Zhutian: Starting from being forced to bind

Chen Xi: [Wait a minute, I'll go to the mall and take a look. If it doesn't work, I'll buy it.]

In the past, he could buy it anytime when he didn't need it, but now it's no longer possible. He needs to prepare for a rainy day and get some free stuff before the system is devoured. He should prepare everything that can be prepared in advance.

I earned a lot of soul points in the last world, which is just right for spending now.

Food and water are necessities for survival and are indispensable.

Chen Xi rummaged around in the mall and actually found a suitable item, the Water Spirit Pearl.

The name is very grand, but it is not the one in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy". It is just a bead that can produce fresh water. If placed in the storage space, it can release one hundred tons of fresh water resources every day.

Good stuff, bought it!

This thing is not expensive, only 10,000 soul points. It's mainly because of its awkward positioning. The ability to create water out of thin air belongs to the extraordinary category, but the ability to only produce fresh water seems too single in use, so the price is not high.

One hundred tons of water a day is enough for Chen Xi and Tomie Kawakami.

The second item is a food gift pack (unlimited inventory), three of which can be taken out every day. Each pack contains 100 kilograms of various ingredients, including grains, vegetables, meat, seafood, and everything else.

Three servings a day means 300 kilograms of various ingredients, which is more than enough.

The price is also 10,000 soul points, and the main thing is to improve the quality of the ingredients, which can be said to be the top ingredients in the conventional world.

Don’t even think about ingredients from the extraordinary world because you can’t afford them. That’s how the system mall is. Anything related to the extraordinary world is expensive.

Originally, Chen Xi wanted to buy a small house, but the houses he liked all had larger storage space than he had. If he wanted to store everything in it, he would need the technology of the transformation capsule from the world of Dragon Ball.

The house was not expensive, but the transformation capsules were shockingly expensive. Chen Xi took one look at the price and gave up immediately.

Close the system mall. I can’t look at it anymore. The more I look, the more I want to buy.

Chen Xi first went to the Black Pearl's water tank and put today's 100 tons of water into it. He then went to the kitchen and cold storage, took out today's 300 kilograms of ingredients, and prepared to start cooking.

As Chen Xi was busy, a big question mark appeared in his head: Wasn't he the captain?

Whose captain is doing the job of a cook? !

Chen Xi couldn't help but contact Kawakami Tomie: [I don't think this is right. I'm the captain, why are you commanding me and I have to cook for you? ]

Tomie Kawakami: [Captain, those who are capable should do more work. ]

Chen Xi: [How about we switch? ]

Kawakami Tomie: [Ah~~Captain, my cooking is not as delicious as yours. 】

Chen Xi: [This is not a question of whether it tastes good or not, this is...]

Kawakami Tomie: [Love you~~]

Chen Xi: ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Forget it, so be it.

Tomie Kawakami stood at the rudder with a smile on her face. Below the rudder was a waterproof touch screen, which was the center of control for the entire ship. However, it was temporarily unable to drive automatically.

The Black Pearl's AI can automatically record the sea areas it has sailed through during the voyage. As long as it has been recorded, the next voyage can directly enter the destination and sail automatically.

Now that they have just arrived, Kawakami Tomie has to take charge of everything personally, and the shadow guards stay on the mast on guard to avoid encountering any blind pirates and having the Black Pearl damaged by their shells.

The Shadow Guard's true form is a ball of shadow. Even after coming to the extraordinary world, the most he can use is the Six Styles of the Navy. He can use the Storm Kick but cannot use the Flying Slash.

On the mast, the shadow guard would draw his sword and slash forward from time to time, trying again and again, even combining the principle of Storm Kick, but what he ended up with was just a sword-swinging version of Storm Kick.

Kawakami Tomie couldn't help but remind him, "Flying Slash is a kind of sword energy. You don't even have energy in your body, how can you use it?"

The shadow guard paused when he heard this, sheathed his sword, and sat down silently, looking a little depressed.

"Your advantage is that you are immortal. Don't lose sight of the main point. There are so many people who want your characteristics but can't get them."

The shadow guard's spine straightened up immediately.

Soon, Kawakami Tomie received a notification from Chen Xi that it was time to eat.

Kawakami Tomie: "I'm going to eat, you take the helm, as long as you don't crash into land, you can drive anywhere else."

The shadow guard gestured: Leave it to me.

Kawakami Tomie walked into the cabin and talked about this matter with Chen Xi in private while eating. Then she asked, "Is there no way for him to become stronger?"

"That's... hard to say." Chen Xi said, "From the essence, you and the Shadow Guard were not in the same situation. You have existed in human form since birth, but your nature is weird, so you can be resurrected infinitely. The essence of the Shadow Guard is a shadow. As long as it is not an operating room, he will not die. This kind of immortality certainly comes at a price."

"Captain, I understand what you're saying. I just feel sad when I see him wanting to become stronger but unable to do so."

"Becoming stronger comes at a price. What if, in order to become stronger, you lose your immortality?"

"..."

"He is different from you. I cannot guarantee that the Shadow Guard will retain his immortality after upgrading. After all, he has changed in essence, from a shadow to a human body. How can he be immortal?"

"..."

"Even your situation should be considered lucky. If you use the props in the mall to improve your essence and change your race, you will most likely lose your weird characteristics."

"Then I..." Kawakami Tomie was confused.

"It should be the influence of divine power. Even though I am only a temporary god, in the last world, I was indeed a real god. The awakening I brought to your updated status includes divine power."

"So that's it."

"Maybe it's more than that. There should also be compensation from the world's will. Since they restricted me so harshly, why don't they compensate us a little more?"

"I understand. That's why I can still keep my previous characteristics after changing to the Succubus clan, but the Shadow Guard may not be able to do so."

"Yes, compared to the shadow guard who has mastered extraordinary powers, I want the immortal shadow guard more. We have been together for so long and we have developed feelings for each other. I don't want him to die in a time travel."

"Yeah, I know. I feel the same way."

"So now it's good. I don't need him to become so strong. It's good enough that he can always accompany us." After Chen Xi finished speaking, he thought about it and continued, "How about this, I will check to see if there is a way to have the best of both worlds."

“If there is, that would be great.”

"Yeah, let's eat first. After we finish eating, I'll go take a look."

"Uh-huh."

After dinner, Chen Xi and Kawakami Tomie went to the deck together. The latter went to replace the shadow guard, while Chen Xi observed the shadow guard and activated the golden finger.

Chen Xi asked himself, is there any way to improve the strength of the Shadow Guard?

Gold Finger: [Devouring the Human-Human Fruit. ]

Everyone’s fruit?

Chopper?

Speaking of the Human-Human Fruit, the first person Chen Xi thought of was Chopper. By this point in time, was Chopper born?

When dealing with the pirates before, Chen Xi also determined the current timeline, 1507 in the Sea Calendar, but he couldn't remember the ages of other people at all. He only remembered that Luffy went to sea in 1520.

Of course, there are more than one Human-Human Fruit that Chopper ate, but Chen Xi only knows this one that can confirm the clue. Come to think of it... it's quite suitable for the Shadow Guard.

So...are we going to compete with Chopper for food?

Chen Xi didn't mind bullying a little reindeer and taking away Chopper's opportunity. At most, he could just keep it as a pet. But the problem was that he had no idea when Chopper had eaten the devil fruit.

Some devil fruits have never been discovered since their appearance, while others suddenly turn into devil fruits. There is no pattern at all. Even if he goes to Drum Island, he may not arrive at the right time.

After thinking it over again and again, Chen Xi felt that he should go over and take a look first. Even if he couldn't find the devil fruit, he could still look for Chopper's trace. At worst, he could just follow Chopper and take advantage of the opportunity.

By the way, if Shadow Guard ate the Human-Human Fruit and became a human, would his immortality remain?

With such doubts, Chen Xi activated the golden finger again.

Gold Finger: [You need to buy an optimization card in the mall, eat the optimized Human-Human Fruit, and you can switch between the two forms. ]

Optimize card?

Chen Xi opened the system mall and found the Devil Fruit Optimization Card. This card was mainly designed to address the weaknesses of Devil Fruit users who were afraid of water and seastone. Unexpectedly, the optimized Devil Fruit would give him extra benefits.

If there are two forms, does it mean that when the Shadow Guard is in human form, he can use extraordinary powers, but there is a risk of dying in battle; after switching to shadow form, he cannot use extraordinary powers, but is immortal.

But...is there such a good thing in the world?

If Chen Xi had two forms, he would dare to roam freely in the universe. When he was about to die, he would not be afraid as long as he switched forms.

Sure enough, the golden finger poured a basin of cold water on his delusion: [It takes a certain amount of time to switch forms. 】

This makes sense, I don't know how long it will take, but switching at a life or death moment is definitely not an option.

No matter what, we have hope after all, so let's move towards this goal for the time being and go to Drum Island to find the Human-Human Fruit.

Chen Xi did not tell Shadow Guard about this matter for the time being, because he was not sure when Chopper had eaten the Human-Human Fruit. What if he was too late? Wouldn't that make Shadow Guard's wait in vain?

Chen Xi turned and shouted to Kawakami Tomie, "Let's go to Upside Down Mountain. We are going to the Grand Line."

Kawakami Tomie weakly replied: "Captain, where is Upside Down Mountain? I don't know the way."

"Uh!" Chen Xi scratched his head a little embarrassedly. He didn't know the way. This sea area was extremely vast and there was not even an island.

Chen Xi quickly returned to the captain's room, took out the previous sea chart, and threw it to Kawakami Tomie: "Here is the sea chart for you, you can decide for yourself. If you are not sure, just sail in one direction, and you will always meet someone."

Tomie Kawakami: ╮(╯▽╰)╭

What an irresponsible captain! Why don’t you just focus on being a cook?

Leaving all matters of sailing to Kawakami Tomie, Chen Xi had more important things to do, which was to comprehend the domineering power.

Judging from his current four-dimensional attributes and strength, there is no reason why he cannot awaken Haki, so he can start with Armament Haki.

Chapter 196 Three Colors of Dominance

As a necessary skill in the later stage of this world, domineering is not expensive to exchange in the system mall. Before coming to this world, if you want to obtain domineering, you must buy it.

But now that Chen Xi has come to this world in person, it would be a loss if he spent soul points to exchange for domineering aura. It doesn't make sense that he couldn't learn something that the pirate minions in the New World could master.

Apart from anything else, the energy generated by the Nan Dou Sheng Quan over the years is enough for him to use it as much as he wants, especially after the qualitative change.

The energy that was originally created by Nan Dou Sheng Quan possessed a single attribute, which was sharpness and cutting. As his four-dimensional attributes grew and he mastered more related skills, the energy in his body gradually changed in quality and became pure energy.

Qi itself has no attributes. What kind of effect you want depends on what skills you use. If you use the Nan Dou Sheng Quan, Qi is cutting; if you use the Scarlet Poison Needle, Qi is penetration.

This is a good thing for him. With so much relevant experience, it is not too easy for him to feel domineering.

To be precise, Chen Xi didn't know what the domineering aura in the world of "One Piece" was, but it should have nothing to do with breathing methods. It was more like a kind of energy generated in the body. It depended on one's strength. When the strength reached a certain level, the body's cells would produce a kind of energy. The method of controlling this energy was a bit like that in "Hunter x Hunter". Chen Xi followed this method.

Due to the differences in the world's power system, Chen Xi has completed the most basic entanglement in the ability of mind, but it still does not count as the ability of mind. If he wants to truly master the ability of mind, he must either exchange related skills in the mall to remove the restrictions, or wait to go to that world.

The good news is that Haki and the energy of Nen are really similar. After learning how to entangle, you can easily master the Armament Haki with a little practice.

A LV1 Armament Haki mark also appeared in the skill bar.

Very good, saved 10 soul points.

Chen Xi didn't know what other people's domineering aura looked like. His domineering aura was essentially no different from his qi, except for the different methods of application.

In the world of martial arts, the ultrasonic wave that was obtained as a maximum-level reward for the Lion's Roar Technique also gave him inspiration. He followed this feeling and soon awakened his Observation Haki.

It can be said that these two abilities are not really difficult for Chen Xi now. He is very glad that he did not exchange them before, otherwise he would have lost a lot of money.

After learning the dual-color domineering, Chen Xi taught it to Kawakami Tomie immediately. In this world, having domineering or not are two completely different kinds of strength.

With the same four-dimensional attributes, Kawakami Tomie also learned them very quickly, which made Yingwei envious and jealous.

After learning it, Kawakami Tomie couldn't help but ask, "Didn't they say there are three colors of Haki? The last one, the Conqueror's Haki, can't you learn it, boss?"

"Well..." Chen Xi couldn't help but laugh: "Actually, for me, awakening the Conqueror's Haki is the easiest."

"what?"

"Heroic aura is not as mysterious as the legend says. It is essentially a state of mind. Everyone has a different definition of their own. It can be domineering, or it can be responsibility and commitment, or even the desire to protect a companion. The so-called overlord does not necessarily have to conquer new territories, but refers to whether one has the courage to not give up and save the collapsing building in desperate situations."

"so what?"

Chen Xi stood up quietly, looked up at the sky, and murmured: "I have been an emperor twice, especially in the worlds of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes, I drove out the Mongols and rebuilt the glory of China."

As Chen Xi's murmurs grew louder, a momentum began to brew in his body.

Finally, Chen Xi raised his soul to the sky and asked, "If someone like me can't awaken the Conqueror's Haki, then who else can? Open it for me!!"

"boom!"

A powerful aura burst out from Chen Xi's body and spread to the surroundings. Kawakami Tomie and the shadow guard both frowned. This feeling made them very uncomfortable.

If it weren't for their extremely high four-dimensional attributes, they would have fainted long ago. Even now, they felt very suffocated, as if a huge stone was pressing on their chest.

Chen Xi released the domineering aura and gradually became proficient in this ability. Soon, this domineering aura bypassed Kawakami Tomie and the shadow guard, and the fish under the sea floated on the water one after another.