The Warrior of Love

The mangroves are so big that they look like giant towers. Towns are built on top of them.

These mangroves secrete a special resin that expands with the air to form bubbles that then fly into the sky. When thousands of bubbles rise together, the scene is truly like a dream.

The locals use these bubbles to create transportation, amusement parks, and even houses. It can be said that bubbles have become the theme of their lives, so the Chabaoti Archipelago can also be called the Bubble Islands.

It was impossible for Jiang Liu to have a smooth journey with a little girl in such an environment. He stopped several times to play with Lulu, and it was almost evening when he arrived at the store that Xia Qi mentioned.

"Tequila, rum, whiskey... and vodka also need to be replenished." Jiang Liu took the list and counted, "About 60 to 70 boxes in total."

"Ok!"

Neither of them brought a bubble truck for transporting goods, but no one felt embarrassed. Lulu, who was only eight or nine years old, patted her chest confidently.

"Just leave it all to me!"

Chapter 68: Printing Fruit, Celestial Dragons

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..."

A huge white cloth was spread on the ground, and seventy boxes of fine wine of various kinds were piled up on it to form a small hill. The blue-haired girl was facing the hill with her hands stretched out, making strange gestures and making cute sounds like a cat's cry.

"Gulu gurulu gurulu—change!"

Bang!

As a cloud of inexplicable smoke exploded, an incredible scene appeared. The hill that was three or four meters high disappeared, and was replaced by the picture printed on the white cloth.

It was as if a giant hand with magical power "pressed" the wine into the picture.

"Hey!"

Lulu lifted the white cloth and folded it together. It soon became a slightly thick piece of cloth, and then handed it to Jiang Liu.

“Done!”

Looking at the little girl's expression that said "I'm great so come and praise me", Jiang Liu gently touched her smooth short hair and couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

No matter how many times I see it, the power of the devil fruit is always magical!

Although he knew that there was a side effect of becoming a landlubber, it was this extraordinary power that made Jiang Liu steadfast and he always dreamed of consuming the natural system and then killing everyone.

——[Superhuman O Printing Fruit]

As the name suggests, it is the ability to print on a flat surface such as paper or stone.

However, what is used for printing is not oil paint or graphite, but objects that actually exist in space.

Just like what Lulu did just now, after she exerts her power on an object, it will turn into a painting on a flat surface.

The mass and volume disappeared, and even a child could easily carry these "70 boxes of wine and beverages" around. After arriving at the destination, Lulu can restore these things.

It is simply a storage space in the game, with the ability to completely ignore the laws of physics!

However, this ability also has limitations.

First, only inanimate matter can be "printed", and this ability is ineffective against living organisms.

Second, activating the ability consumes a lot of energy. The more you use it, the hungrier you'll get. If you use it beyond the limit, it may even cause fainting.

Third, if the "paper" is soaked by seawater, the ability will automatically be invalidated.

But even with these limitations, this ability is extremely valuable, and sometimes even Jiang Liu would envy Lulu.

The abilities of Devil Fruits vary in strength. The value of a powerful natural Devil Fruit can completely make people ignore the weakness of "seawater", while Devil Fruits with average abilities are not worth much.

Although Lulu's "Printing Fruit" has no direct combat power, its value is such that people can ignore the cost of eating a devil fruit.

I bought Lulu some marshmallows as a reward, and the two of them leisurely set off on their journey home with the drinks.

When passing by a busy street on the way, the originally disorderly and harmonious crowd suddenly became agitated.

"Get out of the way!"

"All of you, lower your heads! Do you want to die?"

"Kneel down quickly..."

"It's the world's nobility!"

"Everyone, pay attention, the world's nobles are coming!"

People, regardless of their status, wealth or social status, all moved away from the avenue and lined up on both sides, kneeling down in awe... fear, trembling and waiting for something.

Jiang Liu had just arrived here with Lulu. After seeing this scene, he had some understanding. He took the little girl's hand and hid in an alley on the side of the road, hiding his body in the shadows.

"Brother Jiang Liu?"

"Keep your voice down." Jiang Liu whispered, "Wait a minute..."

The tense atmosphere made Lulu hold her breath, and her two big eyes looked out curiously.

After a while, amid the "greeting" of the kneeling crowd, a group of people finally walked over slowly.

In the front was a bloated and weird figure, wearing clothes like an astronaut. Although he was on land, he was wearing a transparent hood to isolate the air inside and outside.

In terms of body shape and appearance alone, this person had the worst body shape Jiang Liu had ever seen.

It's not just that he's fat, but his entire body gives off an aura as if he's filled with mud. Even the space suit can barely hold up the hanging flesh and skin.

As for his appearance... let's put it this way, he looks like he has some kind of congenital disease, and his face is full of the look of an idiot.

However, it is such a person who walks around in the awe of everyone, and ignores the people kneeling on both sides.

"Ah, I have walked a hundred steps."

The mountain of flesh that seemed to be filled with wastewater suddenly stopped, and words uttered from its two thick lips.

"I've had enough exercise today. I set a new record. I'm amazing!"

"Yes, Saint Roswaal's great deeds are admirable." said the bodyguard in a black suit who was following him.

"That's enough, I need to get home soon."

Roshan waved his hand and said, "Let's use number three today."

"Your Highness, number three is dead."

"What? Another one died?" Meat Mountain's expression twisted. "That's why I said that human slaves are not easy to use. Sure enough, the ones from the Murlocs and Furmen are more durable and more comfortable to sit on!"

"Yes, next time I will buy slaves from the fishmen. But for now, please be patient for a while."

"There's no other way... Let's call number 13 over."

"Yes!"

Soon, the bodyguards came over with a tall man. He was stronger than anyone else present, but he didn't dare to resist the authority of these people. He was pulled by the chain and the collar around his neck, like a dog being walked, and knelt in front of the meat mountain.

"Hey!"

The bodyguards lifted the meat mountain and placed him on No. 13's back. Then the slave began to crawl on all fours very skillfully, carrying the meat mountain that was less than half his height but heavier than him...

When the Meat Mountain and his followers completely disappeared from sight, people breathed a sigh of relief and got up from the ground, continuing their own business as if nothing had happened before.

Walking out of the alley, Jiang Liu suddenly felt a chill as he looked at the people who were talking and laughing as usual, not surprised by anything.

"Brother Jiang Liu, what on earth happened just now?" Although Lulu was young, she was able to vaguely sense the distortion in the previous scene.

"The Celestial Dragons, also known as the world's nobles, are the actual rulers of this island." Jiang Liu said expressionlessly.

"Tianlong people?" Lulu's eyes lit up, and then she felt lost. "I heard from my father that they are the descendants of God and they are here to rule us, right?"

The little girl was depressed because she thought of her father. Jiang Liu touched her head and said in an inexplicable tone.

"Descendants of God? Perhaps...but it's not certain what "God" is."

Chapter 69: Xia Qi

Jiang Liu himself scoffs at the so-called "God".

The Celestial Dragons are arguably the most disgusting beings in the entire One Piece world.

Legend has it that they are descendants of the 800 kings who established the World Government 20 years ago. They regard themselves as "descendants of the Creator" and have a noble status above the member states of the World Government, so they are also called world aristocrats.

However, after eight hundred years of decadence, these guys have completely become a social cancer. The world government will plunder a large amount of wealth from the member states all over the world to support them, which is the so-called "gold from heaven".

Not only that, because they think of themselves as great, they take ordinary people for granted as being inferior to themselves. They even disdain to breathe the same air as ordinary people and wear bubble masks on their heads, and treat people of other races as slaves at will.

Things like forcibly abducting women and killing people at will were common.

The disgusting things these people have done are definitely too numerous to list, but because they have the support of the world's governments and even the admirals of the navy are theoretically required to serve them, no one dares to resist them.

Not to mention ordinary civilians and soldiers, even lawless pirates would avoid them.

It is indeed strange that the world's governments unconditionally support the Celestial Dragons. Jiang Liu was puzzled when he was watching "One Piece" in his previous life. But later, when he thought of the royal princes who were raised like pigs in all dynasties, he seemed to understand something.

He has a noble status but does not hold an actual position; he can attract heavy military protection but cannot directly interfere with military appointments; he is well-dressed and well-fed but is as stupid as a pig - this kind of thing is very common in history.

However, if this is the case, it will lead to a question: the reason why the royal family in ancient times could live so freely and unrestrainedly was because they had a "patriarch" who was at the pinnacle of power in the world - the emperor.

Therefore, Jiang Liu has always been guessing that among these rubbish-like Celestial Dragons, there should be at least one "emperor"-like figure.

However, until he was killed and traveled through time, he was not able to see the original author Eiichiro Oda reveal the secret of the Celestial Dragons, which was a small regret for him.

This time, after traveling to the world of "One Piece", I unexpectedly had the opportunity to complete this task, but the difficulty was too scary.

After all, this secret is bound to be related to the ancestors of the Celestial Dragons - the twenty kings from eight hundred years ago, and the "historical text" which is considered the biggest secret in the pirate world.

To unlock this secret, the difficulty is definitely no less than becoming the Pirate King. In fact, Roger may have known something at the beginning, but he was no longer able to stir up the situation.

Disease and time are shadows that no strong person can escape.

-

One morning, Jiang Liu woke up early, washed the sweat off his body, put on loose training clothes, and went to the open space behind the bar to start his daily training.

Drink, drink, drink, drink!

The wind pressure brought out a roaring sound, and Jiang Liu chopped down the object in his hand while sweating.

Today, he no longer uses ordinary wooden or metal swords to exercise, but steel pipes with solid iron blocks as counterweights, which makes him look like he is swinging a barbell.

Well, maybe it’s okay to call it a barbell.

Air swing is the most basic form of training, which is simply to chop the wooden sword down continuously. However, this is also a training that never ends. The more monotonous and boring the practice is, the more it can hone one's mind and body.

Jiang Liu would get up at four o'clock every day for morning exercises, and would do at least a thousand swings in the air before taking a short break.

After switching from a wooden sword to a barbell, Jiang Liu felt quite strenuous at first just swinging the pole without any weight.

You know, swinging the pole in the air once is not that difficult, but swinging it a thousand times is a height that most humans cannot reach.

Gradually he got used to the intensity and began to add weights to the steel pipe.

Five kilograms, ten kilograms, fifteen kilograms...

Although it is far from being as exaggerated as Zoro in the plot, it also touches upon the inhuman realm.

"what--"

Xia Qi, wearing thin pajamas and yawning, poked her head out from her room upstairs from the bar, leisurely lit a cigarette, half leaned against the windowsill, and watched Jiang Liu exercising with interest.

"call……"

Xia Qi slowly exhaled a puff of misty smoke and smiled.

"It's like this every day. You are really hardworking."

Although Jiang Liu heard it, he did not answer. Today he added two kilograms of weight to the steel pipe. Although it was not much, he was already close to his limit. The mere two kilograms had the effect of "the straw that broke the camel's back".

What Jiang Liu needs to do is to break through this limit!

Without even time to speak, the sweaty young man gritted his teeth and completed all the exercises. He threw the barbell and weights on the ground, adjusted his breathing and tried to relax all the muscles in his body.

He raised his head at this time, with a little white heat on his body, and said to Xia Qi: "There is no way, the flesh is very sensitive, if you don't "pamper" it well one day, it will lose its temper with you."

"What a corny statement. Do you regard muscles as your lover?"

Xia Qi shook her head, took another deep puff of cigarette, her eyes a little hazy.

"Men all say the same thing... When I was at sea, I also saw people like you who worked hard to train their bodies. Forty years have passed in the blink of an eye."

"Before?" Jiang Liu's heart moved, and he wiped his sweat with a towel while asking, "Speaking of which, Miss Xia Qi is much older than me... Are you talking about your former partner when you were a pirate?"

"Yes, everyone was very immature at that time. However, unlike me who just wanted to live a peaceful life, some of those people died and some are still alive. Those who survived basically became big figures."