Float-Float Fruit Acquired

Since Vegapunk absorbed some of Laugh Tale's energy, the Devil Fruit power within him has been greatly enhanced, and its rate of improvement is as if it has been developed over decades.

Therefore, Vegapunk can now open Wormhole much more easily using Electromagnetic Ability, and with just the coordinates, he can even teleport within a star system like our Solar System.

When Vegapunk and Tatsumaki stepped out of the Wormhole, they had already arrived on a Floating Island.

"Huh!? Is this what they call Skypiea? It doesn't look much different from a normal island, so how is it floating in the sky?"

Looking around, Tatsumaki asked with a surprised expression, "..." Vegapunk smiled slightly and shook his head.

"This isn't Skypiea. On Skypiea Skypiea, the land is almost entirely formed from clouds, and the value of soil is practically comparable to gold."

"The island in front of us is the target we are looking for. The great pirate Golden Lion used his Devil Fruit ability to lift up an ordinary island and turn it into a floating Skypiea."

"This great pirate has been using the floating Skypiea as his base for over 20 years!"

"What? That great pirate actually kept so many islands floating in the air for 20 years?"

Tatsumaki was taken aback, her face showing disbelief. With her abilities, it wouldn't be difficult for her to uproot land ten times larger than the islands in front of her, but to keep these floating Skypiea floating in the sky for 20 years was absolutely impossible.

Let alone 20 years, even with Tatsumaki's Psychic Power, a floating Skypiea of this size couldn't last seven or eight days. At most, her Psychic Power would be exhausted in three days, causing the island to completely collapse.

"The two concepts are different. The power of the Float-Float Fruit is almost semi-permanent, while your Psychic Power focuses more on bursts of power."

Vegapunk explained directly to Tatsumaki that while Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit ability was powerful, it was still far inferior to Tatsumaki's Psychic Power. It was just that the two had different focuses, which was why Shiki could do things that Tatsumaki couldn't.

"So that's how it is! The abilities of Devil Fruit are truly bizarre and wonderful, to the point that they can achieve such a perpetual motion machine-like effect!"

After hearing Vegapunk's explanation, Tatsumaki was relieved. She looked around but didn't see anyone on the island. Then, as if she wanted to compete, she used her Psychic Ability and instantly controlled the island in the sky.

The Float-Float Fruit that Golden Lion Float-Float Fruit to lift up was not just one island, but a group of at least a dozen islands. However, under Tatsumaki's powerful, almost abnormal, Psychic Power, all the islands immediately began to converge towards the center.

Amidst a series of rumbling sounds, the floating islands in the sky tumbled and collided continuously, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing. In the end, more than a dozen islands were fused together into one, forming a huge island.

"Who came from, you bastard? How dare you cause trouble for this old man!"

With a roar, a great pirate with his head stuck in the ship's rudder, twin blades on his legs, and flowing golden hair appeared before Vegapunk and Tatsumaki in a fit of rage.

"Is this guy the great pirate known as Golden Lion? He looks more like a rooster. And what's that ship's wheel on his head? Is it a decoration? There are way too many cross-dressers around here. It's truly bizarre and outlandish!"

"Who are you calling a ship's rudder that looks like a rooster's comb?! I am Golden Lion! Not some rooster!"

The Golden Lion soaring in the sky was furious. Just as it raised its foot to strike, it suddenly saw its own reflection on the sharp blade.

"Hmm... it really does look like a rooster! Am I a rooster?!"

Tatsumaki's gaze swept over Golden Lion with a strange look before she spoke to Vegapunk:

"Is he really a great pirate? He seems a bit mentally unstable. Are all the pirates here crazy?"

"Uh... By normal standards, there are indeed quite a few lunatics among pirates, and the stronger the pirate crew, the higher the proportion of lunatics... Of course, you can also call it a personality quirk."

"As for the Golden Lion? I don't know if he's always been this dull-witted, or if he's become intermittently neurotic after having a ship's rudder installed in his head."

Vegapunk blinked, then spoke.

The Golden Lion, still agonizing over whether he was a rooster, finally came to his senses after a while. Then, he casually looked at Vegapunk and Tatsumaki, as if to cover up his earlier lapse in composure. Without hesitation, he delivered a split kick in mid-air, and golden sword light surged forth instantly.

Seeing the golden sword light rushing towards her, Tatsumaki, who was initially a little careless, was shocked and hurriedly formed a protective shield around herself. However, in her haste, she did not use much Psychic Power to create the shield, and it was almost cleaved open by the golden sword light.

After staggering back several steps in mid-air, Tatsumaki finally landed on the ground, drenched in cold sweat. She looked up at the Golden Lion flying in the sky, a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"This guy... he's not very bright, yet he has such superb swordsmanship!"

"Don't be careless, Tatsumaki. There are plenty of dim-witted people in the pirate and marine world! But often, the dim-witted someone is, the more ferocious they are in combat!"

"After all... if someone isn't very bright, to survive and even make a name for themselves on the high seas, they must be incredibly skilled in combat!"

Vegapunk casually crushed a sword beam that was rushing towards him and spoke to Tatsumaki.

"Ugh, I know, I won't be careless again!"

Tatsumaki seemed a little impatient as she spoke a couple of times, then stretched out her hand, and terrifying Psychic Power instantly spread out, directly pressing down on Golden Lion.

The Golden Lion, which was floating in mid-air, suddenly froze. It twisted its body as if it wanted to continue using its swordsmanship, but it was pinned to the ground by Psychic Power and put into a ridiculous pose, completely unable to move.

"Hmph, no matter how good your swordsmanship is, if I directly control your limbs and body, let's see how you can make a move!"

Tatsumaki muttered something under her breath, Golden Lion's face turned bright red, but he still couldn't break free from Tatsumaki's Psychic Power. You should know that when Tatsumaki is fully unleashed, her Psychic Power is capable of moving continents.

Although Golden Lion's physical abilities are good, they are still far inferior to Tatsumaki's Psychic Power.

Although he couldn't move his body, Golden Lion wasn't completely helpless. Besides his swordsmanship, he was also a top-tier Devil Fruit User!

"Lion's Might, Earth Sweep!"

The earth shook violently, and the soil and rocks on the island transformed into a giant mud lion, which roared as it pounced on the Tatsumaki. The Tatsumaki was slightly taken aback, then reached out and squeezed, instantly crushing the entire lion into dust.

"How strange. It's clearly not Psychic Power, yet it can control matter? Is this guy's Devil Fruit ability?"

Tatsumaki murmured something. Unlike her ability to forcibly control matter using Psychic Power, the power of the Float-Float Fruit directly controls matter itself, without any so-called invisible force acting as a medium.

However, these two forces do have some similarities. Both can act on matter over a wide area and be directly controlled, which explains why Vegapunk brought Tatsumaki with him.

Of course, Tatsumaki's strength far surpasses that of Golden Lion. Once she gets serious, no matter what abilities Golden Lion uses next, they pose no threat to Tatsumaki.

"What should we do with this guy?!"

After flattening several rocks and clouds that had transformed into lion shapes, Tatsumaki seemed to have thoroughly understood Golden Lion's abilities and was no longer interested. She turned to Vegapunk and asked directly.

"Leave it to me! This guy's Devil Fruit ability is very useful to me, so I can extract it from him."

"By the way, Tatsumaki, aren't you interested in his Float-Float Fruit ability?"

Tatsumaki paused for a moment, then raised her head haughtily:

"This so-called ability may seem interesting, but it is far inferior to mine! Its only advantage is that it doesn't consume much power to maintain this floating state."

Hearing this, Vegapunk nodded. Clearly, Tatsumaki was very interested in this ability, but because of her tsundere personality, she held the Float-Float Fruit's power in a somewhat dismissive tone.

Then Vegapunk spoke up:

"Once I extract the power of the Float-Float Fruit from Golden Lion's body, I'll give it to you. With your Psychic Power combined with the power of the Float-Float Fruit, you might be able to lift the entire ocean into the sky!"

"Give me this ability? You, you, you, what do you want to do?! Don't think that just because I give you a little something, I'll keep wearing that Collar!"

Tatsumaki's face lit up with joy at first, but then she became wary and guarded, looking embarrassed and annoyed as she spoke to Vegapunk.

After hearing this, Vegapunk looked at Tatsumaki with a strange expression:

"I never imagined... Tatsumaki, you're this kind of person! Your thoughts are so filthy!"

"I just thought that this Devil Fruit ability, combined with your Psychic Power, could better facilitate the large-scale relocation of civilians from the Pirate World and directly construct Pocket Dimension! What on earth are you thinking?"

"Ah! So... it was to help evacuate civilians!"

Tatsumaki's face turned bright red, and she stammered out two words. Her two hands twisted together, and the Golden Lion she had fixed in the sky was almost twisted into a ball by the Psychic Power she unconsciously emitted.

"Alright, stop right now! If we kill this guy, I won't be able to go find that Devil Fruit anymore!"

Vegapunk quickly spoke up, rescuing the Golden Lion from being nearly wrung out like a towel by Tatsumaki's Psychic Power.

At this moment, under the unconscious Psychic Power of the Tatsumaki, the Golden Lion's bones were twisted and broken, and he was on the verge of death. Admittedly, this great pirate was once glorious, but unfortunately, with the passage of time and his original serious injuries, his strength has decreased by seventy or eighty percent compared to his peak.

Moreover, even at his peak, Golden Lion would be no match for Tatsumaki, a superpowered being beyond the limits of the One Pirate World and practically capable of destroying the world.

"Fortunately, he's still alive. We can take this opportunity to extract his Devil Fruit power!"

Vegapunk was overjoyed. He took out a machine from his Portable Space and began to extract the Devil Fruit from Golden Lion.

With the advancement of Vegapunk's technology, especially after visiting Laugh Tale and truly understanding the origin of Devil Fruit, Vegapunk has become quite adept at extracting Devil Fruit.

A moment later, as a Devil Fruit gradually took shape, the floating Skypiea that was floating in mid-air suddenly trembled and began to fall.

After only a few meters of descent, the entire floating Skypiea instantly calmed down. Tatsumaki, with a faint green glow, used her powerful Psychic Power to freeze the entire floating Skypiea in place.

Unlike the Float-Float Fruit, Tatsumaki needs to continuously use her Psychic Power to lift the floating Skypiea. Over time, even the strongest Psychic Power will eventually be exhausted.

Of course, with Tatsumaki's Psychic Power, there shouldn't be any problems for at least a day or two, and there's no need for Tatsumaki to hold up the floating Skypiea for too long right now.

Vegapunk handed the Devil Fruit directly to Tatsumaki, a look of curiosity on his face, and said:

"Eat it. This stuff doesn't taste very good. I wonder what level your Psychic Power will reach after fusing with the power of the Float-Float Fruit, Tatsumaki?"

In fact, Tatsumaki also longed for this. The Float-Float Fruit and her Psychic Power were indeed a perfect match. It was a rare Devil Fruit ability that could allow her Psychic Power to advance by leaps and bounds.

After getting her Devil Fruit, Tatsumaki took a bite, and immediately a look of disgust appeared on her face. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to eat the entire Devil Fruit before finally letting out a huge sigh of relief.

"It really tastes awful! I can't understand how people in your world can eat this stuff!"

"You ate it anyway... Oh, I forgot to tell you, Devil Fruit. Eating more won't have any effect!"

"What! You bastard..."

Tatsumaki gritted her teeth in anger, her eyes scanning Vegapunk from head to toe, seemingly trying to figure out where to start biting him. Seeing this, Vegapunk quickly changed the subject:

"Alright, let's hurry up and test your Float-Float Fruit ability! Let's start with this island right here!"

Tatsumaki snorted coldly, not bothering to argue with Vegapunk any further. Instead, she closed her eyes slightly, followed her body's instincts, and slowly withdrew her Psychic Power, beginning to use another kind of power.

A moment later, Tatsumaki opened her eyes, hopped around on the island twice, and looked surprised.

"It really doesn't require any physical exertion at all! Is this the power of Devil Fruit? It's truly an amazing power!"

"Moreover... this power is indeed a perfect match for my Psychic Power. From now on, any object controlled by my Psychic Power can have its weight reduced to almost nothing, but when I launch an attack, its mass will not decrease at all!"

"It's absolutely amazing, it completely defies the laws of nature!"