Chapter 146 Luffy Obtains the Template of Arrogance to Welcome the EmpressTime ticked by.
The rising sun slowly peeked over the horizon.
On the warship, an airlock abruptly opened in the captain's cabin.
An unusually gaunt Luffy, clutching his aching back, emerged from the doorway, his legs trembling.
"Hey, where have you been gallivanting, Captain? You look completely drained!"
A knowing, teasing voice came from beside him.
Luffy turned to see Robin sitting in a chair, a book in her hand, giving him a strange once-over.
"Don't even mention it. I ran into a terrifyingly giant Sea King. I fought her for three thousand rounds to a draw, finally managing to escape by a narrow margin at the last moment."
Luffy plopped down on the bed, sprawling out completely.
Robin's face was filled with surprise after hearing this: "There are actually Sea Kings in this world that you can't handle?"
Luffy sighed helplessly: "I can't help it, my cheat system just expired. This is the first time I've encountered a template that adds negative status effects; I almost embarrassed myself terribly!"
Luffy looked helplessly at the system notification that appeared in his mind.
[The Bleach Toshiro Hitsugaya template's time limit has expired.]
[A new template is being randomly selected...]
[Congratulations on obtaining the new template... "The Seven Deadly Sins World" - Sin of Pride - Escanor!]
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[Host: Luffy (Monkey D. Luffy)]
[Currently loaded template: Sin of Pride - Escanor!]
[Equipment: Divine Axe Rita (A massive and incredibly heavy one-handed axe, too heavy for Escanor to lift at night; even Meliodas had to drag it along, and even the powerful Garan found it extremely difficult to handle.)]
[Artifact Characteristics: Charging and Releasing (Description: It can absorb and store all the immense heat emitted by Escanor and release it freely at will.)]
[Talent Ability: Sunshine – Magical power closely related to the sun. One's personality and physique change drastically with the time of day. At midnight, one's power level is only the minimum of a Kingdom Paladin; as the sun rises, the power gradually increases, reaching its peak at noon, possessing destructive magical power and danger.]
[Battle Status: Night (99% power reduction), Morning (50% power reduction), Morning (unaffected power), Near Noon (500% magic power increase), One Minute at Noon (Escano's power increases exponentially every hour as the sun rises, reaching its peak at noon. At that moment, for only one minute, he will become an invincible being, named "The One and Only Supreme Under Heaven.")]
[Skill 1: "Cruel Sun," uses magic to condense a small sun with extremely high temperature to attack the opponent.]
[Skill 2: "Explosive Arrogance," launches "Cruel Sun" at the opponent, instantly detonating a massive amount of magic to create a terrifying fireball.]
[Skill 3: Super Slash, uses the magic stored by Rita the Divine Axe to deliver a devastating blow to the opponent.]
[Skill 4: Holy Sword Escanor, Holy Lance Escanor, using immense magical power to swiftly slash opponents with hand blades and finger spears.]
[Ultimate Skill: Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am Supreme [Ultimate] (At noon, Escanor enters his ultimate state at the cost of burning his own life. In this state, Escanor possesses terrifying power capable of directly confronting the Demon King.)]
[Character Reset Countdown: 6 days 20 hours 48 minutes]
[Character Accuracy: 50%]
Comparing the anime *The Seven Deadly Sins* and *Bleach* is like comparing the worldviews of *One Piece* and *Naruto*.
In terms of top-tier combat power, the Demon King might be significantly weaker than Yhwach or the Soul King, but the Seven Deadly Sins and Ten Commandments are definitely much stronger than the ordinary captains of the 13th Division of the Shinigami.
Of course, monsters like Captain-Commander Yamamoto are still stronger than most members of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Escanor, the Sin of Pride, is undoubtedly a unique and eccentric character among the Seven Deadly Sins.
The saying "six to one at night, one to six during the day" perfectly describes Escanor's bizarre magical power characteristics.
Luffy once saw some official data.
Using the power level among the Seven Deadly Sins as a benchmark, Escanor only has a pitiful 15 points of magical power at night.
But a quarter of an hour before noon, his power level skyrockets to 114,000 and continues to rise.
Until one minute after noon, THE ONE (Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am Supreme) appears, and no one can rival him.
Moreover, the difference in strength isn't absolute. Even at night, Escanor can use self-hypnosis to activate the sun within his heart, forcibly boosting his fighting power to 28,800 power level.
While his strength is far inferior to THE ONE's power level at noon, it's still enough to handle most regular battles.
Escanor's strange magical properties allowed his powerful template to ignore the vast difference in strength, directly achieving 50% of the initial accuracy.
This thrilled Luffy during the template switch last night, but the joy was fleeting. In the heat of battle, Luffy immediately felt the powerful negative buff this damn template inflicted on him.
If Luffy hadn't risked his manly pride and overcome his enemy with sheer willpower, he might have already been defeated.
Even so, after over ten hours of intense "battle," Luffy was still sore all over.
Until the morning sun slowly rose.
Luffy's body seemed to inflate rapidly, visibly expanding until he transformed into a super-muscular man with eight-pack abs.
At this moment, his strength was in no way inferior to his peak self.
Luffy stepped out of the cabin, the first rays of morning sunlight illuminating his sharply defined face.
"Come on, let's go greet Empress Boa Hancock!"
Luffy waved to Robin and Kalifa.
Kalifa adjusted her glasses, holding her notebook as she earnestly reported to Luffy, "According to the terms of the agreement between the World Government and Amazon Lily, we are not allowed to enter within three kilometers of Amazon Lily without authorization."
Luffy chuckled arrogantly, "That worthless treaty is invalid against me!"
With that, he jumped off the warship, stepping onto the sea surface he had previously frozen with his Zanpakuto, and strode towards Amazon Lily.