"I see." Vladimir suddenly had a bit of interest, "Whitebeard? The strongest force in the world right now, it's good to go and see it."
Thinking of this, Vladimir waved his hand and directly lay down.
"I'm resting, don't disturb me if there's nothing."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Vladimir lay down to bask in the sun, closing his eyes to rest, but his consciousness was communicating with the Fantasy Gene.
"Phantom."
"What's the matter?"
The voice was cold, as if it were a dead object.
"How much longer is left in the forced transformation period?"
"Four and a half days."
"Four and a half days?" Vladimir pondered for a moment, then asked, "I've been opening new transformations, so I don't know the method of increasing star ratings. Tell me about it."
"To increase star ratings, you need mysterious power. Taking Devil Fruits as an example, to increase from 2 stars to 3 stars, you need 2 or 3 Devil Fruits."
The Fantasy Gene was as rigid as a program.
Vladimir understood, but he had a bit of a headache, "Then what about 3 stars to 4 stars, and 4 stars to 5 stars?"
"The former requires 4-6, and the latter requires 8-12." Saying this, the Fantasy Gene paused, and then said, "And, the increase of five stars requires a special condition. You will naturally know when the time comes."
"What do you mean? To increase from four stars to five stars, in addition to Devil Fruits, you need something else?" Vladimir was stunned.
"You'll know when the time comes." The Fantasy Gene seemed too lazy to explain, but just said, "Four stars and five stars are two concepts of power. If the host has a transformation that reaches five stars, even the Four Emperors of this world can't do anything to you."
Hearing this, Vladimir couldn't help but feel a little moved, thinking that he should first raise one to five stars, as a top combat power?
While thinking, suddenly a flustered voice sounded around him.
"I-Impossible, this is just the sea area near the three starting islands. Why is there a Four Emperors Pirates here!?"
"That flag, it's the Four Emperor BIG-MOM!"
Hearing these voices, Vladimir opened his eyes and looked around. Sure enough, in the far distance in front, there was a large ship.
"Four Emperors..."
Hearing the noise outside, Vladimir propped himself up and looked into the distance.
In the far distance of the sea level, he could vaguely see the shadow of a ship. Vladimir narrowed his eyes, and the pupils of his golden fox eyes contracted slightly, and he immediately saw it clearly.
That was a pirate ship, not large in displacement, similar to the one under his feet, hanging a pirate flag, a skull wearing a hat, and a red mouth painted on it. It was indeed the flag of the Four Emperor BIG-MOM.
"Hmm? Why does it feel so broken?"
Vladimir's heart flashed with a trace of doubt, because the distance was too far, even in the Nine-Tailed Fox transformation state, he couldn't see it completely clearly.
He could only see that the ship seemed to have been attacked and looked a bit dilapidated.
"Attacking the Four Emperors' ship, who's so bold?"
Vladimir's curiosity came up, and he immediately ordered to the bottom, "Change direction, get closer to that ship."
"Ah?!" One of the sailors was immediately dumbfounded, "Y-Y-You, what did you say? Nine-Lord, that's a Four Emperors' ship!"
The burly man was also dazed and quickly said, "Nine-Lord, you may not know, the New World is very chaotic now. The Four Emperors divide the sea area, each leading a huge force. There are often battles between each other. If a pirate crew like us without affiliation is encountered, we will be regarded as enemy forces!"
12 years ago, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger was executed, and a word before his death opened the Great Pirate Era.
Countless pirates poured into the Grand Line, and the best of them were stirring up trouble in the New World.
Among these countless pirates, the ones who stood out were the Four Emperors.
The melee lasted for ten years, and now the New World barely had a rough division of sea areas, but this didn't mean that everyone was living in peace. Fighting was still happening at any time.
Regarding this, Vladimir had a calm face and said, "Don't make me repeat myself a third time, get closer to that ship. As for what happens, I'll protect you."
After a pause, he couldn't help but look at the other party with disdain, "With your courage, how did you get a bounty of over 100 million? A pirate of this level is also a 'Supernova' in the first half."
Hearing this, the burly man was very embarrassed. The more he knew, the more timid he became. He knew very well that what Supernova, placed among the major forces in the New World, was just cannon fodder.
In the first half, a bounty of over 100 million was called a Supernova.
In the New World, without a bounty of 500 million, he wouldn't even dare to call himself a great pirate. The top-tier level was as high as 1 billion, and as for the Four Emperor-level powerhouses, their bounties were already immeasurable.
However, upon remembering that Vladimir was a Shichibukai, the burly man mustered up a bit of courage and nodded, "Yes, I'll listen to Nine-Lord's orders. Prepare to steer and get closer to that ship!"
He shouted towards the sailors.
Soon, the ship's bow turned ninety degrees, heading towards the Four Emperor's ship.
Before long, the two ships were close enough to be boarded, and Vladimir could finally see the faces of the people on the other ship.
The entire ship had clearly suffered a severe attack. The deck was dilapidated, the sails had several large holes, and there were also several tears.
On the deck, besides a few corpses, there were also many people lying around in a haphazard manner.
"They really were attacked, who's so bold?"
Vladimir carefully observed, his curiosity growing stronger and stronger.
Just then, on the deck, a short man slowly climbed up. He seemed to have suffered quite a few injuries and furrowed his brow slightly after seeing Vladimir's group.
"Finally met some people... cough cough..."
He coughed a couple of times, coughing up a lot of blood, "I'm a combatant of the BIG MOM Pirates, Pekoms. You pirates over there, I'm temporarily commandeering your ship! Who's your captain, tell him to come up here to talk."
This person had a lion's head, wore black sunglasses, and had golden hair that exploded into a spherical shape, appearing rather comical.
Upon hearing his words, the burly man immediately shuddered, "Pekoms, bounty of 300 million, he's definitely from BIG MOM!"
He looked towards Vladimir, only able to offer a pleading gaze.
The rest of the pirates also fearfully moved away. The Four Emperor's name carried too much weight, and even if the person in front of them seemed to be on his last breath, they wouldn't dare to act recklessly.
Vladimir, on the other hand, was calm. If BIG MOM herself were here, he might have to give way a bit, since the Soul-Soul Fruit ability was rather troublesome. However, for a mere combatant to dare act so presumptuously, he was underestimating the people of the world too much.
"You said you want to commandeer this ship?" Vladimir looked at the other party teasingly, "If you answer a few questions for me, if Nine-Lord is happy, I might just save your life while I'm at it."
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