The sea was completely frozen, and the warships were stuck between the ice, unable to move for half a minute, and the cold wind blew across the deck.

Zoren, who was like falling into the ice vault, was stunned and held on to the wooden railing, and his body couldn't stop trembling slightly.

It's too naïve, I thought that the chessboard that was inclined to win for myself was overturned in an instant under the absolute strength of the general.

No matter how hard he struggles, he can't resist the casual slap of the real strong, this kind of corrosion that is difficult to resist and powerless, deeply destroys the heart of the strong built by Zoren.

"Stomp!"

After freezing the warship, the Flying Squirrel Lieutenant General easily pursued it and landed lightly on the deck a few meters away from Zorren.

"That's it." Looking at the motionless Zoren, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel said in a deep voice, "You have no way to escape!" ”

"Huh, huh?" Zorren raised his eyes, his eyes reunited the brilliance of perseverance, and the five fingers of his left hand, which still had some remaining strength, contracted into a fist.

The corners of his mouth were overflowing with blood, and he said firmly, "As long as I can still move, I won't fall!" ”

The road of the strong is still long, how can you stop here!

"Return life, give me lift!"

Taking a deep breath, Zoren, who did not care about his injuries, stepped forward, with a shallow blood mark on each step, and took the lead in attacking Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel.

"I don't know." Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel shook his head, his eyebrows and beard were seriously erected, and the moment his body moved, the long knife in his hand raised a clever and precise arc.

Zorren's injuries caused the offensive movements to be sluggish and difficult, and before the fist could land, the long knife had already slashed quickly into his chest, and blood splashed with a "bang".

The blood in his chest gushed out like money, Zoren snorted in pain, and his left hand, which had failed in the attack, still showed a tendency to grab forward.

As he said, even at the last moment, as long as there is still strength left, he will not give up and fall easily!

"Stop—" Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel slapped Zoren's palm off with one hand, and his body spun up his thighs, and kicked Zoren down on the shoulder.

"Click!"

The powerful kick directly made Zoren kneel on one knee on the deck, and the hardwood plank under him was covered with cobwebs and cracks.

Grabbing Lieutenant Squirrel's foot on his shoulder with his left hand, Zoren gritted his teeth and tried to move away, his scaly body trembling continuously, blood spilling from the wounds everywhere.

"Dragging a body that has already exceeded the physical load tomorrow morning, do you still want to continue fighting?" Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel sighed lightly, this kind of tenacious and terrifying will was really embarrassing.

"It's a pity that evil can't defeat justice, and it's to blame you for being in the wrong position."

As he spoke, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel regained his strength, and the powerful force pressed Zoren's body down to the deck inch by inch.

"Ahh

Zoren roared, and his left hand suddenly burst with a burst of strength, and he was about to break the opponent's foot off his shoulder, but the cracked hardwood layer under his body finally reached the breaking point, and collapsed completely.

Tumbling, falling, plummeting beneath the dark compartment below the deck of the warship.

"It's over." Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel muttered to himself, looked at the broken hole in the deck, and fell silent.

In the darkness, the blood ticked silently.

The body was sunk into the wooden sandwich, Zoren's chest kept rising and falling, and the best bit of strength left in his body was all consumed in the process.

[Give me some more strength!] 】

[Didn't you say that you won't fall!] 】

[Zorren, believe in yourself]

[After all, you're the protagonist—]

The barrage also began to blur as consciousness began.

"I'm sorry, I'm really tired, I'm going to be here for a little ...... Take a break. ”

Zoren smiled forcefully and closed his eyes heavily.

Sounds, pictures, and even thoughts, when everything falls into silence and darkness, scenes that I don't usually think much about come to mind.

……

The free and vast sea, the majestic dog-headed warship, the wreck of the pirate ship that was shattered into slag by a single punch.

Karp, dressed in a navy coat, stood on the deck facing the wind and said boldly, "Boy, do you crave power?" ”

"Are you unwilling to be weak yourself?"

"Then bear the name 'Monchi' and show me stronger!"

……

The golden sunlight shines through the haze and fog, the white sea current flows at high speed, and the warship is about to break the wind and sail away.

The blonde girl waved her hand and ran wildly before advancing into the city port, and her voice reached her ears clearly through time and space: "Zorren, if you leave, don't stop, go to the top of the world of the strong!" ”

"You promised me that you would never die until you completed your goal!"

……

On the warship when practicing the six types, there is a master and an apprentice.

"Russ, do you have any Devil Fruit you'd like to eat?" Zoren asked suddenly.

At that time, he thought that Russ was almost middle-aged, and even if he chose the Devil Fruit, he would have already eaten it, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected answer.

"Of course." Russ nodded first, and said with a little meaning, "Since I learned that my strength was difficult to grow, I entrusted my hope to the Devil Fruit, so I have been searching for the whereabouts of a Devil Fruit for more than ten years. ”

He smiled and said, "Have you ever heard of the Human Fruit in the Phantom Beast Species?" ”

Zorn said curiously, "I heard that the Warring States Admiral on the navy's side eats this kind of human fruit, which is the 'Big Buddha Form' among them." ”

"Yes, but in addition to the 'Buddha form', there is also a phantom beast species that is recorded as 'formless', and it has various names for it, such as 'self', 'impotence', and so on. ”

"Formless?" Zoren was piqued with curiosity.

Russ said in a deep voice, "Because in history, none of the three people who ate this fruit appeared in the form of transfiguration, nor did they have the ability to change, but their bodies were slightly enhanced. It was once thought to be a fruit that was only effective if it was used by living beings other than humans. But after some information and research I have dug up, I feel that this is not the case - the person who eats the human fruit of the 'formless self' does not have the ability or transformation, and may lack some conditions for opening. ”

"Devil Fruit ability use, need conditions?" Zoren said suspiciously, "Isn't it rumored that those who eat the ability of the Devil Fruit will get the basic way to use the ability?" ”

"Generally not universal. In historical records, the ultimate Devil Fruit in the Superman line, the Surgical Fruit, requires the ability to acquire a wealth of medical knowledge before it can use the mastery ability. ”

Speaking of this, Russ squinted and said, "The 'formless' in the Illusory Beast Seed Human Fruit, the ability of that fruit may not be experienced in ability, but to increase the infinite possibilities of the body of the capable person, that is, to draw with the potential of the body. ”

"Physical potential?" Zoren was thoughtful, after all, he had also broken his physical limit once.

"That's why I'm obsessed with that Devil Fruit." Russ said excitedly, "The human body is like having countless 'doors' to restrict, and those who are strong in physical skills need to open them one by one, and the potential in them is the key to open the door." But the door grows stronger with its physical strength, age, and the potential to be the key will always shine one day.

No matter what the talent is, one day, when you can't continue to open the door to increase your strength, your strength will freeze! ”