One Piece: Wolves

Stark, who was in a comatose state, woke up and found that he was in Kaku's tree hole. He couldn't remember what happened before.

When Stark stood up and saw Ain, who was also lying beside him, Stark remembered what happened before.

After Stark unexpectedly burst out his domineering energy and was sensed by Jabba, he sped up and rushed to the Isle of Thunder.

On the way, Jabba met Kaku with Ain. After Kaku briefly explained the critical situation to Jabba, Jabba rushed to the Island of Thunder as quickly as possible, and found the trapped Stark was sleeping in the cocoon. After Jabba, Kaku took Iron and rushed back to the Isle of Thunder. Then Jabba and Kaku took Iron and Stark back to the tree hole.

As for the previous herd, because nearly half of the beasts were frightened by Stark's overlord color, the herd dispersed. At the same time, these beasts gathered at the edge of the basin again. Ain was knocked unconscious by Kaku. Nothing like those beasts.

After Jabba's inspection using the Haki of Insight, he found that Ain's body was filled with lightning elements. Judging from the previous examples of Ain and those creatures that had undergone thunder and lightning mutation, these thunder and lightning elements should be the reason for controlling Ain.

Originally, these thunder and lightning elements usually did not have much activity in the bodies of those creatures, but the activity of these thunder and lightning elements in the past few days has caused these creatures to all approach the basin inside the Island of Thunder where the thunder and lightning elements spread, but it seems that It is some kind of instinct. All these creatures only dare to stay on the edge of the basin and do not dare to enter the basin.

The thunder and lightning elements that entered Ain's body should be that when Ain was trapped in the cocoon, those thunder and lightning elements were particularly active and tried to enter the body of the creature in the cocoon. As for Stark, it is because Arrancar's body is not affected by the lightning element, otherwise Stark would probably become a walking zombie like Iron.

At this time, Jabba also explained to Kaku and Stark that this was the reason why the Island of Thunder would explode every once in a while. I believe that Jabba must have entered this island before, and he was not familiar with some of the hard things in it. I also know a little bit about the secret.

About five years ago, Jabba once passed this island along the way. At that time, the island was already an island full of thunder and lightning, but its area was not as large as it is now. At that time, the surrounding woods were not half the size of today.

When Jabba entered, there were also thunder attacks on the edge of the basin, and Jabba entered the interior of the Island of Thunder through other means, but at that time, Jabba had never seen Stark mention it. Blue spider.

At that time, what Jabba found when he entered the interior of the Island of Thunder was that there was a towering tree in the center of the basin. According to Jabba, this big tree should have possessed the power of thunder and lightning somehow, and then the periphery of the Island of Thunder The trees are actually branches of this towering tree, and the creatures on the periphery have always lived in the woods with thunder and lightning elements, and have mutated to some extent over time.

The current explosion of thunder and lightning is different from what Jabba experienced. The explosion at that time was caused by the towering tree. After accumulating power for a period of time, its branches began to expand, causing the thunder and lightning to expand. The outer perimeter of the island became larger, and the outburst at that time referred to vegetation.

But the current outbreak is caused by the rage of animals in the woods, and thunder and lightning elements are also filled in the blood of these creatures, thereby achieving the purpose of control. Obviously, that blue spider is the source of the lightning element.

As for why the core of this Thunder Island changed from a towering tree to a spider, that is not something that Stark and others need to worry about.

When Stark asked how to get rid of the lightning element in Iron's body, Jabba's answer was that the only way is to kill the owner of the lightning element, because this thunder and lightning element has been finalized in Iron's blood circulation. , it is basically impossible to separate it through the outside world. Of course, if there are people with abilities similar to the blood fruit, it may be possible.

So the only way is to defeat the owner of this thunder and lightning element. Jabba also made it clear that he will not help. You can fight as you want. Anyway, I will not interfere.

Kaku on the side suddenly muttered to express his displeasure when he heard that Jabba didn't help them. As for Stark, he didn't show any surprise after hearing Jabba's request.

"It's exactly what I want. I finally met a guy who can make me feel the joy of fighting. How can I let Mr. Jabba take action to solve it?" Stark also roughly guessed at this time that the guy who appeared when he first entered the island The guy in his mind should be the strongest person on the island, the one who turned Ain into what he is today. If he had to defeat it because he needed to become stronger before, now he had another reason to hurt Ain. Thinking of this, Stark involuntarily clenched his fists in his trouser pockets.

When Jabba heard Stark say these words, he sighed in his heart. Sure enough, the aura that soared to the sky from the Isle of Thunder before came from Stark.

"Haha, be careful to blow your mind. You don't even have a way to enter the inner basin of Thunder Island, let alone save Iron." Although Jabba admired Stark in his heart, he still laughed at Stark. This is probably what the saying goes.

"Hey, how do you know that I can't enter the interior of the Island of Thunder, Mr. Jabba." Stark is not stupid either. Since jumping in openly doesn't work, he can always go through the ground. It is the cave that Stark chose as a resting place before. Combined with the fact that the interior of Thunder Island is a basin, Stark has roughly understood the method of entering the internal basin of Thunder Island.

"Well, you brat, you should know what you are going to defeat this time, right?" Jabba originally thought that Stark was just showing off, but when he saw Stark's confident smile and raised corners of his mouth, he Knowing that Stark has indeed mastered the method of entering the interior of Thunder Island.

"Well, it's just a spider, what's the big deal." Stark seemed to be joking, but in his heart he didn't look down upon the strongest man on the Island of Thunder.

"Haha, then I will wait here with Kaku for your good news."

After leaving Kaku's tree hole, Stark also walked towards the cave where he had fought with the giant python before, which was also the cave where Stark rested.

If you guessed correctly, there must be a passage underneath the intricate cave to enter the interior of Thunder Island.

But thinking about the various forked roads under the cave, Stark couldn't help but have a headache. You must know that in the dark underground, surrounded by stone walls, it is a very unwise choice to use the knowledge and color haki to explore the path. Not to mention the physical consumption, even if you use the knowledge and color haki, you can't guarantee that you will be in that maze. There is a risk of getting lost in the cave. You must know that seeing, hearing, and being domineering is not navigation.

In this regard, Stark also thought of a countermeasure. He used his scorching ability to control the high temperature in his hands along the way. When walking in the cave maze, he only needed to leave a mark on the stone wall next to him. Ordinary stone walls were in Stark's hands. They will turn red under high temperatures, which is easy to identify in dark caves.

Despite being marked by the power of the Searing Fruit, Stark still couldn't find the east, west, south, and west in the underground palace. He found the exit several times, but when he came out, he found that he was still in the surrounding woods.

Time just wandered by as Stark slowly passed by in the darkness. The setting sun outside had slowly set on the horizon, but Stark, who was in the cave, had no way of knowing how much time had passed.

Now Stark is like a robot, shuttling through the seemingly endless caves, and the red stone walls on the stone walls have begun to slowly fade and turn back to pitch black, which makes Stark look for the right passage. More difficult.

Perhaps because of the previous gathering of beasts, Stark had not encountered a single creature after wandering in the cave for so long.

But as night fell, Stark, who had been in the extremely quiet and dark cave, became very sensitive. At this time, Stark's ears seemed to hear a sound coming from outside, but because of the sound It was so small that Stark could only regard it as an illusion.

As night falls, the beast herd outside at the edge of the Thunder Island Basin changes from being quiet during the day to becoming violent at night. When the last trace of the sunset disappeared, this huge herd began to spread outward in a circular shape. At the same time, the creatures in these herds were illuminated with blue light.

It is not without reason that these creatures are close to the interior of the Island of Thunder, because every time the Island of Thunder erupts, the thunder and lightning elements will be leaked out, and the closer to the interior of the Island of Thunder, the more thunder and lightning elements they can obtain.

As for why this is the case, the reason why those creatures did not conflict because of the position is very simple. The weak eat the strong. The stronger creatures naturally stay in the front row, while the weakest creatures can only consciously roll to the last row.

As night fell and the beasts took off, the thunderclouds over Thunder Island also began to roar, as if they were blowing the horn of war.

Everything that happened on the ground, even Stark, who was more than a hundred meters underground, felt the huge noise on the ground. Stark thought of the outbreak of the beast herd in an instant, and couldn't help but worry about Kaku and Ain. But thinking about Jabba's presence, even if the beasts attack, Jabba can handle it.

When Stark thought about the beasts at this time, he not only recalled the scene when he fought with the beasts before, but he could not remember what happened after he was trapped in the cocoon.

When Stark asked Jabba after waking up, Jabba just said that when he found you through his knowledge and Haki, the beasts that besieged you had disappeared. Of course, this was impossible. The beasts at that time, with Stark as the center, all collapsed to the ground, shocking Kaku who was rushing behind Jabba.

As for why Jabba wanted to hide it, he simply didn't want to affect Stark's mentality at this time.

Now that Jabba has decided to let Stark face the controller of Thunder Island, who is also the strongest person on Thunder Island, if Stark is told that he is the owner of Overlord-colored Haki, it will inevitably cause Stark's mentality There will be some fluctuations. Between two strong men of the same strength, even a slight problem with one's mentality will cause fatal damage. What's more, in Jabba's view, Stark's strength should be slightly inferior to that of the mother spider. Of course, Kaku was also asked by Jabba not to tell the truth about what he had seen before. As for the truth, when Stark defeated the mother spider, Jabba would naturally explain the facts to Stark.

Stark, who originally thought that the slight sound was an illusion, heard the same sound again in his ears, but this time, it was much clearer than last time. At least Stark could be sure that it wasn't his imagination.

According to the source of the sound, Stark was slowly approaching the sound source, but the sound source seemed to be moving, and the speed should be relatively fast, and the direction was towards Stark. In other words, Stark and the source of the sound are heading towards each other.

The sound in Stark's ears became louder and louder, and Stark recognized that the sound was the unique sound of spiders spinning silk, and he gradually became more vigilant.

Just when Stark passed a crossroads, a very faint blue glimmer appeared in the corner of Stark's left eye. At this moment, Stark immediately released the domineering energy of seeing and hearing, and aimed towards Sensing to your left.

Through seeing and hearing Haki, Stark also sensed the location of this blue spider. However, according to the size of this blue spider, it cannot be the mother spider that controls the entire Island of Thunder.

Stark locked onto the blue spider at this time, and at the same time used the Haki of Wisdom and Information to conceal his aura to a certain extent, and followed closely behind the spider.

Since this spider is a clone similar to the mother spider, you can definitely enter the interior of Thunder Island by following this small blue spider.

But in fact, Stark was too vigilant and neglected to think. This blue spider was not intelligent. When he rescued Ain before, when the blue spider approached Stark for about ten meters, the blue spider Only then did the spider discover Stark's existence, which meant that even if Stark didn't need to hide himself, he wouldn't be discovered following the blue spider.

Although it will consume more physical energy to lock the target and hide oneself with the Haki of Insight and Information at the same time, but speaking of it, these wasted physical energy is not worth mentioning to Stark, and the speed of recovering physical strength is greater than the speed of stamina consumption. .

Sure enough, as Stark expected, the blue spider lived up to Stark's expectations and successfully brought Stark into the interior of the Isle of Thunder.

At this time, what appeared in front of Stark's eyes was what seemed to be a sea of ​​stones. Before, looking down from the edge of the basin, he didn't feel much. But when Stark really entered, he realized that this was a maze larger than a cave.

However, this stone maze cannot stop Stark, because there is no stone wall in the cave to hinder Stark's perception of sight, hearing and color, so Stark can easily approach the center of the basin.

Inside the Island of Thunder, most of the ground creatures have been absorbed by the mother spider located in the center of the basin and used as food for the little spiders. Only a few flying creatures are still alive, but they cannot get out from the interior of the Island of Thunder.

The interior of Thunder Island is almost entirely filled with blue spiders, and occasionally a few birds' calls can be heard in the sky.

At this time, no matter how much Stark used his power to hide himself, he could not avoid being discovered by these blue spiders. In this case, I believe that the mother spider would soon know the existence of himself as an intruder.

Stark simply found a place suitable for fighting and began to rest on the spot, preparing for this fierce battle. After waiting for about half an hour, Stark had no idea how much time he had spent in the cave. of.

But at this time, Stark, who had been waiting for about half an hour, saw the morning light from the rising sun, and couldn't help but be startled in his heart. No, how come it was dawn all of a sudden?

Originally, he was planning to wait for the mother spider to come to him on its own, but now Stark found that the time spent in the cave seemed to be too long, and the mother spider seemed to have no intention of coming to him, because Stark Through seeing and hearing Se Haki, I didn't feel any big movement.

There is no other way. Since you don't come to me, I'll come to you instead.

Stark shook his stiff body and began to move towards the center of the basin again.

Kaku, who was in the tree hole at this time, was also awake all night, while Jabba was still snoring and dreaming sweetly.

At this time, Kaku saw that it was already dawn, and he was no longer sleepy. He squatted at the entrance of the tree hole and tapped his fingers on the wall of the tree hole.

Knocking and knocking knocked away Jabba's dream. Jabba looked impatiently at Kaku who made the noise with disgust.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing so early in the morning? Why don't you let people sleep?" Jabba shouted to Kaku at the entrance of the cave with half-open eyes.

"Sorry, Mr. Jabba, it's just..."

"Don't worry about that brat. Besides, it's still unclear whether he has entered the basin inside. If he gets into a fight with that thing, we will definitely be able to feel the movement here." Jabba guessed It's not far from Shi, and Stark just entered the basin more than half an hour ago.

Kaku nodded after hearing Jabba's words, but the worried look on his face did not diminish at all.

Because when he entered the island, Stark had a cold war after sensing the island with his knowledge. Kaku could see this scene clearly, so at this time Kaku said he was not worried about it. Fake.

Ain also woke up once in the middle, but he was still in that hazy state. There was no way, until Stark solved the mother spider, he could only keep Ain asleep.

With his domineering perception and the fact that Stark was not a road fool like Suo Da, he quickly approached the center of the basin.

At this time, Stark's familiar and powerful aura also appeared in the range of Stark's hegemonic perception, which was exactly what Stark had sensed before entering the island.

The tall granites in the distance are also covered with blue cobwebs. Stark, who has suffered from this cobweb before, also uses his sense of domineering to sense the surroundings, including the underground, from time to time to avoid being trapped like before. plot.

The center of the basin is like a very large spider web, and it is also an electrified spider web. The granites are like hubs, connecting these spider webs, forming layers of spider webs, but each layer of spider webs There will be one or two gaps, which seem to be roads specially opened for Stark.

Stark naturally discovered this. After passing through several layers of spider webs, Stark also discovered the towering tree that Jabba mentioned, but only when he looked closely did he realize that it was a tree. The big tree looks like a weird-shaped stone from a distance.

After passing through another layer of spider webs, the towering tree really appeared in front of Stark's eyes.

Under this towering tree, a super-large blue spider is connected through several spider webs that are thicker than a human being. At the same time, the top of this towering tree is the source, and those spider webs are connected to the giant spider web. Trees and granite formed an umbrella-shaped web above Stark.

This super-large blue spider is the mother spider that Jabba spoke of. It is blue all over, but its eyes are strange green, exactly the same as the eyes in Stark's domineering sense.

At this time, small blue spiders were constantly appearing behind the mother spider, and then led to all directions of the basin through the umbrella-shaped spider web on the top of the tree.

As the mother spider stopped producing spiderlings, the green eyes stared at Stark. In its eyes, Stark was just a little thing.

When Stark saw the mother spider staring at him, Stark was also ready to fight. This time his opponent was not Kuzan who had not grown into a general, nor Zefa who was a former general, but a A spider that has the strength of a general and seems to have the power of lightning.

So Stark, go all out from the start.

"Return to the Blade"

"Go after him, pack of wolves."

Pass: Three chapters combined into one.