The description in the volume of "Life Return" is very straightforward. Under normal circumstances, humans can only control the limbs and facial features, but the limit of "Life Return" is to forcibly infuse personal consciousness into the internal organs, even every hair and every cell. As long as you are conscious of wherever you go, you can control the body's nutrient absorption and metabolism at will, and even freely change your body shape and repair injuries.
Seeing this description, Rain's breathing became heavy.
This is not a simple physical skill. It is clearly an internal cultivation method that goes deep into the micro level and completely controls the origin of one's own life.
Rain found someone to bring in a large amount of high-calorie meat. While swallowing it, he focused his awareness on the nerves in his stomach, causing the stomach wall to wriggle at high frequency like a meat grinder, extracting huge amounts of heat in an instant. Logia Fruit made him accustomed to relying on elemental control to control every part of his body. This was the first time that he relied on the body itself to purely absorb energy.
In this way, I kept eating meat, absorbing it, eating meat again, and absorbing it again. A few days passed in a blink of an eye. It is not sure whether Life Return has mastered it, but Rain's appetite has increased a lot.
During this period, the modification and upgrade of "Bedrock" has been basically completed. Franky also came to help with the modification. Rain asked him for the technology of "Coup de Vent" by the way. This black technology that uses cola as energy is very useful for running away at critical times, but Rain does not have that much cola, and it will be further modified in the future.
Now, it's time to leave.
On a sunny afternoon, Rain didn't say goodbye to anyone. He left a letter and a bag of Beli and quietly left. Log Pose had already been filled with magnetism, pointing directly at Fish-Man Island. From now on, he only had to go straight ahead to reach Sabaody Archipelago.
After leaving the waters of Water 7, Rain did not choose to tangle with numerous naval patrol ships on the sea. He directly activated the completely closed "submersible mode".
The huge rock dome closed, and Bedrock sank into the dark deep sea. With the support of the hollow honeycomb air chamber and Obsidian counterweight base, the hull was extremely stable underwater. Rain sat in the dark cabin, quietly avoiding the large Sea Kings, and moving forward at full speed along the deep sea current.
Because the whole journey was submerged at a depth of tens of meters below the sea surface, this voyage, which was originally supposed to be filled with violent storms and pirate fights, became extremely boring and peaceful. There were no interrogations by the navy, no ambush by pirates, and even Grand Line's extremely severe snowstorms and tsunamis could not affect the tranquility of the deep sea.
A few weeks later.
Through the refractive lens of the periscope, a strange scene appeared in Rain's field of vision.
There are huge mangrove trees towering into the clouds. Their thick roots are deeply rooted in the seabed, and the parts exposed above the sea form interconnected islands. There are countless huge colorful bubbles floating in the air, which look like a dream under the refraction of the sun.
The end of the first half of Grand Line, Sabaody Archipelago (Sabaody Archipelago).
Rain controlled Bedrock, avoiding areas 60 to 69 where the navy was stationed, as well as the bustling tourist areas, and headed straight towards the most chaotic lawless place in the archipelago.
"Wow--"
At the edge of the hidden coastline of Sabaody Archipelago "No. 1 GR (Grove)", the calm sea surface suddenly rolled violently. A gray-white rock sailboat like a sea monster broke out of the water and leaned heavily on the shore.
This is a gathering place for human trafficking shops and various black market transactions, and it belongs to the real Illegal Area. As a strange stone ship without any flags docked, the surrounding criminals and human traffickers hiding in the dark just watched with indifference. No one dared to easily step forward to find trouble before finding out the details.
Rain untied the rock dome, put on the dark gray cloak, and jumped off the deck.
With a wave of his hand, the rock dome of Bedrock sealed the entire ship again, and the ship sank into the sea again. The anchors and cables turned into indestructible stone pillars, nailing the hull to the bedrock of the coast, hiding under the sea surface. At the same time, rows of sharp Granite ground thorns quickly grew on the shore base outside the ship's side, like rock corals growing on the sea floor, forming an absolute defense against strangers.
Rain lowered his hood, raised his head, and looked at the eye-catching population auction venue building deep in Island No. 1.
He came to Sabaody Archipelago not to see the scenery, but to make final preparations for New World to coat the ship so that it could cross the Fish-Man Island 10,000 meters under the sea. Without a coating, even his rock submarine might not be able to adapt to the water pressure of the 10,000-meter seabed.
And looking at the entire Sabaody Archipelago, or even the entire world, no one has better coating skills than the legendary old man who likes to sell himself for gambling money.
"Since we've stopped at Island No. 1, let's go to the auction house to try our luck."
Rain A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. If he remembered correctly, that old guy who was addicted to gambling and alcoholism was probably listing himself in a slave trader's catalog, waiting for the wrongdoer to buy him back, so that he could easily rob the slave.
Rain passed through the hostile and greedy sights around him and walked straight into this lawless land full of crime.
The target is directly at the deputy captain of Roger Pirates, "Pluton" Silbaz·Rayleigh.
Areas 1 to 29 of Sabaody Archipelago are an absolutely dark world that even the navy is unwilling to easily enter.
Rain lowered his hood and shuttled between the intricate mangrove roots and the noisy black market streets. In the next half day, he quietly sneaked into four or five population auction houses of different sizes. From the largest "Human Auctioning House" on Island 1 to the underground slave camps in the dark alleys that only dealt with regular black market customers, he raided them one by one.
However, the result surprised him a little.
No matter in the auction catalog or the smelly slave dungeon, there is no such old man with wavy white hair and round glasses who loves gambling.
"It seems that this old guy has been lucky recently and has not lost himself to the point where he has to sell himself to pay off his debts."
Rain walked out of the last underground auction house, looked at the gradually dimming light in the sky, and let out a breath. If Rayleigh didn't want to be found, in this mixed archipelago, even if Marine Admiral came, he could only stare.
Since finding a needle in a haystack doesn't work, we can only use the most primitive method, etc. As long as Rayleigh is still in Sabaody, sooner or later he will "return to his old business" because he has no money to drink and gamble, or appear in Shakky's Rip-off Bar. Before that, he has plenty of time.
Rain turned around and walked into a secluded dark alley. Several local gangsters and bounty hunters who had long been eyeing him as an outsider just wanted to surround him and "get some benefits" when Rain casually hit Finger Pistol with a high-density rock on his shoulder and kicked him into the stinking ditch like trash.
Naturally, Rain "requisitioned" a spacious underground warehouse deep in the roots of the mangroves from these local snakes as his temporary foothold in Sabaody Archipelago.
After closing the heavy iron door, Rain completely cut off the noise outside.
Rain didn't waste even a second. Rayleigh hasn't been found yet, and the monsters of New World are still waiting in front. He must completely turn the "Six Powers" and "Life Return" he just started into into muscle memory.
In the dark warehouse that was just found, the airflow began to surge violently.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Dull sonic booms sounded one after another. Rain's tall body seemed to defy gravity in mid-air, continuously stepping on the air. Every time the soles of its feet collided with the air, a strong recoil force erupted, Six Powers·Geppo.
For Rain, who had eaten [Rock-Rock Fruit], the density and weight of his body were far beyond that of ordinary people. To walk in the air, the explosive power needed was several times that of an ordinary CP9 agent. However, he relied on the absolute control of Qi and blood from the beginner "Life Return" to force a huge amount of blood into his legs, giving this heavy "rock body" the ability to stay in the air and sprint at short distances.
Immediately afterwards, he suddenly twisted his waist in the air and slashed his right leg out like a battle axe.
"Rankyaku·Rock Splitter!"
A giant vacuum slash that was gray-white and mixed with fine gravel roared out, directly cutting a row of abandoned steel shelves at the end of the warehouse in half, the cut was as smooth as a mirror.
After landing, Rain did not stop, but immediately sat cross-legged and entered a state of extreme internal cultivation.
He closed his eyes and his consciousness sank into his body again. The large amount of food he swallowed during the day turned into hot energy. Under the forcible guidance of Life Return, he felt the slight increase in physical strength.
In this crisis-ridden Illegal Area, the hunter is quietly dormant in the darkness, patiently polishing his new fangs, waiting for the legendary vice-captain to appear.