Twist and Uranus

Teach has fully mastered the Awakening power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, but this does not mean that the Dark-Dark Fruit has reached its limit; it can still be further developed.

The tempering of his Armament Haki has become instinctive; he trains his body under immense pressure every day to hone his domineering Haki.

Now, Teach can truly move on to the next stage.

The Night Palace, a secluded courtyard, is where Teach rests.

Teach stood in front of a small tree, its branches bare except for Devil Fruit that looked like it was covered in golden scales, its three unformed lobes representing three heads.

This is the Mythical Zoan, Alien Fruit, King Ghidorah form that Teach had been hoping for.

However, Teach discovered that the more he grew, the slower the Devil Fruit matured.

Teach guessed that the reason was probably because the ability couldn't be materialized enough. The ability was all in Teach's mind, and Teach didn't want the fixed ability to reduce the potential of this Devil Fruit and limit it.

Therefore, the evolution of this Devil Fruit slowed down.

Otherwise, with their presence throughout the entire Night Sea Domain and even the whole world, and the propaganda of the Night Pirates, this Devil Fruit would have been successfully conceived and ready to be harvested long ago.

The "God Creation Plan" has been successful, but the "god" still needs time to grow.

Teach wasn't in a hurry. The longer it took, the happier he was, because it meant the ability was stronger, and he had plenty of time to wait.

In Teach's hands lay another white Devil Fruit, a treasure presented by the royal family of the Christie Kingdom: the Paramecia Twist Fruit.

This Devil Fruit will become Teach's second ability, as a replacement for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Teach already had various ideas for developing the Twist Fruit. The simple yet powerful twisting force, although not as direct as the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's attack power, would still produce equally astonishing effects.

The power of vibration can invade the human body and cause damage; the power of distortion can do the same, causing the human body to twist horribly.

The human body is fragile. Even a strong person who can withstand the power of distortion will be affected, causing the flow of blood to become distorted, flesh to become twisted, and the body to break down.

Furthermore, the Twist Fruit has greater potential for development, and its abilities are more comprehensive than the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, capable of distorting light, gravity, magnetic fields, space, and even the mind.

As for time, Teach doesn't think it's possible; time is taboo, unlike space, which is easier to touch.

This ability is more suitable for Teach, especially the power of distortion, and it can also be combined with the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit to enhance the Dark-Dark Fruit's devouring vortex.

Soon, Teach disappeared from the courtyard and appeared alone in a vast sea. There was no one around, so he could better unleash the power he was about to acquire.

Teach reached out and pierced the Devil Fruit directly. The power of the Dark-Dark Fruit activated, and black mist enveloped the entire Twist Fruit. The gravity of darkness grabbed the "devil" inside the fruit and pulled it directly into his body.

Teach had no desire to taste the Devil Fruit again.

Power spread within Teach's body, surging forth continuously. An invisible force erupted from within Teach towards the outside world, causing space to shatter and distort, as did the air.

This is normal. With Teach's strength, having just obtained the power of the Twist Fruit, he is able to unleash the Devil Fruit's power to a terrifying level.

Teach's body was successfully modified in a short period of time, turning him into a twisted human.

A massive, twisting force is being mastered and controlled by Teach.

To Teach's surprise, unlike what he had imagined, once he truly obtained the power of the Twist Fruit, he discovered that the Twist Fruit was very different from the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

The Twist Fruit is a spatial ability. In addition to simply releasing twisting power, it can also create a twisted space, or a twisting force field, like a domain, within which one can arbitrarily manipulate twisting power.

Although limited in scope, the power of the Twist Fruit can be maximized within this space, and many of Teach's ideas can be easily realized within it.

Moreover, with Teach's strength, he could easily expand the distorted space to cover the entire battlefield, although it would consume more physical strength.

It distorts space, permeated with distorting power, combining offense and defense. Any attack that gets close will be distorted by this power, such as cannonballs being warped to one side. Even Whitebeard's Vibration Force is affected, preventing it from directly attacking Teach. It is a very perfect ability.

"Then let's try it, the power of distortion." Teach felt the power in his body, clenched his fist tightly, and looked on with anticipation. Power, only by unleashing it can one know how strong it really is.

The best way is to let loose without restraint.

A terrifying, twisting force coalesced in Teach's fist.

With a loud bang, Teach punched directly into the air. This was Teach's full-force punch, using the full power of the Twist Fruit.

There was no terrifying commotion like when Whitebeard released his shockwave.

However, that's not all; the distorting force is constantly extending, reaching the sky and the sea, towards everything in sight.

Soon, the effects began: the materialization of the distorting power manifested, strange vortexes appeared in the air, and space itself began to warp.

Before the bird caught in the distorting force could react, its body began to spin and fold, compressed under the force, its organs twisted and squeezed together, forming a blood-red ball of flesh.

Finally, it split apart due to the twisting force, turning into countless bloody chunks of flesh that fell from the sky. These chunks of flesh were quickly attracted by another twisting force, affecting the others.

The sky seemed to be raining blood. High in the sky, huge vertical vortexes appeared clearly due to the distortion. The clouds were captured by the distorting force, making the distorted vortexes clearly visible.

The twisted vortexes intertwined and continued to merge.

The ocean is filled with irregularly shaped, distorted whirlpools. The seawater is manipulated by the force of distortion, and a large number of sea creatures are swallowed up by this force. Once they touch it, they cannot escape.

In the blink of an eye, the sea turned a faint blood-red color, a terrifying force causing countless sea creatures to flee.

Due to the distortion of space, the seawater appears to rise out of thin air, while the sky seems to descend.

The sky and the sea were distorted and upside down; such a sight was terrifying.

Only Whitebeard could have done something like that, tilting the sky and the sea, turning the world upside down. Teach could do it too, though in a different way.

Fortunately, there was no one in this area, otherwise they would all have died from Teach's punch.

The power of the Twist Fruit was a huge surprise for Teach, greatly enhancing his overall strength, especially in terms of attack power. Attacks imbued with the power of distortion would be many times more powerful than before.

Just like Whitebeard's vibrational power and the Joker's splitting power, they both possess immense destructive power.

With full mastery and further development of the Twist Fruit's power, Teach's strength will continue to increase.

The surge in power gave Teach absolute confidence that he was now no weaker than Whitebeard, and had even surpassed him.

The vibrational force was very strong, but the distortion force, while damaging Whitebeard, could also distort the vibrational force, weakening the damage Whitebeard inflicted on him, in addition to the Dark-Dark Fruit's absorption of the vibrational force.

In a fight against Whitebeard, Teach's battle duration would be greatly extended. Conversely, Whitebeard would not be able to withstand Teach's attacks solely with his powerful Armament Haki.

With one gain and one loss, the gap between Teach and Whitebeard has now been completely closed.

Whitebeard has reached his limit, while Teach's strength can still be improved.

This is undoubtedly a happy thing, it's just a bit of a pity that Teach didn't have the chance to fight Whitebeard in his prime.

The power of his second Devil Fruit is not yet ready to be revealed.

Moreover, Whitebeard's prime has passed, and his strength has begun to decline.

Teach had already sensed it in the previous battle; Whitebeard's stamina was starting to decline. If they didn't take advantage of the last train of Whitebeard's peak, they really wouldn't have another chance.

This is just the beginning. In a few more years, Whitebeard will become even weaker, and the hidden injuries that have accumulated over the years will erupt, causing him to suffer from illness.

Nowadays, apart from Golden Lion Shiki, whose strength remains at its peak, no one else in the New World can command Teach's attention.

This is especially true for Whitebeard, whose strength is waning. The more he uses his abilities, the more his life force is depleted. This hasn't been apparent yet, but in a few days, Whitebeard will reduce his use of his abilities.

No one knew that on this day, the world's only Devil Fruit User was born.

After the ability test, Teach calmed down the commotion caused by the full-force explosion of the Twist Fruit.

Even so, the effects of the distortion force will not dissipate easily and will last for a long time.

Shar, named after the "Goddess of the Night," greatly ensures the safety of the Night Sea Domain. The technological development of this world is distorted; some places are technologically advanced, while others are very backward.

After all, the vast ocean hindered communication between the islands.

The Night Pirates created the artificial intelligence "Shar," which is far more powerful than the future robot Pacifista.

Besides monitoring the entire sea area, "Shar" can also meet the needs of the Night Pirates in various ways, such as helping with research and data processing. Under Otto's leadership, she will continue to be upgraded.

She even acquired complete lunar technology, which allowed her to advance to the level of a true artificial intelligence, and she could even create satellites to monitor the entire ocean.

However, this is difficult to achieve unless one absorbs the relevant technology of "Uranus".

This will have to wait until the lunar mission is over. There will definitely be a lot of gains on the moon, and it's very likely that we'll find some related technologies.

The ultimate task of a declining civilization is to preserve the essence of its past.

Teach didn't rush back to the Night Sea Domain. Instead, he rose straight into the sky. After such a long delay, there were some things he had to do, namely the Celestial Dragons' National Treasure, "Uranus".

The powerful gravity pulled Teach's body, and he quickly reached an altitude of 10,000 meters.

The Observation Haki over an extremely wide area had been released to its limit; Teach could even faintly "see" some tiny eyes.

Those are mechanical eyes controlled by "Shar". Not only in the Night Sea Domain, but also at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and beyond the Night Sea Domain, there are mechanical eyes of the Night Pirates.

Compared to mechanical dogs and mechanical birds, mechanical eyes are much more stealthy. Not only are they small, allowing them to blend into their environment like a chameleon, but they can also move. If they want, they can grow spider-like legs and change their position.

Even those with Observation Haki would have difficulty detecting it.

The Night Pirates created a large number of mechanical eyes and deployed them beyond the Night Sea Domain, continuously spreading them outwards and even throughout the New World.

Furthermore, the Navy and the World Government are also among those they closely monitor.

Using technological means, the Night Pirates are also monitoring the world to obtain a large amount of intelligence. They can basically grasp the actions of various forces in real time, especially the Flying Pirates, which they are currently focusing on.

We've found the Night Pirates of Weil; we'll seize them when the opportunity arises.

They even deployed mechanical eyes into outer space, above the Red Line, to "grab" meteorites one by one, searching for the traces of "Uranus".

Space is vast, and although a trajectory has been determined, the distance factor cannot be guaranteed.

With his numerous mechanical eyes and the power of Baccarat's Lucky-Lucky Fruit, Uranus's location was finally found, and because of this, Teach no longer intended to wait.

It's best to deal with this kind of thing as soon as possible.

The surrounding environment was gradually darkening. This world was special; space had air, so there was no worry about survival.

The mechanical eye has a positioning function, so Teach can find it by following a fixed direction.

A machine was attached to Teach's body. On the other side, at the Night Pirates' secret research base, Otto and other world-class scientists were looking at the view of space through this machine.

They knew that soon, the legendary Uranus would appear before them.

This is a pinnacle of technology, the essence of a high-tech civilization, and a crucial asset for World Government to seize global dominance and control the oceans.

Time seemed to stretch on endlessly during space travel, because it was so lonely. Even at Teach's rapid pace, it took him a full half-day to travel.

Uranus is quite far from the planet.

It was a cluster of meteorites that, due to special gravity, moved around the planet along a certain trajectory, and that trajectory was the Red Line.

This is one of the reasons why the Night Pirates found Uranus so quickly.

Among them is a special, long "meteorite," a colossal object measuring two kilometers in length.

And this is the Uranus.

The "chameleon" technology of the mechanical eye was derived from Sky Island technology, and Uranus naturally also used such technology.

Given its enormous size, one can imagine the terrifying energy it contains. The so-called Pluton, who can destroy an island with a single shot, is far inferior to Uranus, and can only utilize a fraction of Uranus's technology.

After all, it is the culmination of lunar civilization.

With such a massive size, Teach didn't know where to begin. Should he just destroy it? Teach wasn't considering that for the time being; he should at least try to extract something from it.

Teach did not possess the manufacturing techniques for the Uranus, and there were only some descriptions of the Uranus on the Sky Island. This was the first time Teach had seen what the Uranus actually looked like.

"So? Can you analyze it? Can you dismantle it?" Teach asked, looking at the Uranus, as he spoke to Otto and the others who were still studying the base.

Standing in space, Teach was not worried about being discovered by Im, who controlled Uranus. Im only had the authority to use Uranus, but could not monitor the world through Uranus.

After all, he was a thief.

If they can dismantle it, the Night Pirates could study many things from just a few parts.

On the other side, Otto, along with the world's top scientists around him, stared greedily at the Uranus, as if admiring a peerless beauty.

"Master, please fly around the Uranus a few times. We need more specific details to analyze, and we also need to utilize Shar's calculation abilities," Otto said excitedly, taking a deep breath.

Teach flew around Uranus a few times, allowing Otto and the others to see different parts of Uranus. Uranus's ability to hide was only effective from a distance; it couldn't be hidden up close.

Just like a mechanical eye, if you get too close, it's easy to spot.

Therefore, the appearance of the Uranus is clearly displayed.

Shar has already presented the entire Uranus to numerous scientists through automatic image modeling.

Although we don't know the internal structure of the Uranus, we can analyze the function and role of each part through its external appearance to find a breakthrough.

This place is home to some of the world's top scientists, a large number of talented individuals, including some who can even contribute to the research.