Chapter 34

At least,

So-called 'Great Pirates' with bounties over ten million Berries were utterly powerless before him.

Even if the opponent was an Animal-Type Devil Fruit user, they still posed no threat or pressure whatsoever to Lu En.

This caused Lu En to raise his own strength assessment.

"My current strength..."

"Should be close to those pirates with bounties of twenty million Berries on this sea, right?"

Lu En smiled in satisfaction.

Twenty million Berries in this era...

Were not the same as the twenty million Berries of the future, to be compared lightly.

As of now,

According to the intelligence Lu En had obtained,

The future Seven Warlords of the Sea, those few individuals, currently all had bounties under one hundred million Berries.

Needless to say,

In this era, a pirate with a bounty of twenty million Berries was no ordinary person.

Meanwhile,

As Lu En had eliminated the White Ostrich Pirate Crew,

On the other side,

One kilometer away across the sea,

A massive warship was anchored there.

On the warship's deck,

Hundreds of marines stood frozen, staring blankly at the pirate ship ahead, unable to tear their eyes away, utterly stunned.

"W-what the hell?!"

"Did he just finish them off?"

"He just wiped out an entire pirate crew?"

"That was the White Ostrich Pirate Crew! A powerful, infamous, ruthless gang feared throughout the East Blue, with a combined bounty of twenty million Berries for all its crew!"

"Yet, a pirate crew with a combined bounty of twenty million Berries was completely annihilated by Lu En alone?!"

"Good heavens!"

"He single-handedly crushed an entire pirate crew! But Lu En is only four years old!"

"A monster!"

Hundreds of marines were shaken to their core, faces filled with awe.

"S-so strong!"

Ace gripped the deck railing with both hands, his eyes wide with shock as he stared at the pirate ship far ahead, clearly seeing the lone familiar figure standing on its deck.

Ace, who had witnessed the entire White Ostrich Pirate Crew being wiped out by Lu En alone, felt an unprecedented sense of oppression emanating from Lu En more deeply than ever.

Ace realized:

He was utterly unreachable compared to Lu En!

Worlds apart!

"He wiped out an entire pirate ship by himself!"

"Even the Devil Fruit user..."

"Was smashed to pieces by Lu En in three punches!"

"He's already grown this strong?!"

Ace's throat tightened; he instinctively clenched his fists, his eyes filled with a hint of resentment.

Standing beside Captain Kapu,

Bokato, Captain Kapu's trusted subordinate, looked up at him and said in a trembling voice: "Captain Kapu, did you see that just now?"

"That power that instantly killed the pirates trying to flee..."

"Even a few rare Sea Kings beneath the water were instantly killed by that force!"

"It, it seemed to be..."

Hearing this,

Captain Kapu took a deep breath and exclaimed with deep emotion: "I saw it—that was Conqueror's Haki!"

Captain Kapu was, of course, very familiar with Conqueror's Haki.

But if he remembered correctly...

Lu En had only just barely awakened Conqueror's Haki about a month ago.

Merely a bare awakening,

Not yet to the point of being able to freely use or control it.

Under normal circumstances,

Someone who has barely awakened Conqueror's Haki requires a long period of training to gradually master the power.

Even with dedicated instruction, it takes at least half a year to possibly fully master Conqueror's Haki.

Yet,

Right now,

What had they just witnessed?

"Lu En seems to have mastered Conqueror's Haki entirely on his own!"

"And moreover…"

"In just a single short month!"

Bokatu was greatly shaken out of his composure.

Without anyone teaching him…

In only a month's time, he had completely mastered Conqueror's Haki!

Just think about it.

What astonishing, heaven-defying, terrifying talent is this?!

It truly is beyond imagination.

"This old man never expected it either."

"I had originally planned to wait until this kid Lu En followed me back to Marine Headquarters, then find someone to gradually teach him the unleashing and application of Conqueror's Haki."

"Who would have thought…"

"This kid's talent has actually reached such a bizarre, incomprehensible degree!"

"Relying on his own slow exploration, he spent only a single short month to completely gain control of Conqueror's Haki."

"Such astonishing natural gift and aptitude left even this old man sighing in admiration!"

Kapu exclaimed in continuous wonder.

Hah!

He let out a heavy breath,

Kapu gazed at Lu En on the pirate ship in the distance and gave a heartfelt assessment: "This kid Lu En is probably the most terrifying monster this old man has ever seen in his life!"

"And also the only example in all these years of someone who, relying on his own exploration, completely mastered Conqueror's Haki in just a single month!"