The Thunder Scroll of Thunder God Island

The three initial islands of the New World: Raijin Island.

"Boom~!"

"Zzt~!"

Streams of golden lightning and silvery-white lightning struck the earth in an endless chain across the sky, forming a dense grid of thunder pillars.

Rookie pirate crews freshly entering the New World, even Supernova pirate crews, did not dare to come to this island for adventures.

Even the Roger Pirates, who crossed the seas far and wide, only landed on this thunderous island for the first time during their final re-exploration of the world while searching for the Poneglyphs.

Even Roger and Kozuki Oden were left battered and disheveled by the electricity.

I've struck it rich, my Thunder Array, my Grand Myriad Thunders!

Luo Ji summoned sets of specialized Elemental Scrolls on the shore of Raijin Island, entirely for the purpose of harvesting these powerful bolts of lightning.

This was nothing like Ace and Yamato, who consumed massive amounts of stamina and grew weak after using a few heavy ultimate moves.

Possessing a special geographical environment, the heaven-and-earth lightning atop Raijin Island seemed infinite and boundless.

It was inexhaustible and unfathomable.

In currently known history, this island had already been struck for hundreds of years.

"Our captain is so amazing!!"

Crew member after crew member watched Luo Ji happily storing the violent lightning.

"If the captain puts all this lightning on Dressrosa, he could probably destroy Dressrosa."

Rebecca muttered this softly, though their goal in overthrowing the Donquixote Family was fundamentally to restore the reputation of the Riku Dynasty, return the truth to their people, and drive out Doflamingo, rather than to destroy Dressrosa.

After all, Dressrosa was also their home.

They certainly wouldn't do something as cruel as destroying their homeland and burying countless citizens just to take down Doflamingo.

"Big Sis Yamato, from now on you don't have to work so hard storing freezing energy for Big Brother Luo Ji."

Tama smiled and said to Yamato that these days, whenever Yamato had excess energy, Luo Ji would call her over to store a few shots of Musaishi Hyoga.

This frequently kept Yamato in a relatively quiet state.

"With that guy storing so many elemental scrolls, he might even outlast me in a battle of attrition."

Yamato felt Luo Ji relied too much on Devil Fruit abilities, and if she got close to him, Luo Ji would definitely lose in a fight against her.

Yet Luo Ji had positioned himself squarely as a long-range magic deity.

In Luo Ji's own words, before his three-color Haki reached full mastery, what was wrong with relying a bit on a Devil Fruit ability?

Others would probably envy Luo Ji for possessing such a cheap yet powerful Devil Fruit ability anyway.

Watching Luo Ji focus intently on storing lightning, he probably wouldn't stop for half a day or a full day.

The members of the Luo Ji Pirates accordingly went about cultivating and playing on the pirate ship.

"Charizard can actually swim~"

Tama discovered that this fire dragon from Punk Hazard could actually dive and swim, which somewhat defied the rule that fire feared water.

Under Luo Ji's naming, this fire dragon was officially called Charizard, with the moniker [Old Char].

As for Luo Ji's eccentric humor, Tama could only accept it.

"Captain Luo Ji said that this giant dragon has some Lunarian Tribe bloodline, allowing it to adapt to any extreme environment."

Violet smiled as she explained, possessing quite the intellectual and erudite air of Nico Robin.

"I know about that. Luo Ji told me that King the Conflagration is the purest descendant of the Lunarian Tribe. This rare race is almost extinct."

Yamato raised her hand to speak, then jotted these 'facts' down in her exclusive logbook.

She was destined to become someone on par with Kozuki Oden.

"Dammit! Why do we Devil Fruit users turn into landlubbers while Luo Ji doesn't?!"

With a slap, Yamato forcefully shut her logbook right after finishing her notes, deeply unconvinced.

All of them had lost the ability to swim in the sea.

Even if Charizard could swim, it couldn't take them along to play.

"The captain's constitution is truly unique; he actually ignores the curse of the sea."

Violet glanced at Luo Ji, who looked like a frantic wizard on Raijin Island, her eyes sparkling relentlessly.

Could he really surpass the Pirate King Roger?

At Luo Ji's suggestion, Violet had even started playing with a sniper rifle. With the clairvoyant assistance of the Glint-Glint Fruit ability, not playing sniper would simply be a waste.

"Our next island will be Fish-Man Island! I must go witness the merfolk and fish-men ten thousand meters below!"

"The Roger Pirates had a strong fish-man warrior on board named Sambel. We need to find a merperson or fish-man for our crew too!"

Yamato enthusiastically started discussing it again, clearly eager to have a fish-man or merperson companion.

"The Four Emperors' pirate crews all seem to have fish-men. The Whitebeard Pirates have the Eighth Division Commander Namur, the Beasts Pirates have Jack the Drought, and there are quite a few among Big Mom's children as well."

Acting as the intelligence officer, Violet chimed in with additions. Currently, everyone on the Luo Ji Pirates' ship was a Devil Fruit user.

They did indeed need a fish-man companion to guarantee their safety.

Though Captain Luo Ji wasn't afraid of the seawater, he couldn't look after so many crew members all by himself.

"It's settled then. We must find a fish-man companion!"

Acting as the boisterous vice-captain, Yamato made the decision on behalf of Luo Ji the captain.

Luo Ji, up on Raijin Island, wished he could store several thousand or tens of thousands of thunder scrolls.

Yet his current scroll ability limit and stamina simply could not support this grand ambition of his.

"I can't do it! I'm out of energy!"

After the better part of a day, Luo Ji returned to the ship looking utterly exhausted.

After resting for a day, while they had yet to leave the waters of Raijin Island, he immediately began practicing his Thunder Array right on the spot.

Elemental Scroll · Thunder Technique · Eighty-Eight Falling Thunders!

Luo Ji directly tossed out eighty-eight thunder scrolls, releasing streams of lightning that formed a thunder-net array.

This violent destructive power left all the members of the Luo Ji Pirates thoroughly shocked.

After spending a few days continuously practicing his attack speed and techniques, Luo Ji once again stored up thunder scrolls batch by batch.

Several days later, the appearance of a piece of news prompted Luo Ji to set sail.

In the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates in the New World, the rookie king Fire Fist Ace and the Shichibukai, Knight of the Sea Jinbe, fought fiercely for five days and five nights to a draw.

This news startled the great pirates of the New World somewhat.

This eighteen-year-old kid had defeated the Shichibukai King of Lizards Hanafuda not long ago, and now he had fought to a standstill with Knight of the Sea Jinbe.

Countless powerhouses witnessed Fire Fist Ace's formidable potential and wanted to recruit this rookie king.

This 18-year-old rookie king clearly possessed combat strength on par with the Shichibukai.

How many great pirates had achieved no such feat at this age?

One had to know that Beast Kaido was still an intern crew member on the Rocks Pirates at the age of 21.

Whitebeard Newgate grew extremely interested in this little fellow who had fought to a draw with Jinbe, and he wanted to take him in as a son.

Knowing that Fire Fist Ace's target was him, Whitebeard ordered his division commanders and subordinate captains not to block this little fellow.

Whitebeard intended to accept this challenge from the youngster and slowly win him over.

With youths like this, you couldn't beat them into submission unless you actually fought them.

The last Logia-type brat to challenge Whitebeard had been none other than that fellow, Sand Crocodile Crocodile.

That stubborn brat who refused to become Whitebeard's son ultimately left behind an arm and successfully escaped.