The sudden overlord aura swept across the entire terrifying three-masted ship in a blink of an eye.

Pooh puff puff puff...

The unprepared crew members who were dealing with the prisoners were penetrated by the overlord aura. When their bodies were shocked, they all lost consciousness and fell to the ground, making a dull sound.

The only one who was not affected was the powerful crew members like Jia Ya.

"It's the captain's overlord color."

"What a powerful aura... the moment I was 'touched', my 'soul' couldn't help but tremble. It was so scary that my heart almost jumped out. Although I don't have a heart, yo hoho!"

"Suddenly, the unparalleled overlord color is not like what Maud would do. Is something happening in the castle?"

They first looked around the crew members who had lost consciousness and fell to the ground, and then looked in the direction of the castle, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"I'll go and have a look."

Jia Ya opened her eyes slightly, and she felt that Mode's sudden release of indiscriminate domineering behavior was too inconsistent.

She was a little worried and immediately walked towards the castle.

"Ah, I'll go too."

Aokiji was surprised and followed Jia Ya.

Everyone in the venue looked at each other.

However, if Jia Ya and Aokiji come over to check the situation, it will not be their turn to worry about it.

In just a moment, Jiaya and Aokiji arrived at the castle.

They pushed open the first floor door and walked into the spacious hall.

At the end of the front door is the winding staircase that climbs to the second floor.

Shaqi was leaning against the ladder on a staircase, with a freshly lit cigarette between her slender fingers.

On the platform located in the middle of the stairs, Lafayette stood there, his pale and blood-free face with a faint smile.

"Hoho, there is no need to worry. According to the captain's original words, this is just an accident."

Lafayette looked at Jiaya and Aokiji who were walking into the hall with a calm expression.

Jia Ya frowned slightly, and still insisted on asking, "What happened?"

Aokiji didn't speak, but the eyes of Lafayette were filled with inquiries.

Lafayette pressed the crutch on his back and said calmly: "It's very troublesome to explain. You can see clearly this distance by yourself with the 'seeing and hearing color'."

“…”

Jia Ya and Aokiji were silent for a moment, looked up at the ceiling of the hall, their eyes dyed a layer of red.

The sight and hearing colors quietly penetrated through the ceiling and reached the room where Maud was.

When the sight and voice swept across the room, they clearly felt Maud's breath that was different from the past.

Compared with the aura revealed when Dresrosa fought, the current sense of aura is even more powerful.

Jia Ya and Aokiji were surprised and felt Maud's breath carefully with their eyes and colors, as if they were staring directly at a sun that was emitting light and heat.

This is a very significant change and enhancement, especially when Maud is unblocked, which is in a strong contrast with the previous one.

"Little Maud is very excited now."

Xia Qi slowly exhaled a sip of smoke and sighed: "I was so excited that I couldn't even control my 'overlord color', just like a child who just got a toy."

"Ah, this kind of thing... has never been heard of."

Aokiji slowly withdrew his gaze and turned to Xia Qi, without hiding the surprise that emerged from his heart.

What he said was naturally the phenomenon that Maud's breath suddenly became stronger.

When Jia Ya heard Aokiji's words, he moved slightly.

As one of the first crew members to follow Maud, Jiaya has actually experienced similar situations several times.

However, compared to the previous few times, this time was too conspicuous, so conspicuous that even she was surprised.

Xia Qi's eyes appeared in the smoke and said calmly:

"It should be the ability of the 'shadow fruit'. I remember that in Marinfando's war, Maud used a move that could greatly improve his strength in a short period of time. The prerequisite seemed to be to absorb shadows..."

Speaking of this, Xia Qi took a sip of cigarettes and then continued:

"Although this time the 'feeling' is a little wrong, maybe it was because Xiao Maud improved the ability and effect of the moves based on the original foundation."

"Ah la la, is the ability of shadow fruit..."

Aokiji pinched his chin and recalled the form when Maud knocked down Whitebeard in the top war.

That was the power received by absorbing hundreds of prisoners' shadows, and it was also one of the unexpectedly powerful abilities of the shadow fruit.

And this matter is no secret.

The navy, which was plotted by Mod, knew the truth and could see the forces of all parties in the war through live broadcasts.

Therefore, even if Mod defeated the elderly Whitebeard in the Battle of the Top, the old forces from all sides of the New World believed that the reason why Mod defeated Whitebeard was just to gain all the geographical advantage and people.

The title of the world's number one man will naturally not continue to Maud as the white beard falls down.

Now, through Shaki's reminder, Aokiji carefully recalled the scene when Maud used the shadow gathering place on the top.

I feel that something is indeed wrong.

Could it be that as Xia Qi said, Mode has improved the ability and effect of his moves based on the original foundation of the shadow gathering place?

It's not that I have overcome the problem of [time limit]...

If that is the case, it would be too unreasonable to be played with by Maud's potential for various shadow fruits.

On the stairs platform.

Lafayette, who knew the inside story, looked at the reactions of Aokiji and Jaya with a smile.

Modna's ability to become stronger by hunting the strong will sooner or later be noticed by his companions who are together day and night.

But it doesn't matter even if it is noticed, even if one of these people is the former Navy general...

After all, Maud has stepped into the ranks of monsters that are at the top of the world.

No one can stop him from stepping toward the pinnacle step by step.

“I am the only person in charge…”

Lafayette tapped the wooden floor several times without any warning, making a rhythmic and crisp sound.

This is his usual way of expressing his happy mood.

Jia Ya, Aokiji, and Shaqi were stared away by the voice.

Facing their gaze, Lafayette smiled silently.

As the only insider of Maud's secret, he sincerely did not want the secret to be known to other crew members.

Only in this way can he prove his weight and importance in Maud's heart.

"It doesn't matter whoever takes care of the captain's left arm and right arm, but for the captain, I am the only one who can't replace it!"

Lafayette narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Jiaya and Aokiji below.

In the entire team, only those who were recognized by him were Jia Ya and Aokiji.

Only Jaya and Aokiji occasionally put some pressure on Lafayette.

Feeling Lafayette's vague hostile gaze mixed with inexplicably hostile gaze, Jia Ya and Aokiji were surprised and a little confused.

In the room on the top floor of the castle.

Maud's mind was immersed in the surging power.

In the dark consciousness, a new light shone on the edge of the Hunter's notes.

It is no longer a white light, but a rich orange light.

On the black cover, even every star emits a conspicuous orange light, flashing and extinguishing like a breathing lamp.

【Physical constitution: ★★★★★★★★★★★★】

【Sword Technique: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★】

【Domsday: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★】

【Demon: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★】

Maud's attention fell on the neatly arranged stars.

Four nine stars...

From now on, due to the mechanism of diversion of experience values, the difficulty of condensing the tenth star frame will increase exponentially.

This is also the reason why the first physical fitness that was far ahead after the sword technique and domineering spirit, the demons were promoted to Nine Stars one after another, but the first physical fitness to be far ahead is still the Nine Stars.

But if nothing unexpected happens, the tenth star frame will be condensed from the physique first.
To be continued...