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He suddenly jolted awake, recalling Teacher Kaido's lessons and Roger and Shanks's Divine Departure.

Garp's punch seemed to share the same principle.

Then he shifted his gaze to the simple panel before him, focusing on the Conqueror's Haki section.

"Conqueror's Haki LV10+."

Staring ahead again at the shattered, devastated Town, with smoke and dust billowing everywhere, Xia Le licked his lips and realized that his mouth was a little dry.

At the same time, his body began trembling unconsciously.

Perhaps he was excited.

He had seventy-five system points.

There were now two choices before him.

"A. Wait until I master new skills, then decide where to allocate points based on the situation."

"B. Max out Conqueror's Haki first. Perhaps it will grant me terrifying power like Garp's punch!"

Xia Le clenched his fist, almost without hesitation.

"BBBBBB!!!"

Then he frantically clicked the "+" after Conqueror's Haki, doing so seventy-five times in a row.

"Conqueror's Haki LV85+."

In an instant, Xia Le's body shook. He suddenly understood something inexplicably, while his mental awareness grew even stronger, nourishing his body in return. His strength, speed, reactions, and everything else grew stronger as well.

He slowly raised his arm. Faint wisps of black-red energy curled around it like countless threads.

He could feel how immensely heavy the power of this punch was. He also realized that even if his fist did not approach his opponent, these wisps of energy could extend outward and strike the enemy's body.

Acting on instinct, Xia Le clenched his fist and looked toward the Pirates still standing dumbfounded ahead.

"Ga, rp!!"

"It's the Hero of the Navy, Garp!!"

"My god, how could it be that Monster!"

Only then did the Pirates recover from the shock of that punch. The fearlessness had vanished from their faces, replaced by overwhelming terror.

Clearly, everyone knew that they would have no chance against Garp.

No one noticed that, within the Marine ranks, a black-haired youth was slowly moving, seemingly accumulating invisible energy.

When the moment came, a streak of Black-Red Lightning suddenly flashed, and a violent wave of Conqueror's Haki surged forth, radiating across the entire Island.

"Buzz!"

Space twisted as ripples rapidly spread outward.

Everything visible to the eye trembled gently like reflections in a lake.

"Thud!"

The Marines beside Xia Le bore the brunt. Their eyes rolled back as they collapsed onto the ground.

One figure after another quickly lost consciousness. When it reached Kuzan, he turned around blankly. Upon seeing that this soul-shaking aura came from Xia Le, he froze.

"Xia Le?!"

He only managed to utter two words before his body went limp. His eyes rolled back, and he collapsed.

With Xia Le at the center, Marines and Pirates alike fell in waves like stalks of wheat.

Before this tyrannical, all-shaking pressure, no one could resist.

Xia Le, however, was still immersed in that punch. Following his instincts, he guided the entwined aura as it spread along his arm and gathered around his fist.

When the moment came, he suddenly opened his eyes and threw a punch.

"Buzz!"

The void collapsed. Lightning-like radiance burst forth, and a terrifying Shockwave shot forward at astonishing speed, plunging into the Pirates and striking Jerry, the sniper who had fired two shots at him.

Then Jerry exploded.

Centered on him, the Pirates were unconsciously blasted into pieces. The ground rumbled and shook, cracking once more. Even more astonishing was the range of the punch.

The Shockwave swept across nearly two-thirds of the Town, destroying all the buildings that had not already collapsed.

It was as if another nuclear bomb had detonated on the Island.

Xia Le withdrew his fist and fell silent.

He could now confirm that this was Conqueror's Haki Infusion.

However, the power of his punch was clearly inferior to Garp's. It was probably because his current physical strength was still too weak.

The entire Jerseylo Island fell silent. All the Marines had been knocked unconscious, with Garp the only exception.

At this moment, even the Hero of the Navy's heart was twitching.

What had he just seen?

A seventeen-year-old youth had only just awakened Conqueror's Haki, yet he had already used Conqueror's Haki Infusion, something only the world's top powerhouses could master.

And this youth had not even mastered Armament Haki or Observation Haki.

His Hand-to-Hand Combat, Swordsmanship, and Marksmanship were all a complete mess, practically at zero.

It was like an untrained child suddenly learning how to become a Saiyan. It was absurd.

He fell from the sky and landed before Xia Le, then asked loudly, his eyes filled with shock.

"How did you learn Conqueror's Haki Infusion?"

Xia Le remained silent at first. Only after a long while did he answer with two words.

"Instinct!"

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Instinct?

Garp blinked. Naturally, he did not believe such absurd nonsense.

Yet he was stunned, even shaken, by the talent of the youth before him. When he recalled the youth's Immortality, he could not help praising him as a Monster.

He was only seventeen. Awakening Conqueror's Haki would have been enough, yet he had also mastered the ability to use Conqueror's Haki Infusion.

What was even more unbelievable was that Garp quickly noticed that, after experiencing this battle, the youth's physical strength had clearly increased again.

"A Monster?"

He muttered to himself.

People born with terrifying talent did exist in this world. Charlotte Linlin and Kaido from the former Rocks Pirates, for example, had both displayed extraordinary signs from birth and were incredibly powerful.

But Xia Le was the first person Garp had ever seen like this.

He looked human on the outside, yet he could not be killed.

"Kid, I'll train you properly. You have the potential to become the strongest!"

"In the future, perhaps you can take my place and bring earth-shaking changes to this world."

Garp laughed heartily.

At first, he had only been curious about Xia Le's Immortality and admired how Xia Le opposed the Nobles and Celestial Dragons, which suited his taste perfectly. But at this moment, he genuinely believed that Xia Le's potential was limitless.

Once Xia Le received systematic, formal training and instruction, he would certainly grow rapidly and become a major force capable of suppressing the Pirates.

Xia Le stood there silently, thinking and comparing his current strength.

He used Kuzan as a reference, judging by their approximate speed, strength, and destructive power during battle.

"Kuzan is currently a Major."

"He just graduated from the Marine Academy. After systematic training, his strength is not weak, but he has not yet eaten the Ice-Ice Fruit."

"My strength, speed, and reaction time are all roughly comparable to his."

At this thought, Xia Le fully realized how powerful this Immortality cheat was.

Every death would multiply his strength based on his current foundation. The stronger he became, the more exaggerated the increase would be. Once he stood at the top of the world, his growth would become exponential.

The only flaw was that he could not commit suicide to exploit a bug.

"In other words, my physical strength is also at Major level, roughly equal to Kuzan's."

"But if I add Conqueror's Haki..."

Xia Le shifted his gaze toward Kuzan, who was lying there snoring.

"I can kill him instantly."

With his current strength and mastery of Conqueror's Haki Infusion, he was like a toddler clutching the button of a nuclear weapon.

After a while, the Marines woke up one after another, rubbing their aching heads.

"What just happened?"

"Was it Vice Admiral Garp's Haki?"

The veterans were all confused, unable to make sense of it.

Kuzan soon woke up as well. He was dazed at first, but then he recalled what had happened, and his eyes abruptly turned toward Xia Le.

Had he just been knocked unconscious by Xia Le's aura!?

At Garp's shouts, the veterans checked the surviving Pirates, but found nothing. After those two consecutive punches like Nuclear Explosions, the Pirates were already dead beyond dead.

Those who had survived had also been knocked unconscious by Conqueror's Haki. When they encountered the veterans, they slipped into eternal sleep without regaining awareness.

Xia Le stood to the side and watched silently. He had no intention of capturing them or showing mercy.

Every surviving Pirate was ruthlessly finished off.

In the end, all the Pirate corpses were piled up along the shore. A fire was lit, and they turned to ash amid the roaring flames.

"Bogard!"

"Count the soldiers who died in this battle."

Garp spoke in a deep voice.

Bogard nodded.

The group returned to the ship. Xia Le leaned silently against the mast, experiencing everything he had comprehended during the battle.

The midday sunlight was harsh. The sorrow of death in battle was not as severe as he had imagined.

Before long, he saw smiles return to the faces of Garp, Kuzan, and the others aboard the ship, as if the battle from moments ago had never existed.

This finally made Xia Le understand what human life meant in such a war.

It was nothing more than a tossed coin. Life or death passed in an instant, leaving not the slightest impression on people's hearts.

He came to a clear understanding of the meaning of death.

In this chaotic era, such things happened every day.

"The mission on Jerseylo Island is over. We're heading to the New World!"

Kuzan walked over and said with a smile.

Xia Le narrowed his eyes. "That's an even more dangerous sea."

"Yeah! But that's where we truly belong."

"The three Great Pirates are gathered in that region. They all want to become the Pirate King and possess this world."

"I've heard that it's an ocean of the strong."

A trace of anticipation appeared in Kuzan's eyes.

"Gol D. Roger!"