An invisible pressure erupted from Blake!
The air seemed to solidify, and the sea surface was pressed into a smooth indentation.
His cloak billowed behind him without wind, and dark red lightning constantly swirled in his eyes.
Centered around Blake, countless leaping dark red lightning bolts appeared in the air, his Conqueror's Haki unleashed with full power for the first time in the real world.
This aura was not a chaotic impact, but carried supreme majesty, like a decree from a god—
Not to be defied, not to be violated!
The giant mouth that was about to close in front of him suddenly froze.
The Anglerfish's enormous, lake-like eyes instantly lost focus, its pupils dilating.
The world-destroying charge came to an abrupt halt, as if it had crashed into an invisible, absolute barrier.
The incomparably powerful Haki transformed into physical shackles, forcibly stripping the consciousness of this prehistoric behemoth.
The Anglerfish's massive body seemed to lose all strength, crashing into the sea, the colossal waves it generated almost capsizing the sanctuary.
"Mandy!"
Blake immediately ordered:
"Freeze it for me!"
Mandy did not answer, merely nodded slightly, her sword tip touching the sea.
Dr. Fran, behind everyone, saw this scene and his eye twitched.
His submarine had been frozen like that back then, and he still hadn't gotten it back.
Crack!
The sound of freezing spread from near to far.
In an instant, the entire sea area ahead, along with the Anglerfish floating belly-up on the surface, was completely sealed by a rapidly spreading layer of solid ice, transforming into a white ice field.
Mandy landed on the ice, letting out a long breath of cold air.
Her physical condition was still a notch below Aokiji's, and the Anglerfish's size was simply too immense, with a large portion still hidden beneath the sea.
It was also fortunate that the Ice-Ice Fruit had awakened, otherwise it would have been very difficult to successfully freeze such a large area of sea in one go.
A brief silence, born of shock, fell over the entire deck, with only Perona climbing onto the ship's rail, straining to peer over.
Blake reached out and pulled her down:
"If you fall, I'll freeze you with it."
Perona quickly pulled her head back and made a face at Blake:
"Sister Mandy won't freeze me too!"
Koala instinctively took a small step back:
"So big... It's really so big!"
Hancock glanced at Koala disdainfully, thinking the little girl was useless.
She tilted her chin:
"Hmph! Even if it were ten times bigger, in front of Saint Blake, it's just a fish."
Despite saying that, Hancock's gaze was still uncontrollably drawn to the colossal body that far exceeded imagination:
"Indeed... it's even bigger than I imagined."
The usually calm Kalifa silently pushed up her glasses, a flash of white light glinting off the lenses:
"Just its eyeball alone is probably bigger than the sanctuary."
Robin crossed her arms over her chest, her tone calm, making it unclear whether it was admiration or a statement of fact:
"It seems we won't need to dive."
Blake ignored the hypocritical woman and was the first to step forward:
"Let's go!"
"Go get my pure gold!"
"Oh ho!"
Perona let out a cheer and quickly followed behind Blake.
Seeing this, the other women hurriedly followed suit.
"Your Highness! Wait for me!"
Dr. Fran placed his coffee machine on the deck, and at this moment, he no longer cared about dignity, scrambling to catch up.
The group walked on the ice, heading towards the frozen, pale "mountain."
The close-up sense of oppression made the air a bit heavier, and the fish skin beneath the ice presented an unnatural, rocky texture.
Blake's gaze swept past the enormous fish eye and fixed on the soft golden glowing growth on its head, like a crown.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Perona ran back and forth beside Blake, noticed his gaze, and pointed:
"Your Highness, what's that glowing lump?"
"Probably like you, because it was too naughty and got hit."
Blake didn't turn his head, casually bluffing.
Perona pouted:
"If you don't want to say, then don't..."
"That should be pure gold."
Robin had appeared beside Blake at some point, also looking up at the golden flashing "lantern."
"That's right."
Blake nodded:
"The light it emits can freeze time, allowing life to become eternal."
Hancock's eyes lit up:
"Such a big one? Is it all pure gold?"
"Saint Blake, let's quickly dig it out and take it with us!"
She covered her face with her hand, muttering softly:
"That way, I can stay by Saint Blake's side forever, oh ho ho ho ho..."
"Idiot!"
Kalifa's face held an expression of disdain as she glanced at Hancock, who was lost in fantasy:
"Can such a large piece of pure gold grow legs and run away?"
"What did you hateful woman say?"
"You rude person!"
Watching the two once again begin to bicker, Blake helplessly placed a hand on each of their heads and rubbed them vigorously:
"Alright!"
"The inventor of pure gold, the doctor named Axie, should be inside this fish."
His gaze turned to the Anglerfish's giant, canyon-like mouth:
"If one masters the swordsmith, can one still lack a sword?"
"Besides..."
He paused, as if stating the most natural fact:
"When we come out, we'll take it on our way back; it's just a detour."
He withdrew his hands and walked directly towards the deep entrance formed by the Anglerfish's giant mouth:
"Let's go."
The group stepped into the fish's mouth, and the internal scene suddenly opened up.
The space was extremely vast, the light bright and abundant, and the air flowed freely, almost indistinguishable from the outside world.
They passed through a passage and arrived at a giant stomach.
A complete island stood within it, with lush vegetation and clear mountain outlines visible under the internal glow.
"Oh my God..."
Rami exclaimed softly:
"Is this really inside a fish?"
Perona, on the other hand, excitedly bounced in place:
"Your Highness! Let's take this fish with us!"
Blake couldn't be bothered with the whimsical little girl; his gaze turned to the dense forest deep within the island.
There, two distinct presences were hiding behind rocks, cautiously observing them, the uninvited guests.
"They must have also been swallowed by Lord Anglerfish."
"I wonder if they're bad people."
"Elizabeth! Don't make a sound!"
Seeing the blonde girl who told her pet not to make a sound while mumbling to herself, Blake chuckled.
When he watched the anime, he always found Mischna Olga's personality very interesting.
This kind of unconscious habit of speaking her thoughts aloud was simply too amusing.
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