One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

They saw the illusory soul appear in the center of the battlefield, and at the same time, several muffled sounds rang out.

Chapter 200 Void! Zephyr! Descends!

"Hehe! Little devil from the Warring States period! Crane girl, it's been a long time!" The illusory soul chuckled as it floated in the air, then turned to look at the jumbled rocks on the other side and shouted.

"Steelbow Sky! You old bastard, aren't you coming out yet?"

"Why are you still here instead of disappearing, you old codger?" The elderly man, with strong muscles and long, silver-white hair standing on end, smashed the boulder in front of him with a wave of his hand and said in a deep voice. Beside him, an old man wearing a white cloak, holding a giant mechanical arm and wearing black glasses stepped forward to follow.

The appearance of the two immediately boosted the morale of the navy present, and their weapons became even sharper.

“You old codger, you’re not dead yet, are you?” Gallup chuckled.

"The matter has escalated to such an extent that we can see this devastating power from above, so we have no choice but to intervene." After the conversation, he ignored the other person's figure and strode forward.

At the same time, Gallup greeted several people and returned to Maby's side to give her some instructions.

"Leave him as soon as you encounter him. Even when we worked together, it was difficult to defeat him. Even when I was alive, I could hardly beat him. After decades, I'm afraid his power has reached an unknown level."

"Yes!" Mabi glanced at the leader who commanded all the world's armies, nodded in agreement, and vanished from the spot in a flash of silver-white space.

"Hey! Hey! Blackbeard, I'm not going to continue with you guys. When did this old guy come out?" The appearance of these two immediately caused a commotion among the criminals. An old man with a full head of silver hair narrowed his pupils, lifted his foot, and stepped back to leave the area.

With a loud bang, the person who was about to leave slowly collapsed to the ground. His silver head had disappeared, leaving only an iron fist in its original position. The figure of Steel Bone Kong appeared beside Blackbeard and his crew.

"Warring States! Give the order!"

"Commander Kong!" Sengoku said in a deep voice, his body flashing with golden light as he activated his Devil Fruit ability once more.

"There's no need to worry about the reappearance of Devil Fruits. Execute all criminals on the spot. Marineford will not allow any sinners to leave." Steelbone Kong calmly said, looking at the offenders emerging from Impel Down.

"Yes!" Sengoku immediately accepted the order!

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"Marco! Take Ace and get out of here!" Mabi appeared in front of Marco, who was supporting Ace, and shattered the enemy who was about to fire a shot. She stood in front of them and shouted at Garp, who was a few meters away.

"Straw Hat crew brats, this old man is very strong." Marco, whose face was also covered in blood, said solemnly, spitting out blood. Ace, on his shoulder, also seemed to want to say something, but his broken arm and the disappointed look in the old man's eyes made him refrain from arguing.

"Let's go first, as many people as we can go! No one can stop me from leaving if I want to."

"Alright!" Knowing that Mabi's strength was enough to contend with the combat power of an admiral, the other party did not hesitate and his body became ethereal as he soared into the air.

"Haha! The Flame-Flame Fruit, huh! Trying to leave!" The man with horns and a full head of hair who had just arrived noticed Ace's departure, glanced at Garp standing there, and immediately took to the air to give chase.

As the two figures, one old and one young, ascended into the air simultaneously, each unleashing their most powerful attacks, their targets aimed directly at the pursuer.

"Salted Fish! Shattered Void!"

Mabi appeared directly in front of her opponent, her long sword covered in spatial power, pointing directly at the opponent's forehead.

Armament Haki! He glanced contemptuously at Mabi's long sword, his forehead covered in Armament Haki, and charged straight at her.

"Iron Fist! Bone Crusher!" A white-wave-emitting iron fist appeared behind him with a powerful sonic boom. The impact of the powerful Armament Haki made it difficult for his speeding body to move even an inch. The power contained enough to shake mountains directly slammed into his skull. His entire body crashed into Mapi's blade tip, which contained spatial power, at a speed and force several times faster than before.

The powerful impact instantly pierced through the armored protection of the silver-white blade tip. Endless cutting power erupted in the opponent's mind, and silver-white spatial rifts immediately spread from the inside out, causing the person to turn into pools of blood and fragments that fell into the ruins below.

Mapi, suspended in the sky, looked at Garp again, then gave instructions to Merry, who had also been bombarded.

"Merry, go help Luffy leave and don't come back. There are too many strong people. Without a top-tier expert, it will be difficult for the Whitebeard Pirates to leave."

“Brother!” Merry hesitated, but seeing Maby’s sweeping gaze, his tone softened, and his body crackled with blue and white lightning several times before he replied again.

"Brother, you must take good care of yourself."

Mabi did not answer, but stared at the old man in front of her.

He had a thousand words he wanted to say to persuade him, but it was too late to do so now. Fortunately, Ace was still alive and the old man was not yet heartbroken.

"Sir, I'm sorry!"

"Let's do it! We're no longer master and disciple. You're a pirate and I'm a marine. There's no need to hold back." Garp said in a deep voice, tears welling up in his eyes.

How can you just let go of a family bond that has lasted for more than ten years?

A dark red figure soared into the sky in the distance!

Mabi activated the power of her Salted Fish Fruit, and an electric-like sensation instantly spread throughout her body, causing her aura to double once again.

Turn your luck around! Double your physique activated!

A dozen or so admirals appeared on the battlefield! Even Whitebeard, being surrounded and overwhelmed, could hardly turn the tide; his own power was no longer sufficient, so he had to be reborn.

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No unconsciousness! Feeling the vitality surging through her body, Mabi suddenly realized that she had not fallen asleep. Her body felt lighter and her punches were faster. This was entirely her own body, not another personality!

Could it be?

Mabi suddenly realized that her previous coma was not just a doubling of her condition, but perhaps there was another level of condition she was unaware of.

Otherwise, how would he explain his separation from Kizaru? The speed of light is not something that can be easily deciphered.

His eyes flashed with heat as he scanned the dark red figure chasing him in the distance! A silvery-white spatial power instantly enveloped his body.

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The Blackbeard Pirates in the Distance!

"What a mess! Back then, when we arrested you all, only Golden Lion managed to get out. Now you're all sneaking out! You think the Navy is just for show and can just leave whenever you want?" As the voice came from the other side, he became like a mountain that kept climbing higher. His powerful Conqueror's Haki seemed to be tangible, destroying and crushing everything around him. The dilapidated buildings instantly turned into dust and fell into the sea. The strong aura directly covered Blackbeard and the people behind him, instantly causing several of them to collapse to their knees and kneel on the ground.

"Oh no! Oh no! This is a real problem!" The man wearing a tall hat and smoking a cigar drew his long knife and said warily.

"Shiryu! You were imprisoned and your execution delayed for torturing and killing prisoners. Now you're rebelling against the Navy." Kong Kong, arms crossed, calmly pointed his gaze at the man in military uniform holding a weapon.

"Heh! Thunderstorm!" Without a word, he raised his sword and slashed, the sharp blade instantly cutting through the air towards his former superior.

"Break!" The encircling arm dispersed, and the thick fist was covered with dense sonic boom waves, like the rings of a tree, covering the thick arm. The blade could no longer advance even an inch.

In just a brief exchange, the opponent felt a strain emanating from the sword's edge, his expression changed drastically, and he leaped away while shouting.

"retreat."

"Go! Go!"

"Captain, let's go. We can acquire Whitebeard's abilities later. With several admirals involved, this is not the time to start a war with the Marine Headquarters." The man with the cane grabbed Blackbeard's shoulder and pulled him backward.

"Trying to leave! Did you ask me?" An old man wearing a white righteous navy cloak appeared in front of their retreat, smiling as he raised the mechanical arm in his hand, a ball of orange light flashing in his palm.

Crush Blaster!

A blazing beam of light shot out and struck the enemy ranks. The powerful shockwave from the explosion spread through the crowd, and dozens of figures instantly leaped to avoid the main blast!

Chapter 201 Blackbeard's Escape! The Golden Lion Descends!

Boom! With a deafening explosion, the technology from the Navy's top combat force resounded across the entire battlefield, and the violent shockwave leveled an area.

"Dark Acupoints!" Black mist began to spread, frantically expanding throughout the entire battle area. Visible shockwaves were being drawn into the dark mist below, as if controlled, like flowing water.

"Huff! Huff! Let's go!"

Blackbeard absorbed all the impact, exhaling a heavy breath. He glanced at the two figures in front of him and behind him, as well as Whitebeard, who had defeated Kizaru not far away. He forcibly suppressed the desire in his eyes and directly called his companions, who were also filled with fear, to retreat.

"Stay!" The silver-white old man vanished instantly and reappeared in front of a woman. His thick arm, as if struck by lightning, grabbed her head, his hand, veins bulging, like it was forged from steel, slightly contracting. The restrained woman's eyes widened, and a creaking sound came from her head.

"Heh! A Dark-Dark Fruit user!" The purple-haired old man's lips curled up, and his muscular figure, which was like a shooting star, appeared in front of Blackbeard in an instant as the earth and rocks beneath his feet cracked. His thick mechanical arm, under the operation of his muscles, slightly raised and rapidly charged forward again. The internal gears were running wildly, and the powerful mechanical structure quickly opened and grabbed the nearby target.

"Dark Water!" A thick black mist spread, attempting to engulf all attacks.

"Smash the short-sleeved shirt!"

Boom! The dark power that could even devour Whitebeard's shockwave was shattered without any hindrance by the gravity of the opponent's mechanical arm. The powerful mechanical force grabbed the opponent's body and quickly tightened, trapping the opponent firmly in its palm. Orange light emitted a scorching power amidst the mechanical sounds.

"Hai Lou Shi!"

A weak cry of surprise rang out, and then the entire body was engulfed by the scorching heat wave. The remaining shockwaves spread out from the gaps between the palms, destroying everything around them.

A deep, circular crater has reappeared in Marineford Square.

"Teach!" A roar came from above, and a giant hand, tens of meters wide, descended from the sky. With the support of his massive physique, the powerful Armament Haki directly covered the entire area below. Countless rocks collapsed, and the already damaged plaza crumbled and shattered under the force of this power.

"Get lost!" Steel Bone Kong dropped the woman in his hand, who was bleeding from all seven orifices and only slightly panting. A white halo appeared under his feet, and he instantly appeared in the other's palm. A giant iron fist fiercely impacted Qi Lian, who appeared in the middle of the heavy palm in the sky. The Armament Haki armor shattered instantly, and countless pieces of blood and flesh fell from the sky, mixed with mud and sand, into the ocean below.

"You guys hurry up and save him! Leave this to me!" A deafening shout came from the sea, and the two-hundred-meter-tall body appeared on the side of the island, with another healthy arm slapping down again.

"San Juan!" Upon seeing the giant shadow appear in the sky, the people below immediately recognized the attacker and pulled the trigger of their gunpowder guns without hesitation.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

Several steel projectiles spewed from the escaped criminal's hands, all aimed at the old man wielding a giant mechanical arm. The hard mechanical arm directly covered the old man's body, blocking the incoming gunpowder projectiles with a clanging sound.

"Let go!" A cannon barrel swung directly from one side onto the protective sea stone mechanical arm, producing a piercing metallic clang. The sharp blade pried open the mechanical arm, which had become loose due to the heavy blow, and the bloodied figure on it fell downwards as the blade jammed.

A figure simply yawned, picked him up, and quickly moved backward.

"Aaaaah! It hurts! It hurts! I'm going to kill him!" Blackbeard roared in pain as he regained his mobility. Blood was streaming from his chest and his body was powerless. If it weren't for his superhuman physique, he would have died long ago from the shelling.

"Captain! Let's go! There are too many high-end combatants in the Navy! Even if we take Whitebeard's abilities, we won't survive!" The man with a half-mask on his head shouted loudly while hugging his captain.

"Yes, Captain! The Whitebeard Navy won't let him leave. We can either find his body or kill the Tremor-Tremor user who reappears! You, with your three souls, are an unprecedented existence. Our pirate crew's growth depends entirely on you. You can't die here."

"Teach! Don't forget our ambition to rule the world." Others echoed, for who would care about a newcomer if it weren't for the Devil Fruit?

The criminals from Impel Down beside him, their muskets blazing with fiery fury, all attacked the distant figure, using it to cover their escape route.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! Former generals and marshals have appeared; we are no match for them."

The appearance of the two retired naval officers and the immense power they displayed instilled fear in all the criminals. Under their absolute power, any anger would be overwhelmed and they would pay with their lives.

"You all go! I'm stopping them as a way of repaying your kindness in saving me." A tall, middle-aged man in a blue and white prison uniform picked up a longsword lost by the navy and went against the flow of people.

"Baron Redfield, the Lone Red!" someone exclaimed from among the fleeing crowd.

"He's a man who, all by himself, is comparable to Roger and Whitebeard!"

Meanwhile, some people questioned: "Doesn't he dislike forming alliances and prefer fighting alone? Why would he intervene?"

"Teach, don't forget our deal. It's been so long, I don't know if that fruit is still there. If someone eats it, help me get it." Ignoring the questions of the others, he had already thought of everyone's thoughts, all of which made him want to stop them from escaping. He wielded his longsword, familiarizing himself with the weight of each part, and walked to Blackbeard's side, shouting.