You've Been Surrounded by Me Alone!

"What trash."

Princess Anna heard Lin Yu's rebuke and did not dare talk back. She lowered her head and obediently admitted her mistake.

After several days of Swordsmanship instruction from Lin Yu, her favorability toward him had reached 70, providing him with 7 points of Qi and Blood every hour.

Combined with Authority Training, she naturally obeyed Lin Yu's every command.

"Wake her up. Continue after half an hour of rest."

Lin Yu also knew training could not be accomplished overnight, so he spoke to Anna.

"Yes, Master."

Anna immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that she could rest.

Over the past two days, she and Charloss had not only received Swordsmanship guidance from Lin Yu at night, but also undergone physical training during the day.

Moreover, Lin Yu's stamina was incredibly strong. Even when she and Charloss joined forces, they had nearly been unable to endure his instruction.

Thus, she and Charloss had truly suffered terribly during this time.

Dragging the unconscious Charloss along, Anna headed toward the lounge, intending to get some proper rest.

Watching the two women leave, Lin Yu shook his head.

It was not as though he was deliberately torturing them.

According to the system's feedback, the stronger his crew members were, the more feedback experience he received each hour. That was why he had forced the two of them into physical training to strengthen them.

It was just that Charloss and Anna's foundations were far too poor. They simply could not withstand much training, so their progress was slow.

Arriving at the bow, Lin Yu placed his hand on the God Slave.

The next moment, the ropes on the God Slave automatically extended, dragging paintbrushes out from the cabin and beginning to paint the ship.

Two hours later, the God Slave's outer hull and sails had changed colors completely. Without close inspection, no one would be able to tell that it had once been the Saint Rosward.

Then, a golden Coiled Dragon Flag rose into the air, snapping loudly in the sea breeze.

Although Lin Yu's fruit was some system-produced Pirate Crew Fruit, he had no intention of becoming some damn pirate, much less flying a pirate flag.

In Lin Yu's eyes, openly showing everyone from afar that you were a pirate was simply idiotic.

Wouldn't it be better to sneak over and launch a surprise attack?

Therefore, Lin Yu planned to disguise the God Slave as a merchant ship and call it the Five Seas Trading Company!

After modifying the God Slave, Lin Yu took out a comic about "Germa 66," reading it while supervising Charloss and Anna's physical training.

As for why he was not training himself?

What a joke. If he could grow stronger just by lying down, who would bother training?

Even if anyone had to train, it would be Charloss and Anna getting extra sessions.

Several more days passed like this.

Having grown bored of staying aboard the ship, Lin Yu finally encountered another vessel.

"Is that Germa 66's ship?"

On the deck, Lin Yu saw the enormous snail ahead and was overjoyed.

He had not expected to encounter members of the Vinsmoke Family here.

Thinking of their flashy transformation combat suits and Lineage Factor Modification Technology, Lin Yu was delighted.

They were the perfect choice for directly boosting his combat power.

Without a second thought, Lin Yu directly used Ship Control to pursue Germa 66's giant snail.

His Sword Saint Experience Card could still be used twice. Within those two uses, Lin Yu had to seize the greatest possible benefits for himself and grow stronger as quickly as possible.

And Germa 66 was undoubtedly the best target for him to plunder.

Whether it was Sanji's sister, Vinsmoke Reiju, or Germa's Memory Metal transformation device, both were ideal choices for rapidly increasing his combat strength.

Furthermore, Germa 66 was an arms dealer known as the "Evil Army," so Lin Yu felt no psychological burden whatsoever in robbing them.

"Young Master Yonji, a giant ship is approaching us."

Inside the dining hall, a Germa soldier approached Vinsmoke Yonji, who was wolfing down food, and quickly reported.

"As long as it dares approach our warning line, sink it immediately."

After giving the order, Yonji picked up a steak and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Yes." The Germa soldier saluted, then left the dining hall.

Beside him, Vinsmoke Reiju cut the steak in front of her with her knife and fork without saying anything.

Elsewhere.

Watching the warning signal rise on the Germa ship, Lin Yu chuckled.

"Let me test the God Slave's combat power."

The God Slave that he had seized from the Celestial Dragon Roswald had been converted from a sail-and-steam-powered warship capable of carrying a thousand people. Few ships could surpass it in either power or size.

The Celestial Dragon Roswald had also equipped both sides of the ship with a hundred heavy cannons, giving it tremendous firepower.

With Ship Control, Lin Yu could make the vessel do anything he wanted, as naturally as commanding his own body.

For example, unleashing a full cannon barrage at Germa's ship!

"Signal them to surrender."

Lin Yu gave the order to Anna beside him.

Anna and Charloss both revealed shocked expressions upon hearing it.

Although they both knew Lin Yu was very strong, there were only three of them.

A ship with three people wanted Germa 66, which was packed with soldiers, to surrender.

No matter how they thought about it, that was impossible.

"Yes."

Though those thoughts ran through her mind, Anna still unconditionally followed Lin Yu's arrangement.

"Hahaha! They actually dare signal us to surrender? That's hilarious."

Vinsmoke Yonji came to the railing to inspect Lin Yu's ship. Just as he saw Anna raise the signal flags, he burst into laughter.

Although the ship opposite them looked huge, as long as it was not a Navy warship, it could not possibly cause any trouble before Germa 66's technological ships.

"Yonji, I think we should be more careful."

Holding a Newspaper, Reiju spoke up from the side to warn him. She felt that there was something strange about this ship.

"Hah! They dare tell us to surrender? Sink them!"

Yonji did not heed Reiju's advice and directly ordered the Germa soldiers to sink the other ship.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

Dozens of cannon barrels extended from Germa 66's Snail Ship and began bombarding the approaching God Slave.

Seeing the incoming Shells, Lin Yu placed his hand on the God Slave and controlled it to evade every one of them. Huge plumes of water erupted around the God Slave.

"Heh, let's see whose cannons are stronger."

With that, Lin Yu controlled the God Slave to accelerate. All its sails dropped, then adjusted slightly according to the wind direction, maximizing the God Slave's sail power.

The steam-powered apparatus within the cabin also began automatically adding Coal, providing the ship with additional power.

Driven by its overwhelming momentum, the God Slave shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, leaving Germa 66's Snail Ship's cannon range before swiftly catching up from the side at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"There's something strange about that ship!"

Seeing the God Slave's outrageous speed, Reiju cried out in shock.

"Hmph, so what? Watch me—"

Before Yonji could finish his arrogant words, he froze in place.

The God Slave had already reached Germa 66's side, and over a hundred cannons along its flanks had opened, all aimed directly at them.

It's over!

Looking at the countless, densely packed cannon ports on the other ship, Reiju's heart turned cold.

With such concentrated cannon fire aimed at them, Reiju knew that if Germa's ship took a single full barrage, they would basically be finished.

Standing by the railing with a loudspeaker in hand, Lin Yu shouted toward the nearby Germa Snail Ship.

"You've already been surrounded by me alone."

"Surrender at once!"