One Piece: The Celestial Dragons' Self-Cultivation

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For some time now, Black has been challenging a young Kizaru every day.

The younger version of Kizaru isn't particularly strong; Black, with his Iron Balloon talent, isn't weaker than him.

However, even as a young man, Kizaru still displayed the characteristics of a seasoned veteran, making it difficult for Black to seize an opportunity.

The problem now is that it's not difficult for Black to gain the upper hand, but it's extremely difficult for him to completely defeat Kizaru.

Chapter 7 Chance Encounter

"Fine, I'll just treat it as a way to train my Observation Haki with Kizaru..."

"But this Kizaru is just too annoying. Luckily, the people in the card space can't talk, otherwise I might have been so angry that I couldn't even use my Observation Haki."

"If this guy really is a revolutionary army spy, then we'll definitely settle all our old scores with him."

Having made up his mind, Blake looked into the distance.

An island appeared ahead, and he turned to ask:

Where are we now?

"Your Highness, at our current speed, we will arrive at Baterila Island in another half hour."

Blake nodded calmly.

"This tiny island isn't much to see. Let's replenish our supplies here and then head to the West Sea."

Bateriara Island?

Isn't that the island where Roger lived in seclusion before he surrendered?

At this point in time, Roger has been executed by the World Government, but Portgas D. Rouge should still be on this island.

But Black had absolutely no intention of meeting Rouge.

Many transmigrators who choose to take Rouge back to become Cao Cao's traitors are elites of the Celestial Dragons, registered with the Five Elders, and destined to join the Knights of God or even become members of the Five Elders.

Blake, who wants to rise to the top overnight, doesn't want to make a scene like that.

As for bringing Ace back and training him to be one of their own?

Stop joking around. Are you sure the environment in the Holy Land won't make him even more rebellious?

When they start pondering the meaning of life like Itachi Uchiha, that'll be quite a spectacle.

One year later, in the West Sea.

Because the South Sea and the West Sea are separated by a red earth continent, Blake needed to return to Mary Geoise first to travel from the South Sea to the West Sea. This journey took a considerable amount of time, and combined with the time spent in Mary Geoise, a year quickly passed.

The year was boring, but Blake's skills steadily improved.

Six months ago, as Black's Haki intensity increased, his Observation Haki finally broke through the critical point and reached the level of predicting the future.

If Katakuri's ability to foresee the future is a refinement of skill, then Black's ability to foresee the future is purely numerical; it's simply a matter of quantitative change leading to qualitative change.

With his Observation Haki, which allows him to foresee the future, Black successfully defeated Kizaru in his youth.

Flipping through the ability cards in his hand, Blake felt both excited and helpless.

Ability Card: Glint-Glint Fruit.

That's right, Black revealed Kizaru's highest-level reward: the Glint-Glint Fruit.

However, the card system did not break the curse of the Devil Fruit. Using this ability card is no different from eating the Glint-Glint Fruit.

"I can stand tall in the sky just by relying on my stats, so why should I find a weakness for myself?"

That's what Blake thought.

Therefore, he plans to give this ability card to someone who needs it.

After all, he can only eat one Devil Fruit or use one ability card.

Even if you're going to eat a Devil Fruit, you have to choose carefully.

Currently, Blake only has one subordinate, Wild Shepherd.

Since Aramaki is already a user of the Forest-Forest Fruit, he naturally can't use this card. It's expected that this card will remain in Black's possession for quite some time.

Black's strength has also grown rapidly in the past year. Now, Black can even easily defeat Doflamingo, who was 41 years old in the original story, and can be considered to have reached the level of a Yonko's first mate.

In addition, Blake's chances of drawing a swordsman began to increase that year.

Card Space seems to want to develop him into an all-around warrior.

Thanks to the efforts of these swordsmen, Black's swordsmanship improved extremely rapidly. In just one year, he had reached a level similar to Zoro's when he first entered the Grand Line, and was only one step away from becoming a swordsman capable of cutting through iron.

"Your Highness, there seems to be some trouble ahead."

Just then, the CP behind them suddenly spoke up to remind them.

Black didn't look up. His Observation Haki, which was enhanced through ability cards, had always been in a state of comprehensive improvement, and its range was no less than that of Enel in the original work. Naturally, he had already noticed the situation ahead.

On the sea, two ships, one chasing and the other fleeing, were speeding along.

"Fire! Stop this merchant ship!"

A burly pirate wielding a broadsword stood on the ship's side, yelling.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind his head and slapped him on the back of the head with a loud crack.

"Don't fire! You idiot! If you throw the treasure into the sea, you jump in and retrieve it!"

The burly pirate shrank back: "Yes, Captain!"

In the distance, Blake, who had been watching the commotion, suddenly sat up straight and looked in another direction.

A colossal island ship came into Blake's view.

"How did this guy end up here?"

The visitor was none other than Moria, who had recently suffered a crushing defeat in Wano Country.

This guy is really unlucky. His entire ship was wiped out by Kaido, and only Moria managed to escape alone.

The island ship wasn't particularly fast, but its enormous size was still quite striking.

"Captain! There's an emergency at four o'clock!"

On the pirate ship ahead, the lookout shouted.

The captain, with long silver hair and a slender build, looked in the direction the lookout had indicated and saw the enormous island ship as well.

His eyes widened instantly:

"What...what is this? The island...the island is moving?!"

The West Sea and the New World are separated only by the Calm Belt, and there are many powerful individuals there. However, the silver-haired captain in front of him was clearly not among them, and he panicked for a moment because he was not very knowledgeable.

Then came great joy.

"A moving island! Could it be the legendary One Piece?!"

"No wonder it's been so long and no one has found it yet; it turns out Laugh Tale can move!"

"As expected, I am destined to become the new Pirate King! Quick! Stop chasing! Change course! Laugh Tale is right in front of us! We can't let anyone else get there first!"

Upon hearing the silver-haired captain's words, the many pirates on board also became excited.

"Long live the captain!"

"The captain is wise!"

"Ouch!"

A group of pirates, excited by his words, charged straight toward Moria's Thriller Bark.

The poor pirates still haven't found the Temple or the warships beside it.

Even more pitiful is that they actually charged into the Thriller Bark, a ship that everyone else was trying to avoid.

Blake watched all of this with amusement.

One can imagine how Moria, who was in a state of euphoria, would feel if he encountered a group of low-level pirates disturbing him.

Compared to Moria, Black was more curious about the ship.

Moria has just completed the transformation of the island, and has only temporarily put the island ship into motion. Its appearance is very different from the Thriller Bark from the original story, which is why the pirates mistakenly thought it was an island.

Blake looked at the buildings on the island ship.

"Hmm...it does seem to resemble the architectural style of God Valley..."

In a previous life, there was a saying that Moria's island ship was transformed from the Valley of the Gods.

First, the terrifying 3D sailboat was created by Moria after his defeat and return to the West Sea, where he transformed an island into an island ship.

Secondly, several of Moria's zombies are suspected to be members of the Rocks Pirates.

Blake remained skeptical of this claim.

Chapter 8 Unexpected Joy and Blake's Perverse Interest

"Phew... I'm finally saved."

On the merchant ship that had narrowly escaped death, a sailor lay supine on the deck, panting heavily.

Beside him were several other companions who had also fallen to the ground.

One of them asked curiously:

"I wonder what that island is all about. I think I just heard the pirates on the other side shouting 'One Piece'."

"Yes, yes, I heard it too."

Another sailor immediately agreed.

"Then let's..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by someone next to him:

“We heard nothing and saw nothing.”

He first emphasized it loudly, then whispered:

"Are you crazy! We don't even have guns. Those are ruthless pirates! How could we possibly compete with them for One Piece?"

The person who spoke first seemed somewhat unconvinced:

"That's a great treasure..."

"There is a situation!"

The greedy sailor's words were interrupted once again.

"Another situation?!"

"Could it be that pirates are chasing after us again?"

The sailors complained incessantly, but still obediently climbed up from the deck.

After all, being caught by pirates is no joke. Complaining aside, your life is more important.

Before they could even look over, a massive shadow had already enveloped the merchant ship.

The sailors looked up and saw a cruise ship, several times the size of a merchant ship, anchored not far from them.

On the cruise ship, the flag of the World Government fluttered in the wind.

The ladder was lowered, and this time Blake did not ride on a slave, but instead came down with Stella, Wild Shepherd, and two CPs.

"A... Celestial Dragon?!"

"How is this possible? How could a Celestial Dragon appear in the West Blue?!"

"Kneel down! Are you all out of your minds?"

Hearing their discussion, Blake chuckled and turned to Stella beside him, smiling:

"The World Government's propaganda is really effective; these ignorant fools actually recognized my identity."

"It is Your Highness's heroic figure that makes them not even have the courage to look up at you."

Hearing this, Blake's eyes widened in surprise. He glanced at Stella, who was smiling, and reached out to ruffle her golden hair.