The audience was in chaos.
Just a minute ago, Conan of the Fang Pirates defeated his opponent and won the championship of the Beast Fighting Tournament with a strong appearance.
The audience who witnessed the result of the beast fighting final responded with the warmest applause and cheers.
On the ring, Conan in his beast form narrowed his eyes and enjoyed the cheers from the audience.
But at that moment, more than a dozen violent explosions without warning swept through many places in the auditorium in an instant.
Thick black smoke billowed, and nearly a thousand spectators were killed on the spot.
This sudden drastic change immediately suppressed the lively atmosphere in the Colosseum.
Immediately afterwards, the panicked spectators fled, and during the pushing and shoving, countless people were swept under their feet.
The surrounding chaos did not affect Maude who was sitting quietly.
Even though he had expected it, Moder didn't expect that those who wanted to seize the Devil Fruit would start in such an inhumane way.
Maude looked up and looked at the crystal box still hanging quietly high in the sky.
After this, I'm afraid there will be thousands more victims in the Colosseum.
"boom!"
Amid the chaos, a gunshot pierced the air.
The bullet fired from a corner of the auditorium accurately hit the rope tied to the crystal box.
Tsk!
The rope snapped.
The crystal box containing the devil fruit fell from high altitude to the ground.
"Oh oh oh!"
Almost at this moment, bursts of excited and excited roars erupted in the audience.
At this moment, a slender fishing line was thrown towards the freely falling crystal box.
The fishhook at the end of the fishing line actually successfully hooked the small round mouth above the crystal box.
"Haha, the devil fruit is mine!"
An exciting voice suddenly echoed throughout the audience.
People who were eyeing the Devil Fruit were shocked to see the crystal box being snatched away by a fishhook. They turned to follow the sound, only to see a slender man trying to pull back the fishing rod in his hand.
"It's the sea fisherman Glila with a bounty of 66 million!!!"
Someone immediately recognized the person who used the fishing line to hook away the crystal box.
Maude also saw this scene.
There is no shortage of strange people and strange things in the world.
As he thought to himself, Maud took out the Dark Crow and pulled the trigger high into the sky.
The lead bullets wrapped in heat flew out, breaking the slender fishing line that was moving at high speed.
"W-What!?"
Sea fisherman Glila stared at the fishing line being interrupted with a look of disbelief.
Such a thin fishing line
How can this be? !
Bang bang!
Mod stepped into the air with a blast of air, and caught the crystal box containing the devil fruit under the gaze of many astonished eyes.
At this time, the muzzle of the flintlock gun he held in his other hand was still emitting white smoke.
It seemed to be telling a fact to the owner of the countless gathered eyes.
Just now, he was the one who shot and broke the fishing line.
Therefore, he is qualified to get this much-anticipated trophy.
"It's Bacardi Mod!!!"
Chapter 74: Escape intact
Maude stepped on the air and stood in the sky.
The signature Moon Step technique made many pirates present who knew the Six Styles confused for a moment or two.
now,
All the people in the Colosseum who came for Devil Fruit,
Whether they are pirates, bounty hunters, or even people in the underground world.
Their eyes were all focused on Maude.
To be more precise, it's the Devil Fruit in Mod's hand.
"Bacardi Mod! That Devil Fruit is mine!"
Sea fisherman Glila's extremely angry voice echoed from the audience seats to the entire audience.
No one would feel good if they were cut off halfway.
It is also a legendary and rare ancient devil fruit.
Glila's lungs were about to burst with anger.
Without even glancing at Glila, Mod put away the empty Dark Crow and looked at the Devil Fruit in the crystal box at close range in front of everyone.
The dark green ripples on the peel give people a sense of vitality.
The three pointed long leaves with sharp edges on the top of the fruit vaguely reveal the details of the type of ability.
"If it's really an ancient species..."
Maude whispered.
The two small and one large pointed long leaves instantly made the image of a dinosaur appear in his mind.
Eating the fruit as soon as you grab it is an excellent way to avoid conflicts later.
However, Mod's desire to eat this Devil Fruit is basically zero.
Now, he doesn't need Devil Fruit at all to improve his strength or increase his hunting efficiency.
Therefore, even if he wants to eat Devil Fruit, he must meet two prerequisites.
First, he had to determine the type of Devil Fruit's ability. He didn't want to block his future on a Devil Fruit with unknown abilities.
If he eats a rubbish fruit, not only will he not be able to increase his strength, but he will also have an additional weakness of the Sea Tower Stone, then who will he cry to
The second is that the upper limit and ability of the Devil Fruit must be worthy of him.
This kind of qualitative demand is not because he is arrogant, but because he is responsible for his own future.
If the upper limit of Devil Fruit wasn't high, then he wouldn't need it at all.
No one knew what thoughts were running through Maud's mind at the moment.
No one could have imagined that the person who took away the Devil Fruit in front of everyone was still being picky.
And the things he picked out were the things they wished they could eat hundreds of mouthfuls of.
No matter what, in order to prevent Mod from eating the Devil Fruit directly, they just want to knock down Mod as soon as possible.
"Bang bang...!"
Many pirates suddenly shot at Mod in the air.
In this case, they couldn't care less about shooting first.
If you defeat Mod first, you may have a chance to grab the Devil Fruit.
Moreover, the situation is so chaotic. If you are still targeted by Maude for doing evil, you will have no choice but to consider yourself unlucky.
Someone took the lead in shooting, which immediately triggered a group effect.
Lead bullets flew toward Maud one after another.
Facing the lead bullets with murderous intent coming from all around, Maud's eyes flashed with red light, and he used the moon step freely to change direction and move in the air, dodging all the lead bullets.
Seeing that Mod was able to easily dodge such dense bullets while in the air.
The pirates or bounty hunters who fired shots in the field were all frightened, fearing that Mod would suddenly glance over at them.
Until then, what should we do
Despite this, they were still nervous and kept pulling the trigger.
Worry and fear cannot stop their desire for Devil Fruits.
"I won the championship in the Beast Fighting Competition. That Devil Fruit... belongs to me!"
After two rounds of concentrated fire, another even more angry voice resounded throughout the audience.
The owner of the voice is Conan, the vice-captain of the Fang Pirates who won the championship in the Beast Fighting Competition.
In terms of ownership alone, this Devil Fruit does belong to Conan.
However, in this case, who will talk to you about the law and ownership rights
Mod followed the voice and looked at Conan, who was looking extremely ugly. Before he could react, he heard someone in the Colosseum mercilessly refuting Conan's words.
"Fuck the beast fighting competition, whoever has the ability to grab it will be his!"
"Yes, if you are really capable, then go and snatch it back?!"
The voice of fearing that the world would not be in chaos was like thousands of fine needles, piercing Conan's nerves.
Oh shit…
Conan cursed angrily in his heart and looked at Mod in the air with red eyes.
I lowered my face and went to fight with a group of wild beasts and please others just to get this devil fruit today.
In the end, it's good for you, you did nothing and just waited to grab things!
Conan was furious.
Unable to vent his anger, he bent down and gathered strength, preparing to jump up and pounce down Maud in the air.
At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten the fact that he was a pirate.
In the world of pirates, burning, killing and looting is the most normal thing, especially the fighting and looting between peers, which is an unavoidable chain of relationships.
"Conan, don't be impulsive."
On the side, Captain Bertrand of the Fiang Pirates caught Conan's irrational thoughts in time.
If he pounced on him in this situation, regardless of whether he could tear Maude off, he would probably be beaten to pieces by the lead bullets coming from all directions.
You know, Maude's ability to dodge bullets looks very easy and simple.
But if they were to go up, it would probably crash in less than three seconds.
"Captain..."
Konan stared with red eyes and turned his head to look at Bertrand, who was holding his shoulder.
"Calm down, if your life is gone, there is nothing left."
Bertrand looked up at Maud, a chill brewing in the depths of his pupils.
“…”
Conan gritted his teeth.
After all, they still don't have the courage like Maud to dare to be exposed to all gunpoints.
That's where Mod's capital lies in obtaining the Devil Fruit.
If it had been them, they would have obtained the Devil Fruit, but they might have been torn to pieces by the crazy group of colleagues in the Colosseum in the next moment.
"Then we... just watch like this?"
Conan was still unwilling to give in.