A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

"What kind of skill is it to hide and conceal yourself!"

Sloan roared, but before he could finish speaking, excruciating pain shot through his limbs.

Blood splattered everywhere, limbs flew, and the body was severed. By the time Sloan realized what was happening, he was left with only his head.

"Ah—, you damn bastard!"

Cao Gui ignored his impotent rage, and five steel bars floated into the air, then pinned Sloan's limbs and torso to the ground.

Looking down at Sloan, who was now just a head, Cao Gui frowned. This immortal body was far too weak.

"Hehehe, give up, you can't kill me!" Sloan said, and as it turned out, he was no match for Cao Gui.

In their previous exchange, their strength, speed, and tactics were evenly matched. He knew bullet time, and so did Cao Gui. He was immortal, but Cao Gui could become invisible.

However, his immortality was useless; against the invisible Cao Gui, he could only suffer a crushing defeat.

But Sloan felt that he couldn't deal with Cao Gui, and Cao Gui couldn't do anything to him either.

Cao Gui glanced at the five limbs pinned to the ground and said nothing. Apart from the head that was still babbling incoherently, none of the others could move.

It seems the weakness is in the head.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Gui sighed and decided he could only continue using cheat codes, hoping Sloan could give him more merit points.

"System, exchange and equip the character card: Don Achino!"

[To exchange for the Don Achino character card, you need to spend 800 merit points. Please confirm.]

"confirm!"

[Host equipped character card: Don Achino, effective time 420 seconds]

Don Achino is an anime-original character whose ability is the Paramecia-type Heat-Heat Fruit, which allows him to control his body temperature between 1 and 10,000 degrees Celsius.

That's right, he has the same ability as Oven, the fourth son of Charlotte Linlin, one of the Four Emperors. Not only is his ability the same, but even the name of his Devil Fruit is the same.

But this person was extremely ugly. Five-sixths of his body was upper body, and only one-sixth was lower body. He looked like a hard-boiled egg with two half-matchsticks stuck in it.

One can imagine what a gentleman this person must be...

Equipping this character card was indeed a choice made out of necessity for Cao Gui, a rough and uncultured man.

But there was no other way; they couldn't find a more suitable person, since Cao Gui's savings were currently very low.

Cao Gui grabbed Sloan's head with both hands and then began to activate his ability.

"You bastard, what are you doing? Let me go!"

Sloan screamed, "No normal person would be interested in a person's head, especially a black man's head."

Therefore, Cao Gui must have thought of a way to destroy him!

However, in an instant, Cao Gui raised his body temperature to a high of over a thousand degrees, his clothes turned to ashes, and even the reinforced concrete beneath his feet turned into lava.

Sloan's head turned into a pile of black ash in just a moment, and the world was no longer filled with Sloan's chattering voice.

Cao Gui frowned, suddenly feeling cheated. If he had known Sloan was so easy to deal with, he should have taken Sloan to the crematorium.

Hey~

[The host has killed the Brotherhood's devil Sloan, completing a "Eliminate Evil" mission. Reward: 10000 Merit Points, 5000 Experience Points]

[Host has eliminated the Brotherhood of Devils, completing a "Protect the Territory and Protect the People" mission. Contribution rate: 53%. Reward: 9652 Merit Points, 4826 Experience Points]

Hey~

[Congratulations, host, you have reached 5000 experience points and your rank has been promoted to Navy Senior Private.]

[Reward: 800 Merit Points; Military Supplies (Uniform, Flintlock Rifle, Saber, 5 Berries)]

Hey~

[Congratulations, host, you have reached 10000 experience points and your rank has been promoted to Navy Petty Officer.]

[Reward: 1000 Merit Points, Military Supplies (Uniform, Flintlock Pistol, Saber, 10 Berries)]

Hey~

【Justice Naval System (Supporting Every Naval Soldier with a righteous heart)】

[Soldier's Name: Cao Gui (Naval Corporal)]

[Merit Points: 19807; Experience Points: 12176/50000]

[Taoist Power Value: 102 (A standard reflecting combat power, not a factor determining combat power)]

Hearing the series of ringing sounds in his mind, Cao Gui couldn't help but grin. Perfect, he had finally earned back the merit points he had spent.

I, Cao, have finally been promoted to sergeant.

With nearly 20,000 merit points, how should he spend them? Cao Gui pondered as he looked at the refreshed system panel, but quickly dismissed the idea.

He used to be a spendthrift because he was too weak and had to do everything he could to improve his strength.

Now that my strength has increased, it's time to save money to buy a Devil Fruit.

"Ahem, Cao, I think you should... get dressed first."

Wesley said with his eyes downcast, stealing a glance. Damn, how come this guy is so big... cough, has such a great physique?

Hearing Wesley's voice, Cao Gui snapped out of his daze and realized that he was standing nonchalantly in front of Firefox... Oh, and there was also the father and son on the cross.

Her face flushed red, and she quickly took out her clothes from the system backpack and put them on.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw Sloan's severed limbs slowly turning into a pool of black water.

Cao Gui's brows furrowed as he recalled the word "Devil Sloan" that the system had just mentioned, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Come on, take me to see the loom of fate."

Firefox, Cross, and the other two were confused. What use was that loom anymore?

But after thinking about it, I decided to lead the way.

The four men hurried up to the third floor, where the Brotherhood's assassination records were kept, along with Sloan's office and the room where the Loom of Fate was located.

Behind the four men lay a pile of corpses; the remaining Brotherhood assassins had all been killed by Firefox, Cross, and their father and son.

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Chapter 27 The Devil

The four arrived at the loom of fate, only to find devastation everywhere they looked.

The originally orderly threads have been condensed into a large ball of yarn, the kind that cannot be cut or untangled. Looking at this loom of fate, the three people on the cross felt a strange sadness. Sloan had been blinded for so long, wondering how many innocent lives he had actually taken.

Unlike them, Cao Gui looked at the loom and felt somewhat... flustered?

Perhaps it's panic, or perhaps it's not panic, but either way, it's definitely a bad feeling.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Gui asked, "Is this thing still of any use?"

Cross shook his head: "The Brotherhood is gone."

Cao Gui no longer hesitated. Since it was useless, he decided to burn it.

With a flick of his wrist, a lit lighter flew out and landed on the pile of cloth.

However, just as the flame was about to ignite, a strange wind blew in and extinguished it.

Cao Gui frowned; sure enough, something was amiss.

The three men on the cross also sensed something was wrong. Having just gone through a battle, they were on high alert, and this slight movement immediately caught their attention. Seeing the abnormality, the three of them retreated.

Cao Gui drew his long sword, walked to the loom, and placed his hand on it.

Before the character card's time limit expired, Cao Gui activated the Heat-Heat Fruit's ability, causing his body temperature to instantly soar to over 200 degrees Celsius. However, the loom remained unmoved, not even leaving a black mark.

Cao Gui was slightly startled, but he steeled himself and unleashed his power to its maximum: 1 degrees Celsius!

Instantly, the clothes on his body turned into smoke, the bricks and stones under his feet melted into lava, and the loom that was originally impervious to water and fire burst into flames with a "whoosh".

Like willow catkins in spring and withered grass stalks in autumn, they ignite when exposed to fire, and the flames swell rapidly.

Cao Gui frowned, puzzled. The change was so drastic that Cao Gui was somewhat stunned.

"Ya~ Hahaha!"

But just then, a laugh that sounded like sharp fingernails scratching a blackboard suddenly came from the flames.

Cao Gui felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had returned to his elementary school classroom and remembered the fear of being dominated by inferior chalk.

On the burning loom, a plume of black smoke rose up, and in an instant, the smoke transformed into a black skull with green flames emanating from its eye sockets.

As soon as the black skull took shape, it lunged straight at Cao Gui.

Holy crap!

Cao Gui was startled and blurted out in fluent, clear Chinese.

Then he grabbed the military knife stuck in the ground. As soon as he touched it, the knife turned into a ball of molten iron. Without thinking, Cao Gui swung a large fist at the skull.

"Zi-"

It was as if the molten iron had been placed on ice; it instantly solidified and turned black, all the heat vanished, and this action only stopped the black skull for less than half a second.

Without a second thought, Cao Gui turned and retreated, but the black skull relentlessly pursued him.

Just as it was about to crash into Cao Gui's body, a golden light flew over, transforming into a magic array that cast golden light over the skull.

The skull suddenly let out a scream and was then sucked into the magic circle.

"Damn it..."

Cao Gui was still in shock, drenched in cold sweat. He was so close, so very close, that he would have been finished.

Where the loom once stood, only a pile of black ashes remained.

Cao Gui pulled his feet out of the lava, slowly regained his powers, put on his clothes, and it took him a long time to calm down.

"Cao, what was that just now?" Cross asked cautiously.

Cao Gui shook his head: "I don't know."

Although Cao Gui didn't know what the black skull was, he knew what the golden magic array was.

Kamar-Taj!