Start the draw.
With a thought, Yun Ye lit up the icon from before.
There was no change to the panel. In the next moment, however, an icon flashed into existence under the Special category branch.
Opening the Special category branch, Yun Ye immediately saw the skill's name—
Instant Burst?
Yun Ye raised a brow. It was actually this skill!
Instant Burst: A combat technique combining Kido and White Strike. The user's back and both shoulders are wrapped in highly compressed Kido, which detonates and merges the Kido with the user's limbs for combat!
That was the skill description Yun Ye saw after opening it.
In truth, he had known about this skill even without the description.
It was a combat technique created by Yoruichi Shihouin in the world of Bleach, possessing tremendous combat power!
Judging from its performance in the original work, this move was not even weaker than a Zanpakuto's Bankai!
Moreover, Instant Burst had more than one form. Later on, even more advanced forms of Instant Burst appeared!
It was an incredibly powerful skill!
Yun Ye had not expected to draw this skill.
And it was under the Special category branch.
Thinking about it, though, that made sense. Instant Burst was a combination of White Strike and Kido, so it would not have fit under any of the Blade, Fist, Walk, Ghost branches. That was likely why it belonged to the Special category branch.
Just as when he had obtained Zangetsu, Yun Ye suppressed the urge to use the skill. Even if he wanted to try it out, he would have to wait until he was somewhere safe or in peak condition.
After the series of battles earlier, Yun Ye's stamina was nearly depleted.
So Yun Ye suppressed his curiosity and decided to try it later.
After sweeping his gaze over the surroundings and confirming that no clues had been left behind, Yun Ye flashed away from the area.
Not long after Yun Ye left, another group of Marines hurried over.
Leading them was Yara, the commander of the island's Navy Branch Base.
Yara looked solemn. Bruller had not sent any news for a long time, and there had been repeated disturbances here. Unable to suppress his unease any longer, he decided to come and investigate.
The moment he arrived, he saw corpses strewn across the ground. As far as the eye could see, nearly all of them were Marines.
Yara's expression darkened at once.
Although he had intended to send Bruller to test the Oli Family's true strength, he had not believed Bruller would be lost here.
After all, Bruller had come from the Grand Line. Though he was scum among the Marines, his rank had been earned through genuine combat!
He possessed a certain degree of strength, and his cunning was among the best at the branch base. Otherwise, he would not have been able to secretly manipulate things for personal gain.
But what Yara had never expected was that Bruller, along with the squad of Marines following him, would be wiped out here!
They had not even managed to send out any intelligence!
Who exactly had they encountered?
Yara's face was grave. He knew Orleans, the head of the Oli Family, fairly well. Orleans could not possibly have possessed the strength to kill Bruller!
In other words, someone else had done it!
At that moment, a Marine hurried over and reported, "Sir, we found a corpse over there that was cut in two, and..."
At the end, the soldier swallowed, his voice dry as he continued, "And there is a trench over a hundred meters long in the ground. I suspect it was carved out by someone's sword!"
This soldier was merely an ordinary third-class private from Paradise and had never seen much of the world. When he saw that sword scar spanning over a hundred meters, he was utterly shocked.
He even suspected his eyes were playing tricks on him. How could something so absurd exist?
What kind of person could slash open a trench a hundred meters long with a single swing of a sword?
"What?"
Hearing the soldier's report, Yara was startled as well and hurried over.
When he saw the trench stretching for a hundred meters across the ground, his heart shook with disbelief.
Then he saw Lawrence's face and could not help crying out, "'Quick-Hand' Lawrence? This..."
He was stunned!
A pirate with a bounty of 40 million Beli was among the very top in the North Blue. His name alone could make ordinary children stop crying.
Even the Marines did not dare provoke someone like him lightly!
Yet now, he was lying here, cut cleanly in half by a single sword strike!?
Who could be so ruthless?
What exactly was hidden on this island?
Even a Great Pirate with a 40 million Beli bounty had fallen here!
In Paradise, a 40 million Beli bounty truly placed someone in the category of a Great Pirate...
"Pass down the order. Everyone, stay alert and monitor all activity on the island!"
"Lastly, send people to clean up this area and gather intelligence!"
Yara gave his orders with a grim expression, showing no trace of fear. His solemn demeanor made the Marines quietly breathe sighs of relief. Their commander was indeed their commander—calm in the face of danger. Even seeing a Great Pirate dead here had not made him show the slightest fear. With such composure, it was no wonder he could be their commander!
But how could these Marine soldiers know that Yara himself was panicking inside...
Against someone capable of killing Lawrence, every Marine on the island combined would be no match. There was no way he could avoid panicking!
Yet he could only force down his fear and keep it from showing. He was the highest-ranking commander on the island. He could not lose his composure; if he did, the entire Navy Branch Base would fall into disarray.
"Yes!" all the Marines answered.
A short while later, another Marine ran over and reported, "Sir, we found a collapsed experimental facility beneath the Oli Family's stronghold!"
"Take me there at once!"
Yara's expression tightened as he headed over.
Once the Oli Family's cleared-out stronghold had been excavated, the buried laboratory inside was exposed.
There was not much useful left inside. Yun Ye had taken what he could carry, while he had destroyed most of what he could not.
Of course, many pieces of experimental equipment had still survived in the enormous laboratory. Yun Ye had only damaged things casually, so it had been difficult to destroy everything.
None of that was important. What mattered more was the symbol on the laboratory wall—a "66" emblem!
"Germa 66, the Vinsmoke Family!"
Yara's expression turned extremely ugly. So the earlier intelligence had been true. The Oli Family really did have deep ties to the Vinsmoke Family!
The Oli Family was even the Vinsmoke Family's force on this island!
"This is bad!"
In the next moment, as though he had thought of something, Yara's expression changed drastically.
A laboratory hidden here meant this place was extremely important to the Vinsmoke Family.
And it looked as though it had been thoroughly looted. Something must have happened.
Thinking of the dead Lawrence and Bruller, Yara began to feel a vague sense of dread.
Yara's thoughts raced as he pieced all the clues together, arriving at a plausible explanation.
The people who attacked the Evil Wolf and Iron Hand factions earlier were probably Lawrence and his men. Their goal was to find the laboratory hidden on the island!
The Oli Family and Lawrence's side clashed, dragging Bruller and his group of Marines into the conflict when they arrived...
No, perhaps it was not just Lawrence alone. There had to be others...
Now that the laboratory has been destroyed, and the number of dead from the Oli Family matches up, that means Lawrence's side won. Someone stole the Vinsmoke Family's things!
Given the Vinsmoke Family's dominance, they will never let this go after their own things were stolen. They will rush here immediately—perhaps they are already on the way!
This is terrible!!
Yara was so frightened by his own conjecture that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his face turned deathly pale.
And the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed!
If that was really the case, then... Donzuke Island was about to face a major disaster!