One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he glanced at Tichi, whom he was holding in his hand.

Barrett's strong intuition told him that Teach must be hiding something.

Judging from his attempt to eat the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, this guy is confident that he can eat a second Devil Fruit.

So why does this guy think he can eat a second Devil Fruit?

If he could really eat a second Devil Fruit and have the power of two Devil Fruits, could I eat it myself?

Barrett has always been pursuing its ultimate power.

In the army of the endless war-torn kingdom, he escaped death countless times and became the strongest soldier in the kingdom's army amidst the flames of war.

Later, betrayed by his instructor, Barrett single-handedly destroyed his own country, went to sea to challenge powerful seafarers, and earned the fearsome reputation of being the offspring of a devil.

After meeting Roger, he was impressed by Roger's strength and boarded the Oro Jackson as a challenger, constantly challenging Roger and strengthening himself.

However, even someone as powerful as Roger would experience a decline in power due to an incurable disease, which left Barrett disheartened.

He left the Roger Pirates and ventured into the New World alone, continuing his path to becoming the strongest, until he was captured by the Buster Call fleet led by Garp and Sengoku.

Even after being imprisoned in the dark and hopeless Impel Down, Barrett never gave up on becoming stronger. For decades, he honed his combat skills and physical abilities in the endless hell that could drive countless prisoners to despair and collapse.

During his more than twenty years in the Infinite Hell, he not only broke the limits of humanity, making his physical body as powerful as a demon, but also successfully awakened his Devil Fruit ability, making him even stronger than he was twenty years ago.

After leaving Impel Down, Barrett believed that with his strength, which was much greater than before, he could truly surpass Roger and become the strongest in the world.

Unexpectedly, he not only failed to defeat Kaido in a one-on-one fight, but also failed to defeat Shanks, whom he had previously looked down upon.

While surprised that his power was not as great as he had imagined, Barrett also felt a deep sense of joy.

Yes.

He is very happy.

Barrett is happy that he is not the strongest in the world yet, and that he still has challenges and goals to surpass.

That's what makes life interesting.

Only by constantly challenging the strong can one become stronger, stronger than Kaido, stronger than Shanks, and stronger than anyone else.

But Barrett, who has become this powerful, can also clearly feel that there are fewer and fewer ways to continue to become stronger.

His physique has become so powerful that it surpasses the limits of the human body.

His Haki, including all three types, is at a top-tier level, comparable to Kaido and Shanks.

His fusion fruit ability has reached the point of fruit awakening, and he has developed it to its fullest potential.

His combat skills have also been honed to the pinnacle, making further breakthroughs difficult.

It can be said that at his level, the difficulty of reaching the next level and defeating other strong individuals of the same level is as high as ascending to heaven.

But, if I could eat another Devil Fruit...

Moreover, it was the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which even Barrett considered extremely powerful.

Thinking this way, Barrett suddenly felt that his trip hadn't been in vain.

While Barrett was indulging in the fantasy that he might continue to grow stronger, his non-power users were all looking at the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in his hand with undisguised greed.

The thirst for power has stirred restless desires in these prisoners of the infinite hell who have chosen to follow him.

The greedy prisoners couldn't contain their eagerness just thinking about how they would become another Whitebeard after acquiring Whitebeard's abilities.

The first one to jump out was that bald giant, Taiggs.

With his powerful muscles, he is one of the strongest prisoners in the Infinite Hell.

His strength is almost on par with that of Dylan the Lion.

Moreover, he is not a power user; he is able to rival Dylan simply by relying on his powerful physique and domineering aura.

Tiger licked his lips, staring intently at the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in Barrett's hand, and grinned shamelessly, "Hehehe, Captain, look, I'm the strongest among all the non-Devil Fruit users in the Devil Pirates. Why don't you let me eat this fruit? If I eat this Tremor-Tremor Fruit, I'm sure we can become the strongest pirate crew in the New World, just like the Rocks Pirates back in the day."

Barrett's thoughts were interrupted as he looked down indifferently at Tigers, who was approaching step by step, and the dozens of escaped prisoners behind him, whose breathing had become heavy.

"What do you think, Captain Barrett?" Tiger's voice even carried a respectful tone.

Barrett, however, remained indifferent. "No, I want to eat this fruit."

"Huh?" Tiger was stunned.

Barrett never hides his true thoughts, and one sentence he uttered left everyone present stunned.

Not only were Taggs stunned, but Pizarro, Depon, and others were also stunned.

Wald, who had joined up with the senior officers of the Wald Pirates, was also stunned upon hearing this.

Tiger's smile froze, and he forced a laugh, "Captain, please don't joke. Everyone can only eat one Devil Fruit. This is common knowledge that even a three-year-old knows. Aren't you already a Devil Fruit user?"

"Who's joking with you?" Barrett glanced indifferently at the forced smile on Tiger's face, then turned and walked towards the steamship that had already docked.

He was going to interrogate Teach to see what secrets she held and whether he could eat a second Devil Fruit.

"Damn it...! You can't eat the Tremor-Tremor Fruit yourself, but you won't give it to us either? Barrett! You really are a selfish bastard!"

With thick veins bulging on his bald forehead, Tiger disregarded his status as a member of the Devil Pirates and began to hurl insults at Barrett.

At the same time, a dark aura enveloped his tall body. He stomped his foot, causing the ground beneath him to explode, and his towering figure shot out like a meteor, heading directly towards Barrett, intending to snatch the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

The escaped prisoners following behind him quickened their pace, ready to join Tiger in the fight.

In the distance, Wald, who witnessed this scene, revealed a cold smile.

He had long anticipated the infighting within Barrett's pirate crew.

No one can remain calm under the immense temptation of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, especially those who haven't yet eaten a Devil Fruit and are not power users.

This is a Devil Fruit ability that can grant instant access to the highest levels of power.

"Let's fight! Only when things are completely chaotic will I have a chance to seize the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

Wald did not choose to leave, but stood at a distance and watched.

Just as he himself thought, the temptation of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was too great. Although he had already eaten the Momo-Momo Fruit, if he could obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, he might be able to cultivate a powerful figure comparable to Whitebeard in the future, and together they could dominate the world.

This powerful figure doesn't necessarily have to be chosen from among the pirates under his command. Wald could simply have a son and give him the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Although he is now over seventy years old, because he was frozen in the Infinite Hell for thirty years, his physical condition is still at the level of someone in his forties.

He could have waited until his son grew up.

At that moment, Wald had even decided which woman he should marry.

"I've heard that Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress, is the most beautiful woman in the world. Once I get my hands on the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, I'm going to capture her and make her my wife!"

Before Wald's fantasy had faded, a deafening roar came from Barrett's side.

Wald looked up and saw the bald giant, Tygos, who was charging toward Barrett, being slapped down from mid-air by the huge hand protruding from the shore, and slammed heavily into the ground.

Barrett!

Tiger roared, shoved the rubble off his body, and burst out of the ground. Using all four limbs and Moonwalk, he charged toward Barrett once again.

"Hehehe, it wasn't the captain who hit you, meow, it was me, meow. Controlling an island, I can do that too, meow."

Pizarro's eerie laughter emanated from the enormous arm that jutted out hundreds of meters from the ground, resembling a giant dark cloud, as it reached out to grab Taggs like it was swatting a fly.

"Pizarro! You piece of trash, how dare you block my way?"

Faced with the overwhelming, dark mass of giant palms descending upon him, Taiges advanced instead of retreating. The air beneath his feet vibrated as if an explosion had occurred, and his tall body, clad in high-level Armament Haki armor, crashed into the hundreds-of-meters-long giant palms like a cannonball.

With a deafening roar, countless fragments of rock flew out as the jet-black Tygos crashed through the island's massive hand controlled by Pizarro and continued charging toward Barrett.

He was incredibly fast. A series of white clouds appeared in the sky, and Tiger was already behind Barrett, swooping down from the sky and punching Barrett in the back of the head.

Barrett still did not turn around.

"Die! The Tremor-Tremor Fruit is mine now!"

Seeing Barrett's unguarded back of the head so close, a sinister smile appeared on Tiger's face, and his dark right fist whistled down.

"Wine Barrel Dance - Piercing Heart".

An extremely calm voice suddenly rang in Tiger's ears, startling him for a moment.

The next instant, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

What's going on?

Tiger looked down and saw a long sword, as white as a spine, piercing through his heart, bringing with it strands of flesh and crimson blood.

A layer of extremely sharp energy flowed from the tip of the sword, easily tearing apart the thick, domineering aura covering his body, destroying his proud and powerful physique, piercing him through the back, knocking him down from the air, and pinning him straight to the ground behind Barrett.

The excruciating pain spread throughout his body, causing Tiggs' vision to go black.

Blood kept gushing from his mouth, silencing the words he wanted to say.

He struggled to support his upper body and looked up, only to see a blood-red robe suddenly fall down and appear in front of him.

Then, his neck was grabbed and he was lifted off the ground.

Ryder looked at Tiggs, whose eyes were filled with fear of death, opened his mouth, revealing four sharp fangs, and bit down on Tiggs's neck, who was not quite dead yet, amidst the terrified gazes of the escaped prisoners who had stopped in their tracks.

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle..."

Ryder's throat bobbed as he swallowed large gulps of Tiger's blood.

As the blood was drained, the tall and strong Taggs rapidly became shriveled and emaciated, resembling a dried-up corpse.

Ryder, who had absorbed the blood of the Taggarts, became radiant, his skin becoming increasingly fair and luminous, as if he had returned to his twenties. His vitality was incredibly strong, full of vigor, and he did not resemble a seventy or eighty-year-old man at all.

With a screeching sound, the spine-like demonic sword, Dragon Spine, was pulled from Tiger's heart by Ryder.

The blood stained the joints of the dragon's spine, making the demonic sword look even more eerie and evil, like a real spine.

“Ryder…” Looking at the Red Earl who had easily killed Taiges, Vald’s eyes revealed a strong sense of fear.

The man in front of them was one of the main reasons why the Ward Pirates always shattered at the slightest touch when they encountered the Devil Pirates.

Red Earl, Barlowry Clydefield, is not only as powerful as Barrett, but also possesses Observation Haki that allows him to see into people's hearts, leaving no room for others to hide their thoughts in his gaze.

Of the entire Devil Pirates, Wald was most wary of Bullet and Red.

If Ryder was merely someone he feared when he first came out of Impel Down a few months ago, then Ryder was someone he was wary of.

Now, this terrifying old man, after acquiring the ability of a mythical beast to regain youth through blood-drinking, even instilled a sense of fear in Vald.