I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

The Lynch Merchant Guild was renamed the Light and Fire Merchant Guild.

Afterwards, Figo personally went out to sea to fish for lights, controlling hundreds of fishing rods at once. The unique fishing lights were comparable to fishing, bringing a huge amount of light reserves to the Lynch Merchant Guild. For many days, the money-grubbing Nami's eyes were filled with money symbols, tired but happy.

They don't hold back when it comes to burning money.

Promotional tactics such as helping to light up the city, offering free purchases, limited-time flash sales, and even live-streaming e-commerce were used one after another, leaving the merchants dazzled.

Just when some merchant groups were about to give up and could no longer hold out, Figo personally met with the leaders of these merchant groups. After a conversation that was unknown to the outside world, a new system was established.

Franchisee Group!

These merchant groups were all given the name "Lighthouse Merchant Group". Members of the Lighthouse Merchant Group explained the regulations and transformed all the affiliated merchant groups into a fishing lantern partner system.

Despite being forced, at least they survived. After training, the head of the merchant guild is still the head and has considerable power!

With the launch of this franchise system, the Lighthouse Merchant Guild became unstoppable. Many merchant guilds even took the initiative to seek franchising. In just one year, the name of the Lighthouse Merchant Guild covered the entire Hilo Sea, one of the 16 major sea areas of Lighthouse Star!

Duke Ippolito of the Lunaria tribe was not spared from joining either; faced with the powerful Figo, he chose to submit.

During that year, Figo flirted with the Spirit of the Light twice more.

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Figo maintained his frequency of teasing the Spirit of Light once every six months, capturing second- and third-magnitude stars. On one occasion, he lost control of his power, causing two more planets to lose their suns and protective membranes.

The merchant groups affiliated with the Light of Light Merchant Guild cover most of the six major sea areas of the human race, and are expanding faster and faster. Only a few merchant groups are still content with their original corners and stick to the old rules.

A new look has emerged on the sea.

Three years later, the Demon Race's six major sea areas had been eroded to the point that only one remained. Two of the three legion commanders were killed by human powerhouses. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, they broke the agreement with Figo and began to use the Demon Race's transformation methods.

The war has now spread to every corner of the Star of Light, and anywhere could be attacked by the demon race in submarines!

Figo, naturally, didn't hold back. He traversed the seas for a month, searching meticulously, defeating tens of thousands of powerful demons along the way, and finally found the last of the demons' veteran legion commanders.

With a single punch in mid-air, he crushed it!

After his capture, Figo's slight loss in physical strength was finally made up for.

Physical fitness: 10000000

Level 7, Perfect Starry Night Lamp!

(Cannot be upgraded at the moment)

Chapter 388 The Birth of the Ship Spirit

After harassing the Spirit of Light six times in succession, capturing second- and third-rank stars, and with the natural improvement from bloodline advancement, Figo finally raised his physique to the tens of millions level after three years.

Because the easier-to-catch second- and third-rank stars are all lacking in physical attributes and do not provide any physical benefits, the final 40 is particularly difficult to obtain.

Following the previous pattern, from the million-level to the ten-million-level, the physical fitness level also reached level 7 in the prison's file grading system.

The level 7 title is Perfect Starry Night Lamp, which adds the word "Perfect" compared to level 6, seemingly indicating that Figo's lamp brightness has reached its absolute limit.

However, Figo believes that this ranking name is merely an overstatement.

Along the way, Figo has experienced six levels of description: Level 1 Normal, Level 2 Strong, Level 3 Extremely Strong, Level 4 Monster, Level 5 Top Physique, and Level 6 Star Lamp. However, there is actually a seventh description in between.

When Figo's physique reaches one million and cannot be improved further, and he hasn't ignited the flame, there's a transitional title: Physique King.

Both were at level six, but the title "King of Physique" only accompanied Figo for a few days before transforming into the Starry Night Lamp as the lights on Figo's body were lit.

The current Perfect Starry Night Lamp should be based on the same concept as the name "King of Physique".

In other words, although the data has reached tens of millions, Figo is still at the "Light" level. Only by breaking through tens of millions, or even by improving his physique by just one point, will Figo's strength be further enhanced.

However, this time, even the prison records did not provide a way to break the limit. The only words that Figo could not improve for the time being told that this was not the absolute limit.

As for how to break through this limit, Figo only had a vague idea, so he put it aside for the time being—to wait until he had slowly developed one or two more level 7 abilities worth tens of millions before making a decision.

Even without body light, the brightness of Armament Haki light is always very high for second- and third-magnitude stars. Therefore, Figo's Armament Haki is only a little over 130,000 away from reaching the 10 million level 7.

Now, he is prepared to do something unprecedented and perhaps never to be done again.

Light the seventh lamp!

The original plan was to light the Sky Lanterns to increase speed, but with the awakening of the second and third abilities, the Sky Lanterns are no longer necessary.

Instead of increasing strength, why not light a special lamp? It can increase the diversity of tactics.

……

"Awesome!"

On a somewhat damaged large ship in the Hilo Sea, Luffy tapped the Web Bug with two fingers, letting out an excited shout.

"A single punch in mid-air! Defeating the Second Legion Commander of the Demon Race, the Star King is suspected of approaching the seventh level of the Light!" He read out the news headline displayed on the screen: "Hey, Ace, I remember the Second Legion Commander of the Demon Race was their last remaining legion commander, right? He was killed by the old man."

Ace, his body wrapped in bandages, was sunbathing on a deck chair next to him. Hearing this, he replied, "Yes, he's dead. The demon race now only has two newly promoted kings who have lit the five lamps in the last two years. Their strength should be much weaker than that second legion commander, and their bounty is half that guy's."

"The old man might intervene again, which means if we don't hurry..." Luffy scratched his head in distress, "we won't get a share."

"Go and die if you want. You almost died this time when you challenged the Four-Lamp Demon Clan."

"Hey, we won, didn't we?"

Ace didn't respond, but instead gave a thumbs-up to the other side, and Luffy turned to look.

In a cabin window, Kuina stood silently, her forehead wrapped in bandages.

At the window of another cabin, Zoro showed Luffy his cracked sword, his expression like that of a demon, which looked even more eerie when paired with Kuina, making Luffy shrink back in fright.

He only dared to mutter under his breath, "What is this? The body is already lit up with flames. Any minor injury would have healed long ago. Why are you wrapping it in bandages to scare people?"

However, he also knew in his heart that this time they had suffered no minor injuries. Each of them had at least once been on the verge of death. If it weren't for their good luck, coupled with their strong willpower and ability to unleash even greater fighting power when their companions were in danger, they would have really been gone this time.

Three years have passed, and each of them has grown three years older, and their strength has also improved by leaps and bounds.

Like a cheat code, they progressed from the level of two lamps to the level of being able to light four lamps, at an astonishing speed.

But this time their opponent was a demon who lit four lamps, and was close to the level of a star-level supreme expert, and also had several subordinates at the level of three lamps.

When faced with a guy like that, they should call for reinforcements immediately, but Luffy just charged straight in.

"A bounty of 107 billion lamp coins, that's enough to buy a level four lamp..." Luffy knew he was in the wrong, so he could only mutter a few words to himself.

As the demon race gradually declined, breaking their agreement with Figo and igniting the war in every corner of the Starfire, converting ordinary people into demons to perpetuate their race, Capri naturally changed its response accordingly.

The Light Army, the Half-Demon Army, and the Mermaid Kingdom Army are scattered and stationed in various sea areas.

They issued bounties for named and powerful members of the demon race in order to attract wandering powerful individuals.

In summary, the current Light Army can be compared to the Qinghai Navy, while the Demon Clan is like a pirate, except that these pirates do less plundering and more killing and capturing.

Luffy and his crew are now playing the role of pirate hunters, capturing demons for bounties, buying lamp wicks to accelerate their training, and then capturing even stronger demons in a virtuous cycle.

"Level four lamps are extremely rare and hard to find. In the past two years, there have been more lamps with the bloodline of the demon race, but it's too difficult to buy lamps with physical strength or armor."

"If that doesn't work, we can buy the Demon Bloodline Flame; we can give it to Owen and Kai'Sa!"

"No, no, no, don't consider me, that would be a waste." The handsome young man Owen walked over and said, "I wasn't much of a help in the previous battle."

He was the fifth person on the four-person ship. He was older, over 40 years old, and was one of the first half-demons to be transformed by the demons before Figo reached an agreement with them. He had even met Figo once. He chose to cut off his demon horns rather than not cut them off. After making a unique mark on his horns, he used his demon abilities to fight against the demons. Later, he boarded the ship by chance.

“I can’t awaken any new abilities, and using the Demon Clan’s bloodline flame would be a waste. Speaking of which, don’t you guys consider awakening an ability to increase your strength?” Owen asked.

"ability……"

Ace didn't need to ask Kuina and Zoro to know that the two pure swordsmen, siblings who wanted to compete based on swordsmanship, wouldn't consider auxiliary abilities.

But Luffy, he might actually give it a try.

In the past, we couldn't afford to buy them. We would buy first- or second-level lights, but they would run out after a short time and would only distract us.

If it's level four...

"If I can meet the right one."

Luffy also got interested: "Yeah, Kasha's abilities are super cool!"

On one side, a slender, tall, and beautiful half-demon girl with a tight leather outfit, long green hair, and stunning looks smiled arrogantly upon hearing this.

"He's not just handsome, he's incredibly strong!"

“Yeah, yeah,” Luffy agreed.

Kasa is the sixth member of the four-person ship. She is 23 years old, the same age as Zoro. She is a genius, and her fighting strength is almost on par with Luffy and his crew.

"Tap tap tap—" Suddenly, a soft tapping sound came from not far away, as if someone was nailing or repairing the ship's planks.

Ace paused for a moment and said, "Owen, let's repair the damage on the ship when we get to Kiki Island. We have enough bounty this time, so we can give the ship a major overhaul."

Luffy turned to Oven and said, "Yeah, yeah, no rush, we have money now."

Owen also serves as the shipwright, but now, standing not far from Luffy, all he has on his head is: ? ? ?

Luffy was also taken aback, and Ace reacted as well. The two brothers turned around and went to look for him.

Kaisa, Zoro, and Kuina are all there.

There's no seventh person left on the ship!

"Da da da—"

"Who's there?!"

Luffy and Ace charged forward, but when they reached the source of the sound, they only saw a small hole in the ship that had been patched up and the repair tools, but no one was there to fix it.

"Who?"

Luffy was still looking out into the sea.

Ace, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought.

The six men did not find the seventh person until the ship reached their destination, Kiki Island.

……

Qiqi Island is a large island in the Hilo Sea. Most importantly, it is home to the headquarters of a merchant guild affiliated with the Light Merchant Guild. The guild has opened a bounty exchange program and possesses a large amount of Light Coins in cash.

Owen was left behind to guard the ship and defend against the guy who inexplicably helped them repair it. Luffy and his five crew members took a few demon horns left behind by the demons they had defeated as tokens to exchange for their ship and went ashore.

The island was bustling with activity. Due to the demon invasion, islands of this size and with strong defenses were very popular.

The bandages on the five of them had all been removed, and they walked through the crowd. Kuina and Ace kept their eyes on Zoro the whole time, and would occasionally pull him back when he suddenly took a strange turn.

Luffy stared wide-eyed at the commotion around him, stopping occasionally to buy some snacks.