Pirate: The Undying Me Maxed Out Conqueror's Haki First

He jolted awake, thinking of Teacher Kaido's lessons and Roger's and Shanks's Divine Departure.

Garp's punch seemed to share some of the same principles.

Then he turned his attention back to his simple status panel, to the line representing Conqueror's Haki.

"Conqueror's Haki LV10+."

His gaze fixed on the town ahead once more. It lay in ruins, shattered and covered in churning dust. Xia Le licked his lips and realized that his mouth was a little dry.

At the same time, his body began to tremble unconsciously.

Perhaps he was excited.

He had seventy-five system points.

There were now two choices before him.

"A: Wait until I master a new skill, then decide where to spend the points based on the situation."

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

Xia Le clenched his fist, hardly hesitating at all.

"BBBBBB!!!"

Then he frantically tapped the "+" after Conqueror's Haki, clicking it seventy-five times in a row.

"Conqueror's Haki LV85+."

In an instant, Xia Le's body shook. Some inexplicable understanding surfaced in his mind, while his spiritual consciousness grew even stronger, nourishing his body in return. His strength, speed, reactions, and everything else began to improve as well.

He slowly raised his arm. Wisps of black-red energy faintly wound around it, like countless strands.

He could feel how incredibly heavy the power of this punch was. He also realized that even if his fist did not approach his opponent, those strands 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 dazed ahead.

"Ga—rp!!"

"It's the Marine hero, Garp!!"

"Oh my God, how could it be that monster?!"

Only then did the Pirates recover from the shock of that punch. The fearlessness on their faces was gone, replaced by intense terror.

Clearly, they all understood that they had no chance against Garp.

No one noticed the black-haired youth among the Marines slowly shifting his body, as if gathering invisible energy.

When the moment arrived, a bolt of black-red lightning suddenly flashed out. A violent surge of Conqueror's Haki erupted as well, sweeping magnificently across the entire island.

"Buzz!"

Space twisted, and ripples rapidly spread outward.

Everything within sight trembled gently, like reflections in a lake.

"Thud!"

The Marines beside Xia Le were the first to be hit. Their eyes rolled back, and they collapsed onto the ground.

One figure after another quickly fainted. When the wave reached Kuzan, he turned around blankly. Upon seeing that this soul-shaking aura had come from Xia Le, he could not help freezing.

"Xia Le?!"

He had only just managed to utter those two words when his body went limp. His eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground.

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

Before this domineering, overwhelming presence, no one could resist.

Yet Xia Le remained immersed in that punch. Following his instincts, he guided the coiling energy as it spread along his arm and between his fingers.

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

"Buzz!"

The void collapsed. Lightning-like radiance burst forth, and the terrifying impact struck the pirate ranks at astonishing speed, hitting Jerry, the sniper who had fired two shots at him earlier.

Then Jerry exploded.

Centered around him, the Pirates were blasted apart in their unconscious state. The ground rumbled and cracked once again. Even more astonishing was the sheer range of the punch.

The impact swept across nearly two-thirds of the town, destroying every building that had not already collapsed or been reduced to rubble.

It was like another nuclear bomb exploding on the island.

Xia Le withdrew his fist and fell silent.

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

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

The entire Jerseylo Island fell silent. All the Marines had been knocked unconscious. The only one still standing was Garp.

At that moment, even the heart of the Marine hero gave a painful twitch.

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—a power that only the world's top-tier experts could master.

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

His martial arts, swordsmanship, and marksmanship were all a complete mess, practically nonexistent.

It was like a child who had never trained suddenly learning how to transform into a Saiyan. It was absurd.

Garp descended from the sky and landed before Xia Le. Then he 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 reply with two words.

"Instinct!"

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Major

Instinct?

Garp blinked. Naturally, he would not believe such a ridiculous answer.

Yet he was shocked—stunned, even—by the talent of the youth before him. When he recalled Xia Le's inability to die, he could not help praising him as a monster.

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

Even more unbelievable was that Garp soon noticed that after this battle, Xia Le's physical strength had clearly increased again.

"A monster?"

he murmured.

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

But he had never seen anyone like Xia Le.

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

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

"In the future, you might even succeed me 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 his defiance of the nobles and the Celestial Dragons, which happened to align perfectly with his own tastes. But at this moment, he truly believed that Xia Le's potential was limitless.

Once he received systematic, formal training and instruction, he would certainly grow at an astonishing rate and become a major force capable of suppressing the Pirates.

Xia Le merely stood there in silence, thinking about and comparing his current strength.

He used Kuzan as a reference, judging by their approximate speed, strength, and the destructive power they displayed in battle.

"Kuzan's current rank is Major."

"He just graduated from the Marine Academy. After systematic training, his strength isn't weak, but he hasn't eaten the Ice-Ice Fruit yet."

"My strength, speed, and reaction time are all about the same as his."

With that thought, Xia Le fully understood how powerful this undying Gin 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 peak of the world, his growth would become exponential.

Its only flaw was that he could not commit suicide to exploit the system.

"In other words, my strength is also at the Major level, about the same as 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 stumbling child holding the button to a nuclear weapon.

A moment later, the Marines awoke one after another, rubbing their aching heads.

"What happened just now?"

"Was that Vice Admiral Garp's Haki?"

The veteran soldiers were all bewildered, unable to make sense of what had happened.

Kuzan woke up soon afterward as well. He was confused at first, but then he remembered what had happened, and his eyes snapped toward Xia Le.

Did I just get knocked unconscious by his aura!?

At Garp's orders, the veterans searched the surviving Pirates, but found nothing. After those two consecutive punches that had been like nuclear explosions, the Pirates were dead beyond dead.

Those who had survived had also been knocked unconscious by the Conqueror's Haki. When this group of veterans found them, they slipped into eternal sleep without ever regaining awareness.

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

Every surviving Pirate was ruthlessly finished off.

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

"Bogard!"

"Count the soldiers who died in this battle."

Garp spoke in a low voice.

Bogard nodded.

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

The midday sunlight was harsh. The grief caused by the deaths in battle was not as overwhelming as he had expected.

Before long, he saw Garp, Kuzan, and the others smiling again aboard the ship, as though the battle from moments ago had never happened.

That made Xia Le fully understand what human life meant in a war like this.

It was nothing more than a coin tossed into the air. Life and death passed in an instant, leaving not the slightest mark 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 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 hear it's a sea of the strong."

Kuzan's eyes shone with anticipation.

"Gol D. Roger!"