One Piece: The Celestial Dragons' Self-Cultivation

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This time, Whitebeard won't have Diamond Jozu to help him.

He casually swung his fist, swatting the slash aside.

The blow landed on the ground, carving out a trench hundreds of meters long.

Black had already swooped down using gravity, his blade tip condensing black-gold Conqueror's Haki lightning, which swirled with ghostly purple flames.

Whitebeard took a half step back, and Murakumogiri, wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, launched a counterattack.

The moment the two blades collided, the sky seemed to be torn in two by an invisible giant hand, and the storm swept the ground around the two of them until it was spotless.

Blake was thrown dozens of meters away, doing several backflips before regaining his balance, while Whitebeard remained completely still.

"Such explosive power! Such incredible strength!"

It is said that before Whitebeard joined the Rocks Pirates, he was strong enough to lift a warship with one hand, making him a natural monster.

The years have made him physically unable to sustain long battles, but his explosive attacks still possess the power of his younger days.

Whitebeard planted his naginata into the ground, clenched his fists, and swung it forcefully.

Instantly, the foundation of the entire town began to tilt, and the air exploded like glass.

Black covered his entire body with Armament Haki, took to the air using Moonwalk, and swung his longsword continuously, shattering the incoming boulders one by one.

Whitebeard gripped his sword in a reverse grip, leaped up, and slashed fiercely down at Black.

"Secret Technique: Galaxy!"

Although Blake blocked the attack with the hilt of his sword, he was still sent flying.

"Secret Technique: Ghost Flash!"

As he flew backward, Black slashed with his longsword, sending three powerful strikes, each imbued with Haki, flying in a triangular pattern toward Whitebeard.

Whitebeard used his naginata to slash and parry all attacks, demonstrating astonishing agility.

It's hard to imagine that someone over six meters tall could perform such a move.

Blake landed on the ground, his longsword pointing diagonally at the ground, the black and gold lightning on the blade still lingering.

"Wow, that's impressive, old man!"

Whitebeard's response was a sudden, powerful slash with his naginata.

The atmosphere shattered into a spiderweb pattern before the blade, but Blake had already anticipated the trajectory and used a quick-draw slash to counter the flow.

The aftershocks of the collision between the two overwhelming colors sent up waves of earth tens of meters high.

Suddenly, the tip of the Murakumogiri blade pierced through the smoke and dust—Whitebeard had forcefully broken through using the shockwave as propulsion!

Crystallized Armament Haki bloomed into ice cracks on Blake's chest.

Whitebeard's attack was unexpected, as he hadn't fully charged up his power.

Blake successfully withstood the attack thanks to his triple defense.

He flicked the naginata away with a backhand motion, and then unleashed a horizontal slash of sword energy.

Whitebeard raised his naginata to defend, and the two were sent flying nearly a hundred meters backward, facing each other again from a distance.

Blake grinned:

"You've given yourself away, Whitebeard!"

After several rounds of fighting, Whitebeard's breathing rate had changed compared to when the battle had just begun.

Although the change was not obvious, it was clearly visible in Black's Observation Haki.

The two fought from the afternoon until the early hours of the morning.

Blake's tactics have always been based on stability, proceeding at a measured pace.

Unlike when facing Garin, the longer this battle drags on, the better.

When Whitebeard's naginata struck, the shockwave was no longer as devastating as it had been initially.

Black's Armament Haki crystallized, forming a diamond-shaped armor on his left shoulder, allowing him to withstand the aftershock.

"They're already releasing water?"

He shook his numb arm; on the blade, Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and demonic energy intertwined.

"Then I'll take advantage of the situation!"

"Secret Technique: Storm!"

Blake's speed increased by three points compared to before, and the sword energy he unleashed with his longsword was no longer crescent-shaped, but a spiral drill.

Whitebeard parried with his sword, but due to exhaustion, he was unable to completely defend against the internal damage caused by Armament Haki.

The force penetrated his bones, causing his right knee to bend slightly.

Blake's Observation Haki pinpointed the opening, and his kick struck the opponent's jaw squarely.

Blood spilled from the corner of the white-bearded man's mouth, but he remained silent and launched a counterattack. The shockwave sphere created by his naginata crushed the ruins within thousands of meters into dust.

Blake leaped into the air and slashed down with his sword. The sword energy split into eight in the air, each one superimposed with a combined attack of Conqueror's Haki and demonic energy.

"Secret Technique: Yellow Springs!"

Whitebeard shattered five of the shattered defenses, but the remaining three shattered the defenses on his chest.

The blood turned into ice crystals before it even hit the ground.

Instead of unleashing flames like Garin, Black added a chilling aura to his strikes with demonic energy.

"Whitebeard! Have you ever seen a slash that comes down from the sky?!"

Black, holding his sword in both hands in mid-air, head down and feet up, spun around and stabbed at Whitebeard with a posture of man and sword as one.

Whitebeard raised his head, gripped his swords with both hands, and thrust upwards with all his might. The awakened power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit caused the space to shatter layer by layer like glass.

But Blake's thrust was faster than the shockwave, and the three intertwined forces converged at a single point on the blade's tip, forming a blinding white light.

"Secret Technique: Starfall!"

A spray of blood appeared as the blade pierced through the white-bearded man's back.

The naginata clattered to the ground, and the white-bearded man staggered forward two steps before his figure slowly dissipated into specks of light.

Black's attack was not the kind of penetrating wound that Akainu inflicted during the Marineford War.

The impact of rotation destroys most of the organs when it hits the human body.

"It's a pity you're an AI, otherwise I'd like to ask if One Piece really exists."

Before he could finish speaking, Blake also disappeared from the card space.

Back in the azure blue system space, Blake looked down at the ability card in his hand and grinned broadly—

Ability Card: Tremor-Tremor Fruit

"Unfortunately, fruit-type ability cards cannot inherit the original owner's level of development."

"It would be perfect if I could just get an awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit."

Blake thought with a hint of greed.

When I left the system space, it was almost dawn outside.

Blake looked in the direction from which the faint light was coming from:

"Our trip to the Western Sea is almost over."

Chapter 62 Now this really feels like an adventure story!

There are actually several routes from the West Blue to the Grand Line.

The most dangerous route is to cross the Calm Belt and arrive directly at the New World.

The safest route, of course, is through the Red Harbor of Mary Geoise.

For pirates, the only way is to fly over the Reverse Mountain.

But actually, there is a fourth route from the West Blue to the Grand Line.

Yes, it's the road that Gan Faure once mentioned.

You can reach Sky Island directly from the West Sea.

Near the location of the Inverted Mountain in the West Sea, there exists a special sea area known as the "Whirlpool Siphon Belt".

Due to underwater volcanic activity and a unique magnetic field, this area has formed a periodic gravitational disturbance zone.

Inside the vortex siphon belt lies a massive island called the Giant's Ridge, inhabited by giants born in the Western Sea.

They formed a kingdom of giants called Degard.

Saulo, San Juan Wolf, and Mori were all born here.

In addition, Harald, who traveled the world in his youth, also visited this place.

Normally, only giant warships can pass through this area using the "Reverse Vortex Navigation Technique".

But perhaps there is always an antidote within seven steps of poison, or perhaps clever humans can always come up with novel ideas for adventure.

The marine life near the whirlpool siphon is generally extremely large, including a giant whale called the "rainbow whale".

The iris whale's stomach secretes a corrosion-resistant mucus that provides a protective coating for ships.

Simply blowing the unique "whale-attracting snail" from the West Sea near the pod of rainbow whales can attract them to approach.

Black's plan was to travel to Degard, the kingdom of giants in the western sea, and from there reach the Western Summit, directly to the Sky Island.

"Your Highness, isn't this too dangerous?"

After learning about the unique characteristics of this sea area, Stella frowned, looking very reluctant.

Blake pulled her into a hug, stroked her face, and laughed:

"Don't worry, as long as we manage to attract the rainbow whales without any problems, crossing this place isn't as dangerous as you think."

Stella, her eyes sparkling with delight at Blake's teasing, and seeing that his mind was made up, didn't try to persuade him further. Instead, she whispered a name:

"Your Highness..."

Blake was somewhat agitated by that soft, sweet moan.

Seeing that it would be some time before they reached the siphon zone, he picked up Stella and rushed into the cabin.

Whether it was soon or a long time later, the Temple finally arrived at its target sea area.

Like a giant beast awakening, the siphon rises continuously as three intersecting currents collide, tearing the clouds into cotton-like fragments.

Seeing this, even the usually composed Robin couldn't remain calm:

"Do the Celestial Dragons really not value their own lives that much?"

Perona, Kella, and Rami, who were standing nearby, all turned pale.

Blake laughed heartily:

"It's not as dangerous here as it seems to you."

"As long as the boat is covered with the mucus of a rainbow whale, it can easily pass through with the ocean current."

"This doesn't seem as easy as you make it out to be!"

Robin muttered a complaint, but the slave at the bow of the ship was already trembling as he blew the whale-summoning conch.

A melodious sound rang out.

Soon, a response came from afar.

The older agent in the CP immediately shouted:

"Throw the prepared barrels into the sea! Create bubbles!"

The young agent's hands trembled slightly as he gripped the railing.

"Senior, are we really going to go through here?"

The older agent reprimanded him:

"This is the Celestial Dragon's order!"