Pirate, I am the demon fox that brings disaster to the world!

"A user of the Steaming Fruit and the Heat-Hot Fruit? He can use the power of the fruit to this extent. It's worth killing him. I'll use this sword and the devil fruit that Shiro gave me..."

The sharp long-handled broadsword, wrapped in a powerful airflow and a gust of extremely hot fist wind, came towards him. Bai Ye was holding the sword in one hand, with the blade pointing diagonally at the ground, but Yao Ye's expression did not fluctuate at all.

She was wearing a black dress that clung to her body, with the hem of the skirt dancing in the wind. She looked exceptionally elegant, and her plump and well-proportioned body exuded a daunting aura that was enough to cut through everything.

A pale stream of light quietly appeared beside him, gently jumping like a ghost fire, making the soft and cold face look even paler. As Yao Ye's arm swung, Bai Ye followed suit and slowly raised it, and soon it was covered with a layer of the same pale and cold sword light.

At the same time, a faint black shadow, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, gradually spread out from Yao Ye as the center. It did not cause any ripples wherever it passed, but the great terror hidden within made all the creatures within it feel a chill in their hearts!

Pure swordsmanship undoubtedly has a very high ceiling, such as Roger's "Divine Avoidance" or Hawkeye Mihawk, whose future swordsmanship skills are enough to threaten the Four Emperors.

With Yao Ye's talent and skills in swordsmanship, if he ate another devil fruit, it would undoubtedly add a constraint and a weakness to himself. Any swordsman who is dedicated to pursuing the way of the sword would not choose this path.

However, kendo, domineering, or taijutsu are only a person's most basic strength. Due to personal physique, talent, and even circumstances, these things all have certain bottlenecks. In this ocean, there are countless people who have exhausted their potential and have made no progress in their entire lives.

The role of the devil fruit is to break and raise this upper limit!

To give a simple example, if a being like Garp, who stands at the top of the domineering system, eats a parahuman or mythical beast with suitable compatibility, the resulting increase will be absolutely astonishing!

This is true for many famous strong men such as Kaido, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, or the world destroyer Bondi Waldo.

Therefore, after considering the possible development direction of the Fear Fruit, Yakumo Shiro gave it to Yaoye without hesitation——

In the eyes of the other party, absolute strength is obviously more attractive than pure swordsmanship. After all, this body and this sword are comrades-in-arms, but the person to accompany and the person to protect are the same from beginning to end!

"Since you dare to show your hostility and act without scruples, then be prepared to witness hell! I will put an end to everything!"

He took a step back with his right foot and slowly pressed his body down, making a gesture of drawing his sword and slashing. Yao Ye's eyes were as sharp as torches, but his mind was surprisingly calm. As the other party took a deep breath, a blurry white afterimage appeared in an instant!

"Nightmare·Drawing the Sword·Hell Painting!"

"Zheng——"

"Om-"

The crisp sound of a sword being drawn suddenly rang out, as if this was the only sound left in this space. Almost at the same time when a white afterimage was vaguely captured, a whispering buzzing sound began to ring in the ears.

The pace of the attack gradually slowed down. The huge demon dissipated like smoke, and the scorching heat slowly disappeared. There was a blank in front of me. My body seemed to have lost consciousness, and only my soul was left, as if it had fallen into the cold sea. After the biting cold, there was the endless fear of having nothing to rely on and stepping into the abyss...

"No... in the end..."

Mumbling meaninglessly, with a huge wound on his chest that was deep enough to see the bone, Owen knelt on the ground, trembling all over, holding up his arms with all his strength to prevent himself from falling completely. The anger he had at the beginning had disappeared without a trace, replaced by deep shock and confusion -

How is it possible? How is it possible to get to this point?

The hastily used Armament Haki was useless. It even dissipated quickly as his mind wavered just as it was gathered. Such powerful swordsmanship, such hellish fear... He looked so young, but such a single blow crushed the strength of the two of them...

I'm afraid... I'm afraid she is already on par with brother Katakuri, or even better!

"Heh~ boring, do we really have to wait for those generals or even Big Mom to come?"

Sighing secretly in his heart, Yao Ye tightened Bai Ye's grip but did not stop what he was doing. “The villain dies because of his talkativeness,” “A lion will use all his strength to fight a rabbit,” “A battle is a battle, there is no time to think about it”... Defeating the enemy but not killing him directly would undoubtedly be a waste of effort. These were all things Yakumo Bai had repeatedly reminded him of, and he had to put them into practice!

"It's true...ignorance is fearless!"

Watching the tense situation on the battlefield leisurely, after seeing Owen and Daifuku fearlessly rushing towards Yaoye and being defeated cleanly, Yakumo Bai couldn't help but complain out loud.

According to Yakumo Haku's understanding, once the devil fruit involves the spiritual level, it will have a special advantage invisibly - the targeted nature of domineering!

Domineering, as a product of will, is naturally inseparable from one's own spirit and soul.

Attacks of this nature will undoubtedly have a natural suppressive effect on domineering aura. If one cannot even keep the mind calm, then maintaining the domineering aura is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

As for the Fear Fruit, it is named after the most basic emotion - "fear", and it also has quite an unsolvable ability.

The first is, of course, the state of inflicting fear - something named Nightmare Domain by Yakumo Haku, which can forcibly create mental fear for the target within the domain, thereby creating opportunities for battle, weakening the opponent, and even undermining the enemy's will to fight.

Of course, this move has little effect on the will of those truly strong people who have been tempered by thousands of times. However, through subtle influence, it can also have unexpected effects at certain critical moments.

Secondly, it is "overcoming fear" - the core ability of the Fear Fruit, a strange method called "Purgatory".

Unlike the general form of ability, this ability reacts on itself. By inflicting appropriate fear on itself, it turns it into a stronger force of will when it is overcome, thereby achieving a progressive increase. The pale white light that was jumping around Yao Ye before was the manifestation of this ability.

In addition, if the nightmare realm is properly controlled, it can also be used as a means of training to cultivate one's own domineering power by tempering one's will. Now this concept has first been applied in the training of Yamato and others.

And if Yao Ye can develop the Fear Fruit to a certain extent and awaken the real "nightmare", then the damage to one's will will reach an unprecedented level. Maybe by then, every slash Yao Ye makes will cause real damage!

"It's a pity that if you want to break through Big Mom's steel balloon, you still have to rely on domineering and swordsmanship. After all, it is indeed just a unique talent in terms of pure physique!"

Turning his eyes away from Yao Ye's battle and looking at Lucas and others who were "eyeing him hungrily", Yakumo Bai didn't believe that after seeing such a chaotic scene, the pirates would just watch the battle from the sidelines?

Potential threats must naturally be guarded against, not to mention several powerful pirates. Yakumo Bai's considerations are understandable, and he has even foreseen Lucas's next plan.

However, things always have a turning point. Dafu and Owen, who were originally thought to be no longer worthy of attention, have taken new actions. Although they are close to the end of their strength, they still have hope of a comeback. At the moment when Yaoye was about to swing his sword, a flash of light passed by, and the two figures disappeared in an instant, leaving only two pieces of transparent glass fragments showing the success of the plan!

"!!!"

The pair of vertical pupils in his eyes shrank into needles in an instant, as if he had sensed the other party's possible plan. Yao Ye's usually cold eyes rarely showed a bit of anger.

"How dare you!"