Chapter 237

Plus, he hadn't even eaten his fill.

The audience began to grow worried.

It is hard to imagine a country that extremely loathes men.

An Empress who extremely loathes men.

And he was even caught by her while she was bathing.

With so many debuffs stacked together, into how many pieces is Luffy going to be shattered?

As expected, there was no suspense; Luffy was announced to be executed publicly on the spot.

【That's not right, this plot is not at all what I imagined!】

【Shouldn't the next part be the mindless 'giving away the girl' segment?】

【Do you think this is a mindless power fantasy? This is what's realistic!】

【Actually, I'm more concerned about how the others are doing!】

【They shouldn't all be dead, right? It'll be fine!】

【Honestly, Kuma still doesn't know how to pick a spot; he should have sent Sanji here!】

【If Sanji came, he'd probably be dead by now!】

【It's okay, we can now confirm that Kuma is on our side; he shouldn't mistreat the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates.】

【Then I'm relieved, send my Sanji to a similar place too!】

【Rest assured, Kuma is a total good guy!】

Women are forever emotional creatures.

Watching Luffy being escorted to his imminent execution.

The female warriors who had previously interacted with Luffy felt a bit of pity instead.

They began to doubt the philosophy instilled in them by the State Preceptor.

Men are all evil, men are not good people, and they must be executed.

But to be honest, during their brief contact with Luffy, they felt that men were a very interesting species.

And very warm; they couldn't feel any malice at all.

Especially the female warrior who was the first to save Luffy.

She had more contact with him. She understood that he just wanted to leave this place to find his companions and held no malice toward them at all.

So she didn't understand: was a person to be executed based solely on some rumors?

No one expected that a background character would actually stand up bravely.

It shows that these girls still have the ability to judge for themselves.

Encouraged by her, several other female warriors stepped out one after another.

They had all interacted with Luffy and felt that he was not a bad person.

The Empress indicated that she thought so too.

Then, the few of them were petrified.

"You have already been bewitched by a man!"

"You are not fit to remain in the Amazon Lily!"

This overbearing beauty displayed her ruthless methods for the first time.

The audience was left completely bewildered.

What about the emotional tension?

What about the betrayal and arguments?

She just wiped them out without a word.

As expected, the Empress is not someone soft-hearted.

Luffy was also exceptionally shocked.

First, he was shocked that someone would actually plead for him.

Second, this snake-hearted woman actually petrified his companions.

Does she even know what a companion is?

Luffy didn't understand, but he was furious.

Originally, he was in the wrong and didn't want to fight back.

But now, he had to teach this foul woman a lesson.

The filter of being the world's number one beauty meant nothing to Luffy.

"Hmph, so you've finally revealed your true nature as a man!"

The Empress snorted in disdain.

Afterward, her competitive spirit was ignited.

She did not believe there was a man in this world who was completely indifferent to women.

She pushed her internal energy to the limit.

She hadn't been this serious in a long time.

Luffy still saw a dazzling light.

But he didn't understand what this thing was.

At this moment, there was only anger in his heart.

"How is this possible!"

The Empress was shocked into a meme face.

She found it hard to believe that a man would glare at her with such hostility.

"You snake-hearted woman!"

"Stop posing in front of me!"

Luffy was furious.

He seemed to have no concept of beauty or ugliness.

But he knew that her heart was definitely not beautiful.

The Empress was so angry that her whole body trembled.

She was even on the verge of spitting blood.

It was the height of absurdity; she had grown up and never met a man who spoke to her like this.

It was truly a blow to her self-esteem.

【Excuse me, why do I want to laugh so much!】

【I feel like in Luffy's eyes, she is just an ugly monster!】

【But this woman's personality is indeed terrible; someone just pleaded for mercy and she wiped them out!】

【It's true that she can't be redeemed for dealing with her own people, but the introduction earlier said this person is overbearing and has a terrible personality.】

【The Empress naturally wouldn't be soft-hearted; that's normal!】

【Is there really someone like Luffy in the world!】

【Yes, me! I'm completely indifferent to women!】

【You probably wouldn't even survive the Empress's passive ability!】

"Take him down!"

With her charm ineffective and her self-esteem severely damaged, the Empress decided not to waste words with him.

Today was truly embarrassing; she had lost all face.

So she decided to take him down by force.

The two guards beside her, who were also her sisters, immediately jumped down.

And their bodies also began to expand rapidly.

【Animal Mimicry: Python】

Both of them were practitioners of the ancient secret technique of Animal Mimicry.

Attacking from both sides, it was actually quite intimidating.

"Wait a minute!"

Just at this moment, Luffy called for them to stop, and the most ridiculous part was that they actually stopped.

Watching Luffy grunt as he carried the three stone statues to a safe place.

The Empress on the high platform revealed a look of disdain.

"Hmph, men!"

"They just love to show off!"

"Truly hypocritical to the extreme!"

At this moment, everyone became even more curious about the Empress's past.

What exactly did she go through to be so disgusted by men?

And the pattern on her back seemed to have been seen somewhere before.

But it flashed by too quickly, and they didn't see it clearly.

Luffy immediately fell into a pincer attack.

The audience still had a lot of confidence in him.

He had fought all sorts of bosses along the way; dealing with two subordinates should be easy.

However, the situation was not as optimistic as everyone imagined.

First, the most intuitive point was that Luffy's ancient secret technique was almost ineffective.

His pride and joy, the rubber muscle deformation, was almost useless.

Because these abilities became almost ineffective as soon as they touched the opponent.

【It must be protective Qi; it's simply the nemesis of ancient secret techniques!】

【So, brothers, quick-success techniques definitely have risks; the real way should be to be down-to-earth!】

【That was before; now the ancient secret technique has added a setting where it can be awakened!】

【Crocodile just suffered from appearing too early; wuwuwu, my Crocodile.】

【As expected, this cultivation system will have a huge impact on the future! But why did the author have to add this thing?】

【This should also be considered a way to expand the worldview, but I personally think it's quite successful!】

Most people were quite satisfied with the new setting.

A small number of people thought this kind of thing was a failure. Keeping the status quo was the decisive factor for longevity.

And facts proved that the new setting did indeed disrupt the power balance a bit.

Not to mention fighting head-on, Luffy found it very difficult to even hit the opponent.

It was like they could predict his attack movements; it was simply very cheap.

"Make this man feel despair!"

Although Luffy was being suppressed, it was still difficult to defeat him in a short time.

The Empress felt a bit bored for a moment.

So she came up with a sinister trick.

The snake-woman directly picked up a stone statue right in front of him.

And then was about to smash it down.

Destroying things that others cherish in front of them.

It is very easy to make the opponent reveal a flaw.

This behavior can be described as ruthless.

Because those stone statues were their own people.

Although everyone knew this was a setting, they still had some complaints about the Empress.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her snake-hearted.

Luffy's pupils contracted sharply.

He had just gone through the whole process of losing his companions.

Now he absolutely did not want to see anyone die because of him.

But at this moment, he was already bound by the snake tail, and there was no possibility of breaking free.

The Empress revealed a cruel smile.

Damn cheap man, this is the fate he deserves.

"Stop it, all of you!"

The furious Luffy let out a heart-wrenching shout.

At this moment, his emotions had reached their limit.

And at the same time, a bizarre scene occurred.

A powerful aura swept across the entire scene.

There was no fluctuation of internal energy.

Everyone at the scene was struck as if by lightning and fainted one after another.

The snake-woman who was about to smash the stone statue also had a brief moment of trance.

And the Empress on the platform showed an incredibly shocked expression; clearly, she recognized what this was.

【Holy crap, another new setting!】

【It's not a new setting; Rayleigh used this move before!】

【That's right, he used it to clear out soldiers at the auction house!】

【Are they adding another buff to the protagonist?】

【It's time to add a little; compared to other shows, Luffy has opened very few cheats.】

Many people had already guessed what this move was.

And at this moment, Lin Yi also provided the setting.

【Nine Provinces Dragon Qi】

The last of the three acquired energies.

The reason it is called acquired energy is because it also requires cultivation.

But the Nine Provinces Dragon Qi is innate.

It cannot be acquired through later cultivation.

Nor can it be inherited through genetics.

It is more like a destiny. A destiny that possesses the potential to rule and dominate.

Those who possess it walk the four corners of the world, absorbing the spiritual veins of the Nine Provinces.

It can only be awakened under specific circumstances.

Usually, only one in several million people has the qualification to possess Dragon Qi.

It is the absolute posture of a king.

All people who possess Dragon Qi are absolute targets for assassination by the imperial court.

Because every one of them has the potential to overthrow the imperial dynasty.

When Dragon Qi is revealed, it produces an extreme deterrent effect on surrounding people.

Those whose hearts are not firm will suffer strong mental attacks.

Under the Nine Provinces, is there any land that is not the King's?

On the shores of the land, is there anyone who is not the King's subject?

The last setting was finally revealed, completely igniting the entire scene.

Everyone just guessed that the last setting would be very awesome.

But they never expected it to involve so many secrets.

【Can I understand it as saying that anyone who possesses Nine Provinces Dragon Qi has the qualification to be an emperor?】

【That's roughly the meaning; it belongs to a type of destiny!】

【So ordinary people have no chance to be emperor at all; what's innate is innate!】

【I think this setting is quite reasonable, but is it a bit too weak?】

【That's right, doesn't this thing just clear out soldiers? It seems useless against strong people!】

【Its most important thing should be a symbolic meaning, not force; it represents that he can replace this imperial dynasty.】

【Who told you there is no force? This is just the initial setting; didn't you see that Nine Provinces Dragon Qi can also be cultivated? I feel like this will be a very buggy ability later on!】

【Is it possible that the current collapse of the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty is because the Dragon Qi was divided by these people?】

The bullet comments began to chatter and discuss.

And the people of the Amazon Lily looked at him in confusion.