One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Imagine a giant body that is already 180 meters tall, plus the amplification from the Inflate-Inflate Fruit. One punch could destroy a ship, and a few steps on an island could level all the buildings. This ability is practically strategic.

Although the bizarre Devil Fruit abilities and Haki system can somewhat compensate for the physical differences, as long as someone can hold off the other Devil Fruit users, the damage these giant warriors inflict on ordinary crew members and vehicles is devastating.

My entry point into the battle must be one that causes a significant loss to Blackbeard's crew in a single strike!

A bolt of lightning suddenly appeared in mid-air and struck the mainmast of a ship in the middle of the fleet, instantly igniting the sails.

The sudden lightning in the clear blue sky startled everyone, but since they were all experienced pirates, someone immediately shouted to lower the sails and put out the fire.

But this lightning bolt was just the beginning. The next moment, the sea surface resembled a thunderous hell, with countless electric currents shuttling back and forth between the ships, as if the ships themselves were the ones discharging the electricity.

A large number of pirates on board were knocked down, and the gunpowder explosion caused by the electric current plunged all the ships into a sea of ​​fire.

Unfortunately, the boats were connected by iron chains, making it impossible for everyone to even separate and avoid the conduction of electric current between them.

San Juan Wolf was already seriously injured, and now he was like a man lying on an electric chair, being repeatedly bombarded by the strong current in the field, which made his injuries even worse.

Pure elemental attacks are devastating to ordinary people. Robert floated in the air, unleashing his Devil Fruit power without reservation until the entire fleet was reduced to charcoal.

San Juan Wolf fell into the sea and tried to struggle to his feet.

Suddenly, he felt as if the signals from his brain had been completely cut off, unable to reach his limbs, and he could only watch helplessly as the seawater submerged his head.

As he sank completely to the surface of the sea, he seemed to see a figure surrounded by lightning floating in mid-air in the distance.

This person looks familiar, who is he again?

The ritual became increasingly blurred, and in his final moments as he lay dying, a sudden inspiration struck him.

"Ah, I remember now."

His name is... Robert...

Chapter 25: The Offense and Defense Have Changed - Little Blackie

Even in broad daylight, the thunder that filled the world, resembling a cataclysmic disaster, was dazzling, drawing the attention of everyone within a hundred miles.

Robert sat quietly atop the mast of a ship that hadn't completely sunk, casually taking food from the space to replenish his strength.

Such a large-scale continuous discharge is quite tiring, but with his current strength, even if he were to completely drain his electricity, it would only take him 20 minutes to replenish it to full capacity.

Robert is in no hurry to leave. The main battlefield between the Black Gang and the White Gang is a day or two away from here. Even if people come from Beehive Island, it will take more than half an hour.

Moreover, he had no intention of leaving at all. His attack was too swift, and the people in the fleet had no chance to send a message out.

Your current level progression is closely related to your bounty or military rank.

Currently, I'm stuck in a bug; my status as a Marine hasn't been officially recognized, and my pirate rank is lower than the Marine's, so the weighted average isn't being calculated for me.

As the time approaches for Luffy to set sail again, major events are unfolding one after another at sea. He has almost achieved his goal of infiltrating the Navy, and it won't be long before he returns to his pirate identity. At that time, a high bounty will be the main basis for increasing his basic attributes.

The best ways to increase bounties are twofold: either rack up impressive battle records or expand one's influence.

He had never stopped trying to expand his influence, but this was not something he could do quickly; he had to proceed step by step.

The only way to level up is to increase your bounty. As long as you defeat enough notorious pirates or do enough major things against the World Government, you can gradually increase your bounty.

So Robert can't be an unsung hero like before; he needs to remember to leave a record of his bad deeds.

He originally planned to wait for Beehive Island to send people to investigate, while he continued to besiege the area and attack reinforcements, and also wait for Edward Weevil, who had not yet arrived.

Suddenly, Robert's spirits lifted. Something seemed to have invaded the edge of the field, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Blackbeard had intended to wait before making a move against Beehive Island, but unexpectedly, he left the tyrannical king, Avaro Pizarro, behind to guard the island.

Every member of the Blackbeard Pirates is a pure villain, not the kind of person who would risk everything for a unified ideal.

With such a commotion, none of Pizarro's men, who were guarding the island, dared to come. In the end, they simply activated the power of the Island-Island Fruit and sailed the entire Beehive Island over like a boat.

The geographical concepts in the world of One Piece are very abstract. Oars, an ancient giant, was known as the "Land of the Giants" and often moved the islands he wanted along with the countries on them.

When Robert saw Pizarro move Beehive Island over directly, he almost burst out laughing. He had originally planned to slowly provoke Blackbeard to come back to his aid, but now it seemed that he had no choice but to take action.

Pizarro transformed into a colossal skull on the island, causing tens of thousands of pirates on the island to be on high alert.

The horrific scene left by the attack on the fleet was getting closer and closer. Although the huge corpse of San Juan Wolf, who was already dead, was sunk on the seabed, anyone who saw the huge underwater outline could guess what had happened.

Everyone gasped in shock. All the pirates on the island knew that the Blackbeard Pirates were engaged in a fierce battle with the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates. San Juan Wolf had just been injured in a battle against a powerful ancient giant and was to be sent back to Beehive Island for treatment.

As a result, the escorting fleet has been completely destroyed, and the infamous pirate San Juan Wolf has also sunk to the bottom of the sea. Not to mention whether the people on the island can defeat the enemy who could do this, even if the enemy has already escaped, Blackbeard will probably be furious when he returns, and who knows how many more people will die then.

Pizarro's mind raced. As the general who stayed behind, as long as Beehive Island remained intact, what did it matter to him if San Juan Wolf died on the way back?

Just as I was about to turn around and run, I suddenly felt like there was something above my head.

A giant hand rose from the ground, trying to reach up and scratch the top of the skull rock, while a mocking voice came from above.

"Have you told Blackbeard to come back soon? If he doesn't come back, our homeland is going to be gone."

Pizarro was horrified and shook his head without hesitation: "Enemy attack! The people who wiped out the fleet are on the island! Everyone on high alert!"

Robert floated directly above the island, coldly observing the chaos of Hive Island. The last time he came here, he was a hero; this time, he had become a destroyer.

“Let’s play a game. I’ll slowly wipe out everyone on the island, and now you can contact Blackbeard and tell him to hurry up and bring his men back. Let’s see if he can get back to town faster, or if I can destroy their base faster.”

Actually, he didn't even need to say it. As soon as they saw San Juan Wolf's corpse, the pirates in charge of communications were already frantically informing the main force of the Black Organization at the front.

At that time, they could only report the results of the incident, and knew nothing about the process or the instigator.

But now, everyone can clearly see the figure floating high in the sky, and the lightning that has begun to surge and rage on his body.

"It's Robert D. Neru! He destroyed the entire escort team, killed Lord San Juan Wolf, and even said he would destroy everything on the island!"

Like a cat playing with a mouse, Robert began striking the ships around the island with lightning.

Whether they were ships that had sailed all the way to protect Beehive Island or ships that had been towed here from the port, all of them were engulfed in flames after a wave of lightning attacks.

Beehive Island has become completely isolated; no one can leave the island unless they kill Robert.

Pirates who jump into the water from the ship and escape to Beehive Island will be spared by Robert for the time being.

However, if someone swims further out of the island, a bolt of lightning will strike them squarely on the head, turning them into a floating corpse.

Robert didn't even need to utter any harsh words; the pirates responsible for reporting to the front lines exaggerated the severity of the situation a thousandfold, as if it wasn't Robert himself who had arrived, but rather the combined forces of Kaido and Big Mom.

Ace and Marco were exhausted. Ace's strength had indeed improved greatly over the past year, especially in terms of Haki.

Previously, his Conqueror's Haki had been almost completely extinguished due to his ambition to help Whitebeard become the Pirate King, but it has been rekindled over the past year under Shanks' training.

However, even when the two joined forces to fight Blackbeard, they could only inflict some minor damage. Their attacks were completely inadequate against the Dark-Dark Fruit's abnormal defensive capabilities.

But just now, Van Augur teleported to his side and said something, and Blackbeard actually wanted to retreat for the first time since the start of the war!

Ace and Marco exchanged a glance: You wouldn't let us leave before, and now you want to retreat?

Do you think we're prostitutes? That we can just run away without leaving anything behind?

Chapter 26 Now I'm the one who's barefoot, while you, Blackbeard, have shoes.

In war, when the superior side is outflanked and attacked from behind, whether to seize the opportunity to annihilate the enemy first and then turn back to reclaim lost territory, or to extinguish the fire in the rear first and then proceed slowly, has always been a controversial issue.

However, in the world of One Piece, returning to provide support is actually an inevitable option.

Most pirates are fickle and opportunistic, with Luffy and his crew being more like an adventure party.

In the logic of pirates, following the strong and bullying the weak is a universal value.

If a once powerful pirate shows even the slightest weakness, the first to attack him will most likely not be his enemies, but rather his own subordinates whom he believes he can replace.

Each of the Four Emperors occupies a vast territory, essentially dividing up the New World.

However, when Big Mom's stronghold, Whole Cake Island, was destroyed, and she herself was not even defeated, she did not go to other islands to stay temporarily and slowly develop and rebuild her stronghold. Instead, she went directly to Kaido to join forces and hunt down Luffy.

The reason is that Whole Cake Island is Big Mom's pride. Before Whole Cake Island was destroyed, only a few scattered pirates came to attack it, such as those few brutes from the Supernovas. Most of them were directly defeated by her subordinates.

But when his reputation is completely ruined, Big Mom has to stop everything she's doing and take down the culprit in order to raise the fallen flag again.

As long as she doesn't defeat Luffy, Big Mom will face rebellions from her subordinate pirate crews and occupied territories, challenges from other pirate forces who believe she is no longer invincible, and even an encirclement and suppression by the Navy.

Blackbeard is now facing the same situation, and his status is even lower than that of Big Mom.

He has just occupied Beehive Island, and a large number of pirates are coming to join him. He needs to defeat the Whitebeard Pirates, one of the original sea rulers, in one fell swoop to become one of the Four Emperors.

If his home island, Beehive Island, is destroyed now, then even if he wipes out the entire Whitebeard Pirates and occupies all of their territories, he still won't become one of the Four Emperors.

After all, while it would be easier to defeat a Yonko crew without Whitebeard, the significance of defeating them would be greatly reduced in everyone's eyes.

Not to mention that even when Blackbeard fought the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates who had lost their core members, it was only after Akainu struck first, catching them off guard, and Edward Weevil constantly launching sneak attacks and harassing their rear.

It was already a three-way attack on one enemy base, and then the place you just conquered was stolen.

It's fair to say that if Beehive Island hadn't been saved, or even if it hadn't been saved at all, Blackbeard would never have become one of the Four Emperors.

If a leader can't hold the base, can't protect his men, and can't even avenge his enemies, who would dare follow him?

Blackbeard is a complete bastard. He knows best how his gang of scum was organized. No one is drawn to him because of his personal charisma; they are all intimidated by his immense strength.

This kind of team is quick to form and quick to collapse; his own father, Rocks, has already shown him what that means.

The Rocks Pirates, which once dominated the seas, had three of the Four Emperors branching out from them. Compared to Rocks, the Pirate King Roger was just a little brother.

But if Roger hadn't disbanded his pirate crew, his brothers would have fought alongside him to the death.

The Rocks Pirates, a crew assembled solely based on individual strength, even had Wang Zhi betray them during their peak.

Blackbeard knew very well that if Beehive Island fell, the massive force he had painstakingly built would also fall, most of his low-ranking pirates would flee, and the Whitebeard Pirates' newly conquered territory would soon face a situation where no one would occupy it.

Of the villains brought out from Impel Down, Caterina Dependent died when they first came to Beehive Island, and now San Juan Wolf has also died. Knowing Robert as he does, he fears that Avaro Pizarro won't survive until he goes back to rescue him.

Unless he fights back in a high-profile manner and kills Robert on the spot, the first ones to stab him in the back will be Shiryu of the Rain and Basque Jotte.

Robert's intentions were particularly malicious; instead of completely destroying Beehive Island, he leisurely engaged in a killing game.

If Beehive Island had already been destroyed, Blackbeard could have taken a desperate gamble and wiped out the entire Whitebeard Pirates, then used his hatred for Robert to unite everyone together.

The fact that Beehive Island is currently in a state of extreme crisis, yet seems to offer hope of rescue if Blackbeard returns to help, makes him feel worse than if he'd eaten shit.

Now the roles have reversed. Just like how he used to annoy Ace and Marco, these two are now doing the same thing to annoy him.

Blackbeard wanted to retreat; he figured he could get away even if he suffered some minor injuries.

However, whenever he runs away, Ace and Marco chase after and kill the other Blackbeard members. These officers involved in the battle already have a hard time defeating their opponents, so they all rely on Blackbeard's side to decide the outcome and deliver the final blow.

Now Ace and Marco have become the ones who can help everywhere. Basque Jot almost had his head smashed by a meteor hammer from the 7th Division Captain Rakuyo, and Shiryu of the Rain was also injured by Vista's flower sword attack.