Chapter 288: Extreme Training

The next day.

The sun rose slowly, hanging at the edge of the sky.

Golden rays of sunlight spilled down from the horizon, bathing the entire ground of Marineford.

Illuminating all directions,

All things awakening,

Full of vitality.

Sunlight filtered through the tree branches, scattering tiny shimmering spots.

Morning.

In Marineford's training ground, rows of neatly dressed navy soldiers stood already, immersed in rigorous training.

Under the guidance of their respective instructors.

They sweated out their youth…

Everything was moving in a better direction.

The atmosphere was positive and energetic.

Shouts and roars rang out from the training grounds, echoing to the heavens.

In fact,

There were people in Marineford who trained harder than these navy soldiers, and rose even earlier, already deep into their training.

This person was Lu En, the newcomer!

Having arrived yesterday in this completely unfamiliar environment, he felt no unease whatsoever—on the contrary, he slept soundly.

Under Bo Kato's guidance, he had already gained basic understanding of Marineford's layout and some fundamental knowledge.

The entirely unfamiliar environment of Marineford no longer felt strange to him.

He believed that in just a few more days…

Lu En would perfectly integrate into Marineford.

That day.

Before the navy soldiers began their training, Lu En was already drenched in sweat, droplets like soybeans slowly trickling down both sides of his face.

Then,

Sweat dripped from his chin.

Drip!

Drip!

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Countless soybean-sized sweat droplets poured wildly from Lu En's body, sinking into the floor tiles, quickly evaporating entirely.

"Three thousand nine hundred ninety-six!"

"Three thousand nine hundred ninety-seven!"

"Three thousand nine hundred ninety-eight!"

"…"

Lu En's eyes were half-closed, his upper body bare, drenched in sweat, the muscle lines—thick as centipedes—visually striking and beautiful.

A explosive force, like long-bottled volcanoes, pressed against every bulging muscle on his body.

That back of his…

Like a demon's imprint!

Imposing overwhelming pressure.

At this moment,

His back was completely soaked in sweat.

Countless droplets streamed from his body.

Witnessing his effort!

Carrying a load of five hundred kilograms made his push-ups exceptionally difficult.

And until now,

He had held out for a full hour and a half.

Persistent,

Unyielding.

He had rested not once, maintaining high-intensity training throughout.

Holding out for a full hour and a half of carrying a load made his muscles ache faintly, yet he gritted his teeth and refused to quit before reaching his goal.

This time,

He was surpassing his previous limit of three thousand push-ups, aiming for four thousand.

Now,

He was about to break through a new limit!

Success was within reach!

No matter how hard it became…

He would grit his teeth and keep going.

Huh!

Huh!

(cjde)

Lu En breathed continuously, adjusting his breathing rhythm, gritting his teeth against the aching pain spreading through his limbs.

Due to extreme physical depletion…

Combined with the numb, aching pain in his limbs,

his body trembled faintly.

"Hold on!"

"You're almost there!"

Lu En had reached his limit.

"Three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine!"

One more.

Only one left…

The last one.

"Four thousand!"

After finishing, Lu En felt a great weight lift off him.

Thud!

His body collapsed heavily onto the floor tiles, letting his sweat soak into the ground.

The cool touch radiating from the floor tiles brought him an unusually soothing and fulfilling sense of relief.

This feeling—each time on the brink of collapse…

even—

breaking past the limit.

Made him deeply addicted and intoxicated.

Feeling the waves of aching pain radiating from his limbs, Lu En slipped into an unprecedented state of weakness, lying still on the floor tiles as he waited to recover.

Every limit training…

was filled with monotony and boredom.

But each time, the strength gained after training made Lu En crave it endlessly.

The taste of becoming stronger—no one could resist it!

And Lu En, he savored this feeling of growing stronger every single time.

The vast room,

held only Lu En lying alone.

Lying quietly on the floor tiles.

Around him,

silence reigned.

In the large house, only Lu En lived alone.

At this moment,

the system's notification came as expected.

It did not surprise Lu En.

Everything was perfectly logical.

【This training session granted: Strength +0.002, Speed +0.001, Endurance +0.002!】