Chapter 215: Dragon

[Ding! Physique has improved, reaching six stars.]

[Ding! Qi and blood have improved, reaching six stars.]

[Ding! Spirit...]

Looking at the notifications popping up one after another before him, Lin Yu grinned.

The last time his physical fitness had improved was two days before the Summit War. Only three months had passed since then, and he had already improved again; the speed was not slow at all.

If he could continue at a rate of one star every three months, he might possess top-tier physical fitness in less than a year.

Combined with his various Devil Fruit abilities, he would successfully rank among the Emperors and Admirals, rather than using trial cards to bluff as he did now.

Of course, the higher the star level, the more feedback experience required, and the slower the progress. If he wanted to maintain his current speed, he would need to constantly recruit people into his crew.

In this way, the gains and losses would just manage to maintain this efficiency of improvement.

Thinking this, Lin Yu quickly opened the Crew System to check his current strength information.

Host: Lin Yu

Physique: Six stars.

Spirit: Six stars.

Qi and blood: Six stars.

Swordsmanship: Five stars.

Body techniques: Seven stars.

Armament Haki: Six stars.

Observation Haki: Six stars.

Conqueror's Haki: Six stars.

Special Talents: Telepathy, Hearts’ Desire, Lineage Factor Cyborg, Swordsmanship Genius, Peerless Beauty...

Special Skills: Authoritative Training, Detection, Ship Control...

Devil Fruits: Light-Heavy, Bomb-Bomb, Box-Box, Rumble-Rumble, Soul-Soul, Love-Love, Squeeze-Squeeze...

Ability Points: Swordsmanship 103, Devil Points 780...

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

Additional Combat Power: Top-tier Swordsman Trial Card (remaining uses: 1), Scientific Combat Suit.

Note: Combat power is not equal to destructive power.

Seeing the information before him, Lin Yu nodded.

Sure enough, regardless of whether your strength is enough to instantly kill other eight-star powerhouses, as long as your raw strength fails to meet the standard, you are only an eight-star in the eyes of the system.

Just like Boa Hancock, who can instantly kill high-ranking officers of the Four Emperors, and Magellan, who can instantly kill Seven Warlords of the Sea, they are also only eight stars in the eyes of the system.

The gap between eight stars and nine stars is truly ridiculously large.

However, thinking of how Kaido knocked out Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates with a single club in the original story, and how Admiral Green Bull instantly killed King and Queen, he understood. ===== CHAPTER 419 =====

Moreover, as long as he could keep recruiting people and maintain his current upgrade speed, he would be able to step into the nine-star Emperor/Admiral level in at most a year, so Lin Yu was not in a hurry.

After all, Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates was likely still hiding somewhere training; by the time they entered the New World in two years, he would have long since become a true top-tier powerhouse.

Plus, with Smoothie, Ulti, and the others, he had absolutely nothing to fear.

Furthermore, as long as he recruited six more people, he would be able to upgrade the pirate crew again, unlocking new functions and binding new ships.

Unfortunately, Reiju and the others were still coating the Thriller Bark, and it would take some time before they could arrive at Fish-Man Island to rendezvous with him.

Otherwise, Lin Yu would want to head to Dressrosa right now to find trouble with Doflamingo.

Whether it was Violet, Monet, Rebecca, Baby-5, or Sugar, they were all very suitable crew members for him.

Thinking about this with some excitement in his heart, Lin Yu decided to celebrate.

Thus, he woke up the sleeping mermaids Ishilly and Camie to further discuss the way of harmonious coexistence between humans and mermaids.

It wasn't until noon that Lin Yu walked out of the room, refreshed, and prepared to go find Shirahoshi.

However, he was stopped halfway there.

"Mr. Lin Yu, I would like to have a word with you."

Koala blocked Lin Yu's path and said earnestly.

Ever since helping Lin Yu deal with Hody Jones' crew, Koala had not regained her freedom; instead, she had been asked by him to teach Madame Shyarly and the others Fish-Man Karate.

"In that case, let's go to the Mermaid Cafe."

Lin Yu waved his hand and left directly, while Koala hurried to follow.

Arriving at the Mermaid Cafe, Lin Yu ordered two coffees and, while admiring the beautiful mermaid waitresses, said, "Speak, what is the matter?"

Koala took a deep breath and then said slowly, "I want to contact the Revolutionary Army."

Because Lin Yu had taken away her special Den Den Mushi, Koala had not been in contact with the Revolutionary Army for a long time.

Taking a Den Den Mushi out of his interdimensional storage box and handing it to Koala, Lin Yu said casually, "Contact them now. I am also very curious to know what the Revolutionary Army plans to do about me."

Hearing Lin Yu ask her to contact the Revolutionary Army right in front of him, Koala was stunned.

She had originally wanted to contact them alone so that if the Revolutionary Army really intended to become enemies with Lin Yu, she could prepare to mediate between the two sides. As it turned out, she was now in a difficult position.

Had she known this, she would have been better off not contacting them at all.

Feeling Lin Yu's gaze, Koala bit the bullet and connected to the Revolutionary Army's Den Den Mushi.

"Hello, this is Koala. Right now, Mr. Dragon and the others..."

"Vice Chief of Staff Koala? Mr. Dragon is calling you back now. There is no need to try to win over Lin Yu."

Upon hearing this, Koala asked in astonishment, "Why?"

The voice from the Den Den Mushi replied, "Because Mr. Dragon has already agreed to Chief of Staff Sabo's request and is preparing to take action against Lin Yu..."

Hearing this, Koala stood frozen in place.

Seeing this, Lin Yu directly snatched the Den Den Mushi from the other party's hand and crushed it.

"It seems the Revolutionary Army has become Dragon's private army, prepared to take action against me for the sake of Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates."

Crushing the Den Den Mushi, Lin Yu set the tone for the matter.

"Why would it be like this..."

Koala was still shocked by the news she had just received; she didn't even react when she saw Lin Yu crush the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

She never expected that Mr. Dragon would actually choose to become enemies with Lin Yu for the sake of Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Could it be that the Revolutionary Army had truly become Mr. Dragon's own personal army? Why didn't Belo Betty and the others object?

Why???

Seeing the dazed Koala, Lin Yu took a leisurely sip of coffee.

He was not surprised by this result.

For Monkey D. Dragon:

First, Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates was his son; he could not stand by and watch him die.

Second, the fruit Luffy possessed was the Nika Fruit, the spiritual totem worshipped by the clan of former Revolutionary Army member Bartholomew Kuma. For the Revolutionary Army, it was also an important combat force for liberating slaves and overthrowing the World Government.

Third, Dragon must have already learned of the potential possessed by the Nika Fruit from Bartholomew Kuma.

Under these premises, it was self-evident who Dragon would choose to help.

If one were to put themselves in Dragon's shoes, his choice was not problematic at all; this was likely the reason why Belo Betty and the others did not object.

Unfortunately, because Koala was unaware of many details, she could not fathom the trick behind it.

Coupled with Lin Yu's previous sowing of discord and his timely shutting off of the Den Den Mushi, preventing Koala from learning the true reasons.

Therefore, Koala now truly believed that Dragon had chosen to become enemies with Lin Yu solely because of Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates. ===== CHAPTER 420 =====