Chapter 340

Perhaps, as a swordsman becomes stronger, his blade also becomes stronger, it's just that the process of the demon blade becoming stronger was a bit fast.

Now, if looking solely at quality, Lei Yu was no different from Raven or Shusui.

One must know that Raven and Shusui were both Black Blades (Raven's wasn't visible). Although Lei Yu hadn't managed to become a Black Blade, it seemed to have embarked on another path, which was somewhat similar to Zoro's future Demonic Aura.

Karl preferred to call it... Blood Sacrifice, because Lei Yu was a blade that drank blood; the blood of countless pirates and villains forged its strength.

Swish—the chains were cut.

Karl said indifferently: "I am Navy Headquarters Vice Admiral Karl. You are saved. Those who were pirates before, stand out and admit it yourselves. I can let bygones be bygones."

Gulp—a few men looked at each other and raised their hands tremblingly.

Karl's mouth curled up slightly, and he stabbed Lei Yu out with precision, killing the few pirates who had been reduced to slaves.

There's no need to talk about martial virtue with pirates!

"Here, these are the keys. Open them yourselves! There is some Berries in the room over there; consider it your travel expenses."

"Thank you, Vice Admiral Karl!" "Thank you!"

Karl didn't respond and turned to leave.

Night, Sabaody Archipelago, Grove 1, a certain auction house.

This shouldn't be Doflamingo's venue; the decorations were clearly not that flashy, looking more pragmatic.

However, there were quite a lot of people: nobles, pirates, all kinds of people. It was quite lively. It must have been promoted. Karl was quite satisfied; at least Dragon took it seriously.

Walking into the VIP box, Karl closed his eyes and waited quietly for the auction to begin.

Click—the door to the VIP box was opened, and a man wearing a hood walked in and closed the door behind him.

Karl opened his eyes and turned to look. The man lifted his hood, grinned, and said: "Long time no see, Vice Admiral Karl. I haven't had a chance to congratulate you on becoming a Navy Hero yet!"

"I didn't expect you to come in person."

"The Holy Light Shell concerns the future development plan of the Revolutionary Army. How could I not take it seriously?"

Karl smiled lightly, signaled for Dragon to sit down, and asked casually: "How many did you bring this time?"

"100 Holy Light Shells, 10 Holy Healing Shells. I mainly wanted to use this auction to build a reputation, so I didn't bring many."

Karl nodded and didn't speak again. Dragon seemed to want to say something, but seeing Karl was a bit cold, he didn't say more and waited quietly for the auction to start.

About 20 minutes later, the host took the stage to warm up the crowd and stir up emotions.

After that was the first auction item. When a shabbily dressed young lady brought it up, Karl realized it was actually a Holy Light Shell.

"Now, I will grandly introduce to everyone this magical shell. Its name is... Holy Light Shell!"

The host pulled off the red cloth, revealing the Holy Light Shells stacked inside. At the same time, the lights on the stage began to dim, and the Holy Light Shells emitted a faint golden halo in the dark environment.

"Wow!" "Holy Light Shell? What is this? A shell that glows?"

Seeing people's interest piqued, the host revealed a smile and beckoned to the backstage, signaling that the next step could begin.

"Everyone might be a bit confused. It's just a glowing shell, what's so strange about it? A lamp worth a few thousand Berries can do the same thing. However, the fact that it can come to our auction house means it's definitely not that simple!"

"As for what its specific function is, allow me to keep a small secret, because next, we will demonstrate its function in front of everyone to see if you can guess it!"

"Whoever can guess the correct answer, our auction house will directly give 100 Berries as a reward!"

As soon as this was said, the audience sitting below let out bursts of exclamation.

"My god, giving away 100 Berries just like that? There's such a good thing?"

"Whatever! Isn't it just a glowing shell? Might as well take the free Berries. I heard the finale today is a Devil Fruit!"

Whether pirates or wealthy merchants, their curiosity rose to an unprecedented level, and they urged the host to hurry up and start, don't dawdle.

Consequently, a shirtless, thin man walked onto the stage.

"Everyone, please look. This is a skinny man. Do you think he can break this wall?"

"Hahahaha, impossible. He's as thin as a chick. Don't break your own hand!"

Must say, the person the host chose was good. One look and you knew this guy was weak and had no strength to truss a chicken.

But for the sake of rigor, the host personally tested it, casually taking two barbells and placing them in front of the thin man, asking him to lift them.

The result was obvious. The barbells that the host could easily lift, the thin man couldn't lift even after using all his strength, and he was panting from exhaustion.

The guests probably already guessed what effect this Holy Light Shell had, but it didn't affect their interest.

"Next is the moment to witness a miracle. Come, you, come over and press this!"

The thin man took the Holy Light Shell and pressed the protrusion on the top. The light shell released all the stored holy light, enveloping the thin man.

"Ah! Oh, yeah!"

Only to see that under the enhancement of the holy light, the thin man's body began to become robust at a speed visible to the naked eye, just like Steve Rogers taking the super soldier serum to become Captain America.

Hiss—

Bursts of gasps came from within the auction house, and the temperature of the entire venue dropped by a degree or two instantly.

Karl in the VIP box smiled slightly. It seems they didn't do little research on the Holy Light Shell! No wonder they had to find a thin man; otherwise, the effect really wouldn't be this obvious.

This was roughly equivalent to a level 1 newbie suddenly being buffed by a level 100 healer; it would be hard not to become stronger.

The enhanced man glanced at the host, then rushed straight toward the wall to the side, smashing the solid stone wall into pieces, then picked up the barbell on the ground and twisted it into a pretzel.

"Now, does everyone know what the Holy Light Shell does?"