Chapter 206: Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture

Nami, sent flying by a strike from a spiked club, slammed into a large tree with a loud crash, cracking the trunk itself; she fell to the ground, feeling as if her head were splitting and her whole body were numb and dizzy, unable to get up despite several attempts.

"Hahahaha, with just that much strength, you dare to meddle in the affairs of the most beautiful woman on the sea?!"

Alvida laughed as she walked toward Nami, raising her spiked club; seeing her approach, Nami's face turned pale, and she forced a smile:

"Um, if I say it's a misunderstanding now... can we reconcile?"

"What do you think!!"

Amidst the whistling wind, the massive spiked club smashed down again; Nami rolled and crawled to dodge the blow, but was sent tumbling twice more by the debris kicked up by the gale force of the club.

Before she could react, Alvida's club executed a sweeping strike, hitting her hard enough to make her vomit blood and fly sideways, smashing into a tombstone once more.

"Ugh!"

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Nami felt pain everywhere, with at least four or five ribs broken; she barely lifted her head to see the ugly female pirate approaching again, raising her spiked club.

'Damn it... is there really no chance of winning? Where is that Uchiha Feiyu? I can't feel his presence at all; he must have run away.'

'I never expected that being too clever would lead to my own undoing... to think I would end up like this; this must be karma.'

"Little kitten, the game is over. This is the price you pay for coveting treasure that doesn't belong to you!"

The spiked club whistled through the air toward Nami's head; Nami closed her eyes in despair, but in a daze, she heard a scream.

The descending club deviated from its target, striking Nami on the shoulder instead; the force was greatly diminished, causing her only to grunt as she felt her collarbone crack, rather than having her head smashed into a compound fracture.

Opening her eyes, Nami lifted her head and looked at Alvida in surprise; Alvida's mouth hung open, blood foam bubbling out as she made a wheezing sound.

Behind her, Uchiha Feiyu stood like a shadow, holding a long blade that had pierced into the gap between her ribs and penetrated her heart.

At this moment, Uchiha Feiyu's skin radiated a deep red color, white steam rising from his body; he let out a long breath, pulled the blade out, and a large amount of blood surged out from Alvida's heart and sprayed from her back.

Looking closely, one could see that the tip of the long blade in Uchiha Feiyu's hand was curled; it was less of a clean stab into Alvida's heart and more of a forced, brutal puncture.

It must be said that the vitality of people in the One Piece World is truly formidable; Uchiha Feiyu had first activated Boiling Blood, then controlled his muscles to use a version of the Body Flicker Technique adapted for the One Piece World—nearly identical to Soru—and then used the White Fang sword style to enter the gaps without touching any bone, following the grain of the muscles to pierce Alvida's heart with the minimal cost.

Even so, the blade in his hand had been deformed by the pressure of Alvida's fat; Uchiha Feiyu was certain that if he hadn't activated Boiling Blood, his blade would have at most pierced the muscle and never reached her heart.

"Urgh... urgh-ahhh! Damn you..."

As her blood drained away, Alvida felt her whole body grow cold, her strength seemingly slipping away; she gritted her teeth and turned her head, her eyes as red as a bull's.

But who was Uchiha Feiyu? Back when he was weak, he was already a notorious "tough nut" on the battlefields of the Ninja World War; the moment he pulled the blade out, he used the Body Flicker Technique to retreat over ten meters, giving Alvida no chance for a deathbed counterattack.

"You bastard... don't run!"

Dizzied by excessive blood loss, Alvida swung her iron club wildly; however, even without chakra, Uchiha Feiyu was still a ninja by trade, with his dodging abilities and presence concealment maxed out—there was no way the heavily wounded Alvida could hit him.

After swinging the iron club a dozen times, even with the powerful vitality of humans in the One Piece World, one could not last long with a pierced heart and massive blood loss, let alone continue fighting.

Just half a minute later, Alvida, having lost a vast amount of blood, felt her body go cold, her vision went black, and she collapsed to the ground, her blood gradually soaking the earth behind her.

Even as she was dying, she kept a tight grip on the Devil Fruit—thanks to this woman being brainless, otherwise if she had stuffed the Devil Fruit into her mouth, Uchiha Feiyu's harvest would have been discounted.

Waiting another two minutes, and seeing that Alvida had almost completely bled out, Uchiha Feiyu slowly walked over and pressed a hand onto the wound on her back.

Within Uchiha Feiyu's body, the Blood Scripture slowly circulated, absorbing wisps of blood Qi, and soon he regenerated his Dharma Power.

At the same time, Alvida's body gradually withered; the muscles, blood, and even bones within her began to melt, transforming into a replenishment for Uchiha Feiyu's Dharma Power.

Simultaneously, Uchiha Feiyu could feel a strange pressure transmitted from the entire world; even with Alvida's body as a constant source of Dharma Power, his own power could not hold out for long.

But this brief moment was enough; Uchiha Feiyu did not hesitate to activate the Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture, beginning to absorb Alvida's destiny.

The Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture was initially just a minor art for wearing skin to transform, but as the cultivation deepened, it gradually evolved into a terrifying ability to steal the heavens and replace the sun, replacing one's status.

Moreover, when the Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture was activated, it was calculated based on the main body; the clone's strength was insufficient, but if it were the main body, it could barely swallow Alvida.

After Uchiha Feiyu replaced Alvida's status, he could selectively inherit everything of hers; if he wished, Uchiha Feiyu could completely become Alvida, possessing her strength, memories, potential, and luck, and no one would doubt his identity.

However, it was clear that for Uchiha Feiyu, Alvida's identity, appearance, and memories were meaningless, and even her strength held little significance for him.

What could truly help Uchiha Feiyu were actually only Alvida's luck and potential.

As for luck, it went without saying; although Alvida was only a minor supporting character, being able to obtain the Slippery-Slippery Fruit and hang around Buggy, the number one lucky person in the One Piece World, meant her own luck was not bad at all.

As for talent, Alvida was naturally a far cry from the famous pirates of the Grand Line, but compared to the body Uchiha Feiyu currently inhabited, she was much stronger.

If Uchiha Feiyu's current body could only be rated as mediocre, then Alvida's potential was at least above average, approaching excellent—completely sufficient to make Uchiha Feiyu's cultivation speed advance by leaps and bounds.

After operating the Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture, Alvida's original corpse seemed to transform into a strange node in Uchiha Feiyu's eyes, giving him infinite insights in an instant.

(So that's how it is; does the Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture actually work better in another world? Perhaps it's because, to this world, my true identity is an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, and since I have no inherent status, it is easier to steal the status of others.)

(Others have to secure their own status before stealing another's, but I don't have such a thing, so naturally, I can easily use the status of others.)

Thinking of this, Uchiha Feiyu couldn't help but suspect that this was the very reason the Book of Demonic Inheritance had passed the Yin Corpse Painted Skin Scripture to him.

A moment later, Alvida had been completely absorbed by Uchiha Feiyu; only a pile of her clothes, the iron club, and the Devil Fruit remained on the ground, while the Dharma Power Uchiha Feiyu absorbed into his body was transmitted back to his main body.

The Heavenly Demon Secret, besides allowing one to divide their mind a thousand times and roam the heavens, could also easily receive power transmitted back from clones; after all, for an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, transmitting power to other worlds was not easy, but transmitting it back to the main body was absolutely an instinct.

As for the main body's reaction—humans in the One Piece World had Qi and Blood far stronger than the ninjas of the Naruto World; they were simply supreme treasures for cultivating the Blood Scripture, and he should try to get more of them.

"It's a pity I can't directly cultivate the Blood Scripture in this world; otherwise, give me three months, and any Admirals, any Four Emperors, any World Government could be swept into the dustbin of history."

The Demonic Arts Uchiha Feiyu cultivated were the type that grew stronger the more one killed; in the Naruto World, because order still existed, it was difficult to unleash their power unless there was war, but in a world as completely chaotic and fragmented as the One Piece World, completing the initial accumulation was far too easy.

It was just a pity that he couldn't cultivate directly now and had to slowly modify and adapt to the rules of the One Piece World.

Flicking his hand, Uchiha Feiyu looked at the pile of things on the ground and picked up the Devil Fruit; although he had no intention of eating a Devil Fruit, he certainly wouldn't let this trophy go.

"Ugh... you bastard... how dare you trick me!"

A female voice mixed with groans of pain sounded; Nami, covered in blood and covered in wounds, limped over, and although she was complaining, her eyes were fixed on the Devil Fruit in Uchiha Feiyu's hand.

However, while the girl's attention seemed entirely focused on the Devil Fruit, she was actually keeping a wide distance from the clothes and iron club Alvida had left behind, her eyes occasionally flickering toward Alvida's belongings with clear, visible fear.

There was no helping it; Uchiha Feiyu's Demonic Arts were enough to make one's blood run cold, even in a world like the One Piece World, and Nami wasn't blind—she had naturally seen what Uchiha Feiyu had just done.

Moreover, Uchiha Feiyu's conduct just now showed that he was definitely not a good person—a good person wouldn't have pushed her out to attract the attention of that fat female pirate and then launched a sneak attack to kill her while she was nearly beaten to death.

The ruthlessness and decisiveness Uchiha Feiyu displayed when striking, the coldness of his one-hit kill, and the indifference he showed while lurking and hiding all gave Nami a great shock; plus, having just watched him reduce Alvida to ashes, Nami would have to be brain-damaged to still think he was a good person.

If she weren't so severely injured that she couldn't run, she would have vanished long ago; the guy in front of her was both cunning and brutal, so even though she desperately craved that Devil Fruit, she would have to plan for the long term!

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled, looked Nami up and down, and spoke indifferently:

"I remember it was someone who wanted to scam me in the first place! I am merely paying them back in their own coin."

"Isn't that right? Miss Nami, who retreated right after shouting to attack."

Nami blinked, her expression slightly awkward:

"Fine, fine, I'll count myself unlucky this time. But since I was beaten so miserably and drew so much of that guy's attention, shouldn't I get half the price of this Devil Fruit?"

At first, what Nami thought of was naturally the entire Devil Fruit, but now... she felt a little nervous; let alone half the price of the Devil Fruit, as long as Uchiha Feiyu didn't cut her down along with it, Nami would be thankful to the heavens.

Saying it this way now was just to guide the other party's thinking, so as to prevent Uchiha Feiyu from having thoughts of killing her to silence her.

"Hehe..."

Uchiha Feiyu let out a laugh, glanced at Nami, and then straightened his face:

"This Devil Fruit won't fetch much of a price here in the East Blue. If you really want to make big money, this thing has to be sold in the Grand Line, or even the Sabaody Archipelago!"

This was true; the best buyers for the Slippery-Slippery Fruit were actually the Celestial Dragons. If one ran into those female Celestial Dragons, this thing could be auctioned off for a sky-high price close to a Logia or a Mythical Zoan!

After all, while the Power Level bonus of the Slippery-Slippery Fruit is not bad, it is certainly a far cry from its cosmetic ability. There are countless Devil Fruits with a higher Power Level than the Slippery-Slippery Fruit, but a Devil Fruit with this kind of cosmetic ability is one of a kind.

"Gulp... Could this be a Logia Devil Fruit?"

Nami swallowed, her gaze looking at this Devil Fruit with surprise mixed with a bit of covetousness.

If this really were a Logia Devil Fruit, then Nami would have to find a way to eat it no matter what—with a Logia Devil Fruit Ability, Arlong? Fish-Man? Where did these stinking shrimp come from? I'll stew all of you into seafood soup!

As much as she loved money, Nami was clearly also very clear about what the best choice was for her right now.

"I'm sorry... the value of this Devil Fruit might not be any worse than a typical Logia, but in terms of Power Level, it cannot be mentioned in the same breath as its price."

(End of chapter)