"Is this what it feels like to fly?"
At an altitude of six thousand meters, El and Carina—who had transformed into a pterosaur, with Kuina on her back—flew toward the sea below.
El did not tie his hair into a single ponytail with a hairband, so his long silver hair fluttered in the wind as he enjoyed the strong gusts blowing into his face. His red eyes narrowed slightly."It feels like I can do anything with my current strength."
After becoming a Float-Float Fruit user, his Supreme Plan 1.0 was officially completed.
Next, he only needed to improve his physique, swordsmanship, physical skills, Haki, and Devil Fruit ability to the extreme, and he would become the strongest in the world in this era.
"Nii-san, your move is too exaggerated. You won't be invincible, will you?"
Hearing El's words, Carina recalled the scene just now.
With just a lift of his palm and a swipe of his fingers, El manipulated the mountain and surrounding ground, transforming it into an earth dragon and a meteorite that covered the sky.
Without exaggeration, given the size of the meteorite, if it were to fall from the sky, even the prosperous Loguetown in the East Blue would be destroyed in an instant.
Although during the three years of retreat, Carina had seen flying slashes over one hundred meters high (tobu zangeki), Hakoku Sovereignty, as well as Kuina and Nami's increasingly exaggerated natural disaster–level power, it was the first time she had seen a move capable of destroying a town or even a small kingdom with a single attack.
The meteorite just now was undoubtedly the most exaggerated move Carina had ever seen.
Thinking of the Float-Float Fruit's ability—not only lifting mountains but even entire islands—Carina became very curious about who could possibly defeat her Nii-san.
"I'm basically invincible in team battles, but I still have a long way to go before I'm invincible in individual battles."
El shook his head, then grinned and said, "But with the Float-Float Fruit, coupled with Kuina's Rumble-Rumble Fruit, we are no longer afraid of threats from any force."
"From now on, we don't need to keep a low profile. We can go to the New World, stir up a lot of trouble, and let the whole world be shocked by us!"
Just like what Kureha thought, El was not someone who could endure loneliness. On the contrary, at twelve years old in this life, he was full of passion.
After all, if he weren't passionate, El wouldn't have gone out to sea with the goal of becoming the strongest swordsman in history.
However, becoming the world's strongest swordsman was only El's goal, not his entire life.
In order to achieve his goals, El could formulate an all-around plan for himself and push his potential to the ceiling of this world.
As long as he didn't die prematurely or degenerate like Charlotte Linlin, he would definitely fulfill all his talents. Once he fully realized his potential, El's existence would become the strongest ceiling in world history. Ɍ𝐀𝐍Ǒ𐌱Ёs̈
On the path to achieving his goals, El would not forget to cultivate emotions, nor would he treat himself badly.
Just like the Celestial Dragons—after controlling the world, they began to become depraved and hedonic.
El, who had completed his Supreme Plan and possessed the confidence to not be threatened by any force, also needed to start treating himself well.
If one wanted to be honored as the strongest swordsman in the world and in history while living a good life, one could not do without "fame" and "Belly."
The New World, cakes—El wanted them too!
When they descended to about one thousand meters above the sea, they saw a surprisingly large area of dense fog.
That foggy area was the Florian Triangle. The moment they flew into the thick fog, both El's and Kuina's Observation Haki had already located Thriller Bark.
As they descended from the sky onto Thriller Bark and flew in through the balcony from the outside, they saw Gecko Moria again. When he saw El, free from gravity and floating effortlessly in the air, it was as if he realized something, and his expression suddenly changed.
Pointing at El, despite being one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence.
This showed just how horrified he was at that moment.
El, who clearly saw all his inner thoughts, couldn't help but grin at Gecko Moria.
"Senior, are you surprised that I'm also a Devil Fruit user?"
Gecko Moria swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "Did you just fly using the Float-Float Fruit ability?"
"Senior, you guessed right."
El nodded and said, "My Devil Fruit is the Float-Float Fruit from Shiki the Golden Lion, a legend from the previous era."
"I didn't expect that another legend has quietly fallen."
After receiving El's confirmation, Gecko Moria's expression became complicated.
In response, Perona, who was sitting on the other sofa, couldn't help but pout. If it weren't for the fact that Carina's method of capturing Devil Fruits was the biggest secret of their fleet—even Moria-sama, whom she respected the most, could not be told—she would have revealed everything.
Perona really wanted to say that Shiki hadn't fallen quietly at all; he had clearly been hunted down by El.
Seeing El return as a Devil Fruit user, needless to say, both Perona and Nami already knew that El's plan to capture the Float-Float Fruit had been a complete success.
Despite being beaten half to death by El last time, Gecko Moria harbored no resentment and instead hosted a banquet to entertain their group. The world of pirates was sometimes just that simple.
Either a blood feud was formed that demanded one party's death, or after a fight, a banquet was held to resolve all conflicts.
If El hadn't taken Perona away, then even if Gecko Moria's life had been spared, he would still harbor hatred, clench his teeth, or show open disapproval. However, after seeing Perona again after three years and learning that she had been living very well in El's fleet, Gecko Moria finally put aside the dissatisfaction that had wounded his pride.
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