Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 352 Echo of Destiny

Aowu and Heitan squatted quietly to one side, watching their leader repeatedly squat down and stand up.

Then, full of confidence, I took a deep breath and tried again.

"shave!"

The kitten's eyes suddenly narrowed, and its Mangekyou Sharingan began to rotate slightly.

"Meow! (Danger!)"

That black charcoal! In that split second, it flew up and kicked the roaring dragon egg.

"Whoosh!"

A dark shadow flew past the dragon egg and the charcoal, crashing directly into the rock behind them.

Another huge impact, and debris flew everywhere.

Aowu and Heitan stared in disbelief as Li Xia walked out of the smoke and dust without any expression, patting off the slightly dirty corners of his clothes.

The dragon and the cat's gaze lingered for a moment on the human-shaped hole left in the large rock, then looked at Li Xia, whose skin hadn't even been broken.

"Boss, are you okay?"

"It's alright, the force was increased too much at once, causing the direction of the burst to deviate—"

Li Xia shook his head. Back then, Luffy didn't learn 'Shave' instantly either. He was beaten by CP9's Bruno the first time he encountered him.

He learned it through trial and error; he's a rubber man, possessing excellent elasticity, giving him a natural advantage in this type of force-reflecting technique.

It's nothing, it's just a matter of practicing more. If you don't sweat now, are you waiting to bleed in battle?
Practice! If you don't get it the first time, do it several more times. Even if there are shortcuts to becoming stronger, without putting in the hard work, it's just fake strength.

"shave!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

Awoo yawned, watching the kitten dart back and forth in the sky like a cannonball, each stomp of its thick hind legs creating a very obvious shockwave.

The kitten already possessed 'chakra,' a product of life energy and willpower, and was able to master Moonwalk extremely quickly.

Furthermore, it is small in size, yet its hind legs are powerful enough to make it incredibly fast in the air.

Shifting the gaze to the other side, Li Xia's figure was completely out of sight at this moment, with only a slight whistling sound produced by his high-speed movement.

Each pause leaves a lifelike silhouette in place, and in just a short while, more than a dozen 'Li Xia' figures appear on the field.

Li Xia could originally create quite a few afterimages, but the afterimages now are completely different from before.

This combines the techniques of "afterimage punch" and "shave," making full use of the image left on the retina by strong light.

It directly 'hid' the moving phantom that could have been detected.

The sky was already faintly turning a pale white, and the distant clouds were outlined with a layer of gold.

The two of them practiced frantically all night long.

One now uses 'shaving' as a walking technique, while the other simply stays in the air and refuses to come down.

"Buzz!"

Another soft chirping sound, and Li Xia appeared right next to Aowu.

"Black charcoal!"

The kitten stopped moving immediately and fell lightly from mid-air, silently, like a falling leaf.

"Go back and rest. Judging by the time, Sabo and the others should be arriving soon."

Li Xia picked up the clothes not far away, slung them over his shoulder, and stretched his body. Everything else was fine, but the 'shaving' had really worn out his legs, and his feet were a little numb.

The marines were extremely efficient; when Li Xia returned to the manor, he found that the previous hole had already been repaired. After taking a refreshing shower and changing into clean, comfortable clothes, he was eating breakfast when his Den Den Mushi rang.

After hearing just one sentence, Li Xia stopped what she was doing and frowned.

"What did you say? Luffy and his crew got to Skypiea? How did they get there??"

He captured Luffy both to rack up points and to prevent the Straw Hat crew from interfering with his battle with Enel.

Sabo on the other end of the Den Den Mushi was even more surprised than him, and said in an incredulous tone:

"Their ship, the Going Merry, was clearly docked at the pier, but for some reason it suddenly broke away and drifted alone at sea."

Then, miraculously, she met Luffy, who had just escaped.

On their way back to Jaya Island, they encountered the 'Monster Current' again, which propelled them directly into the sky.

Wow. What luck!
Li Xia pinched the bridge of his nose. This was what they called fate. What would inevitably draw Luffy to Skypiea was not Enel, but the Poneglyphs there.

In Luffy's destiny, he will surely collect all the Poneglyphs.

As for the encounter between the Going Merry and Luffy, Li Xia could guess what happened.

Ship spirits! Legend has it that ship spirits can only be born when a person cherishes a ship extremely much.

The Going Merry happens to have such a ship spirit, and it even took the Straw Hat crew home from Enies Lobby, expressing its desire for them to continue their adventures.

"Was the Commander-in-Chief also secretly helping?"

Sabo paused for a moment, then said somewhat embarrassedly:

"At that time, the commander-in-chief saw that the ship was about to be hit by the ocean current and fall from the sky, so he slightly changed the wind direction."

it is as expected!
It's true that the Going Merry flew up with the ocean current in the story, but it had undergone some modifications, especially the addition of double wings to suppress the airflow and maintain stability.

Now that it has suddenly encountered ocean currents, the unmodified Merry should have crashed halfway down the river.

However, Long's actions were perfectly normal. That was his own son, so what was wrong with secretly helping him out when he was in danger?
It's only human nature. If Li Xia gets angry over such a small matter, then he doesn't deserve to receive the inheritance he has learned.

"You've already arrived at Sky Island?"

As agreed before, if there's no better way to get to the Sky Island, they can come find me, and there's also Awoo, the 'Gravity Fruit'.

But now it seems that the revolutionary army went directly to the sky island.

Li Xia stood up abruptly, grabbed his coat, and Aowu and Heitan immediately followed.

"Yes, what you want is too big. We used a lot of hot air balloons to get it up here with the help of the Commander-in-Chief."

The scenery here is beautiful and breathtaking, and most importantly, the area is large enough to be a perfect base!

Saab paused on the other end of the Den Den Mushi:
"Xia, the plan has changed. What are your thoughts?"

What other ideas could there be? It's impossible for Luffy to defeat Enel and then pick up the leftovers. That way, Enel's treasure chest would definitely be 'contaminated by plot characters' and turn into a 'water tank'.

"My idea is not to wait any longer."

Li Xia led the two little ones to the mountains behind the manor, flying rapidly close to the sea surface, leaving clear trails in the air waves they created.

Sabo looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand. At this moment, the Den Den Mushi had completely simulated Li Xia's face, and it even looked somewhat like a sword with bright eyes.

With a hint of murderous intent and high spirits.

"I'm going there now to fight Enel!"

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