Chapter 159

A layer of frost appeared on Hancok's breathtakingly beautiful face.

Did this guy come here specifically for me?

What is his real purpose?!

"You think this is enough to defeat me?"

Hancok stomped her foot and instantly rushed before Luo En, kicking out at him.

"Fragrant Kick!"

Luo En sensed this strike through the Transparent World.

This attack carried Armament Haki, at a level similar to his own, perhaps even slightly stronger—but still not reaching the third stage.

Luo En flickered away, evading the attack at the very moment it arrived, using Razor at Level 10.

"Disappeared?"

"Where?"

"I can't sense any Haki."

The Nine Snake Pirates' crew members raised their bows, glancing left and right.

Hancok extended her Observation Haki, sensed that faint aura, and suddenly looked upward.

There, with eyes tightly shut and bare-chested, a black-haired boy floated high above, smiling down at them: "Unfortunately, I won't get to see the Pirate Empress's face this time. I hope next time we meet, I can see it with my own eyes."

"Captive Arrow!"

The Empress lightly touched her lips, conjuring a massive pink heart-shaped substance, drawing it back like a bow, and firing countless pink arrows toward Luo En in the sky.

Anyone struck by these pink arrows, regardless of whether they were moved or not, would turn to stone.

Luo En, perceiving the attack through the Transparent World, slammed his right foot downward hard—the air exploded with a roar—and he vanished in a flash, shooting rapidly upward toward heights beyond the reach of the pink arrows.

"Goodbye."

Hearing his smiling farewell, watching his figure vanish swiftly into the clouds, Hancok dissolved the heart-shaped substance she had formed, looked up at the sky, and furrowed her beautiful brows:

"That guy… what exactly is he here for?"

…

【ps: I think it'll be fun when the protagonist meets Fujitora later】

141, drop an island from the sky onto the Holy Land! (Combined)

After Luo En left Amazon Lily and returned to the Shichibukai Islands.

Facing Guina and the others, who were anxious and asking about the condition of his eyes.

Luo En said little, merely explaining that his eyes were not truly blind—he was training Observation Haki, and would not open them until reaching a higher level of it, asking them not to worry too much.

Upon hearing this, the girls all sighed in relief.

As long as he's not really blind, that's fine.

…

That night.

Luo En sat by the shore, feeling how his eyes absorbed his entire body's blood qi and spiritual energy.

At this rate, these reincarnation eyes absorb about one-third of his blood qi and spiritual energy per day.

Three years to drain…

That's truly an enormous amount.

Swoosh!

A small stone silently flew toward him from behind.

Luo En lowered his head.

The stone passed over his head and fell into the sea.

A voice filled with amusement came from behind him.

"Shutting off visual dependence, constantly extending Observation Haki to train, huh? Not bad."

"You're back already, Mr. Lei Li? How was today's haul?"

Luo En asked with a smile.

"Made a few hundred thousand Berries—just enough to buy a few bottles of good liquor."

Lei Li sat beside him, speaking as he handed him a bottle.

Luo En reached out, sliced off the bottle's neck with a knife-hand, sniffed it, and smiled: "This is indeed fine liquor."

"Right! Hahaha."

Lei Li laughed loudly and took a sip.

Luo En also took a sip.

Beneath the night's moonlight, the streets inside the Shichibukai Islands glowed brightly with lanterns, yet the shore remained unusually quiet, with giant trees exhaling fluorescent green bubbles.

An old man and a young boy sat by the shore, drinking.

"The coating's done. When do you plan to leave?"

"A few more days. Tomorrow, Luo Bin and the others will gather supplies, and I have some things to take care of myself."

Luo En sipped his drink.

Lei Li glanced at him: "Actually, with your abilities, traveling through the sky would be safer."

Luo En smiled sharply and shook his head gently: "That wouldn't count as a journey."

Lei Li nodded in agreement:

"True."

The two drank and chatted.

"Luo En, the current you has completely stood on the opposite side of the World Government. Are you still clinging to the plan of staying out of it as a traveler?"

Lei Li looked toward Luo En and asked.

"Regarding me standing against the World Government, you seem quite happy about it."

"Haha, do I?"

"It's pretty obvious, isn't it."

With his eyes closed, his black hair gently stirred by the sea breeze, Luo En took a sip of wine and, facing the sea, said: "No particular plan. I just know one thing."

"What?"

"If someone wants to stand in my way, or wants to obstruct what I want to do, then they are my enemy."

"Enemies get beaten to a pulp, every last one of them."

"Hahaha, the Four Emperors and the Marine Admirals are no exception?"

"Of course."

"Then I'm afraid that's still quite difficult. With your current strength, you can't do it yet."

"That's exactly why I have to get stronger."

As the two drank and drank, the bottle of wine in each of their hands was soon finished.

Luo En took out wine from his system space and handed it to Lei Li. Lei Li didn't stand on ceremony either, reaching out to take it.

The two drank until they were thoroughly drunk, and their topics gradually drifted off course.

"Lei Li, you, you and Xia Qi are... that kind of relationship?"

"What relationship?"

"You know what I mean. That, that kind of relationship."

Luo En said, throwing an arm around Lei Li's shoulder.

"You little brat, what do you know. I, I and Xia Qi are, are not that kind of relationship at all..."

"Liar."

"Who's lying to you. Spe, speaking of which, you, you're probably still a virgin even now, right?"

"Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-who's a virgin?! You old geezer, don't you go spouting nonsense!"

The thoroughly drunk Lei Li threw an arm around Luo En's neck and laughed heartily: "You're already stuttering, and you still say you're not."

"Sh-sh-shut up!"

"You kid, you couldn't possibly have never even kissed a woman by now, could you?"

"Nonsense! T-that, that much I do have, at least."

"Oh? With whom? One of those four like Kuina?"