"Jiehahaha! I knew it!"
Golden Lion Shiki looked at Charlo's move and said.
Charlo's previous strike officially propelled him into the realm of the Great Swordsman.
From now on, there would be one more Great Swordsman in this world, and Charlo's nickname would become Charlo, the Blood Great Swordsman.
"Phew!"
Charlo took a deep breath, feeling the power in his body, and Charlo smiled.
He had become stronger again.
He had been promoted to the realm of the Great Swordsman.
"Jiehahaha! Boy, your talent is really enviable!"
Golden Lion Shiki slowly descended and landed on Charlo's ship's bow.
Charlo didn't stop him.
"Then I have to thank you, Shiki! If it weren't for your strike that made me realize what I desired, I don't know when I would have broken through to the Great Swordsman realm!"
Charlo said with a smile.
"Jiehahaha! No need to thank me! No need to thank me. Just help me once in the future, of course, something within your power. You can also refuse!"
Shiki stood beside Charlo, looking at the calm sea.
After hearing Shiki's words, Charlo frowned slightly. He hated owing others favors, but he really owed this favor to Shiki.
Moreover, it was his own initiative.
He owed Shiki a favor for breaking through to the Great Swordsman realm.
Seeing Charlo frowning, Shiki didn't care at all.
"Remember, boy! Just help me once when it's within your power in the future, and we'll be even!"
Shiki floated up again and flew towards Hive Island, and his voice still lingered in the air.
After watching Shiki leave, Charlo fell into deep thought.
What would he ask him to do?
Judging from what Shiki did in later generations, wouldn't it be to help him rule the world and become the King of the World?
Impossible! Impossible! Rocks was still alive! Even if someone was going to be the King of the World, it wouldn't be him.
Could it be? To betray Rocks?
This was the only clue Charlo could think of. After all, Shiki didn't know that Rocks would be killed by Roger and Garp together in God Valley two years later!
The more Charlo thought about it, the more convinced he became that this was the case.
Moreover, from Shiki's actions in recent years, he had become more and more dissatisfied with Rocks. Not only him, but even Whitebeard rarely returned to the island.
He spent his days floating on the sea in his ship and only came back when Rocks summoned him.
"It seems that it's time for the Rocks Pirates to disappear!"
Thinking that there were less than two years left until the God Valley Battle, a sense of urgency hit Charlo again.
After all, once Rocks died, the sea would definitely be in chaos.
The vacancy of the sea - overlord position would drive countless pirates crazy.
It wasn't until the emergence of the three legendary pirates that it gradually became calm, but this calm didn't last long. With Pirate King Roger's surrender to the authorities, the sea was in chaos again. However, this time the chaos was directed at the Navy.
At present, the future three Admirals of the Navy hadn't grown up yet, and the strength of the Navy was still very weak. That's why they had been retreating step by step from the New World by the Rocks Pirates and were finally driven out of the New World.
But after Rocks died and before the three legendary pirates emerged, this period was extremely dangerous.
Kong will be promoted to the Fleet Admiral of the Navy, while Sengoku and Zefa will be simultaneously promoted to Admirals. Only Garp remains a Vice - Admiral as he refused the promotion.
But it'd be a joke if someone only thought of Garp as a Vice - Admiral.
The naval hero who will chase the Pirate King around in the future. Well, he isn't a hero yet, but it doesn't diminish Garp's strength.
As a member of the Rocks Pirates, I haven't dealt with Garp yet. According to the information from Whitebeard and Shiki, he must be extremely powerful.
Neither of them gained an advantage when fighting Garp and would end up with bruised and swollen faces after each fight.
Of course, Garp didn't have it easy either. They also said they'd beat Garp to a pulp every time.
Judging from the strength of Shiki the Golden Lion and Whitebeard, Xia Luo at least isn't able to defeat them.
So when facing the future naval pursuit led by Garp, Xia Luo definitely won't be a match.
Thinking of this, Xia Luo felt a sense of urgency rising within him.
Currently, he can only barely match Zefa.
"Damn future!"
Angrily swinging the sword in his hand, Xia Luo instantly split the sea in half.
This is the current strength of Xia Luo.
Looking at the sword in his hand, Xia Luo shook his head, thinking it was still too weak.
He wanted a good sword. Unfortunately, in the pirate world, most good swords are either samurai swords or rapiers.
Xia Luo isn't used to using either type. There's a rapier in his treasure vault that he captured before.
It is ranked among the Twenty - One Great Swords, named Holy Realm Judgment.
It's an extremely sharp and somewhat luxurious rapier.
Without coating it with Armament Haki, Xia Luo's self - crafted swords can't even withstand a single strike from it and would break one after another.
Of course, Xia Luo has also thought about creating a black sword, i.e., constantly coating a sword with Armament Haki until it turns black.
But he has no idea how long that will take.
Moreover, Xia Luo has tried it. Unfortunately, in battles, even if he coats his sword with Armament Haki, it can still be cut by weapons also coated with Armament Haki.
This is all because Xia Luo's Armament Haki isn't strong enough.
Although Xia Luo knows all the ways to use Armament Haki, if its strength isn't high, it can still be overpowered by stronger Armament Haki.
Xia Luo deeply felt this in his battle with Zefa.
This is also what Xia Luo will keep training on next.
However, the best way to train Armament Haki is to fight others who also have Armament Haki. It's the most effective method.
Otherwise, the effect will be too poor.
Training alone won't work.
But all these depend on the situation. For now, Xia Luo hasn't found a sparring partner yet.
So he should consider his weapon first.
"I seem to remember that Luffy encountered a good sword during his voyage, but it seems to be a cursed sword."
Well, in the One Piece world, there's no clear distinction between different types of swords.
The name of that cursed sword seems to be the Seven - Star Sword, which seems to be in the first half of the Grand Line.
"Looks like I'll have to go to the first half of the Grand Line when I'm free. That island seems to be called Askar Island. I'll have to ask someone about it!"
When Xia Luo thought of asking someone, he immediately thought of Shakky. As the navigator of the Rocks Pirates and an intelligence dealer in the underworld, she should know the location of Askar Island!
"Shakky?"
Xia Luo was no stranger to this person. She will be Rayleigh's old lover in the future. Rayleigh always hung around with Shakky, ran a swindling bar, and worked as an intelligence merchant on the side.
Although he was quite familiar with Shakky, Shakky was very curious about the captain of the Eighth Division of the Rocks Pirates!
Since Xia Luo got on the ship, Shakky had collected all the information about him, but the more she looked, the more strange she felt.
Everything about Xia Luo was normal before he was ten years old, but after he turned ten, he became quite odd.