Chapter 267: Turning Against Each Other

"What is going on? Uchiha Feiyu!"

Watching the anomaly below, Sengoku quickly noticed the blood mist permeating the entire Marine Headquarters. He instantly associated it with Uchiha Feiyu and asked, both shocked and furious.

"Hehe... helping you increase the difficulty a little... no need to thank me!"

Uchiha Feiyu said with a smile on his lips, his figure flashing suddenly to dodge the frantic attack from this Marine Admiral.

"Why?! Uchiha Feiyu... what exactly are you trying to do?"

Sengoku's body faintly emitted a golden light, then continuously expanded, transforming into a golden Great Buddha, and he shouted the question aloud.

Uchiha Feiyu looked at the Sengoku before him, his expression becoming slightly more serious as he spoke earnestly:

"Marshal Sengoku, isn't this very clear? I rely on blood and slaughter to increase my power."

Sengoku widened his eyes and roared:

"So you would turn against the Marines on such an important occasion?!"

"Does increasing power through blood and slaughter require taking action against the Marines?"

"Hehe... in my view, there is no difference between Marines and Pirates; one is a swarm of locusts that burns, kills, and plunders, while the other is merely a hound for the World Government to oppress the common people."

"Although I am not qualified to say such things. But if I had to choose, I wouldn't want to let any of them go: Marines, Pirates, or the World Government!"

"After all, when you picked up your weapons, you were already prepared to die on the battlefield, weren't you?"

After transforming into the Great Buddha, Sengoku seemed to have calmed down quite a bit. Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, he did not get too agitated, only looking at him deeply:

"Well said. The fate of a Marine is to die on the battlefield. But since that is the case, have you, who also picked up a weapon, prepared yourself for death?"

"Buddha Palm!"

The massive golden arm descending from the sky directly pinned Uchiha Feiyu down. Just as Sengoku prepared to follow up with a Buddha Shockwave, he suddenly felt his own fruit ability seemingly being drawn by something, beginning to dissipate continuously.

"This is..."

Sengoku's expression changed drastically. At the same time, the massive golden Great Buddha was continuously shrinking, returning to Sengoku's original form. Uchiha Feiyu held Sengoku's arm with one hand, and a pitch-black aura completely coiled around his arm.

"This is... what ability..."

After speaking, Sengoku already felt that the situation was wrong. It was not just his fruit ability; even his Qi and Blood and life force were continuously draining away. After only a moment, the once-sturdy Sengoku had turned into the appearance of a true eighty-year-old man.

"Hehe, it is the simultaneous effect of two great fruits: the Logia Dark-Dark Fruit and the Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit. Furthermore, there is the acceleration of the Momo-Momo Fruit."

"However, I didn't expect that the hundredfold speed of the Momo-Momo Fruit could also enhance fruit abilities, making my absorption speed 100 times faster. Originally, dealing with a top-tier combatant of the sea like you would not have been such an easy matter."

Whether it was the Vampire's ability to suck blood and absorb life essence, or the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability to pull on Devil Fruit powers, both required a certain amount of time to take effect. Top-tier powerhouses of the sea have abundant Haki, which would form a great interference.

Yet, under the acceleration of the Momo-Momo Fruit, the operating speed of these two Devil Fruits was 100 times faster, which resulted in Uchiha Feiyu instantly killing and draining Sengoku in a very short time.

With a shake of his hand, Uchiha Feiyu threw the aged Sengoku toward the rushing Garp. He chuckled, ignoring Garp's fury, and transformed into a blood shadow, rushing downward.

Old man Garp had taught Uchiha Feiyu after all; out of respect for that bond, Uchiha Feiyu would not fight him this time.

Given his cold-hearted personality, being able to do even this much was already quite good.

Before rushing down, Uchiha Feiyu waved his hand casually, and a Flying Slash directly swept across the execution platform, striking the Seastone Handcuffs on Ace.

With a *crack*, the Seastone Handcuffs were shattered into powder, and the force of the Flying Slash dissipated simultaneously. The control of power was masterful, and Ace gained his freedom in an instant.

Breaking free from his restraints, Ace instantly transformed into a meteor of fire and flew into the sky. It was there in the sky that he saw that incredibly spectacular scene on the ground.

A dense blood mist permeated the entire Marine Headquarters. Amidst screams that surpassed human imagination, the once-dead Dried Corpses and skeletons climbed up one by one, attacking all living people like madmen.

At the same time, many Marines and Pirates fighting in the blood mist screamed frantically. Their entire bodies seemed to be drenched in blood, turning into terrifying blood-colored skeletons and launching attacks on all living people around them.

This was Uchiha Feiyu's Dead River! Like that Vampire King, all enemies killed by Uchiha Feiyu would turn into undead, their power completely used by Uchiha Feiyu, very similar to the deployment mode of the legendary Dead River.

However, there were also differences. In the original work, the strongest effect of Alucard's Dead River was not releasing those undead, but using those undead to pay for his own life!

The possessor of the Dead River gains an extra life for every person they kill. The more people they kill, the harder they are to kill themselves. For example, Alucard in the original work, as a result of countless battlefield slaughters, possessed millions of lives. Not to mention his Power Level, his vitality was so tenacious that he was completely impossible to kill.

If he hadn't finally unlocked the Dead River and released millions of undead, giving his opponent a chance to use a decapitation tactic, Alucard could never have died.

To put it bluntly, Alucard's final death could be entirely attributed to him being tired of living and committing suicide; otherwise, even if a nuclear weapon were used directly, for this Vampire King, it would just be a matter of a few lives.

After Uchiha Feiyu's Dead River was deployed, its effect was even better than in the original work. Besides releasing the dead to fight, the permeating blood mist itself had the ability to erode the living. If the battle lasted long enough, the living could also turn into the dead.

However, in terms of the Undying Body, it was far inferior to Alucard's Dead River. At most, he could only use the pure life force within the Dead River to perform super-speed regeneration, forming a kind of pseudo-Undying Body.

And once this conceptual life was converted into pure life force, the effect was greatly reduced, at most becoming a knock-off version of Wolverine's undying body, or even worse—at least Wolverine, even if thrown into the sun and left with no flesh, could regenerate relying on his indestructible Adamantium skeleton.

But having developed to this extent, all the potential of the Vampire Fruit had been exhausted, and even the soul of this Devil Fruit had completely disappeared, merging into Uchiha Feiyu's body.

If Uchiha Feiyu were to die in the future, this Devil Fruit would never appear again; it could be considered completely digested by Uchiha Feiyu.

"Alright, a big move like the Dead River is a bit perverted no matter how you think about it, so it's not surprising that the Vampire Fruit can't achieve it. The remaining faith can just be used to nourish the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Momo-Momo Fruit. So, first—let's balance the current situation!"

In the blood mist filling the sky, shadows vaguely gathered. Soon, one blood-colored bat after another was born within the blood mist. These bats let out squeaking screams and instantly launched an attack on all living people.

"This is... this is the bat from just now, it's that Blood Demon's bat!"

"The Blood Demon has betrayed us! Oh no! Everyone, run!"

"How could this happen? Damn it, is that guy a lunatic?"

"All Marines who do not know Two-Color Haki, leave immediately! Damn it, it's too late!"

How numerous were the bats in the blood mist? One must know that Uchiha Feiyu had not withdrawn this blood. The entire Marine Headquarters could basically be called a river of blood. The number of bats covering the sky was at least 800,000, if not 1 million. In an instant, they had swallowed up the ordinary Marines.

After a large number of Marines died, they turned into undead under Uchiha Feiyu, turning back to besiege their own companions, and casualties suddenly rose steadily.

"Kizaru! Go stop that guy!"

Aokiji shouted, leaping up. A powerful cold air erupted, directly freezing Marco. This Phoenix Fruit user struggled twice before flying out of the ice, but the original Kizaru had already abandoned this opponent.

Marco glanced around and, unexpectedly, did not continue to fight, instead shouting loudly: "Pops, retreat!!! Ace has been rescued, and the casualties are truly too tragic!"

Whitebeard retreated two steps, panting, looking at Akainu in front of him with full vigilance. Akainu did not continue to attack either—if the fighting continued, the Marine Headquarters might be completely wiped out!

At this moment, a flame descended from the sky, condensing into the shape of Ace:

"Pops, I'm sorry, it's all because of me..."

"Gurarara, what silly things are you saying?"

Whitebeard shook his head and spoke heroically:

"If there is any fault to be found, it is naturally the greatest fault of me, the captain! Attacking Marine Headquarters was an order I issued myself!"

"As for now... children, prepare to leave!"

Marco, who was most familiar with Whitebeard, frowned; he heard a faint determination in Whitebeard's words and had a bad premonition in his heart:

"Old man, let's leave together and let the Marines and that Blood Demon fight like dogs!"

"No need! The grudges of the Whitebeard Pirates must naturally be settled by Whitebeard himself! Having killed so many people on the Whitebeard pirate ship, I will certainly not let him off!"

"But... Old man..."

Whitebeard turned his head to look at Ace and Marco, and the two then discovered that Whitebeard's originally snow-white crescent mustache had been completely dyed the color of blood.

Besides that, his body was covered in crisscrossing wounds of all sizes; gunshot wounds, saber wounds, burns, and scalds almost covered the man's entire body.

In the battle just now, Whitebeard, as the banner of the entire Whitebeard Pirates, had also withstood the most attacks in order to protect this group of sons under his command, so naturally, his injuries were the most severe.

Although this time Whitebeard did not have the experience of being backstabbed and severely injured by Squard, after such a long battle, this elderly and terminally ill man had already reached the end of his rope.

Whitebeard knew very well in his heart that his body had long been riddled with holes; he was currently fighting on the battlefield by holding onto a single breath. If this fighting spirit did not dissipate, perhaps he could still fight for a day and a night, but if he were to let go of this breath, he might suffer an outbreak of his injuries on the spot and die instantly.

"Leave quickly. This era no longer has a ship capable of carrying me. Moreover, as a Pirate, dying on the battlefield is already the best destination; I do not want to die of illness on a bed!"

Whitebeard clenched his fists, blue veins bulging and muscles swelling, and swung a fist backhanded. A terrifying white light erupted instantly, and the entire Marine Headquarters was shaken into two halves, with a huge crack dozens of meters long appearing in the middle, perfectly separating Whitebeard from his subordinates.

"Leave this place, my sons! Now, in my capacity as captain, I issue the final order: mission accomplished, evacuate Marine Headquarters!"

After saying this, Whitebeard no longer paid attention to the sons behind him and looked toward Uchiha Feiyu in the sky.

At this moment, the Marine Admirals and a group of Vice Admirals had also long since stopped fighting; they also ignored Whitebeard and looked toward Uchiha Feiyu as well.

The weak on the battlefield had almost all been killed or wounded; those remaining were either officers who knew Two-Color Haki, or—acquaintances of Uchiha Feiyu.

For instance, a certain nearsighted Tashigi had been spared by Uchiha Feiyu and was now looking at Uchiha Feiyu in the sky with an expression of disbelief.

"That's about enough... these remaining guys can no longer be finished off by techniques like Blood Bats."

Uchiha Feiyu glanced downward, made a slight calculation in his heart, and had already made a decision.

As his thoughts stirred, the blood bats that had covered the entire Marine Headquarters and the blood mist permeating the entire Marine Headquarters all transformed into an endless river of blood, which surged into the sky and merged into Uchiha Feiyu's body.

The endless blood energy was converted into Blood Scripture Dharma Power; although it could not remain for long, it continuously strengthened Uchiha Feiyu's body in a short period. At the very least, his Human Immortal Martial Arts would have rapid progress after every large-scale Blood Sacrifice.

This time goes without saying; the hundred thousand Marines and Pirates were either elite Marines from Headquarters or Pirates from the New World. Although they were insignificant on this battlefield, in reality, if they were in the Four Seas, these "cannon fodder" could all fetch a bounty of over a million Belly, and the life force and blood energy within them, if placed in the Naruto World, would each be comparable to a Jonin.

And that is the top-tier Jonin who specializes in taijutsu; ordinary Jonin, without counting chakra energy, would definitely be beaten to a pulp by this group of ordinary soldiers and Pirates based on physical fitness alone!

Such a large haul, for Uchiha Feiyu, was no less than a once-in-a-decade harvest, even for his main body far away in the Naruto World!

(End of chapter)