Multiverse Skill System

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Task 1: Learn a new skill recognized by the system and reach the entry level.

Reward: A new player gift pack

System comment: This is clearly a reward, hurry up and praise me!

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As if hearing Yi Shuihan's thoughts, a system task arrived.

Chapter 4, Bronze Skill: Portable BGM

Yi Shuihan quickly made a plan for the new skill. The only difficulty in this task was the system's approval. Yi Shuihan's next plan was to learn blacksmithing from Luke, the only blacksmith master on the island, and learn the skill of blacksmithing or forging.

Almost all the ironware on the island came from Luke's shop. Although Luke wasn't a master, it was still easy for Yi Shuihan to learn the basics.

Why assume that forging will definitely catch the system's eye? There's no need to answer! As a powerful support skill, how could it not be recognized?

The next day, when Yi Shuihan approached Luke and asked if he wanted to learn forging, Luke readily agreed. As for this little guy Yi Shuihan, practically no one on the entire island disliked him.

Furthermore, for Luke, it would be pleasing to see someone inherit his craft.

Ten days later, when Yi Shuihan finished forging his first work—an ordinary kitchen knife—the notification sound for completing the task rang.

Looking at his newly acquired Black Iron Forging skill, Yi Shuihan couldn't hide the smile on his face. Luke assumed he was happy that he had created his first piece and didn't suspect anything.

Eager to return to his small house, Yi Shuihan immediately summoned the system.

"Claim your newbie gift pack!"

"Ding, the newbie gift pack has been successfully delivered. You have received: 100 cultivation points, 10 fusion points, and one chance to draw a bronze skill."

"Finally, I'm not broke anymore, but the gift package seems a bit underwhelming!" Yi Shuihan muttered, his eyes filled with excitement.

How do I use these things?

"The upgrade of Black Iron skills requires 10 points from beginner to minor mastery, 20 points from minor mastery to major mastery, 50 points from major mastery to perfection, 200 points from perfection to transcendence, 1000 points from transcendence to sainthood, and 10000 points from sainthood to heaven-defying."

"What the heck? What kind of price is this?" Yi Shuihan was completely dumbfounded after seeing the upgrade price for the Black Iron skill from the system.

If black iron is this expensive, what about bronze and silver? Since black iron is so expensive, Yi Shuihan didn't even bother to look at bronze, silver, and gold, which come after black iron.

The thought of the enormous amount of cultivation points needed later gave Yi Shuihan a headache.

It seems that becoming a powerful man with hundreds of skills is still a long and arduous journey!

Okay, I'm still just getting started, so I won't think about more advanced skills for now. But the increase in cultivation points required for leveling up seems to be irregular! It's okay before reaching perfection, the increase is quite significant.

After it was perfect, the style suddenly changed! First, it quadrupled, and then it got even more outrageous, multiplying by 10 to 10000 points! I only have 100 points now, a difference of 100 times, isn't it?

"System, do you have any explanation?" Yi Shuihan asked on a whim, but to his surprise, the system actually answered.

A cold, mechanical voice rang out, "After a skill reaches its peak, the increase in power is enormous. If we consider a skill, the power of a basic skill is set at 1 after entry, then minor mastery is 2, major mastery is 5, perfection is 10, transcendence is directly 10 times that of perfection, reaching 100, sainthood is another 10 times that of transcendence, 1000, and finally, defying the heavens is another 10 times, 10000."

"In fact, the improvement is even greater after upgrading certain special skills to the extraordinary level, so the price is very reasonable. By the way, when upgrading mastery, the cultivation points used for each skill are the same and will not change due to different ranks."

"This is definitely a must-have!" The system's words instantly lifted Yi Shuihan to heaven. He felt that the system was so kind and considerate of its host. If there were a selection among many systems, it would definitely be an outstanding system.

"I already have quite a few really strong skills! It would be a bit of a waste to use cultivation points to upgrade them. But, even so, if I were to upgrade them myself..." Thinking about how it had taken him several years to upgrade even a few basic skills to the minor level, and how it would take years to reach the major level, Yi Shuihan couldn't resist the thought that he could instantly raise a skill to the major level or even higher.

Having already decided to use his cultivation points, Yi Shuihan didn't plan to upgrade all his skills. Moreover, before choosing which skills to upgrade, he intended to use the last reward in the gift pack first.

The lottery for bronze skills can't possibly be anything ordinary!

"System, draw a lottery."

"Lottery draw complete, please check your skills."

It all happened in an instant; before Yi Shuihan could even react, the lottery was already over.

With a bewildered expression, Yi Shuihan could only accept that his first lottery draw was over. "The system experience is still a bit lacking! There should at least be some special effects, and some background music or something! I hope it can be improved next time. What you want in a lottery is that unique and special effect!"

Yi Shuihan was unaware that his thoughts had been recorded by the system in a special way, and that some unknown part of the system was gradually changing, albeit very slowly.

"What?! It's this divine skill! I wouldn't trade it for anything, not even bronze, but gold!" Upon learning the skill he had won in the lottery, Yi Shuihan's face turned red, his expression was extremely excited, and his eyes shone with boundless light.

What skill could possibly elicit such a reaction from Yi Shuihan? He actually felt that a Bronze-level skill was comparable to a Gold-level skill.

Skill Name: Portable BGM (Perfect):

Rank: Bronze, Second Class

Usage 1: When activated, this skill will randomly generate a background music track based on the host's current situation and trigger various buffs. The duration is 10 minutes and can be terminated at any time. Cooldown time is 1 hour.

Usage 2: Specify the background music to trigger, the effect lasts for 3 minutes, and has a 1-hour cooldown.

Usage 3: Specify the background music to be triggered, which lasts for half an hour, has no cooldown, can be stopped at any time, but has no buff effect.

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It's practically an essential skill to carry around, for robbing, hustling, and slapping people in the face! With this skill, Mom won't have to worry about me messing up at crucial moments anymore. Haven't you seen how many TV shows and anime have protagonists suddenly and inexplicably explode whenever the background music starts playing?

"With this skill, I can finally enjoy the treatment of a protagonist!" Yi Shuihan looked up at a 45-degree angle, exuding an air of utter loneliness at the top. A background music faintly played behind him, but upon closer listening...

"Monkey King, Monkey King, you are truly amazing! Even the Five Elements Mountain couldn't suppress you..."

Chapter 5, Main Story Unlocked

"Ding, upgrade successful: Slashing (Minor Mastery → Major Mastery), Basic Movement (Minor Mastery → Major Mastery), Basic Fist Techniques (Minor Mastery → Major Mastery), Basic Leg Techniques (Minor Mastery → Major Mastery)"

"I have 20 points left, I'll just have to save them." Feeling his power suddenly surge across all aspects, Yi Shuihan was very satisfied. The system truly lived up to its name, it was awesome beyond words. In just a short while, it had saved him years of hard work. Yi Shuihan felt that he could easily crush his former self who hadn't upgraded his skills.

The most obvious change is that Yi Shuihan's strength increased by 2 points to 61, his speed increased by 1 point to 22, his spirit only increased by 02 to 16, and his combat power reached 50.

Yi Shuihan was relieved after a moment's thought about the relatively small increase in spirit. From the information he had, spirit was an extremely mysterious area, and since the skills he upgraded were not related to spirit, the slight increase was just a side effect, which was normal.

Having tasted the system's approval, Yi Shuihan naturally tried every means to continue gaining cultivation points. Therefore, for a period of time afterward, he used many methods to try to activate missions and such.

Unfortunately, the system seemed to fall into complete silence after that, and it didn't respond to anything he did. If it weren't for the fact that he could still summon the system interface, Yi Shuihan would have doubted whether the system was still around.

Without any missions, Yi Shuihan could only continue cultivating according to his own methods. Since he could directly see his physical data, he could see even the slightest increase. Therefore, Yi Shuihan was very enthusiastic about his cultivation.

On the beach, a handsome young man, about 1.7 meters tall and dressed in black, stood quietly with his eyes closed, a wooden sword tightly gripping his hand.

Suddenly, a flash of silver light appeared, and the boy was already 10 meters away, assuming a sword-sheathing posture. A large crater, 1 meter in diameter, had appeared where the boy had been, demonstrating the immense explosive power he had unleashed in that instant.

"Has the Flash skill finally reached its full potential? I finally have a decent attack skill." The boy smiled.

The boy was Yi Shuihan. Three years had passed since the system's awakening, and he was now 11 years old. During these three years, because no one had taught him, he had to figure out the skills on his own, and eventually he actually managed to create a few.

However, since there was no system to upgrade it automatically, Yi Shuihan had to practice hard on his own, so he only just now mastered the Instant Flash skill.

I practiced my skills again, and by the time I realized it, the sun had almost completely set.

Wiping away his sweat, Yi Shuihan was about to head back to his hut when a casual glance caught his eye and he froze. The distant sea, which had always only shown the horizon, now had several black dots, and these dots were getting bigger over time.

"This is... a pirate ship, could this be..." When the black dot could finally be seen clearly, Yi Shuihan was filled with a huge uproar.

The black dots were, unsurprisingly, ships, which wasn't a big deal. What was important was what was hanging high on the sails of those ships: pirate flags, symbols of pirates.

What truly unsettled Yi Shuihan was the system notification sounding at the same time as he discovered the pirate ship and came to a conclusion.

"Ding, the host has discovered the true nature of the world he is in. This world is One Piece. The main quest is unlocked: obtain the title of the strongest in this world within 20 years, or reach the level of Bronze III in one skill. Completing either one will allow you to travel between worlds. Failure will result in you being permanently stuck in this world."

It really is One Piece, that world themed around adventure. Information about the One Piece world automatically surfaced in Yi Shuihan's mind.

"Devil Fruits, swordsmanship, Haki, hehe, it seems the next few days won't be too boring. I just wonder what time it is now?" Yi Shuihan was thinking about his plans when the pirate ship was already close to the shore.

"Hahaha, as expected, the heavens have spared me. I have finally found an island. If it had been a few more days, all the food on the ship would have been eaten, and then things would have been really difficult."

"Men, land on the island, replenish supplies, and kill anyone you encounter. If there's treasure, great! I'm in a good mood today, so you can keep 3% of what we find on this island."

"Kill, kill, kill..."

"Robbery, guns, robbery..."

The sounds coming from the ship made Yi Shuihan frown. This couldn't be left unresolved. For the sake of the island's inhabitants, Yi Shuihan had decided to leave these pirates here.

"Very well, let's test the results of these three years." Yi Shuihan tightened his grip on the sword, a surge of heroic spirit rising in his heart.

Although he hadn't received any systematic help in the past three years, Yi Shuihan had still made great progress. He estimated that, according to the anime's grading system in his memory, he should now have the strength of Zoro when he first appeared, and maybe even stronger. If a certain cool skill was powerful enough, he might even be twice as strong.

With Yi Shuihan's current strength, dealing with an ordinary pirate crew is a piece of cake. Even if he can't, he can easily escape unless he encounters a Shichibukai-level being.

The pirate crew in front of us has someone at the level of a Shichibukai? That's obviously impossible. The odds are probably even lower than winning the lottery.

"Hey, there's a kid here! He must be a native of this island." Someone spotted Yi Shuihan.

"It's definitely a populated island!"

"Kill him, then loot to your heart's content!"

The appearance of Yi Shuihan greatly excited the pirates. They all brandished their weapons and revealed bloodthirsty expressions, looking at Yi Shuihan as if he were a lamb to the slaughter.

"Sorry! I'm taking your lives!" Yi Shuihan sneered, then his figure shot towards the pirate ship at an incredible speed, arriving at the nearest pirate ship in the blink of an eye.

Although pirates are generally stronger than ordinary people, they are worlds apart from Yi Shuihan. In just one exchange, Yi Shuihan easily killed several people.

The pirates were also taken aback, not understanding how the lamb had turned into a bloodthirsty tiger.

Chapter 6, First Battle! Skills Show Their Power

Having lived a life on the edge of a knife for so long, the pirates quickly realized what was happening and charged forward, weapons in hand, shouting as they attacked.

"Kill him! How dare he act so arrogantly here!"

"on!"

"That's what makes it interesting!" Yi Shuihan thought, looking at the pirates whose eyes were gleaming with ferocity, and charged forward as well.

This is where the difference in strength became apparent. Although Yi Shuihan didn't have much combat experience, he easily killed the pirates who were charging at him, thanks to his strength, which far surpassed that of the pirates.

Furthermore, Yi Shuihan's killing speed increased with each battle. At first, he relied solely on speed and strength, taking several sword strikes to kill one person. Later, he gradually reduced the number of strikes required to kill a person, and basically, one sword strike was enough to take a life.

With a "whoosh," Yi Shuihan finished off another pirate with a single sword strike. However, he noticed that the pirates around him had disappeared at some point. Looking up, he saw a group of pirates staring at him with fear on their faces, clearly terrified.

"How could this be? How could someone be so strong? How could such a powerful expert be in such a small place?" a burly man muttered, his face full of disbelief.

Having killed so many people, Yi Shuihan didn't experience the discomfort that was rumored for killing for the first time. Instead, he felt a slight excitement, which surprised him. However, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, especially in this kind of world.

Yi Shuihan had no intention of letting these pirates go. Besides this ship, there were still two other ships of pirates waiting for him. Most importantly, the leader of these pirates should be on another ship. The real battle had not yet begun.

"Let's test the power of Instant Flash." Once the thought took hold, he couldn't stop. Yi Shuihan calmed himself down and drew his sword under the astonished gazes of the pirates.

"What is he doing? He's so far away! How could he possibly hit me..." These were the last thoughts of the pirates.

A flash of light appeared, and Yi Shuihan was already behind the remaining pirates, who slowly fell to the ground, blood gushing out, all killed with a single sword strike.

After marveling at his own strength, Yi Shuihan set his sights on the remaining pirates.

Only 10 minutes had passed since Yi Shuihan first boarded the ship until the battle ended. The pirates from the other two ships had just arrived beside the ship but showed no intention of coming over.

“Interesting. If you’re not coming over, then I’ll go over there.” With a short running start, Yi Shuihan leaped and landed directly on another ship.

"Fire!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of bullets rang out, causing Yi Shuihan, who had not yet landed, to freeze in shock.

I was careless. The world of One Piece still has things like firearms and cannons. Although these things generally don't play a role when watching anime, that doesn't mean they can be completely ignored.

Even at this moment, if Yi Shuihan were hit by concentrated fire, he would undoubtedly die.

Because he had been too relaxed before, he subconsciously thought that these pirates were all weaklings who could be killed at will, which led to this situation.

From the air, Yi Shuihan could see the pirates' smug and mocking gazes.

Just when the pirates thought Yi Shuihan was doomed, a song suddenly rang out from the void.

"Huluwa, Huluwa, seven flowers on one vine. Unafraid of wind and rain, la la la la. Ding dang dang dong dong dang dang, Huluwa, ding dang dang dong dong dang dang, great skills, la la la la. Huluwa, Huluwa, this..."

The bullet finally hit Yi Shuihan, but instead of riddling him with holes as the pirates had expected, it made a metallic clanging sound, like hitting steel, and sparks flew from Yi Shuihan's body. And then, nothing more.

"A Devil Fruit user!? He's a Devil Fruit user!" A shout came from among the pirates, followed by a commotion.

After landing safely, Yi Shuihan's eyes remained icy cold.

【Gourd Boy】, Enhancement effect: Greatly increases overall defense, making you as hard as iron.

Feeling the boost from his personal background music, Yi Shuihan sneered and, without giving the pirates a chance to speak, activated Instant Flash.

With a flash of sword light, Yi Shuihan reappeared, and most of the pirates with guns were wiped out.

Just as Yi Shuihan was about to continue, he paused, only to find a commotion coming from behind the pirates. Then, a giant man about 3 meters tall walked out from behind.

"The boss is finally going to make his move. Even if he's a Devil Fruit user, he's doomed now."

"Our boss is a Power-Power Fruit user. He once shattered a 10-meter-tall boulder with a single punch! He's a great pirate with a bounty of 5000 million, no small fry even on the Grand Line."