allendalepharm Chapter 185 Your ability... is pretty average.
Chapter 185 Your ability... is pretty average.
Chapter 185 Your ability... is pretty average.
After confirming the objective, Bucky began to disclose the intelligence he knew.
"There's a very quick way to get from the first basement level to the second," Bucky said. "As long as we can find that huge opening in Crimson Hell, we can go directly to the second basement level from there."
According to the intelligence he received, there was a passage leading directly to the second basement level.
"A huge cave entrance?" Xi Yan asked strangely. "There's something like that here?"
Why would the Navy make a hole there?
Aren't they afraid that the criminals on this floor will jump down to the next floor?
If they unite, it might lead to a riot.
"That's right," Bucky nodded. "That's the case based on the intelligence I've received."
"Wow, Buggy's amazing!" Luffy exclaimed. "Knowing so much is a huge help!"
"Hmph, don't you even know who I am!"
Buggy, praised by Luffy, proudly raised his head, as if he were truly incredibly powerful.
"Looks like this guy's got a lot on his sleeve," west Yan thought, stroking his chin.
After being praised, I was so happy I almost lost my bearings.
"Xiyan, let's go!" Luffy said.
"Um."
west Yan nodded and said, "Let's find the door from the ground floor to the underground floor first."
"door?"
Bucky paused for a moment, then looked at Xi Yan with some confusion and asked, "Why are you looking for the main gate?"
One,
They don't even have a key, so what's the point of looking for the front door?
"Of course, we'll try to use Earth Escape Technique to pass under the gate," west Yan said. "Otherwise, how will we get to the next level?"
Bucky paused for a moment, then said, "Before that, I need to confirm one thing."
"Your Earth Release technique... can't directly reach the next level, right?"
west Yan looked at Bucky with some surprise. Had this guy figured out the key to the problem?
Then, west Yan said, "It's indeed impossible to directly enter the next level."
"There's some special material in this thick floor that doesn't contain earth elements, so I can't take you directly to the next level. However... diving a few meters down is still possible."
After saying that, west Yan paused for a moment, then continued, "If the situation on the other side of the gate is the same as here, I can lead you through the area under the gate and up the spiral staircase to the next floor."
"I've already gotten the location of the main entrance on this floor from the jailer."
Listening to west Yan's explanation, Baki fell into deep thought.
There are actually such restrictions here?
That's true. If the other party can really go directly to the next level, there's no need to have him follow.
"Let's go then," Bucky said, looking up. "Let's go to the basement first."
Although you could jump down from the wall near the monitoring room, but... falling from such a height...
The danger level is too high.
If they are discovered, they will likely all die.
"Um."
west Yan nodded and used Earth Escape Technique to move quickly, soon arriving at the area near the gate.
Then, the three of them, west Yan, emerged from underground.
"This must be the place."
Looking at the enormous gate not far away, west Yan squinted and said, "This gate is really quite large."
Judging from the appearance of the gate, it should be made of some kind of special wood and iron material. It should be able to be split open with a wind jutsu.
"How is it? Can I wear it?" Bucky asked.
"Let me see."
west Yan didn't answer immediately, but quickly ran towards the gate, then placed his hand on the ground below the gate and carefully sensed it.
After a moment, west Yan spoke up: "Okay!"
The material underneath hasn't changed at all, so the Earth Escape Technique can still be used.
"That's great," Bucky said with a sigh of relief.
If the opponent's earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that can't be used), then they will have no choice but to try jumping off the tower in the monitoring room.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go in!" Luffy said.
Now that we've confirmed we can get through this gate, there's no need to waste any more time here.
Without further ado, Xi Yan immediately used Earth Escape Technique to pull the three of them back underground. They then passed through the huge special wooden door in front of them and arrived at the spiral staircase behind.
After some stealth, the three successfully reached the first basement level!
"Great, we've entered the underground level." Bucky breathed a sigh of relief, then put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly, "Hahahaha!"
"Let's press on and charge towards that huge opening!"
At this rate, they won't even need to face that damn Magellan to rescue Fire Fist Ace!
And then... he quietly left this place and returned to the sea!
Thinking about this, Bucky became even more excited.
west Yan ignored the guy and instead carefully sensed the situation below. After a moment, he said, "It seems that the material of this layer is the same as the one above."
After shaking his head, west Yan looked at Bucky and said, "Bucky, tell me the direction of that hole."
"Hmm......it should be the center position, right?" Bucky thought for a moment and said, "I remember someone saying it was the center position."
"Center One".
west Yan nodded, then used Earth Escape Technique to carry the three of them quickly out of the corridor by the main gate and rush towards the distant area.
However, the moment west Yan entered the Crimson Lotus Hell, his expression changed.
"This is... a knife?"
Seeing the approaching red blade, west Yan immediately stopped advancing and drew his grass sword to cut it in two.
"Clang!"
"puff!"
Looking at the red blade lying on the ground, west Yan frowned and asked, "What is this thing?"
There's still liquid at the fracture surface below...?
Is this thing a plant?
"I think I just heard the sound of metal clashing..." Bucky said, looking puzzled. "What happened?"
As they were talking, Bucky leaned closer.
However, the moment he got close to west Yan, his foot stepped on the red blade that west Yan had severed.
"puff!"
In just a moment, Bucky's foot was cut open!
Bucky: ? ? ?
"What the hell is that?" Bucky exclaimed in shock.
Why was his foot cut open?
"We encountered something strange," west Yan said. "There was a red object that looked like a plant, and its sharpness was no less than that of a sword."
"No less powerful than swords..."
.
Bucky was taken aback at first, then said with a grim expression, "It should be the root system of the sword tree and the needle grass..."
Bei never expected that the roots of these things would be so sharp; this was quite surprising.
"If the underground is full of these things' roots... we probably won't be able to travel underground," Bucky thought to himself.
Those damn navy guys are really going to cause them trouble!
"Sword Tree and Needle Grass?" Luffy asked疑惑地, "What are those things?"
"A very special kind of plant," Bucky explained. "Once this plant matures, its body becomes as hard as steel, and also extremely sharp, capable of easily cutting through flesh!"
"And this Crimson Lotus Hell is filled with this plant!"
It is precisely because of these two extremely special plants that the prisoners here are tortured to the point of wishing they were dead.
"There are actually plants like this in this world?!" Luffy exclaimed in shock.
It's amazing that a plant can be as strong as steel!
“Of course, that’s what we encountered,” Bucky said. “But this kind of thing means nothing to me.”
As a user of the Chop-Chop Fruit, he was not afraid of any so-called slashing attacks.
Even if all these things were slashed at him, they wouldn't cause him any harm!
Thinking of this, Bucky smiled smugly.
"Hahahaha!"
west Yan: ? ? ?
west Yan, who was observing the object, glanced at Bucky and said, "What's gotten into you now?"
Bucky: ...
He really hated this ninja.
Ignoring the guy who seemed to be being choked, west Yan looked at Luffy and said, "It seems we can't travel underground anymore."
"Why?" Luffy asked. "Can't we just go around these plants?"
"I'm sorry, that won't work."
west Yan shook his head and said, "Just as Buggy was introducing this plant, I used Earth Release: Earth Release to expand part of the underground tunnel, and then... I found that there were these things densely packed in front of me."
"All of them?"
"All of them!" west Yan nodded and said, "The roots of these plants have penetrated deep into the ground."
Judging by appearance—it's at least several meters long.
"It actually pierced that deep..." Luffy exclaimed in shock, "Are these plants that powerful?"
"After all, this place was built hundreds of years ago."
This thing may have been growing here for hundreds of years, and it's not impossible that its roots can reach several meters deep.
"Looks like we have no choice but to go up." Bucky looked up and said, "Xiyan, take us up there."
Clearing the plant roots slowly from below is too inefficient, and the guards might discover the commotion.
So... it's better to just fly up there!
With his speed, he could definitely reach the center in the shortest amount of time.
west Yan didn't immediately do as instructed, but instead asked, "What do you plan to do?"
"I am a split-person who ate the Chop-Chop Fruit," Buggy explained. "As long as my body detaches from my feet, I can fly in the air, which allows me to reach the center at top speed."
Although there is a risk of being discovered, it's still better than slowly digging a hole underground.
"Fragmented into pieces...:..." west Yan stroked his chin and said, "If only you could split other things as well."
In this way, they could use Buggy's Devil Fruit ability to quietly open a hole below.
"Idiot, how is that possible!" Bucky said. "I can only split my body apart."
If he could really split other things or people, he would be invincible!
"Then this fruit is quite ordinary."
Bucky:
Feeling like he'd been dealt a critical blow, Buggy opened his shark-like mouth and roared, "You damn ninja, do you think I wanted to eat this Devil Fruit?!"
"If it weren't for Shanks..."
When this matter was brought up, Bucky immediately turned red.
If it weren't for that bastard Shanks, he wouldn't have been able to eat that Devil Fruit.
Now that he's become a landlubber, he has no way of accessing the treasures in the ocean.
"Speaking of which, how did you end up like this?" west Yan asked Buggy curiously. "I heard from Uncle Rayleigh that Shanks is now one of the Four Emperors of the New World, and you..."
If I remember correctly, Bucky's bounty is over ten million Berries.
Why is there such a big difference between the two interns who both came from One Piece?
"You bastard, what do you mean?!" Buggy immediately exploded in anger, saying, "Are you saying I'm worse than Shanks?!"
west Yan: —
Isn't this obvious?
One is one of the Four Emperors of the New World, and the other is a small-time pirate in the East Blue. The gap between them is too big.
Ignoring Xiyan's thoughts, Buggy continued, "That Shanks guy—don't think becoming one of the Four Emperors will change my opinion of him!"
At that moment, scenes from back then flashed through Bucky's mind.
From childhood to adulthood, Shanks was the captain's favorite, while he... was like a child who was not valued by his father.
Yes, Shanks is a genius, but... he's not convinced!
Why can Shanks do it, but he can't?!
After accidentally eating a Devil Fruit and losing his best ability, swimming, he gradually came to terms with reality.
At that moment, he realized that he would never be able to catch up with Shanks.
Although he was very dissatisfied, he knew that Shanks was the one who could inherit the captain's will.
So he gave up all his dignity and pride, even if it meant playing a supporting role, he was determined to help Shanks ascend to the throne of the Pirate King!
After all—he's the man who can inherit everything from the captain!
But on the day the captain was executed, that bastard actually said it wasn't the right time yet, that he wasn't the one who could become the Pirate King?!
This genius boy, who has been pampered by the captain since childhood, has actually uttered such nonsense!
This made him incredibly angry, and he wanted nothing more than to kill that bastard on the spot!
So... even if the other party becomes one of the Four Emperors of the New World, he still looks down on that bastard!
Looking at Bucky, who was so angry he looked like he was about to burst, west Yan said, "It seems there's something between you and Shanks..."
A lot has happened.
"Hmph, countless!"
If we were to tell this as a story, it would take three days and three nights to finish!
Unfortunately, he had no interest in recounting such things, and even the thought of that jerk made him angry, so he decided to avoid it altogether.
So Bucky said, "Let's leave it at that. I don't want to talk about him anymore."
west Yan nodded and didn't ask anything more.
Ultimately, he was just curious; he didn't necessarily want to get Shanks' information.
After all... he's not Luffy!
"Get ready, we're heading out." west Yan looked up and said, "Let's get to the cave entrance as quickly as possible!"