Super Card System

Previously, when Baccarat was acting as Ian’s guide and host, she had managed to conceal the fact that she was a Devil Fruit user. She hadn’t demonstrated any abilities at all. After all, her power was most useful in a casino setting, making her the ultimate cheater. If everyone knew about her Devil Fruit ability, how could she help Tesoro cheat and make gamblers lose everything?

So, in fact, this was the first time Ian was seeing her powers in action.

The Luck-Luck Fruit’s abilities, when used in combat, indeed constituted a very strange fighting style. Under the influence of intense good luck, she seemed to be able to neutralize attacks directed at her through unexpected or erroneous means.

This combat style certainly had its unique strengths and could be considered formidable. However, Ian also noticed some weaknesses in her ability.

Firstly, her ability was primarily defensive, aimed at protecting herself. The counterattack against the attackers was not significant. While Tashigi and Smoker had ended up injuring themselves due to missteps, these injuries did not completely take them out of the fight. As long as they could get back up, they could continue attacking her.

Secondly, Ian speculated that her good luck state probably had its limitations. If continuous attacks were directed at her, her good luck would eventually be exhausted.

With these points in mind, Ian observed Baccarat’s abilities and planned his next move.                                                                                                                                                                            

Moreover, to put it simply, her good luck protection was based on amplifying extremely low-probability events. Just like earlier, because there was a chance that Tashigi and Smoker might trip, the good luck protection amplified that probability, making the event happen and causing them to get unlucky.

But what if there was an attack that had a 100% chance of hitting her? Would her good luck protection still be effective then?

Realizing these points, Ian immediately devised a plan to deal with her. However, he wasn’t in a hurry to subdue Baccarat; instead, he asked with great interest, “The Luck-Luck Fruit? Miss Baccarat, can your good luck be transferred to others, making them very lucky as well?”

He had wanted to ask this question for a long time, and now that Baccarat had displayed her Devil Fruit ability, it was the perfect opportunity to bring it up.

Despite using her good luck to make even someone like Smoker stumble, Baccarat was still feeling uneasy and guilty. Whether it was Ian, Aokiji, or Katakuri, these three were all top-tier figures to her. Aokiji was a navy admiral, while Ian and Katakuri were pirates with bounties exceeding 1 billion Beli each. Baccarat thought to herself that if such high-level figures decided to take action against her, she would probably have no ability to resist.

The Luck-Luck Fruit’s ability didn’t make Baccarat invincible. If it did, she wouldn’t just be a subordinate under Tesoro; she would have already made a name for herself.

She had been wary of Ian and his crew the entire time. She knew her mission was merely to stall them until Tesoro arrived, not to actually confront them head-on.

However, she hadn’t expected Ian to show such interest in her Devil Fruit ability.

So, after a moment of hesitation, she truthfully replied, “No… I can’t.”

“Do you mean you can’t now, or that you can never do it?” Ian pressed further.

“What… what do you mean?” Baccarat was puzzled.

With his arms crossed, Ian explained, “Your Devil Fruit ability hasn’t awakened yet, right? If you can’t transfer good luck to others now, will you be able to do so after it awakens?”

“I… I don’t know!” Baccarat was a bit flustered. Her Devil Fruit ability wasn’t combat-oriented, so her development and usage of it were quite limited. Although her boss, Tesoro, was an awakened Devil Fruit user, and she understood that Devil Fruits had an awakening stage, awakening seemed far off for her.

Any Devil Fruit, once awakened, undergoes a transformation. However, Baccarat didn’t know if her Devil Fruit ability would allow her to bestow good luck on others after awakening, as Ian suggested.

Hearing Baccarat’s response, Ian felt a bit disappointed. He had hoped that if her Fruit could indeed be awakened to transfer luck to others, he would take Baccarat from Tesoro at any cost. Even if she hadn’t awakened yet, he could train and cultivate her until she did, which would greatly benefit him.

But now, with Baccarat herself unsure if she could achieve that, he wondered if she was still worth cultivating.

After pondering this for a moment, Ian suddenly and unexpectedly activated his Conqueror’s Haki.

Typically, Conqueror’s Haki is an invisible, intangible spiritual force that can only be felt, not seen or touched. But this time, Ian’s Haki manifested as a tangible black light that swept across the entire area.

Although Fujitora couldn’t see it, he felt it most acutely. When Ian unleashed his Haki, it felt as if a shadow had passed through his body, like a fleeting shadow that enveloped the entire scene.

In the past, when Ian unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, the members of the Dragon Hunters Pirates with some strength could mostly withstand it. However, this time was different. Many people felt a strong sense of dizziness, their heads spinning, and they nearly fell to the ground.

And yet, this time, Ian’s Haki wasn’t just a brief flash but lasted for a good while, about five or six seconds. During this period, the Conqueror’s Haki came with a powerful shaking and impact effect. Everyone within the Haki’s field felt an intense, roller-coaster-like, violently jolting sensation.

“Whoa!” A Longarm Tribe sailor couldn’t hold it anymore. He fell to his knees, hands on the ground, and started vomiting.

His vomiting triggered a chain reaction. The sailors with the lowest strength began to fall one by one, vomiting, foaming at their mouths, and rolling their eyes.

If these seasoned fighters were like this, Baccarat was even worse. Under the continuous impact of Ian’s Conqueror’s Haki, she finally couldn’t endure it and fainted directly on the ground.

Seeing her pass out, Ian quickly retracted his Haki.

“Cap… Captain!” One of the sailors, who was vomiting profusely, looked at Ian with a resentful expression and said, “Why… why did you include us in… the impact…?”

“Sorry!” Ian replied with a hint of apology, “I had no choice. I was worried that if I only targeted her, she might somehow inexplicably deflect it, so I went for a full-area coverage!”

This was Ian’s method to deal with her, using an AoE (Area of Effect) attack, giving her no place to escape. Moreover, Conqueror’s Haki, being an intangible attack, would undoubtedly take effect. Thus, even with good luck on her side, Baccarat couldn’t resist the impact since good luck wouldn’t enhance her physical resistance to the shock.

“Captain, has your… Haki improved?” Fujitora asked uncertainly.

Improved was an understatement. Perospero and Katakuri both looked at Ian with some surprise. Fujitora had felt it, and so had they. They weren’t surprised that Ian had Conqueror’s Haki, but everyone knew that Conqueror’s Haki couldn’t be trained and would only grow stronger with the person’s increasing strength. When Ian’s Haki swept across with almost a tangible force just now, they both had a fleeting illusion that Big Mom had arrived!

In other words, from their perspective, Ian’s current Conqueror’s Haki was nearly on par with Big Mom’s…

This realization made Perospero and Katakuri exchange glances.

Mom was right; Ian was indeed as strong as a Yonko now!

Ian just smiled at Fujitora’s question without answering.

His strength had indeed increased. With the addition of a new Level 60 card and the boost in basic abilities, all aspects of his attributes had seen a significant rise. What else could it be but an increase in power?

Most importantly, the new Future Trunks card had given Ian a tremendous surprise!

Just as Ian had anticipated, this Trunks card did indeed come with the Super Saiyan ability!

【Trunks (Future Timeline)】

– Card Star Level:  Four Stars

–  Level:  60

–  Skills:

 –  Sword Dance:  A sword technique that combines speed and power (can be activated with Expert-level Swordsmanship training).

 –  Ki Blast:  Can launch energy in various forms, causing massive destruction (can be activated with Master-level Nen training).

 –  Martial Arts:  Attacks the target with superior physical techniques (can be activated with Master-level Martial Arts training).

 –  Flight Technique:  A unique flying skill that allows for flight with minimal energy consumption (can be activated with Expert-level Nen training and Master-level Physical training).

–  Ultimate Technique:

 –  Super Saiyan 1:  Transforms into Super Saiyan 1 state, boosting basic attributes by 1000% and increasing all skill attack power by 100% (can be activated in normal state with values halved, requires Grandmaster-level Physical training, Grandmaster-level Nen training, and the card upgraded to Five Stars).

Ian had not yet gathered enough card fragments to upgrade this Trunks card, and it seems that the Super Saiyan is merely a state rather than a bloodline skill, with only a 10x boost effect. However, Ian could understand this. After all, a true Super Saiyan’s power increases by 50 times after transformation. If it were truly like that in the card system, a single Trunks card would completely outclass all other cards in the series!

Since the card system evolved from a game, it naturally maintains game balance. It allows Ian to mimic the Super Saiyan state through his psychic power but doesn’t grant him the actual Saiyan bloodline.

Even so, this Trunks card was a great surprise. Ian discovered that even though he hadn’t yet upgraded the card to a five-star red card, the normal state boost in the ultimate skill was still effective. This means that just by equipping this card in the card slot, all of Ian’s other card skills gain an additional 50% power boost when used!

This was the reason he could unleash black lightning without charging up!

Moreover, this boost also applied to his Haki power…

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