Emperor Luffy

As Great Ming’s only Hall of Fame Card Master, Ye Zhou naturally could not stand idly by.

He looked at the three hostile Master Card Masters engulfed by Dongjun’s attack, his gaze wavering slightly as he softly asked, "What do you mean by this, Mr. Adley?"

Adley, who had been watching from afar the entire time, appeared before Ye Zhou. Scratching his cheek, he said, "Sorry, Mr. Ye, but I have to protect Sakaja."

Hearing that, Ye Zhou silently sighed, then calmly asked, "Are you starting a war?"

Adley’s body instantly stiffened, and he hurriedly waved his hands. "Mr. Ye, don’t joke around. I’m leaving right now."

Before leaving, he seemed to remember something and gave an embarrassed smile. "Oh, right, the payment we agreed on should be…"

Faced with this shameless foreign Hall of Fame Card Master, even Bai Yueming felt somewhat helpless. "Don’t worry, Mr. Adley."

"Great Ming is not so shameless as that."

The old man emphasized the last three words.

Yet Adley seemingly failed to catch Bai Yueming’s hidden meaning. A satisfied smile immediately appeared on his face, and he vanished from everyone’s sight.

Before leaving, he cast one final glance at Lu Su standing behind Bai Yueming and could not help feeling a little regretful.

It would have been nice if he were from the Indo-American Federation.

At that moment, the attacks unleashed by Dongjun gradually faded away. Yet Jin Ping and the others were nowhere to be seen. Only a vast expanse of white mist remained, formed by the evaporated seawater.

Clearly, the three had already slipped away under Adley’s cover.

But Bai Yueming had no mind to care about them now.

He turned to Ye Zhou with concern and asked in a low voice, "Little Ye, how is your body?"

Hearing the old man’s question, Ye Zhou slightly shook his head. He coughed softly several times before saying, "Let’s go back. Don’t let them see through us."

Of course, there was no way his body was fine. He merely looked normal because he was forcing himself to endure it.

But if he had not appeared, Adley might have started entertaining thoughts he should not have had.

Then, he looked at Lu Su. "You did well this time, Xiao Luo."

Ye Zhou was referring not only to the Spirit Summoning Society matter, but also to that Mugetsu just now.

From his Hall of Fame perspective, being able to wield such a trump card at Diamond grade was already remarkably rare.

The group returned to the Shanghai City Card Master Association Headquarters.

Fortunately, Yan Wenlai’s office was large enough that it did not feel crowded even with so many people inside.

When the battle broke out, the President of the Shanghai City Card Master Association and Vice President Che Yu had been maintaining order in the city, guarding against any hidden moves Jin Ping might have left behind. That was why they had not been present.

Fortunately, it appeared that Adley had already cleaned up most of the Spirit Summoning Society’s contracts, so no riots broke out in the city.

Once everyone was seated, Bai Yueming immediately said, "After suffering such a huge loss today, Jin Ping probably won’t let this go."

"But in the short term, he should no longer have the ability to cause trouble in Shanghai City."

Everyone nodded, agreeing with Bai Yueming’s assessment.

The remaining members of the Spirit Summoning Society involved in this operation likely could not even fill two hands. Combined with Jin Ping suffering a hidden loss at Lu Su’s hands, they would not need to worry about threats from the Spirit Summoning Society for quite some time.

Though Jin Ping might launch even fiercer retaliation afterward, they could deal with future matters in the future. At the very least, they had gained precious time for now.

However, a trace of worry soon appeared on Bai Yueming’s face. "What concerns me is whether Adley will help the Spirit Summoning Society."

"Judging by his behavior just now, he clearly has some special connection with the Skin Peeler."

The old man’s concern was not unfounded. Just moments ago, that Hall of Fame Card Master from the Indo-American Federation had stepped in to block Ye Zhou’s attack.

Although it was certain he had not done so for Jin Ping.

Who knew whether he would become an enemy of Great Ming afterward? After all, the Skin Peeler had already made his stance clear by standing on Jin Ping’s side.

Hearing this, Ye Zhou coughed softly, then shook his head. "Adley won’t act."

"Before he figures out my true strength, he won’t take such a huge risk to help the Spirit Summoning Society."

"After all, Jin Ping’s research is of no use to him."

As for how to keep Adley and the Card Masters from the surrounding countries from figuring out his true strength—

It was simple. He only needed to reduce how often he acted.

There would certainly be suspicions, but no one would be willing to be the first to stick their neck out. Everyone understood the simple principle that the bird that stuck its head out got shot.

With that thought in mind, the somewhat weakened man paused before continuing, "From here on, I may have to trouble all of you."

"Of course."

Everyone present responded.

After the meeting ended, Lu Su dragged his exhausted body away to return the house, then rented another place not far from the Shanghai City Card Master Association Headquarters.

The youth could have rested directly in his office. The Shadow Kingdom even had beds and everything else he needed.

But since money was not an issue, renting a house was still more convenient.

After having Ghost Shadow Soldiers clean the place, Lu Su threw himself onto the bed.

Too much had happened today. More importantly, Jin Ping had failed to forcibly transform him into a demon.

Recalling Jin Ping’s stunned expression at the time, countless doubts surfaced in the youth’s heart.

At first, he thought the World Consciousness had intervened, but he quickly rejected that guess.

After all, if that "mother" could truly intervene, would Jin Ping have been able to escape?

Then he considered whether it was because he was a transmigrator.

Could that really be the reason?

Lu Su frowned slightly.

He felt that it was not that simple. Everything that had happened to him so far did not seem explainable by merely calling him a transmigrator.

Unfortunately, the youth had no further clues at the moment, so he could only suppress those doubts in his heart.

Two days had passed since the Spirit Summoning Society incident.

Just as Bai Yueming had predicted, Shanghai City was indeed peaceful and calm.

Noon.

Lu Su looked at the three materials laid out before him and took a deep breath.

Rule Breaker (Red), Blazing Sun Divine Body (Red), Unrestrained Overlord (Red).

After obtaining the materials dropped by Bo Er that day, he had already decided how to use them.

On top of that, his teacher had previously said that he could directly ask for any materials he needed, so the young man simply went to Nandu and retrieved two more materials.

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After leaving Dressrosa, Luffy and the others took Bartolomeo’s ship to Zou.

On Zou, Luffy’s group learned about Sanji’s situation and ultimately decided to split into two groups. One group would head to Whole Cake Island to rescue Sanji, while the other would travel to Wano Country.

Upon arriving at Whole Cake Island, Luffy first defeated Charlotte Cracker, one of Big Mom’s Sweet Commanders, before meeting Sanji with Nami.

Then the two were captured by the Big Mom Pirates. Fortunately, Jinbe rescued them.

After reuniting with his Companions, Luffy and the others allied with the Fire Tank Pirates, who intended to assassinate Big Mom, and acted together.

When the tea party began, Jinbe publicly announced that he was joining the Straw Hat Pirates. At the same time, Brook shattered the Nun’s Photo, driving Big Mom into madness.

Luffy activated Gear Fourth and hurt Big Mom, but he was captured. Fortunately, amid the chaos, Luffy found a chance to escape with his Companions.

During their escape, Big Mom began pursuing them.

Later, in order to protect his Companions, Luffy voluntarily fought Katakuri, one of the Sweet Commanders, and ended his undefeated legend.

After escaping Whole Cake Island, Luffy’s bounty rose to 1.5 billion Beli.

After arriving in Wano Country, the Straw Hat Pirates gathered once more.

Just then, the drunken Kaido attacked. Believing his Companions had been killed, Luffy furiously activated Gear Fourth, only to be defeated by Kaido in a single blow.

He was then thrown into prison.

In prison, he improved his Armament Haki under Hyougorou’s guidance, then escaped when Big Mom caused chaos in the prison.

Later, under his Companions’ cover, he reached the top floor of Onigashima and battled Kaido.

During the battle, Luffy comprehended Conqueror’s Haki Infusion from Kaido’s attacks. However, CP0’s sneak attack left him severely wounded and collapsed on the ground.

It was at that moment that Luffy completed his Devil Fruit Awakening and named it "Gear Fifth."

Luffy fought Kaido once again. After an intense battle, Kaido was defeated by Luffy.

After defeating Kaido, Luffy’s bounty rose to a terrifying 3 billion Beli. He stood alongside Buggy the Clown, Red-Haired, and Blackbeard as one of the Four Emperors, becoming a new Sea Emperor.

After finishing the card, Lu Su let out a light breath, then opened his eyes. "As expected, making cards with an established source is much easier."

Ever since trying to make a Custom Card once, the youth had come to appreciate just how much easier it was to make cards based on otaku works.

"I wonder if making Mythical Cards will be the same."

Lu Su decided that he would try making a low-grade Mythical Card later.

But his current priority was naturally to inspect the newly created card’s information.

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Emperor Luffy

Grade: Diamond

Quality: Red

Category: Creature

Skills:

Three Types of Haki

Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika: At first, everyone believed this was an ordinary Paramecia Devil Fruit, until the young man completed its Devil Fruit Awakening.

Gear Fifth: The most terrifying thing in the world is having a Comedic Character as your opponent. As it happened, Gear Fifth granted Luffy similar abilities.

Conqueror's Haki Infusion: Infuse Conqueror's Haki into a weapon or attack. After infusion, attack power is enhanced, allowing one to physically strike enemies from a certain distance without touching them.

Traits:

Desperate Survival Seed of Hope Hear the Voice of All Things

Sea Emperor: After defeating Kaido, Luffy successfully ascended the throne and became a true emperor of the sea. From this point onward, all enemies with sea-related Traits would assess their own strength and stance before deciding whether to fight Luffy.

Liberation Drum: After activating Gear Fifth, Luffy's heartbeat would become the Liberation Drum. Upon hearing the drumbeat, he would rapidly recover his vitality.

Introduction: I'm the man who will become the King of the Pirates!

Advancement Path: Bronze Straw Hat Kid Luffy → Gold Worst Generation Luffy → Diamond Emperor Luffy.

Bond: When deployed alongside the Ace series and others, the Windmill Village Trio effect could be activated.

When deployed alongside the Zoro series and others, the Straw Hat Pirates effect could be activated.

When deployed alongside the Cavendish series and others, the Straw Hat Grand Fleet effect could be activated.

Activated Bond: Straw Hat Pirates (3/10)

Bond Effect: When members of the Straw Hat Pirates appeared together, if one member died, the remaining members would enter a Berserk state.

Note: Berserk: At the cost of losing rationality, card attributes would receive a massive all-around enhancement.

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Was Luffy strong?

Of course he was strong, but he was definitely not as strong as Kurosaki Ichigo.

The main reason was that the latter had received far too many bonuses, while Luffy only had the Straw Hat Pirates Bond. That was why he was not as absurdly powerful as Yellow Hair.

"No wonder most Card Masters only make cards from the same series," Lu Su muttered softly. Then he stored Luffy’s card in his mind. "Next, it’s time to deal with the Spirit Summoning Society."

Feeling the contracts under his control in his mind, a strange expression could not help appearing on his face.

Lu Su had never expected that the Rainbow Spirit Summoning Society, which he had once jokingly mentioned, would truly come into existence one day.

He stroked his chin, then lightly triggered the contracts.

At the same time, some members of the Spirit Summoning Society, who had been anxious over the contract disturbances from the past two days, revealed blank expressions.

Because they had all received a message.

"Come see me."

The location was—

Shanghai City.