Chapter 137

When they left,

they were covered in dust and dirt, pissing themselves, scrambling away in panic.

From start to finish,

they had merely witnessed the scene of Lu En barehandedly blasting apart a Sea King.

In other words.

The entire pirate crew…

had been scared out of their wits by Lu En and fled on the spot!

……

At the same time.

Elsewhere,

in the Endless Sea several kilometers away.

One could see,

3.4 an incomparably massive warship, sitting motionless in this stretch of sea.

On the deck.

Captain Kapu's eyes flashed, his expression playful as he gazed into the distance at the pirate crew that had just arrived at the Grand Line only to immediately turn tail and flee back to the West Blue, pissing themselves the whole way.

"Quite an interesting bunch of little rascals…"

"Looks like they've been scared out of their wits by that kid Lu En!"

"That's fine too — saves this old man from having to sink them all with his own hands!"

After a pause,

Captain Kapu sighed with deep feeling, "That kid Lu En has really done something extraordinary. All on his own, he scared an entire pirate crew that had just reached the Grand Line into fleeing back to the West Blue in panic."

"In all my years of roaming the seas…"

"this is still the first time I've seen it."

"A pirate crew actually being scared off and fleeing back to the West Blue from the Grand Line, pissing themselves the whole way!"

At this,

Captain Kapu could not help clicking his tongue in wonder.

Pirate crews wiped out and sunk by people — he'd seen plenty of those.

But…

a pirate crew scared off by someone.

It had to be said.

This was still the first time Captain Kapu had witnessed it!.

Three days later.

The weather was fair, the sky a clear blue for ten thousand li.

Over the azure sea, the surface reflected the dazzling halos scattered by the blazing sun.

The sunlight was bright and warm,

the sea breeze cool.

A massive warship, flying the Navy's white seagull banner high, gradually sailed in from the distant sea, parting the water and sending up rippling waves.

Splash splash!

The currents lapped, crisp and pleasant.

Sending forth a melody of sounds as lovely as musical notes.

At this time,

after three days of steady sailing, the warship had gone from just entering the Grand Line to already reaching its middle stretch.

From Marine Headquarters Marineford…

there were still roughly ten days or so of journey left.

Maintaining the warship's current sailing speed, if no accidents occurred along the way, ten days would see them arrive at Marineford smoothly.

During these three days,

the several hundred Marines on the entire warship had almost every day eaten Sea King meat until they wanted to throw up.

After three days,

the Sea King meat piled high in the cold storage had also gradually begun running out.

Eaten clean.

During these three days, Lu En had, as always, carried out his devilish training every day.

Although the boost in strength gained each day was rather slight, he still persevered, not wasting a single moment because of it.

Even though each training session yielded only the tiniest improvement in strength, he still did not slack off, let alone grow discouraged because of it.

Besides that,

because three days ago he had barehandedly slaughtered a Sea King, he had now skillfully mastered the Six Styles ultimate — Life Return.

Now, besides the boring, monotonous devilish training, Lu En's daily training also included a fixed amount of extra time each day to familiarize himself with executing the technique of Life Return.

It was plain to see,

Lu En's mastery of Life Return was growing ever higher!

As his physical fitness grew stronger and his mastery of the Six Styles ultimate—Life Return—became increasingly proficient, Lu En's strength naturally climbed step by step!

In just these short three days, Lu En's overall change in strength had nearly multiplied several times over!

On this day,

Lu En, who had just finished his daily Life Return training, slowly walked out of his room.

Creak!

Pushing open the door,

Golden sunlight scattered down from the edge of the horizon.

A sense of warmth flowed gently, piercing straight to the heart.

The glaring sunlight shone down, causing Lu En to instinctively raise his right arm, blocking the light from his field of vision.

From time to time, a cool sea breeze blew gently past,

The cool sensation made Lu En narrow his eyes slightly, savoring the peace and comfort of this moment.

Life on the sea...

Boring,

Yet not exactly tedious.

Anyway,

With nothing to do these past few days,

Lu En would dive into the sea and engage in hand-to-hand combat with some Sea Kings below, causing his life-and-death battle experience to surge again and again.

"Three days of training..."

"It's time to find someone to properly test my current strength."

"Ever since I mastered Life Return, exactly what tier of this sea does my current strength stand at?"

Lu En's eyes flashed, a plan forming in his mind.

During this period,

The only target he could use to test his own strength was the Sea Kings lurking beneath the sea.

But, this method of testing ultimately still felt beneath his standards.

Ideally...

Naturally, it would be to find a powerful human expert!

Let the other party test his strength.

As for who to find?

Looking across the entire warship, who else could possibly qualify as Lu En's opponent?

Apart from Captain Kapu,