One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The dozen or so small ghosts, each the size of a palm, exploded with the power of ordinary artillery shells.

If these three large ghosts are also the explosive ghosts, then their power would be absolutely terrifying.

Although this explosion, devoid of any overwhelming power, wouldn't harm her elemental transformation, Hibari didn't want to be put on the defensive because of it.

"Zeus!" she cried again.

"No...don't come any closer!"

Unexpectedly, the thundercloud, which was being chased by the three ghosts, did not unleash a lightning attack as before. Instead, it flew back in tears, frightened by the sight, which made the lark grit its teeth in anger.

"You're a Homie created from the soul of one of the Four Emperors, yet you're afraid of even a subordinate of one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea? Zeus, you're utterly useless!"

Zeus cried, "If you're not afraid, then don't run ahead of me!"

Suddenly, a cold wind swept past behind him, and a ghost approached rapidly from behind, passing through Zeus's cloud-like body.

The next second, Zeus, who was fleeing, froze, like a deflated balloon, and fell to the ground listlessly, sobbing, "I'm just a pathetic wretch that nobody wants. My mother doesn't want me. I can never go back to Tottoland. I'm so useless. I want to die..."

Lark was taken aback when he saw Zeus's sudden dejected appearance.

In that brief moment of hesitation, the three ghosts had already rushed up to us.

If we retreat any further, we'll have to leave this floor and fly out of the castle.

So, Hibari clenched her small hand, covered her fist with jet-black Armament Haki, and punched a ghost that was pouncing on her.

"Pop~".

The imagined Big Bang did not occur.

The ghost struck by her fist vanished into thin air like a soap bubble.

"Huh? Is it an illusion?" Hibari was taken aback again, and threw another punch, knocking a ghost away.

Only one ghost remained, lunging straight at her body.

The lark did not dodge, letting the ghost pass right through its body.

She is a Logia-type Devil Fruit user and is not afraid of ordinary explosive abilities.

Even if some of the three ghosts were real and some were fake, the explosion wouldn't hurt her.

However, the next second, Yun Que was enveloped in a heavy atmosphere, a tear welled up in the corner of her eye, and her body went limp as she collapsed to the ground. Supporting herself with her hands, she said bitterly, "Brother Luo Xia, I'm so useless. I'm like a useless slug, unable to help at all..."

To Hibari's surprise, this was not an exploding ghost at all.

Rather, it is a negative specter.

Anyone whose body is touched by this ghost becomes extremely depressed and decadent.

Not far away, Luo Xia, who witnessed this scene, couldn't help but cover his face.

He looked at Moria and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, that's enough, I really have something to do..."

"No one can withstand the attack of the Negative Ghost! Die, Marines! Combination attack! Super Explosive Ghost!"

When Perona saw that Lark had been hit, her little face lit up with joy. She pulled with both hands and created a super-sized ghost bomb, which flew towards Lark.

“I said, that’s enough.” Luo Xia frowned, his eyes narrowed, and his voice turned cold.

"Buzz!"

A terrifying aura, as deep as an abyss, suddenly swelled and burst forth from his body, transforming into a black and red ball of light that swept across the entire terrifying three-masted sailing ship in an instant, covering every corner.

The fog above the terrifying three-masted ship was churned and churned by tiny black and red lightning bolts.

In an instant, the entire island fell into deathly silence, and zombie soldiers and zombie animals fell down like dominoes.

Behind Moria, Perona's spirit, which was flying in mid-air, rolled its eyes and disappeared with a pop, returning to its body.

The original body, which was sitting on the bed, slumped to the side and fell into a coma.

Even Moria, who was standing right next to him, experienced a moment of disorientation.

When he regained consciousness, the entire island was completely silent, devoid of any other sounds.

"Conqueror's Haki".

Moria gripped the large scissors tightly, his whole body tense, staring intently at Rorschach.

Ignoring his wariness, Rorschach revealed his purpose directly.

"The King of Alabasta has disappeared here? Rorschach, what do you mean? You're not implying that I did it, are you?" Moria looked embarrassed and annoyed after hearing this.

“If you really did it, then you’re not just standing here talking to me.” Luo Xia walked to the edge of the floor and looked out at the misty sea. “I want to ask you, do you know if there are any other forces or monsters in this mist that kidnap humans?”

Perhaps sensing that Rorschach truly meant no harm, Moria relaxed slightly.

He glanced back at the unconscious Perona, then turned back around.

Then, he hesitated for a moment, turned around, picked up Perona who was lying on the bed, and held her in his arms before looking at Rorschach with relief.

"The Devil's Triangle is vast, and I don't know if there are other forces hiding there. But at least in all these years, I haven't encountered any other gangs. As for monsters, there are plenty. Sea Kings are everywhere; perhaps the ships of the Alabasta Kingdom were swallowed by a Sea King."

"Can't you say something auspicious? If something really happens to them, I'll have you thrown into Impel Down to take the blame." Rorschach stared coldly at Moria, making him feel uneasy.

"What does this have to do with me? You little navy brat, don't go too far!"

Moria was so angry he wanted to tear Rorschach's shadow out and stuff it onto the pig.

"It's impossible that Vivi and the others were eaten by the Sea Kings. They must still be alive. The fact that the Den Den Mushi can still be reached means that there must be someone on the other side!"

Hibari, holding the Den Den Mushi that was still emitting chaotic noise, spoke solemnly.

Luo Xia frowned and stared at the mist ahead.

Where did Vivi go?

Suddenly, Moria, as if struck by a sudden thought, blurted out, "Do they have a lot of gold on their ship?"

"What?" Rorschach was taken aback, not understanding the meaning behind Moria's sudden remark.

Moria continued, "If their ship carries a lot of gold, it might attract the attention of lanternfish."

“Lanternfish? Goldfish? Is there any connection between them?” Lark asked, puzzled.

"Anglerfish are deep-sea anglerfish with a light bulb on their head, which they use to lure other fish. It is said that the more gold they swallow, the brighter the light bulb on their head shines. Moreover, they can accurately sense whether there is gold nearby and go to find and eat it. Therefore, deep-sea anglerfish often surface to attack merchant ships carrying large amounts of gold."

Moria pointed in a certain direction on Thriller Bark and said, "I had several tons of gold hidden in that vault over there, which was swallowed by an anglerfish the size of an island, which also bit off a small part of my ship. But I'm not sure if they were swallowed by the anglerfish, since generally speaking, being swallowed means being digested. Those anglerfish, which are comparable in size to sea kings, have very strong stomach acid that can even corrode steel."

Rorschach extended his Observation Haki in the direction he pointed and indeed saw a bite mark.

The gap was shaped like a crescent moon and had a diameter of over 500 meters.

Only a ship as large as an island, like the Thriller Bark, could survive being bitten without serious injury; an ordinary ship would probably have been swallowed whole.

Wait, swallow it all.

Suddenly, the legend of lanternfish and pure gold flashed through Rorschach's mind.

If Moria's guess is correct, and Vivi was indeed swallowed by the lanternfish because their ship was carrying a large amount of gold, then perhaps the lanternfish that swallowed the ship was the lanternfish that was as big as a giant island.

Because inside that enormous lanternfish, there was even an island that it had swallowed.

Thinking of this, Rorschach couldn't help but turn to look at Moria.

"Do you have any gold left on your ship?"

Moria looked wary. "You... what do you want to do?"

“Fishing, huh? If it really is the lanternfish that’s behind this, then we’ll use gold to catch it again,” Rorschach said.

“That requires very high purity gold. I do have some gold jewelry on my ship, but it’s not pure at all. Besides, why should I give it to you? Who do you think you are? Hehehe, unless you kneel down and beg me.” Moria sneered.

A few minutes later, on the edge of the Thriller Bark, Rorschach was unleashing his lightning power, extracting all the gold from the chests of gold and jewels laid out on the ground and gathering it into a large, glittering golden sphere.

Not far away, Moria stood there with dark circles under his eyes, glaring at them with hatred, his obese body trembling with rage.

"You wretched navy brat, I swear, one day I'll cut off your shadow and turn you into a zombie!"

Chapter 451 Lanternfish

"Father, don't worry, Brother Luo Xia will definitely find us."

On a small island surrounded by a viscous green liquid, Vivi stands in front of a wrecked ship, supporting the pale-faced Cobra with one hand and holding a noisy Den Den Mushi in the other.

Because there was no signal, the Den Den Mushi couldn't even successfully mimic the appearance of the person on the other end of the call.

However, the button on its back still faithfully displays the phone number of the Den Den Mushi from the future.

Vivi recognized the number; it was Hibari's Den Den Mushi number.

Therefore, the person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi must be Hibari.

"Damn it, where am I? Why are we suddenly here? Weren't we just in the Devil's Triangle?"

Jackal Jakka looked around with annoyance at Bell, who was treating several injured guards.

Bell didn't look up, focusing on immobilizing the arm of a guard with a broken arm, and said softly, "If I'm not mistaken, Jakka, we're probably inside the belly of some sea king right now."

"What? Inside a sea king's belly?" Jaka's expression changed drastically, staring at Bell in disbelief. "Are you kidding me?"

He pointed to the island beneath his feet and the lush island forest in the distance, "I know sea kings are huge, but there's an island right beneath our feet. What kind of sea king can fit an island inside its belly? Even the giant whale at Upside Down Mountain isn't that big. Although it also has a small island inside its belly, it's much smaller than this one."

Bell stood up, walked to the edge of the island, picked up a dry twig from the ground, stirred it in the viscous green liquid, and smelled it.

Vivi and Cobra watched his movements with curiosity.

"What are you doing, Belle?" Vivi stepped forward and asked in surprise.

"I'm trying to figure out if this is inside a sea king's belly."

As Bell spoke, he walked over to the ship lying on the ground, found some food, brought it back, and threw it into the green liquid.

Then, to everyone's horror, Vivi and the others watched as the food rapidly dissolved and disappeared in the green, viscous liquid.

A huge bone, along with its flesh and hard bone, was cleanly and efficiently melted away.

"What is this? How terrifying! If... if our ship hadn't crashed onto the island, but instead plunged directly into this green liquid, we'd probably be nothing but bones by now." Vivi patted her chest in lingering fear, staring in horror at the bubbling green liquid before her.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is stomach acid. However, I need to confirm it further."

As Bell spoke, his two arms slowly transformed into feathered wings, and his body quickly transformed into a falcon. Under the watchful eyes of Vivi and the others, he flapped his wings and flew off the island, circling above the green liquid and soaring higher and higher.

Vivi was terrified.