Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 61 Attending the Banquet
[“Secret Realm Changes Destiny, Assistance Helps Achieve Dreams” Project Proposal]

[Recipient: Guan Yi]

[Secret Realm to be Conquered: One Piece]

[Helping Party's Secret Realm: Kengan Ashura]

[Project Vision: Through targeted assistance within secret realms, fundamentally enhance the strength of the recipients and help them complete the One Piece secret realm conquest.]

[Wealth: 173 million Berry]

[Life Points: 20380]

The specific support measures are as follows:

[I. Infrastructure Development: Seeking renowned martial arts masters to provide Guan Yi with intensive basic martial arts training. (10 years of infrastructure development completed; 11 years of infrastructure development underway, requiring 50 billion Berries.)]

[II. Practical Sparring: Available after three years of infrastructure development. This allows players to find opponents to spar with, learn from their strengths, and improve their own weaknesses. (After 10 victories, the 11th practical sparring match can be unlocked, requiring 50 billion Berries and 50 Life Points.)]

【III. Celebrity Interaction: Consumes a large amount of life points to invite celebrity opponents for sparring and guidance. This can be done after accumulating ten victories in actual combat.

Currently, you can invite local celebrities to spar and offer guidance, costing 50000 life points per session.

You can invite international superstars for sparring and guidance. Cost: 100000 life points per attempt.

[IV. Forging a Legend (Unlocked after defeating local stars and international superstars)]

Phase three of the plan has been unlocked!
After Guan Yi comprehended the essence of Xingyi Quan and entered the Grandmaster realm in Xingyi Quan, he ultimately emerged victorious in his fight against Kuroki Gensai.

This match was unremarkable, because it was like two mountains colliding; it wasn't about who was taller, but rather whose foundation was more solid.

Ultimately, Guan Yi, relying on the skills he had acquired from previous sparring, slightly surpassed Kuroki Gensai in breadth and gained a slight advantage.

Neither of them was seriously injured, because it was difficult to find an opening in their opponent to cause substantial damage. Victory or defeat was only in their hearts. It was a pure exchange of martial arts skills, and it ended with Kuroki Gensai voluntarily admitting defeat.

The difference between the two by a move or two, coupled with his extremely high patience as a master of the Strange Arm Style, would likely result in a life-or-death struggle if they were to truly decide the winner!

Kuroki Gensai, who acknowledged that Guan Yi's skills were superior to his own, conceded and made an agreement with Guan Yi to fight again in three years.

Both of them gained a lot. With the help of the plan, Guan Yi even directly obtained Kuroki Gensai's Strange Arm Style. However, in terms of victory settlement, this was the one time he gained the least.

Because the foundation of Kuroki Gensai's Odd Arm Style is his constantly tormented and healed body, which transforms into sharp blades, rather than simply a technique.

With his physique from the One Piece world, Guan Yi could use various techniques of the Strange Arm Style, but that seemed somewhat superfluous.

The Demon Gun is a variant of the Finger Gun, consisting only of some assassination techniques, which can be considered a kind of accumulation.

This duel brought Guan Yi a profound transformation. Taking this battle as a summary, Guan Yi, who became a Xingyi master, stepped into a new stage of martial arts and his spirit was sublimated.

In the world of One Piece, this is reflected in the fact that Rayleigh complained to Shakky several times in the month following that duel.

"This kid's progress is even faster than it was in the previous two months, and I've never seen anyone's Conqueror's Haki advance several levels in such a short time without any apparent reason!"

The Conqueror's Haki is something that only changes with a person's aura. And cultivating aura requires experience, experiencing great events, and constantly achieving victory.

How could Rayleigh know anything about the Kengan world?

So from his perspective, Guan Yi became more confident the more he fought him! He used Guan Yi, a veteran of the old era, to hone the edge of the new era!

The sword, crackled with black and red lightning, tore through the sky and collided with the fist, which was also crackled with black and red electric arcs. With a deafening roar, a terrifying shockwave exploded in a ring, cracking the ground layer by layer, and it was unknown how many layers of soil were shoveled away!
This once lush, deserted island, ravaged by three months of neglect, was now devoid of any sign of life; jagged rocks tumbled and barren sand swirled. Rayleigh slid backward, hearing a faint cracking sound. He paused, removed his broken glasses to examine them, and shook his head with a sigh.

"Okay, that's it!"

The three-month period is up. If he continues fighting, his old body will probably suffer some injuries, and earning only 15 billion pegories won't be worth it.

Guan Yi, on the other side, shot backward dozens of meters, then flashed back in an instant. Upon hearing this, he did not continue his attack, but solemnly thanked him, saying, "Thank you for your guidance over the past three months, Senior Rayleigh."

Rayleigh sheathed his sword and chuckled, "Thanks to you, this old man has finally had a chance to stretch his rusty body. What are your plans next? Going to Charlotte Linlin's Whole Cake Island?"

Guan Yi hadn't mentioned this to him, but the experienced Rayleigh could naturally tell that Guan Yi had a strong desire and a goal in mind.

Seeing Guan Yi nod, he, who had gone from being a reluctant sparring partner to appreciating Guan Yi over the past three months, said, "Kaido is in his prime, far superior to someone like me who hasn't trained in a long time. Not to mention that there are now two Yonko on Whole Cake Island, attracting the attention of the entire sea."

The biggest rumor in the One Piece world is that aging doesn't affect a strong person's strength. Rayleigh's declining physical strength and power have made him much weaker than in his prime, and he can only be considered a top-tier gatekeeper.

Guan Yi also knew that it was unrealistic to think that he could gain the power to rival or even surpass Kaido with just three months of training. However, now it wouldn't be so easy for Kaido to defeat him!
“I know, I’m not going to challenge Kaido,” Guan Yi said.

Just participate in big events, accumulate more life points, and try out the third phase of the plan!
The cost of 5 and 10 life points per interaction is neither high nor low. Guan Yi is not yet sure about the specific details of the celebrity interaction, nor does he know how much improvement each interaction will bring him. However, considering the surprises brought by the first two phases of the plan, he feels that this third phase, which is listed later, will not disappoint him.

In addition, he also had to figure out a way to get Robin out, whom he had accidentally gotten into the mess.

"I'm just going to a banquet."

……

Thirteen days later, the new world, the world of nations.

With the alliance ceremony between the Four Emperors Kaido and Charlotte Linlin drawing ever closer, guests from all walks of life are arriving one after another. To show her respect, Charlotte Linlin has sent her children to various islands to welcome the guests.

Biscuit Island is located in the northwest of the world.

As an island managed by Cracker, one of the four Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates, it is one of the necessary routes to Whole Cake Island.

On this day, the arrival of two guests prompted Cracker to personally go to the port to greet them.

"Big news, President Morgans, and Queen Stussy of Pleasure Street, I never expected you two to choose to travel together. Welcome to World's Fair. Mom will be so happy to know you're here."

Morgans, the president of World Economic News Agency, is a user of the Bird-Bird Fruit, Albatross Form, and always appears in animal form.

He chuckled like a bird: "How could I possibly miss such a big event? As for Stussy, we just happened to run into him on the way. You need to inspect our ship, right? Hurry up, I can't wait to get to Whole Cake Island and see which important figures are here!"

Cracker shook his head: "President Morgans is joking. How could your ship need to be inspected? We're just confirming the number of people attending the banquet so that we can make the necessary arrangements."

He glanced around and counted, "Including the two of you, there are nine people in total, right..."

"Ten." At that moment, a hand reached out from the cabin, and a young man poked his head out.

"Oh, ten..." Cracker nodded slightly, then suddenly paused, this guy looked familiar?
Stussy frowned slightly. Ten? I brought two people, and Morgans brought five, so that's nine. Where did the tenth come from?
Moreover, the voice was unfamiliar.

She turned around and, upon recognizing the person emerging from the cabin, her eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly… When did he board the ship?!
Morgans was also stunned, but only for two seconds before exclaiming, "Fire Tiger Ian?!"

"Excuse me, I was tired from flying in the sky, and I happened to see your boat, so I came aboard to hitch a ride and rest for a while."

Guan Yi said, "Can I go to Whole Cake Island with you? Although I didn't receive an invitation, I'd like to attend the banquet where the Four Emperors formed an alliance!"

(End of this chapter)