Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

Kyle's gaze was deep and serious.

This is the first time since he gained an immortal body that he has experienced a situation where his injuries are difficult to heal when he is in full physical condition.

"Divine and domineering..."

Kyle murmured softly.

This was a new word he had heard from David D. Jones.

Divine Haki can be considered a level or grade of Conqueror's Haki.

Conqueror's Haki, a type of aura possessed by only one in a million people, becomes increasingly powerful as the game progresses.

In the original work, this thing seems to be quite common, but that's not actually the case. It seems common only because the Straw Hat crew are the main characters, and the adventures they encounter are all quite formidable.

The number of people explicitly possessing Conqueror's Haki in the original work, including the Five Elders, and even Im, Joy Boy, and others, does not exceed thirty.

How many people are there in the entire One Piece world?

This shows that Conqueror's Haki is indeed quite rare.

It's no exaggeration to say that only one in a million people can awaken.

Of course, these are just characters who appeared in the original work; there are definitely other people who possess Conqueror's Haki in secret.

For example, the prisoners Kael encountered in Impel Down, or Davy D. Jones whom he met at the bottom of the sea in Wano Country.

None of these were recorded.

Even with these individuals included, the number of people who possess Conqueror's Haki is still pitifully small compared to the entire ocean.

When Conqueror's Haki first appeared in the original work, most people thought it was a bit useless, only good for clearing out some weak enemies.

It's utterly useless against those who are even stronger.

It wasn't until the plot progressed that the strength of Conqueror's Haki gradually became apparent.

The Conqueror's Haki envelops the user, increasing their attack power by several levels.

Conqueror's Haki defense can block the vast majority of attacks; if the attack strength is insufficient, it is impossible to break through the defense.

Rocks once used powerful Conqueror's Haki for defense, and he seemed to handle Garp and Roger's combined attack with ease.

Ordinary attacks could not break through his defense. In the end, he only managed to break through by concentrating his Conqueror's Haki on one point.

Kyle has mastered and is extremely familiar with Conqueror's Haki Entanglement and Conqueror's Haki Defense, making him far superior to Rocks, the world's overlord from decades ago.

Even so, there are still areas of Conqueror's Haki that Kyle has yet to explore.

The most familiar one is naturally the overwhelming domineering aura that Kyle unleashed when he was under pressure from the Five Elders.

Since that outbreak, Kyle hasn't been able to touch that area again in all this time.

But this time he sensed a similar feeling again from David D. Jones.

That's right, this is what's called divine dominance.

The term "divine aura" only applies to describing Conqueror's Haki; there are no corresponding terms for Armament Haki and Observation Haki.

Divine dominance, as the name suggests, is domineering aura tinged with a touch of 'divinity'.

Don't underestimate this tiny wisp; it has blocked countless people.

Once one comprehends this trace of divinity, one's strength can break through from the peak of the King level, as David D. Jones described, to that of a demigod.

As this divinity accumulates and grows stronger, when it reaches a limit and breaks through again, the divine dominance will become true god-level dominance, and at that moment, the strength will reach the ceiling of this world—god-level!

Throughout history, only two people have reached this level.

One is Joy Boy, and the other is Im.

No one else has ever reached this level. Even Davy D. Jones only reached the peak of the demigod level and never took the final step.

Joy Boy was the first human to reach this level, and his strength was unparalleled in the world at the time.

Moreover, he is not a weakling at this level.

Even though Im later reached the same level, he was no match for Joy Boy.

If it weren't for the betrayal...

Joey Boy will never lose!

It was precisely because of this that Joy Boy left a great shadow on Im, so that even after eight hundred years, Im is still extremely wary of anything related to Joy Boy.

He ordered the destruction of anything associated with Joy Boy.

In the original story, he was so intimidated by Joy Boy's domineering aura that he immediately fell to his knees, covered in sweat.

Later, he even killed Satan to vent his anger.

However, when Im faced Rocks, who resembled Davy Jones, at God Valley, he did not react in the same way, which shows which of the two Im feared more.

David D. Jones told Kyle all of this.

The reason he was willing to tell Kyle was because Kyle's fists were not small either.

Although Kyle suffered serious injuries during his fight with Davy D. Jones, and due to the presence of Divine Haki, his injuries were extremely difficult to heal.

The injuries can only be healed after the divine aura is dispelled.

However, Kyle felt that this was not the limit of his immortal body. He could clearly sense that as his physique strengthened, his recovery effect also became stronger.

His current recovery is much stronger than when he first obtained the immortal body.

Therefore, he believed that as his physique continued to grow stronger, sooner or later even divine dominance would be unable to restrain him.

Having talked about him, it's time to talk about David D. Jones. That guy's situation wasn't much better than his, and could even be said to be worse. He almost vomited from being beaten.

Although the opponent was once a demigod-level powerhouse at his peak, Kyle is now only at the peak of the king level.

But it's all in the past; a hero doesn't dwell on past glories.

Davy D. Jones, now cursed and imprisoned at the bottom of the sea for over eight hundred years, has long lost his former strength, and his current state can even be described as very strange.

It's starting to look...inhuman!

This isn't meant to be offensive, but rather it's the impression that David D. Jones gave Kyle.

He sensed no life force in the other person at all; there was only a deathly stillness.

Therefore, Davy D. Jones' strength is far less than it used to be. Although he can still use Divine Haki, his overall strength is almost the same as Kyle's.

They were even at a disadvantage at one point due to Kyle's numerous tactics.

But that's about it; Kyle couldn't beat Davy D. Jones.

Therefore, after fighting for several days and completely rewriting the surrounding marine environment, they stopped fighting.

Kyle learned many unknown secrets buried in the dust of history from David D. Jones.

After that, they all went home.

Kyle returned to Marine Headquarters, while David D. Jones continued his journey to the bottom of the ocean to await his death.

Despite the serious injury, Kyle was very happy.

because--

He finally saw hope of breaking through the bottleneck that had been holding him back for so long!

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