Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

However, the gatekeeper paid no heed to any of this. Hyōrinmaru continued to swing, and the ice dragon reappeared.

This time, Reina didn't choose to fight head-on, but instead opted to dodge.

After activating Susanoo, Reina's speed and strength increased significantly. Although the area was small, it also gave him the ability to evade the ice dragon.

While dodging the ice dragon's pursuit, Reina tried to find a way to get closer to it. However, this time the gatekeeper seemed to have learned its lesson and did not give Reina any chance. As soon as the distance between them shortened, the gatekeeper would immediately adjust, giving Reina no opportunity whatsoever.

"Looks like I'll be looked down upon if I don't show some skill!" Reina said, his aura changed, and the color of his originally purple Susanoo became even deeper, turning into a purplish-black.

It was Reina who applied Armament Haki to Susanoo. At the same time, a red light flashed in his left eye, and the gatekeeper immediately froze on the spot.

"Die!" Taking advantage of the opportunity, Reina punched the other man in the forehead with one hand and grabbed Hyōrinmaru with the other.

That's right, what he just did was one of the abilities of his Sharingan: time stop.

Chapter 707 Four Hundred Thousand Points

Just as Reina used Time Stop to smash the gatekeeper's head with a single punch, the gatekeeper regained his senses at the crucial moment and narrowly avoided Reina's punch.

Fortunately, Reina had anticipated this possibility and, while the opponent dodged the punch, he used his other hand to snatch the Hyōrinmaru away.

However, because he had grabbed the opponent's sword blade, his palm was inevitably cut.

However, he managed to get his hands on Hyōrinmaru as he wished.

The gatekeeper, who had once again distanced himself from Reina, automatically deactivated his Bankai state because he had lost Hyōrinmaru's true form.

Reina, on the other hand, looked at his opponent with a smile. Without Hyōrinmaru, the upcoming battle would be much simpler.

But the gatekeeper was clearly not going to give up, so after dodging Reina's attack, he immediately launched a counterattack.

"It's useless. We both have the Mangekyou Sharingan, so your Sharingan is useless against me!" Feeling a sharp pain in his brain, Reina knew that the other party had used the Sharingan on him again, but Reina, who was highly focused, was not affected by the other party's genjutsu.

"Not good!" But at that moment, Reina suddenly felt a very strange sensation. It was as if his whole body froze, and even his thoughts began to slow down, while the other party was rushing towards him at high speed.

"Time freeze?" Reina knew in his heart that the other party was definitely using the same ability as himself.

However, while Reina might not be as strong as his opponent in terms of eye power, he had a slight advantage in terms of Sharingan level. So when his opponent got close to him, he finally broke free from the time freeze.

But as soon as he broke free from the time freeze, he felt a pain in his chest; the other person's foot had already kicked him in the chest.

"Oh!"

"Boom!"

"Cough cough..."

Reina wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, got up from the ground, and looked at the gatekeeper who was attacking him again. Without time to adjust, Reina directly recited the incantation of Hyōrinmaru.

"Hyōrinmaru...Swastika!"

A powerful burst of icy energy erupted from Reina's body, blowing the gatekeeper away and neutralizing the attack.

"I don't have time to waste here, freeze everything! Freeze the Four Realms!" With a wave of his Hyōrinmaru, ice appeared from all directions, freezing the entire fiftieth trial level.

"Whoo~"

Exhaling a breath of cold air, Reina looked at the frozen gatekeeper without being careless, because he could still sense the other party's life force, indicating that although the ice had frozen the opponent, it had not yet been able to eliminate the enemy.

"Radiant Cross Slash!" Without getting close, Reina directly chose to slash, cutting the frozen gatekeeper in two.

As he felt his opponent's energy slowly dissipate, Reina knew that he had won.

Although the battle didn't last very long, Reina basically gave it his all.

"Congratulations, host! You have successfully completed the 50th floor of the Tower of Trials!"

Congratulations! You have received 70 skill experience points!

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

Congratulations! You have obtained: 3 random mount fragments!

Congratulations! You have obtained a specified skill book! (Rank A Ninjutsu or Rank A Life Skill)

Congratulations! You have earned 400000 points!

"Open the reward storage box...?"

Soon after defeating the gatekeeper, the system awarded him the reward for the fiftieth floor: a huge reward of 400,000, making Reina feel that it was all worthwhile.

"Claim your reward, then exit the trial!" Reina let out a long sigh and said softly.

"Reward being collected, please wait..."

"Reward successfully withdrawn, exiting the Tower of Trials..."

Everything went black, and when Reina opened his eyes again, he was already in his room.

Although he seems to be conquering the Tower of Trials much more easily than before, he has paid a price for it.

Inside the Tower of Trials, he cannot directly use the abilities rewarded by the system. He needs to understand those abilities within the Tower of Trials and make them completely his own before he can use them.

Now, inside the Tower of Trials, he can perfectly utilize his abilities, all of which he has honed through constant challenges and hard work.

After resting for a while, Reina did not check the reward immediately, but prioritized recovering from his injuries.

Despite the short duration of the battle with the gatekeeper, Reina's injuries were quite severe.

By the time he had fully recovered, it was already evening.

"Phew~ Open the shop!" After recovering, Reina immediately opened the shop interface. Having just received a huge sum of 400,000, it would be a shame not to go shopping.

However, after looking through all the items in the store, he finally chose only two items that were currently the best deal.

The first step is to spend 400,000 to upgrade your Black Emperor ability by one level, which will significantly increase your damage absorption limit.

He didn't know how powerful his Black Emperor was until he fought the gatekeeper of the fiftieth floor. He understood the feeling of helplessness that no matter how you attacked, the opponent would not get hurt.

Besides the Black Emperor's ability enhancement, the other thing is to anthropomorphize Senbonzakura, but this requires 500,000 points, and given his current point situation, he will have to wait a while longer.

After Senbonzakura is personified, it can bring him many benefits, providing him with a lot of help both in ordinary times and in battle.

Especially after being anthropomorphized, his fusion ability can instantly boost Reina's strength significantly.

However, since Hyōrinmaru has now been anthropomorphized, it's impossible to achieve a fusion of the three elements right now, and Reina can't guarantee whether it will be possible in the future.

Therefore, in the long run, it seems more worthwhile to exchange for the Black Emperor's abilities.

You should know that a top-tier Black Emperor can absorb damage from even a nuclear bomb, and he probably doesn't even have one percent of that power now.

So he wanted to try and see if he could really become like the Black King, so that as long as he didn't faint or get controlled, no one could hurt him.

After careful consideration, Reina decided to spend the 400,000 now to upgrade his Black Emperor's abilities by one level.

The main issue is that the situation in the North Blue is getting worse, so he needs to improve his combat strength to ensure that the Whitebeard Pirates will not experience any major changes in the future.

"Advanced Bloodline Ability Evolution Scroll successfully redeemed!"

"Advanced Bloodline Ability Evolution Scroll successfully redeemed!"

That's right, Reina directly exchanged two of the two-hundred-thousand-coin advanced bloodline ability evolution scrolls, because he needed two scrolls to advance his Black Emperor ability.

As for the Sharingan to evolve into the Rinnegan, the system also set a price: five advanced bloodline ability evolution scrolls, each costing 200,000, would be needed, which would cost a staggering 1 million.

You might say, "You get 400,000 for clearing the 50th floor once, right? And 10,000 or 200,000 for clearing it three times? What's so difficult about that?"

First of all, let's not even talk about the Trial Scroll, which requires 10,000 points to enter once. Just for the ten floors from the fortieth to the fiftieth, Reina would need 100,000 tickets to pass through.

Moreover, after each challenge, he is usually exhausted, and without proper rest, he has no chance to continue.

Chapter 707 Sneak Attack

"This is really strange!" Reina rode on the back of the hard shell, slowly approaching the island controlled by the extraterrestrial visitors. He could sense that a fierce battle was taking place on the island, and the other side should not have noticed his arrival.

After passing the battle on the fiftieth floor of the Tower of Trials, Reina chose to advance his Black Emperor abilities. After familiarizing himself with them for a few days, he secretly came here alone.

This is the front line of the battle between the extraterrestrials and the Navy. Today, the Navy should be launching an attack on those extraterrestrials. Powerful figures like Fujitora and Sengoku have not appeared. The one commanding the operation should be a Vice Admiral from the Headquarters.

Reina sensed all of this through his Observation Haki.

Moreover, he found that the extraterrestrial visitors did not react at all when he approached the island, which made him feel strange. In addition, the island was not very large. If it was like last time, the other party should have discovered him easily.

Because he had tried to get close in the same way last time, but the other party had easily detected him.

"Could it be... because the other side is currently at war, so they haven't been able to detect me?" Reina wondered to himself.

The only difference from last time is that last time the other side was on alert, while this time they are clearly engaged in battle with the navy.

Although the battle on the island looked intense, both sides were very restrained. At least no powerful figures stepped forward; it was mostly the soldiers fighting. Although the navy had admirals, there were only a few commodores at most. They did not send any extraterrestrial visitors with experts above level 20 to deal with the situation, but instead relied entirely on numbers to delay the enemy.

Reina had no intention of intervening. Taking advantage of the fact that the other party had not noticed him, he planned to go around to the back of the island to see if there were any experts above level 30. If there was only one or two, he was capable of killing one.

Soon, with the help of the hard shell, Reina circled around to the back of the island, where several extraterrestrial warships were moored. Unlike their ships, the other ships appeared to be made entirely of steel, and their firepower and speed were even stronger than those of the Navy's warships. However, in terms of range, the Beast Pirates were still temporarily ranked first.

Because Kaido has the help of Wano Country, the long-range cannons they produce are stronger than anyone else Reina has seen so far.

Upon approaching, Reina immediately scanned the warship with his Observation Haki, but found no powerhouses above level 30, not even those at level 20.

However, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he slowly used his Observation Haki to cover the island.

Soon, he found his target. A huge life force appeared in his senses. According to his comparison, although the other party was not yet level 30, it was definitely close.

What surprised Reina even more was that when his Observation Haki covered the other party, he clearly felt that the other party had already noticed his presence.

So Reina didn't hide any longer. Without saying a word, he rushed out of the sea and charged straight at his target.

The moment Reina appeared, the other party rushed towards the direction of the navy. He planned to use the chaotic battlefield to evade Reina's pursuit. As long as he could hold out until reinforcements arrived, Reina would have no choice but to retreat.

When Reina caught up with his opponent, the opponent had already reached the edge of the battlefield. At this time, Reina also discovered that not far from them, there were two other life forces with similar characteristics to their opponents, and they were rushing towards them with all their might.

"Three?" Reina hesitated for a moment. Three captain-level enemies. Normally, he would have already retreated.

Even if he could kill one, it would be impossible for him to retreat safely when facing attacks from the other two, especially when facing extraterrestrial visitors whose fearlessness of death makes them particularly difficult to deal with when they are fighting desperately.

But now, Reina hesitated for only a moment before immediately charging towards his target.

"Hyōrinmaru, block the one on the left!" A flash of cold light appeared in Reina's hand, and Hyōrinmaru, now in human form, swung his sword towards his target.

Reina himself, wielding Senbonzakura, charged toward his target.

Just then, the extraterrestrial visitor, who had been being chased by Reina, suddenly turned around, looking as if he intended to take Reina down with him, and threw a punch at Reina.

At the same time, another unhindered visitor from outer space also arrived.