Pirates' Max Level System

When people are in danger, they will always instinctively seek shelter or lie down with their heads in their hands, especially in disasters such as earthquakes and explosions.

The time waiting for death and disaster to come is always long. The more painful the moment, the longer the time seems, almost as if one can break one second into a minute.

After a long while, not to mention the explosion, even the sound of the shell hitting the ground was not heard.

The soldiers operating the artillery were all stunned. This was the first time they had encountered such a strange thing in their artillery career. It couldn't be that the shells they had just fired were duds. Even if they were duds, they had to make some noise.

The officer in charge of the artillery blinked innocently at the constant stream of glances from his subordinates and superiors. "There's no point looking at me. I'm also confused."

At this time, the sky above the Drake family's mansion was dotted with a large number of "balloons". The guys who were waiting to die were staring at this scene in a daze, and they even forgot to run.

The black "balloons" are actually cannonballs. The closest one is less than two meters away from the ground. If you get closer, you can even feel the heat from the cannonballs.

In this situation, Qin Luo must have taken action. Even if he didn't care about the feelings of Derek and his son, he would not let anyone blow up the place where he was.

"barrier."

With a whisper, Qin Luo spread out his right hand towards the sky outside the window, and an invisible barrier opened to meet the flying shells.

The imagined explosion did not happen. The shell slowed down slightly above the barrier, and a transparent film quickly wrapped around the surface of the shell and then passed through.

I don’t know when, Qin Luo turned into a "membrane" mage, which can be said to be quite violent.

The essence of the transparent film is a relatively gentle and constantly changing repulsive force, which gradually wears away the momentum of the shell, just like it falling into a pile of cotton.

The explosion of the shell was also restrained by this thin film, stagnating in mid-air and reaching a relatively stable state.

Theoretically, as long as no one dares to destroy this state before Qin Luo removes these repulsive forces, the bound shells will not explode.

Like some bored swordsman poking at it with his knife, trying to figure out what was happening to the cannonball.

Em...white light and black smoke were everywhere. Even if the exploding shells didn't kill him, they made him look dirty.

This incident tells others a lesson: if you seek death, you will really die.

The moderate troops responsible for the artillery bombardment will not give up the bombardment because of the second round of strange circumstances.

There is nothing in the world that cannot be solved by one round of artillery fire. If there is, then use two rounds.

Moderates firmly believe in this truth. In the pirate world where the technology tree is completely skewed, the navy may have already developed Gundam, Terminator and laser cannon, but the king of hot weapons at sea is still artillery, which is basically universal.

This is also the reason why the "Massacre Order" is so terrifying. Only when the nuclear bomb (Caesar's kingdom of death) is developed one day can the Massacre Order be put on the back burner.

The third and fourth rounds of artillery fire were more rapid than before, but the situation did not change.

The dark shells hung across the sky like black pearls, creating a unique scene under the moonlight.

After the third and fourth rounds of bombardment, Qin Luo no longer cared about the bombardment. Since there were no accidents in three consecutive rounds, there was only one way for these people to achieve their goal, and that was to bury the entire mansion with countless shells.

Qin Luo made an inviting gesture to Taotu in a gentlemanly manner.

In order to cater to the atmosphere of the banquet, Qin Luo and Taotu specially changed into dresses customized for them by Derek and his son.

At this time, Taotu and Qin Luo, who were dressed in formal attire, walked down slowly from the second floor arm in arm, while Drake, his son, and the captain of the guards followed closely behind them.

There is no need to explain who is the protagonist of the banquet.

The entire first floor was covered with blood and corpses, and a group of living people were still lying down with their heads in their hands. The footsteps of Qin Luo and Tao Tu as they walked down from the second floor with elegant steps seemed to step on their hearts.

It's like forcibly inserting a fresh and clean style into the hellish style. This weird feeling is like seeing a god and a prince walking out of a fairy tale...

This made the others quickly shake their heads to see if they were hallucinating.

It's not quite an illusion, but it's not far from it.

Qin Luo took Tao Tu to the center of the banquet venue. The blood on the ground did not stain Qin Luo's leather boots or Tao Tu's long dress.

It is no exaggeration to say that the area one meter around Qin Luo was under the control of Qin Luo's repulsive force. He and Taotu did not step on the ground, but walked out on the invisible repulsive shield.

This kind of shocking effect is what he wants. Qin Luo realized that the only thing he lacks from the level of having his followers bow down to him as soon as the tiger's body shakes is the pomp and special effects.

Nowadays, even gods can't hold their own if they don't know how to package themselves. Haven't you seen in movies and TV shows that when the big names of the Eastern and Western gods appear, they are always accompanied by top-notch Hollywood special effects like "Duang, Duang, Duang". Those without are all treated as local gods.

Qin Luo took a quick look and was quite satisfied with the shock in everyone's eyes. The four masters who were still staying on the first floor of the Drake's mansion also looked at Qin Luo with a serious expression.

Clearing his throat, Qin Luo said to everyone in a gentle voice: "First of all, welcome everyone to the Drake family. The warm-up activities are almost done, now it's time to get to the point. I will ask you a question."

Qin Luo paused here, giving people a shy feeling like a boy next door who came to borrow something.

"Surrender or death?"

Uh, that's it?

Wait, did I hear something wrong? The others present looked at each other, confused about what was going on.

"I say, will you surrender or choose death?"

Seeing these people's disbelief, Qin Luo said it again in a dry tone.

"Are you kidding me? Who are you?" The speaker was a muscular man. Qin Luo's appearance did shock him, but so what? Qin Luo looked weak, but the peach rabbit beside him had the same strength as him.

Pretty boy? The muscular man said that what he hates most in his life is pretty boy.

Chapter 590: Big

Qin Luo was very depressed. Special effects were specially added to his appearance. Even so, how could there be people who were so blind as to dare to mess with him?

Are my special effects too low-key?

What does it mean to see the big picture from the small details? What does it mean to be low-key, luxurious and profound? Don’t these people understand anything at all?

Do I have to stick a note saying "I am dangerous" on myself, and have my own background music and stage lighting and shadow effects when I appear, so that these idiots won't come to seek death?

The truth was not as exaggerated as Qin Luo imagined. His pretentious and silent appearance was quite effective. Unfortunately, the three masters on Rhode's side were used to being frogs in the well in the South China Sea and were all unruly characters.

Qin Luo's lazy voice and lack of strength made the three of them regard him as a gigolo.

"There's a limit to how much power a fox can bring to bear. If you dare to act arrogantly in front of me, even the woman by your side can't protect you today."

The muscular man kept approaching Qin Luo while squeezing the bones of his fists until they made a "crackling" sound. Thanks to the swordsman's last counterattack, the metal glove on the muscular man's right hand was completely scrapped, and there was a very deep knife wound on it.

So, the muscle man made the mistake of throwing away his left glove, which was not a valuable item anyway. Armament Haki overflowed from the bandage on his right fist, and the muscle man waved it towards Qin Luo in a threatening manner, as if to say, "Watch out, or you won't know what will kill you later."

In addition to the muscular man, the cement devil and the old woman also looked at Qin Luo and his companions who came down from upstairs with unfriendly eyes. Qin Luo's last two sentences were quite harsh to them.

In the South China Sea, they were the only ones who could control and toy with the lives of others. They didn't take action, but were just considering whether to "grab the head" from the muscle man, in every sense of the word.

The old woman stared at Qin Luo's neck with a gloomy look. Qin Luo knew what she wanted to do without even thinking about it. The cement devil glanced at Taotu from time to time, muttering something.

"Woman, why don't you just let me go? How can this little white face make you feel happy?"

The muscular man made provocative remarks, his original intention was to provoke Taotu and seduce Taotu to attack him, so that he could suddenly kill the pretty boy.

Hearing the muscular man's trash talk, Taotu's body couldn't help but shift. Don't get me wrong, this level of trash talk was child's play for Taotu, who had served as a vice admiral for a while. If Taotu couldn't handle even this little provocation, she would have long since become the first vice admiral in history to die of anger.

Taotu was not irritated. Others did not know, but Qin Luo beside her did not know. Taotu was just gloating because the muscle man mocked Qin Luo's body part in his words.

I can't stand it. He mocks his own abilities in front of his woman.

Young man, your thoughts are very dangerous. Do you know the golden cudgel? Have you seen the forty-numbered stick? Please learn about its hardness that is invulnerable to swords and guns.

Come on, let’s go to the corner and compete. I’ll take it out and scare you to death.

Qin Luo was complaining wildly in his heart. It was absolutely impossible for him to pull out a gun in public.

The muscular man took advantage of Qin Luo and Taotu's distraction and attacked. He rushed to Qin Luo from close range, and his right fist, with the speed of his body, went straight to Qin Luo's lower three roads.

As the saying goes, shoot the bird first when shooting a man, and capture the leader first when capturing a thief. This is also a muscular man with strategic thinking.

Qin Luo suddenly "admired" this muscular man. Wouldn't it be a pity to let him die like this? However, Qin Luo, who said one thing and meant another, was completely doing one thing.

His right hand formed into a claw and appeared on the muscular man's chest at the area of ​​his heart.

As long as Qin Luo wants, after opening the Sharingan to the extreme, the dynamic visual effect will turn the world in front of him into a slow-motion world.

The muscular man's fist was no different from that of an ordinary person. Qin Luo, who had no physical restrictions, easily stopped his hand in front of the muscular man's chest, as if he had hit him himself.

The muscular man still had a ferocious smile on his face, as if he was about to succeed.

It's too eye-catching. Qin Luo can't protect this kind of smile and can only leave it to death.

However, the arrival of a knife forced Qin Luo to withdraw his hand.

The Kinpila sword hidden by Momoto in the back of her evening gown had been unsheathed, and it slashed the muscular man's right hand with one blow, making a sound of metal collision.

"I haven't done this for a long time. Leave this to me."

Taotu's voice rang in Qin Luo's ears. Since Taotu wanted to practice, Qin Luo had no reason to refuse her. The muscular man was completely unaware that his life had been extended because of Taotu's disruption.

The muscular man and the peach rabbit were fighting together, so Qin Luo had more time to observe the cement demon up close.

The cement devil was very special. This was the first time Qin Luo had seen a devil fruit user like this. Since he was on the second floor, Qin Luo had been observing the cement devil with his white eyes.

The Byakugan has the ability to see acupoints and energy. People in the pirate world do not have acupoints, so in the eyes of the Byakugan, various fruit ability users are stable human-shaped light balls of different colors, similar to color thermal imagers.

But the cement demon is different. It is a fiercely burning and very unstable fireball. Both he himself and the abilities he releases are extremely violent.

People around the world define a Devil Fruit user as one who possesses a sea demon. If 220 says that a normal Devil Fruit user tames and exploits this demon, then this person seems to have been tamed by the demon, becoming a user serving the demon.

The devil fruit ability of the cement demon is running out of control. Whether it is the violent and weird behavior or the terrifying petrification ability, it should all be caused by the out-of-control fruit ability.

Perhaps realizing that Qin Luo had been staring at him, the cement demon snorted softly, and liquid cement rolled up from under his feet and rushed towards Qin Luo. He himself flashed on the spot and disappeared without a trace.

The next second, he appeared at the front of the surging liquid cement, which suddenly boiled and condensed into the shape of a cement demon.

The reappearing cement demon took advantage of Qin Luo's presence and grabbed Qin Luo's arms tightly with both hands. He wanted to imprison Qin Luo and not give him a chance to escape.

More liquid cement gushed out of the cement demon's body, as if it was going to swallow Qin Luo whole. The petrification ability began the moment it came into contact.

First it was his clothes, and then Qin Luo felt the skin on his arms becoming stiff.

What a terrifying assimilation ability. Especially after experiencing it personally, Qin Luo could feel the aggressiveness of this energy.

Chapter 591: Mutated Fruit

The clothes petrified the fastest, and if you weren't careful it would spread to your elbows.

Probably sensing the resistance coming from Qin Luo, the Cement Demon increased the output of his petrification ability, and liquid, paste-like cement continued to overflow from his body, trying to cover Qin Luo's body.

Since the petrification speed is not ideal, why not just use cement to cast Qin Luo into a statue? This seems like a good idea, the Cement Demon thought.

Glancing at the cement demon, Qin Luo didn't even bother to say the word naive.

Trapping other people with cement should be the normal ability of this devil fruit, but compared to the plague-like speed of petrification, this ability is quite ordinary.

In terms of using the power of the fruit, the Cement Devil is not much better than those who have just obtained the power of the Devil Fruit. He can achieve such strength thanks to his strange petrification ability.

Qin Luo would not let the cement devil do whatever it wanted. The feeling of being caught by cement was not good at all. It was like being covered with slippery mucus. It made him feel sick just thinking about it.

With a shake of his hands, a burst of force was released. Relying on the huge power of his body, Qin Luo easily shattered the arms of the cement demon that were holding him.

The force continued to destroy the cement demon's liquid hands, completely destroying his arms. However, because it was just pure energy without any domineering aura attached, the damage to the cement demon was limited.

With a sinister laugh, the cement demon reunited his shattered body.

As a user of devil fruit, Qin Luo is no longer surprised by this. Kizaru with the Pika Pika Nomi can even recover the instant he is shattered.

Taking advantage of the time when the cement demon was recovering, Qin Luo summoned his white eyes to study the place where he had just been grabbed by the cement demon.

Two gray-brown handprints were pressed directly on Qin Luo's arms. He glanced at them and saw that the two gray-brown handprints retained the same gray energy as the cement demon, and were extremely active.

This activity is very different from other devil fruits.

Well, whether it's Whitebeard, Big Mom, or Akainu, their abilities become stable after being released, a product of their fruit abilities. But the petrification energy is like a part of the cement fruit, existing independently of the main body.

There is no need for the Cement Demon to control it; the energy will spontaneously invade the attached object like a virus until the energy is exhausted.

When Qin Luo first saw the Cement Demon's ability to petrify people, he immediately thought of the "Death Kingdom," a weapon of mass destruction created by the mad scientist M. Caesar Courant. Both of these weapons could petrify people. But Qin Luo soon discovered the difference between them.

Those attacked by the Death Realm develop a salty, white shell on their bodies, but the underlying body remains unchanged. Those petrified by the Cement Demon, on the other hand, have parts of their bodies transformed directly into cement, a process that is irreversible.

Just like at this moment, the two handprints on Qin Luo's arms were the result of this force eroding that piece of skin into cement. If Qin Luo's body had not been extremely strong, preventing the invasion of that force, Qin Luo and the others would have ended up like this, becoming half-dead, half-alive living sculptures.

It wasn't the awakening of a devil fruit, nor was it the application of technology to artificial devil fruits. The cement devil gave Qin Luo the same feeling as he had initially guessed: it was completely a devil fruit gone berserk.

Since there are successfully mutated Life Fruits possessed by the Five Elders in the world, it is not difficult to understand why there are Devil Fruits that fail to mutate and Devil Fruits whose powers go out of control.

Qin Luo decided to do a small experiment, and the power of swallowing surged out. The energy on the two gray-brown handprints was stripped away and swallowed up bit by bit.

A shadow that only Qin Luo could see appeared in front of him, a devil fruit that was gradually taking shape.

The process of the devil fruit's formation only just began and then abruptly stopped. The cold system prompt sounded for the first time.