One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"What's wrong, Mami?! That creature is gone!" Nami asked, perched on Chopper's back.

"No! It will come back to life soon!"

"Boom!" Before Mabi could finish speaking, an explosion rang out in the distance! The battle resumed!

"No time for explanations! Get out of the way! Sever the Void!" With a slash, the crystalline desert below split open, creating a vast abyss tens of meters wide and hundreds of meters long, revealing the layers of rock and soil beneath!

"Little Tantan, it's up to you!" Mabi shouted! Suddenly, a giant rock the size of a basketball court appeared above the empty abyss, accompanied by a rumbling sound! The circular base beneath the giant rock pressed tightly against the abyss below!

"Hello everyone! I'm Xiaotantan, this is our first time meeting!" A voice suddenly rang out in everyone's minds as it greeted them!

"Mabi! This! This is the altar you were talking about where you can extract Devil Fruits!" Nami, who was pulled onto Mabi's back and leaped into the air, stared at the shocking scene before her and stammered as she asked!

"Yes! Don't focus on that yet! We'll need you to remotely control this altar and use the natural energies we saw on that cave island to freeze and heat that demon! Then we'll destroy it!" Mabi looked down at the patterns on the altar that had begun to flicker! Six giant stone pillars, each over a hundred meters tall, were emitting strange lights representing their respective attributes, fully charged and ready to join the battle!

"Haha! That's so cool! Mabi, you can give him to me afterwards!" Nami excitedly slapped Mabi on the head!

"..." Do you even have the capacity to carry something this big?

"Tantan! It's up to you now!"

"Don't worry, boss! Tan Tan will definitely complete the mission for the sake of food!" A giant face with a diameter of over a hundred meters appeared above the altar and exclaimed excitedly!

After more than eight hundred years, they could finally taste food again! The enormous face that materialized was burning fiercely, with drops of energy saliva dripping from its mouth! Beneath it, cyan, yellow, blue, red, white, and black energies surged, forming an energy platform ten feet in diameter—a miniature version of an altar!

"Boss! Put Nami up there! So she can easily observe and control her!"

"Control panel! Nami, please!" After exchanging words, Maggie already knew what this thing was. She jumped over and placed Nami on it!

"Hahaha! Food's here!" Tantan exclaimed excitedly when he saw Nami standing on him!

Chapter 84 The Terrifying Witch! Nami!

Chapter 83 The Terrifying Witch Nami

"Alright, now it's my turn!" Nami thought to herself as she watched Mabi leave from the control panel.

"Little Tantan! Can you tell your sister about your abilities?" Nami smiled at the face that appeared before her.

"Ability? Oh right! The boss did tell me to tell you! I forgot!" the illusory face said apologetically.

"The blue pillar is wind! The yellow pillar is earth! The blue pillar is water! The red pillar is fire! The white pillar is light! The black pillar is darkness!"

How do I control this console?

"Just insert the stick in your hand into this pillar and aim it in the direction you want to strike! Little Tantan will react according to your physical and mental reactions!" Tantan replied after thinking for a moment. As for why he didn't activate Little Tantan himself, it's because no one had ever taught him how to fight!

"Is that so?" After breaking off a section of the stick and inserting it, it was then pointed into the distance in an illusory way. Below, a stone pillar appeared, and mysterious characters on it flashed. A blue water column, ten feet in diameter and tens of meters long, shot into the distance.

"Hahaha! Who splashed this water?!" Luffy couldn't dodge in time and was slammed to the ground and rubbed until he disappeared from the sky by a water column.

"Haha! Sorry, Luffy!" Nami laughed as she looked at the results through her binoculars.

"What about this one!" Nami held a short stick in one hand and stuck it into the yellow pillar next to her, while using binoculars in the other hand to look at the chaotic scene in the distance, all the way to the demon floating in the air!

After several attempts!

"Haha! I got it! Little Tantan, get ready, it's our turn to act!" After firing a few times, observing the direction the target landed and the magnitude of its power, Nami, with her innate strong sense of three-dimensionality and keen sensitivity to spatial position, immediately analyzed the necessary movement trajectory and method, laughing heartily!

"Damn it! You pervert, what did you give that woman?!" Zoro cursed as he slashed away a boulder falling from the sky with his sword, but he had to dodge the lightning strike that followed.

"The beautiful Nami is so adorable! I'd gladly accept your loving lightning strike!" Sanji, his entire body black and emitting blue smoke, gazed at Nami high in the distance with hearts in his eyes, his face full of adoration.

"Haha! I didn't know that altar possessed such powerful energy! It looks pretty good! As for the danger, please forgive me! Once Nami learns to control it, she won't have to suffer such a great torment from you!" Mabi dodged a pillar of fire and laughed loudly as she watched the attacks flying from afar like a torrential rain.

Now, the weather on this floating island is changing again due to human intervention! The azure sky is gone; instead, it's covered by dark clouds that blanket the entire area! Every now and then, blue-white lightning bolts leap from the clouds and strike the ground, sometimes hitting friendly forces! The ground is dotted with bizarre rock formations, some tens or even hundreds of meters high! Deep red magma and scorching hot springs flow and crisscross underground, hissing and screaming! Large amounts of water vapor are released into the air, then carried away by a tornado and blown far away!

Maggie looked up at these world-altering powers and exclaimed, "Human power, even without a Devil Fruit, can so easily wield the power to change the world! No wonder those old researchers on the small sky island of Visalia warned Nami not to misuse those technologies! It would lead to the destruction of the entire world! They must have received these legacies and transformed them into their own power, so they naturally knew that if these fell into the hands of those ambitious people, they would cause enormous damage and reduce an entire country to nothing!"

"Damn it! It's resurrected again! I stepped into the air! Salted Fish Barrier!" Seeing the shadowy Mabi instantly step out and appear at the forefront of the battlefield, she swung her hand to meet the countless short spears flying towards her. She wanted to attack again, but her Diamond Iron Fist was enveloped by a stream of water, causing a piercing steam sound.

"Shoulder flesh!" A dark shadow flashed, and the demon's arm, crackling with fire, snapped off and flew into the distance.

"Miss Maureen! Our teamwork is amazing! Please allow me to kiss the back of your hand!" Sanji excitedly ran over to the woman entering and leaving the battlefield.

"Ding!"

"That idiot!" Mabi cursed under her breath as she swung her knife to intercept. This was no longer the case where her whole body was shattered; a mere arm could be recreated in an instant.

"Nilco! Can the little jar inflict freezing damage?" Maggie looked at the water jets unleashed by the female pirate and suddenly had an idea!

"Freeze! That works!" As the master of the altar, he naturally knew some of its functions!

"That's good, the battle will be over soon!" Mabi said confidently. The next step is to surround and capture it. Since it can't transform into its own element, then we'll destroy it in its physical form. It'll be a good treat for Little Tantan!

"Could you use your Devil Fruit power to wrap this demon up, you sister playing in the water?!" Maggie shouted at the female pirate.

“Me? No problem! Brother Maby!” Maureen replied upon hearing Maby’s question.

"That's good. Follow my instructions to capture that demon!" As for why the strange woman in front of her knew her name, Mabi didn't care. After all, she was her companion, and they had been with her for three days. It wasn't surprising that she knew!

"Wow! Mapi, this is so cool! I want to play too!" Luffy shouted, his eyes sparkling as he looked at the various energy pillars descending from the sky, his curiosity about all sorts of strange and wonderful things coming to the fore once again.

"No way! You'll break him! Angelina, go tell Nami to freeze this demon once she sees it enveloped in water!"

"Received!" The white angel soared into the sky and flew towards Nami.

"Haha! Don't be so stingy! I want to be a magician too! Biu! Biu! Biu!" Luffy reached out and grabbed Maggie's shoulder, jumping up from below and circling around her several times before fixing himself on top, shouting as he looked into the distance.

"After the battle, Usopp will make one for you. There's plenty of metal and energy stones! This one is too big to carry!" Maggie directly diverted his attention. If he really stared at this altar, it would be dismantled into parts in less than three days.

"Zoro! Sanji! Be careful to stop it and don't let it get away!"

Then, watching Angelia's figure, he waited until she landed on the control panel and called out to the woman beside her, "Start packing!"

"Alright! Roll, slug!" The water droplets on the ground that had not evaporated rolled and squeezed together as the opponent's arms moved, forming a blue water ball with a diameter of over a hundred meters that rushed towards the tall diamond demon. At that moment, a white beam of light emitting a bone-chilling cold air instantly appeared on the water ball.

"Crack!" The ice puck emitted a bone-chilling cold air, instantly making everyone around feel a chill and their minds clear.

"Void Step! Instant Void!" Mabi saw the frozen water sphere appear directly in front of it and quickly retracted it! Its entire body disappeared!

"Little altar, hurry up!" Mabi shouted as she teleported to the altar and summoned the nearly diamond-like ice ball.

"Haha! Food, here I come!" The energy pillar, hundreds of meters long, reappeared.

Chapter 85 Carbon-Carbon Fruit! Water-Water Fruit!

"Damn it! Assimilation so fast! How much longer does the little altar have?! Nami, keep attacking with Freeze! Slash the Sky!" Mabi jumped back and forth, wielding her swords with both hands and slashing with all her might. A diamond arm that had just formed from the ice ball broke off and fell onto the altar!

"Thirty seconds!" Little Tantan's childish voice rang out. This was the first time he had caught food on his own. Before, he had always fought the animals half to death before eating them, and he was in a flurry of activity.

"Human!" It was a huge head that formed from the top of the sphere, and the whole body looked like a giant gourd that had been tied up.

"Boom!" Before the other side could make another sound, a shell accurately embedded itself in its head in the distance, and Mabi immediately felt that the other side's spirit seemed to weaken in an instant.

Maggie stared at the white stone. With Usopp present, no one else would use it except him, who liked to fire the cannon. Now that she was in a weakened state, she didn't have to worry about being revived.

"Yay! We'll be the ones to take down the enemy!" Usopp, standing by the cannon in the distance, clapped hands with Jack, who was crouching on the cannon.

"Haha! Brother Usopp, teach me how to fire the cannon too! That's so cool!" Jack crossed his arms and his eyes gleamed.

"Alright! When we're done, we'll ask Maggie for another cannon! One to load the ammunition, and one to fire!" Usopp took out his tools and began cleaning the black ash from the cannon barrel!

"Wow! Me too!" Chopper shouted as he jumped over, his eyes sparkling!

"All of them! All of them!"

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"Whew! So full!" Little Tantan said happily after the demon disappeared.

"Little Tantan! Want to follow me? I'll give you some good food!" Nami tempted from the platform.

"Great! Great! I want to eat the demon!" Immediately, the face that Little Altar had conjured began to drool.

"Never mind!" Nami replied, covering her face with one hand. One demon was enough to cause trouble for everyone present; how could her group possibly withstand another one?

"Little jar, let's go back!" Maggie said as she walked over, carrying a round fruit with a black skin and layers of white rings. Nami naturally leaned on Maggie's back as she bent down to put the little jar away. She hadn't forgotten that the two of them were now on the altar, and if they were put away, they would fall.

"Mabi! Is this the new Devil Fruit? What kind of fruit is it?!" Nami asked, propping her elbow on Mabi's shoulder.

"I think it should be called the Carbon-Carbon Fruit! It can burn and be launched as fireballs! It can also form diamonds! It's a very powerful fruit; with its diamond body, it can withstand most of the damage in this world. Whether it's a Paramecia or Logia type needs further research, since this demon has never used the most obvious elemental transformation ability of a Logia type." Maby replied, having previously examined the assimilated substance, which she felt was the same as burning coal! Later, the diamond assimilation further solidified her belief that it belonged to the combustible substance of coal!

"Carbone-Carbone Fruit! It can form diamonds! Mami, we're rich!" Nami exclaimed excitedly, her eyes sparkling as she hugged it to her arms.

"Don't even think about it! This is different from other fruits; they won't turn into charcoal after a while!" Maby was shocked to see that the diamond arms she had seen earlier had all turned into charcoal and were lying there the moment the demon disappeared!

"How could this happen! My Bailey!" Upon hearing Maggie's explanation, Nami immediately collapsed and became powerless!

"Let's see which of our companions eats it!" This can be considered the second Devil Fruit we currently possess. Previously, Crocodile's Sand-Sand Fruit was taken by Luffy and given to Sabo. He also gave Koala the Disease-Disease Fruit so that she could find a doctor to eat it, since doctors are the ones who can best unleash the power of that fruit. The Slash-Slash Fruit was a reward given to Issho as a way of teaching him Haki.

"Hahaha! Sanji, let's have a party!" Luffy shouted before Maggie even got close!

"OK! Now let me fill your stomachs! We'll start the barbecue when that pervert comes back! Go and collect some coal for me!"

"Haha! Let's have a banquet! Let's have a banquet!"

"Hahaha! Mami, you're back! Sit down quickly, let me bandage your wound!" Chopper shouted as he looked at Mami carrying Nami as she walked over.

"Okay!" Mabi was now also feeling excruciating pain. The wounds that had opened up on her body from the beginning had only healed with Angelia's simple treatment! The actual healing would depend on her own body; otherwise, relying solely on her Devil Fruit ability would make it difficult to improve her body's healing power. She hadn't felt it before, but now that the battle was over, all the pain had returned!

"Brother Mabi, let me help you wash!" Maureen, who had just finished cleaning the dirt off a companion, said when she saw the scabs on Mabi's body.

"Thanks! Is that the Water-Water Fruit?" Maggie asked, noticing the water flowing in her hand. Maggie had been curious about her ability to control water since she first appeared! Could it really be that legendary fruit?

"Yes! It's the Water-Water Fruit, a Logia-type Devil Fruit! Mabi, please bear with me, I need to open up the wound that's covered in mud!" Maureen replied, carefully controlling the water flow to remove the congealed scabs from Mabi's body. Before long, the blood flowing from the wound stained the entire stream of water red!

"No problem! Does that mean you're not afraid of the seawater anymore?" Mabi replied! The legendary fruit has actually appeared!

"How could that be! I can only extract seawater into fresh water to minimize the weakening effect of seawater on my abilities! I can control the water flow to walk in the sea. Once I run out of energy in the ocean, I'll become powerless like a Devil Fruit user and wait for my companions to rescue me!" Maureen glanced at Maby and smiled. Anyone who knows anything about Devil Fruit users would think they're immune to water, but that's impossible. Once they come into contact with seawater, they're no different from ordinary Devil Fruit users! She changed the water and continued cleaning Maby's wounds while using the iodine Chopper had brought out to disinfect them!

"I see! I've always longed for this kind of fruit, always thinking it could assimilate seawater and make me the ruler of the ocean!" Mabi took out a row of stools, threw them out, and sat down to reply. After transmigrating, she also longed for this potentially existing fruit, believing that eating it would make her a famous and powerful figure in the world! But she had only transmigrated as a soul and hadn't brought anything with her, so she could only eat Devil Fruits she encountered, even the worst one was better than nothing!

"Hehe! It's a pity that there's only one Devil Fruit that can be used by one person! But you're right, using it can cause tsunamis and make you a true sea overlord!" Maureen sat in front of Maby and laughed, controlling the water flow!

"Miss Maureen! This is a battle recovery drink I've prepared for you!" Sanji said politely as he came out carrying a tray.

"Thank you, Sanji!" Maureen said, using a single finger to create a stream of water to scoop up a glass of drink.

"Sanji, that's mine! I'm seriously injured!" Maggie shouted!