Chapter 317

Starting from this afternoon.

Just two hours after Lu En joined the training camp, Zefa took him aside to a different location for individual special training.

Simply because…

Zefa had seen through it.

Lu En and the other trainees of this cohort were not even on the same level.

If Lu En continued training with that group, it would not only waste his time but also squander his extraordinary talent and potential...

Moreover,

it would deliver a ten-thousand-ton psychological blow to the other trainees, causing their willpower to wither and plunging them into severe self-doubt.

And this, clearly, was not what Zefa wanted to see.

Therefore,

he could only pull Lu En out alone and instruct him one-on-one.

Before leaving, Zefa ordered the other trainees to continue their usual training, then took Lu En to a more spacious open area.

Ready to give Lu En private lessons.

After Zefa departed,

a group of trainees immersed in intense training whispered among themselves about Lu En.

"I just remembered something—have any of you heard about the massive assault case that happened this morning near our Marineford dormitory?"

One trainee suddenly brought it up.

The others responded: "I heard too. Rumor says all the Marines in three entire dormitory buildings were wiped out."

"Over twenty thousand Marines were annihilated in an instant!"

"Unimaginable…"

"Who on earth could have done this?!"

"To commit such a shocking act right at Marine Headquarters—this person must be insanely reckless."

Speculation spread rapidly.

At that moment,

one trainee suddenly narrowed his pupils, as if connecting to a terrifying realization.

His throat went dry; he involuntarily swallowed hard and blurted out: "I heard that the culprit behind the annihilation of over twenty thousand Marines…"

"Is supposedly a four-year-old child!"

"They say,"

"this person is Captain Kapu's grandson!"

As soon as he spoke,

The entire group fell utterly silent!

Not a sound!

Smoker and Including Tina opened their mouths but could not speak.

Gradually,

everyone unconsciously turned their gaze toward the direction Lu En had just left.

A timid voice rose from the crowd: "Do you think it's really just a coincidence? Today, a four-year-old monster just arrived at our training camp."

"And this monster is terrifyingly strong—he single-handedly obliterated Smoker!"

"Have any of you ever seen anything like this before?"

"Absolutely unheard of!"

Everyone fell silent.

After a long pause,

Glug!

Someone swallowed hard and said: "So you mean… the culprit behind the annihilation of over twenty thousand Marines—the one responsible for the largest assault case in Marine Headquarters history…"

"Is actually Lu En, who just joined our training camp?"

"He's the mastermind behind all of this?!"

"Good heavens!"

"Is this real? Did we just witness that legendary monster?!"

"And he's Captain Kapu's grandson?!"

The group stood frozen like statues.

Smoker was also stunned.

Including Tina's face went utterly blank.

"Captain Kapu's grandson?"

"The four-year-old monster who wiped out tens of thousands of Marines?"

The trainees' eyes brimmed with shock and awe.

…

One kilometer away from Training Ground No. 1,

here, trees lined the landscape,

birds sang and flowers bloomed.

Ahead lay a small lake.

Zefa stood before Lu En and spoke seriously: "Your strength far exceeds my expectations. Continuing to train you alongside these other trainees would be extremely detrimental to you."

"This will seriously delay your improvement in strength, and it will also waste your time."

"That is precisely why I've decided to take you aside for individual training."

"Only this way can your innate talent be brought out to its absolute maximum!"

The words fell.

Lu En nodded.

"Given that you've already mastered the Six Powers of the Marines."

"And cultivated the Six Powers to a realm of absolute mastery, I won't go over the subsequent training methods for the Six Powers with you in excessive detail here."

"These, you can study thoroughly on your own, bit by bit."

"Also…"

"I heard you've already mastered Life Return, so I'll skip the time it would take to teach you Life Return."

"Here's the main point."

Zefa said with deep earnestness, "Next, I will teach you a powerful force that only the true powerhouses of this sea can master!"

"They are…"

"Haki!"

Apart from Haki,

Zefa could not think of anything else he could teach the Lu En before him.

The Six Powers?

Lu En had already mastered them.

And he had mastered them with extraordinary proficiency!

Compared to the Six Powers grasped by the trainees in the training camp, his were naturally far, far stronger.

They simply couldn't be compared.

Taking all of the above into account,

After much deliberation, Zefa concluded he only had the two-color Haki training to teach Lu En.

And this, from the very beginning, was what Captain Kapu had requested.

Originally,

Zefa had not taken Captain Kapu's words to heart, and was dismissive of them.

But after truly witnessing Lu En's formidable strength, and that terrifying, world-shocking innate talent, he could not help but take a fresh look at what Captain Kapu had said before.

"You've already mastered Conqueror's Haki."

"I won't go into an excessive introduction of that here."

"Furthermore, I myself don't possess the potential for Conqueror's Haki, so naturally I can't share too much information about Conqueror's Haki with you."

"All of this will have to depend on your own gradual exploration."

After saying this,