398. No Nonsense

"It seems you are the one behind the scenes?"

Just as Wade was thinking secretly, a voice suddenly appeared above his head.

"——?!!"

He was shocked and suddenly raised his head.

What greeted him was a bloody slash, intricately wrapped in Armament Haki.

"Great Swordsman?!"

Wade's heart skipped a beat. At the same time, the flesh buds between his eyebrows shrank crazily, and the sea beast under his feet suddenly shriveled up.

In contrast, Wade's body swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his muscles instantly became full and sharp.

clang!!!

The slash came, and a bone-deep gap appeared on his arm. Wade's face instantly darkened.

Meanwhile, in Water 7, the entire city seemed to be covered by a sky-connecting curtain. The turbulent seawater continued to impact the surroundings, and a large number of sea beasts continued to attack with ferocious fangs.

It looked like an aquarium scene. A large amount of sea salt remained on the roofs that had been flooded, and the sunlight shone down, reflecting a golden color.

"Look, those sea beasts!!"

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the crowd, and everyone was shocked.

The sea beasts that were still thrashing wildly suddenly froze, their skin and flesh shriveling, and their eyes becoming dull and listless.

"What's wrong with these guys?"

"I don't know, this has never happened in previous years."

"Could it be..."

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Above the sea.

Atlas stepped on the void, lowering his gaze to look at Wade below with indifference.

The blood buds were quickly extracted, and the bone-deep wound slowly healed as a large amount of blood gradually filled up.

Devil Fruit ability...

Atlas's eyes narrowed slightly, and the sword in his hand was wrapped in terrifying Haki. The muscles in his arms twisted and squirmed, and veins popped out.

"Marine brat?!"

Wade felt the numbness in his arms and licked his chapped lips, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes.

This guy...

The Marine who killed Whitebeard?!

Stepping on the shriveled corpse floating on the water beneath his feet, he quietly glanced around and saw the vast sea.

There is no way to heaven and no way to earth!

He had always been cautious by nature, paying attention to various messages on the sea after he escaped from prison.

The Marine in front of him was on the list of people he should not mess with!

"Fufufufufufufu! If I drain all the blood from your body..."

Looking at the opponent's muscles that almost burst his suit, Wade couldn't help but reveal a trace of desire in his eyes.

His fruit ability allowed him to grow at the fastest speed, parasitizing flesh and blood, and then extracting nutrients to strengthen his body.

The more powerful humans he parasitized, the greater the feedback he would get.

But before he could experiment on more humans, that damn Garp caught him and threw him in Impel Down!

"The secret of Ittoryu: One snap of the finger contains twenty moments; One moment contains twenty thoughts; One thought contains ninety instants; One instant contains nine million births and deaths!"

The sound of a dragon's roar echoed, and the bloody sword light emerged, the entire space seeming to solidify under this pressure.

"Oi, Oi, OI!!"

When Wade looked up and saw this scene, big beads of sweat started to flow down his face.

This guy, why are you so anxious?!

Shouldn't we first trash talk each other?!

"Senkiri Issen (Thousand cuts in one flash)!!!"

Heavy sword shadows broke through the space, and electric arcs jumped wildly, almost instantaneously.

As if an afterimage was coming, the sword light was staggered, and Atlas' figure suddenly appeared behind Wade.

Clang!!!

Sheathing his sword, Wade's body stiffened, his head lowering in disbelief, and his eyes began to wander.

Chi chi chi!!!

Blood arrows shot out, wounds began to appear, and then healed quickly, and the flesh and blood under the skin gradually shriveled up.

Old wounds had not healed, and new wounds were added.

After repeating the cycle, Wade's entire body reverted to its skinny appearance with clear ribs crisscrossed with gaps.

Boom!!!

Explosive flames burst out, and the flame pillar sprayed out against the sea surface, directly engulfing Wade!

The fire slowly subsided, and under the scorching flames, a large amount of white smoke rose, mixed with black dust.

Whoosh!!!

The sea breeze blew by, and the situation on the sea gradually became clearer.

Atlas's feet hovered only a few inches above the sea, and Wade's figure had disappeared.

"The fruit's ability is quite strange, but humans can't..."

He looked at the dust floating into the sea and sneered.

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Mariejois.

Pangaea Castle, Room of Authority.

The Five Elders stood with their swords in hand, looking gloomy, or with their foreheads on their hands, sighing.

Obviously, another problem lay before them.

"What does Marine want to do?!"

Saint Saturn, who had a black hat and white hair, had an angry expression on his face and slapped the table hard.

They had just received information that Edward Weevil, whom they invited as the new Shichibukai, was unilaterally killed by Marine!

This simply didn't take the World Government's face seriously!

Obviously Fleet Admiral Sengoku already knew they were planning to invite Weevil as the new Shichibukai!

"Call Sengoku, he has to give us an explanation."

Saint Nusjuro tightened the long sword in his arms slightly and said in a deep voice.

"One more thing..."

Saint Mars, who had long hair, suddenly spoke up.

"CP5 reported that Spandam and Tom were buried together in the belly of Sea Kings."

Each of the Five Elders performed their own duties. He was in charge of the entire CP department, so he received a report from CP5 immediately.

"It just so happened that Hakuryu was also near Water 7 at that time." He added.

"You mean... Marine is also planning on that thing?"

Saint Saturn's eyes narrowed, and his expression became more and more dangerous.

The three ancient weapons.

Each one deserved their careful treatment.

The Shichibukai is an important tool for them to maintain the balance of the sea, and the Ancient Weapon is a taboo existence that they are never allowed to touch!

"Do you want to report it to Lord Im?"

The short-haired Saint Ju Peter said in a deep voice.

"There is no need to trouble Lord Im, after all, the matter is not clear yet, and I would not disturb that Lord's sleep..."

Saint Saturn instead calmed down and shook his head to reject the proposal.

As that master's slave, if she was disturbed at the first sign of trouble, wouldn't it show their incompetence?

"It's not time to turn off the lights yet, but a group of people in Marine should indeed be cleaned up. We absolutely cannot sit idly by and ignore this situation."

A sharp light flashed in Saint Nusjuro's eyes, "However, was it a coincidence or an intentional decision that the fruit was taken away by Hakuryu last time?"

"I don't know..." Saint Saturn shook his head, "We have been trying to recover it for hundreds of years, but the will existing in Zoan Devil Fruit seems to be avoiding us. But there is no need to worry, no one has yet been able to develop it to the point of awakening."

"Besides, I guess Hakuryu himself doesn't know the real name of this fruit, otherwise he wouldn't have let that brat from the Garp's family eat it."

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