Chapter 123: Strength Increase: Eight Stars!

[Ding! Paramecia: Revive-Revive Fruit, value... requires payment of 40 million Berries or treasure of equivalent value.]

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Hearing the prompt in his ear, Lin Yu put down the newspaper in his hand.

The next second, a yellow Devil Fruit covered in spiral patterns appeared in his hand.

"Looks like Kalifa and the others finally finished the mission."

Examining the Devil Fruit in his hand, Lin Yu nodded with satisfaction.

According to Brook’s situation and performance in the original story.

Although the Revive-Revive Fruit does not grant the user any ability bonuses after consumption, it allows the user to resurrect once after death and master soul-related abilities.

This is equivalent to obtaining a resurrection armor.

This was also an important reason why Lin Yu wanted to obtain the Revive-Revive Fruit before the Summit War began.

In this way, even if Lin Yu were to make a mistake during the Summit War and die, as long as Reiju and the others could retrieve or steal his corpse back.

He would be able to successfully resurrect, gain a second life, and awaken soul-related abilities.

Of course, this was just the worst-case scenario Lin Yu envisioned for the Summit War dungeon.

He was confident that as long as he was cautious, the worst result would just be missing out on some Devil Fruits; escaping unscathed would not be difficult.

Anyway, Lin Yu wasn't greedy; as long as he could snatch Whitebeard’s Paramecia: Tremor-Tremor Fruit during the Summit War, he would be satisfied.

As for Marco’s Phoenix Fruit or Jozu’s Sparkle-Sparkle Fruit, it would be best if he could get them.

If he couldn't, it didn't matter; Lin Yu could hunt Marco and the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates slowly after entering the New World.

Anyway, as long as Whitebeard was dead, hunting Marco and the others would be relatively easy.

Putting Brook’s Revive-Revive Fruit into his interdimensional storage box, Lin Yu picked up the newspaper again to read it carefully.

Just as Shakky said to the Straw Hats at Sabaody Archipelago in the original story.

Information in the newspaper is intelligence, and mastering this intelligence in a timely manner is a necessary duty for every captain or ambitious person.

Lin Yu naturally agreed with this deeply.

Therefore, he also joined the ranks of the "newspaper-reading kings."

"Tsk tsk tsk, Queen really bribed the news agency to release the news that the three Admirals are at Sabaody Archipelago."

"Too bad, your clever scheme was already known to me."

"After I finish the Summit War dungeon, I'll come to find trouble with you!"

After reading for a while, Lin Yu saw the news about the three Admirals heading to Sabaody Archipelago in the corner of the newspaper, which made him chuckle.

He didn't even need to guess to know that this was news Queen had deliberately spread.

Putting down the newspaper, Lin Yu took out a map of the waters near Marine Headquarters.

He began to study when, where, and how he should enter the Summit War.

And how he could maximize his own interests in this war.

Looking at the sea chart of Marine Headquarters, Lin Yu confirmed over and over in his mind what problems still existed in his previous plan.

[Ding! Physique improved, reaching Five Stars.]

[Ding! Vitality improved, reaching Five Stars.]

[Ding! Spirit... Five Stars.]

[Ding! Taijutsu... Five Stars.]

"Have the three physical attributes and Taijutsu finally upgraded?"

Seeing the sudden prompt, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and quickly opened the Group-Group Fruit system to check his current strength information.

Host: Lin Yu

Physique: Five Stars.

Spirit: Five Stars.

Vitality: Five Stars.

Swordsmanship: Two Stars.

Taijutsu: Five Stars.

Armament Haki: Four Stars.

Observation Haki: Four Stars.

Conqueror's Haki: Four Stars.

Special Talents: Endurance, Telepathy, Popularity, Lineage Factor Cyborg.

Special Skills: Authoritative Training, Detection, Ship Control.

Devil Fruits: System-type Group-Group Fruit, Light-Heavy, Bomb-Bomb, Box-Box, Rumble-Rumble, Spirit-Spirit...

Base Combat Power: Eight Stars / Marine Headquarters Elite Vice Admiral.

Additional Combat Power: Top-tier Swordsman Experience Card (Remaining: 2), Scientific Combat Suit.

Note: Combat power is not equal to destructive power.

"Eight Stars, Marine Headquarters Elite Vice Admiral..."

Lin Yu looked at his current combat power and felt happy.

Eight Stars, the strength of a Marine elite Vice Admiral, was already enough for him to protect himself in the Summit War.

And it had only been a little over two months since he first entered Alabasta to attack Baroque Works.

At that time, his physical attributes had only just reached Four Stars, and his base combat power was only Six Stars.

Of course, Lin Yu also knew why his strength had improved so rapidly in these two months.

The reason his strength could reach Eight Stars now.

Firstly, it was due to the training room’s bonus, which allowed Reiju and the others to rapidly improve their strength, indirectly increasing Lin Yu’s feedback gains.

Secondly, it was entirely because he had obtained over a dozen Devil Fruit abilities, including special ones like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Spirit-Spirit Fruit.

The diverse Devil Fruit abilities greatly enriched Lin Yu’s means of dealing with enemies and his combat capabilities.

It was precisely because of these various Devil Fruit abilities that Lin Yu’s strength improved rapidly, reaching the level of a Marine elite Vice Admiral.

Of course, although Lin Yu’s strength had reached the level of an Eight-Star Marine Headquarters elite Vice Admiral, he also knew.

His Devil Fruit abilities were not worth mentioning in front of true top-tier powerhouses like Akainu and Kaido, whose abilities were basically maxed out.

Because no matter how strange or flashy your abilities are, they can just smash you with a club or destroy you with a punch!

So don't be fooled by Lin Yu’s current Eight-Star strength; he still had a long way to go before he could step into Nine Stars and reach the Admiral/Emperor level.

At the very least, his three physical attributes and three types of Haki all needed to reach Seven or even Eight Stars before he could have the power to protect himself in front of top-tier powerhouses like Akainu and Kaido.

Knock knock knock!!!

A knock on the door sounded, and Reiju pushed the door open and entered.

Behind her, Anna and Charlos each carried a tray with snacks and coffee.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Here, coffee brewed by Sarah, snacks made by Conis."

Reiju placed the pastries and coffee from Anna and Charlos’s trays beside Lin Yu and sat on his lap.

Anna and Charlos quietly exited the study and stood guard outside the door.

"Hmm, Sarah’s skills have improved again."

Lin Yu took a sip of coffee and then smiled:

"Just thinking about the Summit War."

"By the way, Kalifa and the others have arrived at Twin Capes. They should be back before long."

Reiju picked up a piece of pastry and fed it to Lin Yu, saying:

"We can just wait for them near Sabaody Archipelago."

"Anyway, we’ll need to coat the ship then to head to Fish-Man Island."

Hearing about coating, Lin Yu suddenly remembered something and looked at Reiju:

"This Thriller Bark is massive; can it be coated?"