Pirates' Max Level System

The ghost ship where Ayi Du was located was the first to break into the navy fleet, and it was not far from the "Navy One". The next second, Kizaru arrived on the navy ship where Ayi Du was located.

The strength of the undead that took over the bodies of other warships also increased, but after all, it was not as great as Ayi Du's, so other naval generals came forward to deal with it.

No matter what the outside world reacted to, Ayi Du silently cursed "Damn it" in his heart.

"This body is still too ordinary," Ayi Du muttered in a very low voice. As the third-in-command of the entire Ghost Fleet, how could Ayi Du's strength be limited to that of a peak Lieutenant General? At his normal level, he could fight against a Marshal-level warrior without losing.

Ayi Du, whose strength was limited by the body he possessed, felt somewhat frustrated and searched everywhere for a fresh, powerful body. However, since there were no eyeballs in his eye sockets, no one could see this.

Then Ayi Du saw Kizaru appear in front of him.

Kizaru was annoyed. Every time they encountered an unknown enemy, he was the first one sent out to meet them. To put it nicely, it was a sign of trust in his abilities, allowing him to test the enemy's capabilities and tactics. To put it bluntly, it was like he was being used as a guinea pig by the navy's top brass. If the enemy really had some unpredictable tactics, he would be the first to suffer.

It can't be that just because Kizaru has the Pika Pika no Mi, he always has the bad luck to be a loser. Among the three most prestigious members of the new generation of the navy, Kizaru, Aokiji and Akainu, Kizaru is just a younger brother.

Compared to the other two, Aokiji and Akainu are the Navy's biological children, while Kizaru seems to be adopted by the Navy. He does the hardest work, runs the longest field missions, fights the most dangerous enemies, and finally ranks last among the three.

"The Pikachu Fruit? It's been a while. I can't even remember the last time I saw someone with the Pikachu Fruit." Ayi Du was quite envious of the Pikachu Fruit. This ability was not only powerful but also versatile. It could be said that the fruit was a gateway to becoming a powerful being.

Ayidu had his eye on Kizaru's body. The navy commanders previously targeted by these undead spirits were either physically formidable or possessed Devil Fruit abilities. The main reason for this was easy to guess: a stronger body would facilitate their recovery.

As for Devil Fruit users, the abilities of the possessed person are retained. Ultimately, Devil Fruits are bound to the body, not the soul. As long as the target is possessed within the shortest possible time after death, the Devil Fruit will not detect the body's death, and the fruit's abilities will not disappear.

But he soon gave up the idea of ​​taking over Kizaru's body, and Kizaru stabilized his body and revealed his full face. Ayidu, who prided himself on being elegant and graceful, really couldn't bring himself to talk to a useless uncle like Kizaru.

"You make me feel sick, the user of the Pika Pika no Mi of this era." Ayi Du pointed the blade of the bone scepter at Kizaru, criticizing him as if he were a noble looking down on a dirty and untouchable person.

"Ah."

Without any warning, a yellow light extended directly from Kizaru's finger and instantly pierced through Ayidu's right chest.

Kizaru was really angry. He had just appeared in front of these skeletons and was despised. He, Kizaru, had no dignity at all, and he was still being treated like a filthy undead. Therefore, Kizaru said nothing and pierced the skeleton with the extended version of the Ame no Murakumo sword.

"Ah, what were you saying just now? I didn't hear you clearly." Kizaru looked at the undead in front of him with contempt and mockery, and the extended version of the Ama Murakumo sword in his hand slid around, quickly expanding the wound on Ayidu's body to about the size of a fist.

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This sneak attack was something Kizaru had used repeatedly against pirates who displeased him. Seeing the pirates' shocked and desperate eyes always delighted Kizaru, and he would taunt them even more vigorously. However, this time, Kizaru had chosen the wrong target. Undead spirits don't have hearts, and even if they did, they wouldn't be his fatal weakness.

"You are a despicable person, you are blaspheming the power of the Pika Pika no Mi and mocking the followers of Lady Death. You must be punished." In the face of Kizaru's slightly surprised expression, Ayi Du uttered an angry rebuke from his mouth. From this voice, Ayi Du seemed to be fine.

The bone scepter swept across, and Kizaru's extended version of the Ame no Murakumo sword was directly smashed into light fragments and disappeared into the air.

When Kizaru's Murakumo sword disappeared, a black substance like liquid overflowed from the hole in his chest that was cut by the Murakumo sword, and the big hole in his chest quickly healed.

"Tide of Death."

Ayi Du tapped the bone staff on the deck, and like a dragonfly touching the water, ripples appeared on the deck. The tide of black matter rushed towards Kizaru like a floodgate opened.

Yellow Monkey's heart skipped a beat, and he felt something was wrong, so he dodged and left. But the navy soldiers behind him were not so lucky, as they were completely submerged by the sticky black substance, and the entire navy warship was completely swallowed by the black substance.

Chapter 400: Death Domain

The torrent of black matter wasn't extremely fast, but it was not slow either. It was normal for Kizaru to dodge it, but these navy soldiers weren't so lucky or strong.

He only had time to shout "Help" or "Run" once or twice, and was submerged by the black substance before he could even jump off the boat.

Wherever the black substance engulfed them, everything fell silent. No sound of struggle or shouting was heard.

The entire warship, except for the position where Ayi Du was located, all the rest, whether navy or undead, were engulfed by the black matter.

After a while, the black substance shrank back as if rewinding and disappeared at the bottom of the bone scepter.

After the black substance receded, the secrets hidden beneath the darkness were revealed to everyone. The undead remained the same, but the navy soldiers were reduced to a pile of bones.

This scene stunned countless naval commanders who were watching the battle. The strangeness and power of the black substance was something they were unwilling to face. Immediately, the nearby warships and the navy who were fighting other undead spirits took a step back, unwilling to encounter the black substance.

"What a monster! He can use such evil powers." Kizaru's voice came from the sky in front of Ayi Du. Anyone who heard it would think that Kizaru had just hidden in the sky.

But at the same time, Kizaru appeared behind Ayidu, his feet shining with yellow light. A "light speed kick" was kicked directly into Ayidu's face.

Ayidu felt the raging energy and the gust of wind behind him, and knew that Kizaru was attacking him from behind. He even guessed that Kizaru's target was his face. But is a light speed kick so easy to defend against, especially one that was designed to make a feint to the east and attack from the west?

At the last moment, Ayidu turned his head, and his free left hand instantly blocked the path of Kizaru's light-speed kick. With one kick, followed by a dull thud, Ayidu stumbled back several steps in the opposite direction.

There was no sign of injury on Ayidu's face. In the end, his left hand blocked Kizaru's light-speed kick, preventing him from being hit in the face in public.

However, Ayi Du also paid a heavy price. Ayi Du relied on his previous combat experience to come up with a temporary response strategy, but it was naturally impossible to block Kizaru's well-prepared kick with just his left hand in such a hurry.

At this moment, Ayi Du's left hand was twisted and bent unnaturally. If it were an ordinary person, this hand would have been useless, with no chance of recovery. But how could Ayi Du be an ordinary person?

After regaining his footing, Ayi Du raised his left hand and looked at it, as if he was looking at a broken object rather than his own hand. He then used his right hand to bend his deformed left hand back.

"You have provoked the servants of Lady Death again. Put away your little tricks, the user of the Pika Pika Fruit." As he spoke, black substance emerged from his left hand and completely wrapped around it. Within a few seconds, his left hand had returned to normal.

Kizaru thought it was a pity when he saw this. He had originally planned to directly remove the head of the undead who called himself Ayi Du, but he was blocked in the end.

The two consecutive surprise attacks have raised Ayi Du's vigilance against him to the highest level.

And according to Ayi Du, Kizaru seemed to have blasphemed the beliefs of these lunatics, and Ayi Du intended to humanely destroy him.

Kizaru didn't care about Ayidu's wrath. Even if he couldn't defeat him, with his abilities, he could easily escape. The real problem was the dark matter, which could be used to kill and repair the undead. Defeating a being that could fight, resist, and heal was a thankless task.

If possible, Kizaru really wanted to turn around and leave.

"Eight-foot beautiful magatama."

There were no more living marines on the naval vessel where Ayi Du was, so Kizaru had no more concerns. If he could take out a peak-level vice admiral, sinking an ordinary naval vessel would be no big deal. So Kizaru took to the air and launched a long-range attack on Ayi Du.

"Black shield." Ayi Du waved the bone scepter casually, and a shield made of black matter appeared in front of him. All the light spots attacking him disappeared in the black shield without any response.

"You think you are the user of the Pika Pika no Mi, so I can't do anything to you. Death Field." Ayidu has lived for several centuries longer than Kizaru.

Although the Pika Pika Nomi is rare, Ayi Du has seen it several times and knows a few ways to counter the Pika Pika Nomi. However, he just succeeded in taking over another body, so his brain is a little unclear... After all, it is easy to become brainless if you stay in the form of a skeleton for too long.

As the death field unfolded, the black substance turned into mist and diffused around, enveloping Kizaru in a circle. Once inside the circle, Kizaru's ability to transform into light was blocked, and not only was his speed suppressed, he couldn't even leave the cage in the form of light.

"Akainu, help me." Feeling something was wrong, Kizaru was very cunning and immediately called for help as soon as he felt something was wrong.

"Hmph, big fire breath, monster, die." Akainu was not particularly willing, but Kizaru called him, and he also wanted to use this opportunity to show off in front of the navy. Akainu was still flying in the sky, and the attack was already hitting Ayidu.

Akainu's attack was filled with fiery sparks and flames, and the black shield alone couldn't block all of it. Ayi Du swung the bone scepter, and a black sword energy split Akainu's fire-breathing weapon in half.

Akainu came to the navy warship where the two were fighting. As soon as he entered the realm of death, he felt a sticky and heavy feeling, and he understood why Kizaru suddenly asked him for help.

But isn't Kizaru trying to trick him? The Death Field can greatly limit the strength of those who use the Nature Fruit ability. In the field, Kizaru and Akainu's fruit abilities can't even hit them normally.

Akainu and Kizaru, who cannot use their fruit abilities as they wish, choose to fight Ayidu in close combat.

This battle was strange. This Ayidu was evenly matched with everyone he fought. Before, he was evenly matched with Kizaru. Now, he was fighting Akainu and Kizaru alone, evenly matched. What was going on?

Yellow Monkey summoned the Murakumo sword and combined it with a light-speed kick. Akainu turned his hands into magma, and each blow was a miniature version of a large fire-breathing attack. Under this attack, Ayi Du used a bone scepter to change in various ways, sometimes it was a knife that chopped down Akainu's fist, and sometimes it was a scepter that hit Yellow Monkey's head with lumps.

From time to time, Ayidu would summon some black matter. Combined with the Death Field to weaken the two's strength, he barely managed to deal with Akainu and Kizaru with his rich experience in fighting enemies without losing.

Chapter 401 Yellow Monkey is captured

The fight between Akainu, Kizaru and Ayidu has lasted for more than a minute. The undead who had been deliberately trying to appear elegant are now a little anxious.

The undead's empty eye sockets and expression were still like a pool of stagnant water, without any change, but the movements of his hands had begun to become rapid.

"While maintaining the Death Field, I also have to fight two enemies at the peak level of Vice Admiral. If I continue like this, not only will my energy be completely depleted, but the other high-ranking naval officers nearby, seeing that nothing else has happened, will probably join the battle and take me down."

Ayi Du thought of this and glanced at the ghost ship's progress infiltrating the navy fleet. As long as the delaying mission was completed, he would immediately find an opportunity to quickly disengage from the battle at the signal.

It is indeed extremely difficult for undead at his level to die, but it does not mean that he has a masochistic tendency. Being besieged by two people of the same strength is not a good experience.

"Praise be to Lady Death, your followers are willing to bring you 17 more eternal deaths. Please put an end to this damn time-delaying mission." An undead prayed silently in his heart.

Perhaps the devout faith of a certain deceased soul truly moved the heavens. This was said strangely, as if the skeleton had been moved to tears.

Regardless, Ayidu's inner request was answered. The Siren Queen's song suddenly changed, transforming from the previous undead prelude to a seductive and sensual song.

The change in the song had an immediate effect. Countless navy soldiers felt as if their brothers had suddenly stood up in battle.

Then an embarrassing scene appeared. The soldiers on the warships of the entire navy fleet that were engaged in a boarding battle with the ghost ship were dodging the attacks of the skeletons in a panic and bending down to cover up their ugly appearance.

The naval soldiers' pants are all fluffy, which can't hide the little brothers that are "all over the body" engorged with blood and passionate. An obvious bulge appears on most naval soldiers who have been lonely for a long time, breaking the original body balance.

You said that swords and knives are merciless on the battlefield. If you were to get caught in the act, your brother would either be injured or chopped off. This would be much more serious than a limb injury. Just thinking about it gives me chills.

The new singing represented embarrassment to the navy soldiers, but to the undead, it was a signal that all the undead on the ghost ship had been awakened.

Ayi Du cut off the huge flames coming from Akainu with a sword, and the bone scepter retracted. The demon skull on the top of the scepter hit Kizaru, and he himself was hit by a light-speed kick from Kizaru.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of being kicked away by Kizaru at the speed of light, Ayi Du opened his mouth slightly and issued commands in a soft voice that was inaudible to ordinary people. There seemed to be water rolling in his eye sockets without eyeballs, and a silent command was transmitted to the sea.

At this time, Akainu and Kizaru's full attention was on Ayidu. They also felt that Ayidu was close to his limit. As long as they used some more time, they would be able to take down this undead. Even if they couldn't kill this high-level undead, they could still do experiments and decide whether to braise or steam it.

There was a large empty sea area around the warship where Akainu, Kizaru and Ayidu were. The other naval ships subconsciously stayed away from this naval ship, fearing that the battle between these three people would affect other warships.

Suddenly, two tentacles shot out from the sea on either side of the warship. Each tentacle was about five or six meters thick, and its surface was covered with sharp teeth. If prey was caught by the tentacles, even if it was not crushed to death, it would be cut all over by these teeth.

The targets of these two tentacles were obvious, they rushed towards Akainu and Kizaru respectively.

It was as if the tentacles had eyes. No matter how the two people dodged and hid their breath, the tentacles would always come straight towards where they were.

Akainu had barely managed to repel the tentacle that attacked him, relying on the heat and magma. The strong stench of fish and the aroma of grilled octopus filled the air around him. It was a strange combination, and Akainu felt like vomiting.

Kizaru wasn't so lucky. When the tentacle first emerged, Kizaru was completely focused on Ayidu, and since he and Ayidu had already been fighting for a while, he was physically inferior to Akainu. The tentacle suddenly and swiftly emerged from the sea, striking Kizaru's chest hard.

This blow was not only extremely powerful, it also pulled Kizaru from the deck of the navy battleship to the bottom of the ship. The teeth on the tentacle also slashed a hole in Kizaru's stomach.

The tentacles' goal was to capture or kill Kizaru, and although they succeeded once, they didn't achieve their goal. The tentacles continued to push, ramming through the navy ship from the sea and rolling towards Kizaru, who was knocked to the bottom of the ship.

Yellow Monkey lay on the bottom of the boat, looking at the steel plates above his head that were broken layer by layer by himself, and felt as if all the bones in his body were broken. Yellow Monkey was just thinking about lying down for a while, when he heard the huge movement of the tentacles crashing through the bottom of the boat, Yellow Monkey knew that something was wrong in an instant.

"That monster is here again, ugh." Kizaru stood up with all his strength, and he forced his body to transform into a liquid state and leave. However, in Ayidu's death domain, it was not so easy to transform into an element, but instead it aroused the injuries in his body, and he vomited out a mouthful of old knowledge.

In just a moment, the tentacles had reached 863 Kizaru. Kizaru knew he must not be caught by the tentacles, as this was the bottom of the ship. If he was dragged into the sea by the monsters in the sea, even if he had ten lives after eating the devil fruit, it would not be enough.

Even though he tried his best to dodge, after rushing out of the hole he had knocked through, Kizaru's movements became slow due to his injuries and he was caught by the tentacles on the deck.

The tentacles wrapped around Kizaru layer by layer, and the tentacles were covered with a special fishy smell of mucus and sea water. As a devil fruit user, Kizaru was soaked in sea water and under the influence of the death field, his whole body was limp and he had no strength.

The powerful compression force of the tentacles and the sharp teeth on them made Kizaru truly experience what it meant to be like pork on a chopping board, what it meant to be as heavy as Mount Tai, and what it meant to be cut into pieces.

After Kizaru almost lost consciousness, the tentacles did not rush to kill Kizaru. As if they had had enough fun, the tentacles stopped compressing Kizaru and wanted to dive into the sea with Kizaru.

Akainu wanted to rescue him, but was entangled by Ayidu. Ayidu smiled. This was the first time this undead showed others that they could also smile. If nothing unexpected happened, they would get the body of the Pika Pika no Mi, so Ayidu laughed happily.

But nothing goes smoothly, whether it's the navy or the ghosts on the ghost ship.

Chapter 402 Paul

Just when Kizaru was about to be dragged into the sea by the tentacles, rescuers arrived.

"Ice Age."

Along with Aokiji's calm voice, ice crystals filled the sky.

White ice spread out from Aokiji's hands and quickly rushed towards the tentacles that were holding Kizaru. After entering the death zone, the speed of the white ice's expansion obviously stopped and greatly reduced.

A glint flashed in Aokiji's eyes, his expression unchanged, but he increased the output of his freezing power. The expansion of the white ice crystals paused for a moment before returning to its previous speed.

The tentacles carrying Kizaru were frozen before they could successfully retract into the seabed. The tentacles that wrapped Kizaru layer by layer also lost their previous vitality.

Aokiji conjured a two-meter-long ice blade in his hand and, with a few slashes, reached the frozen tentacle. With the inertia of its high-speed movement, the ice blade slashed through the frozen tentacle, instantly breaking the tentacle, which looked like an icicle, into countless segments.

Each tentacle broke into smaller pieces and finally dissipated into the air. Kizaru also escaped after a tentacle broke apart and fell onto the frozen sea.

Aokiji, who saved Kizaru, fell on the ice after slashing, and Kizaru, who saw the light of day again from the layers of tentacles, also landed beside him.

"I'm really not suitable for using swords." Aokiji looked at the ice blade in his hand that was broken into two pieces.

In order to shatter the frozen tentacles with one strike, Aokiji had already used the hardest ice as material to condense the ice blade. At least in terms of strength, the ice blade Aokiji had just used was already stronger than most famous swords.

But now this extremely hard and strong ice blade has become a memory, completely broken into two pieces.

Aokiji knew that this was not a problem with the ice blade itself, but a problem with his slashing technique and his understanding of swords.

Aokiji was a man who would ignore any trouble he encountered in the past. This time, too, since he couldn't use a sword, Aokiji decided not to use it.

These thoughts only flashed through Aokiji's mind, and he soon turned his attention back to the person he was trying to save, Kizaru.

Yellow Monkey was covered in wounds and blood, and it was impossible to tell where the wounds were. A thin layer of ice enveloped Yellow Monkey, causing his entire body to become stiff. It also froze the blood in the wounds all over Yellow Monkey's body, temporarily stopping the bleeding.

"I didn't expect Kizaru to be so badly injured. Even if I thaw him now, his injuries will prevent him from participating in the next battle."

Seeing Kizaru's injuries clearly, Aokiji was quite afraid of the tentacle from before. He also discovered that the power of the devil fruit was suppressed within the range of the death field. This was probably the reason why Kizaru failed to dodge in time and was hit by the tentacles one after another.

After thinking for a while, Aokiji took Kizaru to Marshal Kong Gukong to seek treatment. As one of the main combat forces of the navy, Kizaru couldn't be defeated here.