One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Two fists of vastly different size collided in mid-air like meteorites.

The earth-shattering explosion reverberated throughout the heavens and the earth.

The impact of the explosion tore apart the thick, dark clouds gathering above their heads, causing the sky to crack open and beams of sunlight to shoot down.

"Crack! Crack! Boom!"

The massive, tens-of-meters-long tree-tumor arm of Huang Mu only held out against Luo Xia's Shattering Star Fist for less than three seconds before countless fine cracks appeared on the dark surface of the tree-tumor.

Then the house-sized fist shattered inch by inch and exploded.

An overwhelming force traveled upwards along the shattered fist, causing his entire right arm, which he had smashed out, to break off segment by segment.

"Sizzle! Bang!"

The instant the electrical noise rang in his ears, Huang Mu's broad chest was struck by a fist trailing black and red lightning.

The chest area covered by thick Armored Armor armor collapsed in large sections, the mountain behind it trembled, and the tree-man, hundreds of meters tall, arched its back and crashed into the depths of the mountain with a loud bang, embedding itself even more firmly.

Crimson blood spurted from the tree-man's gaping maw. Huang Mu didn't have time to say anything or use his ability to escape before his head, embedded in the mountain, was struck again by Luo Xia's fist, breaking his teeth and leaving him in a daze.

The next moment, Luo Xia clenched his fists and, like a ruthless pile driver, unleashed a frenzied barrage of attacks on Huang Mu's massive body.

"Fist Bone! Meteor Shower!"

Countless heavy punches rained down like a storm, shattering the domineering armor on Huang Mu's body. His massive body, constructed from tree burls, continued to crumble, sending countless wood chips flying outwards.

A continuous rumbling and trembling sound emanated from within the thousand-meter-high mountain.

The rocks, soil, and trees covering the mountain surface slid down violently amidst the tremors, as if a massive landslide had occurred.

A few dozen seconds later, on the other side of the thousand-meter-high mountain, a mountain body with a diameter of over a hundred meters suddenly exploded and shattered. It was smashed through by the giant tree-man that Huang Mu had transformed into, and then grabbed by the face by Luo Xia and slammed hard onto the coast of the other side of Wilmeyou Island, scooping up large swaths of soil and rocks.

If you look at it from a distance, you can see that right in the middle of the mountainside of the highest peak on Wilmeyou Island, Luo Xia, pressing down on Huang Mu's body, had forcibly carved out a huge hole with a diameter of over a hundred meters.

A familiar scene, just like when Rorschach was on this island, bombarding the Golden Lion relentlessly.

That mountain peak was the very same one that had previously served as the battlefield where Rorschach and Yamato fought.

The barren savanna, which had been smashed onto the shore, was already stunned by Luo Xia's series of rapid and brutal beatings. It lay in the crater with its face covered in blood, its eyes wide open and staring blankly at the sky.

A loud crash came from the ground beside him, and Rorschach landed on the ground. Looking down at the edge of the crater, he said approvingly:

"Indeed, when it comes to vitality, you are an anomaly among ability users."

"Don't joke around."

Huang Mu spoke with a slight lisp, and Luo Xia had knocked out more than a dozen of his teeth.

He shakily supported his massive body as he rose from the bottom of the pit, countless vines and aerial roots extending outward from his legs, like swimming pythons, swiftly spreading and stretching in all directions, stabbing at the countless ferocious beasts living on Wilmeyou Island.

Those vines, seemingly imbued with life, were incredibly sharp, easily piercing the skin and muscles of those giant beasts, entering their bodies, and then rapidly draining their life force, sucking them dry amidst their terrified cries.

"Gu dong gu dong."

The sound of gulping down food echoed from all directions.

The essence, containing powerful vitality, was sucked and extracted by the vine roots, and continuously transported into Huang Mu's body.

Not only on the island, but also in the sea behind Huang Mu, countless roots spread out, like snakes disappearing into the deep sea. Under Luo Xia's Observation Haki, they coiled around or pierced into the bodies of fish and sea kings, frantically extracting their life force to nourish themselves.

With the infusion of this life force, the dozen or so teeth that had been knocked out of Huang Mu's mouth grew back at a speed visible to the naked eye, right before Luo Xia's eyes.

The cracks and shattered wounds on his body were healing rapidly, becoming completely intact.

His aura returned to full strength, even stronger than before, as if he had never been beaten by Luo Xia.

Luo Xia waved his hand, pulled up a vine that carried the essence of life force from the ground, and held it in his hand.

The vine, as thick as an arm, twisted in his hand like a living python.

Rorschach ran his fingers across the surface of the vine and saw a ruby-red liquid dripping from the bulges within it.

A refreshing fragrance emanates from the reddish-brown, viscous liquid that resembles blood but is not. It invigorates those who smell it, giving them a sense of comfort and tranquility.

"Is this the life essence he extracted from those animals? It looks really similar to the healing tears made by Mansherry. If this were used as a healing potion, its effects would probably be no weaker than Mansherry's healing tears."

Luo Xia stared intently at Huang Mu.

It seems that this guy's Forest Fruit is an exceptionally powerful support-type Logia-type ability.

However, given Huang Mu's personality, he would never use this ability to heal soldiers.

Seeing Huang Mu's body recover to its former size, now even larger, with more dark tree burls piled up on it, Luo Xia raised an eyebrow.

"What? Still not convinced?"

"Convinced? You're not worthy of my respect. I, Aramu, only respect Brother Akainu!"

"So solemn and abhorrent!"

Huang Mu's eyes were bloodshot, and he was somewhat out of control, as if he was on the verge of going berserk.

Countless thick, python-like energy roots pierced into the ground from his legs, strangling and binding Luo Xia.

As the earth and rocks churned, giant trees, several meters in diameter, burst forth from the ground, rising like javelins and thrusting towards Luo Xia.

In the blink of an eye, the land within a radius of several hundred meters was transformed into a lush primeval forest by the power of Huangmu.

Countless vines, thorns, giant trees, and branches rushed towards Rorschach, as if at this moment Rorschach had become the enemy of the forest.

Huang Mu raised his massive fist, which had swelled to the size of a warship, high and swung it down at Luo Xia's head.

"If you're not convinced, then I'll beat you until you are!"

Luo Xia grinned, and a violent current erupted from his body, blasting the giant aerial root trees that were growing wildly within a radius of hundreds of meters into pieces.

He swayed and dodged the giant fist that Huang Mu was about to smash down. He then swept out with a whip kick, striking Huang Mu on the forehead and knocking the huge man, who was three or four hundred meters tall and looked like a small mountain, to the ground.

The lightning power, amplified by his extremely powerful domineering aura, relentlessly bombarded and consumed the Armament Haki on Aramu's body, piercing through his Haki and continuously creating holes in his massive body.

He reached out and grabbed Huang Mu by the scalp, then picked up his massive, mountain-like body with one hand and slammed it wildly against the ground beneath his feet.

When Huang Mu used this move to deal with stronger opponents who were slightly weaker than him, the Treant technique seemed to become useless when facing the more violent Luo Xia, and instead became a hindrance to him.

Despite being brutally beaten by Rorschach, he continuously shot out vine roots from his body that could extract life essence, attempting to break through Rorschach's Armament Haki armor and absorb Rorschach's life force.

But it was completely useless.

Even though he managed to break through the Armament Haki armor covering Rorschach's body, and even though he used vines to pierce through Rorschach's dragon scale defenses and embed them into Rorschach's skin and muscles, he was still unable to absorb even a trace of Rorschach's life force.

On the contrary, when the vines that pierced his body connected to Luo Xia, countless terrifying bolts of lightning would burst out from Luo Xia's body, following the vines and crashing into his own body, causing Huang Mu to cough up blood continuously and his massive body to explode repeatedly.

"Got you!"

Amidst the relentless barrage of thunder, the giant tree-man, transformed from Huang Mu, was once again smashed to pieces by Luo Xia.

Before Huang Mu could merge into the seed and escape, a huge Qilin claw came crashing down on his head, grabbing his neck and slamming him hard to the ground!

"Are you satisfied?"

Chapter 735 General Blue Scale

"That kid named Aramaki is really pathetic."

"Yes. However, I feel very satisfied. Rorschach did the right thing. He deserved to be taught a lesson and have his arrogance crushed. Otherwise, even if this guy becomes a Marine Admiral, he will definitely disobey orders in future missions."

"Sengoku, you're right, but isn't it going too far to beat up a colleague you're about to work with? It's been a whole day and night already. Should we send someone over to stop it?"

"You go if you want, I'm not going."

"Then I won't go either. Borsalino, you're fast, you go."

"Spare me, I don't want to get involved. These young people these days are all too scary."

As the sun rose and set, a whole day and night passed in the blink of an eye. Sengoku and the others sat on the inner bay embankment of G1, eating lunch while watching the explosions still coming from Vermeer in the distance, chatting amongst themselves.

Bepo sprinkled spices and chili powder on a crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside sea king meat steak and handed it to Kizaru with a big smile.

"Admiral Kizaru, let's eat some barbecue."

"Thank you." Kizaru said his thanks, took the grilled meat, tore off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, his cheeks bulging as he ate.

"Hehe, you're welcome, you're welcome." Bepo scratched his head and grinned foolishly.

"Silly bear, grill me a piece," Parmel said in a muffled voice, looking down.

"Get lost! If you want to eat, help yourself!" Bepo rolled his eyes.

Then, he cheerfully picked up the sliced ​​pork chops and started grilling them for the others.

While skillfully scoring the thick steak, Bepo tilted his bear head and whispered to Sengoku, "Fleet Admiral, can that guy named Aramaki become a new Marine Admiral?"

"Don't call me Marshal anymore, I've already retired." Sengoku smiled and looked at the island ahead. "You mean Aramaki? He will indeed be our Navy's third Admiral. We've already thought of his codename, Green Bull."

"Green Bull?" Bepo paused, scratched his head, and asked in confusion, "But, isn't it said that you need to fight to a draw with Admiral Kizaru and Admiral Rorschach to become an Admiral? That guy seems to be getting beaten down by Admiral Rorschach the whole time."

"You're quite observant, Bepo. It seems your Observation Haki has developed quite well."

Upon receiving praise from Sengoku, Bepo's bear-like face immediately flushed red, and he grinned foolishly.

Sengoku, while eating meat, mumbled, "Sakazuki was right yesterday, but while Aramaki's strength is slightly weaker than Rorschach's, it's certainly enough for him to become a Marine Admiral. Think about it, how many people can withstand that freakish kid's beating for so long? Even I'm terrified by Rorschach's current attack power. That brat has really gotten stronger."

After listening to Sengoku's words, Bepo and the others thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed true.

Even the mighty Yamato could only hold out for a few minutes against Rorschach before being utterly defeated.

Despite seemingly being completely overwhelmed and utterly powerless, Huang Mu actually managed to hold on from yesterday daytime until today, enduring Luo Xia's relentless beating for a full day and night.

Putting everything else aside, the sheer vitality of this plant alone is enough to amaze everyone present.

No wonder Luo Xia had said before that even he probably didn't have as much vitality as Huang Mu.

That guy is really tough.

On the island of Vermeer.

"Oh!"

Luo Xia punched Huang Mu's arm, deflecting it, and then followed up with a whip kick that struck Huang Mu in the waist and abdomen, sending him flying off the ground and crashing into the trees that were sprouting from the ground behind him.

Wood chips flew everywhere, and leaves fluttered down as Luo Xia chased after him, grabbed Huang Mu's ankle as he flew backward, and slammed him to the ground.

"Boom!"

The ground exploded with a deafening roar, sending up clouds of dust and scattering debris everywhere.