"Chance!"
Marco resisted and was attacked by the navy next week. While Mod controlled the island and smashed it into the harbor, he rushed to the execution platform again.
Just like Whitebeard believed that he could survive in the square, he also believed that his father could save the day.
Chapter 72: Who is strong and who is weak
Marco, who transformed into the form of a phoenix, suddenly rose into the sky and flew straight to the execution platform.
Clusters of blue flames pulled out two brilliant streams of light behind him.
The moment it fell from the island, Marco knew that the large number of troops that appeared like a timely rain were not pure reinforcements.
golden lion…
This man, who had traveled in the same era as his father, would not hesitate to do it even if he sank them into the bottom of the sea together with Marinevando in order to achieve his goal.
So, before the worst happens…
Successfully rescuing Ace is the real chance of winning!
"Marco the Phoenix is heading to the execution stand!"
"Stop him quickly!"
Seeing Marco take the opportunity to take off and rush towards the execution platform, the surrounding navy immediately poured firepower towards Marco.
However,
Regardless of whether it was a gunshot or a slash, when it hit Marco, it only caused an insignificant ripple in the blue flame.
Other than that, nothing works.
"Damn it, you can't hurt him at all!"
"I can't stop it..."
The marines in the square fought hard to attack Marco, but they couldn't even restrict Marco's mobility.
This immunity to damage, which even General Kizaru found difficult, showed its greatest value at this moment.
"Just seize this opportunity..."
Ignoring the many attacks coming from behind, Marco's eyes reflected Ace's figure, he flapped his wings suddenly, turned into a stream of light and swooped towards the execution platform.
Warring States raised his head and looked at Marco expressionlessly. He rolled up his sleeves a few times, and a cold luster flashed in his eyes.
Just as he was about to transform into a golden Buddha, a figure soared into the sky from under the execution platform and lay across Marco's dive route.
That figure is the legendary naval hero Garp!
"Um!?"
Marco's heart was shocked, and he suddenly pulled back the momentum, leaning his body backwards, and at the same time, he put his claws together to kick away Garp who was in the way.
However,
Garp moved faster and punched him directly in the face.
"Bang!"
With a deafening sound of air explosion, Marco's body fell to the ground like a meteor, smashing a large hole in the ground of the square, and a large amount of smoke and dust rose into the air.
Seeing Garp take action, the surrounding navy suddenly became energetic. While feeling excited, they stared intently at the position where Marco fell to the ground.
call-
A pair of blue flame wings emerged from the smoke, and the wind generated during the rotation rolled the smoke to both sides.
Half of Marco's cheek was swollen, and a blue flame of regeneration ignited out of thin air, quickly repairing the injury.
He looked up at Garp who was plummeting from the air to the execution platform, his tone full of reluctance.
"Navy hero Garp..."
First it was Fujitora, then Garp.
Failed to seize both opportunities.
Marco gritted his teeth.
On the execution platform.
Warring States looked at Garp falling straight from the sky, and said calmly: "I said I would hit him, but I still took action, Garp..."
Garp landed firmly on the execution platform and said in a low voice: "I also have my own position."
“…”
Warring States calmly stared at the old man in front of him who had been with him for decades and said nothing more.
"grandfather… "
Ace raised his head slightly and looked at Garp.
Garp turned his head to avoid Ace's gaze, clenched his fists, and said in an incomprehensible tone: "Why don't you live as I said? Brat..."
“…”
Ace was silent, and many scenes of getting along with Garp flashed through his mind.
With the blood of a world-class criminal flowing in his body, how could he survive in the way Garp planned.
After all, most things should be decided by yourself.
Moreover, in the process of searching for answers, he has found his own life.
In the wordless silence, Ace first looked at Marco in the square, and then looked at the sinking island above the harbor.
Now-
There is no point in saying more.
As if sensing some of Ace's emotional changes, Garp and Sengoku couldn't help but look at Ace.
At this moment, the situation in the harbor changed slightly.
Garp and Sengoku suddenly shifted their gazes and looked directly at the island above the harbor that seemed to block out the sky and the sun.
The island pulled by Mod just crashed down towards the harbor.
The golden lion was just angry, how could he let Maud get his wish easily.
He looked down at Maud coldly, his tone full of murderous intent.
"Are you allowed to mess with my 'things'?"
Before he finished speaking, the falling island suddenly hovered again.
But it was the golden lion that restored the island's [buoyancy] through the air and stopped the island's downward trend.
As the island hovers motionless, the crisis appears to have been resolved.
But Whitebeard did not stop there. The aura surrounding his fist became stronger and stronger.
At the moment when the water in the harbor was once again frozen by the blue pheasant, Whitebeard's judgment was correct.
The crisis has not actually been resolved.
Moder first silently praised Aokiji for his timely assist in freezing the seawater in the harbor with the Ice Age, and then looked up at the golden lion standing in the sky.
"your things?"
As he spoke, Maud raised his right hand, and shadow waves surged on his palm, instantly condensing into a black ball.
"Oh, after all, I am also a pirate. Isn't it normal to steal other people's things?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Maude threw the black ball towards the shadow of the island reflected on the ice of the harbor.
This black ball is condensed from his [all shadows]. When concentrated at one point, it has 100% control strength.
The black ball hit the shadow of the island and blended in instantly.
With the intervention of the Shadow Fruit's ability, an uninvited guest appeared on this island that was supposed to be controlled by the Golden Lion.
In a sense,
The power of Piao Piao Fruit is not only that it makes the objects it touches become lighter and that it is immune to the influence of gravity.
Its most powerful thing is actually its ability to control objects freely.
From this point of view alone, one of the most powerful aspects of the Shadow Fruit is actually the control of objects.
Strictly speaking, through the intervention of the target's shadow, the target itself can produce some changes that go beyond common sense and cognition, which is one of the most attractive advantages of the shadow fruit.
In the original work, Moria's [Shadow Revolution] was also developed based on this feature.
It's a pity that Moria, whose "dominance" was destroyed by Kaido, only focused on creating a zombie army with low actual value of the shadow fruit, so that the true value of the shadow fruit was not carried forward.
But Maud was different.
From the moment he decided to eat the Shadow Fruit, it meant that he would bring the Shadow Fruit to a height that previous users could never reach.
This is exactly... the greatest advantage of the time traveler.
"So, which one has the stronger 'control', or mine?"
After letting all the shadows intervene in the shadow of the island, Maud looked calm, and his open fingers suddenly clenched into a fist.
"rumble-"
The island hovering in the sky shook inexplicably and showed signs of falling immediately.
"It seems that my 'control' is stronger."
Maud looked at the sinking island, but there wasn't much surprise.
If,
Piaopiao Fruit's ability to control objects is that it can freely knead an object with a volume of 1m3 into various shapes.
So,
The Shadow Fruit's ability to control objects is not only able to knead an object with a volume of 1m3 into various shapes, but can also turn an object with a volume of 1m3 into 2m3 or even 3m3.
The most important thing is that the shadow fruit is far less difficult to control objects than the fluttering fruit.
Based on this alone, the shadow fruit is by no means weaker than the fluttering fruit.
"So, can you take it back? Your things..."
Maude turned her eyes and looked at the golden lion standing in the sky.
at this time,
The golden lion's face became very ugly.
He finally knew what Mord was capable of.
only…
Is the shadow fruit such a powerful existence
Golden Lion, who has some knowledge of some Devil Fruits, had no idea that Shadow Fruits could be so powerful!
Chapter 73 The Strongest Man and Vigilance
There are priorities among abilities, as well as superiors and subordinates.
In terms of control, Shadow Fruit has a higher priority than Fluttering Fruit.
When Mod used his ability to intervene in the shadow of the island, the Golden Lion noticed something was wrong.
Obviously, control of the island has not been lost, but...
The golden lion could only watch helplessly as the island fell towards the harbor, with no way to do anything.
Such an intuitive feeling was like he was hugging a basketball with all his strength, and then Mod came to him and stretched out his hands to violently grab the basketball in front of him.
Unexpectedly, the referee did not blow the whistle at all, allowing Mod to steal the basketball, and then slam the basketball into the basket like a show of strength.
This is too uncomfortable!
The golden lion's face was so gloomy that it seemed like it could drip water.
Before that, he had been mentally prepared for a fierce battle with the navy's top combat power.
But he didn't expect that he would suffer a loss at the hands of Maude first.