The so-called "practice" is an endless wilderness;

The so-called "strong" are those who rely on themselves and stand in the wilderness.

The cultivation of the strong is like walking alone in the endless wilderness.

They have gone too far forward.

There is no longer the goal of chasing its back;

There is no partner who is always by your side and empathizes;

……

Just - one person.

Sometimes you have to face the storm, and sometimes you have to endure loneliness......

As far as the eye can see, there is a long road ahead, and there is no end in sight.

It has always been so.

For the vast majority of people, it has been a painful journey.

Therefore, those strong people who choose to move forward in the "endless wilderness" often have various "reasons".

That's the courage they have to keep going.

……

【Sand Crocodile】Klockdahl, hoping to establish an "ideal township" that is not subject to the jurisdiction of any forces;

[Immortal Bird] Margao, who wants to protect the "home" of the Whitebeard Pirates;

Katakuri, for the sake of his sister Charlotte Bray, transformed into a "perfect" man who will not be underestimated by anyone.

There's more.

The ambition to dominate the world, the greed for wealth, the belief in upholding justice, and the irrepressible hatred......

The strong men of this sea, with all kinds of reasons, walk on the endless wilderness.

Even though they were covered in bruises and eroded by the storm along the way, there were still people gritting their teeth and moving forward in pain.

If not, you won't be able to persevere.

This is the default view of the strong, and this is true of both Margao and Katakuri.

However, the appearance of that man changed everything.

He—

【Demon】Aven Lindsay!

……

Lindsey dodged in.

The body was wrapped in a black shadow, like a pitch-black brush, leaving a scratch in midair.

The right hand is clenched.

A large number of shadows wrapped around it, and it was pinched into a huge shadow punch.

Swish!

A heavy fist was thrown and slammed into the head of the giant mammoth.

Rumble!

After a loud bang, the mammoth was knocked alive and slammed into the wall in the distance.

Lindsay's figure froze in mid-air, her shadow swaying back and forth.

"Aha!"

"Although it is not a complete fruit awakening, it feels good anyway!"

That joy and excitement were expressed without reservation.

At this moment, Margao and Katakuri finally realized why they always felt that Evan Lindsey was a little "weird".

Really?

There are still such people......

It is the same walking in the endless wilderness, and the same is facing the storm and loneliness.

But Ai Wen Lindsay's "face" did not show an expression of pain or patience, but grinned and laughed forward!

He didn't go "for what".

For Evan Lindsay, moving forward is fun in itself, and exploring the unknown makes him happy!

He's enjoying the storm and the wilderness!

……

"Sure enough."

Witnessing this scene, Klockdahl looked at the smiling faces of the primitives and muttered:

"It's still so pure......"

"By the way, that's Moria's Shadow Fruit?"

“……”

While the rest of the people were lamenting the demon, Klockdahl thought of more.

It was at the end of the Battle of the Seven Waters City, and Uta was the first to hear the call of the primitives.

Several people came to the frontal battlefield and were temporarily borrowed by the primitives with part of the "fruit ability".

Based on this, Lindsay was able to break through the big bullet and drag Douglas Barrett into the final fight.

Afterwards, Klockdahl had asked about primitive people, but Lindsay was a little confused about this.

"Is it a feeling?"

"Well, it's probably a feeling."

Hearing such an ambiguous answer, Klockdahl only felt uncomfortable.

Now, however, this strange ability has returned, and Evan Lindsay is still not satisfied with it.

"Something's wrong, there's something missing!"

Lindsay landed on the ground, waving a shadow punch of her right arm, as if to capture something intangible.

"It's not enough to just ask for it, it's not a complete fruit awakening, it's more!"

The more Lindsay spoke, the more excited she became, and she looked up not far away.

The scarlet gaze locked onto the mammoth as if it were a proper sandbag.

"I don't count what I just had, do it again!"

Ode!

Before the words fell, and before Jack could say the next word, Lindsay had already rushed over.

The shadow grabbed Jack's trunk with his big hand, picked up his huge body directly, and threw it upward!

The shadows are changing.

From a "fist", it turned into a thick "big sword", which was rushed up and raised by Lindsay.

"Come!"

The tip of the Shadow Greatsword stabbed at the mammoth, but Jack had already come back to his senses in mid-air.

The two tusks shook vigorously.

Click!

The shadow greatsword snapped and shattered into countless pieces.

Lindsay wanted to use the power of the Shadow Fruit further, but the shadow on his hand suddenly dissipated, and there was no trace of it.

“？！”

Lindsay was puzzled and turned her head to look into the distance.

Moria, who was badly wounded, lay on the ground and saw what was going on on Lindsay's side.

As the true owner of the Shadow Fruit, Moriah was not surprised by the current situation, and yelled vigorously:

"That's wrong, the shadow is very fragile, you don't use it like that, it's too much loss!"

“…… Oh~! ”

Lindsay suddenly realized and nodded.

The next moment-

The giant mammoth pressed down and crashed into Aven Lindsay from above.

Rumble!

A huge roar sounded, and for a time the smoke and dust overflowed.

The mammoth tore through the smoke and began to rampage around, looking for a possible breakthrough.

Through the torn gap, everyone could see that Aven Lindsay was embedded in the ground, lying on his back to the sky.

The man must be fine, but it is enough to prove that the size of the mammoth is very exaggerated.

“……”

"Hey!"

In a moment's hesitation, Jack has dismantled the fruit ability and returned to his human form.

He took out the phone bug in his arms and yelled at someone over there, "The plan has changed, act quickly!" ”

"Yes...... Be! ”

There was a panicked voice over there.

Jack was not idle, but continued to communicate, and at the same time swung his sword at Margao and Katakuri in front of him.

Although the two of them were able to suppress Jack with only physical skills, the latter was also an ancient animal ability after all, and his strange power was extremely amazing.

He ate two kicks, and then he rushed away from the two of them and went straight in the direction of the ancient ruins.

"He wants to escape?!"

Margao and Katakuri were stunned.

The ancient ruins are here, where does Jack want to escape?

And the person he just contacted was a member of the Hundred Beast Pirates who had disappeared?

“……”

Without too much hesitation, the two quickly made a judgment -

Pursue!

Let's bite to the death, and see what tricks the Hundred Beast Pirates have in store!

Margao, Katakuri, and Klokdal were close behind Jack.

They watched as Jack rushed to the edge of the ancient ruins and spotted a coated pirate warship in the waters outside.

It's the ship of the Beast Pirates!

"Hmph, you guys can have fun here!"

Jack seemed to be planning something, and quickened his pace a little, seeing that he was about to leave the ancient ruins.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared and stopped in front of the water curtain at the end of the road.

It's a little girl with red and white hair.

Uta!

It is obvious that the appearance of Uta was an "accident" for everyone present.

Margao, Katakuri, and Klokdal didn't expect it;

Jack didn't expect that;

On the outside ship, the members of the Hundred Beast Pirates didn't expect it either!

They asked over the phone, "Captain, someone is stopping over there, what should we do?" ”

"Nonsense, plan to continue, come and pick me up!"

With Jack's character, even if it is an innocent little girl, he will not hesitate to attack, not to mention that he is already furious.

He cursed and roared:

"Who do you think I am, bring me the boat!"

As he spoke, Jack clenched the twin knives in his hand as he accelerated again.

He's going to hack everyone who gets in his way!

Ode!

The huge figure rushed over and slashed at Uta with his sword.

"Uta" instantly scattered into large and small notes, which turned out to be a "clone" created by the ability of the fruit of the song.

Ever since he entered the ancient ruins, Totemjika has become restless.

Coupled with the brief departure of Evan Lindsay, Totmjika became more and more violent, always wanting to destroy something.

For this situation, Uta felt special - curious.

Lose sleep over something?

She hadn't been "worried" for a long time.

That unpleasant melody doesn't exist in Uta's singing.

Because in the audience of Uta, there are always Evan Lindsay, Shanks, Robin, Klokdahl, and everyone!

This trust made Uta dare to hum a song and stride forward even in the face of endless wilderness!

Swish!

Uta leaped forward and raised the eighth note in his hand.

The notes grew larger and larger, and the stems even exceeded the mast of a battleship.

Uta just held the note and slammed it down with the talisman head, hitting Jack in the head.

Rumble!

The power of this blow was even greater than when the giant mammoth fell!

The ground cracked, and smoke erupted.

Uta clubbed the huge note to the ground, gasping for breath and laughing out loud from exhaustion.

"Haha!"

……

Since then—

In that endless wilderness that belonged to the strong, in addition to the pure [demon], there was another cheerful singing.

(End of chapter)