Time Travel: Age of Discovery

The former bid 1.4 billion, and Taiya directly raised the price by 100 million, approaching this price.

Taiya has made his bottom line clear, and everyone knows it. Taiya is going all in.

The other party was obviously shocked. Raising the price by 100 million was no joke.

It seems that Taiya is determined to get this fruit.

The old man glanced at Taiya, a mysterious smile flashing across his lips, as if admiring his courage.

However, someone else outbid it.

Taiya chose to give up. The middle-aged man did not give him an unlimited budget, so he had no choice but to do so.

However, Taiya remembered the animal-type devil fruit he had just obtained. He realized that he could not complete the mission and there was no hope of getting any reward.

What should he do? Taiya was worried.

bang bang bang-

There were a few muffled sounds, and the lights under the dome suddenly went out. Only the faint light from the bottom of the lake could be seen, and the space fell into darkness.

What happened?

Everyone was confused, and Taiya was alert to his surroundings, not noticing that the old man beside him had disappeared without a trace.

"what!"

A scream echoed from the stage, and the sound seemed to come from the stage.

Then, a loud rumbling sound like thunder was heard in the distance.

Several beams of fire illuminated an area. People in the black market were dressed in black and red clothes and held torches in their hands.

Taiya found that the host on the stage was lying in a pool of blood, as if he had suffered a fatal blow.

But the fruit of the operation on the plate has disappeared.

Black eat black?

Taiya's first thought was that there was no other explanation.

By the light of the fire, Taiya found that the old man beside him was gone.

There was a crackling sound from above, and someone shouted, "It's going to collapse!"

Under the sky, the glass dome cracked and shattered in an instant, and the lake water poured down like a surging wave.

"Run away!"

But it was too late. The flood was surging like a ferocious beast, and no one could stop it.

Teya jumped quickly to avoid the water, performed the Moon Step, and flew into the sky. At this moment, the only thing he could do was to escape.

However, the underground water chamber was flooded in an instant, and those who still had the strength struggled upstream to seek a chance of survival.

Teya was like a dragon in the water, charging forward with all his might, his speed swift. Although the current was strong, Teya, relying on his past training in the sea, did not have to exert much effort.

While closing his eyes, Teya accidentally touched something. He clenched his hands and opened his eyes. It was the animal-type devil fruit.

"God help me too!"

Teya wanted to speak, but only blew out bubbles, then performed the "sea walk" and rushed towards the lake.

At the entrance to the black market, three men in red had their heads and bodies torn apart, their deaths gruesome. An old man stood nearby. He was the man who had sat next to Teya at the auction.

"You can still stain my hands even when you are dying."

The old man spoke angrily, his voice, though youthful, belying his appearance. Wiping the blood from his hands, he pulled out the Surgery Fruit from his pocket, a wicked smile forming on his face.

"Finally it fell into my hands."

The old man pocketed the fruit and dialed the Den Den Mushi. "Into the darkness..."

“No trace.”

On the island, the wind rises.

The lake is calm and bubbles appear in succession.

“Puff—whoosh…”

The bubbles became denser and denser, and a man broke out of the water like a fish leaping from the waves.

Teya spit out the water, took a slow breath, and looked around alertly. Seeing nothing unusual, he swam towards the shore.

The wet suit clung to his skin, causing him great discomfort. Teya went ashore, wrung out his clothes, and reluctantly put them on.

The enemy situation was unknown, and he suspected that this matter was related to the old man because his behavior was suspicious.

Shaking off the water droplets on his clothes, Teya frowned slightly, his thoughts intertwined like threads.

From the beginning, he had been suspicious of the middle-aged man. If he wasn't curious about the black market, why would he have ventured into such a dangerous situation? Anyone who could easily come up with 1.5 billion berries must be bluffing or have a strong backer.

Who dares to act recklessly in the black market?

Toya threw up his devil fruit, pondering his next move. He had obtained this fruit by chance, and he could have quietly left, letting others fight, having nothing to do with him.

But who has the surgery fruit fallen into his hands? Teya feels unwilling to find out the truth and wants to know the identity of the old man.

Other survivors and debris gradually appeared on the lake surface, and it was likely that many people had died in the disaster.

"Damn it! This is my first time setting foot in the black market, and I've already suffered such a disaster. It's so infuriating!"

"I almost lost my life on this trip..."

"Hello? Headquarters? Idiot, the Den Den Mushi is broken."

The surviving black market personnel were distraught, unable to contact their leader, in low status and at a loss.

Everyone decided to go ashore first and then make plans, and the survivors formed small teams.

It is inconvenient to carry the devil fruit, and hiding it may cause loss, so Tea wrapped it in clothes and tied it to his side to avoid attracting attention.

Their lives were unknown, so Teya deliberately widened the gap when he came ashore, hoping to rescue more people.

Those who come to the black market are not necessarily evil, Teya thought so. Franky went to the black market just for the treasure tree Adam.

The lake is shaped like a funnel, with one end connecting to the sea and the outlet like a funnel mouth.

Teya ran quickly along the lake and headed straight for the exit.

The survivors were all in sight, and they couldn't go straight, so they had to take a detour. That was the place where the middle-aged man and Teya had agreed to meet, and it was also the exit for everyone in the black market to evacuate.

The exit was just around the corner, and Teya discovered that the boat moored on the shore was the middle-aged man's boat.

It seemed that he had been waiting here for a long time. Teya did not rush, but lay in wait and observed.

Seeing nothing unusual, Teya used his observation skills to investigate and was sure that this was the only person on the boat, who should be a middle-aged man.

Teya took a deep breath and walked towards the side of the boat.

"I've been waiting for a long time."

As Teya came out of the forest, the voice of a middle-aged man was heard from the boat, and then his figure jumped to the shore.

The middle-aged man was still wearing black clothes and looked at Teya with a smile on his face.

"How is it? What's the transaction price?"

"This matter... has many twists and turns..."

Teya recounted the events in detail, mentioning that the black market dome was destroyed and the fruits were stolen. The middle-aged man's expression suddenly changed, revealing shock and anger.

He paced back and forth, pondering the seriousness of the situation. Teya secretly used his perceptive gaze to gauge his emotions and realized that the middle-aged man's anxiety was genuine.

Even so, Teya remained on guard.