One Piece: Starting as a Marine Lieutenant, I Slack Off and Get Stronger

Chapter 233 Saint Raven

After placing the Black Blade Autumn Water and Thunderstorm next to the Raven, something magical happened.

A dense golden light emanated from the Raven Blade, enveloping Lei Yu and Qiu Shui. Before long, Qiu Shui and Lei Yu vanished from this world forever.

The raven that "devoured" the autumn waters and thunderstorms seems to have entered the final stage of its transformation.

Rumble~

Suddenly, thunder roared outside the window, and the raven transformed into its bird form, bursting out of the window and flying over the sea.

Sizzle sizzle~ Click!

Countless bolts of purple lightning struck the raven directly, but the raven remained unfazed, quietly bathing in the lightning and enjoying its baptism.

This spectacle gave Karl a strange feeling that a divine artifact had been unearthed.

On the vast sea, the wind whips up dark clouds, and between the clouds and the sea, a raven soars proudly.

Soon after, the thunder subsided, and the raven returned to Karl's side. By this time, Karl could hardly recognize the raven.

Because its entire body is now flawlessly pure white, and its eyes, though not those of a raven, are still blood red, Karl dares not recognize it.

"Gah~"

The raven flew to Karl's shoulder, stroking his cheek. Then a flash of white light appeared, and a familiar-looking longsword lay quietly in Karl's palm.

It looks no different from the original.

The hilt features a feather-patterned design, the guard has a feather-like design, and the blade has a slightly curved shape.

What changed was the color.

The Raven's blade is mostly platinum gold, with red and purple patterns adorning the blade and guard, making the whole knife look both gorgeous and imposing.

"System, what's the current situation with Raven?"

"Collecting data, please wait..."

【Saint Raven】

Rank: Celestial Creation/Divine

Abilities: Form Transformation, Divinity

Form Transformation: Can be freely transformed into Holy Raven form, weapon form, or awakened form.

In Holy Raven form, its size can change, with a maximum size of 100 times that of normal form, and it can use Holy Light Breath to burn enemies.

In weapon mode, it comes with all the effects of Armament Haki and can absorb the host's Conqueror's Haki to enhance the power of its slashes.

In awakened form, it can fight independently and unleash flying slashes. All attacks inflict a holy light burn effect, and slash power is increased by 30%.

Divine: Ignoring the curse of the sea.

"Wow, you're this strong now?"

Although it didn't transform into bird form, the Raven Blade flashed, seemingly in response to Karl.

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Karl shook his head, not saying anything more.

Although he lost the Black Blade Autumn Water and the Demon Blade Thunder Rain, it was worth it as long as Raven was strengthened. After all, Raven was his destined weapon, and now that Raven was stronger, what more could Karl possibly want?

Then there's this treasure hunter. To be honest, Karl actually wants quite a lot of things, but this thing is a one-time use item, so Karl will have to think about how to use it for a while.

Where is Uranus, the King of the Gods?

"Searching in progress. Distance exceeded limit. Unable to navigate. Please change your treasure hunt target. This treasure hunter will be automatically destroyed if there is no response within ten minutes."

Carl: ......

Okay, you win.

"Neptune, cough cough, where is Pluto, the God of the Underworld?"

"Searching in progress. Distance exceeded limit. Unable to navigate. Please change your treasure hunt target. This treasure hunter will be automatically destroyed if there is no response within ten minutes."

Karl: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

"Pure gold, I want pure gold, okay?"

Drop drop!

A green cursor appears on the treasure hunter interface, with an arrow pointing to it.

"The location of the item [Pure Gold] has been marked. It is currently located in the waters near Stav Island in the latter half of the Grand Line and the target is moving. This treasure finder can only mark the location of this item for three days. Please find it as soon as possible."

Carl stroked his chin, a slight smile playing on his lips. Now Hancock and Ain wouldn't be in such a hurry to ask him for their child...

The next day.

"My God! This, this is a raven? How did it become like this?" Ain stared in shock at the pure white raven, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Carl shrugged: "Not there?"

"Well, anyway, my Autumn Water and Thunderstorm disappeared, and then Raven turned into this. Tsk, are power weapons really that magical?"

Ain touched Raven's head, somewhat puzzled, feeling that Karl was hiding something from her, but soon Ain smiled.

"Hey, Karl, now that the raven is white, doesn't that suit your title even better? White Raven General, there has to be a white raven, right? Hahaha!"

"Tch, the 'white' in 'white crow' refers to the 'white' in 'Prince Charming'! What do you know? Even if a raven turns green, I'll still be a white crow!"

The raven cawed, seemingly quite displeased with Carl's comment that it had turned green.

"Alright, alright, let me see how big you can get!"

"Gah!"

Under Karl and Ian's watchful eyes, the raven's size rapidly increased. Originally only a little over 30cm on Karl's shoulder, it grew a hundred times larger...

giant.

What would it feel like to have a giant bird that is 30 meters tall standing in front of you?

Overall, it was very impressive, and the enlarged raven was even more majestic and extraordinary.

"Shall we go up and give it a try?"

Ain nodded blankly, and Karl quickly called Nelson over: "We'll go straight to Naval Headquarters on the Raven. You're in charge of bringing the Holy Light back, understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

Then, Karl jumped onto the raven's back with Ain.

"let's go!"

"Gah!"

bang bang bang~

The raven flapped its wings, creating gusts of air. Nelson, who was standing some distance away, almost lost his footing and fell to the ground. Fortunately, he managed to do three push-ups to ease the embarrassment.

......

Malinvando.

The naval soldiers guarding the gates of justice stared wide-eyed at the distant white behemoth.

"Hey, look what's that?"

"What? Let me see."

"It's a bird! A huge bird! What kind of monster is this? Sound the alarm immediately!"

"Wait a minute, this looks familiar. It's a bit like Lieutenant General White Raven's raven, except it's changed from black to white!"

Karl, sitting on the raven, fearing that it might cause unnecessary misunderstandings, quickly released a dazzling white light to reveal his identity.

"Phew~ That scared me to death, it really is Lieutenant General White Raven."

Before long, Karl landed in Marineford Square, put his arm around Ian, and jumped off the raven. The raven's body also shrank rapidly, transforming from a huge creature into a "miniature" bird, which stood steadily on Karl's shoulder.

"Why has your bird changed color? I was wondering what kind of monster came from, daring to break into Marineford."

Karl turned around and saw that it was Aokiji: "Ugh, don't even mention it, the ability weapon is really weird. Last night it ate my Autumn Water and Thunderstorm, and then it turned into this. I still have no idea why!"

Aokiji nodded seriously: "That's true. After all, it's a weapon that ate a Devil Fruit, so it's normal for strange things to happen to it."

"Oh right, I haven't congratulated you on becoming the world's greatest swordsman yet! Mole Onigumo and the others have been waiting for you lately!"

Chapter 234 Night Meeting with Aokiji

"Huh? They wouldn't be trying to challenge me to a sword duel, would they?"

Aokiji shook his head with a smile: "How could that be? Don't they know your strength? I bet they just want to test how big the gap is between themselves and the world's greatest swordsman!"

"Sigh~ This is a troublesome matter. Let's not talk about this. By the way, aren't you supposed to be very busy lately? How come you still have time to go back to Naval Headquarters?"

Aokiji smiled wryly, "It's not that I don't want to be busy, but the monsters in the New World seem to have figured something out lately, and they've all become much more low-key. I can't help it!"

"Oh? Is that so? What about Admiral Akainu?"

"Sakazuki? I don't know. I happen to be free tonight, so I'll treat you to dinner. Ain, you should come too!"