Chapter 181: The Hour of the Eclipse, the Second Batch of Reincarnators Enters (5k-word Chapter)

After Bai Cangshu activated Instant, his speed became so fast that it was almost impossible for the eyes of ordinary people to track; one could only see a blurred black shadow flash by, and when looking closer, nothing could be captured at all.

Bai Cangshu exited the Huangjin Tongdao, stomped violently on the ground, leaped dozens of meters into the air, and then used the Rakshasa Ghost's ability to glide away rapidly; behind him, thunder exploded in the sky.

But Enel did not pursue, which allowed Bai Cangshu to successfully blend into the town and conceal his presence once again.

When he returned to the White District, Bai Cangshu saw a small figure digging a hole with a hoe at the place where the White District met the Jinqu Shanyue.

Clearly, this little girl named Cindy really intended to rely on her own strength to bury those three Marine corpses.

"Is that sort of thing really so important?"

"You only need to push the corpses off that cliff over there and let them fall into the sea; then the priests won't be able to do anything to the bodies, right?"

Cindy turned her head and saw that the elusive big man had returned; her face was covered in fine beads of sweat, and upon hearing Bai Cangshu's words, she frowned, somewhat uncomprehending.

"Uncle Lieao and the others came to save us; wouldn't it be too pitiful if they were thrown into the sea to feed the fish after they died..."

She turned around and began digging the ground again.

"I hope they can find peace beneath the earth, undisturbed."

Bai Cangshu noticed at this moment that the ground behind this area of the White District had traces of having been worked on in many places; it was likely that this was not the first time the little girl had done such a thing.

Bai Cangshu said nothing; his values were vastly different from Cindy's, and to him, Cindy was ultimately just an "NPC" of a Derivative World—preaching to such an existence was a completely meaningless affair.

Therefore, Bai Cangshu went straight back into the house; he looked at the food deliberately left half-finished on the dining table and did not eat it.

Instead, he took out that Claymore once again.

【Unidentified Ominous Claymore】

This greatsword, which seemed somewhat out of place in the Pirate World, began to have a clearer origin in Bai Cangshu's eyes.

It came from the world of 【Berserk】, the 【Dragon Slayer】 of the story's protagonist, 【Guts】!

The only thing that still seemed somewhat bizarre was that when Bai Cangshu held this sword, it did indeed produce a phenomenon of absorbing his Haki or life force; that manifestation did not resemble the Tese of the 【Dragon Slayer】, but rather like the 【Black Blade】 of the Pirate World.

And...

How could the protagonist of the 【Berserk】 world appear in the Pirate World? This was different from the 【Jujutsu World】 having characters from the 【Tokyo Ravens】 world line.

The 【Pirate World】 is a very classic, independent, fictional world; it has no correspondence with the real world, so there is no issue of historical timelines.

If, based on some crossovers between works, characters from 【Toriko】 or even 【Dragon Ball】 appeared on certain islands in this world, Bai Cangshu could still interpret it using the worldviews of those special works.

But 【Berserk】 and One Piece, no matter how one looks at it, do not seem like they could be connected.

Bai Cangshu tapped the tabletop lightly; after excluding various possibilities in his mind, he could only arrive at one explanation—Guts had become a Reincarnator!

Only Reincarnators can freely enter and exit various unrelated worlds, and only Reincarnators would wantonly change other worlds.

As long as one accepts the premise that this "Guts" is a Reincarnator, many of the puzzles of this world can be explained.

Two years ago, a group of Reincarnators entered this world, and one of them might have been carrying a 【Beiheilate】; whether it was the crimson 【Egg of the Conqueror】 could not be determined, but in the end, this Reincarnator successfully initiated the 【Eclipse】 in the desert kingdom of Alabasta, sacrificing some unknown, most important thing and all the people of Alabasta.

And Guts, who was also in that world at the time, very likely had some connection to this Reincarnator, or perhaps Guts was originally chasing the other party or the 【Beiheilate】 in their possession.

A tragic battle eventually occurred, with an unknown outcome.

In the eyes of the plot characters of this world, everyone in Alabasta disappeared, and no explanation could be found.

And that battle, for some unknown reason, eventually moved to the Sky Island, and the intensity of the battle increased to an unprecedented level, at least far exceeding the limits of the 【Strong】 rank.

Amidst the fierce battle between several monsters of at least 【Fierce】 rank, the Sky Island shattered, the Golden Town fell, and the remaining Demon was imprisoned by Enel for unknown reasons in the current Huangjin Jinzita.

Bai Cangshu recalled that the Sky Islander with pitch-black eyes actually had no offensive capability; the ability he displayed was merely to erode through self-mutilation, but he had constantly been baiting Bai Cangshu to attack him.

Then it is very likely that the other party's true form, or the real Demon or even an Apostle, is locked inside that pyramid.

The reason Enel has a special preference for gold is not because he likes the wealth of gold, but because Enel is keen on the conductivity of gold; he can conveniently use the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to shape gold, and at the same time, the excellent conductivity of gold is the reason he built the flying ark.

At this point, all events began to be linked together in Bai Cangshu's mind.

Enel, Guts, the unknown holder of the 【Beiheilate】, and... that 【King】 of unknown identity.

Bai Cangshu put away the Claymore, and after his physical vitality recovered, he took that arm out of his Backpack.

This arm was quite withered, like the arm of a dried corpse; it was impossible to judge from its appearance whether Guts was its owner.

【King's Left Arm】

【Type: Special Creation (Material, Biological Colonization Armor)】

【Quality: Red (World's Rare Treasure)】

【Description: The remnant of the King in the world, the left hand of an unfulfilled promise.】

【Biological Colonization Armor usage requirements: Human Species, Constitution and Willpower must pass the check】

【Effect: Unidentified】

"The remnant of the King in the world, the left hand of an unfulfilled promise"—this description seems to hint at the other party's identity.

Guts actually has no connection to the King of the World; if it were changed to 【Gelifisi】, there might be some possibility.

Could the King of the World really be Joy Boy?!

While Bai Cangshu was thinking, the little girl Cindy had already dragged her hoe and trotted back.

"Given up?"

Bai Cangshu knew from the sound that it was impossible for the little girl to have dug such a large hole in such a short time.

The little girl shook her head, her red braids swaying.

"Cindy is tired; I'll continue digging tomorrow."

"Aren't you worried that the corpses of those three guys will be gnawed on by something outside tonight? This place is so close to the mountain; it's possible there are some wild beasts."

Bai Cangshu acted like a villain completely devoid of empathy, constantly nitpicking the morality of a kind person.

The little girl was not angry; she just continued to shake her head, her eyes blinking as she said,

"Not at all, Big Guy. I put some food on the edge of the cliff. If there are wild beasts, they should go eat that meat instead, and besides..."

"Uncle Lieao and the others won't blame me. I know they will understand Cindy's weakness!"

After the little girl finished speaking, she went off to rest on her own. Bai Cangshu turned his head and saw that on the street not far outside the window, Orgins, who was over three meters tall, was tiptoeing toward the place where the little girl intended to bury the bodies, clearly wanting to secretly finish the job for her.

Bai Cangshu felt increasingly how out of place those two were with him.

Could they truly believe in the existence of an afterlife?

Otherwise, what was the point of doing such things?

Just then, because Bai Cangshu had learned the truth of the world and needed to replan his next actions, he actually did not care about the story of Guts and that unknown Apostle Reincarnator; for him, it was enough to know that a great weapon of mass destruction was hidden within Golden Town at this moment.

At the right time, destroy that pyramid, release those monsters that would cause large-scale erosion, or even demons, Apostles, or the God Hand—he did not care what they specifically were.

Every power had its suitable use; released at the appropriate time, it would become his own aid.

Regardless of Enel or the second batch of Reincarnators about to enter this world, the enemies of this world were very powerful, and because of this, Bai Cangshu's mind was active and he was quite excited.

He had no need to sleep at night at all; his extremely high Spirit attribute allowed him to replenish his mental exhaustion with only a very short rest, and his physical exhaustion was even more negligible.

Therefore, at this moment, having gained rare leisure, Bai Cangshu actually had the spare time to come to Orgins' side.

This big man had a physique far exceeding that of an ordinary person; with his bare hands alone, he had quickly dug out a pit one meter deep.

"You should be clear about it, right? A little girl doing this kind of thing is actually a form of self-Man Zhi."

"After she completes this thing that has no practical meaning, she will gain joy in her heart; therefore, while you look like you are kindly doing this for the other party, in reality, you will make the little girl lose that joy."

Orgins' figure stiffened; he turned his head and, by the moonlight, saw clearly Bai Cangshu's handsome face.

The other party had a face that would be extremely attractive to the opposite sex, or even the same sex, in any principality or on any island, but the words from the other party's mouth made it impossible for one to feel even a single bit of warmth.

It was just like a beast wearing a beautiful skin.

"You... has no one ever told you that your Spirit is problematic?"

Orgins lowered his head and continued working; his words made Bai Cangshu reveal a smile, and his hands also hung down unconsciously. Orgins seemed unable to sense the hostility and, still with his back to Bai Cangshu, continued to dig the pit while saying:

"The reason humans are human is because humans possess 【empathy】 for one another."

"The little girl insists on having these few idiots buried, actually because... she is afraid!"

Orgins turned his head to meet Bai Cangshu's gaze; he clearly saw the hands hanging at Bai Cangshu's sides, which seemed capable of taking his life at any moment.

"Can't you see it? Her fear."

"She was once like this too, slowly burying the corpses of her parents that were unrecognizable and mostly eaten by seabirds, which is why she placed some bread and grain on the edge of the cliff, thinking all the beasts that ate the corpses were those seabirds, heh..."

"She lived in the home of a former good friend, but the other party's corpse was also buried by this little girl."

"She took in many people, but the only ones who survived were us; those who died were buried by me for her."

"The little girl is afraid that after she dies, she will not have peace either and will be eaten by seabirds, so she is very proactive in wanting to bury all the corpses properly, naively thinking that as long as she does this, then after she dies, someone will also bury her like this..."

"You guy, can you not feel anything at all..."

"It really is, hehe, you don't understand anything."

Orgins had his back to Bai Cangshu and did not notice that the smile on Bai Cangshu's face had completely disappeared by now.

"Once, a very powerful guy told me that compared to a body tempered a thousand times or techniques studied with painstaking effort, a heart capable of feeling the world is the root of strength; you guy, even if you killed me, you probably wouldn't understand that realm."

Bai Cangshu frowned; he was judging whether Orgins was saying these things on purpose to survive, or if there really was some plot-important powerhouse in this world who had said this understanding.

In many worldviews, there indeed existed the concept of heart, body, and technique, and in the Pirate World, because of the setting of 【Conqueror's Haki】, it was indeed possible for some similar things to be derived.

Orgins felt the gaze from behind and felt some regret in his heart, but he just could not stand this powerful and heartless guy's completely indifferent attitude toward the little girl's efforts.

After he buried the three corpses, he turned his head, only to find that the other party had disappeared at some unknown time.

Bai Cangshu looked at the white mist appearing on the sea again, knowing it was that group of ghosts appearing once more; he could not bother to argue with Orgins about those Logic and cognitive issues and quickly arrived atop the mountain.

Looking at the white mist covering the mountains and plains and those ghosts, they were indeed all moving toward the direction of that Huangjin Jinzita, and he was even more certain in his heart that that pyramid was likely the reason for Kori's death.

He suddenly reached out his hand and grabbed Kori from the ghost group.

After obtaining the 【Touch Spirit】 Milestone, Bai Cangshu was already able to interact directly with 【Spirit】.

Kori broke away from the white mist and only then noticed Bai Cangshu's existence.

"It's you, the human who can see me."

Bai Cangshu nodded.

"Officer Kori, I have already contacted the reinforcements from the Marine Headquarters; four Marine Vice Admirals along with one Admiral Candidate are currently on the outer sea. Regarding this island, do you have any other information?"

Kori heard Bai Cangshu's words and first revealed a smile, but soon, he frowned, clutched his head, and said:

"No, it won't do... you cannot approach this island..."

"Everyone must be made to leave, and then this island must be completely sealed off..."

"There is a Demon; on this island, there is a Demon..."

His memory was clearly affected, and the information was not coherent, but Bai Cangshu confirmed his own guess; he patted this ghost's shoulder and said:

"Rest assured, Officer Kori, very soon a batch of guys who aren't afraid of death will come to solve this trouble for us; heh... no need to worry about them."

Kori instead grabbed Bai Cangshu's arm; a cold sensation entered Bai Cangshu's arm, making Bai Cangshu feel a certain power within his own bloodline being rapidly triggered.

"Take Cindy away, first let Cindy and the others leave this island, and also Lieao, Banabi, Officer Rushido..."

A stream of cold liquid began to flow beneath Bai Cangshu's blood vessels, soon coming into contact with the ghost Kori's hand.

【Bloodline Tese: Yin Spirit Possession can be activated; do you wish to accommodate Yin Spirit Possession?】

Bai Cangshu raised his head, looking at the Yin Spirit who was still constantly worrying about others; he suddenly really wanted to feel what it was like inside the heart of this man who, after becoming a ghost, was still thinking of others.

"Yes."

Kori's body suddenly tilted; his hand sank into Bai Cangshu's arm, followed by his arm, and most of his body soon entered Bai Cangshu's body; he looked at Bai Cangshu in confusion, but the flesh of the living was also a strong temptation to him; he shook his head, wanting to maintain his sanity.

"You hurry and leave..."

Bai Cangshu's other hand pressed onto Kori's shoulder, instantly merging the other party into his own body.

【Yin Spirit Possession activated; you have accommodated the Yin Spirit Kori; Spirit test in progress...】

【Spirit test... passed】

【You have opened the Yin Spirit Possession state; personal abilities have received a bonus】

Bai Cangshu suddenly felt a new will appear within his body; he gripped his right hand tightly, and his fist slowly turned black.

"This is... Armament Haki?!"

This is the ability obtained from containing Kori...

Bai Cangshu suddenly discovered that the rare Tese, Yin Spirit Possession, was even more powerful than he had imagined; he had originally thought it was just a "lucky draw" from within his own body, and that the probability of drawing Gojo Satoru was extremely small.

But now, he could actually actively contain the Spirit Body he touched, which in certain worlds would become an extremely powerful Tese; in worlds like Shaman King or even Bleach, it might be even more powerful than Death Intent Senra.

Bai Cangshu turned around, took one last look at the Golden Town surrounded by white fog, and turned to leave.

——

【The second batch of Reincarnators is beginning to be deployed...】

Under the sunlight, white streams of information descended from the azure Heaven, like auroras cast down by a celestial curtain.

This was the first time Bai Cangshu had seen what it looked like when Reincarnators were deployed into a world from the perspective of an observer.

He stood at the top of the mountain at this moment, taking in the landing location of every Reincarnator.

Because it was a team battle world, it was unlikely that the Space would deploy the Reincarnators too far apart, as the Pirate World was already vast; if the Reincarnators were too far away, it was very likely they would not be able to engage in battle as quickly as possible, which would be inconsistent with the Space's goal of raising insects.

The furthest beam of light landed outside Skuld Island; Bai Cangshu could only see a blurry band of light, and he guessed it was deployed near Mock Town.

And the closest one landed directly in the town.

Two landed on the beach on the outskirts of Skuld Island;

Four landed on the sea outside Skuld Island.

Bai Cangshu guessed that both of these groups were teams entering together.

After he finished recording the team size composition of these people, he turned around, preparing to go see the one in the town first.

But the next moment.

Bang!

A huge firework pattern exploded in the sky, and the mark of a flame dragon appeared in the sky.

Bai Cangshu recognized it as the mark of the Flame Demon, and soon, fireworks rose and exploded in the town as well.

It was very obvious that the guy in the town and those few on the sea were together.

The corners of Bai Cangshu's mouth curled up; that guy Flame Demon was as ostentatious and stupid as ever.

His figure quickly began to glide from the mountain toward the town.

Although Plot Characters could not see the Reincarnators' firework marks, they would not ignore other explosions.

While flying through the air, he saw that guy wearing a black top hat moving from the town toward the open sea; Bai Cangshu raised his right hand, and intense Qi condensed in an instant.

Dodon Ray!

(End of this chapter)