CHAPTER 186: CHAPTER 186: THE EMPEROR’S FLIP, A TOP-TIER LOGIA BATTLE

Compared to the original story, Luffy was undoubtedly greatly influenced by Karl.

With Karl clearing the obstacles for him, the reason Luffy became this year’s NO. 2 Supernova was actually by stepping on the head of one of Zephyr’s disciples, Smoker, who had eaten the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit, and becoming a Supernova pirate with a bounty of 255 million Berries.

Of course...

Besides the Logia user Smoker, Luffy had definitely defeated many strong enemies along the way, and was even being watched by his sworn enemy, Smoker.

The reason the Straw Hat Pirates all had bounties was probably also Smoker’s contribution.

But these experiences, compared to the original story, were obviously far inferior.

There was no Crocodile, no "God" Enel of Skypiea, and not even the despair-inducing Lucci...

Even if Luffy had developed Second and Third Gear, his strength and will were far inferior to the same period in the original story.

However...

Luffy was, after all, the true child of destiny, a cheater among cheaters.

His sworn brother, back then, in order to challenge Karl, had mastered the three types of Haki that he had not even fully mastered in the original story.

In a real moment of danger, this child of destiny would definitely cheat without any reason.

Even without experiencing the life-and-death crises of the original story, it would definitely not affect the growth of this child of destiny.

Even if he had started a butterfly storm, it would only affect the time it took for him to reach the top.

And so...

After Karl had finished his sighing, he was even more looking forward to the major event that was about to happen and would shock the whole world.

Seeing that Luffy had ultimately recruited the members from the original story, Karl, who realized that the thing called "luck" was even more unreasonable than rule-based abilities, no longer held any hope for Ace, who had lost the aura of the "Child of the Era."

Because his opponent was one of the two great "Children of the Era" of this year.

Whether it was his decades of lurking, his monstrous strength as he entered his golden age, the Dark-Dark Fruit that countered all Devil Fruits, or the luck of being favored by the world...

Ace was destined to be no match for "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach!

"...Karl, are you flipping the cards tonight?"

While Karl was looking forward to the major event, Hancock’s soft voice suddenly came from his ear.

Hancock was leaning by Karl’s ear, whispering softly.

"...Mmm, let Marguerite prepare it!"

Brought back to his senses by Hancock’s voice, Karl nodded.

Ever since he had finished renovating the Golden Island, demolished the top three floors of the Golden Hotel, and moved into what was originally Hancock’s royal palace, Karl had been living a happy life that countless men on the great sea envied and wished they could replace.

By the way...

Because they had been moving Amazon Lily and going to Skypiea in July, Nami’s coming-of-age ceremony was not held in the Amazon Lily area until the renovation of the Golden Nation was completed.

The gift Karl gave Nami was to turn her from a girl into a woman.

That period in late September was a time for just Karl and Nami.

Not only that, but even Hancock, who had been successfully "micro-corrected," had joined Carina’s circle a few days ago.

And so, two more names were added to the list of those with a close relationship with Karl.

Karl, who could fight, but after fighting, the sky would be bright, suddenly had a wicked idea.

He had created a "flipping of cards" that all the emperors of his past life had.

He would flip two cards every day, the next day he would accompany the owners of the other three cards, and on the third day, everyone would rest, so that all five girls could rest for a day or two.

Then, on the fourth day, he would flip the cards again...

This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about fighting until dawn and all five girls being in low spirits.

Today happened to be a card-flipping day again.

Of course, if Karl was in a good mood, he could also not flip the cards.

That’s why Hancock had said that just now.

Seeing that Karl had chosen to flip the cards, a hint of regret, and at the same time, a look of happiness, appeared in Hancock’s deep blue beautiful eyes.

As a powerhouse in the first tier of the Seven Warlords, fighting until dawn actually had no effect on Hancock at all.

But Karl doing this was a manifestation of his love and care.

So Hancock very obediently dialed the Den Den Mushi and asked Marguerite, who had just left, to bring a tray with five cards on it.

Today’s lucky ones were: Carina and Robin.

While Karl was living a carefree and happy life in the Golden Nation.

On a certain island in the first half of the Grand Line, a battle that would soon shock the whole world was taking place.

After a months-long pursuit from the New World to the first half of the Grand Line, Ace, who had had a long-awaited reunion with Luffy on Drum Island, finally found Blackbeard and his crew on Banaro Island.

A great Logia battle immediately broke out on this previously unknown island, which would become famous throughout the world after today.

In the original story, this battle was the fuse for the Summit War, which ended the rule of the old era and started the new era.

Now, it was the top-tier battle that would officially kick off the new era started by the alliance of Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Karl, and would cover the first half of the Grand Line, and even the Four Seas, from the New World.

That’s right, a top-tier battle!

That one sentence...

Karl’s existence had triggered a huge butterfly storm in this world.

Even the true child of destiny was affected by Karl, and his adventure had gone from a nightmare level to a difficult level.

Not to mention Ace, who had entered the Grand Line in the same year as Karl, and in the first half of the year, was even as famous as him, known as one of the "Twin Stars of the East Blue."

Although Ace’s strength was far inferior to Karl’s, in these three years, he had clearly accepted Karl’s suggestion, crazily trained his body, and challenged powerhouses to improve the abilities of his Flame-Flame Fruit and his three types of Haki.

With his current strength, he was in no way inferior to the Four Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates, the Three Calamities of the Beasts Pirates, and was one of the highest-ranking officers of the Whitebeard Pirates.

But his opponent was one of the oldest members who had joined the Whitebeard Pirates, who had witnessed the pinnacle duel between Whitebeard and the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, who didn’t need to rest every day, which was equivalent to living twice as long as others, and whose physique and strength were unquestionably at a monstrous level—"Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach.

The battle between the two was undoubtedly a top-tier Logia duel.

It was just a pity that, compared to Blackbeard, who had entered his golden age, Ace, who was only 20 this year, was still a little too green.

Although he could skillfully use the three types of Haki, Ace had not mastered the advanced application of any of the three.

On the contrary, Blackbeard, who had hidden his strength for decades, had cultivated his Armament and Observation Haki to an extremely high level.

In addition, the Dark-Dark Fruit could ignore pre-emptive elementalization and directly seal the most powerful ability of a Logia user.

Ace, whose physique and Haki were both inferior to Blackbeard’s, ultimately, just like in the original story, after the two used their ultimate moves that destroyed the surface of Banaro Island, Ace was defeated at the hands of Blackbeard.

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