Heart of the Thunder Emperor

Mock Town, once a gathering place for pirates, bandits, and underworld figures, had become a gathering place for Marines today.

The cooks from several taverns had all been brought together to prepare food and provide alcohol for these officers and soldiers who had narrowly escaped death.

Whether it was hawkish vice admirals like Onigumo and Doberman or people like Chaton and Garp, they were all drinking deeply and wolfing down meat, giving Bai Cangshu a thorough look at the boldness and… casualness of this world’s Plot Characters.

He only took a small sip of rum before focusing on eating and casually sorting through his gains.

You used Ability Scroll: Life Return (B)

You are attempting to learn the secret technique: Life Return. Checking learning requirements...

Check passed.

You have mastered the ability: Life Return (B)

Life Return (B) Lv.1: You can freely control your muscles and bones, increasing your maximum exertion by an additional 20%. You can also slightly control your hair, pores, and metabolism, actively regulating stamina consumption.

Bai Cangshu tested it out. At Lv.1, Life Return could not yet make his hair as strong as his hands and feet, nor could it store life energy. However, it already allowed him to completely close his pores and acupoints, preventing his aura from leaking out, or interfere with his muscles to achieve greater speed or strength.

This ability had considerable potential. It would be quite helpful for martial arts training and could also aid Bai Cangshu’s understanding of Six Powers: Kami-e.

In Bai Cangshu’s view, the Six Powers were purer than physical techniques like Rakshasa Palm. They did not involve as much circulation of force, yet they were an exceptionally unique method of tempering the body.

They were techniques developed by the physique monsters unique to the One Piece World, greatly enhancing the combat power of those whose speed and strength, through training, had long surpassed ordinary human limits.

Bai Cangshu actually wanted to spar with these experts, making it easier for him to "see clearly" the mysteries behind the other Six Powers.

In Bai Cangshu’s view, Iron Body corresponded to the "hard" aspect of human muscles. By training and tensing one’s muscles, one could gain defensive power surpassing steel.

Soru represented the "fast" aspect. It achieved ultra-high-speed movement by stomping the ground dozens of times within 0.36 seconds. Bai Cangshu understood the principle, but his results when using it were mediocre. He guessed that his use of muscles and force was not yet perfect.

Kami-e represented the "soft" aspect, as well as a display of bodily control. Now that Bai Cangshu had mastered Life Return, he had a chance to reverse-engineer Kami-e.

Moonwalk was an extension of Soru, while Rankyaku and Shigan were more like effects produced by combining Soru’s speed with Iron Body’s hardness.

With a false smile on his face, Bai Cangshu produced a Purple Drop Card crackling with electricity.

You opened an Extremely Rare Drop Card.

Drawing drops...

You obtained 3,000 Dimensional Points.

You obtained Ability Scroll: Mantra (B+).

You obtained Material: Heart of the Thunder Emperor (Extremely Rare).

Bai Cangshu felt slightly disappointed when he saw that he had not obtained Enel’s most precious and valuable Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Ability Scroll: Mantra (B+)

Quality: Rare

Description: A scroll recording the special Observation Haki secret technique of Enel, the Thunder God of Sky Island.

Usage Requirements: Spirit > 15; possess a lightning-type ability no lower than B-rank.

Mantra was a powerful ability in actual combat, combining the formidable perception of Observation Haki with a degree of mind-reading. It was highly practical for both close combat and information gathering.

Unfortunately, this ability seemed to have a strict requirement for lightning-type abilities. Without the boost of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Enel truly could not have possessed such powerful Observation Haki.

Then, right in front of these Plot Characters, Bai Cangshu casually picked up the heart crackling with lightning.

From the corner of his eye, he subtly watched everyone in the room. If anyone focused their gaze on the heart in his hand—a heart the Plot Characters could not see—he would be able to confirm that they were a hidden Reincarnator.

Bai Cangshu was extremely interested in finding and hunting more Reincarnators.

Unfortunately, just like the members of the Critical Point team who had fled, the Reincarnators within the Marines seemed to have vanished as well. No one in the room looked at Bai Cangshu; they were all busy eating and drinking.

Only then did Bai Cangshu turn his attention back to this Extremely Rare material.

Material: Heart of the Thunder Emperor

Quality: Extremely Rare · Supreme

Description: The heart of Enel, the Thunder God, from One Piece and its Derivative Worlds. It contains the power of thunder.

Effect: After Smelting, you may gain one of the following traits:

A: Thunder Elementalist (Uncommon): Gain advanced lightning elemental affinity. You can directly sense and touch lightning elements. Requirements for learning lightning-based abilities are reduced by 45%, and learning speed is increased by 30%.

B: Heart of Regeneration: Physique +2. Your heart gains regenerative abilities. Your heart is no longer a vital weakness; even if shattered, it will slowly regenerate.

C: Thunder Emperor (Extremely Rare): Spirit +2. Gain the power to command lightning. Every heartbeat accumulates a minute amount of thunder power. The upper limit of accumulated lightning power is linked to the Spirit attribute (conversion ratio: 3.0). The user may actively enter the Thunder Emperor state and invoke the accumulated thunder power. Note: This ability places an additional burden on the physique. If the Physique attribute is too low, the user cannot avoid the damage inflicted on the body by the power of thunder.

D: Electrokinesis (Rare): Active trait. You may consume all Spirit to draw upon the restless lightning elements in the atmosphere, inflicting a powerful lightning strike on the target proportional to the Spirit consumed.

Bai Cangshu raised his brows, suddenly realizing that perhaps his luck was not so bad after all.

The value of a material that had reached Extremely Rare quality exceeded Bai Cangshu’s expectations.

Just like Material: Silverwing Charlotte’s Arm, which he had acquired through trade last time, the powerful traits brought by Smelting such supreme materials were, in a sense, equivalent to consuming a weakened Rumble-Rumble Fruit without any negative effects.

He would lose Elementalization and the ability to command lightning at will, but he would also not gain the weakness of fearing seawater and Seastone. Furthermore, after Smelting a trait, a Reincarnator could still consume other Devil Fruits.

Bai Cangshu’s Spirit attribute had surpassed its limit. Combined with its efficiency bonus, the thunder power he could accumulate would be terrifying. The advantage of his all-round development was displayed here: he possessed speed comparable to a Dexterity-specialized Reincarnator, explosive power comparable to a Strength-specialized Reincarnator, the defense and resistance of a Defense-Specialized Reincarnator, and the powerful energy output of a Spirit-specialized Reincarnator.

As he pondered, Garp had already slumped over the table and begun dozing off.

Vice Admiral Chaton’s face was also flushed red, yet he continued drinking without pause.

Ever since seeing Cindy cry herself unconscious, this seemingly frivolous and unrestrained Admiral Candidate appeared to have fallen into a certain mood. He was clearly trying to drink himself into a stupor.

This situation was highly favorable for Bai Cangshu.

He saw Onigumo and Doberman drinking as well, while Brina nodded on the other side before walking out of the room.

Without drawing attention, Bai Cangshu put away the unopened Scarlet Drop Card and headed outside as well.