High in the sky, between several white clouds, a man stood in midair. But upon closer inspection, one could see the nearly transparent threads beneath his feet.
Countless threads intertwined into a massive net resembling a Bagua diagram, connecting several clouds. From two dimensions to three, they ultimately formed a three-dimensional spiderweb of unimaginable complexity.
This was the Aerial Spider Nest skill Alonso had developed after obtaining the Earth Spider Devil Fruit. Put simply, he used the unusual clouds of the Pirate World to weave an enormous three-dimensional spider nest directly in the sky.
Clouds in the real world were merely masses of vapor and mist. But in the Pirate World, affected by things such as special Sea Stone factors, even white clouds possessed extraordinary solidity and buoyancy. Back when Alonso had first eaten the String-String Fruit, he had already been able to use clouds to walk through the air like Spider-Man.
Now that he had eaten the Tsuchigumo Fruit, his String-String Fruit abilities had fused with the Tsuchigumo's web-weaving abilities. Their power had surged, allowing him to weave his aerial nest directly between the clouds.
Every thread here possessed both the stickiness and resilience of spider silk, as well as the sharpness and strength of the String-String Fruit. Anyone fighting him here would be stuck the instant they touched a thread. And if they struggled too hard, the threads would slice them apart. Here, only Alonso himself was unaffected by the threads' adhesive and razor-sharp properties.
It could be said that this place greatly elevated Alonso's combat power. Normally, he was only slightly stronger than Whitebeard Jr., but within this temporary trap he had created, Whitebeard Jr. was as good as dead.
Whitebeard Jr. below was still roaring, while Alonso, like a patient fisherman, carefully reeled him in. From