Chapter 748 King of Souls (5,300 words)

[Chapter Heading Serialization·The Deck from the World (End)·'The Revenge Team on a Deserted Island']

[A buffalo with a head like a propeller flew down from the sky, hurriedly bringing the latest newspaper. Monet and Sugar flipped open the newspaper and saw the majestic Lynch in the photo. They gritted their teeth and became furious. On the nearby hillside, sat a tough guy in a suit. Senior twirled the lighter in his hand, thinking of the woman he met by chance in that town last time... Unfortunately, I was still busy avenging Dover and had no chance to stop for you!]——

“Progress can only be achieved if there is competition, comparison and communication.”

The next day, the snow stopped. Luffy and others stood in front of Lynch. He carried the golden iron rod and walked in front of the neatly lined trainees. He said loudly, "So the first thing to do in the training camp is to divide the teams! From now on, there will be an intra-team competition every week, as well as a team battle and individual rankings."

Following Lynch's words, Robin, Hancock and Tulip each put down three scoreboards near the big white radish tree.

"We still need to split into teams? Is this necessary?" Nami muttered, "Why do I feel like Lynch is just doing this for fun..."

Usopp, Chopper, Brook and others looked over curiously and found that the top column of the board was written with "Team", "Group Battle" and "Individual" respectively.

"Everyone must participate in the team competition. Winning or losing is secondary. The purpose is to let everyone know the progress of their current training."

Lin Qi raised a finger, his eyes wandering over the faces of Ah Yu, Cavendish and others who were showing nervousness and expectation, and he raised the second and third fingers one after another, "For team battles, each team will nominate three people to participate based on the results of the team competition, and compete with other teams. As for the individual competition, there is no limit on the team, and it is up to personal wishes whether to participate or not. I think there should be no one who wants to be the 'champion' of the weekly individual competition, right?"

"Of course I want it!" Luffy and Cavendish immediately raised their hands and shouted. At the same time, Zoro also showed his fighting spirit and nodded with a smile, "Champion? How can we ignore this?"

"Lin Qi is not the only one who finds this fun," Marian said to Nami.

"I can't stand these boys!" Nami held her forehead with her hand.

Link pointed the iron rod at everyone and said with a smile: "Then, Luffy will be the red team. Zoro will be the green team. Otama will be the dragon team. Now start to divide into teams!"

So, Luffy is the captain of the Red Team? Zoro is the captain of the Green Team? Otama is the captain of the Dragon Team?

Cavendish was immediately indignant for not becoming a captain. He glared at the giggling Luffy in frustration, then looked at the grinning green-haired swordsman, and walked straight to Oyu.

"Then let's go to the Dragon Team too." Anne and her son Amorine followed.

"Hey! Marianne! Where are you going!" Cavendish turned around and found that Marianne had actually walked to Zoro's team. He was so angry that he almost fainted, "Which side are you from?!"

Marian poked her head next to Zoro and said, "Team Dragon already has five members. If I go, the numbers will be unbalanced."

"Five?" Cavendish turned his head, and the one-armed young man Xiangyun nodded to him in a friendly manner, "There is also me."

Cavendish said, "Switch with Marianne."

"No." Xiangyun said, "Wherever the Queen is, I will be there."

"Traitor!" Cavendish shouted to Marianne.

Marianne stuck out her tongue and made a face.

"I'll go to Luffy's team!" Usopp thought about it and slipped over to Luffy's side. Luffy is a simple-minded guy, maybe I could find a way to steal a trick for him during the team competition, hehe.

"Then I'll be on Zoro's team." Nami raised her hand. Luffy is a rubber man, and he is a natural counter to her Thunder Fruit, so she won't go.

"Wherever Miss Nami is, there I am~~" Sanji shook his head.

Zoro said calmly: "Stop shouting and stand behind big brother."

"What did you say?!" Sanji was burning with anger and raised his hand to Lynch, "I have a question!"

Lynch just looked at him.

"Instructor! I have a question!" Sanji shouted.

"Go on." Lynch nodded with satisfaction.

Sanji pointed at Zoro and said, "I don't think we should call it the Green Team. This guy is not suitable to be the captain. He might lead the team members astray! We should call it the Yellow Team. I will be the captain and lead Miss Nami to kill everyone. Hehehe..."

"Wipe your saliva first." Zoro sighed and complained.

Nami smiled secretly. The bickering between Zoro and Sanji was also a regular feature of their ship.

Soon, the team results came out.

Red Team: Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, Brook Green Team: Zoro, Nami, Sanji, Marian, Franky Dragon Team: Otama, Xiangyun, Cavendish, Annie, Amorine "Luffy's team is still missing one person!"

Franky crossed his arms, "Outnumbered against few will make me very unhappy!"

Nami said, "Why don't you split yourself into two little Frankies, one on each side?"

"Yeah! Split myself into two..." Franky nodded and suddenly yelled, "How can I split myself into two? Who do you think I am?"

Marian said, "Isn't he a pervert?"

"That's right, a pervert!" Franky laughed and made a "super~~level~~" pose, which left the Dragon Team members on Cavendish's side speechless. However, at this moment, a similar "super~~level~~" voice was heard nearby, which was childish and pure. Everyone looked back and found that it was Merry floating on the snow, and flew to Luffy's head with a smile on her face, making a pose similar to Franky's.

"Yes, and Merry!" Usopp laughed.

"Now there are five of us!" Luffy clapped his fists and palms together, grinning.

Chopper and Brook were also dancing with joy, "Yohoho, can we fight alongside Merry?"

Nami from the opposite green team complained: "It's your team that should 'kill each other' first, right?"

Everyone laughed.

"But what about them?"

Luffy suddenly looked towards Robin, but he was not referring to Robin, Hancock or his mother, but Sander who was also present, and Hinagiku and other Nine Snake's national defenders who came to watch the fun.

"We are from the logistics team!" Sanda said with a sly smile, waving his hand, "We can be considered auditors, right? Don't worry about us!"

Luffy sighed regretfully. He thought those Nine Snake warriors were very powerful, and it would be fun to train together! "Others have matters to deal with in Nine Snake Castle." Usopp hit Luffy on the back of the head.

Papapa, Lin Qi clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention. He said straight to the point without any further ado: "Since we are ready, let's get started. Now I will explain the 'Lily Ripple Fist'..."

As Lynch's voice fell, a dark blue aura emerged in his golden eyes, spreading to his cheeks, neck, shoulders, until it covered half of his body, and finally gathered and entangled in his right hand.

It was his special kind of domineering! Luffy, Zoro, and Cavendish's pupils shrank as they all recognized it.

Lin Qi practiced this move in the Kingdom of Flowers. A Yu and Xiang Yun naturally knew the power of Lin Qi's Ripple Fist a long time ago, and they were listening attentively at this moment.

"The Ripple Fist is derived from the Eight Punches of the Flower Country. Of course, it also incorporates the Six Styles and Haki..."

As Lynch spoke, he stretched out his right palm to the side, and the rich blue-black domineering aura flew out of his hand and landed on the snow on one side of Lynch, changing into shape in an instant, as Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and the others stared in amazement.

"Haki is alive?!" Luffy shouted.

Bang! Usopp punched Luffy. "How is this possible!"

"Look, they have turned into humans!" Luffy widened his eyes and pointed at the blue-black human figure on the snow next to Lynch.

"I totally don't understand..." Sanji almost bit off the cigarette holder and muttered to himself, "Haki turned into a clone? Lynch, you are too outrageous..."

Sweat broke out on Zoro's forehead. He suddenly remembered the dark blue protective shield of Haki that had resisted the Navy's artillery rain and the three admirals of the Navy when Lynch made his debut in the spotlight of the crowd in Marinford. It seemed to be the same principle as this Haki clone. "Don't just stare in amazement!" Lynch scolded unhappily, "Are you just passing by? Take a close look at the essence of the Haki on this Haki clone and observe how it flows!"

"Yes! Instructor!"

Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper shouted, straightening their backs and saluting.

“Hehehe…”

Far away, over there on the three scoreboards under the big white radish tree, Robin couldn't help but laugh as he watched Lynch teaching a group of pirates.

Hancock, however, looked at the blue-black "domineering clone" that Lynch had created casually, which was like a living person practicing the ripple punch for Luffy and others on the snow, and her beautiful eyes could not help but shine with surprise.

"A domineering clone? Too incredible..."

Daisy and other national warriors were completely stunned. Although they, the Nine Snake Warriors, were good at using domineering aura, this kind of move was completely beyond their imagination.

How could the domineering aura have already left the body and condense into a human form? How could it move on its own? And even punch? ? ?

Is this a human being, is this domineering, or has he become a monster? ...

It was snowing heavily. The Red Team, Green Team and Dragon Team were roughly divided into three areas. Everyone was trying to practice the Ripple Fist techniques taught by Lynch.

Lily Wave Fist is derived from the Eight-Charge Fist. Although its core essence is the special domineering power that combines life energy and domineering energy, it also has boxing routines that are easier to master.

The purpose of practicing boxing is to get close to the principles of boxing, grasp the true meaning, and finally internalize it into one's own strength.

"…So, theoretically speaking, no matter what your innate abilities are, practicing the Ripple Fist will result in the following results."

Lynch swung the golden iron rod in his hand, strolling in the snow, walking between the people of the Red and Green Dragon Teams, and correcting the movements of Usopp, Chopper, Cavendish, Sanji and others. At the same time, he said, "Even those with the worst qualifications can at least strengthen their bodies and improve their flexibility and balance. Those with better talents may be able to practice skills similar to the Six Styles, or directly awaken their domineering aura, or even worse..."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He thought of something and smiled, "It is possible to directly cultivate Conqueror's Haki!"

"Practice the Conqueror's Haki?!"

Usopp, Sanji, Cavendish and others who were familiarizing themselves with the boxing moves were shocked.

Amorin panted and asked in confusion: "But I heard that the 'king's talent' is innate."

Ah Yu practiced the Ripple Fist slowly but accurately, and said with a smile: "Brother Lin Qi's Dominant Style was cultivated by himself!"

"Is this true?!" Franky said with wide eyes, "Isn't this a super-abnormal achievement?!"

"Super~~level~~" Merry clumsily tried the ripple punch technique on Chopper's head.

Nami wiped the sweat from her forehead and complained, "No matter what Lin Qi does, I won't be shocked... I'm already numb!"

"Hehe." Zoro's eyes were full of fighting spirit. He did not practice the Wave Fist with his fists, but drew out Snow and Kitetsu and practiced with his two swords. "Conqueror's Haki? That kind of thing is fine. The power of Lynch's Wave Fist is not in the Conqueror's Haki, but in that special Haki..."

Sanji said speechlessly, "Green algae head, is it really okay for you to use a knife instead of a fist?"

"Lin Qi didn't stop me, did he?" Zoro didn't stop, "I advise you to practice with kicking as well. Only by practicing in the area you are most familiar with can you get started faster!"

Sanji turned around and saw Lynch smiling without saying a word, even with a hint of appreciation, and suddenly he realized something.

Damn it, that green algae-head got there first! Sanji's indignant face soon turned into a smile. Not bad, the future world's greatest swordsman! "Take my ripple kick!"

"Curly Eyebrows, you deserve a beating, don't you?!"

"Only by sparring can you master it faster! - Lily Kick! Ripple SHOOT!"

The Green Team suddenly started fighting fiercely. On the Dragon Team side, Ayu and Xiangyun, who had a basic knowledge of Ba Chong Quan, made rapid progress. They were asking Instructor Lin Qi who was passing by for answers to their questions. Cavendish was listening attentively.

Lin Qi was speechless and said, "If you want to listen, just listen. If you have any doubts, just ask. Why are you sneaking around like that?"

Cavendish snorted and rubbed his sore arm. "This is really weird. With all the fanfare, are they pirates or the navy?"

Over there, Amorin finally practiced the boxing routine completely. He was sweating profusely and holding his knees, panting, "This boxing method is so tiring!"

Ah Yu said: "It's the same with Ba Chong Quan. You'll feel very tired at the beginning, but once you get started, the more you practice, the more relaxed you'll feel!"

"Really?" Amorin was even more frustrated. "What about Six Styles, Haki, Conqueror's Haki? They all seem so far away... Brother Giorno, am I too stupid?"

"Just take your time." Lynch said, "You're only on your first day."

"What about them?" Amorin pointed to a place not far away in a depressed tone.

Cavendish and the others looked over, and were either shocked or speechless. On the snow, Luffy punched with the wave punch again and again, and the dark domineering energy flowed naturally between his punches and kicks. When he moved, his figure suddenly disappeared with a "whoosh", and suddenly appeared out of thin air somewhere else. His speed was incredibly fast. Before he entered the second gear, he had already used a shave similar to the sixth style. This kid became more and more excited as he fought, and even his domineering color leaked out unconsciously...

Lin Qi smiled and said, "He has already mastered the Conqueror's Haki. Whether it is the Eight Punches or the Wave Punch, he has an advantage in practicing. Moreover, he has also mastered the Six Styles of Shave before. He also has a talent for life return. It is not surprising that he mastered the Wave Punch very quickly."

In fact, it's not just Luffy. Marian, who looks quiet and silent, can also practice the Ripple Fist routine with ease. Although she doesn't fight like Luffy with a whistling and domineering aura, she is also elegant, cute and fluent.

Could it be that she has developed a special kind of domineering aura that focuses on spiritual power? Lin Qi thought.

…

On Ruskaina Island, the weather on the island changes every week, with a total of forty-eight seasons throughout the year.

In the blink of an eye, the island, which was originally covered with heavy snow, was now scorching hot.

Despite the scorching heat, the fifteen members of the Red Team, Green Team, and Dragon Team were still practicing the Ripple Fist enthusiastically.

Marigrude followed Tulip and brought batches of fresh water, wine, meat, fruit and other food from Women's Island.

It was a dark moonlit night, the summer breeze was cool, and Tulip had Luffy, who was sleeping soundly, on her lap. She was mending Luffy's torn clothes.

Not far away, Zoro, with his muscular upper body naked, was swinging his sword over and over again, holding the Wado Ichimonji in his hand.

Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper... Everyone was lying on the open space around the big white radish tree, covered with carpets and thin blankets. Even Yu was not surprised. Although she had been the queen for ten years, she had lived a hard life since she was a child, and she did not dislike the life of eating and sleeping outdoors.

The moonlight was dim. Lynch leaned against the big white radish tree with his arms folded, looking at these people quietly.

"Refining" the energy accumulated in the big prison to strengthen oneself is a slow and steady process that cannot be rushed. It is enough for either Lynch or the substitute to "refine" the energy. If the two of them do it together, no matter how much they "refer" they cannot digest it.

He raised his head and looked at the starry night sky, with a circle of golden light surrounding his pupils.

Can he defeat Im by absorbing all this power? Lin Qi didn't know.

Just like he said to Whitebeard, he didn't know how strong Im was. If that was the case, how could he be sure that he could defeat Im? But for some reason, even though the strong enemy was in front of him, like an insurmountable dark mountain, Lynch found himself extremely calm and even a little excited.

The tide of the times...

Over there, under the faint moonlight, Tulip sewed clothes for Luffy and gently patted the sleeping boy.

The brave will always find the big boss. As long as the story reaches the final chapter, the protagonist will definitely gain the power to fight against the big boss, right? As Lin Qi thought about this, a light snort came from behind him.

Behind the big white radish tree, the Afro skull was humming a tune gracefully, but suddenly stopped and said regretfully, “Mr. Lynch, I may not be able to learn the ripple punch you taught me.” Brooke laughed quickly, “Yo-ho-ho, after all, I’m a skeleton. I have no flesh and blood, and no domineering aura. I’m just a lonely ghost who refuses to die. Yo-ho, yo-ho-ho, yo-ho-ho…”

Lynch smiled, still leaning on the trunk of the big white radish, looking at the full moon and said: "Brooke, you are the 'King of Souls'! If I were asked to choose the person on the ship who is most like me, I don't think it would be Luffy or Zoro, but you!"

"Oh? Mr. Lynch thinks highly of me?" The skull with an afro behind the tree was quite surprised and said happily, "Wow, it's an honor!"

"The soul aura in this world seems to be of icy attribute!" Lin Qi raised his hand, and a ball of fire ignited in his palm. He clenched his hand and extinguished it. "I can use the fire fist, but not the ice fist. I am also very interested in real soul attacks! I want to learn from you some other day..."

"Why wait until another day?" Brooke drew out the Autumn Water with great interest, but turned around to find that Lynch was nowhere to be seen.

“…”

The Afro Skeleton stood blankly under the tree. He looked down and saw only his own shadow. He remembered that Miss Robin and Miss Empress were waiting for him in Mr. Lynch's room... Yohohoho, I am so envious that my eyes are about to pop out of my head! Although I am a skeleton and have no eyeballs! Yohohoho...

In the moonlight, skeletons dance with swords.

(End of this chapter)