Chapter 246: The Fallen Supernova

"You guy, have you heard of my name too? Looking at you, you don't seem to be a Marine. State your name! Do you want to join my crew?"

Standing at the front of the pirate ship's deck, Kid looked full of high spirits as he actually opened his mouth to recruit Uchiha Feiyu, leaving Uchiha Feiyu feeling somewhat amused and exasperated for a moment:

"Recruit me? You are nothing but a pirate, where do you get such confidence!"

"Hmph, you unappreciative guy..."

Among all the Supernova, Kid was undoubtedly the most tyrannical and cruel one. Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's refusal, a cold sneer immediately appeared on his face, and he reached out to activate his Devil Fruit Ability.

With a soft 'Crack!', the Sandai Kitetsu at Uchiha Feiyu's waist unsheathed itself automatically. A shrill and tragic killing intent instantly permeated the entire sea area, and the dark red blade trembled slightly.

Kid, who was using his Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability to control the Sandai Kitetsu, only felt a sharp pain in his brain, as if he had been cut by a blade. He couldn't help but take two steps back, his blood-red eyes widening:

"This sword... what is going on with this sword? Controlling it feels exactly like grabbing a sharp blade with my bare hands!"

Uchiha Feiyu gently reached out his hand and gripped the hilt of the trembling Sandai Kitetsu. In an instant, the Sandai Kitetsu stopped trembling, and then the previously pervasive killing intent suddenly condensed. The sound of ghosts crying and gods howling seemed to ring out in the air out of nowhere. A red hue appeared before Kid's eyes, and he almost saw a sea of blood.

"What kind of ghost thing is this? Don't think you can confuse me! Get out of here!"

Under the killing intent of the Sandai Kitetsu, Kid, breathing rapidly with sweat on his forehead, suddenly let out a wild roar. Metal objects on both ships made clanging sounds, and the violent magnetic field stirred up waves on the sea.

At the same time, black lightning was born out of thin air, and a surging momentum spread out. All the ordinary pirates and Marines on both ships rolled their eyes and fainted directly.

"Conqueror's Haki... Tsk, you're quite ambitious."

Uchiha Feiyu commented nonchalantly, and then dense, thick black lightning erupted around him. A more tragic, more ferocious, and bloodier momentum directly pushed Kid's Conqueror's Haki completely back.

"How is it possible... Who exactly are you? Why do you also have Conqueror's Haki?!"

Kid, who had retreated two steps, gritted his teeth and looked at Uchiha Feiyu. At this moment, he no longer spoke of subordinates or anything else. Just from the performance of the person in front of him, he was very clear—he had definitely kicked an iron plate!

"In the second half of the Grand Line, there are as many pirates with Conqueror's Haki as there are carp crossing the river. Why are you so surprised?"

"As for my name... just call me Uchiha Feiyu."

Uchiha Feiyu? This name wasn't too familiar, but there was still a slight impression. Kid turned it over in his mind and quickly remembered where he had heard this name—the mysterious person in the Alabasta Kingdom who defeated the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Krokfar!

Because he wasn't a pirate, this guy didn't have a bounty, so his reputation hadn't spread. But those who knew his battle record were also clear that this was an absolutely ruthless character.

However... isn't it better this way? A smile full of madness appeared on the corner of Kid's mouth. Didn't he set sail for the thrill of dancing on the edge of a blade?!!

If the opponent took down a Seven Warlords of the Sea, then if he took him down, wouldn't that mean he was also a top-tier combat power on the sea, possessing the strength to challenge the Four Emperors?

It must be said that the World Government's daily propaganda that the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Marines, and the Four Emperors are the three poles of the sea has led many pirates and even Marines who have never been to the New World to have some misunderstandings. They really think the gap between the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Four Emperors is only a little bit, not knowing that even if you add the entire Seven Warlords of the Sea together, they might not be able to beat one Four Emperors crew.

Clearly, Kid was also one of those who had been fooled—but if he could really defeat Uchiha Feiyu, he would indeed have near Four Emperors-level strength.

Unfortunately...

A blood-colored sword light flashed and vanished. Kid's expression changed drastically. He used almost all his strength to control all the metal objects, blocking them in front of the blood-red Flying Slash. It was just that those metal cannonballs, long swords, iron spears, and even cannons were like a hot knife through butter under the blood-colored Flying Slash, instantly turning into two halves.

"Ugh, ahhhhhhh!"

Accompanied by a scream, one of Kid's right arms along with half of his shoulder flew off. Fresh blood gushed out, directly draining half of his body until he looked like a Dried Corpse.

Then, with a 'Boom—', the pirate ship split directly into two halves, and the pirates under Kid let out a series of screams.

"Captain Kid... he was actually heavily injured in one move!"

"It's terrible, the ship has been destroyed!!"

"The Marine opposite is a monster!! Hurry up and find a way to escape!!"

"Kid! Damn it..." A strong man wearing a mask and sporting blonde hair came to Kid's side and tore off half a piece of clothing to bandage Kid's huge wound.

However, at this moment, the pirate ship had already begun to gradually disintegrate. The actions of this group of people were no different from a death struggle. Uchiha Feiyu sneered and reached out his hand.

"Wuaaaaaaaa!"

"It hurts, it hurts, my whole body hurts so much!"

"What's going on! My heart feels like it's about to explode!"

Accompanied by bursts of screams, the many pirates on the pirate ship began to roll around crazily. A moment later, wisps of fresh blood permeated from their bodies, turning into clusters of blood mist, which were directly absorbed by Uchiha Feiyu.

And these pitiful pirates, after being drained of their blood, were left as nothing but Dried Corpse on the ground.

A large amount of blood mist rushed into the sky, turning into the shape of a bat, and then fell toward Uchiha Feiyu, being absorbed by him completely. One could vaguely feel that Uchiha Feiyu's essence, energy, and spirit had become a bit stronger.

"What a terrifying Devil Fruit Ability..."

The Marine Colonel gasped in surprise, but he didn't feel much disgust. The pirates and Marines of this world were not much different from the ninja of the Hokage; they were all pragmatists and never felt that there was any distinction between good and evil in power.

However, this blood riot of the Vampire Fruit could only clear out small fry. The pirate holding Kid only had his skin turn slightly red before he suppressed the blood inside his own body.

As for Kid, his injuries were extremely severe. He originally wouldn't have been able to suppress his own blood, but Uchiha Feiyu was very interested in his Devil Fruit, so he didn't attack him.

Even though Uchiha Feiyu spared him, the current Kid was already in a state of heavy injury and blood loss. He held the masked man's hand and gritted his teeth as he said:

"Killer... don't worry about me, run quickly. You are not a Devil Fruit Ability user... if you jump into the sea, you still have a glimmer of hope..."

"Why don't I see where that glimmer of hope is? You want to run away in front of me? Aren't you all thinking a bit too much?"

A voice with a hint of mockery rang out from behind. Both Kid and Killer's expressions changed drastically. Killer turned his head for the first time and saw Uchiha Feiyu standing smilingly behind him, only a few steps away.

"How could it be... this kind of speed..."

Killer's peripheral vision scanned the Marine ship. The Uchiha Feiyu who had originally been standing on the deck had faintly turned into an afterimage, making his heart turn cold instantly.

A Vampire is inherently a high-agility type of mythical creature, not to mention that Uchiha Feiyu was known for his speed when he first started. Crossing the distance between two ships, for Uchiha Feiyu, didn't even require half a second.

"Damn it, I'll fight you! Go to hell!"

The masked pirate named Killer took two sickle-like curved hooks from his waist and turned them into two arcs, cutting toward Uchiha Feiyu's neck and waist. It was just that the two sickles swept through the figure, and the empty feeling fed back made Killer's expression change.

"Nice swordsmanship... speaking of which, do these two sickles count as the category of swordsmanship? Tsk, I don't understand the weapon classification of the island nation..."

A very relaxed voice with a hint of sarcasm rang out from behind. Killer's body stiffened, and he slowly turned his head to see Uchiha Feiyu still standing behind him, his posture even no different from just a moment ago.

"Faster than Soru... no, much faster than Soru, and it's not some explosive acceleration, it's just this guy's physical speed..."

Before Killer's thoughts could finish, a hand had already pressed onto his mask, and he heard Uchiha Feiyu muttering softly in his ear:

"Not a Devil Fruit Ability user... at least the head can be exchanged for some bounty..."

With a 'Puchi!', fresh blood gushed out from his seven orifices. In just an instant, this second-in-command of the Kid Pirates had already turned into a Dried Corpse.

"Killer!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Go to hell, go to hell!! You damn bedbug!!"

Seeing his companion die so miserably right before his eyes, Kid widened his eyes and let out a frantic howl; his eyes, already dull and lifeless from excessive blood loss, were now filled with frantic bloodshot veins.

At the same time, his violent Conqueror's Haki and his Devil Fruit Ability to manipulate magnetic fields expanded crazily, and all the metal objects on both ships began to vibrate incessantly.

"I can't let you destroy the ship, or it will be much more troublesome to get back. So... you had better just quiet down for me!"

Following a hissing sound like a burst water faucet, blood sprayed wildly from the wound on Kid's shoulder; in an instant, the guy was almost drained into a Dried Corpse, and then he rolled his eyes back and passed out directly.

Uchiha Feiyu did not absorb all of Kid's blood, but instead pumped a portion of it back into his body to keep him in a state of unconsciousness without dying, then found Seastone Handcuffs and shackles to put on him.

The purity of the Marine's Seastone Handcuffs was much higher than those in Wano Country, not to mention that the current Kid was far inferior to the version of himself two years later and was still in a state of critical injury and near death, so once the Handcuffs and shackles were on, there was no possibility of him struggling.

"Take this head to exchange for the bounty; besides that, the guy Kid belongs to me. His Devil Fruit Ability is quite interesting, and I want to try doing some Human Experiment on him."

Returning to the Marine ship, Uchiha Feiyu said this to the Marine Colonel as if nothing had happened; the Marine Colonel showed a few signs of hesitation on his face, but in the end, he nodded.

For one thing, half of Kid's body had been severed; this wasn't just a lost arm, but a part of his shoulder was gone too. Even if he could recover later, his strength would be greatly discounted, not to mention that Uchiha Feiyu was still this guy's enemy, so it didn't look like he would easily let this Pirate go.

For another, it was Uchiha Feiyu's strength, which was truly over-the-top. In the eyes of this Marine Colonel, he feared that ninety-nine percent of Vice Admirals did not have this level of strength; he was at least at the Power Level of an Admiral Candidate, and in the One Piece World, strength basically represented everything, just like the "Face-Face Fruit" of the Four Emperors Red-Haired.

As for the Human Experiment that Uchiha Feiyu mentioned, this Marine Colonel didn't care at all. Compared to the Naruto World, the One Piece World was even more chaotic, and Human Experiment didn't count for anything at all; whether it was the Marine, Pirates, or the member nations of the World Government, they were all extremely adept at conducting Human Experiment.

At most, the Marine would be a bit more careful with their targets, only using Pirates for Human Experiment, while Pirates were indiscriminate and didn't even care about using children for experiments, but their attitude toward Human Experiment itself was supportive.

After bandaging the wounds of this Supernova who had been crippled before he could even shine, Uchiha Feiyu found a wooden barrel on the Marine ship and stuffed him directly inside.

There were no new dangers encountered along the way, and they returned safely to Alabasta, and after Uchiha Feiyu returned to Alabasta, he received some news.

"Usopp that guy ran away? And he took the Going Merry with him?"

Uchiha Feiyu rubbed his chin, but there was no fluctuation in the expression on his face:

"It really is just as expected... but before he pays back what he owes me, he wants to run away so easily?"

Regarding Usopp's escape, Uchiha Feiyu actually had a premonition about it long ago, and he didn't really care too much; he would deal with it when they met again in the future!

In fact, after arriving in Alabasta, Usopp's utility had dropped significantly; no matter what, the talent that an entire Alabasta could provide was definitely superior to Usopp, who could only do odd jobs.

Although Usopp possessed the title of "God of Desperate Situations" and could exert unexpected effects in more dangerous situations, Uchiha Feiyu was not the Straw Hat Pirates who liked to court death, so the possibility of encountering a desperate situation was not high to begin with.

As for the Candle-Candle Fruit—the biggest reason why Uchiha Feiyu had stuffed that fruit to Usopp in the first place was actually to use a normal person to conduct an experiment. Now that the flames on Usopp's head hadn't gone out yet, counting it that way, it couldn't be considered too much of a loss.

Of course, the main thing was that Uchiha Feiyu had no interest in hunting down the Straw Hat Pirates—they couldn't drop many gold coins for him, and the only thing that could be considered precious was the Nika Fruit of Straw Hat, so he didn't have the leisure to waste time on a fruit that didn't suit him at all.

(End of this chapter)