One Piece: Power-Power Fruit

Chapter 219 Shiki the Golden Lion?!

Chapter 219: Shiki the Golden Lion?!

Hehehe!

Looking at the three clowns on the deck, Mu Chong shook his head helplessly. Even the usually expressionless Enel was almost being influenced by Slade.

Then Mu Chong ignored the still arguing group and turned to sit at the bow of the Freedom. He looked up at the sky, where a full moon was gradually emitting its light.

As time passed, night finally fell over the sea, but thanks to the full moon in the sky, it remained as bright as day even under the cover of darkness.

Roar!

Whoosh!

Just then, a tremendous roar came from the sea below the Liberty, accompanied by the sound of waves crashing and exploding.

It seems that the large creature that Mu Chong spotted first discovered the Freedom in the air and used this action to demonstrate its power.

choke!

Hearing the continuous roars from below, Mu Chong slowly drew his long sword, White Serpent, from his waist, bringing the blade close to his body to carefully examine the pattern on it.

"Hmm! The snake head that was originally on the blade has transformed into a head that resembles a dragon's head but without horns—that's a Jiao! Hehehe! It seems we really can't use the original name anymore. What should we name it?"

Mu Chong held a knife in one hand and rested his chin on the other, his eyes darting back and forth between the longsword as he pondered.

"Hey! Captain! Dinner's ready!"

Just then, Elsa's voice rang out from the deck of the Liberty: dinner was ready!

choke!

"Hahahaha! I'll tell you when I remember!"

The white snake was sheathed, and Mu Chong laughed loudly before leaping from the bow of the ship to the cabin door, entering before Slad could.

"What? Captain! It's just a meal, why are you so enthusiastic?"

Slad was stunned for a moment when he saw Mu Chong's actions, then he walked into the cabin and said...

"Hahaha! If you're not enthusiastic about eating, there's something wrong with your brain! I'm going to start eating!"

After giving a casual reply, Mu Chong immediately began devouring the food Aisha had prepared on the table.

When everyone sat down, there were already many cleaned bones in front of Mu Chong.

"Hey! Dick! Sit down and eat! If you don't eat, the captain will eat all the food on the table!"

At this moment, Slard turned to Dick, who was still standing to the side, and spoke, clearly indicating that the other had not yet begun to integrate into the Freedom.

"Ah! Hahaha! Then I'll just have to mooch another meal off this ship. Sorry to bother you!"

Hearing Slard's greeting, Dick's face lit up with a happy smile. After a few polite words, he sat down at the table and began to eat.

"Hahahaha! You're welcome! Dick! You'll be the helmsman of the Liberty sooner or later!"

Mu Chong, who had been stuffing food into his mouth, glanced at Dick, who had started eating, and suddenly said...

"what?"

"What?!"

"whispering sound!"

"I knew it!"

The people reacted differently to Mu Chong's words, but after a moment of surprise, no one paid any more attention and began to eat.

Only Dick stopped eating, looking at Mu Chong with a complicated expression. He didn't resume eating for a long time, but a seed that had been nurtured in Dick's heart had quietly sprouted.

The cabins of the Liberty were brightly lit and filled with the cheerful sounds of everyone, while outside, the moon was bright, the stars were few, and all was silent.

hum! ! !

Suddenly, a deep, muffled sound came from somewhere in the darkness, accompanied by a strong gust of wind that ruffled the hull of the Liberty.

Stab it!

The instant the sound reached them, a bright bolt of lightning flashed across the night sky, and Enel's figure appeared at the top of the mast.

call!

Immediately afterwards, everyone on the Liberty rushed out of their cabins and onto the deck, their faces grave as they gazed at the moonlit night sky.

"Captain! What's that noise? It doesn't sound like a sea king coming from the ocean below!"

Slightly nervous, Baku spoke first, and as he spoke, he was already preparing for battle.

"Yes! You're right! Baku! This commotion definitely wasn't caused by the Sea Kings! This wind is coming from high above. For it to generate such a powerful wind, it seems we've encountered something extraordinary!"

Just as Baku was speaking, Mu Chong had already released his Observation Haki and the power of his Strength-Strength Fruit, but his Observation Haki detected nothing; only his Fruit ability detected the peculiar force of the wind.

"Huh? High in the air?"

boom!

Upon hearing Mu Chong's words, Slad immediately activated his Cloud-Cloud Fruit ability, transforming his body into an element, and pure white clouds rose up to cover the sky.

In just a short while, Slade's clouds had covered an area of ​​nearly ten thousand meters in radius. This was one of the Devil Fruit abilities Slade had developed, allowing him to manipulate the clouds in the sky through the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, thus achieving a controllable effect.

On the deck, Mu Chong stared at the clouds in the sky, his eyes flashing with a red light! At the same time, ripples of the Power-Power Fruit's power emanated from around his body.

Using his Devil Fruit ability to sense wind, Mu Chong could clearly feel that this gust of wind was not a natural wind, but rather a wind generated by human activity or the movement of some object.

call!

Just as Mu Chong was pondering, Slad's figure descended from the clouds and came to Mu Chong's side.

"Captain! We haven't found anything amiss within a radius of ten thousand meters! Moreover, apart from the occasional gust of wind, even the initial sound has disappeared!"

Slad straightened his white robe, a look of confusion appearing on his face as he spoke.

"Ok?"

Slad's words startled everyone on deck, and then they all looked at Mu Chong.

Stab it!

But at that moment, Enel, who had been standing atop the mast of the Liberty, suddenly became enveloped in pale blue lightning, his body hovering above the Liberty, the lightning illuminating the space.

"Huh? A boatman..."

"Captain! There they are! Above us, a bunch of enormous creatures are approaching! I can even smell the Sky Island!"

Just as Slard was wondering about Enel's actions, Enel spoke first from the air, his tone extremely serious.

"What?! A behemoth?"

"What? Sky Island?"

Swish!Swish!

The moment Enel's voice faded, the people on deck gasped in surprise.

Mu Chong and Slade immediately took to the air, instantly reaching the same level as Enel. Then, their Observation Haki enveloped the direction Enel had pointed.

"Hiss! What is that? What is that?"

With the aid of the clouds above, Slade's perception range was quite strong. He detected the enormous creature Enel had described as slowly approaching with almost no effort. Shocked, he didn't have time to think before he spoke.

“Islands! Those are islands floating in the air! So many islands, and they can even float and move in the air…”

Mu Chong, using his Observation Haki, also sensed this enormous creature, but his perception was much clearer than Slade's.

As Mu Chong slowly raised his head, his eyes flashed with a red light, and his expression became incredibly excited as he spoke.

"Hiss! Captain!! Could it be that we've encountered that man?..."

Slad continued thinking along the lines of Mu Chong's words, and the thoughts that came to mind made his eyes widen, his gaze flashing with a sharp light.

"Huh? Captain?"

Listening to the conversation between Mu Chong and Slade, Enel was full of doubt. Looking at their reactions, did they know what it was?

"Hahahaha! That's right! Slard! A floating island of such scale, and moving in a regular pattern in the air, who else could it be but that old guy with such ability and ambition?"

hum!

Accompanied by Mu Chong's incredibly excited words, the Conqueror's Haki that had been surging within him burst forth, soaring into the sky with an aura of dominance over the world.

"Fate! Sometimes it's really amazing! Shiki the Golden Lion!"