On a sparsely populated island, a thin trail of cooking smoke rose into the air.
Luo Chen stepped out of a spatial portal and stood high above the island, looking down. His gaze landed on the source of the smoke—a clearing within the forest.
Blackbeard sat silently by a campfire, his clothes tattered and his face covered in dried blood. Over the burning flames, a hunk of beast meat was roasting on a rack, sizzling with hot oil and emitting a savory aroma.
As if sensing something, Teach looked up, his pupils instantly constricting. He scrambled to his feet, attempting to bolt into the dense woods nearby.
Luo Chen raised a hand, releasing a surge of gravitational force.
Blackbeard's obese frame was like a bird caught in a spider's web; despite his violent struggling, he could not escape and was eventually pulled backward through the air toward Luo Chen.
"Your aura is a bit strange. Have your Devil Fruit powers vanished?"
Luo Chen noticed something was wrong with Blackbeard's presence. He was much weaker than before, and the essence of a Devil Fruit was completely absent from his body.
Teach's rugged face twisted into an expression of despair. He gave a self-mocking laugh. "They were snatched away... by Imu and that bastard made of black mist." He looked at Luo Chen, unable to comprehend how he had been found. "How did you find me?"
"I'll just use Impure World Reincarnation first," Luo Chen replied, ignoring the question. He decided to proceed with the reincarnation immediately. To get information about the Dark God out of Marshall D. Teach's mouth, the most reliable method was undoubtedly Impure World Reincarnation.
He drew the long sword at his waist and severed Teach's head with a single stroke. Compared to piercing the heart, decapitation was undoubtedly cleaner.
After storing Blackbeard's corpse, Luo Chen scanned the surrounding waters with Observation Haki. He found no trace of Imu or the Dark God.
"If they are hiding inside the Phantom House, it seems I cannot detect them. Finding them won't be easy," Luo Chen remarked with a sigh. He opened a spatial portal once more and returned to the previous island.
He picked up Shiryu and returned to Totto Land. This excursion had failed to uncover Imu and the Dark God; he had only managed to eliminate Blackbeard. Furthermore, the Dark-Dark Fruit within Blackbeard had been stolen.
"I wonder if the Dark God will undergo any changes. Imu has reconvened the three Ancient Weapons, and Vegapunk is in their hands. I must continue to increase my strength."
Luo Chen stepped out of the spatial portal and returned to the Zhenhai Star Hub. Since the enemies' tracks were currently lost, his only option was to further enhance his own power.
Entering the Tianyun Pavilion, he had Robin arrange for Shiryu to be stationed on an island. Simultaneously, he ordered the Jinghai Army across the Four Seas and the Grand Line to prepare their treasures.
By now, the wealth of the entire world was essentially within his grasp. The Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line were already under the rule of the Jinghai Army. The New World in the second half was only a matter of time. After resolving the situation in Wano Country, where Kaido and Big Mom were entrenched, no pirate would be able to resist the Jinghai Army's conquest.
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Over the next three days, Luo Chen made successive trips to the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line. He visited numerous Jinghai Army branch bases, converting the concentrated wealth into system currency. After the conversion, the physical Berries remained at the bases to be used for the development of the Jinghai Army.
"Approximately fifteen trillion in wealth. The New World should have another two or three trillion, but I'll have to wait for the Jinghai Army to collect it for me."
In his office at the Tianyun Pavilion, Luo Chen leaned back in his padded chair, staring at the system interface.
The combined wealth of the Four Seas, the first half of the Grand Line, and the Celestial Dragons of the Holy Land, Mary Geoise, totaled roughly fifteen trillion Berries. Since the Jinghai Army had not yet fully permeated the New World, Luo Chen couldn't realistically go from island to island to collect it himself, so he set that aside for now.
Fifteen trillion Berries converted into 1.5 billion Cultivation Points.
**[Congratulations to the Host! Cumulative top-up has reached 5 trillion Berries. Reward: Takamimusubi!]**
**[Congratulations to the Host! Cumulative top-up has reached 10 trillion Berries. Reward: Sukunahikona!]**
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**Host:** Luo Chen
**Taijutsu:** LV15 (Mid-God Tier ≈ ??? Billion Bounty level pirate)
**Skills:** Overlord's Seal, Observation Killing, Divine Departure, Conqueror's Haki (Enchanted x4), Sword Art (Bladeless Realm), Observation Haki (Enchanted x1), Armament Haki (Enchanted x1), Marine Six Powers: Soru, Marine Six Powers: Geppo
**Ninjutsu:** Sukunahikona, Takamimusubi, Tenseigan, Amenotejikara, Bansho Ten'in, Chibaku Tensei, Impure World Reincarnation, Kamui, Shinra Tensei, Tengai Shinsei, Susanoo, Sage Mode, Flying Thunder God Technique, Wood Style Ninjutsu Collection
**Cultivation Points:** 1,502,250,000
**Next Cumulative Reward Tier:** 20 Trillion Berries
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"I triggered two cumulative rewards."
"Takamimusubi at five trillion and Sukunahikona at ten trillion. These are already the Otsutsuki clan ninjutsu from the later eras."
Luo Chen had already tested his new abilities after receiving them. **Takamimusubi** allowed him to absorb an enemy's attack and then fire it back with its power amplified several times over. **Sukunahikona** allowed him to shrink himself and any non-living object.
"Takamimusubi isn't very useful in close-quarters combat, but it works wonders against long-range attacks."
Earlier, Luo Chen had his Wood Clone unleash a sword ki strike. He absorbed it with Takamimusubi, successfully tripled its power, and reflected it back, heavily wounding the Wood Clone with its own attack.
As for Sukunahikona, the application Luo Chen currently envisioned was shrinking planets and storing them within the Kamui dimension. In battle, he could launch a planet shrunken to the size of a dust mote at an enemy. A second before impact, he would restore the planet to its original size. Even something as strong as an Ancient Weapon would be instantly crushed and sunk by the mass of a planet.
"I should find some time to head into outer space and find some small planets or massive meteors."
Luo Chen planned to return to the Rainbow Mist space in a couple of days for closed-door cultivation. He had 1.5 billion Cultivation Points sitting idle in the system; it would be a waste to leave them there rather than converting them into strength as soon as possible.
"If only Sukunahikona could shrink living beings other than myself," Luo Chen muttered softly.
He wondered how Gaban had managed to get a female giant pregnant. If Sukunahikona could shrink a female giant, he could have achieved something similar.
Luo Chen shook his head with a trace of regret and activated Sukunahikona on himself. His body, sitting in the chair, vanished instantly. On the cushion of the soft chair, Luo Chen had shrunk to the size of a speck of dust, completely invisible to the naked eye.
"This is even more useful than the Clear-Clear Fruit. Let's see if Observation Haki can find me."
Maintaining his shrunken form, Luo Chen shifted his thoughts and appeared in Hancock's bedchamber. At that moment, Hancock was sitting on the sofa, flipping through a book. Luo Chen stood beside her and looked up.
Four large words were written on the cover: *Parenting Manual*.
He froze for a moment, then looked toward Hancock's abdomen. Under her red dress, it was still flat, with no sign of a bulge.
"She couldn't be pregnant, could she?" Luo Chen rubbed his cheek.
The two of them certainly hadn't taken many precautions lately. He would need to ask clearly tonight.
After staying for a while, he realized Hancock hadn't noticed him at all. With a thought, Luo Chen flew out of the bedchamber to find Yamato. On the island, the two strongest women were Hancock and Yamato. If neither of them could perceive him through Haki, it meant that the shrunken state of Sukunahikona could indeed bypass Observation Haki.
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