Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

However, Marco and Whitebeard also told them not to disturb Reina too much, as he mainly needs to rest now.

After half a month, Reina felt that his optic nerves had finally fully recovered, but his current vision was not even as good as it was before he used Life Return.

Left with no other option, Reina had to continue recuperating at home, hoping to find a solution.

"Huh... what's this?" That day, after finishing his work, Reina was browsing the system's shop out of boredom.

Because the things the system conjures are projected directly into his brain, there is no blurriness like when using eyes to see things, so he now opens various interfaces to watch when he is bored.

But just as he was browsing the mall, he suddenly noticed that there was something new in the mall.

"Trial Grounds: You can enter the Trial Grounds! Required points: 1"

"Trial Grounds? What kind of place is that? It costs 10,000 points to get in..." Reina stared at the Trial Grounds scroll that had suddenly appeared, lost in thought.

He does have 10,000 points, but he already has a significant shortfall in points, and 10,000 points is a considerable amount, which is why he hesitates.

Although he didn't know what this trial ground was, he hadn't found the trial scroll when he checked the shop yesterday. What if it only appeared today, and he didn't buy it... wouldn't he be at a huge loss?

This kind of thing has happened before.

Back when he wasn't as powerful as he is now, he once found a fragment of Conqueror's Haki in the shop, priced at 10,000 per piece, and it was given out randomly.

At the time, he felt it was a bit expensive, and since he was lucky enough to get it from the monthly attendance bonus box, he didn't buy it.

But when he was only missing the last fragment of the scroll and wanted to buy it, he found that it was no longer available in the store. Otherwise, he could have obtained Conqueror's Haki much earlier.

"I bought it!" After thinking for a long time, Reina finally gritted his teeth and bought a Trial Scroll.

With such a large gap in points right now, what's another 10,000 points? What if it's a good place? Maybe it can even solve the problem of getting the Sharingan.

Seeing the extra Trial Scroll in his backpack, Reina immediately chose to use it.

After he used the Trial Scroll, Reina found himself in darkness. When he reappeared, he was in front of a tall tower.

"Tower of Trials?" Above the tower's gate hung a sign with those four large characters.

However, Reina did not rush to approach. Instead, he looked around and found that the surroundings were very wide and desolate. Apart from the Trial Tower in front of him, there were no buildings or signs of life. Even the bright moon hanging in the sky was blood red.

Seeing this, Reina flipped his hand, trying to take Hyōrinmaru out of his backpack, but found that Hyōrinmaru was not in his hand at all.

Not only that, he also discovered that he couldn't open his backpack at all, and he couldn't get the things out of it.

"Sharingan...activate!"

"How...is this possible?"

When he tried to use the Sharingan, he found that he couldn't activate it at all, let alone the Mangekyou Sharingan, he couldn't even get the double tomoe.

After thinking for a moment, Reina suddenly punched himself in the chest.

"Cough cough... Sure enough, the Black Emperor's power has also disappeared! In other words... the power that the system gave me has been taken back?" Feeling the pain in his chest, Reina seemed to understand something.

But what can he do if he can't use the abilities granted by the system and has no weapons?

Since acquiring the system, Reina had never felt so helpless.

However, he knew that this was probably the work of the Trial Tower.

"You want me to complete the trial using my own strength? Then let's give it a try!" Reina smiled slightly, took a deep breath, and walked directly towards the Tower of Trials.

He hadn't wasted his years of training in basic physical skills and swordsmanship. Even without the abilities granted by the system, he didn't believe he was powerless to fight.

Chapter 476 Tower of Trials

Pushing open the door of the Tower of Trials, one finds a weapons room filled with all sorts of weapons. However, in Reina's eyes, these are just ordinary weapons, on par with the standard weapons of the Navy.

After randomly selecting two longswords, Reina prepared to continue forward. He chose two weapons not because he was a dual-wielder, but as backups.

After passing through the weapons room, Reina officially stepped into the Trial Tower.

"Damn it~ No way? This is only the first level, and they're already going this far?" Looking at the empty room where someone who looked exactly like him was sitting, Reina had a bad feeling.

"Defeat the gatekeeper to proceed to the next level!"

Sure enough, the system's voice sounded as soon as Reina stepped into the Trial Tower.

As the system's voice sounded, "myself," who was sitting in the middle, opened its eyes and stood up.

Overcoming oneself is always a symbol of breaking through limits, but with this challenge set up in the first stage, Reina was really a little nervous. It wasn't that he was afraid of himself, but... if the first challenge was to break through his own limits, how difficult would the challenges ahead be?

He spent 10,000 points to get in; if he gets nothing, wouldn't he be losing a lot of money?

Before he could think any further, the "himself" on the other side was already rushing towards him.

"Hmph, no ability to think for yourself... Is this what you call overcoming yourself?" Looking at "himself" who was charging over like a fool, Reina was immediately dissatisfied again.

"when!"

"Huh?"

When the two weapons clashed, Reina had expected it to be an evenly matched clash, so he held back a little strength to deal with the unexpected turn of events.

However, the weight of the weapon surprised him; it seemed that... the opponent's strength was much weaker than his.

Sensing the difference in skill, a glint flashed in Reina's eyes, and he vanished from his spot. When he reappeared, he was already behind his opponent, but he did not make another move. Instead, he sheathed his sword.

"Clap!"

The other person, who looked exactly like him, had a bloody gash on his neck and collapsed to the ground.

He noticed this when he stepped into the Tower of Trials: although he couldn't use his Sharingan, his eyesight had returned to normal.

Moreover, this "self" who looks exactly like him is a complete idiot. He is extremely weak in terms of strength, speed, and anything else. Apart from having the same appearance as him, he is basically at the level of an ordinary pirate, and he is a puppet that cannot think and only has fighting instincts.

So after making contact with the opponent, Reina immediately killed him.

Just after the other person fell to the ground, the body slowly disappeared, and then a staircase appeared at the end of the room, a staircase leading to the upper floor.

"Interesting!" Reina smiled slightly, picked up his weapon, and walked straight up.

Once up there, Reina found that the layout and environment were almost exactly the same as the room he had just been in, and there was still a lieutenant general who looked exactly like him.

"Clap!"

After defeating the opponent again, the stairs appeared.

Although the opponent was a bit stronger than the one on the first floor, Reina didn't think the difference was that big!

He continued to ascend the Tower of Trials until he reached the tenth floor, where he sensed that the "self" before him seemed different.

"Holy crap! Sharingan!?" When the other person opened their eyes, he realized that the other person actually possessed Sharingan with two tomoe.

Before Reina could have any more time to think, the enemy attacked with their weapons.

"Clang clang clang..."

This time, his opponent not only possessed the Sharingan, but his basic strength had also greatly improved compared to his previous opponents. His physical attributes were now almost on par with Reina's, so Reina couldn't defeat him for a while. The two exchanged blows, making for a very exciting fight.

"Damn it..." After exchanging another blow, the two retreated simultaneously, temporarily separating themselves.

Currently, Reina can only use the basic swordsmanship and physical techniques he has been practicing. He cannot use anything else, including Haki and the Six Powers of the Navy. He also does not have Hyōrinmaru or Senbonzakura.

He had basically crushed his previous enemies with his superior physical strength, but now that he has encountered someone with similar physical abilities, he doesn't have a good solution for the time being.

"Hmph~ His swordsmanship is not as good as mine, but with the help of the Sharingan, he can barely keep up with my moves! It seems I have to find a way to start from this aspect!" Reina looked at the enemy charging towards him again, his brain working quickly, thinking of a way to defeat him.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

The two fought very quickly, but Reina, who had once possessed the Sharingan, naturally knew what the Sharingan's biggest weakness was.

"Pfft!"

Seeing the other person collapse clutching their neck, Reina chuckled and said, "Seeing it doesn't necessarily mean you can defend against it!"

However, this time, after the opponent's corpse disappeared, no stairs appeared; instead, a treasure chest gleaming with golden light appeared in the middle.

"Hey~ Is this a reward? Climbing the tower, clearing levels, and opening treasure chests? I love it!" Reina smirked and walked toward the treasure chest in the middle.

Congratulations! You have received 1 skill experience points!

Congratulations! You have obtained: 1 random summon beast fragments!

Congratulations! You have earned 1000 points!

"Rewards have been stored. You can choose to continue or leave. Leaving will grant you all current rewards, while continuing and failing will deduct half of your current rewards!"

After opening the treasure chest, a series of system notification sounds rang out.

"Hey... I didn't expect to be able to get points here!" Reina's eyes lit up. Points were his biggest weakness right now, and this was only the first treasure chest, yet it gave him 1000 points. You have to know that even with perfect attendance for a month, he only got a little over 4000 points.

Moreover, he believed that the treasure chests would definitely give out more and more treasures later on, and he might be able to earn back the 10,000 points himself.

So, without hesitation, he chose to continue, regardless of whether he wanted to continue or leave.

What would he gain by leaving now? Apart from the points, he was not interested in these rewards anymore. Even if he failed, he could afford the loss. But if he could get the next treasure chest, wouldn't his gains be much greater?

He had spent 10,000 points to get in, so if he couldn't earn back those 10,000 points, wouldn't he be at a loss?

After Reina made his choice, the stairs reappeared, and without hesitation, he walked straight towards them.

"Damn! Sharingan again?" The eleventh level version of himself already possessed the Sharingan, and Reina felt that the opponent's physical attributes, swordsmanship, and taijutsu had also improved compared to the tenth level version.

However, the opponent's combat experience and understanding of swordsmanship and physical skills are not on the same level as Reina's. For example, the opponent's sword moves, although very powerful, have a deliberate feel to them, unlike Reina's smooth and rounded style.

"Without your own consciousness, no matter how high your swordsmanship level is, you're just an inanimate object!" Looking at himself lying on the ground, Reina shook his head and continued to advance to the next level.

While constantly battling himself, Reina was also constantly adjusting himself, because he saw his own weaknesses reflected in his opponent.

However, as he rose through the ranks, his opponents became increasingly stronger.

"Phew~ Is this all I'm capable of!" Reina's face turned pale as he looked at the cut on his arm.

He was currently on the nineteenth floor, and his opponent's strength had surpassed his in every aspect, whether it was power or speed. In addition, with the opponent's Sharingan, Reina felt that all of his moves had been seen through by the opponent.

Although his opponent only possessed a Sharingan with two tomoe, he seemed unable to defeat him now.

"Whoosh!" Faced with the opponent's renewed attack, Reina, unable to dodge, instinctively tapped his feet and used one of the Six Styles of the Navy, Shave, to evade the opponent.

"Huh? Shave can be used?" Reina was startled when he saw his opponent miss his target not far away.

He had already tested it when he first came in. He shouldn't be able to use any of the abilities he obtained from the system, such as Haki and the Six Styles of the Navy. So why did he use Shave just now?

“No, this isn’t the system’s shaving… it’s something I figured out myself!” Reina understood after a moment’s thought.

He had indeed obtained the Six Styles of the Navy through the system, so when he first entered, he tried to use the Six Styles of the Navy by using skills, but naturally he couldn't use it.