Chapter 11: Dream One in Hand

Thunder instantly shot into the sky, ascending further still—this exhilarating sensation of hovering above the nine heavens, looking down upon the mortal world, Barzab Seven had never experienced before.

No wonder people always say flight is humanity’s dream.

It truly refreshes the spirit.

In just a few seconds, Seven reached the White Sea at ten thousand meters above sea level.

Floating above the cloud sea, Seven pulled out the permanent compass pointing to Gold City, confirmed the direction, then transformed back into lightning and sliced through the clouds.

Thinking of the giant golden pillar on Gold City, Seven felt unstoppable energy, wishing he could tear through space itself.

More precisely, Gold City is part of Jiayadao; four hundred years ago, it split into surface and sky portions due to a massive upward current.

The surface portion is now called Mogu Town.

The sky portion includes regions like the Divine Island Apaia and the Golden City Shandora.

The island’s inhabitants, the Shandians, have guarded the historical stone steles recording the ancient weapon Neptune for generations.

Last time, when he arrived with Roger’s crew, he couldn’t take the golden pillar away—it haunted him for a long time.

Fortunately, this time, no one can stop him!

Since Mihawk is still on the ship, Seven came to Gold City solely to buy Dream One; taking over the sky island will wait until Mihawk arrives.

After all, if Seven went alone and couldn’t beat the local gang…

It would be too embarrassing.

Due to the system, Seven seized the opportunity originally meant for Aenil, ate the Gura Gura no Mi—so why not play the Thunder God of the sky island?

Seizing one opportunity is seizing; seizing two is still seizing.

When the golden pillar he had long dreamed of reappeared in his vision, every pore of Seven’s body screamed:

You bastard, still pretending?

The golden pillar before him was the very one Luffy’s crew missed in the Sky Island arc: a cylindrical golden pillar ten meters in diameter and sixty meters tall.

Weighing roughly ninety thousand tons, it was enough to purchase Dream One—the artifact that had haunted Seven’s dreams.

After several deep breaths, Seven still felt his scalp prickling, his breathing erratic, his heart pounding wildly.

That was the divine artifact Dream One!!!

Trembling, he found Dream One listed on the trading platform and reached out to touch the golden pillar.

“Would you like to spend 88,888 tons of gold to purchase the divine artifact Dream One?”

Seven didn’t hesitate: “Yes—purchase.”

“Ding, purchase successful.”

“Detecting Dream One exceeds current dimensional tolerance. Limiting to Ultra Supreme Great Sword. Compensating with Musho Ito training experience.”

The transaction completed; the golden pillar shrank dramatically, leaving only a small base.

Simultaneously, a tachi wrapped in purple lightning, unsharpened, appeared in Seven’s hand.

【Dream One: Ultra Supreme Great Sword, bound, auto-adjusts to user’s height, Haki boost +100%】

“Damn, Haki boost +100%!”

He swung it casually—successful flight slash; purple blade light pierced through the clouds. Seven felt pure ecstasy, like drinking iced cola on a scorching summer day.

He threw his head back and laughed uncontrollably.

“Buddy, still showing off?”

Go ahead and show off—I bought Dream One, see how you explain it to your wife.

“Hehehe…”

Mid-laugh, Seven suddenly remembered: at least he still has Raiden Shin—the fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged one…

“You fucking bastard!”

That idiot who crossed into Teyvat truly lived the life Seven dreamed of—

A divine wife, fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged.

A divine aunt, icy-cold, with flowing waves of hair.

But thinking differently, it was lucky that idiot existed—otherwise, how could Seven have bought Dream One?

Seven caressed the blade lovingly, his youthful face filled with deep affection in his peach-blossom eyes—he wanted to sleep with Dream One from now on.

Holding the beloved blade in his left hand, Seven silently thought: Use 【Musho Ito training experience】.

“Ding, friendly reminder: Musho Ito training experience is too vast—it may cause host fainting. Please choose an appropriate time to use.”

“Tch.” Seven snorted.

“What joke?”

“Musho Ito wants to knock me out? Use it.”

As that obscure, boundless torrent of knowledge violently flooded his mind, Seven blacked out.

His body convulsed on the ground.

Blood streamed continuously from his eyes, nostrils, and mouth; his body screamed to his brain: Sleep. Sleep now. Please.

Everything before him twisted and warped, as if trapped in a bizarre dream—

Amid countless thunderstorms, a blurred silhouette held Dream One, revealing only a side profile and chin.

“No thought, no attachment, no desire…”

“Musho Ito is the ultimate secret, the one and only blade without thought.”

The voice echoed endlessly in his ears, as if reverberating from another world.

Simultaneously, the aura radiating from the blurred silhouette was as deep as an abyss, as heavy as a mountain—crushing Seven’s spine, forcing his head down.

The gods cannot be looked upon directly.

Crack—crack—crack—the sound of snapping bones never ceased.

Seven bled from all seven orifices, gushing blood, struggling with every ounce of strength to straighten his spine.

“I’m also Barzab Seven!”

Just as Seven’s consciousness was about to collapse, his body erupted with red-black Haki stronger than ever before.

Conqueror’s Haki tore through the cloud sea, instantly spreading across the entire island, knocking out every living thing.

Then, the red-black Haki rapidly retracted, enveloping Seven’s entire body, restoring his awareness.

Huh… huh…

Seven lay on the ground, drenched in sweat, gasping heavily, looking utterly miserable—yet his left hand still gripped Dream One tightly.

As the Teyvat saying goes: There are always mortals who dare face the light of thunder.

“Hohoho~ Hahahaha!”

“Even gods won’t make me kneel!”

Centered on Seven, the red-black Conqueror’s Haki tore through the cloud sea again.

Conqueror’s Haki is the embodiment of one’s spirit.

It cannot be learned through training; it strengthens only when the wielder’s spirit grows.

During the Musho Ito infusion, Seven faced divine pressure—and his spirit strengthened again.

Unlike before, when he used Conqueror’s Haki to clear the area, this time the red-black Haki clung to his entire body and spread to Dream One’s blade.

Advanced Conqueror's Haki application: Haki wrapping

An absurd thing was born: Seven, who hadn’t mastered Armament or Observation Haki, now mastered advanced Conqueror’s Haki.

Utterly ridiculous.

He was like a swordsman who maxed out attack skills but never touched defense or perception.

Grrrr~ His stomach growled.

The cool night breeze blew gently; Seven quickly pulled food and water from his system space and began eating.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

After consuming twenty portions of food and water, Seven rubbed his slightly bloated belly and let out a satisfied burp.

Dream One was finally in his hands; though downgraded from divine artifact to Ultra Supreme Great Sword, at least he got Musho Ito as compensation.

It set the tone for Seven’s future cultivation: Great Swordsman, Three Haki Types, Devil Fruit ability.

After eating and restoring his strength, Seven stored the remaining base of the golden pillar in his system space and continued looting gold on Gold City until his system space was full.

“Can’t fit more—check the trading platform for any posts offering items for gold.”

If only another idiot showed up—how perfect!

【Flight Cloak (Black): 1000 points, infinite endurance, never wears out. Seller’s note: Magical item, limited stock.】

【Fruit Tablet (Silver): 20 points, 2 hours charge for 2 hours usage. Seller’s note: None.】

【Never-Wear Shoes: 100 points, any size, any color.】

Glancing at his own giant slippers, Seven reluctantly bought a pair of white shoes—if the quality was good, he’d buy more later when his body matured.

He skimmed through them briefly.

Seven realized the entire platform had only one idiot like Teyvat—no one else.

“Bro, if you’ve got guts, list Mugen no Kiri and Hyoumonju—so much gold, I don’t even know how to spend it.”

In the Sky Island arc, Luffy’s crew made one true pirate move: each took a sack of gold from Gold City.

They exchanged it for 300 million Berries in Water Seven.

“So these gold reserves in my system space are worth roughly billions of Berries.”

Seven immediately thought of a way to farm points: exchange gold for Berries, buy Devil Fruits with Berries, then sell them back to the system.

Confirming no detail was missed, Seven stepped forward and leapt off the edge of the sky island.

At ten thousand meters above ground, he hurtled toward the endless sea.

As he plummeted rapidly, clouds tore apart, wind sliced like blades across his cheeks, and a nearly uncontrollable exhilaration erupted from deep within his chest.

“Ahh—!!!”

Barzab Seven let out a long, roaring cry—high-pitched, free, charged with the shiver and ecstasy of the fall, piercing through layers of cloud and echoing across the night sky.

This, was freedom.