"So what if you're incredibly strong? You simply can't control this ship."
We'll be trapped on this vast ocean sooner or later, and in the end, we won't even have anything to eat!
Faced with Perona's blatant provocation.
Uchiha Xin did not get angry.
He remained calm, simply raising his right hand slowly.
"Uncontrollable?"
Uchiha Xin let out a cold laugh.
He casually waved his hand upwards at the enormous, Thriller Bark below.
Boom!
A deafening roar suddenly erupted.
The seawater in the entire area churned violently, creating towering waves tens of meters high.
Under Perona's horrified gaze.
The Thriller Bark Divine Palace, whose area was comparable to a small island and whose size was outrageously enormous, emitted a violent roar.
Immediately afterwards, the entire island's sailboat miraculously broke free from the sea's restraints.
It took off straight into the air!
Large amounts of seawater poured down from the bottom of the ship, forming spectacular waterfalls.
The enormous Divine Palace floats hundreds of meters in the air, as stable as Mount Tai.
The sunlight shone unhindered into every corner of the Divine Palace.
"This..."
Perona was completely dumbfounded.
Her beautiful eyes widened violently, her pupils dilated, and her mouth opened so wide it could fit an apple.
She stared intently at the ever-receding expanse of sea below, feeling as if her worldview had been utterly shattered.
"How is that possible!"
Perona gasped, a chill running down her spine.
That's Thriller Bark!
It's a real island!
He was sent flying into the sky with a single wave of his hand?
This is completely beyond the scope of Devil Fruit abilities.
Even the legendary Float-Float Fruit requires it to touch an object before it can float.
Uchiha Xin merely raised his hand!
Perona's mind went blank. She even began to doubt whether the man holding her in front of her truly possessed the legendary power of a god.
Only a god could do something so illogical!
Uchiha Xin ignored Perona's shock.
He looked up at the view from high above.
The system remains dormant.
Uchiha Xin decided to stop waiting.
Since the system cannot provide an answer for the time being, he plans to explore the system's various new functions and the upper limit of the fruit's abilities by constantly fighting and killing enemies.
When he came to his senses, his gaze returned to the startled Perona.
His tone was somewhat mocking.
He was displeased that the little girl had just publicly mocked him, saying he couldn't control the ship.
"Did you see that?"
Uchiha Xin grabbed Perona's chin, forcing her to look at him.
Do you think I still need a helmsman?
Perona froze, shaking her head in fear, too scared to even breathe.
Uchiha Xin looked at her like this and sneered.
"Weren't you quite the talker when you were mocking me just now?"
"Why are you mute now?"
He spoke his mind.
"I am angry."
"Furthermore, the consequences of my anger are very serious."
Perona panicked instantly.
She knew all too well how terrifying this man was.
They can casually toss such a large island into the sky; if they wanted to crush her, it would be easier than crushing an ant.
"I... I was wrong!"
Perona pleaded for mercy and tried to push him away, pressing her hands against Uchiha Xin's chest and desperately trying to create distance.
"I was just saying that casually! You're so magnanimous, please don't take it to heart!"
"I'll never talk back again! I'll be a good maid, please don't be angry, okay?"
But it was all too late.
Uchiha Xin smiled, raised his hand, and grabbed her fidgeting little hand.
"It's too late."
He made a sarcastic remark.
"Today, I must punish you severely, you little maid who dared to defy your master."
The weather on the Grand Line is always unpredictable, like a capricious madman.
The days passed in the blink of an eye.
The sea, which had been under a clear blue sky, suddenly changed.
Thick, dark clouds, like lead blocks, rolled and surged rapidly from the horizon, instantly covering the entire sky.
The wind howled, emitting a ferocious roar like that of a wild beast.
The rain, as large as beans, poured down, and towering waves, tens of meters high, surged across the sea, violently eroding the sky.
The Divine Palace, suspended in mid-air, was right in the eye of the storm.
"Oh no! Oh no! What kind of awful weather is this?!"
Perona stood in front of the tower's floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the raging wind and rain outside, stamping her feet anxiously.
Her fair and pretty face was filled with panic.
In the past few days, she has personally planted colorful exotic flowers and plants in various courtyards of the Divine Palace.
They finally managed to transform the gloomy cemetery into a fairyland filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.
But at this moment, a raging hurricane is tearing at the delicate petals, and torrential rain is washing away the soil in the courtyard, leaving the ground in a mess.
"Hey! You need to think of something!"
Perona was extremely anxious. She turned to look at Uchiha Xin, who was leisurely reclining in his chair, and urged him on.
"This storm is terrifying! If this continues, all my carefully tended plants will be destroyed!"
"Quickly move this island to a safer area!"
Despite Perona's anxious urging, Uchiha Xin didn't even lift his eyelids.
He remained calm, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a small sip.
His tone was calm, carrying an undeniable certainty.
"What's the panic?"
"It's just a Raiu; there's no need to seek shelter."
Uchiha Xin put down his teacup and slowly got up from the recliner.
He walked to the French windows, looked at the apocalyptic sky outside, and smiled.
"I've been so bored these past few days I'm practically rusting. This downpour is a perfect opportunity to test my true fighting prowess in this world."
As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Xin ignored Perona's astonished gaze and took a step forward.
His body broke free from the constraints of gravity, strolling leisurely through the tower's protective barriers, hovering in mid-air amidst the raging wind and rain.
The wind and rain lashed down, but were all repelled by an invisible force just half a foot away from him.
Uchiha Xin looked up, staring directly at the churning, Black Lightning overhead.
"Open."
He narrowed his eyes, and his dark pupils instantly turned into a deep purple-gold.
Tensei Rinnegan, activated!
Due to the strong rejection from the laws of the Pirate King Deva Path, all twelve Tomoe symbolizing the ultimate in his eyes were concealed.
Strangely, after removing the Tomoe's appearance,
These pure Tensei Rinnegan exude a more powerful and domineering aura than they did during the Shinobi World era.
The purple-gold light pierced through layers of rain, transforming into two dazzling magic lamps in the downpour.
"Boom--!"
The thunderclouds in the sky sensed this terrifying power that did not belong to this world, and began to churn and roar wildly.
Bolts as thick as buckets of Thunderbolt raged through the clouds, as if nature were punishing anything that dared to defy its might.
Inside the tower, Perona trembled violently, clutching her mouth tightly.