One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Barrett frowned, looking at the Tremor-Tremor Fruit lying in his palm.

Once the thought arose, it could not be dispelled.

The thought that a path that could make him stronger, which was right in front of him just a moment ago, had burst like a soap bubble in Sabaody ArchiTalks, made Barrett's expression turn rather unpleasant.

He didn't care at all about being surrounded by the Navy and falling into Rorschach's trap.

Fighting, regardless of the circumstances, is something Barrett always enjoys.

Even in a battle where he is outnumbered, Barrett will not back down, nor will he feel fear.

What angered him was that half of his hope of becoming stronger had vanished.

Fortunately, half of them haven't disappeared.

He looked at Tichi, whom he was holding, and suddenly jerked.

Titch's body was flung around, and it felt as if all his bones and muscles had been shattered by the impact, waking him from the intense, piercing pain that had struck his nerves.

When he saw Barrett's angry, fierce face, he immediately felt a chill.

"Barrett, what exactly do you want?"

Tikki screamed angrily.

Although she was terrified by Barrett's horror, Tichi, disheartened by losing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, was no longer afraid of death.

Perhaps, his fate will end here.

As Teach was thinking this, she saw Barrett hand him the Tremor-Tremor Fruit that he had been longing for.

“Eat it,” Barrett said.

"What?" Titch was stunned.

Barrett didn't say anything more, but instead stuffed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit he was holding into Teach's mouth, making him choke and roll his eyes back.

But at this moment, Teach felt a surge of ecstasy.

He had no idea what had gotten into Barrett, that he would return the Tremor-Tremor Fruit he had stolen to him.

Tikki didn't want to delve into those reasons.

All he wants now is to eat the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and gain Whitebeard's power.

"Dad! I will inherit your power! I will do better than Ace, and I will use your power to become the strongest in the new world! I will surpass Admiral Bluescale, surpass Bullet, surpass Kaido, surpass Shanks, surpass everyone! I will become the King of the World!"

Teach roared inwardly and swallowed the entire Tremor-Tremor Fruit whole.

With a laborious gulp in his throat, the Tremor Fruit slid with difficulty into his stomach.

I ate it!

He really did eat the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!

This is not a dream!

Teach's gaping mouth, missing a front tooth, stretched into an uncontrollable, maniacal grin.

"Hahaha, hahaha, I finally..."

"Snapped!"

Barrett slapped Tikki across the face, snapping him back to reality from his reverie.

Only then did Teach realize that her situation was still extremely bad.

Because he was still being held in the hands of that madman Barrett, he knew that if Barrett made a move, he would probably die again.

Immediately, Tiki chickened out and chose to follow her heart, becoming meek and obedient.

Isn't it just about enduring?

This is what he does best.

On the Moby Dick, he endured for decades for a Dark-Dark Fruit that might never even appear. Now, if he just waits for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power to take effect, he might have a chance to escape from Barrett.

With just a little bit of forbearance, he can return to the sea like a dragon and soar to the sky. Why not?

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

As time passed, under Barrett's watchful gaze, Teach gradually sensed that something was amiss.

He looked at his hands, carefully sensing the power within his body, but he couldn't feel any additional power on top of his existing Dark-Dark Fruit abilities after eating the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

"What's going on? Is it just my imagination? Why can't I sense... the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?"

Teach muttered to herself, refusing to believe it, and bent her arm, clenched her fist and bent her elbow, imitating Whitebeard, and punched the air in front of her.

The punch landed, but the atmosphere did not crack, nor did it cause any explosive vibrations, let alone any massive sea earthquakes, earthquakes, or air tremors.

"It really was fake. We've been tricked!" Barrett's cold snort stunned Tiki, who then became distraught.

"Fake? Fake, fake! Hehehe, I should have known better. How could I possibly get the Tremor-Tremor Fruit so easily? What's done is done. My father is dead, and who knows where in this world the Tremor-Tremor Fruit might be reborn. The world is so big, where am I supposed to find it?"

Tikki seemed to have lost her mind, drooling and talking to herself.

With a thud, Teach's eyes rolled back and she collapsed.

Barrett withdrew his large hand from the forehead, grabbed Titch's shoulder, and casually tossed him into the steamship moored on the shore.

Then, a large burst of purple-blue light emanated from him, enveloping the entire steamship.

The next moment, amidst a series of clicking sounds, the enormous ironclad steamship rapidly transformed, its hull rising and its steel shell splitting into countless cubes, reassembling into a perfectly round, hollow iron ball. As Barrett pressed down with his large hand, the entire ship immediately sank to the seabed outside Soft Island, carrying Teach with it.

After doing all this, Barrett was about to turn around and fight Rorschach when he saw countless thick roots, like pythons, shooting straight at him from the distant sea.

"Demon's offspring! I am your opponent!"

Chapter 748 Invincible

"Hibari, are we really not going to land on the island to fight?"

On the Kirin, Drake, Palmer, and the others looked at the island where fierce fighting was taking place ahead, their hearts burning with excitement, wishing they could rush onto the island immediately and have a hearty battle with the pirates there.

Yun Que shook her head: "No need. Brother Luo Xia said that we only need to surround Soft Island and launch a full-coverage firepower attack on the island in the style of the Demon Slayer Order."

"Although the three major pirate crews of the New World are gathered on Soft Island now, the number of pirates is actually not that many. Only the Beast Pirates have thirty-seven pirate ships, and nearly half of them were destroyed by Brother Rorschach in one blow just now."

"The pirates gathered on the island are all elites of the Demon, Beast, and Ward Sea Pirates. If we can eliminate the enemy with long-range firepower, there is no need to engage them in close combat and cause unnecessary casualties."

"Let's begin. Send half of the fleet to wipe out the remaining forces of the Beasts Pirates. The rest of the warships, fire all the ammunition you brought. The Pacifistas can also open fire!"

Hearing Hibari's instructions, Drake said with slight concern, "But is this really a good idea? Rorschach and the others are also on the island. If we unleash this barrage of firepower, won't it interfere with their battle? What if..."

"Don't worry! The strength of the Admirals far exceeds our imagination. Although we are conducting a full-scale bombardment of the island, our target is actually the elite of the three major pirate crews. We can't eliminate monsters like Barrett and Red Earl by bombardment alone. Only Brother Rorschach and Admiral Kizaru can deal with them."

On the Den Den Mushi local communication channel at the Navy Headquarters, Hibari, as the temporary operations commander, issued instructions to the entire Navy.

Immediately, on the vast sea outside Soft Island, a dense fleet of warships split to the left and right, with a full fifty super-large warships surrounding the remaining dozen or so Beast Pirates ships.

The imposing spectacle terrified Quinn, who was aboard the Azure Dragon, turning him deathly pale.

"Are you kidding me? Using so many warships against us? Navy! You shameless bastards! If you've got the guts, fight your grandpa Quinn one-on-one!"

Quinn screamed at the top of his lungs.

Chavez, standing beside him, was looking at the island, his face, full of fierce features, filled with a solemn expression.

"Quinn, I think we have to retreat."

“Retreat? But we’ve only just arrived. Gold and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit…” Queen was somewhat tempted by Chavez’s suggestion, but still hesitated.

"If we don't retreat, we'll all die here; there's absolutely no hope of survival."

Chavez's words immediately made Quinn's fat face turn pale and bloodless.

His lips trembled. "No...it can't be. Even if the Navy is powerful, they can't wipe us out so easily. Aren't those two monsters, Barrett and Ryder, still on the island?"

"You idiot! Don't you even look at who the Navy has on that side!" Chavez walked to the bow of the ship, looking at the approaching warships, and gritted his teeth, "Not to mention Admirals Kizaru and Green Bull, these hundreds of super-large warships, the size of those in the Buster Calls, could easily raze the entire Soft Island to the ground with their cannons. Not to mention, there's that monster, Admiral Bluescale, on the island. Don't forget how many pirates that beam of light killed earlier. Give the order! Tell King and Katakuri to retreat, we're returning to Wano Country immediately."

"But……"

Quinn was about to say something when he saw Chavez glaring at him fiercely.

"If you don't retreat, then I'm running away. I don't want to die here with you."

With that, Chavez withdrew the bubbles that had enveloped the entire Azure Dragon and made a move to leave.

"Hey! Don't go, Chavez! I'm retreating, I'm retreating right now, okay?"

Quinn quickly stepped forward and grabbed Chavez's arm.

Just kidding, letting Chavez leave at this point would be a sign of utter stupidity.

Chavez is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user with the Bounce-Bounce Fruit ability, which allows him to deflect damage from any Devil Fruit ability that is not countered by it.

In other words, aside from attacks using Seastone, Haki, and seawater, his abilities are almost equivalent to another Barrier-Barrier Fruit.

No, it's an ability even more powerful than the Barrier-Barrier Fruit.

Because the Bounce-Bounce Fruit allows Chavez to deflect enemy attacks, he remains unharmed while the enemy is injured by the rebound.

In this situation where they are surrounded by naval warships, only Chavez's abilities can give Quinn a little peace of mind.

Immediately, Quinn took out a Den Den Mushi and began contacting the pirate ships scattered on the surrounding sea, instructing them to open fire on the surrounding naval warships and retreat in the direction they had come from.

He himself boarded the Azure Dragon and cautiously approached Soft Island, trying to persuade King and Katakuri on the island to retreat quickly.

On the soft island.

Kizaru blocked Ryder, Aramaki held off Barrett, and Enel, now free, began to use his long-range lightning strikes to attack the prisoners of Infinite Hell on the island.

Meanwhile, Rorschach was already fighting Katakuri, King, and Wald.

He fought against three opponents single-handedly, truly revealing the immense power he possessed after awakening his Devil Fruit.

Katakuri, enraged by the deaths of Perospero and Smoothie, was the first to rush towards Rorschach and the first of the three to sense Rorschach's true power.

"Hate! Famous Chestnut Rice Cake!"

The Katakuri was still dozens of meters away when his right hand slammed towards Rorschach.

The ever-extending arm rapidly expanded and enlarged in mid-air, instantly transforming into a massive, pitch-black arm tens of meters long. It burned against the air, trailing surging flames and entwined with bundles of deep red, domineering lightning, before blasting towards Luo Xia's face.

Directly in front of Katakuri is Rorschach in his Blue Scale form, after his Devil Fruit awakens.