Reincarnated as Kaido, married Big Mom, and formed a dual-Emperor pirate crew.

Chapter 290 The Beginning of Enlightenment in Longchang

This year's Survival Arena tournament ended quickly.

Before entering prison, Crocodile was treated like a protagonist wherever he went, but this time he was completely reduced to a background character.

Not to mention sweeping all the way to become the final victor on the stage, he didn't even make it into the top 50. Moreover, he was defeated by the weaklings he used to think he was no good in just a few moves, losing all face.

As for the final fate of the top 50 prison contestants.

45 people were defeated in one-on-one battles against the Beast Pirates, and only 5 people won.

Of these, three people chose to join the Beasts Pirates, one person chose to set sail freely, and another person chose to advance to a higher level.

Those who chose to go to sea were given a small sampan, only two or three meters long, and a day's worth of food. Then, under the watchful eyes of the other prisoners, they swayed and rocked their way out to sea.

It's hard to say whether he will live or die, but he will most likely die at sea.

Because the nearest island to this island would take at least three days to sail using a regular two-masted sailboat.

Such a distance would take at least a week to cross by small sampan.

Unless this guy at sea is exceptionally lucky and encounters other passing ships, there's absolutely no way he could sail to the next island on just one day's worth of food.

Then there's the guy who chose the advanced challenge. His second opponent was a squad leader from the Beasts Pirates.

Strictly speaking, there isn't much difference in strength between a squad leader and an ordinary member.

It's simply a matter of having more combat experience or being stronger.

Therefore, the prisoner who chose to challenge the second stage still emerged victorious.

Then, in a very foolish move, he chose to challenge the third stage.

In the third stage, his opponent was upgraded from the Beasts Sergeant to the Beasts Squad Leader.

As a squad leader who can manage 30 Beast Pirates, his position may not be high, but to put it bluntly, in the Four Seas, he could easily become a pirate captain with a bounty of at least tens of millions.

Therefore, this prisoner, who had struggled to even defeat a sergeant, suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of this squad leader.

Needless to say, the consequences of his defeat were that he was ineligible to participate in the arena survival tournament for the next three months and had to wait until the fourth month.

Crocodile, though very unwilling to be among the top 50 winners.

However, as one of the few intelligent people in the entire pirate group, he quickly adjusted his mindset and watched the entire arena survival tournament and its outcome.

Through inductive reasoning, he drew a conclusion.

There are five ways to get out of this prison.

The first option is to escape from prison on your own, or to be rescued by others.

Okay, this approach can basically be abandoned.

His subordinates have all betrayed him; there's no way anyone will come to his rescue.

In addition, he is a Devil Fruit user, so even if he escapes from prison, he cannot swim across the ocean. Even if the Sand-Sand Fruit allows him to fly, his stamina is still limited. At the very least, he cannot fly continuously for three days and three nights without eating or drinking.

The second option is to become one of the top 50, then defeat a Beasts Pirate, and then choose to join the Beasts Pirates.

This is the fastest way to get out of prison of all methods.

With Crocodile's confidence in his own strength and the Sand-Sand Fruit, as long as he can get rid of these Seastone shackles, even if he starts as a grunt, he will definitely be able to become an important member of the Beasts Pirates in a very short time.

but……

Crocodile disliked this method; he felt it was humiliating. As Crocodile, he disdained to be someone else's subordinate.

The third option is still to become one of the top 50, and after defeating the Beast Pirates, choose to continue the challenge until you win the third or fourth round, get enough food for three or four days, and then choose to set sail.

If you eat enough food for three or four days, you can barely last a week.

Then, they would row slowly in small sampans, and if they were lucky, they could reach other islands within a week.

This method is Crocodile's favorite, it aligns with his pride, and it also serves as proof of his strength.

The fourth option is to completely overturn the prison, seize everything needed to go to sea by force, and then leave the island with dignity.

To be precise, Crocodile preferred this fourth method more than the third.

But alas, circumstances are beyond our control.

Bound by the sea stone, he was simply incapable of accomplishing this feat.

As for using stratagems to unite with other pirates?

Haha, having been betrayed by his subordinates not long ago, he won't easily trust anyone else again.

Or rather, since then, Crocodile has almost never trusted anyone again.

If even partners who have shared life and death with you day and night can betray you, then who else can't betray you?!

As for the final, fifth way to leave prison, it is to obediently wait until the sentence assigned to you by the beasts is over.

Released from prison, he was thrown out like trash.

This method of leaving prison was the easiest, but it was also the one Crocodile found most unacceptable, because it was more humiliating for him than the second method.

Therefore, for Crocodile now, the only two options to leave this prison are to become a member of the Beasts, or to win one arena battle after another, obtain enough supplies for his voyage, and then leave with dignity.

but……

Either of these methods presents Crocodile with a hurdle that is difficult to overcome at present.

The limitations of seastone!

His physical strength is severely limited by the Seastone, and he probably can't even unleash one-tenth of his original power.

If they can't even break into the top 50 of the arena, how can they possibly defeat the Beast Pirates and launch further plans?

"So now I need to work hard to improve my physical fitness!!"

Crocodile swung his pickaxe with all his might.

If he had been mining for the past month just to eat a little better, but was still essentially just slacking off, then...

So Crocodile now is truly unleashing its full power.

Is mining just working for the beasts?

This doesn't matter!

The key point is that mining can improve his physical fitness!

Moreover, mining can earn him more food tickets, allowing him to eat better and obtain more nutrients needed for his body to become stronger!

"So what if Seastone limits 90% of my physical abilities!"

"As long as I'm stronger than everyone else with my remaining 10%!"

"Then I'll be able to break through the entire ring! And walk out of this prison with my head held high!!"

Crocodile swung his pickaxe while internally clenching his fists.

"Kaido! You just wait! You'll be out of here by the time I get out of here!!"

"I'll definitely give you a good beating then!!"