Becoming a New Rocks Pirates Officer

"Gurarararara! That kid's pretty clever. He knew John was weak in aerial combat while he himself excelled at it."

"So he deliberately invited John into an aerial battle. Otherwise, if he fought John on the ground, he wouldn't have lasted long."

Whitebeard chimed in as well.

"Mama mama, I really want to have children with him."

After seeing Li Yuan display such powerful talent and strength, Charlotte Linlin wanted his sperm even more.

She, too, had ambitions of domination and dreamed of building Whole Cake Island.

But in this world, women were synonymous with weakness. Even though Charlotte Linlin was called a monster and possessed immense strength,

few pirates were willing to submit to her. Serving under a woman would make other pirates look down on them.

Since she could not subdue other powerful pirates, Charlotte Linlin came up with a solution.

That was to have children—lots of gifted children. Once they grew up, they would become her subordinates and help her establish Whole Cake Island.

To give birth to talented children, both parents needed to possess powerful genes.

That was why Charlotte Linlin had set her sights on exceptionally gifted powerhouses and people with special bloodlines.

Her initial targets had been the Rocks Pirates Officers.

But without exception, every officer had refused. They had no desire to be treated as breeding tools.

And the children born would not even belong to them. To them, that was a humiliation.

Since she could not obtain the officers' genes, Charlotte Linlin turned her attention to pirates with other special bloodlines.

For example, Kaido, who possessed Oni Clan blood. That was also why she had taken Kaido as her younger brother.

After hearing Charlotte Linlin's words, the other officers silently moved away from her.

Even Kaido behind her was extremely embarrassed after hearing that, and he even somewhat regretted following Charlotte Linlin.

When he had first joined the Rocks Pirates, he had been arrogant beyond measure, challenging everyone aboard the Rocks Pirates to temper himself and increase his strength.

But the pirates of the Rocks Pirates were hardly the kind to willingly serve as someone else's whetstone.

Kaido, who neither knew how to keep a low profile nor possessed sufficient strength, had been targeted by the Rocks Pirates members afterward.

An officer had even attacked him. At the critical moment, Charlotte Linlin had stepped forward to protect him and taken him as her younger brother.

Forced by the situation, Kaido had no choice but to lower his head, acknowledge Charlotte Linlin as his elder sister, follow behind her, and accept her protection.

"I'll become an officer too!"

Watching Li Yuan battle John in the sky, Kaido's eyes burned with fervor. One day, he too would challenge an officer and become a Rocks Pirates Officer.

Li Yuan and John's battle had already gone on for half a day, yet John had not noticed any sign of Li Yuan's explosive speed weakening. It remained just as fast.

If they had been fighting on land, he could have taken Li Yuan down in a short time.

But now that he had agreed to an aerial battle, he would not return to the ground before everyone's eyes. That would make people think John's aerial combat was inferior to that of a mere brat.

Moreover, John noticed that Li Yuan's swordsmanship was becoming increasingly sharper, and his strength seemed to be steadily growing. That made him realize that this bastard was using him as a whetstone!

"Brat, you dare use me as a whetstone? You're courting death!"

After realizing this, John became enraged. He also used some kind of physical technique to increase his speed through the air, instantly catching up to Li Yuan.

"Life Return: Reinforce Both Arms!!"

Seeing John unleash his full power, Li Yuan likewise began to use his own limit. The reason he had not reinforced his arms earlier was mainly because reinforcing all four limbs at once put too great a burden on his body.

Moreover, the Sword God Body Tempering Technique's recovery ability would be halved because of it, greatly weakening his sustained combat ability.

But now, it seemed he had no choice. If he did not use it, he would soon be unable to hold on.

With the strength of both arms increased by fifty percent, coupled with his improved swordsmanship, his attack power at this moment had barely reached the Admiral Candidate level!

"Limitless: Fierce Dragon Severing Sky Slash!!!"

Countless strands of Sword Qi behind Li Yuan transformed into an enormous Sword Qi dragon. With a single slash, the powerful attack streaked across the heavens like lightning.

The dragon Sword Qi merged into it, as though a real fierce dragon had flown into the sky, severing the heavens as it slashed toward John's body.

"Flashy but useless!!!"

Though John was shocked by Li Yuan's sudden surge in strength, he would never admit it aloud. His rapier, coated in advanced Armament Haki, slashed toward the terrifying dragon attack.

"Clang!!!!"

John's advanced Armament Haki forcefully shattered the dragon attack, but its tremendous power still blasted John backward over a hundred meters.

"Die!!!"

This was Li Yuan's only opportunity in half a day to gain the upper hand against John. Confident in himself, Li Yuan charged forward with sword in hand and clashed head-on with John.

"Brat, I'll kill you!"

Being driven back by Li Yuan's slash had already made John extremely displeased. Seeing Li Yuan charge at him on his own initiative made him even more furious, and he raised his sword to cut him down.

"Clang!!!!"

Li Yuan and John began fighting again, but unlike before, neither of them circled around. This was a genuine head-on clash.

Yet in this direct confrontation, Li Yuan was completely at a disadvantage. John was practically crushing him, leaving many gruesome sword wounds across his body.

John, on the other hand, had almost no wounds, because his advanced Armament Haki had blocked the vast majority of attacks.

Even so, Li Yuan still did not retreat. Instead, he grew more valiant with every strike, willing to trade injury for injury without hesitation.

This battle continued for another half day. In other words, Li Yuan and John's fight had lasted an entire day.

At this moment, Li Yuan could feel that his arms and legs had already been pushed beyond their limits.

He could not maintain the Life Return reinforcement for much longer. Once he gave up Life Return, defeat would not be far away.

"Wahahahaha! Li Yuan, congratulations on lasting a day against John and fighting him to a draw! In my capacity as Captain of the Rocks Pirates, I declare that you are now a new Rocks Pirates Officer!!!"

However, at that moment, Rocks's voice resounded throughout the sky.

"That's incredible, a new officer?"

"From the looks of him, he seems to be a very powerful Swordmaster. We can join his crew and see if he'll teach us some swordsmanship."

"Hahaha, a new officer means new benefits. The Rocks Pirates have become even stronger."

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