pertwk Chapter 71: Golden Awakening
Chapter 71: Golden Awakening
Chapter 72: Golden Awakening
Oro nodded to Newgate, then turned to Gails: "Take them aboard and settle them in."
Gails understood and gently said to Olga and her father, who were still immersed in complicated emotions, "Let's go back to the ship first. It will soon become very dangerous here."
Asir held her daughter's hand tightly, gave Auro a grateful yet slightly apprehensive look, and then followed Gails toward the Golden Dawn.
Lingling waved at Oro: "Oro! Hurry up and finish! I want to go back, the fish's belly smells awful!"
The Whitebeard Pirates' crew, without needing their captain's prompting, had already swiftly returned to their whale-headed boats, navigating as far away from the center as possible to leave enough space for the two monsters to fight.
After everyone boarded the ship, Newgate thought for a moment before the fight began, then asked Oro, "By the way, how are we going to get out later? If we're going to gut this fish, we need to save some energy, and it's mostly deep sea out there."
Oro pointed to the writhing fleshy walls around the island, emitting a pale golden phosphorescence: "No need for that much trouble, the method is very simple. Although this guy's stomach wall is thick, it is equally sensitive to intense internal stimulation."
"As long as we fight fiercely enough and the aftershocks of the battle are intense enough, it will naturally experience stomach pain and then produce a strong vomiting reaction."
"Then, we'll be able to get out by going down the esophagus in the opposite direction."
"Gurarara! Okay! Then we don't need to hold back!"
Newgate's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He no longer waited. His tall and powerful figure suddenly leaped up, his sword wrapped with solidified Conqueror's Haki and high-level Armament Haki. With a terrifying aura that could shatter everything, he slashed at Auro from a distance!
The earth groaned in agony, spiderweb-like cracks spread through the air, and a massive shockwave, like an invisible giant wave, crashed down on Auro!
This attack was even more ferocious than his opening move in the storm, clearly showing that Newgate had gone all out.
"Oh."
Oro chuckled. Facing an attack powerful enough to tear mountains apart, he advanced instead of retreating. He raised his hand towards the Golden Dawn, and a large amount of gold poured out of the ship.
This time, the gold did not envelop Oro and transform him into a giant. Instead, it was distributed throughout the sky and the earth, unfolding a domain under Oro's control.
Auro raised his hand in a gesture of drawing a bow, and a huge golden arrow materialized beside him, its surface crackling with dark red arcs of electricity.
Oro loosened his right hand, and the golden arrow shot forward fiercely!
A head-on collision with the shockwave!
"BOOM—!!!"
The terrifying roar was amplified several times within the enclosed space of the stomach, causing a painful ache in one's eardrums.
The shockwave generated by the collision spread out in a ring, slamming hard against the surrounding flesh walls.
The stomach wall, strong enough to withstand the pressure of the deep sea, convulsed violently, and the ocean of gastric juices surged into towering waves, causing even the two ships in the distance to rock violently.
"Gurararara! That's more like it!"
Newgate laughed wildly, swinging his knife repeatedly, unleashing shockwaves that tore through space and air-shattering bombs powerful enough to shatter ships, raining down like a storm.
Auro manipulated the gold, twisting and turning it into various shapes to defend and counterattack.
Each collision produced a deafening roar, and each release of energy caused the surrounding flesh walls to spasm even more intensely.
The light inside the stomach sac flickered erratically due to violent energy fluctuations, and the entire space trembled.
The battle quickly escalated to a fever pitch.
The golden attacks, in all their various forms, were fierce, but very few could break through Newgate's dense shockwaves.
In the midst of a fierce close-quarters battle, the enormous golden fist that had been formed collided violently with the naginata wrapped in a vibrating aura. As they both staggered back, Oro's eyes narrowed.
it's time.
Previously, when he obtained pure gold in the pyramid laboratory of the third stomach, he used his Devil Fruit ability to analyze its microstructure the moment he touched it.
The Gold-Gold Fruit can indeed manipulate pure gold, but it's completely different from manipulating gold; it requires more mental effort and physical exertion.
To minimize and reduce the brilliance of the pure gold, Oro transformed it into an extremely thin liquid film, which he then evenly covered his entire body.
This is also why Newgate saw him "empty-handed".
At this moment, Oro had a sudden thought and tried to mobilize this pure gold film, which was completely different from ordinary gold, to try to integrate it more deeply with his Devil Fruit ability, attempting to incorporate the pure gold into his own energy cycle system.
Then-
An unprecedented resonance arose from within the body!
Every cell in my body is cheering and exhilarating at this moment!
hum!
Oro felt his consciousness stretch infinitely in an instant, but it seemed to converge at a single point in a flash.
At this moment, the nerve pathways within Oro's body transformed into a rushing river of golden light!
Something within Oro's body underwent a qualitative leap under the catalysis of pure gold!
"Ugh!"
All the gold instantly sublimated, transforming into countless golden fireflies dancing in the sky.
At the center of the fireflies, Oro's true form floated in mid-air, his body transforming from flesh and blood into an energy body made of dazzling gold in the blink of an eye!
It was no longer about being wrapped or shaped in gold, but about him himself; his body had turned into gold!
His hair was like burning golden flames, his pupils were like swirling molten gold, and his skin was flowing with a liquid glow.
"What's this kid going to do now that he's only halfway through the fight!"
Newgate stared in astonishment at Oro, who was transforming his body into gold in mid-air: "This is... elemental transformation of the natural system?"
"Damn it! Isn't the Gold-Gold Fruit a Paramecia type?!"
Newgate was certain that he had not misjudged the situation; this was definitely an elemental transformation unique to Logia-type Devil Fruit users!
How did this kid do that?!
In the air, Auro raised his arm, which was made entirely of flowing gold, and gently pressed it down on the earth below.
There was no gold covering or flowing out; instead, the entire material structure of the island was rewritten in an instant, with its color, texture, and properties undergoing a fundamental transformation!
gold!
A dazzling gold!
Centered on Oro, gold surged outwards like a tide, assimilating all non-living matter on the entire island into gold!
It's not just ordinary gold assimilation.
With a thought, Oro manipulated the assimilated gold, and all the gold atoms in his own body shifted and adjusted under his control.
All the golden light became increasingly pure and constant, radiating an aura of eternity and immortality.
On the Golden Dawn, far from the island, Asir clung to the ship's railing, with most of his body hanging out of the water. He was so shocked that his jaw almost dislocated.
That was absolutely pure gold in luster!
Even if Asir dies, he will never be wrong!
The island he had lived on for 200 years, the entire island! It transformed right before his eyes into a whole island of pure gold!
Is that right?
If that's the case, then what does his research even mean?
What are his countless days and nights of hard work in experiments compared to this!
Newgate glanced at the little golden man floating in the sky, then stomped on the pure gold earth that radiated golden light.
He wrapped his blade with Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, slicing through the soft, pure gold earth.
The area that was cleaved open by the domineering force lost its luster, turning into ordinary gold, and then remained unchanged.
It didn't turn back into soil!
No matter how Newgate uses Haki, the pure gold ground beneath his feet merely reverts from pure gold back to its original golden form!
Holy crap! This kid's open!
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