One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Hahaha! Hahaha! That feels good!" Mabi, wearing only shorts, lay in the mud and laughed while looking at the sky.

"Haha! As expected of Luffy's crewmate!" Ace, who was also wearing shorts and a cowboy hat, laughed as he lay on the ground.

“Ace, brother! Let’s go grab a drink. Luffy will definitely be happy to see you,” Maggie said with a smile, looking over the burning trees around them.

“No problem! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Luffy.” Ace, who had straightened up, looked at Maggie and replied with a smile. It seemed that he didn’t need to worry about his troublesome younger brother. After testing him, the man in front of him possessed combat strength comparable to his own and abilities almost on par with their father. How exactly did he grow up in this paradise?

"Haha! Let's go!" Mabi stood up, brushing the mud off her clothes, and replied.

"Monkey D. Luffy! Tina is arresting you! Black Iron Cage!"

"Who are you! Rubber! Rocket Launcher!"

"It's the navy!"

"Thunderclouds!"

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"Whitebeard, Second Division Commander! Portgas D. Ace!" The Minotaur masked Marine hadn't participated in the battle, but he had already sensed two powerful auras in the flames. Upon seeing the newcomer, he immediately tensed up, ignoring Maple beside him.

"Are you bullying my brother?" Ace asked, tilting his head as he saw the chaotic scene before him, but the raging flames on his hands showed no sign of the turmoil in his heart.

"Yan Shangzhang!"

"Your brother?" Before he could figure out who his brother was in the scene, he was blocked by a solid wall of fire.

"Luffy, look who's here!" Maggie shouted, kicking a pebble that sent Luffy's spear flying.

"Hey! Ace!" Upon seeing the familiar figure, he excitedly shouted and ran over, abandoning his enemies.

"You abandoned Tina! Tina's unhappy! Black Spear Formation!" The pink-haired Marine fighting Luffy's enemy's brows furrowed as he watched the enemy disappear before him. He swung his arms repeatedly, creating dozens of steel spears, each a foot long and as thick as an arm, and hurled them at Luffy.

"Sorry, your opponent is me." Mabi instantly kicked the flying iron spear away and laughed.

"Girl! What's the point of sending so few but such big ones? Anyone can get out of the way. You might as well send smaller ones! That way I can hold my own!" Mabi smirked at Tina, who was still waving her arms, and said with a disdainful look. Her smug expression seemed to say, "Come on, hit me!"

"Huff! Huff! Tina was actually looked down upon by pirates! Tina is furious! Tina, as you wish! Black Arrow Rain! Annihilation!" Hearing that his trusted ability had been scorned, he breathed heavily and swung his arm rapidly. Countless iron arrows, as thick as fingers and as long as a palm, flew out from his ten fingers, covering the area where Mabi was like a torrential rain.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! It hurts! It hurts!" Mabi jumped and dodged, yelling as she looked at the short arrows stuck in the ground. She was actually very excited. She didn't expect that she would actually have this move. This form was perfect for replenishing her hummingbird energy!

"Mabi! What are you doing?!" Mabi's actions are so exaggerated, are you really that weak?

"Alright, that's enough!" Seeing that the number of arrows in the area had reached several thousand in a short period of time, and reminded by her companions, Mabi stopped fooling around and drew her sword to slash.

"Sever the Void! Well-shaped Slash!" Two slashes, one horizontal and one vertical, cut out a large piece of earth to store. Since he needed to store it as a whole, he didn't have time to pick it up one by one, so he had to collect the earth along with it and peel it off slowly when he had time.

"Damn it!" Tina stopped swinging her arm and looked at the huge crater that had suddenly appeared in front of her, and shouted angrily. Now she knew perfectly well that he had deliberately attracted her attack and then collected the products of her power!

"Haha! Colonel Tina, thank you for your gift." Maby picked up a loose arrow, or rather, a flying shuttle, and tossed it, feeling that its weight was just right.

"Damn it! Black Gun Formation!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." A series of metallic clanging sounds rang out as the massive iron spears were all blocked by the short, flying shuttles fired from Mabi's hands and fell to the ground.

"Huff! Huff! Tell me your name, Pirate! Tina doesn't want to be unable to find anyone later!" Seeing her attack being intercepted by the opponent using her Devil Fruit ability, Tina calmed herself down and said.

"A name?" Maby smiled.

"That's just a code name. You'll forget about my existence soon enough. You're better off without it." He turned and walked away.

"Damn it!" The anger that had finally subsided erupted again!

"Black Iron Spear!"

"Cloud Hands! Spin!" The hand grips the pole, spinning it 180 degrees before launching it back!

"Black Iron Olive!" Seeing that it was once again using its attack to counterattack, it had no choice but to strike and intercept!

"Let's go, crew!" Luffy shouted after the excitement of meeting his older brother. He had stayed behind to wait for Maple and then fought the Marines who arrived later. Now that the battle was over, it was time to leave.

"Roger that!"

"Blazing Sun!"

"Rubber machine gun!"

"Hummingbird!"

Luffy, Ace, and Maple each used their abilities to hold off their comrades' enemies, allowing them to escape the battle.

"Enjou-Tsuna!" After his companions left, a wall of flames tens of meters high appeared in front of the Navy, preventing them from taking another step forward.

"Hahaha! Ace, let's go!" Luffy shouted, perched on Jack's back.

"Sizzle!" A burnt smell wafted over, and Jack's soft fur quickly curled up, forming a dent.

"Sorry! I'm so sorry I didn't stop!" Seeing that he had caused trouble, Ace immediately stopped the flames on his body and bowed in apology.

"Brother Luffy is so polite, his personality is completely opposite to Luffy's," Nami said, observing Ace's behavior.

"Haha!" Luffy laughed heartlessly upon hearing this.

"All done! Let's go!" Mabi said as she jumped up, carrying a round, yellow, sandy fruit with granular spiral patterns on its surface. But then she looked at the group of people squatting together.

"Does anyone know where Sanji and Zoro went?" Zoro helped me hold off the enemy before, but now I don't know where he is. Sanji went to get treatment and he's not up there either.

"Sanji's looking for you! Zoro hasn't come back yet!"

"Chirp!"

"Yellow smoke!"

"There are people injured!"

"Let's go first!" Angelia, holding Chopper, spread her wings and flew towards the target first.

These are smoke bombs made by Usopp. Each person has a set to determine their companions' needs based on the color of the smoke. Yellow means someone is injured and Chopper and Angelina need to rush over. Red means an emergency assembly where everyone should drop everything and gather together. Green simply indicates that everyone is at their current location and there's no need to rush.

Ace watched the ship's doctor fly away, just like Marco, relying on speed to ensure his comrades received treatment as quickly as possible on the battlefield.

"Haha! Congratulations Luffy on finding so many companions." He then bowed to everyone in thanks.

"Thank you for your help, Luffy."

"Haha! My crewmates are very strong!" Luffy laughed loudly.

"Brother Ace is much more reliable than Luffy." This was the thought in everyone's mind after witnessing this scene.

"Whoosh!" After Sanji and the injured Zoro got on, Jack took off again to find a new campsite. After a fierce battle, it was already late at night and everyone needed to rest.

"Haha! Let's have a feast!"

"What time is it? Still holding a banquet!"

"I think it's good!"

"Could you gentlemen wait a moment?" Just as Jack was flying, a floating boulder carrying two people appeared in front of them.

Chapter 69 Seeking Advice on Domineering Power

"Senior, what brings you here?" Mabi stepped off Jack's back, looking at the familiar attire and the flying rocks, and asked. She wondered why her group had no connection with Yixiao and why he was stopping them.

"I only wish to ask this young man to treat my apprentice's eyes. Is that convenient?" After saying that, he turned his head and looked at his apprentice, who was slumped on the rock with his tightly closed eyes, and shook his head. He still needed to get through it on his own.

"Eyes?" Maby noticed, after his reminder, that the bandages around the eyes of the man lying on the rock were stained with two pools of blood.

"Yes! Yes! Uncle can do it! Angelia!" Luffy stretched his neck out over Maggie's shoulder, nodded in agreement, and turned to shout to Angelia.

"it is good!"

"I..." Mabi nodded in agreement helplessly before the matter was even discussed.

"The eye tissue is still there; treatment will take some time," Angelia replied after hearing Luffy's instructions to fly over and check.

"Thank you very much, young friends. It's a pity I'm blind, otherwise I would really like to know what you look like," Yi Xiao said, bowing with his hands clasped in gratitude.

“Uncle, you can also try treatment,” Mabi replied, standing next to the stone.

He smiled and shook his head, saying, "I've seen too many things I don't want to see, and I've already closed my eyes to them."

Is that so? Maggie thought to herself.

"Haha! Let's have a feast! Ace, Sanji, let's have a feast together!" Luffy, with his neck stretched back, squatted on Jack's huge tiger head and directed the advance.

"Let's take a shower first!" After everyone found a flat place to lie down, Nami and the others quickly ran into the house to take a shower. After all, they had been fighting all night and were covered in sweat and mud, so they naturally needed to take care of themselves quickly.

"Haha! Ace, try this! It's meat made by my best chef." Luffy held up a piece of freshly cooked, ruby-red beast meat and offered it to Ace, laughing heartily.

"It looks delicious," Ace said approvingly after taking it.

"Haha! Sanji is the best chef in the world!"

"I also sense a powerful force within. I'll have a taste!" Yixiao, hearing the praise and sensing the extraordinary nature of the food, picked up a prepared dish and began to savor it with a smile.

"Uncle, you can sense their location?" Luffy asked, tilting his head as he saw Yixiao accurately locate the food.

"This is a little trick that you will learn later."

"Haha! Just like Maby discovered that skill that allows you to see everything around you without using your eyes, I'll learn that sooner or later."

"Observation Haki? Discovered it yourself? Or was it in Paradise?" Upon hearing what the other said, Issho and Ace exchanged glances, indicating that they both knew about this ability.

Then he turned to look at how Maggie, the monster who was standing next to Sanji, had grown up.

"Haha! Ace! You're bleeding!" Luffy laughed and teased Ace when he saw blood flowing from his eyes, nostrils, ears, and mouth.

"Haha! This food can quickly replenish stamina!" A flame flashed on Ace's body, and all his blood turned to ash and fell away. He was excited as all the stamina he had gained from the fierce battle was restored.

"Sanji, brother! I want ten more to go!" Ace, who was holding a piece of ordinary grilled meat and had his mouth full of food, suddenly remembered something and shouted to the busy Sanji.

"No problem! You pervert, give me some more!" Sanji quickly agreed, tossing the ingredients in his hands. After a battle, he needed to replenish his nutrition, so he naturally chose high-energy food!

Another huge pile of uncooked food was stacked on the table, then cooked and devoured by several big eaters! They were all replenishing their energy from earlier!

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Everyone! I'm so sorry! I've ruined you all!" The man who had just woken up cried out in pain, frantically pounding his head with his arms, causing his newly repaired glasses to splatter blood again.

"Stop! Divine Imprisonment!" Seeing her healing disrupted once again, the usually gentle Angelia was greatly displeased and immediately unleashed golden chains to imprison the person on the wooden plank.

"Crack! Crack!" The sturdy wooden planks were twisted by the powerful force, emitting mournful sounds!

"Uncle Yixiao, what's wrong with him?"

"Shut up! Do you want things to stay like this forever? Doing nothing, just needlessly paying the price for the deaths of your comrades!" He roared at his disciple without answering Mabi's question!