Chapter 423: Undying Bird Fruit

Two weeks later.

One morning.

"Lin Yu, let's go find Ma Erke."

Smoogie arrived outside Lin Yu's bedroom early in the morning, excitedly calling him to wake up.

After two months of research, Smoogie had finally developed the Press-Press Fruit's ability to extract other people's life force.

She named it Life Extraction.

This directly gave her hope of defeating the Undying Bird Ma Erke.

Lin Yu let out a sigh, then pulled his hands out from the sleeping Margaret and Long Dan's embrace, and walked out of the room.

"Are you sure you can beat Ma Erke this time?"

Lin Yu asked while washing up.

Over the past few weeks, Smoogie had repeatedly dragged him out to witness her battles against Ma Erke.

However, every time Smoogie was defeated by Ma Erke.

Smoogie said confidently, "The last few times were because the ability had just been developed and I wasn't proficient yet."

"But this time, I will definitely be able to defeat Ma Erke. Even if I have to drag it out, I can wear him to death."

Smoogie's Life Extraction could replenish the life force extracted from her opponent into her own body, making it the best ability for a war of attrition.

Lin Yu nodded, brought Smoogie into the different space, and found Ma Erke.

Ma Erke woke from his sleep, and upon seeing Lin Yu and Smoogie, let out a long breath.

Ever since Smoogie developed the ability to extract life force, Ma Erke had found it increasingly difficult to cope.

And now, it seemed his life was about to come to an end.

Coming out of the cell, Ma Erke said calmly, "Don't forget your promise. Bury me together with Jozu."

Lin Yu nodded and said, "Definitely."

Ma Erke looked at Smoogie and said, "Come on."

Hearing this, Smoogie drew the longsword from her back and charged straight at Ma Erke.

Seeing the two locked in fierce combat, Lin Yu took out a chair from the different space and sat down beside them.

After the two fought fiercely for a while, Smoogie seized the moment while Ma Erke was dodging her slash, reached out with her left hand, and pressed it onto Ma Erke's back.

Life Extraction!

The Press-Press Fruit's ability activated, and Smoogie instantly extracted a ball of green life energy from Ma Erke's back.

After obtaining the energy, Smoogie immediately absorbed it into her body, then charged at Ma Erke again, looking for the next opportunity.

As of now, Smoogie's Life Extraction was temporarily unable to fully break through Ma Erke's Armament Haki defense. Each time she could only extract a small amount of life force by touching him.

However, facing Smoogie's Devil Fruit ability, Ma Erke could only choose to resist with Armament Haki, which caused his stamina consumption to be far greater than the healing from his Undying Bird characteristics after being injured.

Combined with the fact that Smoogie could replenish the extracted life force into her own body to restore her stamina, with one side gaining and the other losing, Ma Erke finally began to gradually show signs of decline.

After several hours of fierce fighting, Smoogie finally extracted all the energy from Ma Erke's body, turning him into a withered old man.

Seeing Ma Erke's appearance, Lin Yu sighed.

After being extracted by the Press-Press Fruit, as long as energy and water were replenished in time and one rested for a few days, one could return to normal.

After mastering Life Return, one could even recover rapidly within an hour.

But for now, Smoogie certainly wouldn't give Ma Erke that chance.

Seeing Ma Erke lying on the ground unable to move, Smoogie used the longsword in her hand to support her body and with difficulty made her way to his side.

"You were a good opponent."

Smoogie said this, then thrust the longsword in her hand into Ma Erke's body, preparing to extract the last bit of moisture from him.

Once the moisture in Ma Erke's body was completely drained, he would basically be doomed.

Feeling the power draining from his body, Ma Erke said hoarsely, "Don't forget the promise."

Hearing this, Smoogie nodded and said, "I will."

Ma Erke nodded with difficulty.

"Old man, Ace, Jozu, I'm coming to join you."

After saying this, Ma Erke slowly closed his eyes and completely lost the breath of life.

【Ding! Killed Whitebeard Pirates Senior Officer Undying Bird Ma Erke, automatically obtained opponent's......】

【Ding! Zoan Mythical Type Undying Bird Fruit, worth 2.55 billion Berries, Undying Bird Ma Erke's bounty...... need to pay......】

The next second, a blue-green Devil Fruit appeared in Lin Yu's hand.

Putting away the Undying Bird Devil Fruit, Lin Yu came to Ma Erke's side and said, "Hand him over to Neptune."

Smoogie nodded, then fell straight backward.

Lin Yu's mouth twitched. He enlarged his body and caught her in one embrace, "If you don't want to work just say so, why pretend to be sick."

Although Smoogie was exhausted, she was far from being unable to stand.

"Hmph." Smoogie snorted lightly, closed her tired eyes, and prepared to rest in Lin Yu's arms just like that.

Seeing this, Lin Yu helplessly sighed, then held Smoogie and kissed her, before carrying her on his back.

Smoogie, lying on Lin Yu's back, had the corners of her mouth curve up slightly. She wrapped her arms around his neck and fell completely into deep sleep.

Afterwards, Lin Yu used the Flower-Flower Fruit to split off a clone, had it pick up Ma Erke's corpse, and followed him out of the different space.

Another month passed like this.

Reiju had finally designed several weapons utilizing seawater and Sea Prism Stone for the Fishman Island soldiers.

At the same time, Lin Yu had also finalized the personnel arrangements for those staying on Fishman Island.

Kikyo, Long Dan, Sara, Lady Xia Li, Camie, Alvida, and others would stay on Fishman Island to protect Bai Xing, as well as train the Fishman Island Sea King's Army soldiers and hunt the pirates coming to Fishman Island.

Kikyo was originally the captain of the Nine Snake Island's national defense warriors, mastering both Armament and Observation Haki, and in the few months following Lin Yu, under the effect of the cultivation chamber, her strength had also grown very rapidly.

And after eating the Devil Fruit, Kikyo's strength successfully advanced from Seven-Star to Eight-Star, reaching the level of a Navy Elite Vice Admiral.

Adding Long Dan and Sara and the others, along with the scientific combat suits prepared by Reiju, protecting White Star and Fish-Man Island is already more than enough.

Of course, the premise is that the opponent is not at the Emperor level.

A few days later, Lin Yu prepared to leave Fish-Man Island.

He had already stayed on Fish-Man Island for nearly half a year; it was time to leave.

White Star, having turned into human form, hugged Lin Yu and refused to let go, saying with extreme reluctance, "My Lord Lin Yu, you must come to see me again."

Lin Yu broke free from White Star and smiled, saying, "That goes without saying."

"Mm, I will also work hard to follow Sister Kikyo in cultivation," White Star promised.

Afterwards, she came to the foam of the Thriller Bark, extending her hand to press upon it.

Not long after, a Sea King with a huge lantern hanging on its forehead arrived beside the Thriller Bark.

White Star pointed at the giant Sea King and said, "My Lord Lin Yu, from now on, it will lead your voyage."

Seeing the scene before him, Lin Yu nodded with a smile.

"Good."

With the improvement in strength, White Star's communication with the Sea Kings has truly become more and more proficient; she believes that before long, she should be able to fully master the power of Sea King Poseidon.

Afterwards, Lin Yu bid farewell to White Star and the others, boarded the Thriller Bark, followed the giant lantern Sea King, passed through the huge hollow beneath the Red Line, and headed to the New World.