One Piece: Get Stronger by Watching Battles

Those small fireballs flew straight towards Zhou Ze.

[Failed to learn chemistry juggling ball]

[Lack of chemical knowledge makes learning impossible]

Before Zhou Ze could even ask, the system answered first, leaving Zhou Ze somewhat bewildered. Did the system mean he was illiterate?

With Indigo's attack imminent, Zhou Ze casually drew his knife and swung it a few times, shattering the juggling balls.

Since he couldn't learn the opponent's moves, Zhou Ze stopped wasting words and directly unleashed a "Mihawk Slash," sending Indigo flying.

After all, he's a researcher; his physical condition is really quite poor.

After dealing with Indigo, Zhou Ze turned his attention back to Akainu and Shiki, who were still locked in a fierce battle.

As Zhou Ze hesitated about whether to join the battle, Sengoku had somehow transformed into a giant Buddha, and he made a buzzing sound.

"What are you standing there for? Let's attack together and take down Shiki first!"

A righteous three against one?

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As one of the top fighters in the world of One Piece, Shiki immediately noticed Zhou Ze and his companions' plan to attack together. He shouted...

"Lion's Might - Earth Roll"

In an instant, the earth shook violently, dust billowed up, and the ground was completely lifted up.

The soil and rocks were compressed and recombined into more than a dozen lion head shapes, surrounding Zhou Ze and his two companions, and then quickly crushed over them.

[Lion's Might - Earth Roll Learning Success]

This move had an excellent visual impact, but it posed little threat to Zhou Ze and the other two. The moment the lion heads converged, the Buddha-like Sengoku descended from above and struck the ground with a palm strike.

A tremendous impact force emanated from beneath his palm, rapidly spreading and forming a powerful shockwave that instantly shattered the surrounding lion heads.

The attack was easily neutralized, and Shiki floated higher into the sky, intending to wear down Zhou Ze and the other two in mid-air.

Sengoku was well aware of Shiki's thoughts. He glanced down at Zhou Ze and Akainu.

"While he's in the air and off guard, let's join forces and defeat him in our next attack!"

"Otherwise, given his Float-Float Fruit ability, if we get into a prolonged fight, his energy expenditure will be much lower than ours, which would be very disadvantageous for us!"

Akainu's gaze deepened, and he remained silent, while Zhou Ze nodded in agreement and hummed in response.

Zhan Guo grabbed a boulder with one hand, threw it into the air, then leaped up, using it as a springboard to rise higher, and struck out with his palm.

At the same time, half of Akainu's body turned into magma, rushing towards Shiki with billowing smoke. His left fist instantly turned into lava, and a bright black layer appeared on the surface, making the entire fist look somewhat blackish-red.

"Haunted Dog"

[The Ghost Dog has successfully completed its learning process]

Zhou Ze didn't hesitate any longer and squatted down forcefully.

"Second tier"

The internal energy surged into the five internal organs, was then rapidly compressed and concentrated before being released to all parts of the body.

Then it transformed into a falcon, soaring straight into the sky and instantly reaching a height directly above Shiki's head.

"Rubber Jet machine gun!"

A bluish-white Armament Haki enveloped Zhou Ze's fist, and countless internal forces, almost solidified, transformed into fist shadows, slamming towards Shiki.

With the boost from second gear, Zhou Ze's speed increased exponentially, allowing him to strike first despite being behind. The three attacks locked onto Shiki almost simultaneously.

Shiki also sensed something was wrong, but when he tried to dodge, the shockwave from the giant palm of the Warring States Buddha seemed to freeze the air, making his movements extremely slow.

Akainu's attack was imminent, and Shiki only had time to summon several boulders to block his path.

Akainu shattered the boulder with a single blow, and without the boulder's protection, Zhou Ze's barrage of punches rained down on him.

"Cough, cough"

Shiki coughed up a mouthful of blood, his body instantly suffering a severe blow, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

"Shiki, you've lost!"

Zhou Ze said calmly after landing.

Chapter 77 Promotion to Lieutenant General (Second Update)

After Zhou Ze finished showing off his expert skills, he realized that Shiki the Golden Lion had already passed out from the combined attack of the three.

Holy crap, I've never succeeded in showing off even once!

Zhou Ze looked at the unconscious Shi Ji and felt very frustrated, but he forgot that there were actually two audience members beside him.

Akainu looked at Zhou Ze for a long time before saying in a deep voice, "Zhou Ze, you are much stronger than I imagined."

Sengoku was also full of admiration. He tugged at his braided mustache and said, "Seeing the younger generation of the navy grow up makes me very happy!"

Zhou Ze chuckled and said modestly, "Not at all, not at all. It's mainly because the two of you were here that I just took the opportunity to catch up!"

Upon hearing this, Sengoku and Akainu looked at Shiki, who was covered in wounds, with strange expressions, as if to say, "You call this healing?"

Zhou Ze also noticed the strange look in their eyes, and after a moment's thought, he understood what they were thinking.

Holy crap, you two old geezers, are you trying to say I lack martial ethics?

It's three against one, what's with all the talk of martial ethics!

Zhou Ze was immediately dissatisfied and was about to speak when his feet suddenly swayed, causing the entire floating island to shake violently.

"Evacuate immediately! We're about to crash here!"

Sengoku shouted urgently, "Zhou Ze, take Shiki with you, let's go!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ze disregarded his earlier dissatisfaction, hoisted Shiki onto his shoulder, and flew towards the outside of the floating island.

"Boom!"

First, small pieces of rock kept falling into the sea, and finally the entire floating island fell down. The huge impact created towering waves, which would have been a disaster if the naval ships hadn't been so capable.

Fortunately, all was well and no one was seriously injured. The five warships were unharmed, but Shiki was put in sea stone handcuffs and imprisoned in a cage on the Sengoku flagship.

"Report, Marshal, Golden Lion has woken up and requests to see you!" The marine on guard came to report.

In fact, Shiki only specifically requested to see Zhou Ze, but the Marines dared not report it that way.

When the three Sengoku entered the cell, they discovered that, in order to prevent Shiki from escaping again, Sengoku had even ordered that Shiki be secured to the ground with seastone chains.

Ok?

This scene is reminiscent of the future "Imperial City Newspaper Reader"—Doflamingo, who also received this treatment!

"who are you?"

Shiki, lying on the ground, spoke weakly, but surprisingly, there was little anger in his voice; instead, it was quite calm.

Zhou Ze was slightly taken aback by Shi Qi's calm demeanor.

Sengoku then answered for Zhou Ze, "His name is Zhou Ze, he's a Rear Admiral in the Navy Headquarters, and..."

"He's also from the East China Sea!"

You're really going to destroy someone's spirit, old Warring States period!

Zhou Ze's lips twitched, and then he heard Shi Ji sigh softly.

"Have I been defeated by the people of the East Sea again?"

After saying that, he didn't speak again.

Sengoku understood Shiki's feelings, nodded to Zhou Ze and Akainu, and turned to leave. Zhou Ze and Akainu followed closely behind.

Back on deck, Sengoku immediately announced the orders.

"Order the crew to return to Marine Headquarters at full speed!"

At this moment, the sun slowly rises above the horizon, and it's a new day.

There are eight days left until Ace's public execution, and tomorrow will be the day when this news is announced to the world.

A major event with far-reaching implications for the world order is drawing ever closer!

……

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

Even though the naval warships had a large amount of seastone embedded in their bottoms, allowing them to cross the calm zone without any worries, it was already evening when Zhou Ze and his group returned to the naval headquarters.

The council chamber was brightly lit. After a brief discussion among the senior officers of the Navy Headquarters, another meeting of vice admirals and above was held, and Zhou Ze was once again allowed to attend.

"I believe everyone is already aware of the wild animal attack that occurred in Marineford yesterday!"

Unlike the last meeting, this time Zhan Guo went straight to the point, saying in a deep voice:

"Shiki the Golden Lion's plot to use a substance extracted from plants to create an army of beasts, destroy the East Blue, and force the World Government and the Marine Headquarters to surrender has been thwarted."

"And Shi Ji himself has been arrested again! Rear Admiral Zhou Ze of the Naval Headquarters deserves great credit for this battle!"

Zhan Guo looked at Zhou Ze, nodded to him, and then continued:

"After deliberation by the Navy Headquarters, it has been decided to promote Rear Admiral Zhou Ze to Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters!"

Before Zhan Guo finished speaking, everyone in the council hall turned to look at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze's reaction was calm, though he was actually aware of it.

Although the navy suffered a crushing defeat at Enies Lobby last time, it had little to do with Zhou Ze; in fact, he even contributed a little.

Zhou Ze truly contributed to defeating Shiki this time, so his promotion is only natural.

Looking at Zhou Ze's calm expression, the naval officers were deeply impressed.

He never showed his emotions, and remained calm and composed, truly displaying the demeanor of a great general!

Lieutenant General Tsuru, who knew Zhou Ze's temperament quite well, was also very impressed with Zhou Ze's reaction this time.

He knows when to be composed and when to be carefree. He's a truly outstanding young man!

Zhou Ze had no idea they were thinking so much. He knew that Zhan Guo definitely had other things to say, and his promotion was just an appetizer at best!