One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

Nami, with her canine teeth beneath her feet, descended from the sky like a divine beast, carrying the Daughter of Divine Punishment. The divine punishment weapon in her hand shimmered with blue and white light, while dark clouds covered her back, from which wisps of lightning radiated, illuminating the world. Under the illumination of the lightning, Nami's figure, floating in the air, came into view of everyone present, both inside and outside the arena, shocking everyone's hearts. Sanji, who had always admired her, immediately knelt down in worship.

"Thunderclouds! Thunderous Strike!" As Nami swung her weapon, the thunderclouds, dense with lightning, seemed summoned to indiscriminately attack the ground, raining down lightning that enveloped the entire mountain in blue-white lightning. Countless elders riding on wild beasts were struck by lightning, their bodies going numb and paralyzed, before being struck again by the continuous lightning strikes and losing consciousness.

"Desert Fortress!" Crocodile cursed under his breath as he watched the torrential blue-white lightning summon a sand fortress that formed, protecting his subordinates who hid within it.

"Damn it! This new team also has Logia-type Devil Fruit abilities."

A small town dozens of kilometers away!

"What's wrong with the teacher?" a young man with bandages around his eyes asked, hearing the unusual noise.

"There's a group of nice kids over here. Let me take you to see them," said a middle-aged man wearing a purple bathrobe, a sword tucked into his waistband, and with his eyes closed, as he put down his bowl of noodles.

"Okay, teacher!" The young man followed his teacher's footsteps without any joy or sorrow.

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"Vice Admiral Bastet!" The navy, which had stopped here while pursuing Baroque Works, also noticed the unusual lightning in the distance.

"Colonel Tina, let's go take a look. The report from the Baroque Works shows they've appeared here, so they'll likely be there too, given what happened there," replied the naval officer wearing a perforated horn mask and a white cloak.

"Tina, received!" The pink-haired naval woman in a rose-red business suit saluted and ordered the naval officers behind her to prepare for action.

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"Huh! There are Logia-type Devil Fruit users fighting in this small town too." A man with freckles on his cheeks, wearing an orange cowboy hat and a red jacket, muttered to himself as he ate his grilled meat while looking at the lightning and dark clouds that appeared in the distance. He put down his plate, grabbed his backpack, and walked outside.

"Sir! You haven't paid yet?" the boy at the door stopped him and asked.

"Pay?" the man asked, bewildered.

"Yes! Pay up!" came the gentle reminder again.

"Thank you for the hospitality, I won't see you out!" Without replying, he simply thanked her and vanished through the doorway, running off into the distance.

"Stop right there! You haven't paid yet!" Only the servant boy behind him shouted.

Chapter 65 Rustling = Small Particles? Desert Meteorite! Attack!

The dark clouds dispersed, revealing the pure white moonlight that shone upon the ravaged land, leaving behind only a few enemies still groaning.

"Wow! Nami, you're amazing!" Luffy exclaimed, bathed in lightning.

"Haha! It's all thanks to the materials we collected along the way that Usopp was able to make these things," Nami laughed, waving her Clima-Tact.

"Nami-sama, I love you so much! Please let me hug your leg." Sanji, his eyes sparkling with hearts, lunged forward.

"Get lost!" Nami, who had just landed, stepped on Sanji's face as he tried to hug her leg.

"Ha ha!"

"Ha ha!"

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"Who is this?" The crowd saw that among the enemies lying on the ground, their lives hanging in the balance, someone was still trying desperately to get up.

“Mr.2?” Maby looked at the man with the afro in front of her. If it weren’t for the lipstick mark on his lips, it would be hard to tell who he was.

"We must catch you," he said with difficulty, puffing out black smoke.

"Usopp, give me a Seastone bullet!" Mabe shouted to Usopp.

“Okay, Mabi.” He pulled a finger-sized white stone from his backpack; it was a sea stone that he had painstakingly polished into shape.

"Eat it!" Mabi pried open his mouth and stuffed it in. This thing was much safer than handcuffs. Although it only temporarily restricted the Devil Fruit user, it prevented the handcuffs from being suddenly opened and the ability from being restored.

"Bastard! Bastard!" The weakness brought on by the sea stone left him with no strength, and he could only collapse on the ground and curse.

"Hahahaha! Looks like everyone's here! You've killed all my men. I'll spare your lives if you hand over Robin to be my subordinate." Crocodile, who had only a few dozen men left, walked up and, seeing the devastated ground, couldn't help but feel a sense of appreciation for talent. Since his men were gone, he could recruit them to handle miscellaneous tasks.

“I’m willing to go with you, but on the condition that you let them go,” Maby said, stepping forward and pointing her pistol at him.

"Haha! You're not in a position to negotiate with me! Promise to live! Promise to die!" Hearing Mabi's words, he looked up at the group of young people staring at him with disdain.

Now everyone knew that the battle was inevitable and there was no question of anyone backing down.

“Bring her back.”

"Bang!" Mabi saw the man appear in front of her and immediately fired a shot. She jumped to the side, creating distance and leaving the main combat range.

"Clang!" The rapidly moving bullet was cleaved in two by the man in front of it, whose hand was shaped like a palm blade, and flew backward, continuing its charge as if to capture Mabi.

"Clang!" Sparks flew as the metal connected!

"You pervert! This is mine!" Zoro shouted, drawing his sword to intercept.

"Watch out!" Mapi nodded in response and turned to help Luffy and the others.

"Gum-Gum! Air Bomb!" Luffy, not far away, also launched an attack on Crocodile. Negotiations failed, so a fight to the death was the only option!

"Desert Blade!" The arm swung, transforming into a giant blade, and lunged at Luffy, aiming to cleave him in two.

"Boom!" The collision of the two immediately caused shockwaves, and the scattered sand and gravel shot out in all directions like bullets, leaving rows of holes in the charred trees.

"Returning empty-handed?" Crocodile had no choice but to retreat and use his Hollowfication ability to dodge Luffy's punch, leaving only a trace of doubt.

"Rubber rubber! Machine gun!"

"Desert Fortress!" A circular sand barrier appeared to withstand Luffy's punch, scattering countless grains of sand.

"Divine Barrier!" Angelia raised her arm to form a golden barrier, blocking the splashing sand and protecting her companions.

"Three-flower bloom!" Upon seeing the target enemy appear, Robin used her jointed limbs to defend herself.

"Heavenly Thundercloud!" Upon seeing this, Nami unleashed countless bolts of lightning from her small thundercloud, striking the enemies attempting to attack from behind.

"Cloudburst Fist! Explode!" Jack leaped up, a white cloud of mist forming in his palm, descending from the sky with a powerful whooshing sound, detonating the moment it touched his body.

"Whoosh!" This impact couldn't do any harm to him at all. His body disintegrated and crumbled into yellow sand, leaving the blast radius and reforming into a body in the distance.

Crocodile shook his head and scattered a patch of sand! He looked at the group of young people who showed no fear of him and laughed heartily.

"Hahahaha! Another bunch of reckless and ignorant newbies. I hope you can give me some fun! Sandstorm!" Suddenly, a violent tornado sandstorm was released from the palm, expanding into a tornado several meters in diameter the instant it left the palm.

Without pausing, the body bent and the hands braced on the ground, the hard rocks making a cracking sound, as if the sand and dust, ravaged and rotted by time into tiny grains, were amplified and released into the sandstorm. Amplified by the wind speed in the valley, the sandstorm continued to expand, and the entire area became a vast expanse of yellow sand, making it impossible to see anything.

"Ocean Star!" A white projectile shot out from the yellow sand and aimed directly at Crocodile. It was Usopp, who was wearing glasses and was unaffected.

Crocodile's body, on alert, rapidly blurred into a hole due to the wind pressure from the spinning projectile, allowing it to pass through and fall onto the distant sand, causing that area to become uncontrollable.

"Seastone! They actually possess this!" As someone who had built Seastone cages, he was naturally very familiar with these things.

"Gum-Gum! Battle Axe!" Unfazed by the sandstorm, Luffy burst out of the tornado and swooped down from the sky with his long legs raised high.

"Collapse! Your abilities are ineffective against me!"

"Sanji! Luffy! Smash them!" Mabi roared as she arrived, summoning rows of wooden barrels. These were the fresh water reserves she had prepared for the voyage, enough for everyone to drink for half a year. Mabi took out most of them and threw them into the air, as only fresh water could solidify and suppress the formation of sand and gravel.

"Fishball Smash!" Sanji leaped into the air, his leg shadows striking the wooden barrel that had been thrown into the air. The broken pieces of wood and fresh water were thrown into the barrel by the huge sandstorm, causing the sand and gravel to clump together and settle down.

"Screw your high heels!" Maggie kicked her high heels at Crocodile. She didn't need to dress up anymore; she just wanted to get back into the fight and regain her strength as quickly as possible! Barefoot was better than this.

"Bang! Bang!" Mabi's shoe landed precisely on her face, which was now visible due to the water's effect!

Crocodile ripped the shoe off his face! His eyes blazed with fury as he glared at Mabi, who had just had her wig ripped off!

"You've been playing me! Where's Nico Robin?! Tell me and I'll make your deaths easy!"

"Ah! I am Nico Robin!" Maggie replied, continuing to tear off her clothes until she was only wearing shorts.

"Do you think I'm blind?! Desert Blade!" Crocodile roared angrily upon seeing Mabi's attitude!

"Shockwave!" Mabi drew her sword and struck, finally experiencing that familiar feeling again!

"Sever the Void!"

"Rubber rocket launcher!"

He smashed the massive desert sword before him with a flying slash! His reign was in the balance; waiting for the enemy to recover before counterattacking while they were frozen in place was his destiny!

He used the golden hook in his hand to block Maple's flying slash! His body withstood the impact of Luffy's rocket, using the force of the blow to propel him away!

"Damn it! You're provoking me! Desert Meteor!" Crocodile roared furiously from a distance!

"You son of a bitch, are you a Stone-Stone Fruit user?!" Mabi cursed, watching the rocks flying towards her, some several meters or even tens of meters high! A closer look revealed that the rocks were covered in yellow sand! This was a way to control the sand and propel the rocks into flight! Mabi leaped forward, waving her hand, unleashing her spatial abilities. These rocks, if they landed on her side, would catch her companions off guard and be hit!

"Salted Fish Barrier!"

Chapter 66 Salted Fish Shocks the Sky!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The rocks struck the spatial barrier created by Mabi, causing a series of explosions as they fell to the ground and formed a small hill.

"Hey! What's this?" Luffy, standing nearby, trudged through the fine sand, but it didn't clearly stop his descent.

"Gum-Gum! Rocket Air Cannon!" Just as his legs were about to sink, Luffy fired his Rocket Air Cannon at him. Using the recoil, he jumped into the air, stretched out his arms, grabbed Maple's head, and stayed on top of him, wiping away non-existent sweat from his brow.

"That was close!"

"They ran away?" Maggie, carrying Luffy on her back, retracted the Salted Fish Barrier and looked around but didn't see Crocodile. She only saw the solid ground below slightly crumbling, while her companions were engaged in fierce battle, unaware of what this sandy land represented.

"Jack, grow bigger and take them into the air!"

"Roger that!" Upon hearing Maby's order, Jack immediately grew to gigantic size and rushed in front of his companions, knocking away the enemies so they could jump onto them.

But it was too late. Mia, who was still fighting the Thorn Woman, had her feet stuck in quicksand and couldn't get out.

Mabi watched as the hills grew lower and lower, countless grains of yellow sand eroding and flowing downhill! Looking out, the entire area, spanning thousands of meters, had become completely arid, visibly transforming into desert. Trees and boulders at the edges continued to break and crumble! Crocodile was altering the terrain to suit his fighting style. The fresh water he had just released had only solidified and subsided the sandstorm, but for him, such sandstorms were as numerous as he could release at will!

"Damn it! Rubber attack! Come out here!" Seeing this, Luffy knew the enemy was below. He left Maple's back and launched a frenzied attack with his fists flying downwards, but it was too small compared to the area that was several kilometers in size.

"Miss Mia! Your guardian knight has come to save you!" Seeing Mia trapped, Sanji's eyes lit up with excitement, finally able to play the hero and rescue the damsel in distress.

"Sanji, I'm here, no need to trouble you anymore." Angelia, carrying Chopper on her back, flapped her pure white wings, stretched out her arms, and flew up to hug Mia's slender waist.

"My beauty has just left me! Why didn't I have wings?!" Seeing this, Sanji's whole body turned gray and he collapsed onto the sand. If he had wings, he could run faster and carry out the heroic act of rescuing the beauty.

"Desert Prison!" At that moment, a sand-like hand emerged from beneath Sanji and grabbed one of his legs, which was pressed to the ground.

"Get lost!" Sanji, who found that one of his legs had been drained, kicked out with his other foot without any mercy. Although he didn't know what was going on, attacking was the right thing to do!