Chapter 136 Unexpected Visitor

Ling Tian walked alone in the winding passage of Judicial Island, thinking about his plan in his mind. His face was solemn, his steps were firm, and he was determined to find the Straw Hat Pirates' Merry first.

The atmosphere around was oppressive and dull, and the lights on the walls flickered, casting strange shadows. Ling Tian's footsteps echoed in the empty passage, as if they were the only sound in the silence.

Finally, he came to an open space and saw the Merry quietly parked there. However, what made him nervous was that there was a mysterious man in a cloak sitting on the deck of the Merry.

"Are you the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates?" The mysterious man fixed his eyes on Ling Tian and asked slowly. His voice was low and hoarse, as if it came from a deep cave.

"Give us back the Merry!" Ling Tian frowned and ignored the mysterious man's question. Instead, he opened his eyes wide and shouted angrily.

"If you want this ship, you'll have to see if you have the ability to do it." The mysterious man raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a disdainful smile, then jumped from the Merry, landed steadily on the ground, and spoke coldly.

"Then there's nothing to talk about!" Ling Tian knew that time was running out, so he stopped hesitating.

He clenched his hands and instantly pulled out Ryujin Jakka and Ace. The blades flashed coldly under the light.

Although he had no idea about the origin and background of this mysterious man, he had only one thought in his mind at this moment, which was to recapture the Merry as quickly as possible.

Just now, he heard bursts of noise coming from afar. He must have thought that Luffy and his crew had successfully broken through the outer perimeter of Judicial Island and were rushing towards this side.

"Dual Sword Style: Flame Phoenix Bird!" Ling Tian used his special move without hesitation.

In an instant, a powerful aura burst out from him, and the power of fire burned fiercely on the two swords, gathering into a lifelike firebird.

The firebird was surrounded by raging flames, and its hot breath seemed to ignite the air. It swooped down towards the mysterious man in front of it with an unstoppable momentum.

The mysterious man witnessed this scene with a calm face. He waved his hands gently and a jet of ink-black and extremely thick black smoke suddenly gushed out from the front of his body, like a surging wave, and rushed straight towards Lingtian's Flame Phoenix Bird with great momentum.

In an instant, the majestic and powerful Fire Phoenix Bird was completely swallowed up by the black smoke and disappeared without a trace.

"Is this the Dark-Dark Fruit?" Ling Tian's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, and he shouted. His eyes were full of confusion and shock, and he was obviously stunned by the sudden change in front of him.

However, Ling Tian quickly came to his senses. His mind raced, and he immediately realized that the Dark-Dark Fruit could only absorb the abilities of the ability user, and the move he had just used did not rely on the ability of the fruit.

“Hahahahahaha…” The mysterious man raised his head and let out a wild laugh. The laughter echoed in the empty space, revealing endless pride and arrogance.

It was as if the whole world was under his feet, which made people shudder.

"This is the dark fruit that can devour everything!" The mysterious man's voice exploded like thunder, creating ripples in the air.

When Ling Tian heard the mysterious man's words, his brows furrowed and he muttered to himself in confusion: "Darkness Fruit? What is this? Why have I never heard of it?"

His mind quickly recalled the various plots in the original work, trying to find clues about the dark fruit, but found nothing.

"I remember there is no such thing as the Dark Fruit in the original book." Ling Tian was full of doubts, and he began to wonder if he had missed some important information.

In other words, the dark fruit possessed by this mysterious man is an existence that completely exceeds the setting of the original work?

For a moment, countless questions flooded into Ling Tian's mind, causing him to fall into deep thought.

The mysterious man stood aside, quietly observing Ling Tian's reaction, with a barely perceptible smile on his face, seeming to be very satisfied with Ling Tian's confusion at the moment.

Ling Tian couldn’t find any information about the dark fruit in his mind, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

He knew very well that in this fierce battle, too much thinking would only distract him. The most important thing right now was how to defeat this mysterious and powerful enemy and take back the Merry.

“No matter what dark fruit you have, I want to see how many of my moves you can take!” Ling Tian shouted angrily, and his body was as fast as lightning, rushing towards the mysterious man in an instant.

"Dual Sword Style: Double Blazing Flame!" Ling Tian roared, and the two swords in his hands danced like flying. Two flexible ropes of fire instantly gushed out from the blades, like two burning fire snakes, sweeping towards the mysterious man at lightning speed.

However, facing this fierce attack, the mysterious man was not in a hurry. He just slightly turned his body, and the two fire snakes passed by his body without causing any harm to him.

Ling Tian was not discouraged by this. Instead, he sped up again, and the two swords in his hands flashed with blazing flames.

"Dual Sword Style: Flame Dragon!" As he roared again, an extremely huge fire dragon roared out from the blade, carrying a scorching breath, and pounced on the mysterious man with its fangs and claws, as if it wanted to burn everything around it to ashes.

Seeing this, the mysterious man still appeared calm.

He put his hands together, and a stream of black smoke emerged from his palms. In the blink of an eye, the black smoke actually tightly wrapped up the mighty fire dragon.

As time went by, the shape of the fire dragon gradually became blurred and finally completely disappeared into thin air.

Ling Tian's heart suddenly tightened and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. The strength of this mysterious man was far beyond his previous expectations.

However, he absolutely could not give up resistance so easily! He held the long sword tightly with both hands, his eyes were determined, and he swung the sharp blade in his hand.

"Dual Sword Style: Two Moons Shine Together!" As he shouted angrily, two dazzling sword lights came out, like two bright crescent moons intertwining with each other, and pounced towards the mysterious man with unparalleled fierce momentum.

However, facing such a powerful attack, the mysterious man simply raised his hand slightly and easily blocked the attack.

"Damn it!" Ling Tian couldn't help but curse under his breath, gritted his teeth, and launched a more fierce attack again.

"Dual Sword Style: Flame Dragon Breaking the Wind!" In an instant, the two swords in his hands seemed to burn with raging flames, emitting scorching heat, and slashed forward with astonishing speed and powerful force, like a ferocious fire dragon rising from the abyss, breaking through the whistling wind!