One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Hahaha! Hahaha! If you help us stop them, I'll definitely get you the fruit you want. The Dark-Dark Fruit is the strongest power in the world!" Blackbeard, who was being helped up because of his injuries, looked at the two figures behind him and burst into laughter as he was carried away.

"I've been hiding for so many years, I don't want to be caught by them. Let's go, guys."

It's best to keep your promise! With his Observation Haki activated, all the thoughts and feelings around him are stored in his mind.

His sharp eyes swept over the purple-haired old man who was chasing after him. A domineering aura filled his standard longsword, and a colorless crescent-shaped blade of energy instantly formed, slashing at the opponent's raised mechanical arm.

Upon seeing the familiar figure blocking his way, the shocked old man suddenly smiled.

"I never expected that the aloof Barolorik Redfield would join someone else. Am I getting old or have times changed?"

"Zefa, we're just mutually dependent." With a simple reply, the longsword in his hand continued its relentless, colorless blade of energy, once again tearing through layers of space and hurtling away.

"Then let's have a good fight." With his arm raised high, the colorless slash was directly struck by the mechanical arm in his hand and sent flying into the sky. The palm above was torn open with a bloody hole, and then it was hit by the iron fist of Steel Bone Void in the sky. The bones wrapped with broken muscles fell from the sky and formed a mountain of flesh.

"Perfect!" The longsword in his hand danced, and several colorless energy blades were immediately unleashed.

boom!

The air blades and the scorching energy collided instantly, creating waves of energy that destroyed everything around them.

The two figures collided instantly, forming streaks of light, the clash of sword and iron fist filling the entire world.

The shock of Buddha!

The Kusanagi Sword!

One on the left, one on the right, one gold, one white—two blades, each carrying the power of its master, instantly struck Whitebeard's waving fists.

Rumble! Rumble! Powerful shockwaves instantly formed, striking the ruined Marineford Square and creating two unfathomable chasms.

"Slash Wave!" A hearty shout echoed from the sky across the entire plaza as a crescent-shaped slash, hundreds of meters wide, appeared above the Warring States and cut down.

Steelbone Sky swung his fist, unleashing layers of white sonic booms. A circular air cannon instantly appeared beside the giant head in the sky. As this powerful impact struck the opponent's head, it produced a teeth-grinding sound, causing the entire body to involuntarily tilt to one side, creating towering waves.

"Golden Lion!" Kong shouted as he looked at the ship flying in the sky. He then leaped up and down, sending dozens of colorless slashes flying towards the fleeing Blackbeard Pirates. Several figures were unable to dodge in time and were snapped in half.

"Golden Lion!"

The navy forces along the edge of the distant plaza were equally silent, while legendary pirates emerged one after another over time. If one weren't a seasoned warrior, one would likely have already knelt and been unable to move under their imposing presence.

"Follow the ice! Stay away from Marineford!" Aokiji shouted to the Marines beside him as he pulled his frozen arm out.

"Admiral Kuzan!" The naval soldier, armed with swords and spears, dressed in rags but with eyes brimming with fighting spirit, suddenly became anxious.

"The battle area is too large. Don't throw your life away in vain." Aokiji shook his head and said, his whole body turning into ice crystals and disappearing completely.

"Then what about them!" Watching the pirates sail away, the marines gripped their spears tightly, but were powerless to do anything. Without cannons, it would be difficult to destroy the warship.

In the distance, a dragon-headed ship is speeding along, its sails billowing, heading straight for Marineford.

"Boss Shanks! Marineford is almost here!" the observer on the lookout tower shouted, lowering his binoculars.

"Understood!" Shanks, with his full head of red hair and wearing a black cloak, answered from the bow of the ship, his hand on his long sword, his deep eyes looking at the slash that had cleaved the sky.

"Golden Lion!"

Chapter 202 The Shattered Marineford!

"Hahahaha! Hahaha! If I hadn't shown up, Whitebeard would have been killed by you guys!" Shiki, who had two swords strapped to his legs as prosthetics, laughed loudly.

Slowly floating down from the sky, it looked at the remaining plaza below with curiosity and asked, ignoring the angry look in Sengoku's eyes.

"Old white-bearded devil! Did you do Marineford? I only demolished half of it back then, but now you've dug up the whole thing."

I never imagined that Whitebeard's power had grown so much over the years. You're probably even stronger than me now. I really want to have another battle with you.

"Kurarara! If you want to fight, you should cover my children's escape. We can fight each other later!" Whitebeard stared at the direction Blackbeard Teach had fled. With top-tier fighters like Sengoku and Kizaru in between, there was no time left for him to give chase.

"Your child?" The golden lion looked up and was immediately startled, his eyes widening as two figures flashed like shooting stars and flew backward.

Thud! Thud! Two meteors crashed onto the broken stone slab, creating two deep craters!

A silvery-white dot of light floated in the air.

"Old White-Bearded Demon, when did you take in such a powerful child?!"

"He's a new generation of pirates, not my child." Whitebeard's gaze deepened as he looked at the falling figure.

"Ouch! This pirate's power is growing again." Kizaru shook his head and replied, swinging the golden longsword in his hand.

"You know Borsalino?" Dark red magma filled the air, and Akainu's figure solidified in the crater. In the distance, Garp, who had been crouching in the deep pit gazing at the sky, could no longer straighten up.

“Yes! A brat with endless tricks up his sleeve. I’ve only ever seen him in three forms,” Kizaru explained, noticing the look his colleague was giving him.

"The first type is the ability he had when he fought us before. He was just a pirate with more strength and destructive power. Without Armament Haki, he was not a threat. The second type is the one he has now. His strength, reaction ability, and speed are twice as strong as before, but his overall strength is about ten times stronger than before. He still does not have Haki."

After explaining the second form, Kizaru remembered the third form from when he was unconscious and stopped, falling into the sea in a very short moment.

"What is the third form?" Steelbone Kong asked, dropping the mangled corpse in his hand and stepping forward to look at the figure in the air.

"It's terrifying! Similar to awakening, it can imprison space and prevent elementalization, and a single punch can knock someone unconscious instantly."

"You haven't reached your limit yet. Your swordsmanship is just ordinary. As that old man's disciple, you haven't yet shown the unique swordsmanship of their school, which is an attack that directly targets the soul," Tsuru, who stood on Sengoku's side, reminded him.

How much is the reward?

“Ten Berries!” Sengoku replied.

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The naval crew silently looked at Sengoku, even Whitebeard and Shiki, who were standing side by side, turned their heads with surprised looks.

You knocked out an admiral-level fighter with enough strength to be on par with them with just one punch, and now you're only offering a bounty of ten Berries, Sengoku? Are you kidding me?

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"Ice Age!" A cold voice, accompanied by shimmering ice crystals, rang out behind Maby, and white ice crystals quickly condensed and covered Maby's body.

"Instantaneous Void! Void Shattering!" Mabi's figure, which had been hovering above the port, vanished instantly and reappeared behind him. A cold source extended from his senses, and a silver-white light burst forth. Countless fragments of space instantly covered the entire area, and the powerful force caused the spatial rifts to erupt at a fixed point, preventing them from spreading outwards.

The spatial rifts, powerful enough to destroy any matter, were perfectly controlled under Mabi's enhanced mental state. The spatial rifts continued to collide, shatter, and split beneath her arms, annihilating all matter in the area, including dust.

"Ice ball!" Under the endless spatial rifts, Aokiji's body could no longer maintain its elemental state. Ice crystals appeared all over his body, and Armament Haki spread across his surface as he resisted the spatial cutting. A round ice ball appeared directly in the entire silver-white area.

"Go back!" He retracted his arm and jumped directly into the silver-white sphere of light. His arm muscles bulged as he slammed into the giant ice ball and flew towards the shattered plaza.

His figure vanished and reappeared above the deck of the outer ship, scanning the Whitebeard Pirates below for Luffy and Ace. A group of people surrounded by enemies came into view, and he flew forward and asked.

"Sabo! How's Luffy?"

“It’s nothing. She just fainted from exhaustion and mental exhaustion. Sister Ivan has already started treating her,” Sabo replied, holding a steel pipe.

“That’s good!” Maby nodded, then turned to the steel-cast Merry and instructed, “Merry, steer the ship away as quickly as possible, the farther the better. I will cover the ship up.”

"Okay, bro!"

"That damn transvestite, what about the old man?" Ace asked anxiously from the side.

“You’ll leave unharmed, and everything will be fine!” Mabi shook her head. If Ace stubbornly went back again, he would probably be killed on the spot.

Without speaking to the Whitebeard Pirates on the outer ship, he pulled out a black cloth, covered himself, pushed aside the crowd of people standing at the stern, and stretched out a spatial barrier thousands of meters wide with one hand. He then disappeared from his spot and reappeared in the sky above Marineford Square.

Turning to look at his masterpiece, the spatial image that had directly imprinted the environment behind the barrier onto it, showed the Whitebeard Pirates' ship and his own figure still motionless in their original positions. However, without his support, they would be crushed and annihilated by the surrounding space should they be attacked with shattering power. How long he could hold out depended on how long he could endure.

Instantaneous movement! The figure vanished and reappeared on the plaza. Facing the top-tier naval forces below, he said nothing and unleashed his longsword without hesitation. Countless silver-white crescent-shaped blades instantly formed and rushed downwards, directly slashing at the body below that was preparing to act again.

"Major eruption!" The volcano erupted, all the air blade rings were intercepted and shattered, and the scorching lava fell, emitting strings of steam.

"Hehehehe! Whitebeard didn't expect that we two old guys wouldn't have the guts of this brat. We are legends! And a little brat dares to get ahead of us." Seeing Mabi's attack, Golden Lion laughed loudly. His figure spun around and his two famous swords slashed out one after another, colorless crescent-shaped air blades appeared and attacked the enemy in front of him.

"Kurararara! Shattered Jade!" The naginata was swung, and a powerful slash carrying shockwaves rose into the air and cleaved directly towards the old man with a full head of silver hair!

Steel Bones - Void!

Boom! Boom! Shockwaves swept across the sky and erupted instantly. The already ravaged Marineford Square could no longer withstand the force. Countless cracks spread across it, and it suddenly shattered and plunged into the abyss in the center.

The massive metal walls that had been standing around the bay moved and collapsed simultaneously, their steel structures instantly torn apart and broken, allowing the towering metal walls, some tens of meters high and others several meters high, to fall into the sea, creating waves that spread outwards.

As the steel wall collapsed, a Den Den Mushi appeared on top of it. Its owner could no longer hide on the side of the turret and ran towards the intact wall!

Those black and white eyes scanned the surroundings as their owner ran, editing the images into signals and transmitting them far away to their kind.

The broken and collapsed Marineford was immediately visible to the world!

Chapter 203 Pirates VS Navy! A chaotic battle of three against seven!

On the distant Sabaody Archipelago, countless people gathered to watch the only lit screen, which displayed the shattered islands and mangled corpses before them.

The brutal scene shocked everyone's soul. No one could move an inch at that moment, not even the reporters who wanted to publish the scene. The fear in their hearts had already made them collapse to the ground.

Is that Whitebeard? The strongest man in the world, who destroyed half an island in an instant with his immense power! How can the Navy defeat such power?

And that blond pirate floating in the air above the cargo control area—isn't that none other than Golden Lion Shiki, who disappeared over a decade ago? He's also appeared on this battlefield. What's happening to this world? Is it going to be the end of the world?

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After a long while, the pirate standing on a balcony swallowed hard, looked at the red-haired boss lying behind him with fear, and shouted.

"Boss! Are all the monsters in the new world like this?"

"Perhaps. Even the captain of that mad pirate crew was helpless and unable to fight back inside. Monkey D. Luffy truly lives up to his reputation as the legendary mad rookie." Seeing his subordinate's question, the man lying on the chair straightened up and revealed an evil smile.

"However, aren't the stronger the enemy, the more interesting the challenge? The new world is the stage for the strong."

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"Captain Luo! The waves are too high and it's not safe to sail!" the operator in the command room of a submarine in the deep sea shouted, looking at the warning lights overhead.

"Keep going! Straw Hat Master and the others are still up there." Luo, holding a long sword in his arms, looked out the porthole at the panting ocean current and gave the order.

"I can control the propeller to speed up the rotation," Ford said eagerly, looking out the porthole at the azure sea above.

"I'll control the current, and head straight for the surface." Wearing a light blue shawl, Maureen waved her arms, and the water that was hitting the submarine's steel plates was gradually brought under control, while a powerful impact force was instantly generated at the bottom of the ship.

"Attention, we need to go up."

The powerful inertia pressed the people inside the cabin firmly to the floor, making it difficult for them to move. The submarine, submerged in the deep sea, rose several times faster than a rocket and rushed towards the surface.

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