One Piece meme: Starting with eight extraordinary skills

Chapter 378 In the pursuit of the right path, people constantly give up and lose.

When Yang Ming descended to a depth of 10,000 meters, sunlight could not penetrate the water, and all he could see was darkness—the kind where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Fortunately, he knew the area well and followed the route he remembered, paddling towards Fishman Island. After about half an hour, brighter colors finally appeared ahead.

What comes into view is a colossal tree with roots deep in the seabed. Its massive trunk stands like a pillar supporting the sky on the earth. The crown is not visible at first glance, but warm light shines down from above, dispelling the pitch-black darkness and bringing light to the fish-men and mermaids.

This giant tree is the Sun Tree Eve.

The Sun Tree Eve absorbs sunlight from its top and transmits it to its roots, causing its roots in the deep sea to emit a strong light like sunlight. It is said that this was planted by humans eight hundred years ago, and was not formed naturally.

It is thanks to the existence of the Sun Tree Eve that Fishman Island experiences day and night cycles, which the local residents describe as the blessing of the sun.

The seabed lacks the lush vegetation of an island paradise, and there's no fine sand or seaweed. Instead, there are countless coral reefs. These corals, precious in the outside world, are like trash scattered everywhere here.

The impoverished fish-men still live in dilapidated coral apartments, rarely exposed to the warm sunlight. Moreover, due to their limited professional skills, most of them do heavy labor or jobs that are considered lowly by other fish-men, such as collecting seashells and mollusks from the seabed to sell on Fish-Man Island.

Shells can be made into ornaments, becoming shell necklaces for beautiful female mermaids, or processed and resold to humans for huge profits. Mollusks are a delicacy in the daily lives of many mermaids, who can take them home and cook them simply to enjoy their delicious taste.

Although mermaids and fishmen live on the same fishman island, they lead completely opposite lives.

One lives a refined life, the other a humble one.

Sometimes, Yang Ming would think that even mermaids and fish-men are divided into different classes, let alone humans?

After overthrowing Im-sama and the World Government, will ordinary people really be able to become the masters of their own destiny?

Perhaps, this is something that could happen.

Excessive worry is not a reason to stop Yang Ming from moving forward. Instead of overthinking, it is better to complete the goal first and then deal with these potential problems. Even if Yang Ming's generation cannot solve them, they can be passed on to future generations.

After all, there's a famous saying: "Trust in the wisdom of those who come after!"

At the very center of Fishman Island stands a luxurious palace complex, its buildings magnificent and imposing, with artificial hills built alongside them, each inlaid with fist-sized pearls, dazzling and brightly colored, exuding extravagance.

If each pearl here were placed in the outside world, it would be a priceless treasure. The pearls inlaid on just one artificial mountain could probably fetch more than 100 million dollars at auction, enough to feed countless families for a year.

Guards patrolled the area around the Dragon Palace, but they were unaware of the uninvited guest's arrival. Yang Ming walked as if he were in an empty place, treating the guards as if they were nothing.

The palace is supported by a main pillar that takes five people to encircle. The white jade pillars are carved with dragons and phoenixes. The palace is solemn and imposing. Every now and then, a burly and powerful fishman can be seen passing by in full armor. It can be said that there is a sentry every three steps and a guard every five steps.

It's obvious that the increased number of pirates passing through Fishman Island recently is due to the fact that these outlaws have no regard for the law and frequently disrupt the security and order of the Ryugu Palace, which is why the defenses have been strengthened.

But all of this was meaningless to Yang Ming, a top expert.

Strolling leisurely in the back garden, Yang Ming heard a girl's silvery laughter. He followed the sound and saw a mermaid princess who was much larger than girls her age.

Princess Shirahoshi is a giant scorpion mermaid with a body size comparable to a giant. She is the largest known mermaid. She has long, flowing pink curly hair, wears a taiyaki-shaped hair accessory, and a pair of seashell-shaped earrings. She has a beautiful face, an exaggeratedly full bust, and her beautiful eyes are covered by a colorful cloth. At this moment, she seems to be playing hide-and-seek, chasing and playing in the back garden.

"Bai Xing, brother's here! Come and catch me!"

Princess Shirahoshi's three burly brothers are playing the role of little devils, running around everywhere. No matter how hard she swings her pink and light-colored fishtail, she can't catch up with them. Instead, because of her clumsiness, she keeps bumping into the artificial rocks in the garden, getting a big bump on her forehead, but she doesn't cry. Instead, she enjoys it.

Meanwhile, Queen Otohime watched the four siblings play happily with a smile, as quiet as a porcelain doll.

At this moment, Princess Shirahoshi seemed to sense someone blocking her way. Thinking that her three brothers were playing a trick on her again, she immediately rushed forward in a huff, grabbed the person, and said with a grin:

"Let's see how you run now!"

The moment Yang Ming was tightly embraced by the mermaid princess Shirahoshi, he could feel soft peaks pressing against the back of his head and neck. Those large breasts felt like a big ball of cotton, giving him a soft sensation, and a pleasant fragrance wafted in from the direction of the ocean current.

When Princess Shirahoshi hugged Yang Ming, she suddenly realized that the feeling was a little strange.

"Huh? Why is it so small?"

Just as Princess Shirahoshi was about to investigate Yang Ming's height, she suddenly heard her three older brothers' anxious voices behind her:

"Shirahoshi, watch out, he's a bad guy!"

"Don't move, wait for your brother to come!"

Before the three merman brothers, who were obsessed with their younger sister, could arrive, Queen Otohime, her eyes filled with a deep, melancholic light, slowly rose under the effect of the Shadow Spell mark, bowed slightly to Yang Ming, and said:

"You're here."

Upon seeing this, the three mermaid princes were immediately horrified.

Meeting their astonished gazes, Yang Ming released Princess Shirahoshi's arms and extended his hand to Queen Otohime, saying:

"In order to find the right path, people constantly give up and lose."

"You have lost far too much in order to have the same right to share the sun as humans. It is time to make a new choice."

Chapter 379 The Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi

Upon seeing this, the three mermaid princes were immediately horrified.

Meeting their astonished gazes, Yang Ming released Princess Shirahoshi's arms and extended his hand to Queen Otohime, saying:

"In order to find the right path, people constantly give up and lose."

"You have lost far too much in order to have the same right to share the sun as humans. It is time to make a new choice."

As the eldest prince of the Dragon Palace Kingdom, Shark Star was preoccupied with other matters and had no time to concern himself with why the navy had broken into the Dragon Palace, nor did he have time to pay attention to the identities of the intruders. Seeing Yang Ming in close contact with his mother and sister, he was instantly enraged and roared:

"You audacious scoundrel! Who are you and why are you trespassing into the Dragon Palace!"

As he spoke, Shark Star charged forward, brandishing the heavy Neptune Trident. The powerful weapon in his hand flashed like a streak of light as he aimed to take Yang Ming's head and "rescue" his mother and sister from his grasp.

It's a long story, but it actually happened in the blink of an eye.

By the time Queen Otohime tried to stop her, it was already too late.

However, when faced with the sudden attack of the Shark Star Prince, Yang Ming simply raised his index and middle fingers and easily caught the blade with his bare hands, catching the fierce Neptune Trident.

The Neptune Trident, capable of easily shattering coral reefs, landed between Yang Ming's fingers as light as a feather, having no effect on him whatsoever. He remained leisurely, treating the person before him as if he were nothing.

"This……"

The eldest prince of Shark Star's pupils suddenly contracted, shrinking to the size of needles.

He tried to pull the Trident of Neptune from Yang Ming's fingers, but was horrified to find that the other party's two fingers, which were much thinner than his, possessed strength far exceeding his own. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out even a little bit, which was simply outrageous.

In the mind of the eldest prince of Shark Star, mermaids and fish-men are born with ten times the strength of humans. Moreover, the eldest prince of Shark Star is not the kind of ignorant royal. He has received elite education since childhood and has always been committed to exploring his own potential, which makes his strength infinite. This is also the source of his confidence in resisting the invasion of foreign pirates.

But now, the pride he had always been so proud of has been shattered in front of this human.

Yang Ming ignored the Shark Star Prince's shattered heart and instead focused on the system notifications.

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, host, for reciting a classic line from Genshin Impact. You have been awarded one chance to draw a prize. Would you like to activate the prize wheel?"

A lottery wheel that looked quite familiar to Yang Ming appeared.

The prizes on the lottery wheel are divided into several categories: summoned characters, artifacts, items, talent skills, and skins.

Summoned characters: Jean, Diluc, Klee, Venti, Mona...

Relics: Flower of Life, Feather of Death, Sands of Time, Goblet of Emptiness, Crown of Reason...

Items: Eye of God, Wind Catcher, Pocket Anchor...

Innate Skills: West Wind Swordsmanship, Wind Pressure Sword, Dandelion Wind, Traveling with the Wind...

Skins: Sea Breeze Dream, Shining Concerto, Orchid in Gauze...

【The Lost and Disorienting Movement】: One of the relics in the "Story of the Sand Pavilion" set. (3/4)

Collect both pieces for the set bonus: Gain 15% Anemo DMG Bonus.

Collect all four pieces for the following effect: After a heavy attack hits an enemy, the character's normal attack speed is increased by 10%, and the damage dealt by normal attacks, heavy attacks, and falling attacks is increased by 40% for 15 seconds.

Queen Otohime was furious. She raised her delicate hand and smacked Prince Shark Star's blockhead hard, scolding him angrily:

"Shark Star, this is our most distinguished guest in the Dragon Palace Kingdom. He is the Marine Headquarters' Fleet Admiral Shura. Why don't you apologize to him right now?"

Upon hearing this, the eldest prince of Shark Star and the two princes who followed him were all dumbfounded.

"Marshal Shura...?"

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Although Fishman Island is located in a remote corner, deep in the ocean thousands of meters below the surface, and news is relatively scarce, they still know about the renowned Marshal Shura through the merchants on the merchant ships that travel to and from the island. In fact, due to the influence of the young people's admiration, they even yearn to become outstanding young people like Marshal Shura, to stand out from the crowd and enjoy great glory.

However, they never expected that meeting their idol would be so bizarre.

The eldest prince of Shark Star looked at Yang Ming and Queen Yi Ji holding hands, his expression turning strange. A thought stuck in his throat, unsure whether to voice it, and could only mutter to himself:

"What exactly is the relationship between this Marshal Shura and my mother? Why do they seem closer than my father and mother?"

Thinking of a terrible possibility, King Neptune felt as if a vast green grassland was above his head. Prince Shark Star shook his head repeatedly, trying to banish this horrible thought from his mind.

But the more he tried to escape, the more deeply ingrained this idea seemed to become.

Yang Ming looked at the eldest prince of Shark Star with a strange expression, wondering what had gotten into him.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Princess Shirahoshi removed the blindfold from her eyes, opening her bright, sapphire-blue eyes, which sparkled like stars, revealing a purity untouched by the dust of the world.

Although Vander Decken IX was killed by Yang Ming several years ago due to the butterfly effect he caused, perhaps it was due to historical inertia, or perhaps it was because Queen Otohime was attacked by the Dark Lord Li Qing after her speech, causing considerable chaos and frightening the mermaid princess Shirahoshi into tears on the spot, leaving her with considerable psychological trauma. This made the kind-hearted mermaid princess Shirahoshi somewhat withdrawn and often sullen.

Therefore, Prince Shark Star and his two brothers often returned to the Dragon Palace in their spare time to play with Princess Shirahoshi and try to please her.

Over time, Princess Shirahoshi rarely interacted with outsiders, which is why she developed such a blank-minded personality.

Upon seeing Yang Ming, for some reason, the mermaid princess Bai Xing felt a complex mix of emotions, a mixture of fear and affection, making her appear exceptionally conflicted. She placed her little finger on Yang Ming's head and said softly, "..."

Why do you give me such a strange feeling? It's like I know you.

Even Yang Ming was secretly amazed by Princess Shirahoshi's godlike intuition. Yang Ming had only met her a handful of times, just once, when he arrived several years ago as the Dark Lord Li Qing. He never expected that she would use her innate sixth sense as a woman and the intuition of an ancient weapon to vaguely sense something amiss.

Chapter 380 Jinbe, the Knight of the Sea

Even Yang Ming was secretly amazed by Princess Shirahoshi's godlike intuition. Yang Ming had only met her a handful of times, just once, when he arrived several years ago as the Dark Lord Li Qing. He never expected that she would use her innate sixth sense as a woman and the intuition of an ancient weapon to vaguely sense something amiss.

This greatly increased Yang Ming's interest in the mermaid princess Shirahoshi.

Poseidon, one of the three ancient weapons, is born once every eight hundred years. This seems to involve lofty concepts such as fate, cause and effect, reincarnation, and soul. If one can understand the secrets behind all of this, it seems that one can master the weapon Poseidon.

In this world, land only occupies two or three tenths of the space, with the vast majority of the area covered by the ocean. The number of sea monsters is far greater than others can imagine, but they have always been in a primitive and backward state of ignorance, which is why the sea monsters have not revealed their true power to the world.

Once Poseidon appears, the sea monsters will have a ruler to lead them. With billions, hundreds of billions, or even trillions of sea monsters, they can easily cut off shipping routes, leaving every kingdom in a state of communication disruption, turning all countries into isolated islands.

Moreover, when a large number of sea monsters unleash their power simultaneously, they can create terrifying tsunamis powerful enough to submerge the Red Line.

Even if there are many powerful individuals hidden in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, many of them are Devil Fruit users. Once they fall into the ocean, they will lose most of their combat power and will not be able to threaten Yang Ming.