Chapter 159: Trial Tower Can Drop Equipment and Skills, Treasure Island!

"Armor-piercing bullet!"

"Flame Richie!"

The first floor of the Trial Tower, the edge of Death Island.

Everywhere were wandering spirits.

Buggy shook his flintlock, continuously firing bullets with immense piercing power.

Beside him was the Vice Captain, who also possessed skills, cracking a whip against the lion, Liji.

Liji's body suddenly grew larger, and his thick mane ignited, as if he were wearing a collar of flames, looking extremely ferocious.

The battle scene on Death Island was being broadcast live in its entirety.

Countless snail eyes of the Image Den Den Mushi captured every detail, transmitting it to major powers across the world.

Marine Headquarters,

had just finished a meeting and was already starting a new one.

Vice Admiral Tsuru had already boarded a warship to head toward the East Blue, while the remaining Admirals and Vice Admirals sat upright, observing the screen of the Image Den Den Mushi.

Sengoku's expression was grave as he said, "I order the East Blue Branch to deploy all two thousand Image Den Den Mushi, surrounding the East Blue Trial Tower, and do everything in their power to capture all content related to that island."

"What you all must do is analyze the various weird abilities of those who have landed."

"I have already sent people to the East Blue to search for the Contract Fruits spread by the game merchant; once retrieved, we will select suitable prisoner test subjects to experiment on."

Watching the various erupting skills, the Fleet Admiral was filled with worry.

These skills were just like Devil Fruits, capable of instantly granting the recipient powerful strength.

Fire, lightning, trees—the problem was that Devil Fruits were extremely rare items.

Although the Marine Admirals were all Logia users, and every general was a Devil Fruit user, and there were three Devil Fruit users among the Four Emperors of the New World, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea were also mostly Devil Fruit users, this did not mean that Devil Fruits were common.

These experts who could make a name for themselves across the Si Hai were the cream of the crop among millions of ordinary people, geniuses who had emerged from countless slaughters and struggles; it was not strange that they could obtain Devil Fruits.

How many such existences could there be in the entire ocean? Therefore, although Devil Fruits could bring people powerful abilities, their numbers were few, causing only minor trouble for the Navy and not affecting the overall situation.

However, the Contract Fruits were different! According to reports from the East Blue Branch, unlike the rare Devil Fruits, the game merchant was spreading these Contract Fruits at all times, regardless of the consequences.

Every day in the East Blue, hundreds of people picked up these Contract Fruits and gained powerful strength.

There were slaves who, relying on their skills, killed the Captain transporting slaves for the Celestial Dragons, hijacked the ship, and became Pirates.

There were commoners who resisted the oppression of the Nobles, relying on their skills to injure people everywhere in the Noble streets.

The more Sengoku thought, the angrier he became, saying, "Those Pirates who were already burning, killing, and looting act even more wickedly after picking up Contract Fruits, and the Navy can still issue bounties and pursue them, but what about those bewitched slaves and commoners?"

"They actually dare to unleash violence against the Nobles of the World Government's allied nations and resist the Celestial Dragons; such things are happening more and more, so how should we in the Navy conduct ourselves?"

He felt sorrow in his heart.

In the past, those treated as slaves remained silent, and the oppressed commoners kept quiet; they could still pretend these things did not happen.

But when these rotten, dark sides were forcibly ripped open and exposed before the Navy, what were they to do? Since he was young, he had upheld 【Justice Reigning Over the World】, which meant perfectly executing the orders of the World Government and maintaining the peaceful operation of the Pirate World.

Although he also pitied those slaves and commoners, he never went against the instructions of the World Government.

Previously, this contradiction was not yet sharp.

But the appearance of the Contract Fruits and the game merchant caused ordinary people to become restless, unwilling to obey the orders of the World Government.

It was all the game merchant's fault!

It was his ambition and mysterious methods that forced the Navy to point their guns at those restless commoners.

It seemed that in the future, the means of maintaining world peace would inevitably have to deal with blood and slaughter.

"Such a sinner cannot be forgiven!" Sengoku said these words with deep heartache.

Just at this moment,

a sharp-eyed Vice Admiral noticed that some changes had occurred on the edge of Death Island, where the World Noble, Buggy Saint—who had been marked as a key object of concern—was located.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, there is a situation!"

The Vice Admiral pointed his finger at the edge of the screen.

The perspective of the Image Den Den Mushi shifted, quickly focusing on the place where Buggy Saint was, and even the look of shock on his face could be seen clearly.

"Go to hell!"

An Ice Bullet fired from the flintlock, freezing a slightly larger spirit, which was then shattered by the flame lion, Liji.

A touch of purple halo flowed out.

Buggy hurriedly ran over, reached out to touch the purple halo, and immediately, a rifle with a peculiar design dropped out.

With a deep blue body, exquisite chamber, and grip, it looked like an artwork manufactured with extremely meticulous craftsmanship.

Compared to this rifle, the flintlock in his own hand was simply like junk.

【Inheritance: Water Demon Green Spirit Rifle】, a Level 5 Purple weapon.

Not only could it add ice-attribute attack power, but it also increased the intelligence attribute.

"What a peculiar weapon; it should be like your whip, Mohji."

Buggy couldn't wait to equip this rifle and found two spirits, trying to fire an armor-piercing bullet.

Bang, bang.

The low gunshot sounded like a roaring beast.

The power of the two armor-piercing bullets directly blew the spirits apart; the spirits that originally required seven or eight armor-piercing bullets to destroy simply disappeared from the spot.

"This is too fierce; is this the weapon of the Samsara Game?"

Buggy was dumbfounded, carefully wiping the gun barrel.

If a Level 5 Purple weapon was this strong, what kind of power would the Level 15 Purple weapon in his own backpack slot have?

Thinking of this, Buggy let out a hearty laugh and beckoned, "Little ones, charge into the depths of Death Island for me; equipment, skills, and items are all going to be in the pockets of Lord Buggy!"

Behind the Image Den Den Mushi,

A Vice Admiral proficient in firearms revealed a look of shock and said, "The rifle dropped by the Pirate Buggy Saint, even the latest weaponry of the Marine Science Unit cannot compare to it."

The Pirate World is extremely vast.

Some countries and islands remain in a primitive state, while others already possess advanced technology.

With the help of Vegapunk, in just a few short years, the Navy's standard-issue weapons upgraded from matchlock muskets to Flintlock, and until now, the Marine Science Unit has been equipped with the most advanced kinetic energy weapons.

But compared to the rifle in Buggy's hand, they seem like toys.

Sengoku frowned deeply and spoke, "Are you joking, Vice Admiral?"

He is a Devil Fruit user, skilled in Navy Body Arts and the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Buddha, and is not particularly proficient in firearms.

Although he could tell that the rifle dropped from the Trial Tower was quite a bit stronger than the Navy's weapons, it was not enough to warrant such shock from a Vice Admiral.

"I am not joking, Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"

That Vice Admiral proficient in firearms had a serious expression, and his eyes even revealed eagerness.

He took a deep breath and explained, "If it were merely a kinetic energy firearm, there would naturally be no need for shock; with the help of Vegapunk, the Navy could soon improve its firearm technology as well, but..."

(End of this chapter)