Just Going Higher (6/6) / Ship Zuizui's Epic Upgrade

A ray of golden light split in two, one of which darted away and landed in front of Samael in the blink of an eye.

"Huh? What is this?"

Samael was admiring his masterpiece when suddenly a ray of golden light flew before his eyes.

As he observed the golden light, it suddenly drew a strange magic circle beneath his feet.

The next instant, the magic circle released a dazzling light, a flash of golden light.

When Samael regained his sight, he found himself standing on the wreckage of the Heavenly Tribute, with his master right in front of him.

"Zh... Big Eye!"

Samael instinctively wanted to call him "master," but immediately realized it wasn't the right time to reveal his identity, so he cleverly changed his address.

"Good ability."

Dimon nodded in surprise, flicked his finger, and a ray of golden light returned to his fingertip. Only then did he look at Samael.

"Objective achieved, let's retreat. If we stay any longer, Imu might arrive."

Not yet possessing the strength to directly confront Imu, Dimon wisely chose to retreat.

He activated the power of the Storyboard Fruit, Close-Up Storyboard enveloped the two of them.

A flash of white light, and the two of them vanished simultaneously.

At the same time.

The golden sun hanging high above the sea faded rapidly, and when the flames dissipated, the appearance of the people inside was finally revealed.

Killingham was reduced to a skeleton; his flesh and blood had been completely obliterated by the flames.

However, even so, he still didn't die.

"Damn fire people!"

The skeleton opened its mouth in Wrath, but to no avail. "It'll take a long time to recover from this state, you bastard!"

Amidst the Wrath roar, the flesh and blood on the skeleton slowly regenerated.

But it was too late; what lay ahead was hell for those with superpowers.

"Saint Shepherd Sommers, save me!"

With his last breath, he roared, and the skeleton plunged into the sea, creating a splash.

Chapter 100 is just a journey to higher places (6/6)

Saint Shepherd Sommers did not pay attention to Killingham's cries for help.

He and Gunko were trapped in the sky by a waterspout created by Sigma, with blockades on all four sides.

"This is bad, the Bolo Breath is coming!"

Gunko noticed the pink dragon above his head, which was opening its huge mouth and gathering scorching flames.

"I saw it without you saying it." The middle-aged man Saint Shepherd Sommers, snorted, dismissing the other party as nothing more than a mere copy, and roared:

"Thorn Wall!"

Paramecia Thorn-Thorn Fruit.

The thorns grew wildly above Saint Shepherd Sommers's head, quickly weaving into a thick thorn barrier, layer upon layer, forming a thorn forest tens of meters deep.

Despite his disdain for replicas, he still maintained a minimum level of respect for the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon in practice.

"Go ahead and try to break through! Even if Kaido comes, he'll definitely...!"

Above the sky, Sigma's Bolo Breath had been charging for ten seconds. Unlike the dragon breath he spewed out casually, the charged Bolo Breath was several times more powerful than his normal breath.

Bolo Breath!

A pillar of orange-red fire descended from the sky, like a sudden divine punishment.

The thorn forest, on which Saint Shepherd Sommers had placed high hopes, could only withstand this Bolo Breath for a single breath.

The next instant, dragon breath rained down, engulfing Saint Shepherd Sommers completely, along with the bandaged bird beneath his feet.

"Aaaaaah! Damn it! Why is the pirated version better than the original...!?"

Saint Shepherd Sommers roared, his voice filled with disbelief.

That doesn't make sense. How could a pirated version of Bolo Breath stronger than the genuine one?

No one answered the question; the Bolo Breath knocked it down, and its momentum continued unabated as it crashed into the ocean below.

In an instant, an enormous hole appeared in the sea, and the seawater was wiped away and evaporated in an instant.

The terrifying Bolo Breath reached thousands of meters deep into the seabed, continuing its journey towards the ocean floor.

A massive underwater earthquake!

However, the activities deep in the ocean are no longer known to humans on the surface.

"Such powerful dragon breath... Who is fighting that dragon?"

On the deck of one of the pirate fleet's ships, Momousagi took a moment to observe the distant commotion and was shocked.

"Oh, you look down on me? You dare to get distracted?"

Lycaon closed in, leaping above Momousagi's head, his right hand forming a claw, sharp nails snapping out.

Ice Wolf Claw!

The claw strike tore through the air, unleashing three slashes imbued with icy power.

Momousagi suddenly snapped out of her daze. Despite the sudden attack, she remained calm and quickly raised her blade to block it.

As the slash was blocked, the freezing power it contained swept over her, and Momousagi found that her arm and the blade she was holding were being frozen, and a bone-chilling cold assaulted her.

"This bit of chill is nothing compared to the Aokiji's."

Momousagi snorted softly, her Haki aura instantly shattering the ice that had been placed upon her.

The next moment, she leaped forward to meet the attack head-on, stabbing Lycaon with her knife.

Lycaon crossed his arms in front of him to block, his Armament Haki covering the area where he was struck. Even so, the powerful impact of the blow still sent him flying, soaring even higher into the air.

"Let the ship sink to the bottom of the sea, woman!"

Lycaon smirked, revealing a warlike smile, and spun rapidly in mid-air, unleashing a massive air slash with his right leg.

"Wolf God Slash!"

The enormous crescent-shaped slash, its color like ice crystals, was even larger than the pirate ship beneath their feet.

It contains not only the power of slashing, but also the power of freezing.

"Just an ordinary member of the Seven Deadly Sins, and he's this strong?"

Despite the danger, Momousagi remained calm and, in the brief exchange, gained a preliminary understanding of Lycaon's strength.

Even in Four Emperors- level pirate crew, Awakening Ancient Zoan would be considered a high-ranking officer.

In terms of bounty, the other party's reward must be at least 500 million.

This is only because the opponent's Haki level is very low, and they rely purely on their Devil Fruit ability to fight. If the opponent's Haki were to match their strength, they would probably be another pirate with a bounty of 1 billion.

The Seven Deadly Sins is brimming with talent...

Momousagi composed herself, blocking the massive slash with her sword. With her Haki protecting her, the mere freezing power had no effect on her.

However, the ships below were not so lucky.

The aftershock of the slash barely grazed the surface, instantly tearing a pirate ship in two. Just as it was about to sink to the bottom of the sea, it was frozen into an ice sculpture in a short time.

Just then, a voice rang out out of nowhere.

"Lycaon, retreat."

"Owner?"

For Lycaon, he was no match for the two executives of the Seven Deadly Sins, who would be instantly defeated. Bethany was not good at fighting, so he had no one to spar with. Now that he had met an Admiral Candidate, it was the perfect time to have some fun.

However, unlike Samael, since it was his master's order, he immediately deactivated his Awakening state.

"Consider yourself lucky, woman." Lycaon lightly stepped on Geppo, hovering high above.

"Running away again? The Seven Deadly Sins!"

Momousagi landed on the pirate ship, which had been turned into an ice sculpture and broken in two, and looked up at her master, whose whereabouts were unknown.

"Clearly the 'master,' yet running away time and time again? How ridiculous."

Hehehe...

Dimon smiled; in a good mood, he was somewhat willing to say hello.

"A clumsy attempt at provocation. If Sengoku or Garp were standing here, I could barely understand it, but you..."

"You look down on people, you bastard..." Momousagi narrowed her eyes slightly in displeasure, a small gesture she made when she was angry.

So, in the end, we still have to run?

"You've misunderstood. I've simply chosen to go to a higher level."

As soon as he finished speaking, a thin white thread appeared in the sky, quickly outlining a cubic space around Lycaon.

Upon seeing this, Momousagi immediately unleashed her maximum Haki, concentrating all her Armament Haki into a single sword strike, and fiercely slashed towards the Storyboard Space.

The black slashes, accompanied by Inazuma Haki, failed to hit the Storyboard Space.

The space solidified by the power vanished without a trace amidst a scene of shattering mirrors, and Momousagi's slash finally swept across the empty space, falling towards the sky.

Boom!

The explosive slash created a circular shockwave, tearing a huge hole in the incredibly thick clouds and revealing a floating ship behind it.

"Hiding there?"

Momousagi kept a close eye on the ship, but ultimately couldn't catch up and could only watch helplessly as it retreated.

She is not a superhuman and does not have the ability to fly for extended periods. Even if she uses Geppo to pursue him, she will eventually run out of energy.

On the other side...

With a breath of dragonfire, Sigma wiped out the two annoying little bugs, then flicked his tail and turned to chase after the Wave-Breaking Warrior.

On deck.

Samael, Bethany, Lycaon, and Ship Zuizui all looked at their master.

Dimon tossed the Box-Box Fruit in his hand. This operation was unexpectedly easy. The World Government had set a trap, but it seemed they hadn't prepared much fighting force to deal with the Seven Deadly Sins.

Do the Five Elders really believe that three mere members of the Holy Knights can stop them?

"This fruit... Zuizui, do you want to eat it?"

Chapter 101 Epic Enhancement of the Ship Zuizui

"I want to eat, Master!"

Ship Zuizui answered hastily; if it had a head, it would be nodding frantically right now.

Dimon nodded; he already had a sure thing about how to handle the spoils of war.

While letting the Ship Zuizui eat the fruit would indeed make him a Devil Fruit user with the power of the Box-Box Fruit, this method would require him to develop the fruit's power himself, which is not the best approach.

The safest way is to Animation the fruit and then let it reside in the Ship Zuizui. In this way, the Ship Zuizui will receive an epic upgrade.

There is another advantage: when necessary, the Box-Box Fruit can also detach from the Ship Zuizui to move.

This can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

The only drawback is that, unlike harboring A Breath of Fresh Wind or a paper airplane, the Ship Zuizui is an Animation entity with its own consciousness. If two consciousnesses share a boat, who will be in control?

Or perhaps, the consciousness of the Box-Box Fruit was suppressed?

"Let's give it a try, but we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Having used up today's attempts on the pentagram magic circle, Dimon put away the Box-Box Fruit and then gave instructions to the Seven Deadly Sins:

"Navigating this dangerous sea requires a navigator. If we hadn't encountered the pirate fleet beforehand, finding the Heavenly Tribute Transport Ship might have been quite a challenge if we had followed them."