Chapter 75: Do You Need Crewmembers?

By the campfire, the giants Doli and Buroki stared eagerly at Saint Saint Saiwen, who was processing the dinosaur meat.

Remembering the intoxicating wine and the fragrant, charred meat, Doli, with his long beard, spoke up first.

"Captain Saint Saint Saiwen, do you still need crewmembers? I, Doli, can eat and drink like a beast, have immense strength, and can do any job."

The fat giant Buroki chimed in.

"I feel the same way."

Seeing Saint Saint Saiwen still utterly focused on skinning, tendon-pulling, and bone-removing the triceratops, Doli thought he hadn't been convinced and hurriedly added:

"I have several giant underlings—if you nod, I'll call them over right away."

The fat giant Buroki chimed in.

"I feel the same way."

Saint Saint Saiwen acted as if he hadn't heard, continuing to place the prepared ingredients onto the campfire rack.

Seeing this, Doli had no choice but to play his trump card.

"Captain Saint Saint Saiwen, if you promise endless grilled meat and wine from now on, I'll teach you our giant clan's ultimate combined technique—Baguo."

The fat giant Buroki chimed in.

"I feel the same way."

Before Saint Saint Saiwen could speak, Doli turned and glared at Buroki: "You idiot, can't you stop copying everything I say?"

Buroki spread his hands: "I feel the same way."

Watching the two giants about to enter combat mode again, Saint Saint Saiwen had no choice but to speak up.

"Welcome aboard."

Before coming to the Little Garden, Saint Saint Saiwen had prepared three tiers of strategies to recruit Doli and Buroki—he never imagined he hadn't even acted…

Doli and Buroki had come to him on their own!

It left Saint Saint Saiwen slightly unaccustomed.

Two years ago, when recruiting Mihawk to form a pirate crew, Saint Saint Saiwen revealed his identity as a former member of the Pirate King's crew, unveiled the Great Treasure and the Golden Land, offered gourmet food and iced red tea…

He even prepared a grand speech on freedom, and only after half a month of dueling as a swordsman did he finally win Mihawk as vice-captain.

Two years later, to recruit Master Tenghu,

Saint Saint Saiwen broke his own rule of low-profile development and led three men into the Ohara Massacre Order.

Recruiting Big Xiong and Jin Ni was even harder; he had to resolve the crisis in the Solbe Kingdom and exhaust every trick in the prison before he could crack open Big Xiong's closed heart.

For over a month in the East Sea, he hadn't found a single qualified intern crewmember.

Who could have imagined that, upon arriving at the Little Garden, Saint Saint Saiwen hadn't even deployed a single strategy—just grilled meat had already won Doli and Buroki over?

Life truly holds surprises everywhere.

Hearing Saint Saint Saiwen's agreement, Doli and Buroki were so delighted they wanted to toss Saint Saint Saiwen high into the air—but both reached out at once, nearly fighting again over who got to throw him first.

"You idiot, let me go first."

"Why you?!"

Saint Saint Saiwen washed his hands with a Water Shell, then drew his sword, Mengxiang Yixin, pointing it forward.

"My dear crewmembers, let your captain properly measure your eighty years of hard cultivation."

As captain, if he lacked even the most basic authority, the entire pirate crew would lack cohesion and become a disorganized mess.

Doli and Buroki were straightforward and generous—they needed Saint Saint Saiwen to show dominance, or else they'd duel every day, which would be exhausting.

Doli: "Jiejiejiejie～"

Buroki: "Gaba bababa～"

Laughter in the pirate world is uniquely personal.

Doli held a giant sword in one hand and a round wooden shield in the other; Buroki gripped a giant axe in one hand and a round wooden shield in the other—both were highly satisfied with the captain's proposal.

They wanted to test whether the chef-like captain's combat strength could earn their respect.

Doli and Buroki exchanged a glance and immediately decided to unleash their strongest combined technique: Baguo.

Baguó is a giant martial art.

It requires two giants to combine weapons and unleash a powerful shockwave capable of reducing everything within hundreds of kilometers to dust.

Jin Ni and Big Xiong picked up the grilled meat from the rack, quickly opened a portal, and led the crew back to the Donghai Dihuang, giving the three ample space.

In fact, to avoid excessive damage to the island, Saint Saint Saiwen sat on Doli's shoulder and deliberately moved to the opposite shore.

After selecting the battlefield, Doli and Buroki each gripped their weapons and began charging power.

"Captain, we'll use only one move."

Saint Saint Saiwen grinned.

"Perfect—I'll use only one move too."

Since re-setting sail, Saint Saint Saiwen had only sparred with Vice-Captain Lei Li and used Wuxiang Yi Dao during his battle with Kao.

During this same period, he had endured multiple major battles: against Akainu, against Kao, against Gold Lion.

Saint Saint Saiwen intended to push himself—to force out Wuxiang Yi Dao without charging, under the pressure of the giants' combined technique, Baguo.

You never know how awesome you are until you push yourself.

If he failed, he'd simply endure Baguó's blow.

With Steel Balloon, Lunaria bloodline, and instant full-recovery Senzu Beans, as long as he wasn't instantly killed, he'd bounce back the next second.

Thunderstorms exploded across the sky above the Little Garden; Saint Saint Saiwen's aura surged upward, his sword Mengxiang Yixin wrapped in crimson-black Haki, purple lightning, and blazing red flame…

Seeing this, Doli and Buroki roared.

"Baguó."

The giant sword and giant axe crashed together; between blade and axe, a white shockwave of unstoppable momentum surged forward at blinding speed.

Wherever he passed, not a blade of grass remained.

The ground was plowed open, leaving massive trenches behind.

In the split second of one ten-thousandth of a second, Saint Saint Saiwen felt his skin sting with piercing pain; all will within his body converged at that moment, Mengxiang Yixin seeming to become part of his very flesh, as he suddenly slashed forward.

"Wu Xiang Yi Dao... still not enough?"

A blinding white shockwave clashed with Saint Saint Saiwen, who was wreathed in flames, like thunder from the ninth heaven plunging into subterranean fire, triggering a violent explosion that surged upward.

Voom—Boom—

The entire island shook at that very moment.

Not only was the sea level behind Saint Saint Saiwen severed, raising towering waves, but the shoreline where the three stood shattered directly, turning into a cloud of fine dust.

"Captain, that was fierce!"

Dorry, with more than half his body submerged in seawater, did not understand why the captain had swung his blade to strike nothing, yet merely by using his bare body to withstand Haoshoku Haki, his clothes were only slightly soiled.

What a monster; his physical body is even stronger than that of giants possessing the bloodline of the Ancient Giant race.

What a terrifying physique, truly perverted!

Brogy was equally stunned.

And since Saint Saint Saiwen had a flight cape, he was already hovering above the sea level, avoiding falling into the water.

Although he did not unleash the instant, charge-free Wu Xiang Yi Dao, Saint Saint Saiwen still gained much; if he could withstand several dozen more blasts of Haoshoku Haki, it should be enough.

No wonder Karp enjoys the thrill of battle; only sufficient pressure can push one's strength to advance further.

Perhaps the only drawback is that, compared to the charged version of Wu Xiang Yi Dao, attempting to unleash an instant Wu Xiang Yi Dao consumes immense spirit, energy, and vitality.

At Saint Saint Saiwen's current peak state, he could attempt to unleash it only a few dozen times before reaching exhaustion.

Fortunately, Saint Saint Saiwen is only seventeen years old.

The upper limit of his physique has not yet been fixed; the potential waiting to be developed is immeasurable, and he will not reach the peak of his physical strength until he is twenty-five.

"Let's go, the banquet awaits."