Chapter 11: Mengxiang Yixin in Hand

Lei Ting shot upward into the clouds in an instant, continuing higher; the exhilaration of hanging high above the Nine Heavens and looking down on the mortal world was something Saint Saint Saiwen had never experienced before.

No wonder people often say that flight is humanity's dream.

It truly makes one feel refreshed and clear-headed.

In just a few short seconds, Saint Saint Saiwen had arrived at the Bai Bai Sea, ten thousand meters above the sea surface.

Hovering above the sea of clouds, Saint Saint Saiwen took out the permanent pointer pointing to El Dorado, confirmed his direction, and once again transformed into Lei Ting to slash through the cloud layer.

Thinking of that giant golden pillar on El Dorado, Saint Saint Saiwen was brimming with motivation, wishing he could tear space apart directly.

To be precise, El Dorado is part of Jaya Island; four hundred years ago, it split into a ground section and a sky section due to the impact of a massive updraft.

The ground section is now called Mock Town.

The sky section includes areas such as God's Island Ahapado and the Golden City Shandora.

The Shandia people, residents of El Dorado, have guarded the historical stele recording the Ancient Weapon Poseidon for generations.

Last time, when arriving with Roger's pirate crew, he could not take that giant golden pillar away, leaving it haunting Saint Saint Saiwen's dreams for a long time.

Fortunately, this time, no one can obstruct him!

Since Mihawk is still on the ship, Saint Saint Saiwen came to El Dorado only to purchase Mengxiang Yixin; seizing the Sky Island will have to wait until Mihawk comes up.

After all, if Saint Saint Saiwen were alone, and what if he couldn't defeat the local gangs...

That would be too awkward.

Due to the system, Saint Saint Saiwen snatched the opportunity originally belonging to Enel, ate the Goro Goro no Mi, and doing so to become the Thunder God of the Sky Island was not impossible.

Snatching an opportunity once is snatching; snatching twice is also snatching.

When the golden pillar that had haunted his dreams appeared in his line of sight again, every pore on Saint Saint Saiwen's body was screaming:

You little turtle grandson, are you still pretending?!

The golden pillar before him was the very one that Luffy and the others missed in the Sky Island arc: a cylindrical golden pillar with a diameter of 10 meters and a height of 60 meters.

Weighing about 90,000 tons, it was enough to purchase Mengxiang Yixin, which had haunted Saint Saint Saiwen's dreams.

After taking several deep breaths in a row, Saint Saint Saiwen still felt his scalp go numb, his breathing disordered, and his heart pounding nonstop.

That is the divine artifact Mengxiang Yixin!!!

Trembling, he found Mengxiang Yixin hanging on the trading platform and reached out to touch the golden pillar.

"Whether to spend 88,888 tons of gold to purchase the divine artifact Mengxiang Yixin."

Without hesitation, Saint Saint Saiwen said: "Yes~ Purchase."

"Ding, purchase successful."

"Detected that Mengxiang Yixin exceeds the current dimension's bearing capacity; it will be restricted to Super Great Unrivaled Blade, and special compensation of No-Thought One-Slash cultivation experience will be provided for you."

The transaction succeeded; the golden pillar disappeared by a large chunk, leaving only a small part of the base.

At the same time, a longsword wrapped in purple Lei Ting, unsharpened, floated into Saint Saint Saiwen's hand.

【Mengxiang Yixin: Super Great Unrivaled Blade, bound, automatically matches user height, Haki amplification 100%】

"Good heavens, Haki amplification 100%!"

Casually swinging a slash that successfully produced a Flying Slash, the purple sword light pierced through the cloud layer; Saint Saint Saiwen felt extremely exhilarated, as if drinking a cup of ice-cold Coke on a scorching summer day.

The whole person threw his head back and laughed uncontrollably.

"Buddy, are you still showing off now?"

Let you show off, damn it; I bought Mengxiang Yixin, let's see how you explain it to your wife.

"Hehehe..."

Halfway through laughing, Saint Saint Saiwen suddenly remembered: at least that guy still has the Thunder God Makoto, with fair skin, beautiful looks, and long legs...

"You really deserve to die!!!"

That idiot who transmigrated to Teyvat really lived out the shape of Saint Saint Saiwen's dream—

A goddess wife with fair skin, beautiful looks, and long legs.

A goddess sister-in-law with cold-as-ice demeanor and big wavy hair.

But thinking from another angle, luckily that idiot is here; otherwise, how could Mengxiang Yixin have been purchased?

Saint Saint Saiwen caressed the blade with love, and on his slightly youthful face, those peach-blossom eyes were infinitely affectionate, wishing he could sleep hugging Mengxiang Yixin from now on.

Holding his beloved blade in his left hand, Saint Saint Saiwen silently chanted: Use 【No-Thought One-Slash Cultivation Experience】.

"Ding, friendly reminder: No-Thought One-Slash cultivation experience is too vast; it is highly likely to cause the host to faint; please choose a suitable time to use it."

"Tsk." Saint Saint Saiwen snorted coldly.

"What kind of joke is this?"

"A mere No-Thought One-Slash wants to make me faint? Use it on me."

When that obscure and incomprehensible yet boundless torrent of knowledge forcibly poured into his mind in a nearly violent manner, Saint Saint Saiwen immediately blacked out.

His body on the ground twitched uncontrollably.

Blood streamed nonstop from his eyes, nostrils, and the corners of his mouth; his body frantically transmitted signals to his brain: Sleep, sleep quickly, please.

Everything before his eyes began to twist and deform, as if he were placed in a bizarre and colorful dream—

Amidst thousands of thunderstorms, a blurry back figure held Mengxiang Yixin, revealing only his side profile and chin.

"No thought, no attachment, no desire..."

"No-Thought One-Slash is the ultimate technique within ultimate techniques, a single slash that is both thoughtless and peerless."

That voice lingered around his ears, not dispersing, as if it were an echo transmitted from another world.

At the same time, the oppressive pressure emitted by the blurry back figure was like an abyss and a mountain, pressing Saint Saint Saiwen's back into a curve and making him unable to lift his head.

Gods cannot be looked at directly.

Crack~ The sound of bones breaking, one after another without end.

Saint Saint Saiwen's seven orifices bled, blood pouring like a waterfall, as he struggled with all his remaining strength to straighten his spine.

"I'm also called Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen!"

Just as Saint Saint Saiwen's consciousness was about to scatter and his brain forcibly shut down, a red-black Conqueror's Haki, far more powerful than ever before, suddenly erupted around him.

The Conqueror's Haki tore through the sea of clouds, instantly spreading across the entire island and knocking every living creature on the island unconscious.

Immediately after, the red-black Haki rapidly contracted, covering Saint Saint Saiwen's entire body, finally allowing him to regain consciousness.

Hhhuff... hhhuff...

Saint Saint Saiwen was drenched in sweat, lying on the ground panting heavily, looking utterly miserable; yet even so, his left hand still tightly gripped Mengxiang Yixin.

To quote a famous saying from Teyvat: There are always mortals on the ground who dare to face the glory of Lei Ting.

"Ho ho ho... hahaha."

"Even a god cannot make me submit!"

Centered on Saint Saint Saiwen, the red-black Conqueror's Haki tore through the sea of clouds once more.

Conqueror's Haki is the manifestation of willpower.

Moreover, it cannot be learned through later cultivation; only when the owner's own willpower improves does the Conqueror's Haki strengthen.

During the infusion of Wu Xiang Yi Dao, Saint Saint Saiwen faced the divine pressure, and his willpower improved once again.

Unlike before, when he used Conqueror's Haki to clear the area, this time the red-black Haki coiled around Saint Saint Saiwen's entire body and spread onto the blade of Mengxiang Yixin.

Advanced application of Conqueror's Haki: Haki Binding.

An utterly absurd thing was born from this: Saint Saint Saiwen, who had not yet mastered Armament Haki or Observation Haki, had mastered an advanced application of Conqueror's Haki.

It was simply absurd to the extreme.

He was like a swordsman who had maxed out attack skills but had not put any points into defense or insight skills.

Gugu... my stomach is fighting.

The night breeze blew coolly and gently; Saint Saint Saiwen hurriedly took out food and water from the System Space and began to eat.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

After eating enough food and water for twenty people, Saint Saint Saiwen rubbed his slightly swollen belly and let out a very satisfied burp.

Mengxiang Yixin, which he had longed for, was finally in his hands; although it had changed from a Divine Artifact to a Super Great Grade Blade, at least it compensated for Wu Xiang Yi Dao.

This also set the tone for Saint Saint Saiwen's future cultivation: Great Swordsman, three types of Haki, and Devil Fruit abilities.

Having eaten and drunk his fill to restore his strength, Saint Saint Saiwen stored the remaining base of the Golden Pillar into the System Space and continued to scour the Golden Land for gold until the System Space was full.

"It won't fit anymore; let's first check the trading platform to see if there are any posts willing to exchange items for gold."

If another fool came along, wouldn't that be wonderful!

【Flying Cape (Black): 1000 Points, Infinite Endurance, Never Wears Out. Seller's Note: Magical item, slow hands get nothing】

【Fruit Tablet (Silver): 20 Points, Charge for 2 hours, Endurance for 2 hours. Seller's Note: None】

【Never-Wearing-Out Sneakers: 100 Points, Any Size, Any Color】

Glancing down at the Great Grade Slippers on his feet, Saint Saint Saiwen painfully bought a pair of plain white shoes; if the quality was good enough, he would buy more once his body finished developing in a few years.

He glanced over the list roughly.

Saint Saint Saiwen discovered that the entire platform was like a Teyvat Continent fool, with only this one person and no second.

"Foolish brother, if you have the guts, hang up the Mistsplitter Reforged and the Hakuen, too; with so much gold, I don't even know how to spend it."

In the Sky Island arc, the only time Luffy's crew acted like pirates, each person carried a bag of gold on their back from the Golden Land.

And exchanged it in Water 7 for 300 million Berries.

"Looking at it this way, the gold in the System Space is worth roughly several billion Berries."

Saint Saint Saiwen immediately thought of a way to farm points: exchange gold for Berries, use the Berries to buy Devil Fruits, and then sell the Devil Fruits to the System.

After confirming there were no further oversights, Saint Saint Saiwen took one step forward and leaped straight off the edge of the Sky Island.

From ten thousand meters in the sky, he rushed toward the vast sea.

Accompanied by the rapid descent, the cloud wisps were torn apart, the wind sliced across his face like a blade, and a near-out-of-control excitement burst forth from deep within his chest.

"Ahhh—!!!"

Saint Saint Saiwen let out a long, loud roar; that sound was high-pitched and free, carrying the tremor and rapture brought by the fall, piercing through layers of sea of clouds and echoing in the night sky.

This, is freedom.