Just then, the ghost that had been floating in the sky couldn't hold back any longer and charged straight at Xia Chen.
Xia Chen didn't turn around. He quickly raised his left hand and grabbed the drifting ghost, then pulled it to his front.
At this moment, although it was clearly a ghost, everyone could clearly feel the fear emanating from it.
Xia Chen looked at the ghosts he was holding. He knew, of course, that these ghosts were Clone of Ghost Princess Perona, and that their thoughts were all one. So he said calmly:
"Since you dare to target us, be prepared to die!"
"Go back and tell Moria, I'll take Absalom's life for now!"
With that, Xia Chen's eyes narrowed, and the ghost in his hand was instantly shattered by his Haki. Xia Chen was able to touch the ghost's physical form only because of his Haki.
When its Haki reaches a certain level, it will become the nemesis of all Devil Fruit!
As the ghost was scattered, somewhere in a room...
There was a bed in the room, and sitting on the bed was a girl with pink pigtails and a crown on her head.
She had her eyes tightly closed at the moment, but the next second, her eyes suddenly opened, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, her face filled with terror.
"Then... who exactly is that man?"
Perona was utterly shocked. It was the first time she had ever seen someone who could catch her ghost with their bare hands and even harm her main body through her ghostly Clone.
Thinking of this, Perona's expression grew even more serious, and she couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Which idiot targeted this group?"
She realized that their opponent this time was definitely not someone to be trifled with. And Absalom was still in their hands...
!!!
Perona suddenly remembered that the man had told her he was going to kill Absalom, and cold sweat soaked Perona clothes.
No! She had to tell her master Moria quickly, or Absalom might be killed!
Without hesitation, Perona jumped out of bed and ran outside.
On the Going Merry ~
Just as Absalom, who was being choked, was about to say something arrogant, he felt the force on his neck increasing and making it harder and harder to breathe.
"You... you can't..."
The next moment, Xia Chen's eyes narrowed and his body trembled.
At the same time, the sound of countless bones shattering rang out, and Absalom's entire body slumped down limply.
All the bones in my body... are shattered!
With a sudden release, Absalom collapsed to the ground. However, he still retained a faint breath and a lingering sense of consciousness.
Absalom is currently experiencing pain all over his body.
This pain penetrated to the bone marrow, causing him unbearable agony!
Xia Chen crouched down, looked at Absalom, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"In my next life, I don't want to be a fool who can't move when he sees a woman!"
Having said that, Xia Chen flicked his wrist, and a burst of energy shot out, piercing through Absalom's forehead. His aura began to weaken slowly until it disappeared completely.
With a thought, Xia Chen noticed the familiar basket of fruit reappearing.
Even though Xia Chen had only plundered the fruits once before, he was now quite adept at this business.
Before long, one of the apples inside began to change and turned into a transparent apple.
Xia Chen picked it up, examined it for a while, and then threw it at Sanji.
Sanji caught the Devil Fruit that Xia Chen threw to him and asked curiously, "What's this?"
" The Clear-Clear Fruit!"
" Clear-Clear Fruit???"
(☆▽☆)!
A look of wild joy immediately appeared on Sanji's face, his gaze burning with fervor as he looked at the fruit in his hand.
Although, as he had feared, his Lineage Factor might conflict with Devil Fruit, but...
This is the Clear-Clear Fruit! The God Level fruit he'd always dreamed of!
With this fruit, he could use it to spy on—oh, no! to ambush—the enemy!
Although sneak attacks (or spying) might be criticized, he didn't care. As long as it was for his comrades, what did it matter if he endured the infamy?
Even if he is condemned by everyone, he has no regrets!
In a split second, Sanji's mind went through an incredibly intense mental storm.
After a while~
"Here you go! I don't need this!" Sanji tossed the Clear-Clear Fruit back to Xia Chen.
"Hmm?" A look of surprise flashed across Xia Chen's face. Looking at Sanji's calm expression, he was momentarily at a loss.
Theoretically, this fruit should be incredibly tempting to Sanji, so how come this is the case??
However, he didn't say anything. If Sanji doesn't want it, then so be it!
Xia Chen stored the Clear-Clear Fruit into his System Space. If Sanji didn't want it, then Zoro and Usopp were even less likely to want it.
Let's keep it for now and see if it comes in handy later.
Xia Chen glanced at Absalom lying on the ground and kicked him into the sea.
" Xia Chen, who is this person?" Luffy asked curiously.
"He is... one of Moria's three top lieutenants— Absalom!" Brook replied from the side.
"Since he's here, it means..." Brook looked around to confirm the situation before asking the others:
"Did you find a bottle before?"
"Yeah! It even turned into a glowing bomb when you opened it!"
"Then that's it! You were already being targeted by Moria back then! And our current location is precisely..."
"Among the world's largest ships— the Thriller Bark! And also Moria's ship!"
"What!!"
A look of shock flashed across everyone's faces upon hearing this, and then they all looked around.
The surrounding area was shrouded in mist, but upon closer inspection, one could vaguely see a wall enclosing the Going Merry, and an island in front of it.
"Hey! You mean this whole island is made up of ships?" Sanji couldn't help but ask Brook.
Yes, that's right!
"Hiss!" Everyone gasped again. A ship this big, carrying an entire island, was truly an eye-opener for them!
Brook turned to look at everyone and said, "Thank you all for helping me reclaim my shadow, but I'll handle this dangerous task myself!"
"You should leave here quickly, if you're fast enough you can make it in time! I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, Brook jumped off the Beautiful.
"Isn't he Devil Fruit User? Why did he jump straight into the sea?" Zoro immediately rushed to the side of the ship to check.
All that could be seen was a figure running on the sea.
Σ(⊙▽⊙" a!
"Yohohohoho~"
"Because I'm just a skeleton, my body is incredibly light; I can even run on the sea surface for short periods of time!"
Goodbye, everyone~
"Yohohohoho~"