Chapter 13: Chapter Thirteen: Putting on a Show

Su Lin returned to the rear after this round of tugging and began using the points he just earned.

It's rising! It's rising!

Current balance

Points for Manifesting Divinity: 930 points.

This kind of grand entrance counts as manifesting divinity.

In that case... Buggy, I'm sorry.

Su Lin didn't know this was because information spread slowly in the Nautical World.

The current points come from the populations of Shichibukai Islands, nearby areas, and the Marineford battlefield.

The population of the Nautical World is a terrifying number; as information gradually spread, every broadcast location witnessed the scenes unfolding on the battlefield.

The system's points are in a phase of rapid ascent.

A group of Buggy nearby was live-streaming, but Su Lin had already silently resolved: I will be the Live Streaming King!

"Teacher, disciple... hehe, live streaming is all about putting on a show—I'll give you something big."

Although Su Lin didn't believe the words Huang Yuan had just spoken, he recalled a meme he'd seen while binge-watching dramas.

Who is the most touching teacher in One Piece?

It must be Kaido the Teacher.

After arriving in the Nautical World, Su Lin discovered his system's Shangcheng had gained some new interfaces.

Nautical World Shop · World-Limited

【One-Time Conqueror's Haki】500 points. Duration: 30 minutes. Provider—Gol D. Luo Jie: Must establish overwhelming presence before appearing.

【Master's Instruction—Historical Projection, World-Limited: Kaido】100 points. Duration: 1 hour. Kaido: I've always wanted to take on a student! —Can be combined with other effects; upon use, gains combat skill experience from Kaido, excluding Fish-Fish Fruit abilities, with a chance to retain some techniques after effect ends.

【Devil Fruit—Fish-Fish Fruit】2000 points. Consuming grants permanent ability. —The cost of power is a taste harder than X.

Su Lin knew the system was no ordinary thing, but he hadn't expected its items could change with the world's evolution.

After leaving Impel Down, Su Lin casually browsed the Shangcheng while resting in the cabin and discovered a new entry point.

Upon entering, he found it contained only Items Within this world.

No need to exchange for Devil Fruits—the cost-to-benefit ratio is poor for him, and he has no intention of staying long in this world.

Gulp, gulp—a glass bottle fell to the ground.

The next second, Su Lin vanished in a flash of light.

Front: Huang Yuan, right: Akainu, left: Aokiji, behind: Sakazuki.

"Luffy, you go first!" Ace shouted.

"No way!" Luffy retorted bluntly: "I won't leave you behind, Ace!"

"Watch me knock them all flying!"

Ace smiled, back-to-back with Luffy, fists ignited in flame, eyes locked on the enemies ahead.

"You're still far from outshining your older brother."

"This is bad, this is bad." Mr. 3 never imagined he'd one day be surrounded by the Marine's top combatants.

Even his former boss never got this treatment.

"Son of Dragon, you're truly a menace. We can't let you go on." Akainu said: "Your path, and your brother's, ends here."

Huang Yuan and Aokiji silently glanced at Sakazuki, then at Karp, still upside-down in the crater.

"The Straw Hat Kid and Fire Fist Ace won't escape," said a reporter.

"The Straw Hat Kid's still impressive—wasn't he the one who knocked Huang Yuan flying earlier?" someone countered.

"But Huang Yuan doesn't seem injured at all; on the contrary, after countless battles, the Straw Hat Kid is now surrounded by the Marine's strongest."

"Whitebeard should be arriving soon—those Marines ahead won't hold him long."

"It all depends on how long he can hold out."

"And that unknown figure with the same ability as Huang Yuan—let's see if he'll intervene again."

Amidst the chatter, no world lacks its tactical analysts.

Reporters beyond Shichibukai Islands waited for the event's development.

Just as tension peaked and combat was about to break out, a figure descended from the sky.

Boom—

The entire ground was crushed into a massive deep crater.

All factions were startled by this sudden arrival.

What's happening now!?

"Something seems to have fallen."

Reporters had a hunch—the main act had only just begun.

As the battle neared its fever pitch, the battlefield's situation shifted once more.

A silhouette stepped out of the smoke.

Before the silhouette fully emerged from the crater, its overwhelming aura scattered the surrounding smoke.

Tap—tap—tap—

Each step crushed stone and shattered ice.

The silhouette stepped out of the crater, eyes scanning all with utter disdain.

"Hey, that guy is...!"

One reporter was left speechless with shock.

"Kaido, one of the Four Emperors! Why is he here?!"

"Could the Beasts Pirates also be joining the battle?"

The square of the Shichibukai Islands was once again in an uproar.

Restaurants catering to passing pirates and travelers erupted in waves of astonishment.

"Kaido, why the hell are you here?"

Admiral Sengoku's temples bulged with veins—another Kaido had just crashed into this already chaotic scene.

"Karo! How much longer are you going to lie there?"

Karo still lay in the crater; sensing the battlefield's shift, he feigned dazed confusion, rubbing his head as he stood up.

"What's going on? Hey! Kaido!?"

Sengoku had no time to dwell on Karo's terrible acting—his mind was a tangled knot, unable to comprehend why an entirely uncontrollable variable, one that should never have appeared on this battlefield, had suddenly shown up.

Wasn't he off seizing Whitebeard's territory?

"Ku ku ku! Kaido, have you come to lend this old man a hand?" Whitebeard, having cleared a small area before him with a single punch, fixed Kaido with a sharp gaze.

"Don't be ridiculous, Whitebeard." Kaido slung his spiked club onto his shoulder, his disdain and arrogance unmistakable.

Aura surged—King's Haki swept across the battlefield with overwhelming force, causing newly awakened pirates and soldiers to collapse once more, even dragging down weary combatants.

Even the Marine Corps' elite lieutenant colonels felt their breathing grow labored; some could not stop their weapons from trembling.

The unrestrained King's Haki proclaimed to every person present.

One of the Four Emperors, Kaido of the Beasts Pirates, has entered the battle.

"This King's Haki... Luo Jie?" Whitebeard was startled—he had clashed with Kaido before, but this King's Haki now reminded him of his former rival, Luo Jie!

Has this man grown stronger?

"This level of Haki." Karo dropped his jesting demeanor, threw off his coat, and walked forward beside Sengoku.