The Dark Forbidden Legion!

Ye Yang said, "Uncle Rayleigh, could you release your Conqueror's Haki once so I can see it?"

"I could." Rayleigh looked at him suspiciously, then shook his head after a long moment and advised, "But don't set your sights too high. After all, Conqueror's Haki is different from the other two types of Haki. Only those born with the qualities of a king can awaken it."

Ye Yang nodded. "I know. I just want to feel it."

"All right." Rayleigh nodded helplessly, then straightened up, his gaze sharpening.

Immediately, an overwhelmingly domineering aura surged out around him and swept outward.

Heaven and earth seemed to lose their color at that moment. On the surface of the harbor nearby, a school of stunned fish floated up.

"So this is Conqueror's Haki?" Ye Yang frowned slightly. Under the influence of this aura, he had the illusion that he was a tiny boat on the open sea.

Moreover, although this Conqueror's Haki could not knock him unconscious and rob him of his ability to fight, it could suppress some of his power, preventing him from using his full strength.

The feeling of being suppressed displeased him greatly.

Having inherited all of Madara Uchiha's power, he had also inherited some of Madara's pride.

Madara Uchiha was the foremost member of the Uchiha Clan and one of the legendary ninja who founded Konohagakure. He had always been proud and untamable. How could he tolerate being suppressed?

The chakra inside his body began circulating on its own, resisting Rayleigh's Conqueror's Haki.

At the same time, a feeling that a power was about to erupt, impossible to hold back, spread throughout his body!

Rayleigh withdrew his Haki and looked at Ye Yang, whose eyes were tightly shut, with a faint smile. "You don't need to feel discouraged. If you possess Conqueror's Haki, you'll release it one day. There's no need to rush it right now... What?!!"

Boom!

Before he could finish, a towering aura surged from Ye Yang's body, sweeping in every direction!

As the violent aura swept past, the ordinary people playing and fishing nearby all saw their vision turn white and collapsed unconscious.

Rayleigh stared at the scene, dumbstruck, his jaw nearly dropping to the ground.

"C-Conqueror's Haki?!"

The Haki departed as quickly as it had arrived. After just three or four seconds, Ye Yang withdrew it again, then opened his eyes and looked at the horrified Rayleigh. A trace of a smile appeared on his lips. "Uncle Rayleigh, it looks like I have the qualities of a king too!"

At those words, Rayleigh came to his senses and wiped the horror from his face. He looked at Ye Yang with a wry smile. "Are you really human?"

What kind of monster was this?!

Not even an hour had passed since he began training, yet he had awakened all Three Types of Haki, even Conqueror's Haki, the hardest to awaken!

Could he... be the person Roger had always been hoping for?

Ye Yang chuckled. "A genuine, flesh-and-blood human."

"Ahem..." Rayleigh looked at Ye Yang solemnly. "Ye Yang, can you tell me? Are you a pirate or a Marine?"

Ye Yang shook his head with a smile. "I'm neither a pirate nor a Marine. I have my own faction."

Rayleigh frowned at his answer. "What faction?"

After all, whichever faction someone with such monstrous talent joined would bring about a major change in the world's balance of power. Even though he had retired, he could not help taking an interest.

And when he heard that Ye Yang was not a pirate, he could not help feeling disappointed.

Not being a pirate also meant that he was not the person Roger was waiting for, the one who would inherit Roger's will.

Ye Yang looked at him and said solemnly, enunciating every word, "My faction is called-the Dark Forbidden Legion!"

The Dark Forbidden Legion was the name he had given his own faction, which had yet to make its appearance.

The forbidden that dwelled in the dark night! That was the meaning behind the name!

Although this was the pirate world, he had no intention of joining any existing faction, because those factions already had their own kings!

The pirates had the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, while the Marines had their heroes and brilliant strategists, with the World Government ruling above them.

Whichever faction he joined, he would only be a latecomer. Even if the world remembered his strength, it would not forget that these people had existed before him.

If he was going to join a faction, he had to become its one and only king, with none before him and none after him!

So he planned to create his own faction. As for its members, possessing the Forbidden Magic Book, he was not worried in the slightest.

As long as he had Devil Fruits, he could unseal new forbidden characters. Why would he worry about lacking powerful members?

One day, he would make the name of the Dark Forbidden Legion resound in every corner of this world and become its sole ruler!

Rayleigh frowned. "The Dark Forbidden Legion?"

The name was completely unfamiliar to him. He had never even heard it before.

Was it a newly created faction? Or a behemoth lurking in the darkness?

Of the two answers, he was more inclined to believe the latter. After all, with someone as powerful as Ye Yang among them, even at worst, they would be no weaker than a major pirate crew.

"Sounds unfamiliar, doesn't it?" Ye Yang looked at Rayleigh with a faint smile. "My organization has already begun to act. Before long, you'll know just how much weight that name carries!"

Hearing this, Rayleigh's frown deepened. He wanted to ask more, only to see that Ye Yang had already left and walked more than a dozen meters away.

"Ah, looks like this world is about to become unsettled again!"

"But none of that has anything to do with me. This old man has already retired. Let those in power deal with the headache!"

Rayleigh shook his head, casting the questions out of his mind, and followed him.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

On the streets of Area 1, Ye Yang took several familiar turns and arrived before a black gate.

This was the auction house Rayleigh had told him about, where the Devil Fruit auction would be held. Two days earlier, he had already had Rayleigh bring him here once to learn the way, after which he gave Rayleigh the news about Ace.

After that, Rayleigh had impatiently rented a boat and headed for the East Blue.

This was an underground auction house, a so-called "shady establishment." Anyone with money could enter. Regardless of their identity or race, they would be welcomed.

Four fairly strong guards stood at the entrance. Seeing Ye Yang standing there, one of them immediately said, "Sir, would you like to go inside? If so, please pay the entry fee of five million Beli first."

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