"Are all the Giant Warrior Pirates so belligerent?", Rosse chuckled softly. Facing the incoming howling giant axe, he actually showed no intention of dodging. The Trident of the Sea God in his hand simply went up to meet it.
A mere Giant Race, not qualified to make him retreat.
In the world of pirates, size does not equal strength.
BOOM!
The giant axe and the Trident of the Sea God collided, and the sweeping shockwave was like a hurricane passing through. The land within a one-kilometer radius looked like it had been plowed. Trees were bent, and birds and beasts fell unconscious to the ground.
"Nice strength!", Brogy shouted in praise, the huge eyes flashing with excitement.
Just one exchange was enough for him to know that Rosse was a powerful opponent.
'To fight such a strong person, this is the true destiny of a warrior.'
"You're not bad either," Rosse chuckled lightly, now roughly aware of his own physique.
The Giants were clumsy in figure but best at strength. They were undoubtedly the pinnacle of power in the pirate world. Even Admirals, facing them head-on, would have to play to their own strengths and avoid direct confrontation.
With his current physique like a monster, Rosse was already about on par with Brogy.
BUZZ!
Rosse swung the Trident of the Sea God again and charged toward Brogy.
He had no intention of using his Devil Fruit ability, he just wanted a pure clash of strength against Brogy.
This time, the Trident of the Sea God was coated in Armament Haki.
"Good one!", Brogy shouted, raising his shield to block the path of the Trident of the Sea God's strike. A thick layer of Armament Haki also coated the shield.
At the same time, his axe swung toward Rosse.
BANG!
The Trident of the Sea God collided with the shield, letting out a thunderous boom. Brogy didn't move an inch, and the axe continued its downward swing.
Right now, Brogy was still at his peak. Not the exhausted state he would be in after twenty years of fighting Dorry to a standstill.
BANG!
Rosse's expression was emotionless. He withdrew the trident and turned around, knocking aside the incoming giant axe again and resumed the entanglement with Brogy.
He rarely had this kind of direct clash with an enemy. This time, not only could he enjoy it, but it might even bring some improvement to his strength.
Though the system gave rewards, Rosse had never given up on training and fighting.
What the system gave was always external power. If the mindset wasn't right, one couldn't bring out full strength in battle.
Rosse liked to enjoy himself and wanted to enjoy things, but he still needed enough strength as a foundation.
To defeat ten with one force, maybe there would be a chance in the future, but at least he hadn't reached it yet.
As Rosse and Brogy engaged in a large-scale, open battle, the surrounding terrain constantly clashed and shifted. The once silent volcano even showed signs of erupting.
To avoid disturbing the battle between the two, Dorry and Gion consciously moved to the other side of the island.
"Your companion is very strong," Dorry said in a low voice. He had partnered with Brogy for hundreds of years and knew this old companion's strength extremely well.
Humans who could match Brogy in brute strength to this degree were extremely rare.
Someone as young as Rosse, they had never seen one before.
"He's not my companion, but my husband, Mr. Dorry," Gion stood gracefully, the golden Konpira sword in hand forming a sword flower. She elegantly bowed to Dorry.
After the salute, sharp sword intent burst from Gion's body.
This was the aura unique to a great swordmaster. Pouring emotion into the sword, one could awaken Conqueror's Haki through this alternative path.
Gion chose this path, though she was still only on the way.
Thanks to Rosse's help, she had continuously fought against all sorts of strong opponents, nourishing her sword over time.
This time, facing a strong warrior of the Giant Race, she would take another step forward.
"Hahaha, I see. No matter why you came, FIGHT! Death is the best destination for a warrior," Dorry felt the sharp aura emanating from Gion, and a trace of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes.
Giant warriors never feared challenges, especially him.
To fight such a powerful swordmaster was a desire from the bottom of his heart.
CLANG!
Dorry's giant sword collided with the slender Konpira. Sharp sword aura slashed everything around. Surprisingly, they were evenly matched.
Fierce battles erupted in two places within the small island. Strong auras and techniques flew wildly, causing the birds and beasts everywhere to scatter in chaos.
"This battle is really insane. Admiral Zephyr, are all strong people on the sea this strong?", Sora held a syringe, concentrating as she extracted samples from a giant beast over ten meters long.
Though she was fully focused on her work, the constant tremors from the ground were like alarm bells, constantly reminding her that not far away, two intense and breathtaking battles were taking place.
"Lady Sora, just call me Zephyr. I'm no longer an Admiral. There are indeed many strong people on the sea, but ones this strong are uncommon," Zephyr hadn't spent much time with Sora, only maintaining the necessary interaction. His Observation Haki had been watching the battles, with a trace of heaviness in his eyes.
With the strength of Dorry and Brogy, the two together could already pose a real threat to him.
Though he would certainly be the final victor, he wouldn't have an easy time.
Among the Admirals, his strength was not particularly outstanding. He barely reached Admiral level at age 38, which already said a lot.
Now Rosse wasn't even 20, and his strength had already nearly surpassed his.
"So that's how it is? I heard that once strength reaches a certain level, the difference can become astronomical. Is that really the case?", Sora asked curiously.
She hadn't encountered many strong people from the sea before. The first one she met was Rosse, so she had no clear understanding of the various strong figures on the sea.
"That's not necessarily true. There are many monsters on the sea, you don't have to reach that stage to have strength to compete. But for the mediocre, yes, one strike would take them down," Zephyr shook his head, thinking of himself.
He was the hardworking kind of genius. Only through efforts far beyond ordinary people's did he barely reach Admiral level.
In comparison, Garp and Sengoku put in less effort in training, but were far stronger than him. That's the gap of talent.
Talent is also the most unreasonable thing.
"Can you tell me about the classification of the strong?", Sora asked with great interest. After learning scientific thinking from Rosse, she now loved quantifying everything.
As she spoke, Sora sealed the sample collected from the giant beast beneath her, then smoothly switched to another flying bird.
This bird looked like a pterosaur. It had just fled to their side and was a poor creature that got swatted down by Zephyr.
Multitasking, she had already recorded the data on this unlucky bird.
"Actually, the classification of strong people's strength used to be quite vague, mostly based on Marine military ranks. But Saint Rosse proposed a new power level system, which I quite agree with. I can tell you about it."
Zephyr agreed. Anyway, it was Rosse's stuff, even if he didn't say it, Rosse would.
Even he knew that it was never a bad thing to establish good relations with the research personnel in the team.
"His Highness's established power classification?", A trace of surprise flashed in Sora's eyes, but thinking of how Rosse differed from others, she quickly understood.
'This kind of thing is indeed something Rosse would do.'
"Saint Rosse divided power into S to G, a total of eight stages," Zephyr was mostly focused on the battle in the distance, casually dealing with incoming beasts, while speaking offhandedly, "G level corresponds to ordinary people, F level corresponds to ordinary marines and regular pirates, E level corresponds to Marine Headquarters Ensigns, only at this stage do they begin to grasp some combat skills."
"D level corresponds to Headquarters Lieutenant Commanders, those who've learned the basics of the Six Powers, and swordsmen starting to touch the concept of cutting iron are included."
"C level corresponds to Headquarters Rear Admirals, those who can skillfully use the Rokushiki, swordsmen at the swordmaster level, and those beginning to access Haki, these all fall in this tier."
"B level corresponds to Headquarters Vice Admirals, possessing refined combat styles, physical strength reaching the limit of ordinary humans, and have one or both types of Haki: Observation and Armament."
"An ordinary person without talent, after countless life-and-death tempering, the final limit is B level," Zephyr stated calmly.
"B level? Since B level is the limit of ordinary people, from what you're saying, strong individuals at this level seem to be not many," Sora asked curiously.
"B level is the limit of ordinary humans, but how many can truly reach the limit?", Zephyr smiled self-deprecatingly, 'The limit of humanity isn't something you reach just by deciding to. Without enduring trials of near-death countless times, there's no opportunity to reach that limit.'
And whether through endless battles or extreme harsh training, most will likely die along the way.
Those who can truly reach B level strength simply can't be considered ordinary people, they're the elites among humans.
"That's indeed true...", Sora nodded lightly, deeply agreeing.
After all, humans are complicated creatures. Even knowing the path leads to the limit, if the journey is too hard, few can persist to the end.
Not to mention most die halfway, those who give up midway aren't few either.
"Then what about the giants?", Sora looked toward the distance, where she saw Brogy unable to withstand Rosse's attacks, stumbling backward.
Clearly, even in a direct clash, Rosse held the upper hand against Brogy.
Sora knew well that Devil Fruit powers were Rosse's trump card. She had seen many of Zephyr and Rosse's sparring sessions over the past days, so she was very aware of this.
"The giant race is blessed by nature. They reach B level strength just by growing up. Among them, standouts like these two giants, according to Saint Rosse's assessment, possess at least A level strength, and are even strong among A levels," Zephyr stated calmly.
"What kind of existence is A level?", Sora wasn't surprised that Rosse could easily suppress an A level. That was her chosen one, after all.
In her heart, Rosse was always the strongest one. Even if he might seem a bit young now, in the future he would definitely stand at the top of the world.
"A level is a height ordinary people can never reach. Those who can reach this level are all monsters with talent riding the seas. For them, numbers are meaningless. Every one of them is a powerhouse riding the tides of the ocean."
Zephyr grinned widely, openly admiring A-level powerhouses.
According to Rosse's classification, in an era when the Marine is in decline, A-levels could all serve as Admirals.
But even though it's now an era of flourishing pirates, the Marine is also at its peak. There are quite a few powerhouses above A level.
"Those famed across the New World, though not legends, should be at this level," Sora was quick to catch on and soon realized this.
People like Roger or Whitebeard were surely in the highest S level. Slightly lesser pirates, and people like Gion, should be around the A level range.
"That's right. If B level is the limit most normal humans can reach, then A level is the limit for most people with talent. As for the so-called S level, only true monsters can reach that," Zephyr couldn't help but sigh, looking off into the distance.
Unlike himself, who barely made it through desperate effort, Rosse was, in his eyes, a bona fide monster.
In just one year, he had watched Rosse grow from having only C level strength to now possessing S level strength.
If not for still lacking a bit in combat experience and technique, even he wouldn't be Rosse's match.
Just give Rosse a bit more time, and surpassing him would be an easy matter.
"His Highness is that kind of powerhouse, right?", Sora understood the hidden meaning in Zephyr's words and smiled brightly.
"Exactly. He's an impeccable monster," Zephyr nodded seriously, "Even Kaido of the Beasts and Big Mom can't compare to him."
"Why those two? Isn't Whitebeard and Roger even stronger?", Sora asked curiously.
"I've fought both Whitebeard and Roger. Their physical strength is just the foundation, their true strength lies in their technique. Whitebeard even combined the Gura Gura fruit with Conqueror's Haki coating, and that's why he earned the title of the strongest at the time," Zephyr shook his head and continued explaining, "Kaido and Big Mom are the strongest human physiques I've seen. According to Rosse's classification, Big Mom was born with an S-level body. Kaido at birth was at least A level."
"There are people like that?", Sora found it a bit unbelievable.
Even knowing that the world had many strong individuals, to be born an S-level monster still felt a bit overpowered.
"Then why isn't Big Mom the strongest?", Sora found it odd, 'Though Big Mom is currently referred to as one of the quasi-rulers of the New World, shouldn't such a powerhouse be even more famous?'
"Because she never learned combat techniques and purely relies on her physique to fight," Zephyr grinned, "In terms of physicality alone, I'm no match for her, but if we really fought, she wouldn't be able to defeat me."
That's what he said, but Zephyr knew in his heart that he probably couldn't do much against Big Mom either.
With Big Mom's bug-level body constitution, he couldn't kill her. At most, he could suppress and restrain her, maybe use terrain to trap her.
"To be that strong just from physique… truly a monster," A different kind of light sparkled in Sora's eyes. After being trained by Rosse, she had developed quite a few dangerous ideas.
If she could obtain Big Mom's lineage factor, extract the portion related to physical constitution, and apply it to Rosse or Gion, then maybe their strength would leap forward.
'Kaido and Big Mom...', Sora silently memorized these two names.
'If I remember correctly, hubby will soon be heading to Wano, just in time to make trouble for Kaido.'
'With this event, maybe I can really get some experimental material.'
Diary System—Chapter 136: Pure and Innocent Tang San, His True Colors Are Revealed?
Xiao Wu's mouth twitched, and her face turned red.
She was now practicing very hard and hadn't forgotten her mother's hatred. To be honest, as a bystander, she really couldn't immerse herself fully in the situation. Is the person Dai Yichen is talking about really herself?
She simply wanted to act according to her own heart. Although it wasn't ideal to approach Dai Yichen with a purpose, she had also made a promise in her heart: if she could take revenge someday or even bring her mother back to life because of Dai Yichen (system), she would repay Dai Yichen!
She was still very weak, and the person who had killed her mother was incredibly powerful. That person was also the owner of the diary copy. If she wanted revenge and to revive her mother, she could only count on Dai Yichen.
Perhaps because Xiao Wu had lived under her parents' protection—along with Da Ming and Er Ming—all her life, she was relatively carefree during her training in the Star Dou Great Forest, and her mind was quite simple.
After entering society, she met a killer like Tang San and gradually grew closer to the darkness.
Just as simple-minded as Ah Yin and the auspicious beast—one protected by the Blue Silver Tribe, the other by fierce beasts—their minds and cultivation were completely disproportionate.
[But if Xiao Wu and Tang San had no contact, then wouldn't Tang San's cultivation speed be much slower? After all, many of Tang San's opportunities in the original novel were obtained through Xiao Wu's injury or sacrifice.]
Xiao Wu: ??
Fuck!
Her mood was complicated now. She was excited about the possibility of getting a reward but also felt a bit ashamed and socially awkward. She guessed what Dai Yichen was going to write.
After all, Dai Yichen had briefly mentioned it before, but because it wasn't the main point, she had avoided it. Now she couldn't avoid it anymore, right?
Dai Yichen did plan to use the diary to sort out the opportunities Tang San gained through Xiao Wu in the original story. After all, a good memory isn't as reliable as a good pen.
[First of all, if Tang San hadn't come into contact with Xiao Wu, he would have gone with Oscar to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings under Zhao Wou-ji's leadership. Er Ming wouldn't have appeared because he sensed Xiao Wu's soul beast aura, and Tang San wouldn't have asked Oscar for flying mushroom sausages to save Xiao Wu, nor would he have actively pursued her—thus avoiding the attack of the two-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider.]
[In the original novel, when Xiao Wu was taken away by Er Ming, Tang San showed an expression of the sky falling, seemingly realizing that his feelings for Xiao Wu were more than just brotherly affection.]
[When he asked Oscar for flying mushroom sausages, he said he wanted to see her alive—or dead. But when attacked by the human-faced demon spider, he killed it with all his strength, not rushing to recover his soul power to continue the pursuit—and even planned to absorb its soul ring.]
[According to the configuration of his third soul ring given by his master Yu Xiaogang, the first soul beast for his third ring was the human-faced demon spider. Although the age was slightly beyond the standard theoretical age for a third soul ring, he didn't care much at the time.]
[He could recover after absorbing the soul ring and continue searching for the Titan Giant Ape. But it took hours for a normal soul master to absorb a soul ring of standard age—let alone one that exceeded the theoretical limit.]
[That means, if Xiao Wu and Er Ming knew each other, Xiao Wu might have been in the Titan Giant Ape's stomach when he absorbed the spider's spirit ring.]
Xiao Wu: …
The girls: ….
Dai Yichen briefly mentioned this before but didn't go into detail. Now it seems clear—Tang San liked Xiao Wu.
The situation was very urgent at that time. After killing the human-faced demon spider, he didn't rush to find Xiao Wu but planned to absorb the soul ring leisurely.
[From this perspective, I feel that Tang San doesn't like Xiao Wu that much. At least, in his behavior, he seems to prefer the soul ring of the human-faced demon spider. And before absorbing the soul ring, he encountered some obstacles. The human-faced demon spider was the third soul ring chosen by the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother for their granddaughter.]
[The Phoenix-Tail Crest Serpent they initially selected was intercepted by Tang San and his group. Meng Yiran lost the competition, and the Phoenix-Tail Crest Serpent was given to Oscar as his third soul ring. Now, the human-faced demon spider was also intercepted by Tang San himself.]
[Originally, the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother were working together this time. Their martial soul fusion skills could have helped them fight against a Title Douluo. They weren't afraid of Zhao Wuji, a Soul Saint.]
[But Zhao Wuji told them that the person behind Tang San was Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao. They then abandoned the idea of snatching the human-faced demon spider.]
(The spider was still alive at that time, so it could have been snatched.)
[It was still up to Tang San and Meng Yiran to decide the winner. Meng Yiran proposed to shoot the leaves with the soul-breaking knife. Whoever shot the multi-faced demon spider would own it. She was not as good as Tang San. In the middle of the game, Oscar also proposed that if Meng Yiran lost, she must kiss Tang San.]
[By then, Xiao Wu had already been captured. And with Oscar's intelligence, couldn't he see that Tang San and Xiao Wu weren't just ordinary siblings?]
[When Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing enrolled in Shrek, Oscar secretly confirmed with Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing was the one Mubai liked, Xiao Wu belonged to Tang San, and he aimed to capture Ning Rongrong. This led to a series of schemes involving Ning Rongrong, Flanders, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.]
Ning Rongrong: …
[The final result was Meng Yiran losing the bet and kissing Tang San. Tang San showed a reluctant expression. Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai next to him couldn't help but laugh—yet they didn't consider whether Xiao Wu was alive or dead. They lacked the perspective to see that Xiao Wu and Er Ming were in the same group.]
All the girls: …
Xiao Wu's veins bulged when she heard this. Did she know about this in the original story? Probably not.
[In an era when large-scale killing soul guidance devices hadn't been released, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track had almost no rivals. Any attack in front of Tang San—unless the gap was too big—could be avoided. But Tang San couldn't avoid Meng Yiran's kiss. It seemed he was still reluctant, pretending to be pure and innocent.]
[If it were me, why would I avoid the kiss delivered right to my face? I'd take it openly. Am I a scumbag? I just want to give the other party a chance to fulfill the bet.]
[And Meng Yiran wasn't ugly—she had a kind of exotic beauty and a good figure. What's wrong with being kissed by such a beauty? As a man, this is a guaranteed win!]
Women: Is your true nature exposed?
(End of this chapter)