Chapter 211: Heart of the Thunder Emperor

Mock Town, this gathering place for pirates, bandits, and figures of the underworld, had turned into a gathering place for the Navy today.

The cooks from several taverns were all gathered together, responsible for cooking food and providing drinks for these officers and soldiers who had escaped death.

Whether it was hawk-ish Vice Admirals like Onigumo and Doberman, or the likes of Chaton and Garp, they were all drinking and eating meat in large gulps at this moment, giving Bai Cangshu a full look at the boldness and... casualness of the Plot Characters in this world.

He only tasted a little bit of rum, then kept eating, and began to organize his gains as if no one else were around.

【You have used Ability Scroll: Life Return (b)】

【You are attempting to learn the secret technique: Life Return, learning condition check in progress...】

【Check passed】

【You have mastered the ability: Life Return (b)】

【Life Return (b) lv1: You can freely control your muscles and bones, increasing maximum output by an additional 20%, and can slightly control hair, pores, and metabolism, as well as actively intervene in physical stamina consumption】

Bai Cangshu felt it out; Life Return at lv1 could not yet make his hair as powerful as his hands and feet, nor could it store life energy, but it could already achieve complete closure of pores and apertures to prevent the outflow of Qi, or intervene in muscles to create effects of greater speed or strength.

This ability had significant potential and was quite helpful for martial arts cultivation, and it could also assist Bai Cangshu in his comprehension of 【Six Styles: Paper Art】.

In Bai Cangshu's view, the Navy Six Styles were purer than physical techniques like 【Rakshasa Palm】, without so much circulation of Force, but they were a very special type of physical tempering technique.

They were techniques based on the monster-like physiques unique to the Pirate World, capable of greatly enhancing the combat power of these guys whose speed and strength far exceeded the limits of ordinary humans through training.

Bai Cangshu actually had a mind to let these experts spar with him to make it easier for him to "see through" the mysteries of the other 【Six Styles】.

In Bai Cangshu's view, regarding the Navy Six Styles, 【Iron Block】 corresponded to the "hard" aspect of human muscles, gaining defense power surpassing steel through training and tensing muscles.

And 【Shave】 represented the "fast" aspect, achieving ultra-high-speed movement by kicking the ground dozens of times within 0.36 seconds; Bai Cangshu knew the principle, but the effect when using it was average, which he self-speculated was because his use of muscles and Force was not perfect;

【Paper Art】 represented the "soft" aspect and was also a manifestation of body control; Bai Cangshu had now mastered Life Return and had the opportunity to reverse-engineer 【Paper Art】.

The remaining 【Moon Walk】 was an extension of 【Shave】, while 【Tempest Kick】 and 【Finger Pistol】 were more like effects synthesized from the speed of 【Shave】 and the hardness of 【Iron Block】.

With a fake smile on his face, a purple Drop Card flashing with electric light appeared in Bai Cangshu's hand.

【You have opened a Rare and Peerless Drop Card】

【Drop extraction in progress...】

【You have obtained 3000 Dimension Points】

【You have obtained Ability Scroll: Heart Net (b+)】

【You have obtained material: Thunder Emperor Heart (Rare and Peerless)】

Bai Cangshu felt slightly disappointed in his heart when he saw that the most precious and valuable 【Rumble-Rumble Fruit】 from Enel had not been opened.

【Ability Scroll: Heart Net (b+)】

【Quality: Rare】

【Description: A scroll recording the special Observation Haki secret technique of the Sky Island Thunder God, Enel】

【Usage requirement: Spirit > 15, possess a lightning-type ability of at least b-grade】

The Heart Net ability could be considered powerful in actual combat, combining the strong perception of Observation Haki with a certain degree of mind-reading; whether for close-quarters combat or intelligence gathering, its practicality was very high.

It was just a pity that this ability seemed to have a rigid requirement for lightning-type abilities; without the bonus of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, it was indeed impossible for Enel to possess such strong Observation Haki.

Subsequently, Bai Cangshu, as if no one else were around, picked up that heart flashing with thunder light right in front of these Plot Characters.

He scanned everyone in the venue with the corners of his eyes; if someone's gaze focused on this heart in his hand—which could not be seen by Plot Characters—then he would be able to confirm that the other party was a hidden Reincarnator.

Bai Cangshu had a full interest in finding and hunting more Reincarnators.

It was just a pity that, much like the members of the 【Critical Point】 team who had fled, the Reincarnators within the Navy seemed to have disappeared as well; no one in the venue looked at Bai Cangshu, as they were all busy eating and drinking.

Only then did Bai Cangshu put his attention back on this material of Rare and Peerless quality.

【Material: Thunder Emperor Heart】

【Quality: Rare and Peerless · Extreme】

【Description: The heart of the Thunder God Enel from the Pirate World and its Derivative Worlds, containing the power of thunder】

【Effect: After smelting, you can obtain one of the following Tese】

【a: Thunder Elementalist (Rare), gain high-level thunder element affinity, able to directly perceive and touch thunder elements, requirement for learning thunder-type abilities reduced by 45%, learning speed increased by 30%】

【b: Regenerative Heart, Constitution +2, heart gains regeneration ability, heart is no longer your vital point, even if shattered it will slowly regenerate】

【c: Thunder Emperor (Rare and Peerless), Spirit +2, gain the power to dominate thunder and lightning, every heartbeat will accumulate a trace amount of thunder power, the upper limit of accumulated thunder power is linked to the Spirit attribute (conversion ratio is 3.0), the user can actively activate the Thunder Emperor state to trigger the accumulated thunder power】 (Note: This ability will cause an extra burden on Constitution; if Constitution attribute is too low, you will be unable to negate the damage of thunder power to the body)

【d: Electric User (Rare), active Tese, can consume all Spirit to trigger the restless thunder elements in the atmosphere, causing a powerful lightning strike on the target proportional to the consumed Spirit】

Bai Cangshu raised his eyebrows, suddenly discovering that perhaps his luck was not too bad after all.

The value of this material reaching 【Rare and Peerless】 quality exceeded Bai Cangshu's expectations.

Similar to the previous time he obtained 【Material: Silver Wing Charlotte's Arm】 through a trade, the powerful Tese brought by smelting such extreme materials was, in a sense, equivalent to eating a weakened version of the 【Rumble-Rumble Fruit】 without the negative effects.

He lost the ability to elementalize and dominate thunder and lightning at will, but at the same time, he would not have the weakness of fearing seawater or Seastone, and furthermore, after smelting the Tese, the Reincarnator could still eat other Devil Fruits.

Bai Cangshu's Spirit attribute had broken through the Extreme Value, and combined with 【Efficiency】, the thunder power he could accumulate was quite terrifying; the advantage of Bai Cangshu's all-attribute development was manifested here—he simultaneously possessed the speed of an agility-specialized Reincarnator, the explosive power of a strength-specialized Reincarnator, the defense and resistance of a defense-specialized Reincarnator, and the powerful energy burst of a spirit-specialized Reincarnator.

While he was pondering, Garp had already slumped onto the table and started to doze off.

And Vice Admiral Chaton also had a flushed face, yet he was still drinking continuously.

This seemingly frivolous and unrestrained 【Admiral Candidate】, ever since seeing Cindy cry until she fell asleep, seemed to have fallen into some kind of emotion, and was clearly trying to drink himself into a stupor at this moment.

This situation was very favorable for Bai Cangshu.

He saw Onigumo and Doberman also drinking, and on the other side, Brina nodded, then walked toward the outside of the room.

Bai Cangshu also calmly put away the Scarlet Drop Card he hadn't opened yet and walked toward the outside of the room.

(End of chapter)