One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"The target's landing site is about 200 meters away from us. Prepare for combat!"

"Understood!" The companions, who had already prepared their weapons, responded in unison. With Mia's help, Apis retrieved her pet wind sprite and climbed onto her mechanical armor, where she was guarded by a larger version of Franky.

Chapter 274 The Battle of Dressrosa (Part 5)

Chapter 271 The Battle of Dressrosa (Part 5)

Bang!

As the ship crashed heavily onto the ice, the already cracked sides of the vessel suddenly cracked with a crisp sound, and the sides of the hull shattered, revealing the internal hull structure.

"Hehehe! With our ship damaged, we can just rob the Whitebeard Pirates' vessel." Blackbeard laughed heartily, unconcerned about the damage to his own ship.

"Yo! Captain Ace, the son of Pirate King Roger. You've taken over all the legacy your father built up over his lifetime. It's really not worth it for Whitebeard!" Blackbeard glanced around and greeted Ace, but his smug and arrogant expression was clearly visible to everyone.

"You're asking for death! All captains and crew members, engage in battle!" Ace, engulfed in flames, roared and jumped off the bow first.

Marco and the others followed closely behind. The Whitebeard Pirates, whose side was also frozen to the surface of the sea, leaped onto the ice and charged towards the Blackbeard Pirates, brandishing their weapons.

Mabi flashed and appeared directly above Blackbeard's head, instantly drawing her long sword and slashing towards the top of Blackbeard's head.

Two years ago, Whitebeard protected you; now, who will protect you?

Bang!

The sharp blade grazed the surface of the opponent's scalp with Armament Haki, and the force generated from the blade instantly flowed into his body, propelling his muscular body backward.

"captain!"

"Damn it, who is this? When did he get here?"

"Thunderstorm!" Seeing his captain being knocked away, Shiryu's pupils contracted, and he swiftly drew his longsword, slashing at Mapi, who was hovering in the sky.

"Sever the Void!" Mabi swiftly swept her longsword across the blade, striking the opponent's blade once more, looking down at the bloodthirsty former warden.

The colorless blade of energy that shot through the air instantly split in two and flew past him, slashing at the pirates behind him. It was then intercepted and shattered by the pirates' Armament Haki.

"One-Sword Style: Iaijutsu: Death - Lion's Song!" Zoro's deep roar echoed behind Shiryu, a chilling black aura emanating from his sword as he charged towards Shiryu like an arrow released from a bow.

"Instantaneous movement!" Seeing Zoro's action, Mabi immediately flashed away, leaving the enemy to Zoro, and reappeared in front of Van Kao, her eyes filled with coldness as she slashed her long sword across the air.

The sniper must die first; otherwise, given the enemy's marksmanship—hitting seagulls from kilometers away—his unarmored comrades will be picked off one by one by him.

click!

With just a faint, crisp sound, Mabi's longsword ruthlessly sliced ​​through the opponent's Armament Haki armor, slicing into their body and sweeping across.

"Step into the air!" With a rapid sprint, several fist shadows slammed directly towards Mabi's location, and countless ice shards erupted and flew outwards.

"Fifty-three of them! All of them are Devil Fruit users! Looks like a great harvest!" Mabi, who had retreated to a distance, laughed as she looked at the Devil Fruit users who had all revealed their true forms.

These are perfect for collecting and studying the formation of Devil Fruits.

"Red Blade Kid, we're here to help you." At the same time, the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates also rushed over.

"Thank you very much!" Mabi said with a smile.

"You're welcome!" Marco replied, extinguishing the blue flames emanating from his body.

"How about we leave them all behind?" Maggie, a member of the Blackbeard Pirates, suggested, looking at the crew that resembled a zoo, a mix of Zoan, Ancient, Mythical, and Paramecia types.

"can!"

"Then let's go!" Mabi roared, her feet slamming heavily onto the ice as she shot forward once more. Silver-white spatial power covered the entire blade, instantly increasing its length several times. She selected an ancient dinosaur, swung her arm, and with sharp spatial power, instantly pierced through the Armament Haki armor, passing right through it.

Behind it, a rain of blood fell onto the ice and solidified into streaks of red icicles.

"Damn it!" Seeing his crew members killed, even Blackbeard, who was known for his lack of loyalty, was filled with rage. These were the very things that made him a force to be reckoned with in the world.

"Divine Fire - Shiranui!" Two flaming spears were thrust directly in front of the opponent, stopping him in his tracks.

"Teach! Your opponent is me!" Ace, engulfed in flames, slowly solidified in front of Blackbeard.

"And me!" A salon descended from the sky!

"You two wait for me!" With a slight sonic boom, Luffy reappeared between the two.

Upon seeing the three figures appear together, Blackbeard Teach burst into wild laughter, completely disregarding the three in front of him.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! You actually think so highly of me, with three ability users showing up together. Do you even know that I'm the nemesis of ability users?!"

"Dark Water!" A black cloud appeared in his hand, and Luffy's body, which was suspended in the air, uncontrollably crashed into his palm.

"Luffy!" Ace and Sabo roared, their bodies becoming intangible as they rushed forward to intercept him.

"Gum-Gum Telescopic Rocket Launcher!" Luffy, drawn in, showed no surprise. His clenched fist rapidly contracted and charged towards the opponent's fist, which was emitting black smoke.

The black mist vanished the instant it touched Luffy's fist, and the rubber-coated fist slammed into Blackbeard's fleshy fist.

"boom!"

The clash of fists produced a deafening explosion, and a white shockwave spread outwards across the ice, forming a bottomless chasm.

Luffy's body thus broke free from the Dark Water's restraints and leaped towards Ace and Sabo.

"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts! Straw Hat bastards, it's Seastone again! You were the ones who fired that shell just now." Blackbeard, pulling back his fist, raged as he rubbed his bleeding knuckles, his anger burning fiercely within him.

"Oh! So it was you guys who were bombarding us just now!" Luffy exclaimed, holding up the brass knuckles inlaid with seastone.

"Seastone is indeed the nemesis of the Dark-Dark Fruit. Maby told me that no matter how strong the Dark-Dark Fruit is, it needs to be used to restrain the fruit's power at close range. As long as I am faster than you can activate your fruit's power, I can easily hit your body and defeat you. The side effect of your Devil Fruit is that your body pain is doubled. He said that as long as I hit you, every time I hit you, it will be a critical hit."

"Damn it! You're pretending not to know? My pirate crew was bombarded by your cannons!" Blackbeard was furious upon hearing Luffy's explanation.

The Dark-Dark Fruit is a dark space that can absorb cannonballs, buildings, shockwaves, and all human life. However, there are two materials in this world that it absolutely cannot absorb: seawater and Seastone.

Once this material gets close to the dark space, it will instantly cancel the fruit's power, shut down gravity, and expose the body to the enemy.

"Gear Second! Retractable Pistol!" Seeing that he didn't answer, Luffy stepped forward and reappeared in front of his opponent, smashing the brass knuckles inlaid with seastone down on his opponent's body again.

Boom!

Like the sound of a drumbeat, a dull impact emanated from Blackbeard's body. Under the powerful Armament Haki covering him, Luffy's arm, which was about to strike Blackbeard's body, instantly compressed into a ball, then contracted and bounced out again.

A sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Straw Hat Kid, my power isn't just limited to Devil Fruits!"

Chapter 275 The Battle of Dressrosa (Part Six)

Chapter 272 The Battle of Dressrosa (Part 6)

Mabi raised her sword again and severed a dog's head, then put away the extracted fruit power and threw it onto the cold ice surface, where it froze into an ice sculpture and was trampled into pieces.

With the addition of Chinjao, Cavendish, Bartolomeo, and others, along with the captains and commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, their combined fighting strength reached a full ninety people.

If everyone works together to wipe out the members of the Blackbeard Pirates, even if the opponent is a Level 6 character, it will be difficult for them to gain an advantage. After all, as long as they hold on, even if one person has Armament Haki, it will be difficult to maintain the fight for long if one of them is hit and killed.

Once someone is killed, the person freed up will attack someone else. With the rise and fall of powerful forces like Marco, Merry, and himself, the Blackbeard crew of over fifty people has been reduced to about thirty, and is currently under attack from at least three people.

A one-on-one fight of equal strength can be quite effective, a two-on-one fight can barely survive, but a three-on-one fight will be instantly devastating if an opening is found. Faced with such a massive onslaught, the death of everyone is only a matter of time.

"Sacred Chains!" Angelia's wings fluttered in the sky as three Zoan-type bird pirates, their bodies bound by golden chains, desperately flapped their long wings to prevent themselves from falling into the meat grinder-like world below.

Below, Mia's snake tail coiled together, her eyes slightly narrowed, and she suddenly leaped up, her rapier piercing directly into the birdman bound by Angelia. Her snake tail lightly touched the birdman's body before she drew her sword and slashed horizontally again.

Marco was engulfed in blue flames, and his pale blue wings were like blades, striking the cane that Lafitt was wielding repeatedly, creating ripples of energy.

Basque Jotte, reeking of alcohol, swung his iron fist, which collided with the oncoming diamond foot, sending sparks flying.

The diamond-like Joz stomped heavily on the ice, his brute body crashing into the rhinoceros's body, which was several times his size, like a tank at full power. He slid rapidly into the distance before being attacked by the other captains with swords and cannonballs.

Jack, in human form, stood upright, his foot-wide alloy battle axe crackling with lightning. It whirled around in his thick hand like a windmill, whipping up gusts of wind as it slashed at the double-edged scythe in Doc Q's hand, producing a series of metallic clangs and forcing his white horse to move backward.

Merry's limbs metalized into the shape of double-edged swords, his whole body like a spinning blade, with pieces of flesh flying behind him, carving a path through the crowd. The paralysis from the lightning slowed people down, giving them an opportunity to be attacked with swords by others.

The battle between Zoro and Shiryu was so intense that strangers would suddenly appear. Blades of energy would spring up in their hands and slash at each other's bodies, only to be cleaved in two by the opponent. The remaining energy would continue to propel them into the distance, and no one within a radius of dozens of meters dared to approach the fight between the two.

"Whoosh!" An icicle flew past Maby's ear and disappeared into the body of a beast behind her, forming hard frozen flesh that was then shattered by a meteor hammer.

"Aokiji?" Mabi looked toward the source of the ice shard. A tall Aokiji was holding an ice shard that was spinning in his hand. It seemed that he was preparing to discuss something. Otherwise, if he had used Ice Age, few people would have been able to escape.

He kicked the giant bear in front of him hard, and used the reaction force from his foot on the ice to fly towards him.

"Clang!" The contact between the blade and the ice blade sent Aokiji's body flying backward at high speed.

"What is it?" Mabi asked in a deep voice.

"After you kill Blackbeard, release a few of your men and I'll take them back to take over Blackbeard's territory." Aokiji, wielding an ice blade and constantly parrying Maple's attacks, spoke in a low voice. Although they were friends in private, he still had to do what was necessary given the circumstances.

"Do you want to take control of his territory and the remaining personnel? No problem. Whether Blackbeard is killed by Luffy and his crew or not, I will not let him leave."

“Yes, after all, when I was in the Navy, I had to be mindful of certain behaviors. Now that I’m retired, I can do things I didn’t want to do before. Being one of the Five Emperors isn’t bad either.” Aokiji’s usually languid face turned slightly serious as he held the long sword in his hand.

"Want to become one of the Five Emperors? I'll help you." Mabi smiled and said. He had invited him to join the ship before, but Mabi was willing to become Blackbeard's subordinate in order to save ordinary people. Now that he had the opportunity to become the boss, he naturally wouldn't let it go.

As someone recommended by the strategist Sengoku to serve as Fleet Admiral, one cannot simply rise to a high position in the Navy through military force alone. A certain sense of responsibility and control are essential. Obtaining the rights to Blackbeard's territory would not be a difficult task if it were without an owner.

"Aokiji, as a Marine Admiral, you can't even beat a small-time pirate? Do you have a problem with Blackbeard and don't want to put in the effort?!"

The wolf head, struck by Jozu, roared angrily. Anyone who saw this world-renowned former Marine Admiral wielding an ice blade and confronting a lowly pirate would feel resentful.

"Ok?"

Mabi frowned, realizing that Mabi had interrupted her conversation with Aokiji.

"Slash through the air!"

He turned his head and the long sword in his hand suddenly grew several times larger. The sharp blade of space instantly sliced ​​through his body, leaving two separate wolf bodies that fell heavily onto the ice surface with the force of gravity.

"Let's continue. Uncle Aokiji, who do you want to live? Put them in the water later."

Aokiji: "..."

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"Second Gear: Gum-Gum Rocket!" The black smoke was once again shattered and dissipated by the Seastone in Luffy's hand.

"Dry skin!"

Sabo's quicksand swirled around Blackbeard's arm as he took advantage of the situation, while at the same time two blazing white flaming spears attacked from behind.