Bai Cangshu: I’m Gradually Understanding Everything (3K)

Enel watched as the charred surface of Bai Cangshu’s body rapidly peeled away, revealing completely unscathed skin beneath. Under the crimson flames, that skin even glimmered like scales.

Bai Cangshu straightened fully, gripping the twisted Golden Weapon as he took a step forward, leaving only a single step between himself and Enel.

Zzzt!

A fierce current conducted through the gold. In an instant, blue-white light flared—the sight of over sixty million volts erupting at once. Yet the moment every current touched that arm radiating scarlet light, it swiftly vanished.

Not only that, Bai Cangshu clenched the golden blade tightly, and Conqueror’s Haki spread out in an instant. The blue-white lightning rapidly retreated. In the clash between the two forces, Conqueror’s Haki almost crushed the power of lightning and forced it back.

Enel noticed this as well, but he also realized something.

"The Conqueror’s Haki that bastard left in that arm is weakening. How much longer can you use this ability?"

Conqueror’s Haki possessed a highly unusual trait: it could be stored.

Only exceptionally powerful users of Conqueror’s Haki could leave it within an object for someone else to activate and use.

Bai Cangshu could now almost certainly confirm that this arm had been left behind, for some unknown reason, by the Black King Luffy who had just departed. It contained excessively powerful Conqueror’s Haki.

When he had first attached the arm, that Conqueror’s Haki had been so powerful that it could nearly completely suppress the erosion of Satsui no Hado and God Hand.

But this Conqueror’s Haki was like water without a source. Its strength diminished with continued use, and its reserves were dwindling. That was where Enel’s confidence came from.

Yet Bai Cangshu merely smiled cruelly.

He was currently in an unprecedentedly powerful state. Solitary Jealousy Flame had been stacked to its limit, amplifying his attributes to their utmost.

Sin Karma Reincarnator · EX051

Codename: Mercenary Tao (modifiable)

Basic Four-Dimensional Attributes

Strength: 20+ (touching the limit, base efficiency)

Agility: 20+ (touching the limit, base efficiency)

Constitution: 35 (Solitary Jealousy Flame, Talent Manifestation) (First-Tier efficiency · 1.8)

Spirit: 32 (Solitary Jealousy Flame, Talent Manifestation) (First-Tier efficiency · 1.7)

Aside from Strength and Agility, which had not broken through their limits and thus could not gain efficiency enhancements or major boosts to their base attributes, Bai Cangshu’s Constitution and Spirit had, under First-Tier efficiency conversion, effectively reached values equivalent to 60+ and 50+ on the First Tier.

The powerful efficiency gained by breaking through the First Tier, combined with Solitary Jealousy Flame—a rank trait that enhanced his entire body—and the bizarre Talent Manifestation that had repeatedly caused abnormalities in spatial anchoring, made Bai Cangshu nearly twice as strong as he had been in the previous world, purely in terms of numerical values.

The powerful abnormal resistance granted by his high Constitution and Spirit allowed Bai Cangshu to recover several times faster than before when struck by lightning. Not only that, ordinary attacks could no longer break through his defenses, and even the raging Satsui no Hado now had far less effect on him.

And that was merely the enhancement to his base attributes. Bai Cangshu was currently in a special state called Talent Manifestation, and he felt that his senses had been magnified to their limits.

This perception differed from the foresight of Observation Haki. It was more like a special state of absolute clarity.

He felt that he possessed extraordinary ability to receive and comprehend any kind of information.

Just as he had merely watched Garp use Fist Bone Crash, and seen Luffy and Garp’s Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, yet naturally came to understand the existence of aura.

"Enel, unfortunately for you, right now… heh, I feel like I can do anything."

At that moment, Bai Cangshu’s heartbeat was no different from an ordinary person’s, yet Enel’s pupils dilated. The sounds he heard from within Bai Cangshu’s body were so complex, and contained so much information, that they completely exceeded his ability to comprehend.

Unlike the chaos when tens of thousands of vengeful spirits had fought over the Throne of the Heart, there was only one voice and one will within Bai Cangshu now.

Yet that one voice seemed to be simultaneously thinking through and receiving hundreds of streams of information.

The sheer volume of information had surpassed Enel’s ability to assess. For a moment, he could not even search through it for his opponent’s battle intent.

Zzzt~

The sound of electric current rang out. Within Bai Cangshu’s wide-open pupils, Enel’s electrified form naturally reflected. He instantly turned to look behind him, just as Enel condensed into shape at his back.

Enel spread his hands toward Bai Cangshu and the entire space behind him, speaking in a low voice.

"Eighty million volts, Discharge!"

Zzzt!

Blue-white lightning suddenly lit up. Countless electric particles Enel had long scattered through the air were activated, and powerful currents intertwined like a net.

This indiscriminate, wide-area attack was meant to deal with Bai Cangshu’s left hand, which seemed capable of ignoring lightning strikes.

Bai Cangshu realized that he had truly foreseen Enel’s movement, and intense delight rose within him.

At this moment, Bai Cangshu felt that he could understand the uncontrollable arrogance and self-exalted bearing Satoru Gojo had displayed after the Hidden Inventory Arc.

This power that emerged from his bones and soul, this feeling of gradually understanding everything and grasping everything, truly gave Bai Cangshu the exhilarating sensation that throughout heaven and earth, I alone am supreme.

Faced with Enel’s attack, Bai Cangshu did not need to think. The instant his muscles trembled, Thunder Breathing sounded through his nostrils as well.

The Advanced Instant that had previously not had time to fully activate bloomed completely at this moment.

"Instant: Fifth Stage~"

Bai Cangshu’s voice rose with a trembling lilt, revealing the emotions that had surged to their peak.

He could not see it himself, but his brows and eyes were lifted in high spirits, and his whole body seemed to radiate a faint spiritual glow.

The pain of tearing muscles could not affect Bai Cangshu at all. His figure vanished in an instant.

Bang, bang, bang…

A series of sonic boom clouds exploded afterward. Just as Enel’s lightning lit up between his palms, a powerful impact had already appeared before him.

On that face stretched until it was completely blurred, the pupils still clearly reflected the disbelief on Enel’s face.

Boom!

Bai Cangshu was so fast that before he had even fully completed the motion of throwing a punch, the intense air pressure, the force of his fist, and the mass of air he crashed forward with had already smashed Enel’s body to pieces.

Enel condensed again some distance away, his expression now grave.

He realized something was wrong. The insect before him seemed to have become, through a series of coincidences and sudden changes, far stronger than he had imagined.

Perhaps he should not have appeared at this time. He could have waited until the other party left this state and returned to that chaotic form controlled by power before showing himself again.

But Enel, eroded by the Abyss God, clearly knew nothing of the existence called Causality Law. He snorted coldly and pulled away.

"Did you forget to use Haki? What a pity. You won’t get another chance to—"

Boom!

There was no visible movement, nor could he read any useful thoughts. The violent impact struck again.

This time, Bai Cangshu held his right hand flat like a blade and thrust it forward.

Magic Spear!

Pfft!

Enel’s chest shattered as he proactively transformed into an element. A blazing-white cloud formed from the shredded air, like a long spear piercing through Enel’s body.

Bai Cangshu paused briefly, revealing himself.

His eyelids drooped. Large patches of bleeding had begun to appear across his body again, but Bai Cangshu seemed completely unaware. He only felt intoxicated by his own strength at this moment.

And he was not merely attacking. He was also gathering all kinds of information at the same time. On the warship behind him, several injured Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals were tending to the wounded, while Chaton wanted to land on the island and provide support at Cindy’s request.

Farther away, Garp’s Conqueror’s Haki had appeared again.

There was not much time. His body could not sustain prolonged combat at the thirty-twofold speed of Fifth Stage Instant.

More importantly, he had discovered the enormous flaw Enel had gained after being eroded.

Bai Cangshu focused his gaze on the four heads representing joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure. Those things were foreign objects, and when Enel transformed into an element, they became extremely discordant.

Enel completely transformed into lightning. The next moment, hundreds of currents flowed and transmitted through the air. Bai Cangshu understood that his opponent was likely trying to stall for time or even flee.

But Bai Cangshu currently possessed astonishing intuition. It differed from Observation Haki, and he did not understand what state he was in, but he possessed a special instinct that let him know his opponent’s thoughts.

He could even predict what his opponent was going to think.

The reason so much information and thought activity appeared simultaneously in Enel’s Mantra when sensing Bai Cangshu was because Bai Cangshu had discovered that he could now simulate other people’s modes of thought and logic.

Just as he could imitate another person’s physical abilities and even their Haki, once he understood their personality and the essence of their thinking, he could naturally think according to their thought patterns.

At the same time, he was playing the roles of several people in his mind, and one of them was Enel himself!

Bai Cangshu opened his mouth and exhaled a turbid breath. The high-temperature air rapidly liquefied in the atmosphere, producing a great deal of white mist. After completing his breath cycle, light flashed in his left hand, and the Dragon Slayer appeared once more.

At the beyond-limit speed of Fifth Stage Instant, Bai Cangshu could not ensure that his attacks flowed exactly as he wished. Even Armament Haki and Satsui no Hado sometimes could not be transmitted freely to the point where his attack landed.

Just like his first attack, Bai Cangshu had been moving so fast that he had already sent his opponent flying before he could even throw his punch.

But this black blade-transformed Dragon Slayer had no such concern.

Bai Cangshu gripped the exaggerated greatsword tightly in his left hand and pointed it toward the sky from afar.

As Enel’s currents continued flowing into the distance, inexplicable panic suddenly rose within him. His Mantra conveyed immense terror.

Bang, bang, bang…

Amid a series of explosive air bursts, scarlet Conqueror’s Haki suddenly flashed through the air and erupted indiscriminately.

It was like a powerful hurricane sweeping across the sea in the sky.

Overbearing, cruel, and resolute—it was an aura as cold and deathly still as the River Styx. In an instant, whether it was Chaton preparing to provide support or Onigumo and the others, they could only raise their arms before them and endure the surging Conqueror’s Haki violently grinding against their bodies.

In the sky dozens of nautical miles away, a figure was pierced by scarlet lightning and condensed into shape in an instant.

Enel’s face turned pale, and the four heads behind him all took on expressions of terror.

"Damn it…"

Pfft!

A straight black sword light suddenly lit up. Like the Spear of Longinus that seemed capable of piercing the heavens, it tore through Enel’s chest and pierced the four heads as well.