Chapter 209

And Lu En, too, kept endlessly repeating that tedious and monotonous devilish training.

……

Time spent sailing on the great sea passed very quickly.

Time flew by in a flash.

Day and night alternated.

In the blink of an eye,

two days had gone by.

The blazing sun hung overhead.

The sky was a clear, boundless blue.

Splash splash splash!

The sea currents drifted, and with the onrushing sea breeze, they stirred up ripple after ripple of spray—beautiful blossoms of foam spreading wantonly into the distance.

The pleasant sounds of the sea currents came drifting over, like one delightful musical note after another.

Generally speaking.

The weather over this stretch of the Grand Line was fickle and unpredictable; even the most seasoned navigator could still misjudge it.

However……

For some unknown reason,

perhaps it was luck, but the warship Lu En was on had not encountered any particularly terrible weather changes on this great sea since the day it departed from Windmill Village in the East Sea.

Occasionally there were downpours,

and there were also raging storms and gales.

But it had never run into any bizarre, reversed sea currents or the like.

It might also be because the navigators aboard the warship were far too experienced—every time they detected a change in ominous weather, they would immediately order the helmsman to steer the warship.

Making the warship deviate from its original course, thereby skirting around those bizarre weather changes.

Although this would consume more sailing time, it was undoubtedly the best method to prevent the warship from falling into dangerous waters and suffering various degrees of damage.

Even,

it could also cause the marines riding aboard to suffer one accident after another.

On this day.

The warship.

On the deck.

At this moment,

Lu En was already drenched in sweat, bearing a load of five hundred kilograms on his body.

The five-hundred-kilogram load pressed heavily down on Lu En's mere four-year-old frame; bare to the waist, his entire body was lined with muscle.

The muscles bulged,

and his demonic back looked especially ferocious.

Exuding an overwhelming sense of pressure!

Those muscles, crisscrossed with centipede-like veins, were already covered in sweat.

Sweat streamed down his body in torrents.

Drip, drip!

Drip, drip!

A great swath of sweat completely soaked and stained the deck beneath Lu En, bearing witness to his tireless effort and perseverance.

"Two thousand nine hundred ninety-seven!"

"Two thousand nine hundred ninety-eight!"

"……"

Lu En muttered under his breath, mumbling to himself.

Eyes slightly closed, the sweat on his forehead traced paths across his face, preventing the sweat from seeping into his eyes and burning them.

Every single training session……

revealed Lu En's explosively powerful muscles.

The muscles rose and fell,

like a chain of suppressed volcanoes.

Every muscle harbored immeasurable might, awaiting the moment of eruption.

Even though Lu En was only four years old, his muscular frame still delivered an intense visual impact to everyone, along with an overwhelming, majestic pressure.

Bare to the waist with his muscle lines fully exposed, Lu En, while undergoing his devilish training, delivered an even more powerful visual impact.

At this moment.

Aokiji, a Vice Admiral of the Marines, stood at the railing on the edge of the deck, sea breeze slapping against him, watching the hard-training Lu En with great astonishment and admiration.

Feeling the cool sea breeze, and watching Lu En train so hard……

Aokiji could not help but sigh with deep feeling.

Over these past few days.

He had truly seen it all.

What it meant to be a training maniac!

He was simply a madman!

Training day and night without rest!

Qingzhi was convinced of this.

In his entire life, he had never seen anyone who could work as hard as Lu En!

Rising earlier than anyone else,

sleeping later than anyone else.

Every time Qingzhi stepped out of his room, he would always see that young, tireless figure on the deck, drenched in sweat from relentless effort.

Seeing this,

Qingzhi could not help but reveal the deepest, most heartfelt admiration from within.

In any case,

he could never be as crazy as Lu En.

A hardworking person is always worthy of respect.

What's more…

Lu En was also a hardworking, peerless genius!

"These days, the competition is really fierce."

"Good thing I joined the Marines early enough."

"Otherwise, with that monster Lu En, the pace would have rolled me to death!"

"I truly feel sorry for the monsters of this era."

"Running into one monster with heaven-defying talent would already be bad enough. The key is, this monster with peerless talent is also working harder than all of them!"

"How is anyone supposed to chase after the back of that monster Lu En?"

Qingzhi marveled on and on.

Now,

he could roughly understand.

Why Lu En, at only four years old, already possessed a terrifying combat power far beyond his peers!

Seeing Lu En's hardworking appearance…

Qingzhi felt.

That no matter how strong this kid became, it would be completely reasonable.

Heaven will not let down any hardworking person.

Though Qingzhi was lazy by nature, he would never look down on any hardworking person.