Pirate: I Maxed Out Conqueror's Haki First Because I Can't Die

As Chinjao sailed in, the warship wreckage scattered across the sea, the floating bodies of soldiers, and the shattered remains of the base shook him to his core.

G-18 Fortress had clearly endured a terrible battle.

"The Golden Lion came not long ago and destroyed the fortress," Xia Le said grimly.

Seeing the shock on Chinjao's face, he sighed.

"We'll build a new base on this island."

"Help us recover the bodies of the soldiers from the sea."

Chinjao drew a deep breath and nodded firmly. "Understood."

"What happened to the Golden Lion?"

Xia Le's eyes flashed. He slowly raised his right hand.

Under Chinjao's puzzled gaze, he curled his fingers and beckoned.

Crack!

Ahead of them, a conical mountain several hundred meters across rose into the air and hung motionless.

"What?!"

Chinjao's eyes widened. He sucked in a sharp breath.

He stared at Xia Le, his shock beyond words.

"I defeated him."

"And gained the power of his Devil Fruit."

Xia Le spoke calmly.

He relaxed his hand, and the mountain slowly descended, sending a ripple through the ground.

"I... I thought you already had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?"

Chinjao's voice trembled.

As he looked at the man before him, a startling possibility occurred to him.

The next moment, blue arcs of electricity spread across Xia Le's body.

"You guessed right."

"I now possess the powers of two Devil Fruits."

Xia Le smiled faintly.

"That's really possible?!"

Chinjao was shaken to his core.

Nothing like this had ever happened anywhere in the world. Possessing the power of just one Devil Fruit was enough to place someone among the strong.

Yet the man before him possessed two!

Just how powerful had he become?

Xia Le glanced at him and saw what he was thinking.

"We'll also need help from the Flower