The Vinsmoke Family

"My explosive power and speed have both doubled. The Breathing Technique combined with my swordsmanship, the effect is indeed outstanding."

"What a shame, the so-called Constant State of the Breathing Technique is simply impossible to achieve—or at least impossible to achieve in the Pirate World."

The Breathing Technique from Demon Slayer is about stimulating one's stamina through breathing. It's essentially a burst skill that consumes stamina, similar to a 100-meter dash.

If one were to enter the Constant State using this Breathing Technique, it would be like constantly sprinting 100 meters. The end result would either be complete exhaustion, rendering the Breathing Technique unsustainable, or simply dying from exertion.

Perhaps in the world of Demon Slayer, the Breathing Technique has other miraculous uses, or can even directly strengthen the body, transforming from a fighting style into a training method. But at least in the Pirate World, its only function is to directly stimulate oneself and unleash power.

While thinking, Minos reached out and gripped the long sword in his hand, then crouched down again. He inhaled deeply through his nose and mouth, and continued his training.

By the time the next morning arrived, Baby5, who couldn't find her Master anywhere, finally spotted Minos sleeping under a tree in the training grounds.

The entire training ground was in disarray due to Minos's all-night practice of Thunderclap and Flash. Straight cracks crisscrossed the ground, and some of the rocks that had been placed on the training ground had been cut into several pieces, revealing smooth surfaces. It looked as if a great battle had taken place.

"Master Minos! Aren't your injuries healed yet? Why are you training so hard? What if you reopen your wounds..." Baby5 said, looking at Minos, chattering away.

Minos yawned, "Oh, it's Baby5! Could you please bring me some breakfast?"

"Okay! I'll go right away!" The nagging Baby5 immediately ran off excitedly to prepare breakfast.

The sound of footsteps echoed as Golden Lion approached, looking at the training ground before him. He spoke with some surprise, "You did this? Good kid, how did you suddenly improve so much?"

"Probably because I learned a new sword move," Minos said with a grin, looking at Golden Lion with a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes. "Captain Shiki, want to spar?"

"Hahaha, brat, you're quite arrogant!" Shiki laughed twice, shaking his head. "Let's skip it for now. In about two more hours, we should be able to find the Vinsmoke Family."

Hearing this, Minos dispelled his fighting spirit. He'd try his luck against someone from the Vinsmoke Family later.

If it were ten years later, when the Vinsmoke Family reached its peak, and Judge's children had fully developed their combat capabilities, while Golden Lion had regressed to the point where he couldn't even use Haki, perhaps then a battle could truly take place. But now...

The oldest of the Vinsmoke Family, Reiju, was only 14 years old. As for the remaining three children, they were only 11. Their limit was dealing with some ordinary Navy officers, slightly stronger than cannon fodder.

Judge Vinsmoke, who was currently the pillar of the family, might have decent physical fitness due to technological enhancements and had plenty of technological equipment to assist him. However, his narrow-mindedness and willpower doomed his Haki to be terrible. With some scientific equipment, he could at best fight Vice Admirals, and was no match for the still-powerful Golden Lion.

The sky island was flying quite fast. Coupled with the favorable wind today, they didn't even need two hours. Just one hour later, Minos's Thousand Mile Eye spotted the Germa 66's Snail Ship beneath the sky island.

Golden Lion flew down without much thought and directly used the power of the Float-Float Fruit. The Float-Float Fruit couldn't affect the snails themselves, but the things they carried were too numerous. Golden Lion directly lifted them using the fruit's power.

The Vinsmoke Family, caught off guard, descended into chaos. Judge did have flying scientific equipment, but only he and a few of his children possessed this aerial capability.

Looking at Golden Lion laughing maniacally in the sky, Judge mustered his courage for a long time but didn't dare to rush forward and fight him to the death.

On the other hand, his three sons, the eldest being only 11 years old, were all fiercely brave and wanted to fight the Great Pirate Golden Lion to the death, but he sternly ordered them back.

Courage is good, but recklessness is foolish. Not everyone could be like the protagonist Luffy, who could smash a hole through a Bronze Wall and Iron Fortress.

If his three sons were to charge forward now, it would probably only take Golden Lion a couple more lifts of his "foot."

With a rumble, several large snails were brought up and thrown onto the floating island. Golden Lion, laughing wildly, manipulated the floor and brought Vinsmoke Judge down to the ground as well.

His children also flew down with him. As for the ordinary clone soldiers, without any flying tools, they could only stand on the snails and watch.

"Golden... Golden Lion... Captain Shiki..." Judge, standing at the front with blond hair somewhat similar to Golden Lion's, spoke tremblingly.

This guy was cold and cruel to outsiders, but in reality, he was timid. Under pressure, he became even more weak. Seeing Golden Lion, his legs felt like they were going to buckle.

Among all the Great Pirates on the sea, Golden Lion was definitely the most difficult to deal with in the past. His personality was actually similar to Kaido's: cruel and cold, resorting to any means to achieve his goals. However, compared to Kaido, who could shed his pride, Golden Lion's personality was even more arrogant.

In fact, for Judge, this kind of ambitious personality was truly terrifying. Just like among the Four Emperors, Kaido was the most feared.

"Hahahaha! I heard you're a famous scientist on the sea? And you're also skilled in Bloodline Factors and human modification technology?"

Golden Lion asked with a smile on his face.

"Ah!? No... I can only come up with some ordinary weapon inventions, and at most, create some clones. How could a mere scientist like me invent something like Bloodline Factors?" Judge was startled and immediately denied it.

The World Government attached great importance to Bloodline Factors, which also drew the attention of other Great Pirates. Judge did indeed have considerable achievements in Bloodline Factors, but before his children had fully grown, he wouldn't dare to reveal it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have directly used his own children as test subjects.

If he were to mass-produce those Bloodline Factor-modified humans, setting aside the cost issues, the key problem was that if the information leaked, it would be a disaster for the not-yet-powerful Germa 66.