One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

Grassland Island, the island is as its name suggests.

The vast grassland spreads to every corner of the island, like a huge painting. The cool breeze blows, and the grass rises and falls like rolling waves. The sunlight shines on the green grass, reflecting a golden glow, making the whole grassland more dazzling.

Low roars could be heard from time to time in the air. Wild wolves, tigers, lions and other ferocious beasts were wandering everywhere on the grassland. Their strong bodies were like hills. They were either lying in the grass to rest or crawling forward in search of prey. Sometimes they fought each other for territory, and in the end, the stronger ones were the ones that survived.

Nature usually operates according to the rule of natural selection. In this sparsely populated area, this group of ferocious and aggressive beasts have undoubtedly been the overlords that have long roamed the grassland island.

However, after only a minute, the beasts became like mice seeing a cat. They became sweaty and panic-stricken. They instinctively stepped back several steps and squatted on both sides obediently, not daring to even breathe.

Walking slowly in front of them were just a few humans.

The leader had a spiky hedgehog hairstyle that looked like a sharp blade. With his hands in his pockets, he swaggered into a path made by the beasts, with an arrogant look on his face. He never even looked at the beasts from beginning to end, as if they had never existed.

The same was true for the five people following behind him. The long snake coiled around the waist of the white-haired woman stretched out its head and kept spitting out its tongue at the group of lions that were dozens of times larger than it. Its eyes were full of smugness, as if it was mocking their current weakness.

"No wonder Roger chose to meet here. Normally, it would be weird for someone to come to a place like this."

Looking at the prairie that stretched to the horizon and the herds of animals running on the grass slopes in the distance, Lingling couldn't help but sigh out loud that this kind of undeveloped island is indeed the most suitable meeting place for the strong.

"That's not necessarily true. It's no different from heaven for me. Chew!" Long Bread poked a piece of meat with a fork and put it into his mouth and started chewing. He looked at the beasts crawling on the ground with a salivating look on his face. If he hadn't had a mission to accomplish, he would have pounced on them and cut them into pieces as fresh ingredients.

"Just in terms of the environment, Grassland Island can be said to be blessed with unique advantages."

Guloliosa walked slowly with one hand on her waist. The grass under her feet felt soft, like walking on a green carpet, which was much more comfortable than the hard and rough ground of Honeycomb Island.

"Roger, I really want to see him right away..."

Kaido looked straight ahead and muttered to himself. Compared with the carnivorous animals around him, his expression at this moment made it almost difficult to tell who was the real beast.

Newgate shook his head. From the time they set out from Beehive Island until now, the boy had repeated that name so many times that his ears were almost callused. If one didn't know his background, one would have thought that they were rivals who had known each other for many years.

He closed his eyes, made sure he was calm, activated his Observation Haki that covered the entire island, and carefully observed the breath flowing in the air.

Excluding the wild beasts that can be seen everywhere, in the center of the island, there are several figures of different heights gathered there. From their outlines and frequent body movements, it is not difficult to tell that they are a group of real humans.

"It's rare that guy is so punctual."

A smile appeared on Newgate's lips, but it disappeared in an instant, replaced by a solemn expression. "But I don't know why, I always have a bad feeling."

"Could it be that you're overthinking it?"

Guroliosa pursed her lips with her small hands and said in a teasing tone, and then she sighed deeply, "I feel a little uncomfortable without that guy here."

Kaido looked back. In order to prevent any accidents, Rocks left Stussy and Captain John to guard the ship. With those two people there, even the vice admiral of the navy leading the team himself could not do anything to them.

As for that guy Shiki, he said verbally that he would never get involved in the pirates' boring conversation, but his body was not very honest. Through the observation Haki, one could sense that he was sitting on a white cloud diagonally above, and he would sneak a glance here from time to time.

"Let's go." Rocks said briefly and stopped talking, giving others the impression that he acted as if he had nothing to do with what was going to happen next.

As if it was a coincidence, after Rocks said this, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. No one added anything, and everyone followed him in silence.

This is because they understand the same thing.

No matter what the matter is, discussing it too much will become boring and gradually lose its original meaning.

For pirates who deal with dangerous situations all the time, even if there are many dangers waiting for them ahead, they can easily overcome them as usual.

The reason why they maintained this mentality was naturally inseparable from Rocks's unknown strength. No one could imagine how he was trapped in a difficult battle, just like the absurd feeling of the sun rising from the west.

Unconsciously, the group walked across the green grass, walked a long way, and finally came to the place designated by the other party. They stopped together and stared at the scene before them.

The towering stone pillars stand still, forming a huge circle, standing above the endless grassland, like guardians, quietly overlooking the visitors below.

These stone pillars are carved by nature, with dense cracks and textures on the surface, showing a unique rough texture. I think in the past few hundred years, the island had a completely different topography than it does now.

At this moment, everyone had no time to pay attention to these details. They focused all their attention on the meeting with the man. They walked through the narrow passage between two stone pillars, which was only wide enough for one person, and an empty flat area came into their sight.

"Is this Rocks? We have been waiting for you here for a long time!"

Under the stone pillar directly opposite, there were a few men dressed as pirates sitting sparsely. One of them saw someone coming and immediately stood up, waving his right hand to greet those people with a very excited tone.

"Hahahaha! Roger! You haven't changed at all, you bastard!"

After confirming that it was the man he had dealt with more than once, Rocks felt relieved a little, and with a hearty smile on his face, he quickened his pace and walked towards the man.

Guroliosa reminded him with some concern: "Hey, Rocks, he's still an enemy after all! Keep a certain distance from him first...!"

"Don't worry, even if he wants to do something bad, he can't be my opponent!"

Rocks waved at her without looking back, and the distance between them gradually shortened.

"Those two seem to be Rayleigh and Jabba. Since they are standing still, there is no need for us to follow them."

Newgate glanced at the crowd in the distance, sat cross-legged on the grass, and said calmly, "Just wait here and come back if anything unexpected happens."

“It’s a letdown.”

Lingling summoned Zeus to sit on it, frowned and muttered, "What I hate most is waiting!"

"Seconded."

Kaido took off the mace from his back at some point, with an expression of determination to kill anyone, as if he was ready to charge forward at any moment.

"..."

The fork that was about to reach his mouth suddenly stopped, and the round face of the bread man suddenly sank, "Something is wrong."

Lingling was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The smell. My nose is naturally much more sensitive than that of ordinary people. No matter what kind of creature it is, I can clearly distinguish their smell."

Long Bread touched his proud long nose and said word by word, "For some reason, I can't smell the scent of those people! Are they really human?"

Newgate always believed in his instincts, and when he heard the conclusion he came to, he immediately felt something was wrong. He suddenly straightened up his upper body and rushed over with his naginata in hand, shouting, "Rocks! Go back! That's a trap!"

Rocks was stunned when he heard that. At the same moment, Roger, who was only one step away from him, suddenly smiled sinisterly. His face was distorted and countless tiny pink crystals emerged from his normal skin. They grew and spread rapidly, covering his entire body in an instant, forming a huge wave of crystals that surged forward with overwhelming force. Rocks was caught off guard and was quickly swallowed up and drowned. He could no longer be seen. The moment the crystals enveloped Rocks, they quickly formed a huge crystal ball.

At the same time, the people sitting under the stone pillars trembled violently, and turned into long lines composed of crystals that shot towards the crystal ball at lightning speed, constantly converging and merging, and finally a giant crystal pillar composed of countless crystals went straight into the sky and stood tall in front of everyone.

"asshole!"

Newgate flew over, holding the naginata high in both hands, with black lightning lingering on the blade, and hit the crystal pillar heavily.

With a loud bang, the entire crystal column was violently impacted and shook violently, and countless long cracks spread across the surface of the crystal. But in just a blink of an eye, those cracks were repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a few seconds, the huge crystal column quickly returned to its original state, and a bright luster flashed on the surface.

"Damn it! Is it stronger than before?!"

Newgate chopped at the crystal again, but this time the crystal column did not move at all, without even a scratch.

Everything happened so fast that Kaido and the others were terrified. Then they reacted quickly and took out their weapons and were about to go up to support when a clear voice resounded in the air and echoed among the stone pillars.

“Hahaha! If it was a crystal doll made by me, it would be easy to see the flaws.”

Before the laughter died down, a tall figure appeared in front of everyone with a "swish". "Luckily, Mr. Satan helped to make some modifications based on this. Not only is it very lifelike, but he also added a material similar to the structure of seastone into the crystal. Although it cannot completely restrict the actions of the ability user, it is not a problem to lock him up for a day and a night!"

Lingling calmed herself down and gritted her teeth, "With this outfit...you are...?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself!"

The man stretched out his hand to interrupt Lingling's words, pushed up his goggles and grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth. "As you can see, I'm just an insignificant navy officer, but at least you've heard of the name Rubair, right?"

"Rubaiel... the admiral who was in the same period as Sengoku...?!"

Guloliosa looked closely and saw that the man had a fair complexion, a conspicuous crimson slicked back hair, and was wearing a pink and white striped suit with the collar open, revealing part of his strong chest. He was wearing a spacious "justice" cloak that swayed gently in the breeze.

It can’t be said that he is very similar to the man called “Scarlet Crystal” who often appears in newspaper headlines. He is exactly the same.

"Since the Navy will appear here..."

Kaido quickly understood something and sneered, "It means that this meeting is a complete scam, right?"

Although he said this verbally, he was still confused about many of the details. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"A scam? It's not wrong to describe it that way."

Rubair held his chin with his right hand and thought hard. After a while, he scratched his hair with both hands and complained with a bitter face, "I have the worst theoretical score and I don't know how to explain it. Let them speak for themselves!"

As he finished speaking, two figures appeared on his left and right sides.

"There is no cooperation among pirates, only betrayal."

The man on the left with a round afro and round-framed glasses said slowly, "You have been sailing on the sea for decades, so you can't be ignorant of this truth that even a three-year-old child can understand, right?"

"How dare you say that? Who was the one who was sweating profusely when he heard that Golden Lion joined the Rocks Pirates?"

On the right was a heroic woman with a dark blue long ponytail, standing on the grass with her arms crossed over her chest. She glanced at the man, then swept her eyes over the pirates one by one, and sighed softly, "These naughty kids, each one of them is difficult to deal with."

"'Buddha's' Sengoku, 'Grand Chief of Staff' Crane!" said Long Bread with a calm face. These two famous figures are undoubtedly the backbone of the Marine Headquarters. It is unknown how many famous pirates have fallen into their hands.

"From what you said, it seems Roger is hooking up with the navy?"

Newgate jumped down from the crystal and landed on the ground with a dull thud. He pointed the tip of his knife at the three of them and said coldly, "If you're going to lie, give me a good excuse!"

"Believe it or not, what happened cannot be changed."

Zhan Guo crossed his hands in front of his chest, and in an instant, the ground shook, and the surrounding stone pillars began to crack and collapse. Zhan Guo's figure turned into a giant golden Buddha statue, looking down at the crowd below, and shouted in a deep voice, making everyone's eardrums buzz, "The villains who are trying to disrupt the world, will be destroyed in the name of justice!"

As he spoke, Zhan Guo stretched his palms upwards towards the top of his head, and a ray of golden light shot out from between his palms, rising straight into the sky. When it reached the clouds, it turned into a golden spot of light. With that spot of light as the center, a huge semicircular golden cover extended down, covering the entire grassland island in the blink of an eye.

"Are you planning to lock us up here and finish us off in one go?"

The corner of Long Bread's mouth twitched. He took out his Den Den Mushi and pressed a few times, but found that the signal could no longer be transmitted to the outside world.

At this critical moment, Newgate took on the responsibility of being the second-in-command, slammed the handle of his knife on the ground, and shouted, "Everyone listen up, use your own skills to defeat these bastard navy, and then rescue Admiral Rocks!"