Chapter 217: Whitebeard's Exchange Items
"Then let's begin."
Fang Yi smiled at the corner of his mouth.
They always started out stubborn—he wondered if Whitebeard would really hold firm and not exchange Fish-Man Island's reward points later.
Smoker had said the same thing at first, and in the end, he still stripped an entire well-equipped Marine base clean.
"It's been a long time since I've felt this kind of nervous anticipation…"
Whitebeard took a deep breath,
first purchasing the golden gene therapy potion. As he drank it, he felt the lingering damage in his body rapidly begin to heal.
Then he turned to look at the five fate items that had appeared on the shelf.
Fang Yi offered a reminder: "It's not absolute, but the first fate item you purchase will often determine what kinds of items will appear in subsequent refreshes."
Whitebeard nodded. "Thank you for the advice."
Since fate items reflected the deepest desires within a player's heart… what would appear for him?
He felt a faint anticipation rise.
His eyes fell on the first item on the shelf.
It was a crystal-clear gem, emanating a thick magical aura and dazzling with brilliance.
"A crystal stone?"
Whitebeard raised an eyebrow, touching the item to bring up its info.
[Fragment of a Broken Dragon Crystal (Sky)]
It wasn't a complete dragon crystal, but a fingernail-sized shard—and yet it was already classified as blue-tier quality.
It came from a magical world,
a high-level material formed from the condensed energy of a dragon's body after death. It could be used to forge top-tier magical armor and weapons.
"A rare material indeed."
Fang Yi glanced up, visibly surprised. "Normally, dragons return to Dragon Island when nearing death. That's their lair—filled with high-tier dragons—so ordinary humans rarely get a chance to obtain dragon crystals."
"Dragons… are they really that powerful?"
The only reference Whitebeard had in mind was Kaido, who had once been a crewmate in the Rocks Pirates.
He had the Azure Dragon Mythical Zoan Fruit.
Even at full strength, Whitebeard never thought Kaido could defeat him.
"If a high-tier dragon ever appeared in the pirate world, it could destroy the world."
Fang Yi gave a definitive answer after a moment's thought.
In a magical world where high-tier dragons existed—at least Tier-3—the Four Emperors would only count as mid-level combatants.
And high-tier dragons were beings who could match Saint-tier mages. Saying they could destroy the world was no exaggeration.
"I see…"
"The Revolutionary Army leader's exchange was dragon bloodline. His technique that destroyed Death Island? That was only a basic attack of a high-tier dragon."
Whitebeard recalled the black storm Word Spirit used by the Revolutionary leader during the global broadcast—
it had left a deep impression, and was the reason he had willingly conceded his title.
To think that was dragon-related…
"If you purchase the Dragon Crystal Shard, you could use it as rare material to reforge Murakumogiri."
Fang Yi explained, "Dragons have different elemental affinities. The Revolutionary leader's was a Wind Dragon. This one has Sky attributes."
"A reforged Murakumogiri would then inherit the Sky element."
"Combined with your fully mastered Gura Gura no Mi, you could even alter the weather of the pirate world through seismic energy."
If Whitebeard hadn't been gravely ill,
he would have been Marine Headquarters' greatest fear—without a doubt, the most destructive of the Four Emperors due to his Paramecia fruit.
He could cause earthquakes at will, shatter the land, draw ocean waters inland, shake the heavens…
In terms of raw destructive power, not even the combined might of the other three Emperors compared.
If Whitebeard had truly chosen to launch an assault on Marine HQ, even with multiple Admirals present, they likely couldn't stop him from sinking the island.
But… that was the limit of the Gura Gura no Mi.
If reforged with a Dragon Crystal,
he could go beyond that—ripping open the atmosphere, affecting entire sea regions.
That would make him truly worthy of the title: the man who could destroy the world.
"Of course, there's always a chance of forging failure."
Fang Yi gave a precaution. "However, if you buy the Dragon Crystal, future item refreshes will lean toward products from that magical world, including materials and knowledge to raise your forging success rate. So there's no need to worry."
As long as you had enough reward points, the failure chance could essentially be reduced to zero.
"Any other uses?"
Whitebeard felt a strong urge to swallow the crystal as he held it, its aura tempting him strangely.
Fang Yi nodded. "The shard contains traces of dragon essence. If consumed, there's a chance you'll awaken a Sky Dragon bloodline. But failure comes with a high price—you'll lose your mind and become a half-dragon beast."
"Sounds like a dangerous item indeed."
Whitebeard resisted the urge to devour the Dragon Crystal and turned his gaze to the second item.
While it was powerful and could greatly enhance his Devil Fruit ability, he didn't feel an overwhelming need for it.
The second item was a scroll.
[Pulse Shatter Technique].
A cultivation method from a xuanhuan (fantasy) world that trained the body by repeatedly striking the eight extraordinary meridians,
thereby generating seismic energy—a high-quality physical training technique.
"Such creative thinking… the other worlds really are full of talented people."
After reading the scroll's description, Whitebeard was genuinely impressed.
In the pirate world, one could strengthen their body and develop Armament Haki through repeated physical trials,
but that was purely the manifestation of brute force.
Meanwhile, this cultivation technique could grant abilities akin to Devil Fruits—and could be honed endlessly.
Fang Yi added, "Once fully mastered, every movement of the Pulse Shatter Technique creates shockwaves. It can even form a vibration domain that pulverizes anything that enters."
"A truly powerful technique."
Whitebeard praised it sincerely.
Devil Fruits had a ceiling—the limit was their awakening.
Beyond that, high-end combat relied mostly on Haki.
But these cultivation methods combined the best of Haki and Devil Fruit abilities, and could be refined indefinitely while gaining new powers.
Someone who developed this kind of system could create an era more glorious than Roger's Age of Exploration.
"Likewise, if you buy this technique, future items will mostly come from the xuanhuan world."
Fang Yi saw that Whitebeard was tempted and continued listing the benefits:
"Spirit stones, spirit fruits, martial skills that complement the technique—if you have the funds, they'll ensure you reach Tier-1 peak effortlessly."
Once you reached that point, you'd need to travel to the New World and complete an ascension mission to grow further.
Whitebeard didn't speak.
Truthfully, both fate items tempted him greatly.
The path to become stronger lay open before him. As someone who had clawed his way to the top, how could he not be moved?
The stronger he was, the better he could protect his family.
But…
Now that he was healed, he was already strong enough. If he continued getting stronger, the gap between him and his crew would grow too large.
Eventually, even First Division Commander Marco wouldn't be able to follow him into the New World.
What then?
With that thought, Whitebeard reluctantly pulled his gaze away and moved on to look at the other items.
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