Chapter 211

Just like Doflamingo, no matter how he develops his fruit ability, he still cannot match Zephyr, who possesses a Fleet Admiral's strength.

The gap in strength is like an impassable chasm, making it impossible for him to cross.

……

"Luo En, you're truly astonishingly strong—I'm no match for you at all."

Sabo sat up from the crater, his body battered and aching, unable to suppress a bitter smile.

This kind of despairing gap in strength… it's exactly like it was when we were children.

"Your Dragon Claw Fist is decently cultivated, but your physical strength is still lacking. Physical strength requires years of accumulated training," Luo En said. "If your Haki doesn't break through soon, your power will likely enter a stagnation period."

Sabo froze, then furrowed his brow slightly: "Then what should I do?"

"There are many ways to improve your strength, but the most obvious one for you now is to eat a Devil Fruit suited to you."

Luo En told him.

With the Revolutionary Army's resources, accomplishing this isn't too difficult.

Provided Sabo wants to.

"A Devil Fruit…?"

Sabo was slightly tempted.

He scratched his head, frowning in frustration: "I've thought about it before, but I don't know which fruit would suit me."

Luo En suddenly remembered a certain person.

If Sabo ate that person's fruit, his strength would surge dramatically, possibly even breaking through the Vice Admiral level to reach Fleet Admiral level.

"Logia: Gura Gura no Mi."

Sabo blinked in surprise at Luo En's words.

"Huh?"

"The Gura Gura no Mi—the Logia fruit known as the strongest of the natural types?!"

Ivankov's face showed shock: "Do you know where it is, Luo En?!"

Luo En nodded.

"The user of the Gura Gura no Mi is Enel. He should still be on the sky island ten thousand meters above Jiayadao."

"A sky island ten thousand meters above ground…?"

Sabo and Kureha both looked astonished—they had never heard of such an island.

Ivankov wasn't as surprised, only slightly disappointed:

"The Gura Gura no Mi has already been consumed… then there's nothing we can do."

Devil Fruits only reappear somewhere in the world after their user dies; they're not easy to obtain.

"Couldn't we just get this Enel guy to join the Revolutionary Army?"

Kureha asked Luo En innocently.

"That…?"

Luo En recalled Enel's arrogant demeanor: "The heavens and earth, I alone am supreme—I am a god."

If he joined the Revolutionary Army…

Luo En's expression turned peculiar.

It was simply unimaginable.

Then again, if the islanders are still under his oppression, isn't that exactly why the Revolutionary Army was founded—to help the common people overthrow tyranny?

He smiled at Sabo and Ivankov: "If you get the chance, you should visit the sky island. Not only is there the user of the Gura Gura no Mi there, there may also be people who need the Revolutionary Army's help."

187, the chessboard moves—a four-person meeting deciding the world's direction

At this moment, on the Straw Hat crew's side.

They were traveling to Alabasta with Princess Bai Xue, passing through Drum Island along the way.

"So this is the place where the Drum Island incident happened…?"

Sanji, smoking a cigarette, looked around.

The massive crater formed by the battle between Luo En and Huang Yuan had been flooded by seawater pouring through the great fissure, creating a lake several kilometers wide in front of the former Drum Mountain, its surface like a mirror.

The thousand-meter-tall Drum Mountain had been kicked clean in half, leaving only the lower portion.

Across the snow-covered Drum Island, traces of that epic battle remained everywhere, telling future visitors of its earth-shattering fury.

"Such terrifying power…"

Nami gazed at the broken mountain in the distance, murmuring in awe.

Whether it was Fleet Admiral Huang Yuan or that man, their power was beyond their current imagination.

"What? What are you talking about? What Drum Island incident?"

Usopp, unaware of the Drum Island incident, looked confused.

Sanji and Nami stared at him in surprise:

"You don't know?"

Bai Xue was equally astonished: "That was a massive event that shook the entire Grand Line."

Zoro, with three long swords strapped to his waist, crossed his arms and nodded: "Indeed, I heard about it even at the dojo."

He glanced around: "I just never imagined it would be this… incredible."

"Luo En really is amazing…"

Luffy sighed in admiration.

"Even Luffy knows about it…?"

Usopp exclaimed in shock.

"Mm."

Luffy nodded. "I know roughly a little about it."

Usopp's face was full of shock — even Luffy knew too?!

Just what kind of major incident was it?!

…

On Drum Island.

They had met Dr. Kureha, who was a doctor, and Chopper, and after becoming acquainted with the two of them, the Straw Hats learned from them the detailed circumstances of the Drum Island incident back then.

It was also Usopp's first time learning the full story of that Drum Island incident from beginning to end.

When he learned that the great lake they had passed through earlier had originally been a thousand-meter-tall mountain, transformed into its current state because of the clash between those two people, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Eh?!"

"It's not just that lake — all the great pits you've seen on the way here, the savage cracks, the vast stretches of ruined forest, that boulder forest, and that great mountain formed from piled-up boulders… were all left behind from that one battle."

Dr. Kureha exhaled a puff of smoke and dropped a bombshell: "Back then I almost thought this island was going to be smashed to pieces by those two, but luckily, it was preserved."

"Sm-smashing an island to pieces…"

Usopp's expression went blank.

He found it impossible to imagine.

So there were actually monsters like that on this sea?!

……………

Luo En stayed at the Revolutionary Army headquarters for two days, and then Dragon appeared before him.

Inside the meeting room.

Four people sat around a round table.

Captain of the Calamity of the Sky crew, the Traveler Luo En.

Leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon.

Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, Sabo.

Grand Line Army Commander of the Revolutionary Army, Emporio Ivankov.

"This is our second meeting, Traveler, Luo En."

Dragon — tattooed on his face, draped in a black robe, broad and burly of build, his gaze commanding — looked at Luo En across from him and spoke.

The last time, ten years ago, in the Goa Kingdom, Luo En had still been nothing more than a child just starting out, but even then, he had already left a deep impression on Dragon.

But that he could reach such heights at his current age was still entirely beyond Dragon's expectations.

"Whether it was the matter from when I was a child, or the matter of Kuina, I have not forgotten. The Revolutionary Army helped us a great deal."