next one to fall.

The explosion alerted the patrol team that was patrolling nearby.

The patrol team consisted entirely of Don Quixote's pirate crew. Upon hearing the explosion, they quickly rushed towards the scene.

When they saw Gladius lying lifeless on the ground, everyone's heart felt as if it had been gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

Gladius held a high position in the Donquixote Family, and his strength and abilities were well-known. Yet now he lay here like a broken doll, lifeless.

These pirates knew perfectly well that things were in deep trouble.

(End of this chapter)