One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

"What would it be like if someone possessed both the Nika Engine and the Dark Engine?"

V's lips curled up slightly, and he began to look forward to... that incredible scene!

Chapter 154 The Loyal Dog of the Imperial Court

Rumble rumble rumble—

Above a small white sea, some distance from the floating islands, a crimson flame suddenly rose, like a newborn sun, illuminating the entire sea of ​​clouds in fiery red.

Immediately afterwards, a figure flew out from the center of the flames.

The figure was covered in incandescent flames, but it was not a pure fire element; rather, it was more like ribbons of flame growing from within the body, fluttering around the figure.

The figure's skin was a mixture of milky white and light pink, and its hair, eyebrows, and even eyelashes turned into leaping white flames, leaving behind tiny sparks as it moved through the air.

This person is none other than Luffy, who has undergone a heart transplant and had the [Liberation Heart - Nika Engine] re-implanted.

As for the flames that filled the sky, they came from forces outside of Nika.

Since Luffy has already inherited the name of the Sun God, V might as well go with the flow and let him take another step towards becoming the Sun God.

As a god of the sun, how could he not have the means to attack with fire?

So he directly attached the Bloodstained Devil Badge (Flame-Flame Fruit) that he obtained from Ace to Luffy.

Although the 7th-tier Demon Badge can no longer keep up with Luffy's pace of growth, the power emanating from the flames has further solidified his god-like status.

"Hey, you adapted way too fast!"

"How long has it been since he managed to combine Nika's power with the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit?"

Seeing Luffy unleash the full power of the Flame-Flame Fruit on his very first try, V, standing in the middle of the sea of ​​clouds, exclaimed in amazement.

"However..." he smirked, "I'm not bad either!"

The next second, a large area of ​​darkness suddenly surged around V.

It was no ordinary shadow, but a thick, inky, dark corrosive substance that seemed to devour all light, silently spreading from his body and rapidly spreading across the ground beneath the clouds, covering an area of ​​tens of meters in the blink of an eye.

This is precisely the "Dark Domain Spread" released by [Dark Heart - Dark Engine].

At the same time, fine blue-white arcs of electricity leaped and flickered on the dark surface, like lightning snakes swimming in an inkwell, emitting a soft hissing sound.

V skillfully controlled the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to the surface of the Dark Realm, neither conflicting with the Dark-Dark Fruit's abilities nor creating a strange symbiosis:

When lightning travels through the darkness, its speed seems to become more unpredictable, and its trajectory is difficult to discern. The darkness itself, because of the lightning's presence, faintly exudes a chilling electromagnetic oppression.

"Then, let's begin."

V's voice echoed in the dark realm, sounding somewhat ethereal.

He raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread.

Within the dark realm, countless arms—arms with delicate skin and distinct knuckles generated by the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit—silently "grew" out of the darkness.

They did not break through the darkness, but rather the darkness itself condensed into the shape of arms. Each arm's palm or fingertip was surrounded by faint arcs of electricity, or trailed a wisp of visual distortion from the invisibility fruit that was almost integrated with the environment.

Immediately afterwards, the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit was activated.

The shadows cast on the clouds by those arms that emerged from the darkness suddenly became thicker, longer, and more distorted, breaking free from their original form and moving like living black paper cutouts.

There are even more shadow arms than physical arms. They move through the dark domain, sometimes disappearing into the darkness and sometimes emerging from unexpected angles, intertwining with the electric arc-filled physical arms to form a dazzling network of attacks.

This is not over yet.

With a thought, V applied the Invisibility Fruit's power to part of his shadow arm and his physical arm.

Instantly, the premonitions of an attack in that area almost completely disappeared, and the presence of danger could only be barely sensed through extremely subtle air currents and energy ripples within the dark domain itself.

The four Devil Fruit abilities—Darkness, Thunder, Flower, and Shadow—are combined under V's guidance to create a precise and dangerous synergy.

"Luffy, watch out." The gaze behind V-glasses locked onto the burning figure in the air. "This is also the first time... I've used this level of power!"

That being said, considering the numerous bug-level effects of Luffy's Nika Engine, he had no intention of holding back.

Before the words were even finished, the Dark Domain suddenly churned!

Dozens of arms, wreathed in electric arcs and appearing and disappearing intermittently, along with their elusive shadows, swept towards Luffy in the air from all directions—above, below, left, and right—at completely different speeds and trajectories!

Lightning, shadows, invisible fist pressure, and bizarre grabs intertwine to form a net that is completely unpredictable yet covers every dodgeable space.

"Hehe! As expected of you, V!"

Luffy's laughter suddenly rang out, crisp and full of energy, as if he didn't take the overwhelming attack in front of him seriously at all.

The white flames around him suddenly surged.

The arms wrapped in electric arcs were repelled by a gentle yet resilient force the instant they touched the flames, as if they had encountered an invisible barrier.

No, it didn't bounce off.

It means "slide open".

Like a rubber ball hitting a rubber wall, a strange elastic deformation occurred at the moment of contact, forcibly deflecting the trajectory of the attack, which grazed past Luffy's body.

"Hmm?" A glint flashed in his eyes behind the V-shaped lenses.

The arm attacks from the shadowy area did not stop; on the contrary, they became even more intense.

This time, he also used gravity control.

An invisible gravitational field quietly formed around Luffy, attempting to pull and bind that burning figure.

however--

"It's so light!"

Luffy somersaulted in the air, his body seemingly weightless, drifting freely in the direction of the gravitational field.

His movements seemed haphazard, yet he always managed to evade all real attacks from the most unbelievable angles.

The comical actions were tinged with an eeriness.

The "freedom characteristic" bestowed by the Nika engine is fully demonstrated at this moment.

Those gravitational disturbances that would render ordinary strongmen immobile were like a gentle breeze on Luffy's body, only causing slight ripples but unable to truly trap him.

"As expected of Nika's power..." V muttered to himself, a smile of excitement curving his lips.

His mind started racing again.

This time, the Dark Domain suddenly shrank!

The dark domain, which originally stretched for tens of meters, collapsed inward as if it were alive, and its concentration increased several times in an instant.

sizzle-

Blue and white lightning leaped wildly in the condensed darkness, its brightness increasing dramatically, almost piercing the darkness itself.

At the same time, V's figure emerged from the center of the dark domain.

His hands were clasped together in front of his chest, palms facing each other, and an extremely compressed dark sphere was taking shape.

On the surface of the sphere, lightning snaked and coiled, while a low hum could be faintly heard from within, a prelude to the infinite absorption, compression, and release of energy.

"Luffy, try this."

V's voice was calm, yet carried a certain weighty, almost declarative quality.

He pushed his arms forward with a sudden burst of energy!

The ball of dark lightning transformed into a straight beam of black lightning, tearing through the air and shooting towards Luffy in the air at a speed beyond visual perception.

This attack combined the energy absorption and compression of the Dark-Dark Fruit with the extreme speed and destructive power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

There is no way to avoid it.

At least in V's calculations, this attack has blocked all of Luffy's possible dodge paths.

however--

"Rubber, rubber—"

Luffy's smile remained unchanged.

He did not dodge, but instead spread his arms and thrust his chest forward.

That posture made it seem as if he wanted to embrace the destructive beam of black lightning.

hum! ! !

The beam of light struck Luffy in the chest.

The anticipated explosion did not occur.

The moment the black lightning beam touched Luffy's body, it was like a drop of water falling into a sponge, being "absorbed" by his skin, which was a mixture of milky white and light pink.

No, it's not absorption.

It means "acceptance".

Luffy's body, like the most elastic rubber, completely enveloped and contained the beam of light containing terrifying energy, and then—

"Salyut the Sun!!!"

Luffy took a deep breath, and his chest suddenly swelled.

The next moment, the black lightning beam that he had "swallowed" into his body suddenly spewed out from his open mouth in a completely opposite form!

This time, however, the color of the beam of light changed.

The energy stream, which was originally pitch black and wrapped in blue and white lightning, has now transformed into a torrent of flames interwoven with blazing white and golden red!

Driven by Luffy's strong will, the "rule penetration" effect of the Nika Engine briefly rewrote the nature of the energy.

Darkness and lightning were transformed into light and fire.

boom--!!!

A torrent of flames swept across the sky, illuminating the entire sea of ​​clouds as if it were daytime.

"That's too sinister!!"

V sighed silently, his figure instantly swallowed up in the flames.

A few seconds later, the flames gradually died down.