Chapter 342

Huh!

With a soft exhale, Lu En shifted his gaze away from the panel and began contemplating what to do next.

In these three days, not only had his strength surged forward, but many things had also happened in Marineford.

The tens of thousands of Marines whom he had previously stunned with his earth-shattering Conqueror's Haki had all fully recovered two days ago.

This whole farce had only officially ended two days ago.

Those tens of thousands of Marines had not pursued the matter excessively.

Thus.

This farce ended hastily.

In addition.

Three days ago, because Lu En had already mastered two-color Haki, Master Zefa could only sigh helplessly and confess to Lu En that he lacked the ability to continue teaching him.

This left Lu En somewhat troubled.

He had originally thought,

that coming to the Marine Headquarters would allow his strength to surge forward rapidly.

Now, his strength had indeed surged forward rapidly—but not due to a sudden increase in physical attributes, but purely from mastering two-color Haki.

Under Master Zefa's confession, Lu En ceased training with the trainees in the camp.

After his confession, Master Zefa specifically informed him.

These past few days,

the military's high-level had held a small meeting, centered entirely around him, discussing how to better assist Lu En in his training.

This small meeting gathered eighty percent of the military's high-level.

Master Zefa told Lu En to wait quietly for a few days.

By then…

the military's high-level would surely devise a solution to completely resolve Lu En's current training bottleneck.

This wait,

lasted a full three days.

Lu En had grown impatient.

"Could the military's high-level still not have thought of a solution?"

He thought with a strange expression.

If the military's high-level couldn't find a solution, then he'd have to rely on himself.

Although daily devilish training was indeed dull and tedious,

for the sake of becoming stronger,

he could still grit his teeth and endure it.

Even if each session of devilish training granted only minuscule gains, it was better than wasting time here uselessly.

Moreover,

this was only minuscule improvement relative to Lu En himself.

But if compared to others,

then,

his strength could truly be described as a leap-like surge!

It changed almost constantly.

This rate of strength increase was not overly satisfying to Lu En himself.

But in others' eyes,

his rate of strength increase was nothing short of monstrous.

"Forget it."

"If the military's high-level can't come up with a solution, then I'll just continue with my daily devilish training."

"Or…"

"I could keep seeking out opponents within Marineford for sparring."

Lu En pondered thoughtfully.

He didn't necessarily need devilish training to improve his strength.

There was also…

every intense battle could enhance his strength too.

However,

with his current strength, finding suitable opponents within Marineford was not easy.

Marine Captains were already high-ranking officers; beyond them came the Admirals… ………

Marine officers above Captain rank were few and far between even across all of Marineford.

Finding someone to spar with was indeed troublesome for Lu En.

He wouldn't dare spar with an Admiral.

That would be pure self-torture!

Although Lu En was very confident in his current strength,

he was well aware,

that with his present power, he fundamentally lacked the capability to challenge an Admiral.

Therefore,

To find someone to spar with…

he could only seek out opponents at the level of a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral.

And most of the Marine Vice Admirals had been dispatched on missions.

For Lu En to find them, he'd have to wait until they completed their missions and returned to Marineford.

During this time,

Lu En had grown increasingly familiar with Marineford.

So much so that

he had come to know quite a few of the Marines' future top-tier powerhouses by reputation.

Such as

Kizaru, Onigumo, Momonga, Doberman, and others.

These Marines who would one day possess Vice Admiral-level combat power were, for now, still merely Marine Vice Admirals.

That's right!

In other words…

the current Lu En, at only four years old, already possessed the formidable combat power to shake Onigumo, Momonga, Doberman, and other Marine Vice Admirals.

The future top-tier Marine Vice Admiral-level fighters could, at best, only split things evenly with Lu En right now.

Lu En was very confident.

His current combat power would be no inferior to any single Marine Vice Admiral.

At the very least…

splitting things down the middle was still achievable.

One must understand—

he was only four years old!

"Vice Admiral-level combat power, huh…"

"Not far off."

Lu En narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze full of anticipation.

The Vice Admiral-level combat power he spoke of—

was naturally the combat power of an ordinary Marine Vice Admiral.

3.4 As for those three—Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru?

Those three were a separate matter.

Although on the surface all three of them were Vice Admirals,

in reality,