"Hey, Madara, you're not planning to—"
Lin Xuan saw the expression on Uchiha Madara's face and immediately guessed what he might do.
Before he could finish his sentence, Uchiha Madara grinned and said, "Anyway, this Edo Tensei body of mine is about to collapse. Might as well make the most of its remaining value!"
The next moment, his eyes suddenly transformed.
Rinnegan!
The moment he activated the Rinnegan, Uchiha Madara leaped off the wooden boat.
Coincidentally, at that very moment, they spotted a fleet of Navy warships approaching in the distance. It seemed a Navy unit had discovered their trail and was moving to surround them!
However, neither Lin Xuan nor Uchiha Madara felt the slightest bit of panic. In fact, they almost felt like laughing.
Lin Xuan simply sat on the boat, leisurely calling out to Madara, "I'll leave it to you!"
Madara didn't respond. He acted immediately.
"Shinra Tensei!"
"Boom!"
A surge of immense ocular power erupted from his body, enveloping the entire wooden boat. A powerful repulsive force burst forth, and the boat actually began to levitate!
Feeling the tremendous force, Lin Xuan couldn't help but marvel, "Edo Tensei really is a bug-like jutsu. Apart from being unable to summon the Demonic Statue, use Limbo, or perform Rinne Rebirth, Madara's Rinnegan abilities are probably no different from when he was alive!"
As these thoughts crossed his mind, the Navy troops surrounding them were shocked to see Lin Xuan's boat suddenly take flight.
"Damn it!"
"The enemy is escaping!"
"Hurry up and chase them!"
"We must stop them!"
Amid the chaotic shouts, the Navy warships abandoned their previous cautious approach and began frantically pursuing Lin Xuan's group.
However, just as they closed in on Uchiha Madara, they watched helplessly as he sent the wooden boat soaring high into the sky, propelling it far away!
"Damn it!"
On one of the warships, a Navy Rear Admiral roared in frustration.
Originally, after spotting Lin Xuan and his companion, they had been keeping their distance, waiting for stronger reinforcements to arrive before making a move.
To avoid alerting the enemy, they had even specifically contacted Gecko Moria, who was wreaking havoc in the Florian Triangle, instructing him not to provoke Lin Xuan's group.
They never expected that their surrounded enemies could simply fly away at the critical moment!
Fortunately, Uchiha Madara was still left behind.
"Capture him!"
All the warships immediately surrounded Madara, their cannons trained on him.
Seeing this, the Rear Admiral finally relaxed, thinking, At least this guy won't get away now, right?
But the next moment, his jaw dropped in disbelief.
Because he suddenly realized that Uchiha Madara had been standing effortlessly on the surface of the sea the entire time, as if it were solid ground!
"What's going on? The intel said he was a Devil Fruit user! Why isn't he afraid of seawater?" The Rear Admiral's mouth hung open in shock.
As for Uchiha Madara, faced with such a siege, he merely smirked disdainfully. Then, right before their eyes, his body disintegrated into dust and scattered!
His Edo Tensei body had finally collapsed. After all the dust dispersed, all that remained was a withered corpse, which promptly sank into the sea.
"What?!"
"What just happened?"
"Is this a Devil Fruit ability?"
The surrounding Navy troops erupted into panic. Some frantically searched the area, convinced that Madara had simply hidden himself.
Unfortunately, even after practically turning the ocean upside down, all they managed to retrieve was the corpse of the unlucky prison guard Lin Xuan had captured at the Sabaody Archipelago slave auction. Uchiha Madara was nowhere to be found.
At that moment, the Navy Admiral leading the operation contacted the Rear Admiral via Den Den Mushi.
The Rear Admiral hurriedly answered, shouting respectfully, "Admiral Sakazuki!"
Akainu: "We're almost there. What's the situation with the enemy?"
Rear Admiral: "Th-the enemy suddenly flew away!"
Akainu: "Huh? What do you mean, 'flew away'?!"
Meanwhile, aboard the wooden boat propelled by Shinra Tensei, Lin Xuan and the others were soaring through the air at high speed!
Suddenly, a system notification sounded in Lin Xuan's mind: *"Ding! Congratulations, host. Reputation points +99,999!"*
Lin Xuan's lips curled into a faint smile.
No doubt, this batch of reputation points came from the Navy troops they had just encountered!
On top of that, people all over the world were still reeling from the events at Sabaody Archipelago, continuously contributing reputation points. However, the rate had slowed significantly, only notifying him in batches of +99,999 after accumulating for a while.
Back on the boat, the sudden flight had left the Roshwan Family and the three pirates battered and bruised, nearly throwing them overboard!
Lin Xuan, however, had been mentally prepared. Before takeoff, he had secured himself in a stable position, gripping tightly to avoid being tossed around.
But after flying for a while, Lin Xuan suddenly realized a rather awkward problem: "How are we supposed to land later?"
They were currently thousands of meters in the air. If they simply plummeted, even if they managed to hit the sea, the impact would shatter the boat to pieces!
Just as this thought crossed his mind, Lin Xuan noticed the boat beginning to descend, as if it were about to drop at any moment!
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