Chapter 032: Knocked Flying

For Wang Bo, one billion Berries was not a large sum.

In the world of One Piece, the purchasing power of Berries is roughly equivalent to Japanese yen. Converted, one billion Berries is about sixty million RMB, or around ten million US dollars.

Wang Bo could easily come up with that money.

Hey, wait a minute.

Wang Bo remembered that the price of a Devil Fruit seemed to be around one hundred million Berries, right? Even a good Devil Fruit was only one billion.

That meant an ordinary Devil Fruit cost less than one million US dollars, and a good one cost ten million.

Converted that way, Devil Fruits didn't seem expensive.

Just as Wang Bo's thoughts were drifting, Rayleigh suddenly slapped him on the shoulder. "Hey, hey, hey, you're not really thinking of not paying, are you?"

Wang Bo snapped back to reality, turned his head to look at Rayleigh, and nodded. "I really don't want a subordinate like this. You handle it yourself."

Rayleigh's grip on Wang Bo's shoulder tightened. "That won't do. This old man went to a lot of trouble, and you don't want to pay? That's too heartless."

Wang Bo stared at him expressionlessly.

Rayleigh's strength increased, but his expression grew more serious.

He knew how much force he was using. Even ordinary people, let alone the Supernova pirates, couldn't withstand his strength; they would already be in excruciating pain, their bones nearly crushed.

But this man before him showed no change no matter how much force he used.

His body was harder than anything Rayleigh had ever seen, even far surpassing the Poneglyph that recorded Laugh Tale.

In that instant, Rayleigh had to admit he might have misjudged.

This man was not a weakling but a powerful monster.

With that thought, Rayleigh released his grip on Wang Bo's arm and pushed up his glasses. "Ah, ah, ah, I didn't expect that as I get older, even my eyesight fails me."

Jack Sparrow looked at Rayleigh, then at Wang Bo, as if understanding something.

Rayleigh said, "Kid, it seems you're determined not to hand over the one billion Berries."

"So you want to fight me?" Wang Bo looked at Rayleigh with some surprise. Even after realizing he was no ordinary person, Rayleigh still chose to fight.

"No matter what, I don't want to go back empty-handed like this," Rayleigh said.

Wang Bo paused, then understood. "I see. You're confident in your strength. Even though you don't know how strong I am, you believe you won't lose."

Rayleigh sneered. "You can think of it that way."

In truth, that was exactly what he thought. Though he was old and his strength had declined, no longer as fearsome as in his prime, he wasn't someone just anyone could defeat.

One billion Berries was no small amount—how much booze could it buy?

So he wasn't willing to go back empty-handed.

If he retreated without even testing the other's strength, and word got out, those old geezers would probably laugh their heads off.

"Kid, I—"

Before Rayleigh could finish, Wang Bo raised his hand and flicked his finger.

A sharp sword qi whistled out, its chilling aura making Rayleigh's hair stand on end. A terrible crisis instantly seized his heart.

At this moment, Rayleigh no longer cared to say any nonsense. Every muscle in his body tensed, bulging into solid defenses, but even so, Rayleigh was still dissatisfied.

In an instant, he wrapped his entire body in Armament Haki, enhancing his defense.

Then, crossing his arms before his chest, he blocked the whistling sword slash.

Boom!

The sharp, peerless sword qi slammed into Rayleigh's body in an instant, and his hard Armament Haki was utterly shattered like paper.

For a moment, a bitter smile crept into Rayleigh's heart.

He had truly bitten off more than he could chew this time. He had thought his opponent was merely a powerful strongman, but instead, he was an unimaginable monster.

The next second, he was blasted away by the sharp, peerless sword qi.

After shattering Rayleigh's Armament Haki, the sword qi did not cut him in two but instead pushed him, sending him flying straight out of Royal Port, landing with a splash in the sea more than ten kilometers away.

After a while, Rayleigh struggled to the surface, lying limply on the water.

He knew that this time, his opponent had let him off lightly.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Are the humans in this world all monsters?"

He sighed, recovered some strength after a brief rest, and swam away.

Meanwhile, in the restaurant.

Jack Sparrow, seeing Rayleigh blasted away, stared blankly.

He knew who Rayleigh was; after all, in the world of One Piece, he had seen Rayleigh in action, and there was no doubt that he was an incredibly powerful non-human.

He had no idea how a human could be that strong.

But Jack Sparrow had never imagined that his cheap boss would be even stronger than that monster Rayleigh. It was truly unbelievable.

"Boss, you're amazing!" Jack Sparrow, snapping out of his daze, kept flattering him.

Wang Bo smiled, neither confirming nor denying, and asked, "When did you get mixed up with Rayleigh the Dark King?"

Jack Sparrow said, "Boss, it's like this..."

Last time, after taking leave of Wang Bo, he followed Wang Bo's instructions and went to the world of One Piece. But he hadn't expected that as soon as he arrived in that world, he encountered a group of pirates.

Fortunately, the magic ship was fast and powerful, so he easily shook off those pirates.

Then, Jack Sparrow started doing business, selling rum.

Because the rum was delicious, business was booming for a time.

But this attracted even more pirates.

With no other choice, Jack Sparrow had to keep fleeing, and before he knew it, he ended up at a place called Sabaody Archipelago.

Once he arrived there, Jack Sparrow felt much safer.

So he started doing business again, selling more rum, and it was around this time that he met this drunkard named Rayleigh.

This time, he made a huge profit.

But good times didn't last long. He was targeted by another group of pirates and robbed—not only of his rum but also of the money he had earned.

Even he himself was captured, and they planned to sell him as a slave.

With no other choice, Jack Sparrow had to ask Rayleigh for help, promising to give him ten billion Berries once he was free.