Chapter 31: Invasion of Impel Down (Ch 31)

On a warship outside the city of Impel Down, a group of navy soldiers were chatting. They talked about their daily lives, their families and friends, and their aspirations for the future. Some dreamed of promotion, some hoped to return home to reunite with their families, and some looked forward to participating in more important missions.
However, these navy soldiers did not know that a huge crisis was quietly approaching. Just as they were chatting, a small black dot suddenly appeared in the sky. This small black dot quickly grew larger and eventually turned into a figure. This person was Durant, who used the power of the Floating Fruit to fly over from the sky.
When the navy soldiers found Durant, it was too late to react. Durant fell rapidly like a meteor, with unparalleled momentum, and hit a warship heavily.
In an instant, a huge hole was smashed in the warship, and the sea water rushed in like a broken dam, and the warship began to sink slowly.
This sudden change made the navy soldiers terrified. They picked up their weapons and tried to resist this uninvited guest. However, how could these ordinary navy soldiers contend with Durant’s strength? He flashed and instantly appeared in front of a navy soldier. He raised his hand and waved, and the soldier fell into a pool of blood. Seeing this, other navy soldiers opened fire, but Durant easily avoided all attacks.
Durant’s appearance caused chaos and panic, and the navy soldiers were completely unable to resist his attack. He was like an empty space, wantonly slaughtering every enemy who tried to stop him. In his eyes, these navy soldiers were just a group of lambs to be slaughtered.
Durant’s body landed steadily on the sea, and he immediately activated the ability of the Floating Fruit – “Lion Power – Goshoji Scroll”! The surrounding sea water seemed to be driven by some mysterious power, and quickly changed its form, turning into dozens of sea monsters that were nearly 100 meters tall and shaped like the heads of ferocious lions.
This shocking scene made the navy soldiers on more than 20 military ships outside the city of Pushing stunned and completely at a loss. They stared with their eyes wide open, their mouths opened wide, and their faces were full of fear and confusion. When have they ever seen such a horrific scene? The scene before them was simply a nightmare, leaving their brains blank and unable to think of how to deal with it.
The lion heads formed by the sea water began to launch a fierce attack on the navy soldiers and warships. They opened their bloody mouths, revealing their sharp fangs, and bit the warships fiercely like a group of hungry beasts.
Each collision made a deafening noise, as if it was going to tear the whole world apart. The huge impact force caused the warships to shake violently, and some warships were even overturned.
The navy soldiers were in extreme fear. Facing such a powerful enemy, they felt unprecedented despair. The weapons in their hands could not cause any harm to these sea monsters. They could only watch their companions being devoured. Panic spread quickly, and the soldiers fled everywhere, but there was nowhere to escape.
Some people tried to jump into the sea to escape, but were soon drowned; others hid in the cabin, shivering and praying that the disaster would end as soon as possible. However, the reality was cruel, the sea monsters were destroying everything mercilessly, and the lives of the navy soldiers seemed so fragile at this moment.
Faced with Durant who fully utilized the ability of the Float-Float Fruit, these naval soldiers were unable to fight back and were quickly wiped out.
Dozens of warships sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving only one warship that was floated into the air by Durant using the power of the Float-Float Fruit.
“Good!” Durant looked at everything that was happening in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and a smile appeared on his face.
“Is this the true power of the Float-Float Fruit? It’s really powerful!” Hawkins on the side couldn’t help but exclaimed.
He was well aware of Captain Durant’s strength, but after witnessing the horrific power of the Float-Float Fruit with his own eyes, he was still shocked.
Durant turned to look at Hawkins, with a glimmer of confidence and pride in his eyes, “This is only part of the power of the Floating Fruit.”
Hawkins quickly walked up to Durant and flattered him respectfully: “Captain, your devil fruit ability is so powerful. With a captain like you, we will definitely become one of the strongest pirate groups in this sea.”
Hawkins recalled the scene just now, and his heart was still filled with shock and awe. He couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by the shocking power and majesty. The sea seemed to have become a huge stage, and Durant was the master who controlled everything.
“Haha…” Durant’s laughter echoed in the air, with a sense of confidence and heroism. His eyes swept across the surrounding scene, with a satisfied light in his eyes.
After laughing, Durant looked at the warship that he had used the power of the Float-Float Fruit to levitate in the air, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. The huge warship seemed so small and fragile under his control at this moment.
“That is the power of the Float-Float Fruit after it is awakened. When your own devil fruit ability is awakened in the future, you will understand the secret.” Durant replied calmly, his voice revealing a confidence in his own strength.
Hawkins smiled self-deprecatingly, with a hint of envy and helplessness in his eyes. He knew very well that even if his devil fruit ability was awakened, it would be difficult to compare with Captain Durant.
Durant smiled and didn’t explain anything further. For him, this level of strength display was just a part of daily life. Hawkins fell into deep thought, thinking about how to improve his strength.
A large number of naval soldiers and warships were destroyed outside the city of Impel Down, and the soldiers inside the city of Impel Down soon noticed this.
However, when they stepped out of the gate of Push City, what they saw made them dumbfounded – the entire army was destroyed!
How is this possible? Being destroyed so quickly? Who is the enemy? With such a powerful force!
At this moment, their eyes fell on two people, Durant and Hawkins.
One of the marines shouted in shock, “I know those two! Durant, the pirate who killed the Celestial Dragons, has a bounty of 1 billion! And there’s a supernova named Hawkins, who has a bounty of 300 million! They are the Death Pirates!”
“We are no match for them. We must consult Director Magellan immediately!” another navy soldier shouted.
Indeed, facing a pirate like Durant with a bounty of 1 billion, for these ordinary soldiers, only Director Magellan can fight against him.
Durant smiled and said, “Hawkins, I’ll leave this to you.”
“Yes, Captain Durant,” Hawkins responded respectfully.