Chapter 214: You Are No Longer the Strongest Man

At the same time,

Connected by chains of Seastone, countless warships were stationed on the sea surface to form a Navy camp.

Looking at that shockwave crack soaring into the sky,

Vice Admiral Tsuru's expression changed slightly, and she asked in confusion, "What is going on? Has Whitebeard's injury and illness recovered?"

Marine Headquarters had always been collecting intelligence on the Four Emperors, including Whitebeard's physical condition.

They had secretly captured and questioned the physicians who had prepared Healing Potions for Whitebeard,

and Whitebeard's physical condition had already reached a precarious point.

But the aura erupting right now revealed the feeling of the opponent in his prime.

Vice Admiral Tsuru sighed helplessly, "Has Whitebeard also become a player?"

The only people in the Pirate World who could heal Whitebeard

were likely the users who had eaten the Surgery-Surgery Fruit and the Healing Fruit.

But given Whitebeard's state of injury and illness, the possibility of successful surgical treatment was low, unless the user was willing to perform the Immortality Surgery on him.

It was the same for the Healing Fruit; the stronger the person being healed, the more of the user's lifespan it would consume.

To heal Whitebeard would require sacrificing one's life; as they were neither relatives nor friends, it was naturally impossible.

Marine Headquarters had also consciously prevented the users of these two fruits from coming into contact with Whitebeard; under these circumstances, Whitebeard being able to recover to his peak could only be the credit of the Samsara Game.

"That's right, Whitebeard just obtained a Contract Fruit."

"Right on Hongfa Xiangkesi's ship?"

"Crunch, that's right."

Garp was drinking hot tea and eating a donut.

Vice Admiral Tsuru's complexion turned visibly dark, and she almost couldn't control herself from kicking over the teacup in front of her.

You didn't stop him when you were there?

The fundamental reason why Marine Headquarters had never been able to wipe out the Four Emperors Pirate Crew was because the Marine Hero was actually an undercover agent, right?

"Is something the matter, Tsuru?"

"Nothing, you keep eating!"

……

Moby Dick.

Marco asked in shock, "Has Pops recovered?"

"Not yet."

Whitebeard shook his head and said.

A bottle of Genetic Healing Potion could not completely heal the injury and illness, but the effect was surprisingly good.

Marco hurriedly took out medical equipment to check Whitebeard's physical condition; his expression was first solemn, then incredulous, and finally joyful.

The crew members of the Whitebeard Pirates all held their breath, waiting for Marco's explanation.

"The injury and illness have actually shown improvement?"

Marco felt like he was dreaming.

Over these years, the Whitebeard Pirates had sought out countless famous doctors, but none could heal the injuries and illnesses inside Pops' body; they could only delay the worsening of the condition or alleviate the pain brought by the injury and illness.

As a user of the Phoenix Fruit himself and an extremely outstanding ship doctor, he was likewise helpless against the injury and illness.

These injuries and illnesses

included hidden wounds left behind from extreme battles, but the most serious was the backlash from the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

The Tremor-Tremor Fruit was a Paramecia fruit capable of causing the sky, the earth, and the ocean to shake.

But it could not turn the user's own body into tremors.

In countless battles, the more powerful the fruit ability released, the more the tremors would damage Whitebeard's body.

It was only because Whitebeard was gifted and his physical constitution was different from ordinary people; if it were an ordinary pirate, they would never be able to control the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

This was, after all, the fruit hailed by this ocean as the strongest Paramecia.

Therefore,

ordinary treatment methods could not work on Whitebeard at all.

"Pops!"

"Marco, hurry and research the ingredients of this potion!"

The crew members erupted into a burst of joyful cheers.

Marco shook his head helplessly, "I cannot analyze the ingredients of the Healing Potion. I've had no clue about the ordinary Healing Potion I got two days ago, let alone this kind of agent involving the genetic level."

"Gene" was a very unfamiliar term to the Pirate World, roughly similar to bloodline?

"Hahahahahaha……"

Whitebeard laughed heroically, "No need to trouble yourself, just go ask the Game Merchant directly!"

After completing five Contracts and becoming a player, one had a chance to enter the Game House.

Then let's see if I have the qualifications to meet this Game Merchant!

As he spoke,

on the deck of the Moby Dick, Whitebeard's tall figure disappeared.

By the time Whitebeard reacted, he had already appeared inside a Game House filled with shelves.

On the bottom shelf closest to him,

it was full of brightly colored glass bottles filled with all kinds of potions, and the Genetic Healing Potion capable of healing his own injury and illness was prominently among them.

"Did you know I was coming, so you deliberately placed the Healing Potion in front of me?"

"I don't have that kind of spare time."

Behind the counter, Fang Yi sat on a soft chair, looked at the tall Whitebeard in front of him, and said, "The bottom shelf is full of low-value goods; if I had to display them every time a player entered the shop, it would be a waste of a lot of time."

"Everything is guided by fate; because you are tormented by illness, fate has selected items that can heal your injuries and sickness—it is as simple as that."

The voice was gentle and calm.

He did not have any other emotions just because the visitor was the strongest in the Pirate World, Whitebeard.

"The potion that can heal my injuries cost an entire gold mine to exchange for, yet it is called a low-value item; it really is mysterious to the point of being frightening."

Whitebeard said,

crouching down, he did not reach for the bottle of Genetic Healing Potion, but instead could not help but reach his hand toward a bottle of wine.

Fang Yi performed his job as a narrator well, saying, "Centipede Wine, a special medicinal wine produced in the Martial Arts World; drinking it can restore vitality and remove Poison, but it is of no help to your illness."

"Indeed, although I already knew you came from another world through the Den Den Mushi, hearing you speak of these otherworldly products yourself still feels very magical."

Whitebeard picked up two bottles of Centipede Wine, and the selling price appeared in his mind,

five hundred Reward Points per bottle.

"It is truly outrageously expensive; even the Celestial Dragon probably hasn't drunk wine this expensive, right?"

Although the price was high, Whitebeard did not put it down, but instead bought the Centipede Wine and tossed one of the bottles to the game merchant behind the counter.

"You come from another world, so you can be considered a guest of this world."

Whitebeard tilted his head back and gulped down the Centipede Wine; the medicinal power in the wine was activated, and a scorching sensation coursed through his entire body.

He laughed loudly, "If you would do me the honor, let this bottle of wine serve as a welcome for your arrival."

"I am honored."

Fang Yi took the wine bottle and drank it in one gulp.

Unlike Whitebeard, whose body exuded medicinal power, not a single bit of the Centipede Wine's medicinal power leaked out, as if he had just drunk the most ordinary water.

"A Whitebeard whose injuries have healed should cause big trouble for the Navy, right?"

Whitebeard, who had finally digested the medicinal power of the wine, said with a pointed meaning.

"There will be trouble, but not big trouble."

Fang Yi smiled and shook his head, saying, "Garp and Smoker, who have already become players, have already surpassed you purely in terms of stats."

"Sengoku is already preparing to sell off a large amount of Navy assets; I am afraid that soon, high-level Navy combatants like Aokiji, Sakazuki, and Borsalino will also continue to grow stronger."

"Although I am sorry to say this, you are not even considered part of the first tier of the Pirate World right now!"

(End of this chapter)