Pirates: Who is the real sun god?

"Great idea, old man."

Barrett gave a thumbs up. After many battles, the Central Region had long been in name only. Moreover, the Central Region was now a mixed bag with all kinds of forces. It would not be easy for Shanks to take over some islands from the Central Region.

After all, the revolutionary army, after years of development and growth, has already taken root in the Central Region.

According to Barrett, when the Central Region was in chaos, Long took advantage of the chaos to seize the Kingdom of Kalma, the deepest part of the Central Region, and developed using Kalma as his base. After several years of development, the Revolutionary Army has secretly controlled ten islands in the Central Region, and with Mori's ability, although the ten islands are not connected, they are not far apart, forming a special offensive and defensive alliance area.

Moreover, in recent years, Long has often brought people to Lingxiao to learn from him. Under Barrett's guidance, Long secretly established a new government. On the surface, it was a new kingdom called the Khachino Empire, and its governance model was similar to that of Lingxiao.

At the same time, Long also organized an army according to Ling Xiao's military model, and the military regulations and systems were similar to Ling Xiao's.

After a few years, Long's army has grown to about 100,000 soldiers, and Long's own strength has reached the middle stage of the emperor level, which is even stronger than Shanks' current strength.

The most important thing is that the Seven Warlords of the Sea are basically in the Central Region. Even Mingo came to the Central Region after a fierce battle with Kaido.

Not to mention, there are also several underground organizations in the Central Region.

If Shanks wants to take over some islands from the Central Region, it won’t be as easy as he imagined.

"Not really. That red-haired kid, as a member of Roger's crew, actually contacted the World Government. It would be good to teach him a lesson." White Beard chuckled, with a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

"Indeed, it should."

Barrett chuckled. Although Whitebeard didn't say it explicitly, Barrett could feel Whitebeard's dissatisfaction. After all, before this, Whitebeard and his three companions had suffered an ambush. If someone said that Shanks was not involved, not only Whitebeard, but even Barrett would not believe it.

"Kid, it's about time. I should go back. In a year, I will ask Marco to pick up Kidd and the others. You must teach them well." Whitebeard patted Barrett and ordered him to leave.

"Take care, old man."

Barrett didn't stay for long. After saying goodbye, he jumped onto the Donghuang which had already docked at the port.

“I really hope these guys grow up quickly.”

Looking at the Donghuang going further and further away, Whitebeard sighed softly.

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Helios, Tianzhu Peak.

call--

Barrett fell from the sky and let out a long breath.

"It seems that my current fruit ability has reached the limit of what this world can bear."

Barrett sighed quietly. After he came back last time, he had been staying in Helios to practice. But in the past few months, no matter how he absorbed the sunlight, the ability of the fruit remained unchanged and broke the limit he touched last time.

"It seems that I have to put aside the ability of the fruit first and concentrate on practicing Armament Haki. Fortunately, Armament Haki has found a way forward." Barrett raised his fist, and Armament Haki instantly wrapped around his fist.

bang——

He punched himself hard on the chest, and the armed color flowed and entered his body instantly.

In just a short while, Barrett's body was covered in sweat, and black and red sweat kept oozing out of his body.

The last time he fought with Rocks, he found that Rocks' body was very strong and was not weaker than Garp at all.

After he came back, he thought of the physical training techniques in some martial arts novels in his previous life, so he wanted to use armed color to train his body.

But things are not that simple at all. Armament Haki is originally produced by one's own body. When practicing, one is already tempering one's own body.

Later, he suddenly had an idea and used the principle of Ryuo to inject the Armament Haki into his body, preparing to use the Armament Haki to temper his internal organs.

At the beginning, he was injured several times in succession. If it weren't for Luo, he might not be able to get out of bed now.

But after three months of experiments, he finally found a pattern. He used the return of life to create blood flow, so that the armament color that entered the body could be tempered. After half a year, his armament color, which had long been stagnant, became much thicker and his body became stronger.

However, this method is extremely extreme and very painful. In the entire Lingxiao, only Jin, who had awakened from the mythical beast species, dared to do this. The others could not bear it after trying it only once.

Hoo, ho—

A few hours later, Barrett was sweating all over and breathing heavily, looking as if he had been drenched in rain.

"Boss—"

However, at this moment, a flash of lightning fell from the sky and Enelu appeared in front of him.

Enel looked at Barrett with admiration. He naturally knew Barrett's method of training his domineering aura, but after trying it once, he never wanted to try it again.

"What's the matter?" Barrett took a deep breath and asked, enduring the pain in his body.

Enelu said, "Boss, the war in the Central Region is over, and Shanks has retreated to Beehive Island."

"As expected." Barrett was not too surprised. The situation in the Central Region was extremely complicated. Although Shanks was personally strong and his crew was also strong, Shanks always followed the elite route and the number of people was too small.

In addition, he had only been the emperor for a short time, and his foundation and deterrent power were not strong enough, so it was impossible for him to plunder islands from the Central Region.

"However, according to the intelligence, Shanks met with Dragon, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and several underground kings on Maple Leaf Island, but no one knows what they talked about specifically. Should we check it out?" Enel was not too surprised, as he knew the situation in the Central Region very well. Instead, he talked about another thing.

"Forget it, forget about them. I asked you to go to Linmu Island to investigate before. What was the result?"

Barrett shook his head. He was not very interested in the Central Region. He asked people to pay attention to the battlefield just to be mentally prepared. Whether the Central Region changed or not, it would not have much impact on him.

Now, he is more concerned about the life or death of another person.

Enelu frowned and responded in a deep voice, "Boss, I have been on Linmu Island for more than two months. Linmu Island is surrounded by ruins and I didn't find anything unusual."

"However, Crocodile and Tesoro seem to have escaped in the last war. Now they are both in the Central Region, forming their own pirate groups. The two of them formed an alliance with Doflamingo. With the three of them working together, they have occupied eight islands in the Central Region, making them a major force in the Central Region."

"Also, I heard that the three of them have teamed up to open a large auction house. The first auction will be held in seven days. Invitations have been sent out to all the major forces. It is said that there are many good things. Should we go and take a look?"

"Auction?"

Barrett touched his chin, somewhat interested. In the original book, Mingge had held an auction and ran it well.

Although the situation has changed drastically now, Mingge is still mixed up with Tezoro and Sand Crocodile.

Those two were both influential figures in the original novel, so maybe they really had some good stuff.

Barrett narrowed his eyes and said, "Enel, take Jones and Weppa with you to have a look. After the auction is over, talk to the three of them and see if they are willing to become our partners. We need a lot of materials and high-quality devil fruits. These three are not easy to deal with. Maybe they can get some things that we can't find."

"However, our relationship with them can only be that of a partner, not an ally. After all, although Luo is not strong enough now, he will become powerful one day."

"Okay, boss." Enel nodded.

"Go! After you finish this, go directly to Thunder Island to practice. Also notify Jhin to come back and take charge, and let Johnson go and look after those little guys. I may be away for a while." Barrett patted his shoulder and smiled.

"Boss, I understand."

Enelu nodded heavily, turned into a flash of lightning, and disappeared at Tianzhu Peak.

"It's still too slow to practice here. I have to go out and take a look."

After resting for a while, a pair of golden wings extended from Barrett's back. He flapped gently, took off into the air, and disappeared into the sky in an instant.

-

Southern Region, Saradel.

“Huff—.”

Barrett, wearing weight-bearing equipment, sat on the ground gasping for breath, sweating profusely. After calming down, he mobilized his armament color, punched himself in the chest, and began to sharpen his armament color.

Saladel is located in the southern region, within Kaido's sphere of influence, but Saladel's geographical location is extremely hidden. It is not on the seven major routes and cannot be reached by pointer.

Therefore, even Kaido does not know about this island.

The location of Saladel is very special. The whole island is in a special force field, which can be called a gravity island. The gravity in the center of the island can reach twenty times. This was what Rayleigh told him specifically when he asked Rayleigh if there was a suitable place for cultivation.

It took him nearly a week to find this place.

After a year of training, his liver and lungs have been successfully tempered, his body functions have improved a lot, and his physical strength is much stronger than a year ago. Although his armament color still has not broken the limit, he can clearly feel that as long as his armament color can break this limit, he should be able to reach the same level as Rocks.

At the same time, this year was also the most stable year on the sea. Nothing major happened and everyone was extremely well-behaved.