Chapter 179: [179] : [BONUS] – Landing! Sky Sovereign Rowen! The Under-Beaten Supernovas!

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The Going Merry, under Nami’s command, approached Sabaody Archipelago.

The archipelago was currently bustling with an extraordinary level of noise and activity.

It was time for Sabaody’s annual ’special event’: The collective gathering of the pirate super rookies—the ’Supernovas’ with bounties exceeding 100 million Beri—who had just completed their journey through the first half of the Grand Line.

Every year at this time, Sabaody Archipelago was far from peaceful.

Though the arriving Supernovas wouldn’t escalate conflicts to the point of drawing Marine HQ’s intervention, clashes between them were incredibly frequent.

The pirates who made it here had survived the culling process of the Grand Line’s first half—in terms of both strength and ambition, they were the cream of the crop of their pirate generation.

Mutual conflict was inevitable.

Eustass Kid, bounty 315 million Beri—and Scratchmen Apoo, bounty 198 million Beri, had already come to blows over a mutual dislike.

Urouge, the ’Mad Monk’, bounty 108 million Beri, had clashed with Killer, second-in-command of the Kid Pirates and also a Supernova with a 162 million Beri bounty. Their fight was broken up by another Supernova, X Drake, with a bounty of 222 million Beri—

—Capone ’Gang’ Bege, bounty 138 million Beri, disgusted by the crude table manners of Jewelry Bonney, bounty 140 million Beri—ordered his subordinates to “Take care of her” in a restaurant…

And the entire Sabaody Archipelago, with the collective arrival of these Supernovas, had descended into chaos.

Other pirates and islanders steered clear of these infamous rookies with bounties over 100 million.

But soon, this chaos was put on pause…

A LEGENDARY PIRATE SHIP WAS APPROACHING!!

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“It’s… It’s the Going Merry! SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN IS HERE!

“The new Emperor of the Sea is gracing Sabaody Archipelago!”

“GET THE HELL OUT, QUICK! That’s the World’s Most Dangerous Man!”

“The man who defeated a Marine HQ Admiral—IS HERE!”

“The man with the 3,988,900,000 Beri bounty…”

The moment the Merry docked at Sabaody, the entire island erupted.

The Going Merry, as the vessel of the new Emperor of the Sea, Sky Sovereign Rowen, had already become a legendary pirate ship. Though it had been heavily modified, its distinctive Jolly Roger and iconic sheep figurehead remained unchanged.

The residents of Sabaody and the pirates gathered here recognized the legendary ship instantly.

Pirates and islanders began to flee frantically.

The news that Sky Sovereign Rowen was approaching Sabaody had already reached the residents and pirates here.

After all, to enter the New World, Sabaody was a mandatory stop—And Rowen’s arrival time was actually predictable.

From the entrance of the Grand Line, regardless of which of the seven magnetic routes one chose, the total travel time to Sabaody was roughly the same.

This was why the Supernovas always arrived around the same time each year.

As for pirates who couldn’t reach Sabaody at the fastest possible speed according to their Log Pose??

That proved they weren’t worthy of being called Supernovas!

If you couldn’t even conquer the first half of the Grand Line at top speed, you’d be nothing but fodder in the New World—

—The first half of the Grand Line was, after all, called ’Paradise’ by New World pirates. Only those who conquered it at maximum speed were truly qualified to enter the New World!

And as the most dazzling super great pirate of this generation, Rowen naturally attracted the most attention.

Compared to other places, the residents of Sabaody were even more aware of just how terrifying this man was!

This was the man who defeated TWO Marine HQ Admirals!

Sabaody Archipelago was the Celestial Dragons’ personal playground; they often came here for amusement. And the most terrifying thing about the Celestial Dragons was that harming one would immediately summon a Marine HQ Admiral!

And the incident that shocked the entire world, the Mariejois incident—where he used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out countless Celestial Dragons—was orchestrated by Rowen himself—

Even under World Government orders, the Celestial Dragons were now forbidden from even coming to Sabaody Archipelago!

Facing such a reckless, ’World’s Most Dangerous Man’—even the World Government didn’t want the Celestial Dragons directly exposed to him!

Because this man would REALLY kill Celestial Dragons!

If a Celestial Dragon were publicly killed, the situation would become incredibly messy… The law that harming a Celestial Dragon summoned an Admiral was completely meaningless before this man!

Facing this terrifying man, what could they do but flee?!

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Swish!

Several cards were drawn and placed in the air by a man.

—Basil Hawkins, user of the Straw-Straw Fruit, bounty 249 million Beri.

“A truly extraordinary figure has arrived—” Hawkins murmured, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

“Mr. Hawkins. We should leave this place… That’s Sky Sovereign Rowen! The World’s Strongest Devil Fruit User—If he takes an interest in your Devil Fruit…” The members of the Hawkins Pirates pleaded nervously, their foreheads also slick with cold sweat.

They were crewmates of Basil Hawkins. Upon arriving at Sabaody, others had steered clear of them, respecting their power.

But that depended on who you compared them to!

They were just a Supernova crew, one of the super rookies of this generation.

Sky Sovereign Rowen—had already been crowned with the title of ’The Strongest’!

A title acknowledged by the World Government and Marine HQ… On these seas, in terms of Devil Fruits, no one was stronger than him!

The power of Devil Fruits was frightening—as members of Hawkins’s crew, they knew this well. Their captain, with his powerful Devil Fruit, became a great pirate with a bounty over 200 million.

One Devil Fruit made their captain so strong…

But that man could use an unlimited number of Devil Fruits—and was acknowledged as the Strongest user. They couldn’t even imagine how powerful he must be!

They could be certain—Rowen was a super great pirate on the same level as the Four Emperors who reigned over the New World.

His bounty proved it, a terrifying 3,988,900,000 Beri!

Forget Hawkins—even if all the Supernovas here combined their bounties, it wouldn’t even come close to this man’s!

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“Today… is not my day to die,” Hawkins stated, though cold sweat streamed down his face.

The Straw-Straw Fruit was a special ability. It not only allowed him to transform into a scarecrow for battle but also to draw straw cards for divination. The user could draw cards far exceeding their own limits, but had to bear equally high risks.

Suddenly—

His eyes widened in horror. He had tried to divine something about Sky Sovereign Rowen—but he couldn’t even draw a card…

Forcing a divination would only result in severe injury and yield no results. His Devil Fruit ability—was not worthy to divine that man!

Resorting to plan B, Hawkins could only divine his own fate, concluding today wasn’t his day to die.

Hawkins’s gaze was incredibly grave as he watched the super-powerhouse, Sky Sovereign Rowen, about to land on Sabaody Archipelago!

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“Kid. Sky Sovereign Rowen is here. What do we do?” Killer, having finished his clash with Urouge, approached Eustass Kid.

Killer and Kid were childhood friends, and Killer was the second-in-command of the Kid Pirates.

Kid was the Supernova with the highest bounty among this generation.

“Hmph! What’s there to panic about? So he beat a Marine Admiral. SO WHAT? Some bullshit new Emperor of the Sea… Once I enter the New World, I’m gonna take down one of the Four Emperors myself! Using Sky Sovereign Rowen for some practice right now sounds good!” Kid declared with an incredibly arrogant grin.

Kid’s ambition was immense; he had already chosen which Emperor to target.

Upon entering the New World, pirates had two choices: submit to an Emperor’s crew, or challenge an Emperor and become a new one. Kid chose the latter.

Though ambitious, Kid wasn’t a fool…

Based on limited intel, he had chosen Red-Haired Shanks—the youngest of the Four Emperors and the only non-Devil Fruit user.

In Kid’s view, a non-user, even if one of the Four Emperors, would be the easiest to deal with. He himself possessed the super-powerful Magnet-Magnet Fruit. But Shanks was still an Emperor; countless challengers had died at his hands.

And Sky Sovereign Rowen—a new Emperor, even if he defeated a Marine Admiral, in Kid’s eyes, who hadn’t yet truly witnessed the power of the sea’s absolute top-tier, Rowen was undoubtedly a ’softer’ target than the Four Emperors.

Defeating this man would make his name thunder across the seas.

Kid had been incredibly annoyed… He was a great pirate with a bounty over 300 million—even among past Supernovas, that bounty was absolutely terrifying.

He should have been the most dazzling existence of this generation—yet all the spotlight and attention had been stolen by Sky Sovereign Rowen.

How could the supremely proud Kid tolerate this??

CRACKLE!

The power of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit activated, magnetic waves boiling, purple sparks dancing on his hands.

Killer said nothing, just tightened his grip on his weapons. His world was simple: If Kid said fight, he would fight.

Even if it was against Sky Sovereign Rowen.

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“Father! It’s Sky Sovereign Rowen. The 3.9 billion Beri pirate!” A member of the Fire Tank Pirates nervously addressed Capone Bege.

The Fire Tank Pirates were structured like a mafia family—with members calling their captain ’Father’—Capone ’Gang’ Bege was the user of the Castle-Castle Fruit.

“Don’t panic. A large number of Supernova crews are gathered here. No matter how strong Sky Sovereign Rowen is, he won’t get off easy if he tries to fight all of us at once—” Capone Bege stated coldly, dressed in classic mafia attire, smoking a cigar.

Supernovas were all extremely arrogant. Having conquered the first half of the Grand Line at top speed, how could they flee just from hearing a name??

Besides, these Supernovas hadn’t experienced a true ’beating’ yet.

Sky Sovereign Rowen?

So what??

Could he fight all of them at once???

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“Captain! Sky Sovereign Rowen has arrived!” A mink in the form of a polar bear, Bepo, nervously addressed his captain.

Marine HQ treated all animal-like races the same, considering them pets of pirate crews. Bepo, though second-in-command of the Heart Pirates, had a bounty of only 500 Beri, same as Chopper.

“The World’s Strongest Devil Fruit User?” The user of the Op-Op Fruit, Trafalgar Law, murmured gravely.

That title—even Law felt immense pressure from it. But, he couldn’t just flee at the mention of a name. That would be too humiliating.

How could he continue sailing in the New World then?

“We should avoid contact as much as possible,” Law, being more cautious and reserved by nature, decided.

It was primarily the title, ’World’s Strongest Devil Fruit User’, and the ability to hunt others’ Devil Fruits that gave Law immense pressure.

His Op-Op Fruit was worth over 5 billion Beri.

A fruit rumored to be capable of performing the Perennial Youth Operation! He couldn’t guarantee this man wouldn’t covet it.

Law led his Heart Pirates, observing the approaching Going Merry from the shadows.

Urouge, Jewelry Bonney, Scratchmen Apoo—all the Supernovas’ gazes were fixed on the Merry. They were all incredibly curious about this super great pirate who had risen from their own generation.

Scratchmen Apoo even wanted to test the mettle of this ’World’s Strongest Devil Fruit User’ with his Sound-Sound Fruit.

Among this generation of Supernovas, aside from Killer, all were Devil Fruit users. This showed how massive a boost a Devil Fruit provided in the first half of the Grand Line.

In this Haki-less ’Paradise’, Devil Fruit users were overwhelmingly powerful. As long as one ate a decent fruit, reaching Sabaody was almost guaranteed.

Likewise, as Devil Fruit users who had conquered the first half of the Grand Line, they were all supremely confident in their own abilities.

They didn’t feel they were much weaker than Sky Sovereign Rowen.

These Supernovas, lacking a proper beating, all stared intently at the docking Going Merry.

All except one—who had already started to flee.

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