"You bastard! You actually..."
Red staggered back after shoving Ron away. Then his legs suddenly gave out, and he fell straight down.
Bang!
His towering body slammed onto a piece of warship wreckage, shattering the planks beneath his feet. Red lay sprawled across the boards, gasping for breath.
Suddenly, he threw back his head, opened his mouth, and desperately shoved his fingers inside, as though trying to pull something out.
"Urgh!!"
The stimulation made him retch violently, but aside from vomiting up his stomach acid, nothing else came out.
The Vampire Fruit's power instantly digested and absorbed any blood that entered his stomach, turning it into nourishment that restored his youth. Trying to vomit it back up was simply impossible.
Whoosh... Thud!
Another towering figure fell to the ground, landing atop the ruins. Ron braced himself with both hands on the Thunder Dragon Halberd and struggled to remain standing.
"You lunatic!!!"
This was the first time Red had voiced his judgment with undisguised terror. He stared at Ron not far ahead and roared in disbelief.
"You're a Fruit Ability user too! Have you gone mad?!"
"No!"
Ron answered weakly but firmly.
"Precisely because I'm a Fruit Ability user too, I know this is the only way!"
At present, only the stonemasons of Wano Country possessed the advanced processing techniques for Seastone. The Navy's and Government's factories could make crude Seastone bullets and ugly handcuffs at most.
But there was one processed product that both the stonemasons of Wano Country and the Navy and Government could easily produce.
Seastone powder!
All it took was grinding it into powder without stopping.
"Damn it!"
Red gritted his teeth. His skin was gradually losing its luster and elasticity, returning to the gaunt muscles and sagging skin of old age. His white hair hung messily