In High Tree Town, Euron had plundered the divine power from twenty-eight deities across the Summer Islands.
Soul Points obtained: 560,000. System Points: 430,000.
Conquest Points from unifying the Summer Islands: 66,000
Conquest Points from Nas Island: 15,000
Slaughter and exploration rewards: 16,000
Soul Points from conquest battles: 120,000
Plus remaining system points from last time: 5,000
Total: 680,000 Soul Points. 532,000 System Points.
He would soon be heading to the Serpent Isles, where he estimated he'd reap another massive haul of soul and system points. Euron decided to spend his current surplus of points to upgrade both his Conqueror's Haki and Life Return.
Concerned that the upgrade process would cause too much disturbance, Euron rode directly on the back of the thousand-year-old dragon Halsien, climbing high above the cloud layers before beginning the skill upgrades.
[Conqueror's Haki]
Lv4 → Lv5: Cost 16,000 points. Stamina +2.
Oppressive Will · Soul Shock: Compresses Conqueror's Haki into a conical shockwave for single-target release. Ignores physical defense, directly shocks the target's soul, inducing brief paralysis.
Lv5 → Lv6: Cost 32,000 points. Stamina +2, Spirit +2.
Lv6 → Lv7: Cost 64,000 points. Stamina +3, Spirit +3.
Entanglement · All Things: Can coil Conqueror's Haki around weapons, granting them "Soul Impact" and "Rule Breaking" effects.
Lv7 → Lv8: Cost 128,000 points. Stamina +4, Spirit +4.
Lv8 → Lv9: Cost 256,000 points. Stamina +4, Spirit +4.
Remaining System Points: 36,000.
To upgrade [Conqueror's Haki] from Lv9 → Lv10 would cost another doubled amount: 512,000 points total.
Euron sighed. It looked like he'd have to go hunting deities again. Relying solely on accumulation through combat would take an eternity.
[Six Styles Unified: Life Return]
Lv1 — Skill Description: Life is flowing energy; the body is its vessel. Through cultivation, one transcends biological limits, making every inch of flesh an extension of will, until body and soul achieve perfect unity. Stamina +1.
Lv1 → Lv2: Cost 2,000 points. Stamina +1.
Lv2 → Lv3: Cost 2,000 points.
Boiling Combustion: Brief burst of threefold power; exhaustion follows.
Lv3 → Lv4: Cost 4,000 points. Stamina +2.
Lv4 → Lv5: Cost 4,000 points.
Life Evolution: Converts food energy at 100% efficiency. Can directly absorb light, heat, and other natural energies to restore vitality.
Lv5 → Lv6: Cost 4,000 points. Stamina +3.
Lv6 → Lv7: Cost 8,000 points.
Battle Consciousness: In the burning that transcends limits, an independent "combat instinct" is born. Even if consciousness fades, the body fights with perfect form automatically, until life is exhausted.
Lv7 → Lv8: Cost 8,000 points. Stamina +4.
Final remaining System Points: 4,000.
Last time, Euron had used the Soul-Soul Fruit to create a wind element creature called "Bellowa," but lacking soul points, it remained in its most basic form.
Now he summoned the wind element "Bellowa" and began pouring soul points into it relentlessly.
The creature had no blinding light nor ear-splitting electricity—only silent rotation. Its form was a semi-transparent vortex composed of countless flowing, compressed air currents. Deep within the spiral's center, two darker whirlpool vortices were barely visible, like eyes observing the world, while a horizontal fissure resembled a silent, gaping mouth.
As Euron continuously injected soul points, the previously blurred outline—nearly indistinguishable from the air itself—began to sharpen. The flowing air was compressed and shaped by soul force, gradually solidifying from intangible gas into something between liquid and solid—a gel-like consistency.
The two deep vortex points at the spiral's center underwent the most dramatic transformation. As soul force poured in, they ceased being hollow and began to glow. Not a dazzling radiance, but a cyan luminescence—like light filtering through polar ice. These two points grew brighter until they became a pair of cold, emotionless eyes surveying all existence.
The horizontal fissure below, shaped by soul force, developed sharp edges. It was no longer a simple crack but twisted and pulled, finally solidifying into a peculiar crescent-moon smile, slightly upturned.
At the moment soul force reached critical mass, Bellowa's form underwent explosive growth. From less than ankle-height, it suddenly inflated into a towering, sky-scraping wind elemental spanning dozens of meters. Its shadow brought incomparable oppressive weight. Yet this expansion wasn't chaotic—immediately after, it displayed astonishing control, rapidly shrinking back to human size, even compressing into its original tiny vortex form.
Finally, as soul injection stabilized, wind element "Bellowa's" form settled.
It hovered silently, rotating. Its pair of cyan wind-eyes watched the world with cold indifference, that soundless mouth promising destruction requiring no voice.
The original 680,000 soul points were nearly depleted—550,000 consumed entirely. The remaining 150,000 soul points, Euron withdrew 100,000 to create another elemental creature: Water Element — Wendis.
It floated silently in mid-air, less a "creature" than a vast water droplet granted sentience. Its form was highly unstable, constantly undergoing subtle flows and deformations.
Barely the size of two clenched fists, it displayed a semi-transparent, clear light blue throughout. Under light, it refracted gentle luminescence, like a self-flowing sapphire. Its touch was cool and moist; surface tension far exceeded ordinary water, yet it remained fragile.
No fixed limbs or features defined it. Its outline constantly shifted with its own fluidity—stretching into ovals, then contracting into near-perfect spheres. Overall, it resembled conscious, living water.
At the very center of its translucent body lay a denser, slightly darker blue core about the size of a fingernail, pulsing slowly like a "heart." This was where the Soul-Soul Fruit's granted life and consciousness truly resided—its most critical component requiring protection.
This tiny water element "Wendis" was like a seed freshly planted. Currently weak and unstable, it required careful nurturing and guidance. Yet its future brimmed with infinite possibility—it could develop toward healing, defense, transformation, or even commanding rivers, lakes, and oceans in any direction.