Chapter 435: The Descent of the King

"Th-th-this..."

Wuzheng Qishi was stunned, forgetting to steer the handlebars, and nearly fell over.

After landing, he tried again and discovered that as long as he was riding his bicycle—or more accurately, some kind of vehicle—he could indeed achieve a double jump that defied the laws of physics.

Jumping by stepping on the air.

In a place like the 【Monster World】, the ability to jump in mid-air was not particularly strange.

In fact, compared to superpowers like summoning blizzards, mechanical modifications, or energy blasts, it was extremely weak.

However... this special ability had truly manifested within him.

He, who possessed no superhuman abilities, had actually Awakened a Superpower after killing a monster.

"When is a person at their most powerless?"

Countless times, Wuzheng Qishi had silently asked himself this question.

For him,

for someone like him who constantly engaged in hero activities on a bicycle, wanting to protect civilians with his meager strength,

the most powerless moment was watching those powerful monsters while being unable to do anything himself.

"I hope this isn't a dream."

Wuzheng Qishi took a deep breath and continued to move through the Grand Forest, relying on his double-jump ability to descend from the sky and hunt down goblins one by one.

Hum.

A White Treasure Chest dropped, containing a monster spirit that emitted a faint aura of icy cold.

【Ice Wolf】: A spirit of an Ice Wolf from the special Magic world 【Tian Tian Ku Pao】, which can be enchanted onto a mount to imbue it with the power of ice.

"Ice Wolf... is that a type of monster?"

Wuzheng Qishi thought to himself, his bicycle should count as a mount, right? With that thought, he enchanted the Ice Wolf spirit onto his wobbly, nearly falling-apart bicycle.

Even this bicycle was a custom-made product; both the iron frame and the tires were made of top-tier materials, costing Wuzheng Qishi most of his savings to build.

Just from hunting four goblins, the brutal collisions had already left the bicycle unable to bear the strain.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

The moment the Ice Wolf spirit touched the bicycle, wisps of white mist emerged from it, acting like a repair fluid to modify the riddled bicycle.

A white ice wolf's head appeared on the handlebars, filled with Sharp fangs that kept opening and closing.

The two rubber tires transformed into the sturdy limbs of an Ice Wolf.

It looked like a mount where machinery and life had merged.

"Such a magical feeling, it's like an extension of my own limbs..."

Wuzheng Qishi sat on the Ice Wolf bicycle, feeling a connection of heart and mind with the mount; the bicycle was no longer a dead object, but a species like an ancient warhorse.

A goblin with red skin and a flame flag stuck to its back quietly threw a wisp of flame toward Wuzheng Qishi.

Crack.

Wuzheng Qishi reacted instantly, twisting the handlebars, and the Ice Wolf head at the very front swallowed the incoming flame in one gulp.

Black smoke puffed out of its mouth.

The scorching flame was directly extinguished by the Ice Wolf.

Wuzheng Qishi charged toward the flame goblin, leaving a trail of frost along the path the Ice Wolf mount ran.

Bang.

The originally purely physical justice collision turned into the dual damage of the Ice Wolf's bite and freezing cold.

He killed the flame goblin with ease.

"Just two treasure chests have already transformed me; this trial... it seems I can't just think about scraping by."

Wuzheng Qishi clenched his fists and whispered: "I must become strong. That way, when I am teleported back, I can delay the Deep Sea Monster for another half minute, a minute—I absolutely cannot let any civilians get hurt!"

... Akainu's expression was cold, and he asked with a mocking gaze: "That guy, Aokiji, you wouldn't have bet on him just because he also rides a bicycle, would you?"

Every time a New Player hunted a monster, the leaderboard would update in real-time.

Among the New Players chosen by top-tier players, Wuzheng Qishi had the slowest hunting speed, while Laipishe, Shengzhu, or Bingzhang Liweier—whether righteous or evil—were all battle-hardened New Players.

A commoner like Wuzheng Qishi not only lacked any strength, but his combat talent was also weak.

He was already trailing far behind in the middle-to-lower ranks of the leaderboard.

Aokiji raised an eyebrow and said calmly: "Akainu, you're still the same as ever."

"That is why I left the Navy. The justice of the current Navy Alliance has long since had nothing to do with ordinary people. By blindly pursuing power and assets while ignoring the strength contained within the civilians, you will ultimately end up on the same path as the Celestial Dragons."

Wuzheng Qishi possessed something that the Navy Alliance lacked.

Upon hearing this, Akainu was furious and said coldly: "Aokiji, you actually compare the Navy Alliance to the Celestial Dragons?"

Even as an iron-blooded general who had performed countless acts like the Buster Call, he still believed in his heart that the Navy Alliance was the representative of justice.

And the Celestial Dragons?

Although he had never said it aloud, he believed from the bottom of his heart that those guys were the parasites of the world.

For Aokiji to blatantly compare the Navy Alliance to the Celestial Dragons was simply damnable.

Sure enough, being able to stay with a rebellious Pirate like Shanks meant Aokiji was beyond saving; it would be best to execute him for justice immediately.

"Wait, is that black-haired youth the one Terumi Mei bet on?"

Suoxiya's voice interrupted their argument.

They saw Terumi Mei staring at the leaderboard with a flushed face; the black-haired youth, whose score had previously been in the middle, was seeing his score grow at an astonishing speed.

"Who is he?"

"I misjudged; he is not an ordinary youth. There is a special power sealed inside his body."

Whitebeard, Shanks, and Aizen all turned their gazes toward the black-haired youth's screen.

At this moment,

The black-haired youth happened to punch through the chest of a man-eating Yoma in the Claymore World, his arm covered in blood, which made his fair, handsome face appear even colder.

"The Samsara Game World, what a truly good place."

The black-haired youth thought to himself.

Years of life as a hostage had long ago caused him to develop the habit of not showing his emotions on his face.

Even if he were shocked, he would not show it.

Stepping on the corpse of the man-eating Yoma, he picked up the White Treasure Chest and, after opening it, discovered a suit of Armor inside.

【Worn Terracotta Armor (White)】: Defense +20, Strength +3, Agility -1.

"I originally thought that blindly cultivating to increase one's strength was merely a minor path."

The black-haired youth exclaimed inwardly: "I never expected that this other world would possess such great power capable of overturning a battlefield with one's own strength."

He squatted down and kneaded the soft soil on the ground.

Very quickly,

A crude, human-shaped terracotta figurine was molded.

"Yin-Yang Creation: Life."

A wisp of cold sweat seeped from the black-haired youth's forehead as he channeled the weak energy within his body into the terracotta figurine.

The palm-sized terracotta figurine expanded and grew larger at an extremely fast speed, finally becoming a Sturdy terracotta man nearly two meters tall.

The Terracotta Armor opened from the treasure chest was draped over the terracotta man by the black-haired youth.

"Although I respect Lv Buwei for his merit in helping me return to Qinguo, the ruler of the state and the world should not be a Tsuru locked away in a deep palace courtyard..."

(End of chapter)