One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 158 Celestial Phenomena and Disasters, All Within My Thought

The waiting room is the battlefield.

"It's so cold!"

Brooke looked around at the zombies that had turned into silver dust and scattered everywhere, and at the waiting room that was completely frozen.

"But I'm a skeleton, I'm not afraid of the cold—yohohoho!"

After his usual skull joke, he glanced around.

"Such destructive power, yet you can even precisely control it so as not to harm me, Lord Chenlong."

After discovering that only the area around him showed no signs of being frozen, Brooke naturally understood.

He met this being named Chenlong by chance, and wondered just how terrifyingly powerful he was.

"But speaking of which, where's Ryoma? Is he dead?"

But then Brooke realized another crucial problem.

He knew, of course, that even the zombies created by Moria would have absolutely no chance of regenerating under an attack of this scale.

"Wait a minute, if he's dead, my shadow should come back."

As his muttering ended.

Hehehe

Moriah's laughter rang out again.

"Your abilities are no match for my 'Zombie General', are they?"

At that moment, Moriah's round body trembled.

But there was no real joy in his laughter.

Countless shadows flickered around him, his gaze fixed intently on the figure within the cage.

Anger was the only emotion in his heart at that moment.

The other side just killed 'Absalom' and 'Hogback'.

He lost his partner. Once again!
“I am a shadow person who ate the ‘Shadow-Shadow Fruit’, and I can sense that my zombie generals are still present in the ice below.”

He sneered, "Your abilities are only at this level."

"Not to mention you're currently trapped in the Seastone cage. Just you wait!"

As he said this, he grinned maliciously and raised his hands to the sky: "Zombie army—move out! Come and tear this guy to pieces!"

he roared.

next moment.
"Boom!"

Brooke could hear the violent tremors emanating from the entire terror ship.

"kill!"

"It is Lord Moria's order!"

"Kill the intruder!"

"Let him feel the deepest pain!"

Outside the window, countless shouts could be heard.

He glanced out the window instinctively and then saw a scene that horrified him.

At this moment, all that could be seen was within his field of vision.

Huge waves began to surge across the entire terrifying three-masted ship.

But upon closer inspection, one will discover that the so-called 'wave' is actually countless zombies.

'Plant Zombies', a combination of trees and humans; 'Orc Zombies', a combination of beasts and humans; 'Fusion Zombies', a combination of humans and humans—they are everywhere, in the sky and on the ground.

"An entire Terror Sailboat full of zombies? The sheer number is astounding?"

Brooke was so frightened that his afro looked even rounder.

He knew, of course, that there were an astonishing number of zombies on the Thriller Bark, but he had never experienced it so directly before.

How many are there?

Several thousand? Tens of thousands?
This is already the size of a massive legion!
But after seeing the scene of countless zombies gathering here.

Brooke's expression showed solemnity and seriousness, but no fear.

Just the opposite
"what"

"It's so infuriating, it makes you grit your teeth."

As someone whose shadow had been taken from him, he certainly knew what this number of zombies represented.

Each of the zombies below represents a victim, just like him, who was harmed by Moria and cannot see the light of day.

So, the next moment.
"By the way—"

"Qiang!"

The skeleton, who had been wandering for many years, drew his sword.

His bones had decayed, his eyes were lifeless, and his suit was worn out—but the only thing he kept polishing was his sword, which he always kept gleaming.

"Even though I'm a skeleton, I actually have a few teeth, yo ho ho ho!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure burst forth with astonishing speed in an instant, appearing beside Chenlong.

He swung his sword towards the floor near where Chenlong was!

"Lord Chenlong, I'll get you out of here!"

Brooke's low, resolute voice was filled with determination.

Although his body had turned into a skeleton, his mind had not decayed—he could still recognize his current state.

Once you're truly surrounded by an army of zombies, it's a real dead end.

Brooke simply couldn't imagine how to deal with that number of enemies.

But he knew that the most important thing right now was to help Chenlong escape his predicament.

His sword was not strong enough to cut through the sea stone, but
"I can definitely destroy the ground where the cage is located!"

"Bottle Dance·Serial Strike!"

As he spoke, his staff and sword thrust dozens of times into the floor.

But the next moment...
"Shadow Mage!"

A dark shadow that looked remarkably similar to Moria appeared in front of Brook.

The dark shadow endured Brook's stabs, leaving dozens of holes, but they healed in an instant.

Meanwhile...
"Nose Song. Although killing you will make the shadow on Ryoma disappear, you have already angered me!"

Moria's voice, filled with murderous intent, rang out.

"Kakudōkage!"

The next instant, Brooke saw a sharp spear suddenly pierce out from the body of the dark 'Shadow Mage' in front of him.

"laugh!"

The sound of the sharp spear slicing through the air was extremely piercing—Brook knew without even looking that this strike would absolutely be enough to blast his skeletal body into dust.

Even if he ate the 'Yellow Spring Fruit', he probably wouldn't be able to survive if his soul had nowhere to reside.

He will die.

Therefore, Brooke couldn't help but feel regret and guilt.

"Lab, I think this is the end for me."

I'm so sorry I couldn't keep my promise.

He said this to himself.

Then he discovered
"Ok?"

The sharp sound of wind being cut suddenly stopped.

Even Moriah's sharp, hissing laughter abruptly stopped at that moment.

Brooke instinctively looked up and saw a dragon claw covered in red scales and crackling with lightning.

Before he knew it, Chenlong had appeared in front of him and had grabbed the dark 'Horned Blade Shadow'!
"Click!" "Click!"

The sharp shadow spear drew dazzling sparks in his hand, but it couldn't actually scratch him in the slightest.

"How is this possible? My Horned Blade Shadow actually..."

"Kaido, you bastard!"

At this moment, Moria, who was using his abilities to fight against Chenlong, was gritting his teeth.

In his rage-filled mind, that painful memory that terrified him resurfaced.

This meant he had no time to think about how the other person had escaped the confinement of the Seastone cage, and he even subconsciously called him by the wrong name.

so similar.

Aside from the differences in color and the details of his abilities, the other party's posture was almost identical to Kaido's in his memory.

[Mythical Zoan Type, Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon Form (Bloodline Factor Creation - Failed Product - Crimson Dragon Fruit)]

[Current Level LV5]

[Fruit Effect: Can transform into the legendary red dragon]

[LV5: Fruit Awakening - Crimson Dragon Form, obtains the unique awakening transformation of Zoan-type Devil Fruits, can freely create flame clouds, obtain dragon scales and dragon flesh, gain extremely powerful vitality, defense and strength, can control various celestial phenomena such as fire, lightning, and wind and transform them into his own combat effects]

Yes.

Not long ago, after learning from naval intelligence that the 'Punk Hazard explosion' had occurred.

Roy then sent Zishu to Punk Hazard, where he obtained the artificial Devil Fruit that Vegapunk had created years ago—the 'Red Dragon Fruit'.

This Devil Fruit was created by Vegapunk using the bloodline factor extracted from Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, when Kaido was captured.

Originally, Roy wasn't entirely sure about the fruit's condition either.

But he only became certain after he actually got his hands on it.

The special artificial Devil Fruit created by Vegapunk could actually be included in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.

Even its effects, apart from the different color, are indeed no different from Kaido's Blue Dragon Fruit—it can even 'awaken'.

Therefore, Moria's judgment was correct. At this moment, Chenlong's abilities are indeed no different from Kaido's.

"No! I don't believe it!"

But at that moment, Moria gritted his teeth and roared furiously, "You're not that monster! Even if you were, so what?"

His voice trembled uncontrollably.

“I am different now. I have created a zombie army. I will never ‘lose’ again.”

Anger and hatred seemed to give him the courage to say such things at this moment.

Zombies are corpses, consumables, and perfect 'companions' who have no concept of death.

There is no fear, no bloodshed, no need to invest emotions, and even if it is destroyed, it can be remade.

"I will use them to achieve my dream, I will ascend to the throne of the Pirate King."

"My zombies are invincible."

"Boom!"

His frantic roar still hadn't finished.

Thunder had already roared.

At this moment, the entire castle tilted and swayed again, even more severely than before.

The walls, which were already cracked from the freezing, were completely overwhelmed at this moment—the entire upper part of the castle collapsed in an instant.

"Invincible?"

Moria heard Chenlong's voice.

That's why I said you've regressed too much.

Chenlong looked at Moria, somewhat helplessly.

As mentioned before, he did not initially intend to fight Moria—he originally thought that if Moria were rational, he would definitely be able to judge from Crocodile's reputation and the recent reputation of the Twelve Constellations that attacking him would be a mistake.

But the truth is, Moria attacked him without hesitation.

Or to be more precise
"You think my abilities are insufficient to harm your 'Zombie General'?"

"You believe these so-called 'zombies' you created are invincible?"

Chenlong, of course, knew the reason why these absurd ideas existed.

"You took those pointless fantasies, born out of a desire to escape reality, as real?"

then
"boom!"

The wind howled again, and Moria, who was using his powers to the fullest, found himself flying out of control.

at the same time
"Boom!"

Amidst the deafening roar of thunder, Chenlong's figure also soared into the air, propelled by the swirling winds.

His long robes fluttered in the wind, and the dragon horns on his head shone like a crown under the lightning.

It was at this very moment that Moria, who had flown high into the air, also saw the entire Thriller Bark.

It was a sight he had never seen before.

"call!"

A waterspout stretching to the sky and connecting to the sea is roaring wildly above the surface.

Countless drops of seawater were swept up from the sky by the tornado and gathered above the terrifying three-masted ship.

at the same time
"boom!"

A massive pillar of lightning fell from the sky, crashing down on various parts of the island.

Wherever it crashes, zombies instantly turn to dust, and other nearby zombies are temporarily immobilized by the electric shock.

Even more incredibly, after the lightning struck, a chilling frost began to spread across the island's surface.

The ice that spread across the entire island continued to rise, and in each piece of ice was a zombie with only its head remaining, unable to move.

But that's still not all.

At that moment, Chenlong gently raised one finger.

then
Moriah then saw it from beneath the surface of the sea.

"bake!"

Hot magma rose up.

It burst forth through the wind and rain, its scorching heat instantly evaporating the seawater swirling up in the center of the island.

After the water evaporates, only white crystals remain.

They converged in the air, transforming into a white ocean.

But it was obvious—that wasn't the sea.

That's what's left behind after the seawater evaporated from the lava.
"Salt!?"

Moriah's eyes widened instantly.

"You actually..."

He already understood what the other party wanted to do.

And the facts proved him right.

"call!"

The howling wind rose again, stirring up the salt sea that had gathered in the sky.

Thus, the terror three-masted ship.
Then 'snow' fell.

"It's actually possible to do something like that."

At that moment, Moriah's anger had quietly subsided.

He couldn't understand what was happening at that moment.

The sky-covering waterspouts, the thunderous crashing lightning, the howling winds, the torrential rain, the spreading frost, the scorching lava, and the snow formed from salt.

The man before them seemed to be the ruler of the heavens.

"Even Kaido's abilities couldn't achieve this level."

As a great pirate who once fought Kaido, Moria naturally knew this.

And this is indeed the case.

Kaido's Azure Dragon Fruit is almost one of the most perfect fruits of all – its ability to fly, its physique, and its diverse power to influence celestial phenomena make it virtually without weaknesses.

However, similarly, the Azure Dragon Fruit's control over celestial phenomena is merely manipulation—it can unleash fiery dragon breath to destroy a mountain, but it cannot truly control magma.

He can draw lightning from within thunderclouds to launch attacks, but he cannot create large-scale thunderstorms out of thin air.

He can spew wind blades or create powerful 'bad winds' with his huge dragon body, but he cannot create a 'storm' that can overturn an island with his body.

But
But Chenlong can.

[Fusion Fruit, Logia Type, Celestial Phenomenon Fruit LV5]

[Fusing Materials: Rumble-Rumble Fruit LV5 + Float-Float Fruit LV5 + Smoke-Smoke Fruit LV4]

[Fruit Effect: Gain the abilities of all three fruits mentioned above, including the power to control clouds, smoke, wind, and lightning.]

[Additional Fusion Fruit Effect - All Things Are Mine]

[Effect 1 - Lightning, gales, and clouds in the nearby sea can all become part of the user's body. The user can freely manipulate the celestial phenomena in the nearby sea to create powerful natural disasters. The closer to the user, the stronger the control.]

[Effect 2 - Awakening Effect: It can gather all celestial elements in the surrounding area into one, and each attack can contain the terrifying destructive power of a natural disaster, and permanently change the surrounding landscape.]

Besides
[Magma Fruit LV4 - Deep fruit development allows you to manipulate magma in the surrounding area, including magma from underwater volcanoes]

[Ice-Ice Fruit LV4 - Deep Fruit Development: Ability to manipulate nearby cold air; the freezing power is enough to freeze an entire ocean.]

Yes.

The fusion of the 'Celestial Phenomenon Fruit' and the 'Ice and Magma Fruit' is almost the perfect enhancement combination for the 'Red Dragon Fruit'.

To put it bluntly—in terms of sheer strength of ability alone.

Compared to Kaido, Chenlong is the true dragon!

"Celestial phenomena and natural disasters are all within my control."

Just then, pure white salt and snow fell upon the frozen zombies below.

then
"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"

Countless dark shadows flew out from the zombies and drifted into the distant distance.

That was also the reason why Moria's expression had been so unpleasant earlier.

The biggest weakness of the zombies created by his Shadow-Shadow Fruit is salt.

Once the zombies come into contact with or ingest salt, the shadows within them will fly out and return to their owners.

That also means that the zombie will turn back into an ordinary corpse.

So at this moment, it's only been a few breaths.

Under Chenlong's catastrophic power, the zombie army he had spent nearly ten years creating was completely wiped out.

But obviously.

At this moment, Moria had no time to worry about his zombies.

Because he had already seen Chenlong's raised arm.

"boom!"

The next moment, a punch was thrown out.

With a spray of blood, Moria's massive body plummeted downwards.

"Boom!"

The intense tremors and impacts spread outwards.

And the enormous castle located in the center of the Thriller Bark collapsed suddenly under this punch!

　This part about Moriah was so difficult to write; I declare it the most painful part to write so far, surpassing even the military exercises.

　　But the dragon's abilities must be showcased, and the storyline in the Triangle Sea is one of the most important parts of the main plot, so it can't be skipped. I'm getting dizzy just writing it.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)