Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Finally, after Sanji and Luffy reconciled and learned of Big Mom's plan, the Straw Hat crew's counterattack officially began.

Ultimately, they destroyed the wedding cake, received help from the Vinsmoke family, and Luffy defeated Katakuri, who wasn't particularly motivated to fight. Everyone then escaped successfully.

Along the way, as Luffy and his crew headed towards Wano Country, they were still reflecting on their experiences in Whole Cake Island. Sanji also received his "3" transformation device from his father, although he arrogantly said he didn't want to use it.

However, this did indeed enhance Sanji's strength considerably.

Could it be that while they were heading towards Wano Country, Reina was planning to continue climbing the tower?

Previously, I had already reached the thirty-ninth floor, and breaking through to the fourth floor today shouldn't be a problem. Then I'll know whether or not I'll get a million points. If I do, then Reina will be rich.

After spending another 10,000 points, Reina had less than 100,000 points left. He entered the Tower of Trials and chose to continue the challenge.

Without exchanging any pleasantries with the gatekeeper of the thirty-ninth floor, they went straight up and got to work.

Soon, the gatekeeper fell at Reina's feet.

Taking a deep breath, Reina went straight up to the 40th floor.

"Let me see what's different about the 40th floor!" Reina walked over to the gatekeeper, whose appearance hadn't changed at all.

"Damn it!" The moment the gatekeeper was activated, a wave of Conqueror's Haki swept over, catching Reina completely off guard. The opponent launched a sneak attack, kicking Reina away.

"Conqueror's Haki?" Reina didn't have time to think and jumped away from where he stood. Sure enough, the opponent's attack followed closely behind.

"Looks like he's using all three types of Haki!" Judging from the other party's movements, it was obvious that he had detected Fang Xi's attack and evasion after using Observation Haki, and his entire body was completely enveloped in Armament Haki.

"Looks like we're in trouble!"

It's not that Reina can't beat the opponent, but with this level of difficulty, what will happen in the future? Will he just enter once and pass each level? Wouldn't it cost 100,000 points to go from level 40 to level 50?

But now is not the time to think about these things; Reina must first defeat the gatekeeper in front of him.

Otherwise, he would really lose everything today. He doesn't know what the 40th floor will give him, but it will be more than 100,000 points.

"Shave!" Reina used his superior movement skills to quickly move to his opponent's side, but his attack was dodged by Dongfang. Because of his Observation Haki and Mangekyou Sharingan abilities, Dongfang easily avoided Reina's attack.

"This is really troublesome!"

Aside from those sure-hit attacks, Reina felt it was difficult for him to hit his opponent. This was not for any other reason than that his opponent was like a robot, without any emotional fluctuations. Therefore, his opponent used Observation Haki better than Reina's, and with the observational power of his Sharingan, his opponent's evasive ability was simply beyond Reina's comprehension.

At least in the world of One Piece, no one has such powerful dodging ability. Even Kizaru, who is known for his speed, would be easier for Reina to hit.

However, in the ensuing battle, Reina discarded those chaotic thoughts and began to fight seriously with his opponent. After a great battle, Reina felt that his combat awareness had improved a lot, and now he finally understood the meaning of the Tower of Trials.

Eliminate all his abilities, then gradually rely on his own cultivation to regain his abilities. Once he gets out, combine them with his own abilities, and the combat power he can unleash will definitely be stronger than before.

So Reina gave up his previous idea of ​​earning points here and instead began to hone his will and fighting spirit.

After an unknown amount of time, Reina felt that his Observation Haki had improved significantly. At least in the battle against his opponent, he was no longer at a disadvantage, and the contest of Observation Haki between the two could be described as evenly matched.

Keep in mind that this was within the aura of Conqueror's Haki; if it were fighting outside, Reina was certain he would be even stronger.

Moreover, once Reina became familiar with the gatekeeper's mode, he fought back despite being injured and killed the opponent directly.

"Phew~~ The exciting moment has arrived, open the treasure chest~~ Open the treasure chest!" Ignoring his injuries, Reina ran over the treasure chest the moment it appeared, but he didn't open it immediately. Instead, he prayed for a while before opening the treasure chest.

Congratulations! You have received 50 skill experience points!

Congratulations! You have obtained: 2 random summon beast fragments!

Congratulations! You have obtained: 2 random mount fragments!

Congratulations! You have obtained the following skill books: (Rank C Ninjutsu, Rank C Life Skill)

Congratulations! You have earned 200000 points!

"It's 200,000 points, not 1 million!" The huge psychological gap made Reina a little unhappy. In fact, 200,000 points was already a huge sum of money, after all, his ability advancement scrolls only cost 200,000 each.

After obtaining 200,000 points, Reina's current points total is 290,000, almost reaching 300,000.

After carefully examining the items in the shop, I found that the weapon anthropomorphic scroll costs 500,000. Since his Hyōrinmaru is basically in a long-term anthropomorphic state, his sword has become Senbonzakura.

Furthermore, Senbonzakura can already use Bankai, so if she were to be anthropomorphized, she would be able to take on three opponents at once in future battles.

Besides this, there are also advanced bloodline ability evolution scrolls worth 200,000 each. The Black Emperor's ability can still be used once, but it will probably require two scrolls to use it next time.

As for the Sharingan, Reina estimates that at least five high-level bloodline ability evolution scrolls would be needed.

So now he faces a choice: spend 200,000 to evolve Black Emperor's abilities, or wait until 500,000 to anthropomorphize Senbonzakura.

In the end, Reina chose the Advanced Bloodline Ability Evolution Scroll to enhance the Black Emperor's abilities. However, he is currently in the Tower of Trials, so he cannot feel the changes brought about by the Black Emperor's abilities.

In the Tower of Trials, both the Sharingan and the Black Emperor's abilities were suppressed; he could only use his own power.

However, when his Sharingan evolved into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he was able to use it within the Tower of Trials, with chakra as an aid.

Now that the Black Emperor's abilities have advanced, he can sense some of the Black Emperor's power, but he can't use it as freely as he could outside.

In addition to these, there is also a designated skill book that can be used to unlock ninjutsu and life skills. Without hesitation, Reina chose ninjutsu directly.

However, Reina had some misunderstandings. After opening it, he found that there were quite a few C-rank ninjutsu, many of which he did not know the specific effects of. Moreover, ninjutsu also had different attributes, and he did not know whether he could successfully release them after learning Water Release or Earth Release.

However, since the Fire Release technique he used previously worked fine, he decided to choose another Fire Release technique.

So he chose another ninjutsu besides the Great Fireball Technique—Fire Release: Phoenix Flower.

After making the selection, Reina had the sequence of hand seals for the Phoenix Flame in his mind. After releasing one, he felt pretty good.

However, Reina also knew that this C-rank ninjutsu, combined with his pitifully small amount of chakra, would be utterly pathetic in terms of power.

Before Chakra came up, Reina felt that his ninjutsu was only good for showing off or doing acrobatics, not enough to be used in battle. It was fine for scaring ordinary people, but it was useless when fighting against real strong people.

After everything was finished, Reina hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to continue fighting. To be honest, he would definitely need to start all over again next time, because he only had 90,000 points now and needed more. Otherwise, if he couldn't reach the fiftieth floor with those 90,000 points, it would be terrible.

Chapter 548 Meeting

When Reina emerged from the Tower of Trials, he was completely stunned.

Because inside the Tower of Trials, he couldn't sense the Black Emperor's power increasing, but now, he could feel it very clearly.

He could sense the countless energies around him, or rather, the energy existing in the air, and even felt that he could absorb them at any time.

Trying to absorb the energy in the surrounding air, Reina felt his strength slowly recovering, and even his injuries were healing.

"This...this is turning into Kaido!" Reina felt that although his physique hadn't changed much, the way it manifested would definitely satisfy him.

This resilience makes him more adept at prolonged battles, and his combat effectiveness will undoubtedly be even greater.

After finding some food to replenish his strength, Reina prepared to go out for a stroll. He had been in Wano Country for several days, hiding here without ever going out. He didn't know what Robin's situation was, nor whether Marco and Ace had arrived.

After eating some food he had brought from his backpack, Reina headed towards the Flower Capital. He remembered Robin saying that she would go to the Flower Capital to gather information.

Soon, not long after, Reina arrived in the City of Flowers. He had been here before, but walking down the street now gave him a feeling that things had changed.

But just as Reina was about to go find Robin, he noticed that there seemed to be energy fluctuations in the direction of Kuri.

"That's... Kaido?" Reina quickly approached a building and looked towards Kuri. He saw that the sky there had changed, and the white clouds had turned completely black.

This ability to alter celestial phenomena can only be possessed by a powerhouse at the level of one of the Four Emperors.

After thinking it over, Reina decided to ignore it, since finding Robin was more important.

But when Reina came down from the roof, he found a man with hair that looked like a pompadour sitting on the second floor of another building, looking in the direction of Kuri.

Reina knew that the other party must be Denjiro, who was using the alias Kyoshiro.

As the new yakuza boss of the Flower Capital and Orochi's loyal henchman, Denjiro's abilities as a spy are in no way inferior to Kanjuro's.

Denjiro, who was drinking, seemed to notice someone watching him, so he looked in Reina's direction. Reina smiled, waved at him, and then left.

After Reina left, Denjiro's expression became more serious. He seemed to have seen this person before. Although the other person was dressed in Wano Country clothing, his every move was not like that of a Wano Country person.

But he had only met a handful of people from overseas, so who was this person?

This time, Reina didn't use his transformation technique. He simply disguised himself and changed into Wano Country clothing. Moreover, it had been many years since he met Denjiro. Although the pure gold had slowed down Reina's aging, he had still changed somewhat compared to back then.

Not long after, Reina met Robin at the tavern. She seemed to have disguised herself as a geisha. Reina drank his wine while watching Robin dance.

When the song ended, Reina stood up and applauded, much to the surprise of the surrounding diners.

"Why is Father here?" After finishing his work, Robin approached Reina with a smile and asked curiously.

"Well, now that my training is over, I naturally want to go out for a walk! How was it? Did you get any information?" Reina asked with a smile.

Robin shared the intelligence she had gathered with Reina, something Robin excels at.

After sharing the information he had with Reina, Reina pondered for a moment and said, "So, Luffy and the others have already arrived in Wano Country? Jinbe is here too?"

"Yes! I heard they caused quite a stir in Whole Cake Island too. Jinbe said Big Mom probably won't give up so easily!" Robin nodded and replied.

"Hehe... What can she do? She actually suffered such a big loss at the hands of a rookie pirate crew. She'll have plenty to say next time they meet!" Reina said with a sly laugh.

Robin was speechless. If this had happened to anyone else, it wouldn't have mattered if Reina had mocked Big Mom, but this was something Luffy had done! In other words, it was their Straw Hat Pirates who had done this. If Reina had gone and mocked her, wouldn't Big Mom have just come to Wano Country to attack?

The situation in Wano Country is already complicated enough; if the Big Mom Pirates were to attack again, things would get really messed up.

"By the way, I just noticed that Kaido seems to have gone to Kuri. You said Luffy and the others came? Where are they now?" Reina asked with a smile while drinking.

Robin felt that Reina was deliberately trying to mess with her, because according to the information she had, Luffy and his crew should be at the ruins of Oden Castle in Kuri at this time. After all, Luffy had just arrived in Wano Country, so he needed to figure out the situation here first.

However, judging from Reina's words just now, it seems that Luffy did something again, which attracted Kaido's attention and even drew Kaido's attention.

These people have been here for so long without being discovered by Kaido and Orochi's men. Of course, this is the public knowledge, because Reina said that there were spies among them, so Kaido must have known about their arrival.

However, Luffy's arrival immediately drew Kaido's attention, which is undeniably a skill in itself!

"Judging from your expression, Kaido must have been lured to Kuri by that kid Luffy!" Reina couldn't help but say, looking at Robin's expression.

"Didn't Father go and check on him? Do you think Luffy can defeat Kaido right now?" Robin didn't answer directly, but instead asked in return.

“Based on his strength when we met before, he definitely wouldn’t be able to!” Reina shook his head and said, “Until his Armament Haki reaches the Ryuo level, he doesn’t even have the ability to injure Kaido!”

"Does Father know the Ryuo Sakura technique?" Robin asked Reina.

Her intention wasn't to look down on Reina, but rather to have Reina teach Luffy how to use Ryuo.

But Reina said with a dark face, "Even without using Armament Haki, I can still beat Kaido so badly he won't know which way is up!"

Robin was even more surprised; it turned out that Reina didn't know Ryuo Armament Haki either.

"Don't think Armament Haki is so easy to train. Don't be fooled by how easily your companions seem to learn it, and how countless people in the New World can use Armament Haki. But look at yourself... have you awakened Haki yet? Whether it's Observation Haki, Armament Haki, or Conqueror's Haki!" Reina said with a hint of helplessness, looking at Robin's expression.

"This might also be my fault. Not to mention the past, even now, I'm not a strong person known for my physique. So you're probably influenced by me. Look at Luffy and the others' fathers; they were all strong people with powerful physiques, so they were born strong!"

Upon hearing Reina's explanation, Robin couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.