After dealing with the Blood Axe Pirates, Ye Yang dispelled Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique and was just about to turn around to say goodbye to the people on the merchant ship.
Just then, the Forbidden Magic Book's voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, Master! You have earned ten negative points!"
Hearing this, Ye Yang stopped in his tracks and frowned. "Negative points? What are those?"
The Forbidden Magic Book said, "Negative points are formed from the negative emotions living beings feel toward you, Master, such as hatred, anger, and disgust. These ten negative points were formed from the hatred the Blood Axe Pirates and the others felt toward you. Negative points can be used to upgrade the powers of unlocked characters."
"Upgrade the powers of unlocked characters?" Ye Yang raised an eyebrow, a trace of delight rising within him. "Does that mean these negative points can be used to increase my power?"
"They cannot currently be used to upgrade your power, Master."
"Why? Can only characters summoned in their actual bodies be upgraded?"
"No, Master." The Forbidden Magic Book explained patiently, "The power of Madara Uchiha that you currently possess was a free gift for using the Forbidden Magic Book for the first time. Upon unlocking him, you gained all of Madara Uchiha's power in full, so it cannot be increased any further. However, when you unlock new characters in the future, you will not receive all their power in full. You will have to restore it bit by bit through upgrades using negative points."
"So that's how it works." Ye Yang nodded thoughtfully. "In other words, negative points can only increase the power the character originally possessed. It's essentially recovering all of the character's power bit by bit. Since I inherited Madara Uchiha's power in full, I can't increase it any further, right?"
"Yes, Master."
"Then explain what you just said in more detail-about how characters unlocked in the future won't have their powers fully inherited at the start and will need to have them increased bit by bit."
"Of course, Master." The Forbidden Magic Book's voice paused, then rang out again. "Apart from the first free unlock granted to you, each new unlock requires a certain amount of rule power as a foundation, much like an exchange."
"The more rule power there is, the higher the chance of unlocking a powerful character. Once a new character is unlocked, only a portion of their original power will be available. It could be one-tenth or nine-tenths, but it cannot be inherited in full. To restore a character's original power, you must upgrade it bit by bit using negative points."
"Character levels are divided into star ratings. Each star lit up brings the character's power to a higher level. If you focus your senses on the Forbidden Magic Book, Host, you will be able to view the power ratings of the characters you have unlocked."
Hearing this, Ye Yang immediately closed his eyes and turned the pages of the Forbidden Magic Book in his mind. He looked at the illustration of Madara Uchiha on the page. Sure enough, there were a few small lines of data beneath it.
Name: Madara Uchiha Status: Fused Power inheritance: ★★★★★
After reading the data, Ye Yang withdrew from his mind, frowned, and asked, "Forbidden Magic Book, suppose the Madara Uchiha I unlocked was at one star. How many negative points would I need to upgrade him and inherit his power in full?"
The Forbidden Magic Book replied, "Full inheritance requires 150,000 negative points."
Ye Yang raised an eyebrow. "It actually takes that many?"
He had killed an entire pirate crew and received only ten negative points, yet full inheritance required 150,000. Wasn't that gap far too large?
Still, he understood that he had instantly killed all the Blood Axe Pirates just now. Most of them probably hadn't even had time to hate him. Only a small portion had felt hatred toward him, so it wasn't strange that he had received only ten negative points.
"Ah, if I'd known, I would've captured those guys and put them through all ten great Qing tortures!"
After that little grumble, Ye Yang set off, walking across the sea toward the merchant ship.
At that moment, everyone aboard the merchant ship was staring at him in shock.
Clearly, the sight of the wood dragon instantly killing the Blood Axe Pirates had shaken them tremendously!
After all, those were the Blood Axe Pirates, a crew with a fearsome reputation in their eyes, yet someone had wiped them out in a single move. It would be a lie to say they weren't shocked!
Ye Yang reached the merchant ship but did not board. Standing on the sea, he smiled at the captain. "Sir, thank you for saving my life and for the food. I'll be heading off now."
"Uh... take care, young man! Come have a drink with me when you have time!"
The merchant captain froze for a moment, then recovered, raised his hand, and grinned.
It wasn't because he valued Ye Yang's power. He simply wanted to befriend him. After all... this world had no shortage of spirited men.
"Sure!"
Ye Yang smiled and nodded, then turned and ran across the sea in the direction indicated by the Log Pose. Within moments, he had vanished from sight.
Watching Ye Yang leave, the merchant captain suddenly slapped his forehead as he realized something.
"Oh, I didn't even ask the young man's name... never mind. I'll ask him next time we meet."
Sabaody Archipelago.
This was a very unusual island, situated before the Red Line in the middle of the Grand Line. A Marine Base stood guard here, and it was also a necessary stop for pirates entering the New World.
The island was divided into 79 separate areas. Areas 1-29 made up the Lawless Zone, and Ye Yang came ashore in Area 27.
Thanks to his tremendous speed, he had covered in just over five hours a journey that would have taken the merchant ship two days.
Walking aimlessly down the street, Ye Yang looked at the illegal shops openly conducting business around him and the vicious-looking pirates, then shook his head lightly.
"It really is the Lawless Zone. Even with Marines stationed on the other side of the island, the pirates aren't afraid in the slightest."
"But what does that have to do with me... my priority right now is to find Devil Fruits and unlock new characters!"
Devil Fruits were Ye Yang's main objective.
After all, becoming stronger was what mattered most.
However, Devil Fruits were rare, and he had no idea where to find any information about them. Clearly, buzzing randomly around the island like a fly would be unwise.
He stood there thinking for a moment. A figure suddenly flashed through his mind, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
"If I remember correctly, Dark King Rayleigh is on this island too, isn't he?"
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