Chapter 03: Synthesis! Glint-Glint Fruit!
"Kid, are you tired of living? Stop it immediately!"
Seeing the situation, the other hooligans roared in anger and hurriedly pounced, surrounding Ye Jia and beating him.
They were skilled fighters, and Ye Jia wasn't a match for any of them individually. If not for the sneak attack, how could he have tackled one so easily?
Punches landed on Ye Jia one after another, causing him unbearable pain.
"Let go!"
"I said let go!"
"Did you hear me? If you don't let go, I'll beat you to death!"
The hooligans showed no mercy, frantically punching and kicking Ye Jia.
"You want me to let go? No way!"
Ye Jia gritted his teeth, his eyes fierce, and his punches became increasingly sharp.
He was like a beast driven to madness, ignoring all the attacks coming from behind and focusing solely on beating one person!
The hooligan pinned to the ground, whose face was being pummeled by Ye Jia, saw stars after taking a barrage of punches. He lost the strength to resist and lost consciousness on the spot.
"Congratulations, you have obtained 1 'Glint-Glint Fruit' fragment!"
"Congratulations, you have obtained 1 'Glint-Glint Fruit' fragment!"
"Congratulations, you have obtained 1 'Glint-Glint Fruit' fragment!"
"..."
Notification after notification of fragments rose in Ye Jia's mind.
That sweet, pleasant electronic mechanical voice acted like a stimulant, making Ye Jia even more berserk!
"This kid dares not to let go! Hit him! Beat him to death!"
The hooligans became even more violent.
They already had blood on their hands from past deeds. Now that Ye Jia had enraged them, they turned ruthless, holding nothing back as they smashed their fists hard onto Ye Jia's back.
Thud!
It sounded like a drum being struck, emitting a dull noise.
"Blargh!"
Ye Jia spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, feeling as if his bones were about to snap. "Good... good thing I trained with the hunters for three months. My body is tough enough now... Just you wait, all of you just wait!"
"Just three more fragments. Once I gather enough Glint-Glint Fruit fragments, I want your lives!"
Ye Jia roared internally.
"Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him!"
Makino tried to intervene from the side to stop the hooligans from beating Ye Jia, but she was a weak woman. She had the will but not the strength, so she could only scream hysterically in anxiety from the sidelines.
The commotion attracted many people from Foosha Village.
However, seeing the hooligans beating someone, they were all scared into retreating several steps, terrified that if the hooligans got unhappy, they would beat them too. If they died here, they would die in vain!
Finally—
"Congratulations, you have obtained 1 'Glint-Glint Fruit' fragment!"
"Congratulations, you have gathered enough Glint-Glint Fruit fragments (10/10). Synthesize?"
The sweet mechanical female voice was like a warm breeze in winter, moving Ye Jia almost to tears.
"Synthesize! Synthesize it for me!"
Ye Jia almost shouted these words.
Boom!
In his mind, the lid of that massive seven-colored cauldron suddenly lifted.
Then, the ten Glint-Glint Fruit fragments were thrown inside.
"Synthesizing, please wait..."
A seven-colored progress bar appeared beneath the seven-colored cauldron, running at a rapid speed.
Meanwhile, in reality, Ye Jia's body finally couldn't hold on any longer and was kicked flying by a powerful kick from one of the hooligans.
Ye Jia spat out another large mouthful of blood, feeling his internal organs churning. The sensation was incredibly painful.
"Rumble!"
"Congratulations, successfully synthesized 1 'Glint-Glint Fruit'. Use?"
When the seven-colored progress bar finished, the massive seven-colored cauldron suddenly lifted its lid. A golden, strange fruit with swirling patterns appeared in Ye Jia's mind, followed by the sweet mechanical female voice.
"Use! Use it now!"
Ye Jia shouted.
Immediately, the Glint-Glint Fruit disappeared. Ye Jia felt a strangeness in his body, but the sensation appeared quickly and vanished just as fast.
"Kid! You're dead today! Daring to attack my men, go to hell!"
The hooligans swarmed up again, the killing intent in their eyes unmistakable.
They were the fiercest tyrants of Foosha Village. If word got out that they couldn't even handle a little brat, how could they continue to mix in the underworld?
However, just as they rushed up, preparing to punch and kick Ye Jia, they found that all their attacks landed on empty space.
"What happened?!"
"My foot went through his body?"
"There's light inside this guy's body!"
The hooligans' fists and feet all seemed to hit air, completely failing to injure Ye Jia's body.
Disbelieving what was happening before their eyes, they hurriedly punched and kicked again, but finding they still couldn't touch Ye Jia, they immediately panicked.
"Hehehehe..."
Ye Jia let out a chilling laugh, the fierce look on his face even more intense than that of the hooligans!
"What? Can't hit me anymore? Your abilities amount to nothing more than this!"
He had now eaten the Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit. His body had directly turned into light. Unless these people possessed Haki, they couldn't harm a single hair on his head!
"...What is going on?!"
The hooligans were stunned. Fighting Ye Jia was like fighting a ghost; it was completely futile.
"I know... This is... a Devil Fruit ability! I can't hit his body. He's an ability user... He ate a Devil Fruit! Run! We aren't his match, run quickly!"
After a slightly more knowledgeable hooligan spoke the truth, his eyes trembled with terror.
He didn't know why the person who was beaten half to death just moments ago had suddenly become a Devil Fruit user, but he knew very well how terrifying an ability user was. Dealing with them would be a piece of cake for him!
Immediately, this hooligan turned around to flee the tavern, to escape this place with the ability user.
"You beat me up, and now you want to run? Too late!"
A ray of light flashed—
Ye Jia's body directly blocked the path in front of the hooligan.
At the same time, he lifted his leg.
"Bang!"
With incredibly swift speed, to the onlookers, it seemed as if Ye Jia hadn't even moved before he appeared in front of the hooligan, and the hooligan's body was sent flying directly!
Smashing hard against the wall, the hooligan let out a miserable howl of pain on the spot... three of his ribs were broken.
This was because he had just consumed the Devil Fruit and lacked strength. Otherwise, that single kick would have been enough to kill the hooligan on the spot!
After dealing with one, Ye Jia turned his murderous gaze toward the remaining hooligans.
"Next, it's your turn!"
Ye Jia's voice was like an echo from the depths of hell, chilling the hearts of the hooligans, making them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave, with despair uncontrollably welling up in their eyes.