Chapter 257: Bloodline of Light, Give Me Your Light!

Not only does he want to crush dead the Gear Fifth Luffy who gave Kaido hope but ultimately failed,

even the entire nearby kingdom will be destroyed by this massive boulder.

"Stop it, Kaido, have you gone mad?"

Blackbeard widened his eyes,

never expecting Kaido to be crazy enough to go this far. He didn't care about destroying the entire kingdom, but it would also affect him standing on the ground.

"Dark Hole!"

Blackbeard, furious, directly released the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability at full power,

black smoke and black water surged into the Oikot Kingdom without end, like a small black hole, the black earth began to drag everyone into it.

Kaido didn't care,

Blackbeard likewise didn't care about the lives of the Oikot Kingdom's civilians,

what he wanted to do was absorb everything into the black water, then release it to block the falling meteorite and protect himself.

Actually,

even if he didn't do this, he wouldn't die, at most he'd be injured.

But the Dark-Dark Fruit doubles pain, he didn't want to endure that kind of suffering, so let these Oikot civilians die first, blocking the damage for him.

Anyway, they'll all die in the end,

these civilians were killed by Kaido, not by himself.

"Are we going to die?"

"The Rubber Pirate was defeated!"

"Can he still get back up?"

In the darkness, countless Oikot civilians wept in despair, shrouded by the clouds of darkness and death.

The only Rubber Man who could fight evil dragons and darkness has already failed, who else could step forward to oppose the enemy?

"On the brink of death, still spouting nonsense!"

Blackbeard laughed wildly, watching the despairing civilians, and shouted: "Even a legendary fruit will be swallowed by darkness, don't hold any expectations!"

A black water current like a whip wrapped around the aged Luffy and dragged him over.

Blackbeard grabbed Luffy's neck, wanting to absorb the Nika Fruit's power.

"I just don't know if the Dark-Dark Fruit can absorb that strange blue fist flame?"

Blackbeard thought secretly,

tightening his grip.

The current aged Luffy had even lost the ability to resist, like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"Luffy!"

On a hot air balloon floating outside the island,

the Straw Hat Pirates' members roared, Zoro threw away the meaningless flyers, directly drew his twin swords, and leaped out of the balloon's basket.

Charging toward Blackbeard's direction.

"Let's go!"

Nami sat astride her broom, without the slightest hesitation,

ignoring the massive falling meteorite, rushing out without a second thought to save the Straw Hat Pirates' Captain.

Countless times,

since childhood, the self who stole, whenever facing an unbeatable enemy, would actively run away to preserve her life—this was the Thief's creed engraved in her heart.

But, in just half a month,

she had already broken the Thief's creed twice in a row, willing to die for her companions.

"Nami-san, you're so beautiful, I really don't know who else I could fall in love with."

Sanji, cigarette in mouth, spoke these out-of-tune words of deep affection,

likewise leaping out of the hot air balloon, flames igniting on his feet, continuously advancing through the air.

The chef is classified as a secondary profession in the game,

he also has a combat-related exchange ability, a very special Magic from the Magic world.

Originating from demons, but also used to destroy demons.

Letting oneself master the power of demons, that is 【Fire Devil Slaying Magic】!

"Flame Demon Charge!"

Complex Magic Circles appeared on Sanji's feet, erupting with a demonic aura.

The last to move, but with astonishing speed, his feet like flame thrusters, he charged toward Blackbeard.

"Dark Water!"

A black vortex appeared, directly pulling Sanji to crash into the ground.

"Almost got burned by that damned flame, and it's not an ordinary flame, it's a special flame stronger than Ace's!"

Blackbeard laughed as he looked at the crazed Straw Hat Pirates members,

the gap in strength couldn't be compensated by skill intensity.

Strangling newcomers before they grew up, honestly, felt really satisfying!

"Damn it, is this the end?"

The Blackbeard who could wound Hongfa Xiangkesi and leave a scar on his eyelid was no weaker than the Four Emperors.

Arrogance and recklessness are his weaknesses.

So he often fights evenly with weaker opponents, but the current Blackbeard is at full power.

The crew of the Straw Hat Pirates were simply no match.

Boom, boom.

A heavy heartbeat sounded.

Luffy, already with his eyes tightly shut, looking as if he were dead and aged, suddenly felt his heart pound violently.

No one could figure out what kind of situation was unfolding.

Only Fang Yi inside the Game House understood what transformation was taking place on the weakening Luffy's body.

"Just like in the original fate, when he went to fight Crocodile in Alabasta, although Caomao Lufei looks foolish, he isn't reckless at all—his battle mind is very clear."

Fang Yi looked at a newly appeared Debt Bond,

After this battle ended, Luffy would lose the power of the 【Nika Fruit】.

That's right.

The fruit regarded as the core of fate by the Pirate World's consciousness, the Nika Fruit, was sold off by Luffy without the slightest hesitation.

In exchange for an item locked on the shelf.

【Light Bloodline】: Players possessing this bloodline can, through the power of light, condense an Ultra Body.

Ultra Body.

In other words, Ultraman.

But unlike the so-called human hosts, the items within the Samsara Game grant players absolute initiative.

For players who exchange for the Light Bloodline, the Ultra Body is more like a weapon similar to a Zanpakuto.

As the Devil Fruit at the core of the Pirate World's fate, the 【Nika Fruit】,

could fetch an astronomical price—a full three hundred and fifty thousand Reward Points.

And this 【Light Bloodline】 directly wiped out those three hundred and fifty thousand Reward Points, its value even surpassing the Wind Dragon Bloodline of the Revolutionary Army's Leader.

The heart of the already exhausted and aged Luffy, because of the Light Bloodline,

began to pound.

"Everyone, give me light!"

In the ears of the Straw Hat Pirates' members, Luffy's pure voice suddenly rang out.

They recalled the flyers scattered earlier.

【When necessary, please raise your hands and hand the light to the Pirate King!】

"Light!"

"Luffy! He absolutely won't lose!"

Filled with the power of hope, pure white light suddenly bloomed from the bodies of the Straw Hat Pirates' members.

The power of the 【Light Bloodline】 and the 【Nika Fruit】, which had not yet been taken away, fused together.

Zoro's algae-green hair began to turn white, white flame clouds swirling behind him, his clothes dyed a pure white.

And Nami and Sanji,

likewise transformed into the Awakened appearance of the Nika Fruit, radiating white light as it gathered toward Luffy!

On the hot air balloon,

Usopp, transformed into the white Nika form, shouted hoarsely into the Den Den Mushi's speaker: "Everyone in Oikot, please believe in Luffy, raise your hands, I implore you all to lend your light to Luffy!"

The cry spread to every corner of the Oikot Kingdom.

All those who had fallen into darkness unconsciously raised their hands.

"Luffy? Is that the rubber kid who fought the Sea Dragon and the darkness? If it's him, then take my light!"

"And my light too!"

"Take all of our light!"

Beneath the shadow cast by the meteorite and the darkness wrapped by the Dark-Dark Fruit, everyone let out a cry.

Countless white figures appeared; every single person in the Oikot Kingdom transformed into the form of Nika.

Although they were all powerless phantoms,

they were the source of Luffy's power of light!

"Everyone's light—I can feel it!"

Luffy suddenly opened his eyes, breaking free from Blackbeard's restraints,

his entire body filled with light, transforming once more into a colossal Nika form.

A super-giant Nika formed from the gathered light of all the people of Oikot!

This is the true Nika!

If there can be two Nikas, why can't everyone in the world be Nika?

(End of this chapter)