One Piece: I Loaded a Game Panel Chapter 48

Chinjao narrowed his eyes as a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki once again erupted from his body.

Yet the Conqueror's Haki, which in the past could at least slightly suppress opponents for a moment, had no effect whatsoever on White Ghost.

In the blink of an eye, Adrian closed the distance, and Yubashiri, coated in Ryuo Haki, slashed at Chinjao once more.

Chinjao's fan-sized right hand instantly covered itself in pitch-black Armament Haki, his five fingers clenching into a fist that blocked Yubashiri's path with lightning speed.

"Hasshoken!"

Yet Ryuo Haki was not so easily blocked.

Chinjao felt a sharp, intense pain in his fist as if he had been pricked by needles, and caught off guard, he drew his fist back.

Taking advantage of the opening, the longsword in Adrian's hand drove forward, the sharp blade swiftly slicing across Chinjao's waist and abdomen.

Even though the latter managed to timely protect his body with Armament Haki at the very last moment, he was still sent flying hard by the blow, creating a stunning visual impact.

Naturally, Adrian would not pass up the chance to beat a drowning dog. Taking advantage of Chinjao being sent flying, he entered his Ghost state and followed like a shadow, appearing directly above Chinjao.

At the trough of the wave when Chinjao's own breathing weakened, Yubashiri was raised high.

Steel Tempest!

The snowy blade gleamed with an indomitable momentum, sweeping horizontally toward the enemy!

Too fast!

Chinjao's pupils contracted, too late to even dodge.

Screech--Puff!

The snow-white blade was exceptionally sharp, piercing Chinjao's physical defense and carving a gruesome, massive gash across his chest. Crimson blood spurted continuously, and the throbbing crimson internal organs could even be faintly glimpsed within!

This was the ultimate offensive power of which Swordmaster was most proud; aided by the Breath of All Things, there was nothing in the world that could not be severed!

Yet such an injury did not cause Chinjao any great negative impact.

The intense pain simultaneously ignited his ferocious nature.

Fallen into a state of extreme fury, Chinjao let out a fierce roar. Disregarding his injuries, he leaped into the air, concentrating all his vital energy and spirit onto a single point of his head as he violently smashed toward his opponent.

"Hasshoken Secret Art: Drillless Dragon, Drillless Nail!"

Under Adrian's perception, given his speed and reaction time, completely avoiding this strike was not difficult, but there was no need to do so at all.

With his hair standing on end in rage, Chinjao had concentrated all his strength onto a single point of his head, but at the same time, he had completely abandoned the defense of all other parts of his body!

Adrian merely took a slight sidestep, dodging the Drillless Nail at the peak of its momentum while his gaze briefly met with Chinjao's as they crossed paths in freefall.

Yubashiri flicked gently, piercing upward through Chinjao's torso from bottom to top as blood instantly splattered the ground.

Chinjao the Drill is dead!

[85. June Summary]

Well, this actually isn't main-text updates. While writing code—er, writing words halfway through, I realized today is the last day of June and suddenly wanted to say a few things.

Judging by the current situation, this book's performance is quite good, with over ten thousand bookmarks and a top-twenty ranking on the New Star List.

However, book friends who have followed along from the very beginning know that this book's start was not all that smooth.

Last month, which was May 24th, I published the book. At the time, I didn't talk to an editor about internal submission and published it directly on the writer's backend.

Then came the long, grassy waiting period...

Normally, if a site message doesn't arrive within ten thousand words, you can wait.

At thirty thousand words without one, most people are considering scrapping it...

Fifty thousand words... Very few authors can persist to fifty thousand words without a site message and still keep writing, really.

This book only received its site message on June 3rd, by which time it had updated to twenty chapters. I remember that day was just a hair's breadth away from fifty thousand words, because I was genuinely prepared to give up if the site message didn't arrive at fifty thousand words...

Fiddling with the editor's QQ and changing channel classifications, I finally waited for the site message.

The site message came on June 3rd, and the first recommendation came on June 11th. Until today, it is already the middle of the third recommendation.

As for the temporary results...

Everyone can see.

Before going on recommendation, this book's cumulative bookmark count had just passed 500, and now it's over 11k. The backend shows the cumulative bookmark count at this moment is: 11,830.

In exactly 20 days of the recommendation period, cumulative bookmarks increased by over 11,000.

It's hard to imagine that a One Piece fanfic could achieve such results in the gaming category...

I think this is a remarkable achievement, and none of it could be separated from the support of all the book friends!

Now I will formally report to everyone on June's results up until the publishing of this author's note.

This summary will be deleted on July 4th, which is this Sunday.

The current total amount of cumulative tips in the backend is: 31,700. There might be some odd bits not counted, but roughly it should be this much.

According to the original rules, 3,000 Qidian coins tipped equals one extra chapter. Seven chapters have already been repaid, leaving three chapters owed.

The total number of cumulative ballots in the backend right now is 178 votes, with 47 votes coming in just today alone... I don't know if it's because everyone's enthusiasm for casting ballots spikes at the end of the month. Otherwise, I feel like I might need to change the ballot reward rules...

A cumulative 178 votes, so there is still one ballot chapter owed.

Thus the total cumulative owed chapters is 4.

On Monday I went to ask the editor about the retention data, and they said it "feels like it can make Sajiang."

The last time I asked about retention, the phrasing was "hopeful for Sajiang," and now it's "feels like it can make Sajiang." Savor the subtle difference between the two.

So if there are book friends who still want to invest, you can go and add an investment to see if this book can make it onto the Sajiang rankings during the new book period!

That is all for the author's June summary!

Tomorrow is the first day of July, and next month I will continue to work hard on updates!

I also hope everyone can continue to support me!

The author bows in gratitude!

[86. Chapter Eighty-Five Rewards and Spoils]

The warm corpse fell into the freezing abyss, leaving only a glaring pool of scarlet blood on the ice layer.

The vast Precious Jade Icefield fell into a dead silence.

None of the Happo Navy dared to believe that Chinjao the Drill—who had once roamed the seas and even vied with Garp the Hero in his era—would actually die in the Happo Navy's own lair, dying at the hands of a newcomer who had only recently emerged in West Blue.

The Happo Navy roared in disbelief and hoarse cries.

"Leader Chinjao... is dead?"

"This is impossible! How could Leader Chinjao die here! How could he die at the hands of White Ghost!"

"Leader Chinjao must just be heavily injured and passed out, just like when he was defeated by Garp before!"

Adrian ignored the group of Happo Navy members who instantly lost their composure upon losing their leader. He simply held the blood-wet Yubashiri with a cold expression, walking toward them step by step with a calm demeanor.

Seeing White Ghost approach with his sword, the Happo Navy goons either turned tail and fled in terror or mustered their courage to fight to the death.

No matter what, the final outcome would not change in the least.

After harvesting the lives of all the Happo Navy goons present, Adrian left only Tsai Dou—a guy who barely counted as an acquaintance—for the very last.

"Sorry for the trouble, Mr. Tsai Dou..."

Mini Hollow: Withering Heart-Piercer.

The next instant, a semi-illusory mini hollow was manufactured, slowly flying toward Tsai Dou's chest and sinking into his body.

Accompanied by a not-so-loud muffled sound, blood instantly splattered across Tsai Dou's chest. He opened his mouth as if wanting to say something, his lingering gaze filled with a mix of Hostility and regret.

Adrian slowly exhaled a breath.

Cutting weeds without removing the roots always leaves trouble behind.

From the very moment the battle with Chinjao ended, the tragic fate of the remaining Happo Navy members present was already sealed.

The panel notifications refreshed frantically.

[You killed Flower Country - Happo Navy Leader - Chinjao (LV81), you obtain 800 million EXP]

[Killing an enemy across 20 levels, additionally obtain a 400% EXP bonus]

[You cumulatively obtain 3.2 billion EXP!]

This was the largest amount of experience points Adrian had ever obtained!

Especially under the powerful bonus of cross-level killing, this massive amount of EXP was enough for Adrian to instantly raise his [Swordmaster] level to LV15!

After much deliberation, however, he abandoned this extremely tempting idea.

For one, the EXP required for subsequent upgrades of Swordmaster was too terrifying;

Secondly, as levels increased, the corresponding extra reward bonuses for cross-level kills would become fewer and fewer, and the difficulty of acquiring large amounts of EXP would further increase.

Once one officially stepped into [Swordmaster], suppressing levels and hoarding EXP became a necessity!

However...

"Even the current Chinjao has the strength of LV80+? It seems Chinjao at his peak could indeed be classified among the upper echelons of the sea's secondary top-tier combat power, given he's also one of the Pirates with a bounty of 500 million."

Adrian harbored a faint guess in his heart: perhaps any pirate with a bounty of over 500 million would correspond to a level above LV80!

"If that's the case, it'll be much simpler to find enemies in the future..."

Yet the chain reaction brought about by the deaths of Chinjao and Tsai Dou did not stop there.

[You killed Happo Navy Leader - Chinjao, Happo Navy's favorability toward you has plummeted. Current relationship: Mortal Enemies!]

[You killed Happo Navy Acting Leader - Tsai Dou, Happo Navy's favorability toward you...]

[You killed...]

[Flower Country's favorability toward you has plummeted. Current relationship: Hostility!]

[Warning: When a faction's favorability toward you drops below Indifferent, entering territory belonging to that faction carries an extreme probability of suffering attacks from native forces.]

Aside from the frantic plummet in faction favorability with the Happo Navy itself, the remaining chain reactions brought about by the deaths of Chinjao the Drill and a large number of Happo Navy members were also quite astonishing!

Compared to earlier when Hog of the Second Treasure Navy died, Flower Country's overall favorability had only dropped to the "Indifferent" level, merely the first tier of negative faction relations.

Yet after Chinjao was killed, the faction relationship with Flower Country instantly plummeted to the second-to-last tier of negative relations: Hostility!

It was only a single step away from the final [Mortal Enemies]!

It seemed Chinjao and the Happo Navy's prestige within Flower Country was far from something the Second Treasure Navy crowd could compare to...

Perhaps to people in other countries of West Blue, the Happo Navy and its leaders were unadulterated pirate factions, but in the eyes of local Flower Country people, the Happo Navy and Chinjao were their most powerful guardian deities.

One man's poison is another man's hero, nothing more than that.

The panel information continued to refresh.

[Random quest [Dragon Without a Drill] ended, you obtain 8 million EXP!]

[You obtain reward: Randomly draw a certain skill or Specialty from the enemy]

[Randomizing... Draw complete]

[Please choose one of the following five abilities as your reward:]

[1: [Hasshoken] - Skill: A powerful technique combining offense and defense. Passed down generation after generation by the centuries-old Happo Navy, it releases high-attack diffusing shockwaves while striking the opponent, which ordinary shields cannot withstand. It also possesses extremely powerful defensive capabilities, making it impossible for swords and guns to harm a Hasshoken user.]

[2: [Observation Haki] - Skill: Omitted]

[3: [Drillhead] - Proficiency: A peculiarly sharp conical skull that increases head attack power by 500%!]

[4: [Drillless Dragon, Drillless Nail] - Skill: Hasshoken secret art, one of Chinjao's strongest techniques. First coats the head in "Armament Haki," then uses full-body strength and weight to charge high into the clouds before concentrating the shockwave of the "Hasshoken" onto the flattened head to focus force on a single point when colliding with the opponent.]

[5: [Armament Haki Property: Black Jade] - Skill: Armament Haki resembling solidified jade, capable of massively strengthening one's own offensive and defensive abilities.]

A quick glance showed no Conqueror's Haki.

"What a pity, Chinjao is one of the rare possessors of Conqueror's Haki... Could it be because my luck is too low? Let's see what the other rewards are... Wow, my luck really is a bit dark this time..."

Among the five rewards, the only Specialty actually turned out to be an irreversible "appearance-type Specialty"?

What on earth is the use of that bizarre Drillhead?

Even if it can boost head attacks by 500%, am I going to go around headbutting people?