One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

After her initial excitement, Apis once again moved the control lever to rotate the cannon barrel and aimed at the next unlucky victim.

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"White Cloud Armor!" Jack, responsible for protecting Robin from harm, roared, and layers of white clouds rose and quickly condensed into a suit of white cloud armor covering his body. His originally upright, two-meter-tall body was completely submerged by the white clouds, leaving only a three-meter-tall mechanical warrior wielding a giant axe, sweeping away the climbing marines.

"Moonfall! Thundercloud weather." Mia's black snake tail gently slapped the ground, her graceful figure flashing around Nami, each appearance accompanied by the sight of enemies being knocked away.

"Chopper, we can't fall behind!" Angelia waved her white scepter, and long golden chains appeared, binding the attacking marines around them.

"Watch my Chopper Jiu-Jitsu!" Chopper, leaping merrily, raised his nimble hooves and swiftly charged at the attacking Marines, branding them with cherry blossom hoofprints from the Snow Country for free.

"New! Little Eight, fire!" Little Eight, all alone, held a laser cannon in each hand and fired continuously around his body, leaving deep trenches that made people dare not step out of the line. Otherwise, if they were killed, no one would pity them.

"Haha! Snipers should shoot to their heart's content." Usopp, standing behind Merry, laughed loudly, throwing plant seeds into the crowd and causing them to mutate and devour the surrounding bodies.

"Thirty million volt Thunder Beasts." Merry's mechanical arm continuously swung, and Thunder Beasts were born in his palm. They took agile steps and bit anyone they saw, leaving behind a ground full of naval soldiers who were hit and unable to move.

He would occasionally unleash a lightning spear from his arm, casually slashing at the Kizaru in the sky to disturb the view.

"Hohoho! Hohoho! Now let me present you with some extremely exciting music." He took out a guitar that was hidden somewhere and started playing. The exciting melody exploded in everyone's hearts, and their hands moved even faster without them realizing it.

"Zoro, Sanji, I'll leave the vice admirals to you. I'll take care of Kizaru. I'll make sure they admit defeat or break their routines." He kicked another vice admiral away and shouted, disappearing from sight and reappearing in front of Kizaru, his long sword slashing down without hesitation.

when!

Amidst the radiant golden light, Mebius and Kizaru were once again entangled, and ripples of vibration emanated from the point of their collision, rumbling softly and spreading far into the distance.

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"Huff! Huff! Straw Hat brat, you came here today to save the giants of the new world?" Zeff's mechanical arm had long since been removed, and his aged forehead was covered in beads of sweat the size of soybeans; he was panting heavily.

"Salvation? I never thought about it. All I know is that after you destroyed the New World, ONE PIECE was gone, and my dream was gone too." Luffy stood there limply, stating his conclusion.

"Heh! You're trying to stop me just because of my dream? That's really disappointing," Zephyr sighed inwardly.

"Straw Hat Kid, do you know that the explosive rocks here not only explode when they are with oxygen, but they will also explode when subjected to strong attacks?"

"I don't care, as long as I knock you out of here."

"Then let's give it a try." The two figures collided again, each swinging their fists and punching the other's body, producing a dull thud.

"Teacher!" Seeing her teacher being beaten by Luffy, Ain burst into tears and snot, wanting to help but powerless to do so.

"Oh! They were actually ambushed by the Straw Hat Pirates. In that case, the mission to kill the Straw Hat Pirates won't be completed." Aokiji closed his eyes slightly, using his Observation Haki to sense the battlefield on the other side.

Ice crystals shimmered beneath their feet, instantly transforming the scorching hell filled with explosive rocks into an ice island, freezing all the explosive rocks inside and making them impossible to obtain.

Only two figures collided and raced across the ice.

Chapter 239 The Defeated Navy! Kizaru Returns to His Heart!

boom!

The sharp blade cleaved through the void, and a trail of blood instantly burst into the air before being pulverized by the surrounding turbulent air.

The golden-glowing Kizaru was once again struck by Mabi's teleportation and Armament Haki-infused back attack, his physical form blasted into a distant mountain peak.

"Really hard!"

Mabi, who was still suspended in the sky, shook her slightly sore wrist and looked in the direction where Kizaru had been sent flying, and complained.

As expected of top-tier combat power in the world, the strength to fight and the strength to defeat them are worlds apart. Even if I possess the power to defeat him every time, his opponent has top-level Armament Haki and Observation Haki that allows him to elementalize in advance. If he wants to dodge, it's not something that can be defeated with one or two punches.

All I could do was be a fraction faster than him, using spatial power to penetrate his body and cause injury through an explosion.

In contrast, the battle between Aokiji, Tsurugi, and Akainu also ended with Aokiji losing a leg by a hair's breadth.

What will happen if you fight to the death is uncertain, but if you want to escape, no one can stop you.

"Hey! You pervert, you're not done yet!" Zoro stood on a rock carrying Shusui and laughed as he looked up at Mabi in the sky. Several Marine Vice Admirals beside him were bleeding profusely and no longer able to fight.

Not far away, the glittering diamonds on Sanji's legs gradually disappeared and transformed back into human form. He casually took out a pack of cigarettes, pulled out a gold-plated and diamond-encrusted lighter, lit it, and leisurely exhaled a puff of smoke, looking at Maggie with disdain.

"The weakest one."

"You sons of bitches!" The two men's mocking tone immediately enraged Mebi, who cursed them out and swung her arms, sending two colorless energy blades hurtling towards their bodies.

Looking up, I saw that the mountain below was ravaged, covered with countless knife marks and bullet craters.

The other crew members had already dealt with their enemies using their own strength. After all, Sanji and Zoro, with their powerful Devil Fruits and swordsmanship, had taken on nearly half of the Marine Vice Admirals. The remaining Vice Admirals and officers were simply not enough for their newly promoted crew members to handle, so they had already dealt with their respective enemies and taken the opportunity to repair their equipment.

Only a thousand or so marines, the furthest from the center of the battle, remained uninvolved and well-preserved on the entire battlefield. The defeat of the vice admirals brought their morale to its lowest point, and they looked at the Straw Hat crew on the mountain peak with fear.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! You're all finished, leaving me no enemy at all." Luffy rushed up from below, his feet treading through the air, only to find that the entire battlefield had already returned to calm, and all the enemies he wanted to defeat were lying on the ground.

Behind him, Aokiji climbed up a growing icicle, looking at his former colleagues lying on the ground with a slightly helpless expression.

"As expected of the craziest pirate crew, Straw Hat Luffy, please give me some face and let them go, after all, we used to be in the Navy together."

"Hey! Kuzan, you're making me lose face!" Kizaru, who reappeared in the air, tore off his suit jacket, threw off his glasses, and looked in Mabi's direction, speaking in a lazy tone.

But his bursting anger was clearly felt by everyone, and they all knew that his anger had already reached its maximum and he wanted to vent it.

"Want to fight again? I'll fight you." Standing in the air, Mabi shouted loudly, and her aura instantly expanded tenfold. Her powerful Armament Haki immediately emerged from her body. From a distance, all the light in the space around Mabi's body was strangely distorted and rotated, which was the ultimate manifestation of Armament Haki.

"Listen to me, both of you, stop making a scene," Aokiji said, an ice pillar appearing beneath his feet and positioned between Kizaru and Maple.

"Ah! Aokiji, you're up here. Well then, I'll give you face." Seeing Mami's aura surge tenfold, Kizaru quickly chose to follow his heart, his aura rapidly decreasing as he said with an embarrassed expression.

He then quickly left and ordered the soldiers in the distance to begin clearing the battlefield.

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Faced with this act of acting from the heart, Mebius felt a surge of blood rush to her head!

Where is your general's aura?

World-class combat power!

What about your dignity?!

Why did you come to your heart so quickly!

“Mabi, you’re all people who fought you two years ago. They all know that once your aura increases, your combat power also rises rapidly. In this state, I’m afraid no one here can beat you. Let the ordinary marines go.” Aokiji said to Mabi as he watched Kizaru leave.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Mabi took a few heavy breaths, her momentum gradually decreasing from a controllable state of turning over to a stable state, and nodded as she looked at Aokiji in front of her.

"Okay, I'll give you face and not pursue you."

Just as she was about to descend to her companions, Maggie suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to ask, "Uncle Aokiji, where are you planning to go next? If you have nowhere to go, how about joining our pirate crew?"

"Next?" Aokiji frowned, pondered for a moment, then slowly began to speak, "I plan to go check out the Blackbeard Pirates. They've been expanding their territory and waging wars quite aggressively these past two years. You're a pirate crew pursuing dreams and freedom; you don't need someone like me, someone who just wants to retire under power. Living a peaceful life among ordinary people is what I'm after."

"The Blackbeard Pirates?" Mabi immediately understood after hearing Aokiji's explanation, compared to her own group of pirates who pursued freedom.

Blackbeard, who expands his territory and builds his happiness on the sorrow of others, is the true pirate of the sea. He burns, kills, robs, and plunders unprotected islands at will, driven by his own whims.

These kinds of pirates only become rare in the East Blue, where they've been dealt with by Garp several times, giving people a sense of peace.

Aokiji currently holds no official position. By joining the Blackbeard Pirates and leveraging his former admiral's reputation, he could easily become a division commander and gain control of a territory, thus protecting an island and mitigating the harm pirates inflict on ordinary people.

"Uncle Aokiji, please take care. As representatives of the maritime forces, we will eventually face off against 'Blackbeard' and his gang. I hope that day won't be too late."

"Take care!" Aokiji glanced in Robin's direction and replied, before a track appeared beneath his feet, heading back towards Zephyr.

Now, Zephyr is exhausted and has been knocked to the ground by Luffy, requiring his two apprentices to support him. The explosive rock is also sealed by Aokiji and cannot be moved. Under the force of reality, the goal he wanted to achieve can no longer be realized.

"Let's go, you pervert." Zoro called out, retrieving the Shusui he was carrying on his shoulder. His companions glanced at the defeated Marines carrying the wounded, then stepped onto the cloud bridge Jack had built and returned to their ship.

"Whew, so tiring! It's so much more comfortable to be home." As soon as she stepped off the cloud bridge, Nami immediately released all her energy and sprawled out on the lawn without any regard for her image.

"That scared me to death! I thought I'd have to fight a tough battle against more than a dozen lieutenant generals, but I won so easily." Usopp, also sitting on the mast, took out a glass of soda to calm his excited emotions.

"Hehe! I can take on a vice admiral now too." Chopper, who was in charge of cleaning Zoro's wounds, was shaking his arm excitedly.

"Finally, I can't run away from the Navy." Mia sighed heavily, lying down on Nami's lower abdomen, her soft golden hair spreading around Nami's waist.

“It’s because we’ve all become stronger. The Vice Admiral is no longer someone we look up to.” Maggie laughed as she carried a bunch of drinks out of the kitchen refrigerator, tossing the milk from the basket to her companions one by one.

"Whew! How did I do, Mabi? I took on two lieutenant generals all by myself." Apis jumped from the lower deck onto the railing to boast.

Seeing his movements, Maggie reached out and lifted him up from the outside of the railing by his armpits, making him sit on the railing. His two little feet dangled in the air and swayed slightly on the railing.

“Not bad, my little Apis is strong too.” Mabi praised, affectionately stroking her hair.

"Hehe! Hehe!" Apis was slightly pleased to receive Mabi's praise.

"Hoo, hoo! Is that so? Just clean the wound with alcohol and press it down, okay?" Hachi watched as Robin took out alcohol to rinse his wound, but instead of bandaging it, he just asked Robin to press it down.

"No problem, as long as it's not a broken bone, you can recover by hanging on back on the ship," Robin explained with a smile, closing the alcohol bottle again.

"Divine commandment!" Angelia watched as everyone finished cleaning her wounds, then her six wings gradually unfurled, her arms flattening in front of her in the void. A platinum-gold energy ball, the size of a ping-pong ball, was born from it, and under her command, it gradually expanded, soon enveloping the entire ship. Streaks of platinum energy automatically sought out wounds, accelerating their own repair.

"Sanji!" Maggie shouted towards the kitchen.

"Understood. After the repair, a lot of nutrition is needed to maintain it. Just look at the results of my trials over the past two years. Adding medicinal herbs to enhance human abilities is my specialty during this period."

"Hehehe! My bones are all soft, my decades-old ailment is gone." Brooke laughed happily as he lay on the ground, his bony body arching forward little by little, trying to find the two women lying on the ground.

*Snap!* With a crisp sound, a white arm emerged from Nami's foot, waving its delicate fist and slamming it hard into his thick hair, sending it rolling far away.

"Uh! Miss Robin, can I see..." A wooden barrel fell from the sky and covered his solitary head tightly inside.

"It's so dark! It's so dark! Gentlemen, can anyone let me out? It's too dark here."

Mabi curled her lip, picked up an unopened bucket of liquor, and placed it back on top, pressing it down firmly.

You think you can drive like that?!

"Frankie, set sail! They're not coming back."

Luffy, who had been observing the situation in the distance from the bow of the ship, spoke up. He knew that Maple had once told Uncle Aokiji that she could store the body of the uncle who wanted to destroy the New World, but now that the other party was standing in the distance watching them without coming over, he already knew the other party's choice.

"No problem!" Franky, who was in charge of steering, responded and pulled the control lever to activate the mechanical retraction of the claw-shaped anchors on both sides.

"Merry, lower the sails!"

"Roger that!"

With a whoosh, the furled sails were lowered instantly after the ropes were loosened and billowed in the sea breeze. Franky spun the rudder rapidly, drawing an arc along the shore as the ship sailed into the deep sea.

"Nami, which way should we go?"