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He could clearly smell the indescribable, primal life force carried on the wind, a blend of countless different ingredients. The scent was so pure and so powerful that it made even the soul of this divine chef tremble.

Almost the instant he finished speaking, a melodious and ethereal song rang out unexpectedly in everyone's ears.

The song was unlike any musical instrument, nor could it be produced by any living being.

It's more like a melody originating from the world itself, sometimes soaring like the cry of an eagle above the clouds, sometimes lingering like the call of a whale in the deep sea.

Each note seemed to possess a life of its own, leaping and swirling in the air, eventually transforming into visible, multicolored ripples that resonated with the energy flow in the sky, making the magnificent sky even more dazzling.

Chapter 295 Tuning Fork Crab

"Wow……"

Gatz, this towering giant, was now staring wide-eyed like a child, his face filled with fascination.

"This singing... is so beautiful. I feel like I've eaten a whole roasted golden mammoth, and my whole body feels warm and cozy."

"It's not just warm."

Vista gripped the twin swords at his waist, and his usually sharp, piercing gaze softened considerably.

“I feel my flame has become more harmonious under the soothing influence of this song, yoi.”

Marco added lazily, even his signature verbal tic taking on a languid nasal tone.

The singing seemed to possess a magical power, capable of soothing all anxiety, healing all wounds, and immersing the soul in an ultimate tranquility and joy.

All the crew members on the ship put down their work. They sat or lay down, closed their eyes, and showed incredibly happy, serene smiles like those of babies.

"Gulalalalala..."

Newgate leaned back on his throne, the barrel of wine in his hand having been put down at some point, and his usually domineering hawk-like eyes were now filled with gentleness.

He seemed to see his youth, his departed companions, and the dreams he had buried with his own hands, but he felt no sadness, only a sense of relief and warmth.

However, just as everyone was immersed in the gentle embrace of this heavenly sea of ​​music, Renn's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

His extraordinary understanding of food revealed a faint yet penetrating discord within this seemingly perfect harmony.

It was a flavor hidden deep within the heavenly song, full of allure and danger, belonging to the apex predator.

Like a top-grade, melt-in-your-mouth Wagyu beef, beneath its rich fat lies a deadly poison.

"Everyone be careful!"

Raine's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a thunderclap, instantly waking everyone from their reverie.

"There's something wrong with this singing!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled. They then realized that their bodies had become somewhat weak and limp, and their minds were in a daze, as if they had just woken up from an incredibly sweet dream.

"What's going on? I feel like half of my strength has been drained away."

Gatz shook his enormous head, his face full of confusion.

Almost the instant his words fell, the calm, amber-like, viscous sea surface suddenly began to churn violently!

Dozens of enormous creatures, covered in rainbow-colored shells and resembling giant crabs, with two massive claws that looked like sharp tuning forks, burst out of the water!

They have no eyes, yet the dazzling patterns on their shells seem to flash in rhythm with the song, emitting a peculiar energy fluctuation that can interfere with the mind.

"What...is this?"

Joz transformed his arms into diamonds, vigilantly protecting everyone in front of him.

"Tuning fork crab".

In Raine's mind, the ancient cookbook automatically turned to one of its pages.

【Ingredient Name: Tuning Fork Crab】

[Attribute: Crustacean, symbiotic organism, companion species and guardian of the Symphony Anemone.]

[Capture Level: 120 (This creature appears in groups and can generate infrasonic resonance by striking its pincers, creating a large area of ​​chaos and illusion.)]

[Cooking advice: Its crab roe is an auxiliary ingredient in making top-tier sonic dishes, which can give the dish a rich, symphonic flavor. However, its shell is exceptionally hard and has a strong mental interference effect. It is recommended to first use attacks of a special frequency to disrupt its resonance ability.]

"I see."

Renne understood.

"These guys are the guardians of this sea. That beautiful song is a lullaby to them, but to us outsiders, it is the most deadly lullaby and trap."

"Roar!"

As if to confirm Renn's words, the lead tuning fork crab suddenly struck its huge tuning fork claw.

hum-

An invisible infrasound wave, imperceptible to the naked eye, spread out instantly!

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates felt as if their heads had been struck hard by an invisible hammer. Their vision went black, and they experienced all sorts of bizarre and fantastical hallucinations.

Gatz saw countless enormous pieces of roasted meat grow legs and charge at him while making faces at him.

Dorum saw that his beloved New Moby Dick had grown a pair of wings and cried out that he wanted to run away from home.

"Damn it! These guys are attacking our spirits!"

Newgate roared, and an even more powerful Conqueror's Haki surged into the sky, acting as an invisible shield that firmly blocked the mental impact.

But there were just too many tuning fork crabs, and their infrasonic attacks were relentless, like waves crashing one after another. Even Newgate felt a bit of pressure.

"This can't go on; we must find a way to break their symphony!"

Ryan calmly analyzed the battle situation, his mind racing.

Using brute force to attack is obviously not an option, as there are too many of these tuning fork crabs, and they can distribute the damage of their attacks through resonance.

To break this situation, we must find the pattern of their chorus and then cover it up and disrupt it with a stronger melody.

"Captain, men."

Rein turned around and said calmly, "Now please cooperate with me, we will play them a song... a battle song that belongs only to our Whitebeard Pirates."

This suggestion stunned everyone.

Playing war songs?

At a time like this?

"Head chef, you're not kidding, are you?"

Gatz looked completely bewildered.

“I never joke, especially in the kitchen.”

Ryan's tone remained calm, yet carried an undeniable confidence.

He took out a row of hollow metal tubes of different sizes made of shape memory alloy from the food box, as well as two highly elastic tapping sticks made of sea monster tendons.

"Gats, Joz."

Ryan handed them the metal tube and the tambourine.

"You two are in charge of the percussion. Use your strongest strength and strike these pipes to the rhythm I give you. Don't hesitate. Trust your muscle memory."

“Besta, Silver.”

Raine then looked at the two swordsmen and the gunman.

"Your swords and spears are the strings. Swing them through the air at your fastest speed, creating the sound of wind and piercing the air. I will also direct the rhythm."

"As for Marco..."

Renn looked at the blue phoenix.

"Your wings are like wind instruments; every time you flap your wings, you create airflow at different frequencies."

"And I..."

Ryan picked up two huge soup spoons and tapped them lightly in his hands, making a crisp sound.

"I'll take command."

A symphony orchestra, brimming with violent aesthetics and absurdity, was temporarily assembled in this celestial sea of ​​music, a place fraught with death traps.

Chapter 296 The real main course is about to appear.

"Are you ready, everyone?"

Raine stood in front of the crowd, holding two huge soup ladles high in his hands, like a conductor full of artistic temperament about to take the stage.

Although the conductor was not standing behind musicians in suits, but a group of muscular monsters carrying anchors.

"We can begin anytime, Head Chef!"

Gatz roared excitedly as he laid out the various metal tubes in front of him like a drum set, his two percussion sticks already itching to strike.

"Gulalalalala, interesting, really interesting."

Newgate leaned back on his throne, watching all of this with great interest.

He wanted to see what kind of astonishing feast his head chef, who always managed to create miracles, would cook up this time.

The tuning fork crab army opposite them seemed to have noticed their intentions as well. Their colorful carapaces flashed more frequently, and their pincers pounded faster and faster.

hum - hum - hum -

More and more powerful infrasound ripples spread out, like invisible giant waves, trying to completely submerge this makeshift team.

"Now!"

A glint flashed in Ryan's eyes, and he swung the soup spoon down suddenly!

"First Movement! The Raging War Drums!"

Boom!

Gatz and Joz moved at the same time.

Gatz's striking stick was covered in jet-black Armament Haki. Each strike was like a meteorite falling to earth, and the dull thud seemed to pierce the heartbeat of the entire ocean!

Joz, on the other hand, transformed his arm into a diamond, and each of his strikes was crisp and melodious, like the cracking of a glacier, carrying an indestructible penetrating force!

The dull and the crisp, two completely different drumbeats, were perfectly interwoven under Ryan's millisecond-precise conducting.

It created a violent rhythm full of power and destructive beauty, a wild and unreasonable force!

This rhythm transformed into invisible sound waves, colliding violently with the hypnotic infrasound of the tuning fork crabs!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tooth-grinding, ear-piercing noise that sounded like countless panes of glass shattering simultaneously!

The chorus of the tuning fork crab army was disrupted for the first time, and the shimmering light on their shells became slightly chaotic.

"Second Movement! The Whistling of Swords and Spears!"

Rennes' second command followed immediately.

call out--

Vista's twin blades transformed into two dancing roses, drawing countless dazzling arcs in the air, each swing accompanied by a sharp, howling wind like a storm!

Silver's spear was like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, each thrust as fast as lightning, the sound of it tearing through the air like the whisper of death!

The sounds of wind and air being cut, representing extreme speed and sharpness, are transformed into the most magnificent and deadly string section of the symphony, accompanied by drumbeats.

Like two invisible blades, they precisely cut into the formation of the tuning fork crab army, tearing tiny cracks in their seemingly perfect resonance field.

"The Third Movement! The Phoenix Aria!"

Marco understood immediately; he transformed into a giant phoenix and gracefully circled in the sky.

Each time he flapped his blue-green flame wings, it would create a warm current of different frequencies, full of life and healing energy.

The airflow dispersed the illusionary fog created by the tuning fork crab, and also brought continuous healing and buffs to their companions below.

The feeling was like adding a melodious and hopeful aria to a stirring battle song, making the whole piece more complete and more powerful.

The drumbeats are like a heartbeat, the sword cries are like a roar, and the phoenix wings are like a song.

A wild symphony, unique to the Whitebeard Pirates and filled with violence and passion, resounded in this heavenly sea in the most unreasonable way!

The music was so violent, so full of life, that it instantly overwhelmed the hypnotic, false death song.