Chapter 232

But......

How could Sima Di know this?

No!

Neptune looked at Robin.

Was it she, the only scholar in the world still able to read the True History, who deciphered the information within the True History?

Then......

Why did the Straw Hat Pirates suddenly decide to hunt down Vander Decken IX? Was all of this merely to get close to Bai Xing and obtain the power of the Sea King?

As Neptune pondered wildly,

the Noah Ark drew even closer, its massive hull blotting out more than half the sky, and the entire Fish-Man Island erupted in chaos!

The end of the world......

had arrived!

"Father!" Bai Xing cried urgently: "What is the power that Lord Sima spoke of, the one that can save Fish-Man Island?"

Did Bai Xing herself not even know she was the Sea King?

Seeing Neptune still hesitating,

Sima Di said directly: "Bai Xing, that power is you. You have the full ability to save Fish-Man Island—only your willingness stands in the way."

Bai Xing was stunned for a moment,

yet she, who had previously shown extreme timidity, now held an unshakably resolute gaze!

"Though I don't know what power Lord Sima means...... if it can save Fish-Man Island, I'll do anything you ask!"

"Please, Lord Sima, save Fish-Man Island!"

At this moment,

Sima Di clearly sensed a ring of spiritual energy rippling outward from Bai Xing's body, spreading into the deep sea, calling out to something.

That was the power of the Sea King!

So......

To summon and control the Sea King, one must use spiritual energy, right?

Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the iconic scene "The Mermaid Princess and the Sea King"!

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"The Mermaid Princess Bai Xing's Observation Haki": Bai Xing's talent was inherited from her mother, Queen Otohime; she is a natural-born awakener of Observation Haki. Combined with the immense spiritual energy inherent to the Sea King, even without deliberate training, her Observation Haki is already immensely powerful!;

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The next moment,

Sima Di's spiritual energy surged over tenfold; his Observation Haki, previously lingering at the intermediate level, skyrocketed directly to advanced Observation Haki, and continued climbing until it brushed against the bottleneck—just a hair's breadth away from supreme Observation Haki.

This boost was incredibly strong!

Sima Di released his Observation Haki; where it had once covered only half of Fish-Man Island, it now expanded further into the open sea, "hearing" massive figures approaching the island.

Meanwhile,

The surge in spiritual energy also granted him a slight increase in Conqueror's Haki.

His spiritual scanning ability grew proportionally as well.

He had thought this was just a side move—but the rewards were far greater than expected!

Yet similarly,

Bai Xing, with such a gift, dared only to hide within the Hardshell Tower, bullied by Vander Decken IX......

Sima Di couldn't help but shake his head.

Looking again at the Noah Ark,

it now dominated more than half the sky; from the island's surface, one could even see the gaps between its deck planks with the naked eye.

The entire island was plunged into despair!

They were surely doomed!

Sima Di estimated the speed of the approaching Sea Kings—and realized they would arrive too late; Fish-Man Island would be gone by then.

It seemed today's luck had not favored Fish-Man Island; the Sea Kings were all too far away.

In that case......

Sima Di scanned the Straw Hat Pirates.

He found that,

aside from Robin's Bara Bara no Mi, which could resolve this threat,

the others were utterly powerless against the massive Noah Ark.

But clearly, he couldn't let Robin solve it so easily—that would make them seem like they were mocking her.

Then, let's follow the plan and test it......

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the iconic scene "Destruction of the Noah Ark!", received sign-in reward: "Sun Wukong's Kamehameha"!】

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"Sun Wukong's Kamehameha": Requires raising both hands to absorb the ki of all living beings, condensing it into a massive energy sphere whose size depends on the amount of ki absorbed. Upon impact, the greater the evil intent of the target, the more devastating the damage—capable of erasing even a single cell. But those with a righteous heart will suffer almost no harm!;

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Oh?

Arrived just in time.

Sima Di had originally planned to test the Super Saiyan form—but now, he could wait a bit longer.

Sima Di turned to Neptune and the others, his eyes filled with playful mockery.

"Although Bai Xing has activated...... ability, it seems the Sea Kings didn't make it in time."

Neptune and the others despaired once more!

In the end, still going to be......

"Hey hey, don't make that look like you've been played to bits." Lord Sima laughed with quite the mischievous streak: "This ship getting destroyed directly, that's fine, right?"

A light called hope bloomed in Neptune's eyes!

"It's fine! As long as Fish-Man Island is okay, anything goes!" Neptune said hurriedly.

"Then you'd better remember what you just said!"

Lord Sima smiled with hidden meaning, then flew into the sky, simultaneously activating "Hairspray Hand" with a touch of his hair, and the Twin Battle Suit finished equipping.

Handsomeness cannot be lost!

After all, this is a matter of being a savior.

【Amplify!】

"Ahem, sound check, sound check."

Lord Sima's voice echoed in every corner of Fish-Man Island.

"The situation, everyone has seen it, I won't say more." Lord Sima said: "If you want to live, raise your hands, and lend me your abilities."

Lord Sima simultaneously raised both hands high above his head, wisps of blue-white energy spilling out from within his body, directly condensing into a Spirit Energy Bullet three meters in diameter.

These were a small portion of Lord Sima's power, used as the core of the "Spirit Energy Bullet."

But he could no longer add more power; the terrifying aspect of this technique was still "absorbing others' vital energy" to condense the attack.

At the same time,

The people on Fish-Man Island who heard Lord Sima's words, already in despair, mostly chose directly to raise their hands.

Even those who were half-believing, half-doubting,

Seeing the people around them raise their hands, under herd mentality also raised their hands.

In the instant of raising their hands,

Half of their power transformed into light orbs and was drawn away, the size of the light orbs varying according to their strength; they drifted toward the Spirit Energy Bullet above Lord Sima's head and merged into it, the bullet visibly expanding, growing to over fifty meters in diameter in less than half a minute.

Kureha and a few others with keen perception all stared at the Spirit Energy Bullet with stunned expressions!

Just absorbing the power of ordinary people, and it could condense such an exaggerated attack?

Lord Sima himself was now a bit intimidated, the energy above his head was a bit too much!

"Should be about enough."

Lord Sima manipulated the core he had left in the Spirit Energy Bullet from the start, and with a wave of his hand, hurled it at the Ark Noah right before him!

The Spirit Energy Bullet flew toward the Ark Noah, seemingly slow but actually fast; fifty meters in diameter was as tiny as an ant before it, and the many Fish-Men on Fish-Man Island drained to the point of kidney deficiency all couldn't help but question whether this attack would work?

In the instant the two made contact,