Conqueror’s Haki (3K)

John lowered the lifeboat and jumped down impatiently. He rowed frantically with all his strength, trying to get away from the ship as quickly as possible. But after only a few hundred meters, he ran head-on into another equally tiny dinghy.

He saw the man on the other dinghy smiling casually, as though he had not noticed the danger in these waters at all. He was even heading toward the G51 Branch warship. John had intended to ignore him, but for some reason, he spoke up.

"Hey!"

"You’d better stay away from that ship…"

Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow. He had not expected the other man to be kindly warning him, which surprised him enough that the hand he had been about to raise slowly lowered again. As he pondered it, the massive shadow of the Marine warship had already enveloped his little dinghy.

Bai Cangshu turned back and saw the lifeboat already fleeing into the distance. That guy really is lucky.

Bai Cangshu stomped down, sinking the dinghy beneath the water. At the same instant, he leaped dozens of meters into the air and landed aboard the Marine warship.

Bai Cangshu moved with exceptionally light steps. The Marine Soldiers on deck were still in shock. Many of them were at a loss after witnessing the fleet’s destruction, waiting for orders from their superiors.

Bai Cangshu’s figure flickered, and he had already entered the cabin from the deck.

Brina’s face was pale, and the other Marine officers were likewise stiff with fear as they stared at the flickering blue-white lightning.

Everyone feared that the next moment, that terrifying lightning capable of piercing heaven and earth would descend upon their heads.

It was as though they were standing atop a landmine. Their bodies were rigid, and none of them dared move.

Knock, knock.

A sudden knock at the door startled everyone, and they instinctively turned around.

A lean, valiant-looking black-haired man stood in the doorway, wearing an inexplicable smile.

"Yo, everyone. You’re not busy, are you?"

Bai Cangshu showed no particular fear upon seeing the blue-white lightning.

He knew Enel would soon stop paying attention to them.

"I’d like to requisition this ship. What do you say?"

Bai Cangshu remained composed, the smile on his face as casual as if he were borrowing a few dozen Beli from them.

Brina had almost failed to react at first, but now her expression changed drastically as she snapped angrily.

"Who are you?"

"How did you get aboard this ship?!"

"Someone, get this guy—"

Whoosh—Bang!

The cabin shook violently. A marine soldier who had just been about to draw his sword was instantly sent flying, crashing onto the deck.

Bai Cangshu tapped his toes against the ground, moving with extreme speed. Transparent World was already active, and every movement around him was clear at a glance.

Yet Brina was not frightened by this. Instead, she grew even angrier.

Since when had these people started trying to walk all over her, one after another?!

The woman instantly lowered herself, the sound of her tightening muscles like a great bowstring being drawn taut.

By the time Bai Cangshu turned back in surprise, he had already sensed the woman’s movement behind him.

This woman… is fast!

Bai Cangshu twisted aside in an instant. Only then did the howling sound of air being torn apart ring out, as his body bent backward toward the deck.

Boom!

The air was blasted from the woman’s foot like a cannonball.

Bang!

One marine soldier failed to dodge in time and was sent flying by the compressed air.

Brina stood on one foot, her long white leg exposed beneath her Cloak of Justice. Her balance was incredibly steady as she slowly withdrew her missed kick and set her foot back down.

Bai Cangshu exhaled a breath of stale air that shot two meters away like a white blade of qi.

Thump, thump, thump…

The heartbeat and pulse he had suppressed for so long rapidly recovered. Along with them, his physical abilities and cellular activity began reviving across the board.

Bai Cangshu looked at the female Marine draped in the Cloak of Justice.

"You have a fine body."

The other Marines were furious at how the intruder had humiliated Colonel Brina. But only Brina could see clearly that there was no lust in his eyes at all… this man was insane.

Boom!

Brina stomped down fiercely, and her figure vanished in an instant. Bai Cangshu’s pupils trembled rapidly as his powerful dynamic vision focused in a flash. He turned and raised both hands in front of himself.

The woman kicked again, compressing the air at high speed and blasting it out like an air cannon.

Brina had not become a colonel through conspiracy and schemes alone. The fact that she had climbed from the countless rank-and-file Marines to the middle ranks of the Grand Line’s G51 Branch proved that she possessed one-in-a-thousand combat strength!

Though she had not mastered the Six Powers, she had learned some of their principles through other means.

Extreme speed, extreme hardness, extreme strength!

That was the Six Powers. That was the ultimate training technique of the human body!

Bang!

Bai Cangshu’s body trembled, and the skin on his face seemed to ripple under a hurricane. He tensed his muscles and stood immovable, like a reef.

At that moment, Bai Cangshu’s figure suddenly seemed to grow taller in Brina’s eyes, becoming a colossal reef hundreds of meters high. Her attack was utterly useless against him.

She could no longer retract the powerful kicking technique she had modeled after Rankyaku. After the air cannon was blocked, she followed through with a second strike, fiercely kicking Bai Cangshu’s crossed arms.

The muscles within Bai Cangshu’s body, far surpassing ordinary humans in both quantity and quality, moved like a precision machine in an instant.

The moment the tremendous force came through the other woman’s body, Bai Cangshu twisted with the momentum, seized her thigh, and flung her toward the cabin door on the other side.

Niko Style: Redirection Kata: Willow!

Boom!

Brina’s eyes turned dazed. She felt as though she were soaring through the clouds, and the next instant, a violent impact struck her back.

She smashed through the cabin door and crashed into the storage room beyond.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three gunshots rang out in rapid succession.

Bai Cangshu merely tilted his head slightly, and all three excessively precise bullets sank into the deck.

Bai Cangshu stepped forward, and the rhythm of his breathing through his mouth and nose changed. The sounds of wind and thunder surged.

Riiip!

The sound made Brina’s heart shudder. The instinctive fear it provoked made her raise her head, and in the next moment, she realized something was wrong.

Not good!

Bang!

The cabin door shattered, and a figure pounced in. The man’s hand pressed against her chest, and a twisting force erupted instantly.

Fox Shadow Style: Rakshasa Palm!

"Urgh!"

Brina felt a terrifying force pierce through her chest. Her heart and lungs violently convulsed for an instant. They did not rupture, but she spat out a mouthful of blood.

Just as her body was about to fly away, he caught her with a backhanded grab and seized her by the neck. The powerful inertia slammed into her cervical vertebrae.

Cracking sounds rang out continuously, and Brina let out a scream of agony.

When a group of Marine Soldiers rushed to the cabin door with guns in hand, they saw only that Colonel Brina’s clothes had been somewhat torn, while a man held her up by the neck with one hand, her feet dangling above the ground.

Bai Cangshu was still smiling. This woman’s combat strength was not weak. The One Piece world’s generally extraordinary physical qualities allowed this woman, who looked like nothing more than a decorative vase, to display considerable combat prowess despite her curvaceous figure seeming wholly unsuited for battle.

She was fast, and her body was highly resilient. Even after taking one of his Rakshasa Palms, her heart and lungs had not ruptured.

Her performance had already surpassed that of Priest Shura.

"Hey, Marines. Your ship has been requisitioned. If you don’t want to die along with this officer, you’d better do as I say."

Bai Cangshu felt somewhat regretful that he lacked the skills to operate such a large ship alone. If he wanted a certain degree of mobility in this world, whether it was to complete Milestones, contend with the Reincarnators who would soon enter this world and the Plot Characters appearing in these waters, or perhaps… the treasure map still lying in his Backpack—

He needed a ship with its functions and crew intact.

That was why he had not even killed this woman.

Brina struggled to breathe, but she did not yield and give the order. Seeing that the Marine Soldiers were still hesitating, Bai Cangshu directly pulled out Knocking on Misfortune’s Door and casually fired a shot.

Bang!

The special effect did not trigger, but the marine soldier shot beside the foot still froze for a moment. The anger that had arisen because their superior was captive quickly faded, and reason returned to their minds.

The other party was someone who had swiftly defeated Colonel Brina. These waters were also under the threat of lightning strikes. It seemed…

After hesitating for a moment, a marine soldier spoke.

"For Colonel Brina’s safety, cooperate with this guy."

The mockery in Bai Cangshu’s smile deepened. One hand still held up the excessively tall and curvaceous woman, while his other hand took out the map of El Dorado: The Promised Land.

Now that Effect 1 had changed the mission world and taken effect, this map only retained its value as a treasure map within this world.

Bai Cangshu looked it over twice and found that he did not seem very capable of reading nautical charts, so he shouted again.

"Bring me the navigator!"

After some commotion, the Marine navigator finally confirmed that although the terrain of the nearby waters had changed somewhat, the location marked on this treasure map was not far away.

Holding the woman hostage, Bai Cangshu stood at the edge of the deck. He did not care about these low-ranking Marine Soldiers. The power of firearms and bullets in this world was too weak to pose much threat to him.

"Set sail, boys! We’re going treasure hunting, hahaha!"

He laughed loudly. In Brina’s eyes, Bai Cangshu was a complete lunatic.

You have completely controlled a ship. Milestone: Captain achieved.

Captain: After equipping it, the sailing speed of ships under your control increases slightly (8%).

You have unlocked new Milestones: Fleet Admiral, Marine Captain, Great Pirate.

Milestone: Navigator progress updated. Current: 1/8000 (nautical miles)

Bai Cangshu changed his equipped Milestone, and the ship’s speed immediately increased.

Brina’s face finally turned bluish-purple. The woman could no longer maintain her arrogant attitude and began struggling instinctively.

Bai Cangshu released his right hand, and she immediately collapsed to the ground.

"You bastard…"

The woman was furious and was about to rise, only to find that waves had somehow drenched this part of the deck. She happened to press her hand against the slippery area, slipped as she rose, and fell again.

Bang!

Her head struck the deck heavily.

Watching this, Bai Cangshu’s smile widened. Looking at his right hand, he sharply realized that the Uncertainty Principle of Luck was remarkably flexible in how it judged attacks against an opponent.

By holding her continuously, he seemed to have been judged as constantly attacking her, thus stealing a great deal of this woman’s luck.

If he activated the Scarlet Drop Card now, perhaps he might obtain an excellent drop.

"Ha, what a perfect time to go treasure hunting. With luck like this, it can’t possibly be just a pile of gold and jewels, right?"

Bai Cangshu felt that one could never have too much luck, so he turned to the soldiers on deck.

"Everyone, get over here and line up!"

Riiip!

Terrifying thunder exploded again, and everyone’s faces went pale. Even Bai Cangshu felt as though his heart had skipped a beat.

At close range, no living creature could remain unmoved by the destructive power of a Calamity-level disaster.

He turned around and saw only a pitch-black flamingo falling from the sky, while a giant shining with blue-white lightning emerged from the clouds.

"Yehahaha!"

"One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea… is still only a mortal!"

Doflamingo had actually lost?!

The next moment, Doflamingo suddenly froze in midair as he fell.

Bzzzt—

An invisible aura abruptly erupted, sweeping across the entire sea like a hurricane.

Thud, thud, thud…

The Marine Soldiers on deck, who had been about to line up for their beating, collapsed one after another.

Within that stormy aura, Bai Cangshu’s skin broke out in countless bumps from trembling.

Feeling that seemingly endless presence threatening to drown him, he stared greedily at the sky.

"This is… Conqueror’s Haki!"