The Straw Hat Pirates encountered an attack from the Holy Knights once again, and after a battle, the result wasn't bad!
Luffy has already been strengthened once by Gaban, and he also gained training experience that God Realm from Vic. Although Luffy is not aware of these things, it does not prevent him from moving in the direction Vic pointed out!
Therefore, Luffy's further strengthening is inevitable. He can hold off two God's Knights by himself, Zoro and Aokiji, making four in total. Add Sanji and Jinbe, who can barely be counted as one, and the rest of the others can also be counted as one, which means he can block five God's Knights!
Of course, the World Government didn't send that many God's Knights this time. God's Knights aren't just any ordinary knights, and the Holy Knights doesn't have that many people to squander. Those who can enter the Holy Knights are the elite of the elite!
There may be many elites, but it's impossible for them all to be born into the Celestial Dragons ' ranks. Add to that those who are overlooked, those unwilling to join, those recruited by other hostile forces, and those who die, how many are left?
You can't have all the God's Knights focused on the Straw Hat Pirates, can you? What about the Thunder God Pirates? What about the Red Hair Pirates? There are so many other issues that need their attention, and there aren't enough people to spare. So, the Holy Knights' defeat in this battle was not unjust!
During this time, Vic continued with his Lao San routine: assisting his companions, comprehending the Laws, and keeping an eye on the Straw Hat Pirates. He didn't go out much!
Since Wano Country and Elbaf are already at the end of the New World, after leaving Elbaf and passing through two more islands, the Straw Hat Pirates are really not far from the end of the Grand Line!
So when the Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Lodestar Island after passing through two more islands, not much time had passed!
The grand finale predicted by Vic didn't happen because Lodestar Island wasn't the true end. Roger was the first to arrive there before learning this truth, and thus he retraced the Grand Line.
Luffy had already learned this information from Duke Inuarashi, and he thought he could avoid some detours, but in reality, he did not. In the last part of Luffy's journey, he did not find any clues to the fourth Road Poneglyph!
The grand finale predicted by Vic did not take place on Lodestar Island, but a battle still occurred there, between two familiar faces: the Straw Hat Pirates and the Holy Knights!
The Straw Hat Pirates crew came to find the Straw Hat Pirates One Piece, Holy Knights came to sabotage them and prevent them from finding One Piece!
The battle ultimately came to nothing. Although two more God's Knights came this time, their old rivals Straw Hat Pirates, had become stronger, especially Straw Hat Boy, who fought too freely!
In addition, they learned that the Straw Hat Pirates hadn't obtained the fourth Road Poneglyph, and that no matter how much the Straw Hat Pirates tried, they couldn't get to Laugh Tale. Otherwise, the opportunity wouldn't have fallen to the pirates; why couldn't they go themselves?
Therefore, the God's Knights were not so eager to defeat the Straw Hat Boy. Of course, it was indeed difficult to do so, so the battle continued in this atmosphere of fighting and retreating!
Luffy wasn't particularly happy about defeating the Holy Knights again, because the trail had truly gone cold!
Zoro wasn't particularly happy either, because the World's Greatest Swordsman had become Kuina. How was he supposed to face that? But if he didn't face it, how would he handle the situation?
He set sail to become the World's Greatest Swordsman! Could it be that his goal has changed, and his new objective is to help Luffy become the Pirate King? Would Kuina be ashamed of him then?
Aokiji wasn't happy either. He thought that joining the Straw Hat Pirates One Piece end the Great Pirate Era, but now he realized that just getting to Laugh Tale was a problem with no direction, let alone anything beyond that. Was Vic trying to trick him into becoming his bodyguard? Aokiji couldn't help but think to himself!
The most unhappy one was Sanji. He had always hoped to Awakening Conqueror's Haki. He didn't care whether he could control his immortality or not; all he cared about was whether he could have it at all!
Without Conqueror's Haki, he always felt inferior to Moss Head, a feeling that was incredibly unpleasant. Every time he saw Nami and Robin excitedly screaming over how those three guys could overcome the immortality of the God's Knights, his heart ached, he would kneel down, pound the ground, and tears would stream down his face! Why wasn't I one of them?
Sanji's Conqueror's Haki is indeed very difficult to Awakening, even more so than Aokiji's!
Awakening Conqueror's Haki requires intense emotional fluctuations, but this generation of the Vinsmoke Family were all born through Lineage Factor experiments and are born without emotions or emotional fluctuations!
Originally, Sanji was a person full of emotions, even more so than the average person. However, after he Awakening the power of his Lineage Factor and gained a body of steel, many of his emotions and feelings were suppressed by that Lineage Factor!
This makes Sanji's emotions stable, and he is less likely to react to external events, which makes it even harder for Sanji to Awakening his Conqueror's Haki!
Just like when Robin was in mortal danger in Elbaf last time, if it were Sanji from before Wano Country, he would definitely be the first to sense the danger. Even if he couldn't rush to her rescue in time, he would definitely be the first to sense the danger!
However, Sanji like a dog on a leash that time and had no idea that Robin was in mortal danger. From that moment on, Sanji's emotional and perceptive abilities have been greatly diminished. If he cannot control the Lineage Factor within him, he will most likely never be able to obtain Conqueror's Haki in this lifetime!
The others were fine, only Nami and Robin were somewhat disappointed, but they didn't give up on continuing to follow Luffy adventures. Nami's world map was still far from complete, Robin wanted to know the truth about the Void Century; they just couldn't stop!
The Holy Knights have left Lodestar Island, but Luffy hasn't given up on finding Laugh Tale. Even without the fourth Road Poneglyph, he wants to give it a try. There aren't many seas left, and he wants to spend some time searching!
Actually, once you pass Lodestar Island, you're not far from Reverse Mountain. Of course, that's based on the entire Grand Line. If you consider the size of the planets and the speed of ships, that area is also very large. Luffy is just a matter of luck!
The Straw Hat Pirates are basically without rivals in the New World. Those who can be considered rivals are mostly their friends. Therefore, the Straw Hat Pirates sailed recklessly in the waters behind Lodestar Island for three whole months before finally giving up the idea of taking a chance!
Because they had arrived at a sea filled with dark clouds, whirlpools and undercurrents, and ahead of them was a towering red land; they had reached the end of the Grand Line, Reverse Mountain!
During this time, they have been traversing this last sea area, and the islands they have encountered are all ordinary and lifeless. Now they have arrived at the end point, Reverse Mountain. Even Luffy has decided to give up the futile search. He will retrace the Grand Line and find clues to the fourth Road Poneglyph!
During the three months Luffy was searching for Laugh Tale, Red-Haired Shanks and Fire Fist Ace arrived at Lodestar Island one after the other!
Shanks only came to take a look and then left. Afterwards, he took his men to Wano Country, and no one knows what Shanks was doing Wano Country!
Ace settled down on Lodestar Island, where he eventually waited for Luffy to return. The two pirate crews then held a grand banquet!