"You said it yourself—why didn't you go all out from the start? Who were you looking down on?"
Ye Zhuo's fists grew faster and faster.
Armament Haki Ryuo attacks, Observation Haki searching for his true body.
"Wing Chun Talisman-Fire Demon Chi Dart!"
Cough, cough!
Enel's throat was instantly gripped by a suffocating pain.
It hurt too much.
He had not even eaten anything that morning.
He had been throwing his weight around in the palace.
The Four Priests under his command and all his lackeys had still been worshipping him as the one and only invincible god of heaven, earth, and the universe.
Who would have thought that someone leading a tour group of beautiful women would suddenly appear?
First, Ye Zhuo had greeted him politely.
Then came the courtesy before violence.
And now, a silky combo of rapid moves he had never seen before.
"Wh... cough, cough... what... kind of... technique... is this?"
"Wing Chun, Ye Zhuo!"
Ye Zhuo paused. He struck a pose, thinking he would hear someone call him Master Ye.
In the end, he had been wishful thinking.
After taking a brutal beating, Enel felt utterly drained and weak.
"Let me show you that there's always someone stronger!"
Ye Zhuo's final move.
"Bajiquan's Coating Mountain Lean!"
Crack!
Enel heard the sound of every bone in his body shattering, and then he died on the spot.
He actually still had quite a few ultimate moves he had not used.
But he no longer had the chance to use them.
In life, you had to use your ultimate moves in time.
Do not wait until you returned to the resurrection fountain to regret it.
Ultimate moves had cooldowns, and resurrection did too—perhaps an even longer one.
A god fell from the sky.
After that invincible combo.
Ye Zhuo felt that even his post-waking irritability had vanished.
Only then did he truly begin his trip.
[ Ding! ]
[Main quest completed: Defeat Enel]
[Quest reward: Shadowkhan Shadowkhan]
Ye Zhuo casually gestured.
Ninja Shadowkhan and Shadow Samurai appeared together.
This was the Shadowkhan he had first seen in his childhood.
[Chain main quest activated: Crew Completion Plan I. Head to Alabasta and invite the fated blue-haired woman to become the ship's doctor.]
[Quest reward: Shadowkhan Shadowkhan]
Ye Zhuo remembered.
They were the guys whose hands and feet resembled awls, with attack speed maxed out.
"You could just say it. Her name is Vivi."
A fated woman, indeed.
Could the system's hint have been any more obvious?
"Go. Deal with all of Enel's lackeys."
Whoosh!
The shadows swiftly concealed themselves and began wiping them all out.
When Ye Zhuo saw there was no countdown, he relaxed considerably.
He really did wander around the forest, hunting, admiring the scenery, camping, and cooking outdoors.
The next day.
When he emerged from the forest, countless Sky Island residents had already gathered outside.
Enel had fallen from the sky.
He had accidentally been rammed to death by Ye Zhuo's Iron Mountain Lean.
Then, all of the god's subordinates had been uprooted overnight.
They had seen shadows appear one after another.
Together with Ye Zhuo's heroic and invincible Iron Mountain Lean in the sky during the previous battle, he had long since been etched into countless hearts.
They waited to see whether Ye Zhuo would become the new god replacing Enel.
Or whether he was the true god sent by heaven to save them!
Under such circumstances, only a god would save them.
If Ye Zhuo replaced Enel, he would still be a god.
That really was a mouthful.
With a whoosh, everyone knelt.
Ye Zhuo glanced at them and knew what they were thinking.
But the camping trip was over now.
There was no point in staying on Sky Island any longer.
He was preparing to leave.
"May I ask, are you going to become the new god?"
Someone asked tentatively.
"God? If such a thing really exists, it ought to go to hell."
Ye Zhuo and the others boarded the Demon King, ready to descend.
Everyone was still kneeling atop Wavers fitted with Wind Dials.
"Looks like Enel really brainwashed them."
Ye Zhuo's Observation Haki rapidly spread out, using Lightning Chi to swiftly fan through the atmosphere.
Like a great net, until it found a vine.
Above it hung a Golden Bell.
Whoosh!
Electric Eye erupted, shooting straight toward the Golden Bell.
The bell rang.
Everyone raised their heads in disbelief.
They looked at Ye Zhuo, standing at the bow before them.
"I told you already. There are no gods in this world. Even if there are, they ought to go to hell!"
The people of Sky Island looked at one another.
They felt as though some shackle deep in their hearts had suddenly snapped.
There were no gods anymore?
Then what was Ye Zhuo before them?
"Set sail! Back to the sea!"
At Ye Zhuo's command, the entire ship rapidly descended under the power of his Rooster Talisman and Rabbit Talisman.
Splash!
It broke free from the White Sea and appeared in the sky once more.
A great ship danced through the air like a leaf before finally falling back onto the sea.
"Do you have an Eternal Pose for Alabasta?"
Ye Zhuo could still hear the bell ringing in the sky.
Hopefully his laser had not given the Golden Bell a concussion.
Empress and the others recovered from the surprise of ringing the Golden Bell and falling from the sky.
They hurriedly produced an Eternal Pose leading to Alabasta.
"Captain, what are you going there for?"
Kalifa did not understand. Alabasta was no longer what it used to be.
It had not rained there for years, and the already desert-dominated island had become increasingly arid.
"To find a ship's doctor. Of course, I might also find a masseuse!"
A masseuse?
Kalifa did not understand. A ship's doctor made sense, but did sailing the seas require a masseuse?
"Set sail!"
Ye Zhuo had initially wanted to simply pick a direction and sail.
With the precision of his automatic navigation, which let him casually fly straight to Sky Island, why would he need an Eternal Pose?
He would not even need historical coordinates to reach Laugh Tale.
Besides, Robin should have already joined Crocodile's Baroque Works by now.
With the Flower-Flower Fruit's ability, she was simply too suited to becoming a masseuse.
Just imagine drifting across the boundless sea.
No matter how good the ship was, it would still sway and drift.
After enough time, your bones would practically fall apart. Without regular massage therapy, you would be ruined sooner or later.
Besides, there was no such thing as retirement for pirates.
Rayleigh was already so old, yet he still had to sell himself to pay off gambling debts.
Look at Garp, enjoying little barbecues and snacks every day.
For all anyone knew, Tsuru might even secretly knit sweaters for Sengoku.
Ye Zhuo let Kalifa and the others steer the ship.
He sat in a chair at the stern, drinking morning tea.
After a cup of black tea, all he lacked was a basket of salted duck egg and meat buns.
"Now that I've blown up even Enel, it's time to check my character panel."
Ye Zhuo nibbled on his afternoon tea.
The character panel immediately opened.
[Character Panel] [Plane: Pirate World] [Time: Sea Circle Calendar 1516] [Character: Shendu] [Player: Ye Zhuo] [Trait: Photographic Memory] [Chi: Fire Chi, Lightning Chi] [Skill: Swordsmanship (Great Swordsman)] [Haki: Armament Haki (Ryuo), Observation Haki (Future Vision), Conqueror's Haki (Conqueror's Coating)] [Talent: Demon Sorcerer Form (Full Status)] [Ability: Twelve Talismans (Conceptual Grade)] [Summon: Shadowkhan Shadowkhan (Unlimited)] [Treasure: Book of Ages (Locked)] [Inventory: Supreme Grade Blade (First Kitetsu), Disease-Disease Fruit, Pluton Blueprints]
His strength was pretty average.
That was Ye Zhuo's own assessment.
He was probably something of a collector, wanting to gather every last Shadowkhan and every type of Chi.
At that thought.
He remembered food again. Should he also find a better cook?
In truth, Ye Zhuo's collector tendencies were not limited to his character panel.
They also extended to collecting powerful crew members.
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