[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki":3,"chapter-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-442":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","If You Don't Try Hard, How Can I Become Pirate King?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2340426,4574,"Chapter 442","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-442",442,"\u003Cp>“This feeling...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rydfield gripped his longsword tightly, his gaze gradually sharpening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even facing the strongest in the world, he showed not the slightest hint of retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long ago, when confronting the peak-era Whitebeard and Roger, he had retreated once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That retreat cost him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decades of stagnation, unable to advance an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His imprisonment in Impel Down by Garp after defeating the then-Admiral Bone-Empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the withered body and unquenched resentment upon his return to the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only blessing was that Rydfield’s fortune surpassed both Roger’s and Whitebeard’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had a chance to start over—and had gained the power to reclaim lost time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been so long!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How nostalgic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A half-smiling voice came from Rydfield’s lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His warblade slowly unsheathed, crimson lightning of Conqueror’s Haki swirling around him, revealing his unimaginable might!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kid stood aside, his scalp prickling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strength of this Haki exceeded his comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kid seemed to see the legends of the previous era baring their fangs before him, slaughtering and vying for supremacy, all to become the sole ruler upon the Throne!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a tumultuous era! What an astonishing spirit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kid’s breath halted in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kid turned his head toward Gao Wen, who calmly stepped out of the massive crater—his body utterly frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Rydfield’s strength represented the absolute limit of the human species,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then the monster standing afar, prepared to crush all eight finalists of the World Martial Arts Tournament with sheer individual power, had already transcended humanity, evolving toward something inhuman!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven and earth changed color in that instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Gao Wen’s roaring Haki erupted, colliding violently with Rydfield’s Conqueror’s Haki—and shattered it like a bursting bubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world had only one color!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Gao Wen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... was the strongest in the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just Kid—all present, everyone watching the tournament finals—felt this in that moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey hey hey...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Kaido and S-Long, working together, were instantly blown away by this monster...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can anyone truly be this strong?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re joking!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This kind of person, this kind of person, this kind of person...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marine Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost Spider’s voice was hoarse, his eyes locked on the man in the screen, his lips trembling uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire worldview had nearly collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could anyone possibly be this strong!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is unreasonable! Unscientific!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Marine conference room fell into an eerie silence, broken only by Akainu’s slow inhalations as he smoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaido’s strength needed no explanation—even twenty years ago, he was a top-tier force capable of matching the Three Legends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S-Long was the strongest Seraphim, accidentally created by the World Government using Gao Wen’s bloodline as a blueprint—his nearly uncontrollable power already rivaled that of a Marine Admiral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With sufficient battle data stored in the database, his strength would climb further; even during this short span of the Martial Arts Tournament, S-Long had grown noticeably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though slower than Gao Wen’s impossible pace, it was still beyond ordinary reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even these two monsters, working together, were both sliced apart by a single slash from Gao Wen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Monster!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akihira reached to remove his cigarette, but his hand missed several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he notice his hand trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Marine Admiral, showing fear before battle was deeply shameful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet none in the Marine office could laugh—not one had the right to mock him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akainu sat in the main seat, head bowed, expression hidden—but his jaw muscles bulged violently, like a volcano on the verge of eruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it was now being held down, the molten lava that could boil the sea nearly cooled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen was strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one understood this better than the Marines who witnessed him casually suppress Whitebeard in the War of the Summit—but to this extent...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inhuman!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admiral Sengoku let out a long sigh, breaking the suffocating tension in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet that invisible pressure clung to every heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a monster who, alone, could stand on equal footing with the World Government!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Britannias.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rydfield’s Conqueror’s Haki had been scattered, yet his battle spirit showed not the slightest retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly accelerated—but Barrett was even faster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more desperate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rydfield’s mind was filled with doubt—but he would never get an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath his feet began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A purple-black torrent surged outward from Barrett, engulfing the entire arena, devouring countless earth and stone, stripping the Round Table Arena down to its bedrock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with even greater speed, it rushed back violently toward Barrett!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the power of the Combine Fruit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marine Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kizaru stared at the shocking scene on screen, his eyes filled with unspoken gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had personally led the World Government’s Pacification Order to eliminate Barrett years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only he knew the full extent of the Combine Fruit’s power when fully unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak—creak—creak—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the stunned gazes of all, the purple-black torrent coalesced in an instant into a massive sphere over a hundred meters in diameter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, from within the sphere, four colossal arms burst forth, tearing the shell apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bevire, who had once fought Barrett, recognized the arms at once—this was Barrett’s ultimate battle form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Medium-Bullet!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the monster fully emerged from the shell, Bevire’s eyes widened in shock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bevire could not possibly link this three-headed, six-armed monster to the Medium-Bullet he had faced before.\u003C\u002Fp>",891,"2026-06-20T23:03:54.258Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e71491acf86ad07e2c530d9f3ab281a892e8092fc6a7a66db4f331eaf0bb0bcb","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-443","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-441",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-cover.jpg"]