Chapter 114: Lei Shen Island

Concept Art of Lei Shen Island

After entrusting all affairs of Honeycomb Island to Master Tenghu and Jin Ni, Saint Saint Saiwen became a hands-off manager and arrived at Lei Shen Island with Big Bear.

In the original timeline, Master Tenghu was an Admiral of the Marines and Jin Ni was the Captain of the Revolutionary Army's Eastern Army; managing the affairs of an island was well within their capabilities, even somewhat beneath their talents.

It would be when the Morning Star Pirates reclaimed Inazuma that these two would fully exert their subjective initiative.

Boom~ Boom~

Affected by the electric currents leaping in the air, two tufts of fluffy curly hair beside Big Bear's ears instantly exploded outward, looking exactly like a cat that had been provoked into a rage.

"This place truly makes one uncomfortable."

"Indeed." Lightning surrounded Saint Saint Saiwen's body.

The moment he stepped onto Lei Shen Island, the thunder above the entire island, as if finding its backbone, crackled and popped, extending a friendly greeting toward Saint Saint Saiwen.

It was only because Saint Saint Saiwen was a Lightning Human; had anyone else come, they would have long been struck into charcoal.

"Big Bear, wait here for a while."

"Okay." Big Bear nodded.

Following the treasure location recorded on the parchment, Saint Saint Saiwen flashed instantly to the center of the island; he could feel every pore on his body seeming to groan, enjoying the unique violent weather of Lei Shen Island.

Saint Saint Saiwen immediately made a firm decision—

Plant the flag on Lei Shen Island!

Lei Shen Island happened to be located at the entrance to the New World; after planting the flag, the Sky Island above the Grand Line and Honeycomb Island in the latter half of the New World could be connected into a single line.

At the same time, Lei Shen Island bordered the Red Line.

Once he had confidence in the future, it would also be convenient to go to the Holy Land Mary Geoise to pick up some loose change and strengthen ties with the Celestial Dragon Saint Elaine.

To avoid the bond growing weak from not seeing each other for too long.

More importantly, no area on this great sea was more suitable than Lei Shen Island for—developing the Goro Goro no Mi abilities.

The year-round unceasing thunderstorms and the electric currents leaping in the air were simply a sacred training ground for Saint Saint Saiwen, and there was no need to worry about being disturbed.

Following the map's guidance, Saint Saint Saiwen found a hidden cave beneath the thunderstorm coverage.

He had to admit, the World Government's methods of fabrication were quite ingenious; it was impossible to tell that all of this was specially arranged.

Saint Saint Saiwen suddenly realized that he could not merely guard against the three little spies; at necessary times, he could subtly reveal some secrets that were half-true and half-false—

For instance, that Rox's son was still alive, artificially creating some hardships for the Black Fatty.

How could becoming a king be so easy?

He, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, had waited six years just to activate his system; to become a king in two years? Such a thing would absolutely not be allowed to happen.

Before entering the cave, Saint Saint Saiwen ignited Xiong Xiong flames in his left hand to serve as a torch, while simultaneously activating Conqueror's Haki defense to avoid falling into a trap specially set by the World Government.

Not long after, scattered bones began to appear one by one on the cave floor.

Seeing this, Saint Saint Saiwen muttered to himself.

What talent! To rule the world for eight hundred years, there were indeed some things; the talents under the World Government made Saint Saint Saiwen envious, wishing he could dig them all over.

Black Arm Zephyr was impossible.

When Zephyr's family was killed by pirates, Saint Saint Saiwen was still working as a chef on the Luo Jie Pirates.

Vegapunk, however, could be a partner.

Finally, the treasure chest at the end of the cave came into Saint Saint Saiwen's view; beside the chest were two skeletons, and judging by their shape, they had been crawling toward the treasure chest.

Saint Saint Saiwen hurried forward and opened the treasure chest.

There lay a Devil Fruit covered entirely in spiral patterns, resting quietly inside the chest.

【Do you wish to exchange the Tori Tori no Mi, Mythical Zoan Type, Nue Form for 20,000 points...】

【No】

Saint Saint Saiwen put away the Nue Form Devil Fruit.

Mythical Zoan Type, Nue Form, appeared in the "One Piece" 20th Anniversary Event: The Wano Country Journey of the Straw Hat Pirates in another Wano Country.

It was equivalent to a parallel world Wano Country.

"It turns out to be this Mythical Zoan."

The Nue Form was a great demon from Wano Country legends; Saint Saint Saiwen was satisfied with its abilities in all aspects, except for one point—the snake tail... was somewhat worrying.

Having lived two lives, he only feared one thing: snakes; that giant snake on the Sky Island had been strictly forbidden by Saint Saint Saiwen from entering God's Island.

After a moment of thought, Saint Saint Saiwen directly listed the Mythical Zoan Nue Form on the trading platform.

【Mythical Zoan Type, Nue Form: 100,000 points, the legendary great demon. Seller's message: Inazuma great demon, do you want it or not?】

If successfully sold, the points obtained could be used to awaken the fruit abilities at any time.

However, after settling down, Saint Saint Saiwen planned to first try awakening the fruit abilities on his own; trying never hurt. After all, it was 100,000 points.

The saved points would be enough to completely master Observation Haki seeing the future and Armament Haki Ryuo.

By then, he would only need to focus all his mind on—obtaining the opportunity to eat a second Devil Fruit, and Saint Saint Saiwen would also become a complete form.

Having achieved the goal of this journey, Saint Saint Saiwen did not leave directly; instead, he flew to the thunderclouds above Lei Shen Island and, amidst thousands of thunderstorms, attempted to wrap Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki around the thunder.

After Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits appeared, the reason the status of Logia Devil Fruits dropped was precisely because they could not wrap dual-color Haki.

Of course, perhaps it was already possible; it was just that the old traitor Oda had not yet revealed it.

Paramecia-type String-String Fruit and Mochi-Mochi Fruit abilities could cover Armament Haki over them; why couldn't Logia types do anything with their fruit abilities?

As long as the imagination is big, Imu will take maternity leave.

Developing Devil Fruit abilities inherently requires quite godly imagination and perseverance.

If once doesn't work, try ten times; if ten times doesn't work, try a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times.

If he could truly achieve wrapping dual-color Haki around thunder, Saint Saint Saiwen could completely use the thunder to create tens of thousands of swords, throwing knives, needles, and so on in one go.

Techniques like Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Ancestor or Rain of Pearls Needle could not be achieved!

There is also the Lei Shen form that simulates Susanoo with Lei Ting, wrapping dual-colored Haki around it; who says one cannot activate Susanoo without a Mangekyō Sharingan?

Crackling Lei Guang swirled around his fingertips as Saint Saint Saiwen molded the violent Lei Ting into a middle-parted hairstyle one moment and suspenders the next.

After a moment of play, seven small plasma swords instantly manifested before Saint Saint Saiwen, then black-red Haki slowly covered them, yet could not hold their shape for long.

"Is it because they lack a physical form?"

Saint Saint Saiwen did not feel discouraged,

but instead first wrapped Armament Haki around the Lei Ting sword blades in varying proportions, and after they stabilized, re-wrapped them with Conqueror's Haki.

Among the seven plasma swords, only one remained fixed for several minutes.

Dispelling the plasma swords, Saint Saint Saiwen reassembled seven more and tried again according to the proportions he remembered.

This situation was like a beginner cooking: add water if there is too much flour, add flour if there is too much water.

Although the final result differed greatly from the original intention, the dough was successfully kneaded.

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Cover-side mini-drama.

East Blue, Loguetown.

Away from the bustling commercial district, the Luo Jie Bar had a new line of small text beneath its sign: "Make the Emperor of the Sea, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, fall in love with drinking in one minute."

At the bar counter, the owner Raoul was busy wiping glasses; because of that small line, the Luo Jie Bar had become one of the most famous bars in the East Blue.

Pirate King Luo Jie had drunk here.

The Emperor of the Sea, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, had also drunk here.

Raoul wiped the sweat from his forehead and, from the corner of his eye, suddenly spotted Brother Lu Bianyi coming to drink again.

"Brother Lu Bianyi, go back to your hometown to clear your mind."

"You've been drowning your sorrows here for two and a half years; we're old friends now. Take my advice: stop trying to arrest Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen."

"That kind of man is destined to become a king."

"For ordinary folks like us, just seeing him once is something to brag about for a lifetime. Go home and take a look; consider it a trip to clear your mind."

Brother Lu Bianyi, unusually, did not argue back: "You're right; it's time to go home and take a look."

Raoul asked casually, "By the way, where is your hometown?"

"The Windmill Islands, Orange Town."

"Oh, you're from the same hometown as Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen."

"Just nearby; his hometown is Konomi Islands, Post-Sand Town."

Raoul handed him a newspaper.

"These past two years, the Buggy Pirates have been active in your hometown, Orange Town; be careful when you return."

Brother Lu Bianyi sneered, "A pirate with a five-million bounty? I'll let him use only one hand."

"I'm off, Raoul. Once I catch this group of pirates, I'll come back and pay you for the drinks."