Ye Zhuo looked up at Kizaru and clenched his fist.
"I can use Observation Haki to find your real body.
But without Armament Haki, I still can't truly catch you.
There's no point in continuing this fight."
After weighing the pros and cons,
Ye Zhuo immediately returned to human form.
"You want to leave?"
Kizaru had expended a great deal of stamina, yet even after using every move at his disposal, he had failed to gain the upper hand.
He had even been injured by a shockwave.
Meanwhile, Ye Zhuo was completely unharmed. He had killed three Celestial Dragons and turned all the Marines surrounding him into gorillas.
Sentomaru had even pitifully turned into a pig!
"What else would I do? I still need to build my own pirate crew. See you another day, Borsalino."
Ye Zhuo waved his hand.
He still had to go to Amazon Lily to establish his pirate crew. How could he stay here?
This was a timed mission that had to be completed within five hours.
Having only just arrived, Ye Zhuo did not even know Amazon Lily's exact location.
How could he keep fooling around with Kizaru?
Whoosh!
Kizaru slashed at him with his sword, trying to stop Ye Zhuo from leaving.
As Ye Zhuo dodged sideways, his entire body streaked into a long blur and appeared beyond the ruins on the other side of the street.
"Don't even think about running!"
Kizaru had never been this angry before. If Ye Zhuo escaped so effortlessly, he truly would not be able to eat for half a day.
Of course, he would still have his afternoon tea.
"Kizaru, you're too slow."
Before Ye Zhuo's words had even faded, he activated the Snake Talisman and turned invisible.
Using the Rabbit Talisman and Rooster Talisman together, he vanished completely.
Five minutes later,
Ye Zhuo left a Marine Warship with an Eternal Pose in hand.
Amazon Lily lay within the Calm Belt.
The Sea Kings formed an impenetrable barrier. Only warships with Seastone installed beneath their hulls could travel through it freely.
Ye Zhuo was not worried about that at all. He could fly, and he was fast.
Whoosh!
A figure shot through the air. By the time Kizaru arrived, it was already too late.
Brrr, brrr!
The Den Den Mushi rang.
Kizaru answered it. On the other end was the voice of Marine Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
"How did it go?"
"There's a guy who can copy other people's Devil Fruit abilities. He's as strong as a monster."
Kizaru complained helplessly. He used to say things like that as a joke.
Now, he had truly encountered a monster.
"As long as you caught him."
Sengoku thought Kizaru was joking as usual. Surely he had defeated and captured the man.
"No. He got away. He was too fast."
Even Kizaru himself did not believe it as he said it.
Oink, oink!
Sentomaru let out a cry.
"Why do I hear a pig?"
Sengoku looked confused. He was having trouble accepting what Kizaru had said.
"Sentomaru was turned into a pig."
Kizaru stopped explaining. He was exhausted.
They could talk about it after he returned to headquarters.
A sonic boom rang out.
Ye Zhuo arrived at Amazon Lily at top speed.
He checked the countdown and saw that he still had enough time.
The system mission was to establish a pirate crew. It did not say he needed a pirate ship, nor did it say he needed crew members.
So all he had to do was check in at Amazon Lily and declare that his pirate crew had been formed.
This mission was far too easy.
"From today onward, my pirate crew has officially been established!"
[ Ding! ] [ Mission completed: Establish a pirate crew on Amazon Lily ] [ Mission reward: Supreme Grade Blade · First Kitetsu ]
A blade immediately appeared in Ye Zhuo's hand.
Red Line, Mary Geoise.
The bald elder among the Five Elders suddenly felt his hand go empty.
He froze for a moment before recovering.
First Kitetsu had vanished into thin air!
[ Main mission refreshed: Invite the Empress to set sail. Step one, appeal to her feelings: Tell her, "Set sail with me!" ] [ Mission reward: Swordsmanship · Great Swordsman level ]
"This reward is boring. I know swordsmanship too.
Even if I'm still weaker than the monsters of the One Piece world,
with my speed and strength, I can still rival a Great Swordsman's swordsmanship."
Ye Zhuo shook his head. Not even a dog would complete this kind of mission.
[ Mission prompt: The system is bound to the host. Each completed world roleplay grants one permanent trait. ]
"Damn it!"
Ten thousand Sentomarus galloped through Ye Zhuo's mind.
"No need to go that far. Keep that little bit of your Origin Source."
Having just formed his pirate crew, Ye Zhuo chose to look for his first crewmate.
Amazon Lily.
True to its name, the island had a hollow mountain.
Nine serpent heads rose from the mountain, roaring toward the heavens.
Within the mountain were city walls, defensive fortifications, and Empress Hancock's palace.
One of the Shichibukai, Empress Hancock, and her subordinates had all mastered Haki.
They could coat blades and arrows with it for attacks.
Amazon Lily could be said to have every citizen trained as a soldier, and the Kuja Pirates were not to be underestimated either.
Following the map from the manga in his memories, Ye Zhuo headed toward the gates of Amazon Lily.
"They haven't opened the gates?"
Ye Zhuo, floating in the air, immediately turned invisible.
He had no intention of dealing with Amazon Lily's foot soldiers.
Rather than waste time on them, he might as well go straight for the Yellow Dragon.
Silently landing, the invisible Ye Zhuo walked through the streets.
He did not see the Empress anywhere.
"She should be in her palace."
Amazon Lily, filled entirely with women, was rather nice.
They were bold, capable, and organized in everything they did. They were as outstanding as Ye Zhuo.
Passing by the guards, Ye Zhuo entered the grand hall.
Unlike Luffy, he did not stumble upon a purely coincidental censored scene.
Inside the hall, the Empress was discussing some unknown matter with her two sisters and "Granny" Gloriosa.
Ye Zhuo revealed himself. He simply wanted to know what the system's next mission would be.
The Empress immediately noticed Ye Zhuo, who had appeared out of nowhere.
"Mero Mero! Mero Mero Mellow!"
The Empress formed a heart shape with her hands and unleashed an attack.
The Love-Love Fruit's heart-shaped beam shot out. Anyone struck by it would turn into stone!
"You dare intrude upon my kingdom? You truly have some nerve!"
Fortunately, Ye Zhuo possessed Advanced Observation Haki and had long foreseen this move.
He dodged immediately.
What if he turned into stone?
Ye Zhuo would truly become Shendu then!
"Let me say one thing first!
Hancock!
Set sail with me!"
After shouting those words, Ye Zhuo decisively retreated.
The Empress's Devil Fruit petrification ability was ineffective against those who held no impure thoughts toward her.
Ye Zhuo understood that the moment he saw her.
He was nowhere near that level.
[ Mission completed: Invite the Empress to set sail, step one ] [ Mission reward: Swordsmanship · Great Swordsman level ]
[ Main chain mission activated: Invite the Empress to set sail, step two, reason with her: Defeat the Empress by force ] [ Mission reward: Advanced Armament Haki: Ryuo ]
"In your understanding, appealing to someone's feelings means being this violent? That's a seriously warped worldview!"
Ye Zhuo's rebuke had no effect whatsoever.
He could only draw his blade and attack the Empress.
Fortunately, it was a Supreme Grade Blade, and its quality was quite good.
It also allowed him to keep some distance from the Empress.
"Perfume Femur!"
A kick came flying at him, and Ye Zhuo immediately dodged aside.
Advanced Observation Haki, combined with his speed, was simply unmatched.
I won't look at you even once!
"Pig Talisman, invincible laser Electric Eye!"
Ye Zhuo really should have eaten a naming Devil Fruit.
Boom!
To avoid looking at the Empress, he simply unleashed laser beams from his eyes.
He used Observation Haki to foresee danger, then relied on the Rabbit Talisman's power to evade.
"Who exactly are you?"
The Empress was truly angered. Ye Zhuo had blasted two massive holes through her palace!
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