GA: Chapter 135: A Mutated Killer Whale That Ate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit — Its Hatred for the Mutated Giant Octopus!
But this wasn't the moment to dwell on that. They still didn't know whether this mutated killer whale was friend or foe.
Before the spiritual revival, killer whales had actually maintained a relationship with humans that could be described as friendly. When humans found themselves in danger at sea, nearby killer whales would appear in the role of lifeguards — the two species had no history of hostility between them.
But now, with the spiritual revival underway and the killer whales mutated, their attitude toward humans was an open question.
And given that most mutated creatures they'd encountered had treated humans as enemies, letting their guard down wasn't an option.
"ROARRR!"
The mutated giant octopus looked at the killer whale the way one looks at a blood enemy. Its enormous tentacles gathered tremendous force and swung directly at it.
Click click click!
The mutated killer whale didn't hesitate — it surged through the ocean in a leap, twisted, and brought its tail slamming around in a powerful sweep.
Crack. Crack. Crack.
A sound like shattering glass rang out. The killer whale's tail was enveloped in a white halo of light. The air itself fractured at the point of impact, spiderwebbing cracks of distortion spreading outward like a shattered pane.
RUMBLE.
A violent detonation as the two forces collided. The surrounding seawater was blown downward in a massive cavity — a gaping hollow torn into the ocean's surface.
"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit?!"
Huo Yu stared at the mutated killer whale in disbelief.
Whether the black mist that mutated giant octopus had used was related to the Dark-Dark Fruit — she still wasn't completely certain. But what this mutated killer whale had just used was without question the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
The white halo around that tail. The spiderwebbing fractures cracking through the air like shattered glass. She'd seen it with her own eyes, perfectly clearly.
Even if the killer whale had awakened some natural vibration-type ability, there was no way it could produce effects like those.
That was absolutely, one hundred percent the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
But how was that possible?
A mutated killer whale ate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and could still swim?
That contradicted the entire premise of Devil Fruits.
Shouldn't it have lost its ability to swim? Even if its species allowed it to breathe underwater, it still shouldn't be like this!
Unless the Earth's ocean was fundamentally different from the ocean in the One Piece world — without whatever property made seawater suppress Devil Fruits?
But that didn't work either. Bai Xuan had never said anything like that.
Huo Yu rubbed her temple, suddenly feeling like the fact that her Flare-Flare Fruit didn't fear seawater wasn't quite as special as she'd thought.
And then there was the more pressing question — why had something as precious as a Devil Fruit ended up being eaten by a mutated sea creature?
She fumed internally.
Any ordinary Devil Fruit would have been one thing. But the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
The fruit said to be capable of destroying the world.
True, it required an exceptional physical constitution to use effectively, and it came with aftereffects on the body — but none of that diminished the terrifying destructive potential it carried.
A mutated killer whale with a constitution that probably surpassed even the Sea Kings of the One Piece world, to say nothing of its baseline physical ability.
If it developed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to any significant degree, it might actually manage to use that power to blanket the earth in destruction.
And as for the mutated giant octopus — she'd been uncertain before, but the more she watched, the more convinced she became that it had eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit.
She really hoped it hadn't.
Because if it had, what a waste of a Devil Fruit.
Something that could have given humanity another powerful warrior had instead become a powerful enemy.
"ROARRR!!!"
The mutated giant octopus let out a massive roar. At the center of the clash, the tentacle it had swung just moments ago had been completely shattered by the killer whale's Tremor-Tremor Fruit power.
The savage pain tore an involuntary howl from it, and the hatred in its eyes as it glared at the killer whale only intensified.
"Click click click!"
The mutated killer whale roared back. The sound was unusual — but the killing intent behind it was unmistakable.
And in the back of its mind, the full weight of its history with this giant octopus surfaced.
During the second spiritual tide, countless ocean creatures had been touched by spiritual energy and undergone mutation.
Among its pod, it had possessed the highest innate talent — and after mutating, the greatest resulting strength. With the killer whale's natural species advantages, the ocean after mutation held no meaningful threats. Even as spiritual energy stirred conflict among countless species, its pod lived with ease.
But during one hunting expedition, this mutated giant octopus had descended on them. Eight killer whales — all of them killed, one after another, strangled in the octopus's grasp and devoured.
The memory sharpened the rage within the killer whale to a burning point.
It had nearly died in those tentacles too — nearly been swallowed whole. But at that precise moment, a strange fruit had appeared before it.
Small — almost invisible given the scale of creatures involved — but the sudden appearance had caught their attention all the same.
And then the mutated giant octopus had reacted as though it had laid eyes on something it desperately wanted. Radiating excitement, the tentacle that had been reaching for the killer whale diverted entirely toward the strange fruit instead.
But the killer whale had enough intelligence to recognize that something worth that reaction was not something to ignore.
Without hesitation, it used every ounce of ability it had to swallow the fruit first.
And then it discovered it had gained something new — a power born from vibration.
Its raw strength hadn't changed. But through this vibration power, it could unleash destructive force a hundred times its normal output with ease.
The mutated giant octopus, which had watched it swallow the special fruit, erupted into fury and immediately attacked — driven not only by hatred but by a consuming desire to eat the killer whale and reclaim what it had stolen.
But with the vibration power in play, the giant octopus had lost its ability to suppress the killer whale.
In the endless clashing that followed, neither could claim the upper hand over the other.
Eventually, the mutated giant octopus seemed to grow tired of the stalemate. It disturbed the waters and retreated.
The killer whale pursued without hesitation.
But the giant octopus had noticed — and deployed that strange darkness ability. Black mist swallowed the surrounding ocean, cutting off all perception. By the time the mist cleared, the giant octopus had vanished without a trace.
Finding it again this time had only been possible because the killer whale sensed its power.
"Click click."
The mutated killer whale lifted its head toward Qin Tian in the sky above, clicked twice, then pointed its tail at the mutated giant octopus.
Even without understanding the killer whale's language, that gesture was clear enough — unless he was very wrong about what it meant—
"You want me to fight it alongside you?"
Qin Tian asked, something uncertain in his voice.
What he hadn't expected was for the mutated killer whale to nod.
"After mutating, you can understand human language too?"
That surprised him. Killer whales were intelligent enough to read human intent — everyone knew that. But actually comprehending spoken human language was something else entirely.
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