Starting from pirates and conquering all worlds

Time can indeed smooth out everything in the world.

No matter how brilliant the light, how violent the energy, or how enormous the sound,

it will always gradually disappear with the passage of time.

The magic of the twenty-three Magic Emperors is naturally no exception.

When the natural gale swept through,

it was discovered that the 'Ice Prison World Confessional' and 'Doomsday Martyr' created by Edward before, as well as the vast ice layer stretching for dozens of kilometers, had vanished like smoke.

The entire sky instantly returned to its original appearance.

Only the guardian of the thousand-meter-level Ice Prison World still stood tall between heaven and earth.

It was evident that only it had survived the aftermath of the great explosion just now.

However, none of the Magic Emperors present were interested in paying attention to a large block of ice.

All eyes were focused on the area shrouded in a large expanse of white smoke.

Because that was where Barret was located.

The incredibly oppressive atmosphere on the scene caused many people to subconsciously hold their breath.

"Hmm?"

Conrad raised his eyebrows, revealing surprise.

Because he saw a strange khaki color appearing in the gradually dissipating smoke.

Soon.

More and more of it appeared in everyone's sight.

It was a huge yellow sand creation.

The pitted and scarred scorched earth proved that it had endured many magical bombardments.

And the overall outline somewhat resembled a rounded magical beast?

The Magic Emperors couldn't recognize it, because it was the image of Shukaku!

This caused some people's hearts to suddenly sink.

It seemed that Barret had been saved by someone, and that person's strength was likely far beyond their imagination.

After all, if it were any one of them present,

including Conrad, Jester, Edward, and Princia, none of them had the confidence to be able to, in that kind of situation,

both protect themselves and safeguard the other party.

Unless it was some kind of space-based defensive ability.

But the yellow sand constantly falling to the ground had already exposed the other party's ability attribute.

At the same time.

Inside the dilapidated 'Shukaku'.

Crocodile curiously sized up Barret, who was panting heavily.

"How did you survive, you bastard!"

"Hmph, why ask such nonsense? Isn't it you who saved me?" Barret retorted coldly.

"No, no, no!"

"I arrived four seconds after your magic collided with theirs."

Crocodile immediately explained, "Logically speaking, you should have been gone in the second second."

"But in the third second, the energy intensity here suddenly decreased by at least half, which allowed me to successfully break through and come in."

"So, I'm asking you, how did you do it?"

To be honest, he thought Barret was bound to die at that time, and was considering whether to stop approaching.

Because if it were him, he definitely wouldn't be able to resolve half the magic power in the midst of the collision.

Barret was stunned after hearing this.

Indeed.

Having suffered the joint attack of four Admiral-level combatants and nineteen Vice Admiral-level combatants,

he really shouldn't have survived.

This 'damn crocodile' also didn't have such great ability to break through the torrent of energy formed during the collision.

So, what the other party said should be true.

That punch he desperately threw out in desperation really offset nearly half of the opponent's power.

But how could this be possible? It was clearly beyond his power limit.

Transcending the limit?

A flash of inspiration struck Barret's mind, could it be?!

"Forget it, now is not the time to pursue these things."

"Just consider it your 'stupid shark' luck."

As Crocodile spoke, he threw a sea-blue pill to Barret.

Barret glanced at it and directly threw it into his mouth and swallowed it.

This thing was called 'Sea Beast Pill'.

It was the latest achievement jointly developed by the Biochemical Research Institute, the Alchemist Association, and the Chef Association.

It didn't have any complicated effects either.

It just contained the nutritional essence equivalent to an entire Sea King.

So, eating it was equivalent to directly eating a Sea King.

If an ordinary person ate it, they would probably have to go to the toilet for a long time.

Because the body couldn't bear so many nutrients and could only excrete them as excess waste.

But for the powerful Captains and Colonels who mastered Life Return, it could quickly replenish a large amount of vitality.

And vitality would be converted into physical strength by them, while also restoring the injuries on their bodies.

It was equivalent to an advanced version of the Purple Butterfly First Aid Pill.

Originally, the Biochemical Research Institute planned to name it 'Sea King Pill'.

But the World Government believed that this was very impolite to Princess Shirahoshi, who was the 'Sea King'.

Finally, after discussion, it was decided to call it 'Sea Beast Pill'.

Sure enough.

Having received the nutritional essence supplement of an entire Sea King, Barret only felt the exhaustion all over his body rapidly fading away.

However, he was somewhat accustomed to this feeling.

Usually, when training in the 'Gravity Room', as long as he was exhausted, he would eat one, and then continue to work hard in silence.

Although this thing was currently a very precious life-saving secret treasure for most Vice Admirals and even Admirals.

But for Barret, it was just so-so, not to mention that as an Admiral, he could regularly receive one every month.

So, there were actually quite a few in his justice coat pocket.

And in this process.

The sand walls around the two of them were also constantly turning into yellow sand and scattering, which allowed the sunlight outside to shine in.

It also allowed Barret to face the Magic Emperor group led by Conrad again.

But unlike before when he was isolated and helpless,

he now had Crocodile, the Sand Crocodile Admiral of the Marine Headquarters, by his side!

Yellow sand once again formed the appearance of Shukaku behind the two of them.

"He didn't come?"

Barret casually asked, as if there was no one else around, while taking the cigar handed over by the other party.

"Yeah, said he wanted to become stronger, so he committed suicide and was reborn, probably have to wait two years."

After saying that, Crocodile took out a lighter and lit the cigar in his mouth.

But just as he handed the lighter over,

Barret waved his hand in refusal.

Then, he rubbed his fingertips and created a flame out of thin air to light his own.

At this time.

Conrad and the others on the opposite side were also discussing Crocodile's strength with each other.

"What do you think?"

"Looks just like that, doesn't seem like a very terrifying existence."

"But he blocked all of our magic!"

"Yeah, indeed, but the aura really hasn't reached that level."

Looking at the other side again.

"Hoo————" Barret exhaled a puff of smoke, "Pretty good, it's just a little too weak."

Crocodile grinned and laughed, "I don't really care, but he insisted that as a partner, he must be able to help."

Barret didn't mention it anymore and began to focus on the battle in front of him, "You half, me half."

After saying that, he was about to enter the 'Electromagnetic Propulsion' state again.

Who knew that Crocodile, with a smoking cigar in his mouth, sneered:

"Saying you're stupid is really true, why do you think I came alone?"

He swept his gaze across the twenty-three Magic Emperors, the tens of thousands of magic puppet legions, and the island-like floating fortress.

"Sometimes, troop strength is still quite important, they're just a little slow."

"Ha————, ha————, ha————, ha——————"

In Crocodile's characteristic gasping laughter,

Conrad and the others hundreds of meters away all saw black shadows constantly appearing in the sky at the end of their vision.

"What is that?!"

"Oh my god, could I be hallucinating?"

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