One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

Then there's the special equipment called "Shallow Strike".

It's not very useful for him at this stage, because it needs a lot of time to be nurtured, using his own spirit and beliefs as nourishment for its growth.

From Asahi to Zanpakuto, then to Shikai, and finally to Bankai...

The entire process cannot be accomplished in a short period of time; it requires a time frame measured in years.

The reason he was able to use Zabimaru before, and even perform Bankai, was that Zabimaru had been fully cultivated and possessed the basic conditions for Bankai.

It's just that Renji couldn't achieve that.

Abel, on the other hand, skipped the stage of making the materialized Zanpakuto submit, because the [Sword Demon Contract] gave him MAX-level affinity.

It can be understood that the personified Zabimaru had no resistance to him and was immediately subdued.

However, Abel can still use this [Shallow Strike] weapon.

He plans to use this [Shallow Strike] as the base material, along with the good items he has accumulated in his system inventory, to forge a divine weapon that doesn't require him to waste time cultivating it!

Of course, before that, he chose to activate [Rukia's Gift] first.

Let's see what good stuff is inside.

Chapter 995 Fragments of the Hogyoku

Upon opening [Rukia's Gift], Abel showed a surprised expression, not expecting to receive such a thing.

[Hogyoku Fragment]

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Description: A fragment of a gemstone that shimmers with a blue-black light.

Effect: Allows the target's skill to break through its limits and evolve to the next level.

Note: The higher the compatibility, the greater the chance of success, and the higher the quality of the upgraded skill.

……

"It's actually a fragment of the Hogyoku?"

Abel paused for a moment, then thought back carefully.

Suddenly, I remembered that Kisuke Urahara had sealed the Hogyoku inside Rukia Kuchiki's body.

This is the root of all evil!

If he completes the prayer order perfectly and gets a five-star review, will he have a chance to get the complete Hogyoku?

Abel couldn't help but smack his lips twice.

He wasn't one to dwell on regrets. Since the past was past and couldn't be changed, he could only look forward.

Even a single [Hōgyoku fragment] is incredibly powerful in terms of its effects.

Then he checked the compatibility of each skill with the skills he currently possessed.

The results showed that the overall levels were not high, all below 50%.

Among them, [Breath of Darkness] has a 45% compatibility rate.

However, there is one skill that is exceptionally well-suited to this skill.

That's his newly acquired skill, [Cero Flash], and its compatibility is a whopping 150%!

In other words, if you use the [Hōgyoku Fragment] on this skill, you can not only break through the limit and evolve to the next level with 100% certainty, but you can also get a significant improvement in quality.

Upon comparison, Abel immediately abandoned the idea of ​​forcibly evolving [Dark Breath].

There's a more reliable and perfect solution; there's no need to gamble on an unknown.

Without further hesitation, he chose to use it on [Cero Flash] as he had in mind.

The next moment, the [Cero] skill took on a form that surprised even Abel.

Skill: [Wang Xu's Flash]

Level: LV1

Consumption: Soul Power

Requirements: None

Effect: Releases an ultimate flash of light condensed from highly concentrated soul power, powerful enough to distort space and time.

……

What the hell!

The fact that Abel could directly evolve a regular Cero into the King's Flash was something he hadn't even anticipated.

It's like you just bought an Alto, and then in the blink of an eye, it turns into a Ferrari.

Both are cars, but how can they be the same?!

In every aspect, the latter is far superior to the former.

The skill effects seem similar, but the phrase "can distort spacetime" makes them completely incomparable.

Because even a regular Cero couldn't reach this basic power.

That's incredibly awesome!

Anyway, Abel felt it was worth it.

Then open the system store and start shopping!

Product: [Skill Upgrade Card Gift Pack] (Red)

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Description: Products from our system are guaranteed to be of high quality!

Effect: Upon use, you will receive 3 Beginner Skill Upgrade Cards, 2 Intermediate Skill Upgrade Cards, and 1 Advanced Skill Upgrade Card.

Price: 6000 trading points

Quantity: 1

P.S.: Do you even realize how valuable this gift pack is?!

……

Item: [Treasure Map Fragment No. 5] (Orange)

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Description: Someone buried a treasure somewhere and made a treasure map, but it was later divided into five parts, and this is one of them.

Effect: Collecting all fragments numbered 1 to 5 will allow you to combine them into a red-quality treasure map.

Price: 5000 trading points

Quantity: 1

PS: Huh?! Glug glug... (washing hair upside down).

……

Abel bought both items directly, spending a total of 11000 trade points.

The 10,000 points I just got were gone before I even had a chance to enjoy them, and I even lost 1,000 points.

However, it's absolutely worth it.

The Skill Upgrade Card Gift Pack contains 3 Beginner Skill Upgrade Cards, 2 Intermediate Skill Upgrade Cards, and 1 Advanced Skill Upgrade Card.

Based on past purchase prices, a basic skill upgrade card costs 300 transaction points, an intermediate skill upgrade card costs 1000 transaction points, and an advanced skill upgrade card costs 3000 transaction points.

Together, these are skill upgrade cards worth 5900 transaction points.

Abel spent 6000 to buy it, which seems like he lost 100, but that's not how it should be calculated.

Because these kinds of good things are usually hard to buy.

Now I'm selling them to you at almost the same price, and I'm even selling you 6 at once. You're making a killing!

In addition to the two previous purchases, he also bought and did not use one intermediate skill upgrade card and one advanced skill upgrade card.

It's entirely possible to upgrade the new skill [Wang Xu's Flash] to LV8 in one go!

This saved him a lot of time and energy.

In fact, that's exactly what Abel did.

Once I received the item, I immediately chose to use it.

The skill [King Xu's Flash] immediately upgraded to LV8!

It gave him an irresistible urge to find a place and test the power of his new skill.

But there's no rush.

We can test them together once the new weapons are finished.

But the most urgent task is to combine the five hard-won treasure map fragments.

When he bought the first four in a row, he thought he had finally turned his luck around.

But the fifth piece never appeared, which made him realize that he was Batman's greatest enemy—the Joker!

The system even mocked him back then, saying that if he could buy the fifth one, he would take a bath upside down.

Now the retribution has finally come.

After being combined, all five treasure map fragments disappeared from the system inventory, replaced by a brand new and complete treasure map.

[Treasure Map] (Red)

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Description: A map recording the place where a certain god fell.

Effect: Once activated, the user will be teleported to another dimension and receive some kind of guidance until they find the location marked on the map.