"Once we get this ship, we can cross Reverse Mountain and head for the Grand Line..."
Xia Nuo calmly turned his gaze toward the System Panel.
He couldn't be bothered to keep struggling in the little pond that was the East Blue.
Counting the time he had spent cultivating before Arlong arrived, he had already spent four years steadily developing in the East Blue. If he hadn't wanted to spend more time with his family before reaching adulthood, he would have set out for the Grand Line long ago.
As for his current strength, it was on a completely different level from back then.
[Name: Xia Nuo (Siano)] [Age: 18] [Height: 185/370 cm] [Strength: 6.8] [Agility: 6.6] [Endurance: 6.4] [Spiritual Power: 5.2] [Skills: Six Powers (Mastery), Armament Haki (Advanced Mastery), Breathing Fist (Mastery), Ripple Fist (Advanced Mastery), Brain Coercion Technique (Advanced Mastery), Flesh Furnace Method (Advanced Mastery), Sealed Desolate Mind Slash (Advanced Mastery), Fishing (Advanced Mastery), Mining (Advanced Mastery), Stealing (Advanced Mastery)] [Remaining Points: 29,000]
Three years ago, when most of his stats had still been in the 3–4 range, he had already been able to crush the Arlong Pirates single-handedly with ease.
And now...
Every one of his basic stats had risen to an absolutely terrifying level.
With his powerful physique as support, the martial arts he had mastered, represented by the Six Powers, had nearly reached the pinnacle.
In other words,
If the version of himself who had defeated the Arlong Pirates back then were standing before his current self, he would last a few seconds at most before being casually torn to pieces.
It wouldn't be much harder than slaughtering Hachi or Kuroobi, those insignificant nobodies.
The East Blue had long since fallen hopelessly behind his level.
At this point, let alone the first half