Chapter 35: Strength Rises Again! A Born Strongman! [Second Update! 3k Big Chapter]

Next,

Captain Kapu gave the order.

He ordered men to steer the warship toward the pirate vessel one kilometer out at sea, preparing to carry out an arrest operation against the survivors of the White Ostrich Pirates.

As the warship drew steadily closer…

Splash splash splash!

The seawater was parted by the warship, wave after wave rippling outward in every direction.

At this moment,

on the deck of the pirate ship.

Just as Lu En turned to look in the direction of the Marine warship—

the system's prompt suddenly rang out without any warning.

【This battle yielded: Strength +0.003, Speed +0.002, Stamina +0.003, Combat Experience +0.01, Spirit +0.01!】

【After a 100x cultivation effect amplification…】

【Host gains: Strength +0.3, Speed +0.2, Stamina +0.3, Combat Experience +1, Spirit +1!】

In an instant,

a warm current appeared out of thin air, surging into Lu En's body, washing through his five viscera and six bowels, bringing a certain degree of transformation and strengthening to his body.

Shortly after,

the body transformation was complete,

and Lu En's strength rose once again by no small amount.

He could feel it very clearly.

After the transformation,

the power hidden within his body grew stronger and stronger!

"So…"

"Combat can also raise my strength!"

"And the gains are far greater than what I could get from boring, devilish training!"

Lu En narrowed his eyes slightly, a brilliant smile spreading across his face.

At first,

he had thought that the hundredfold cultivation amplification he received was limited only to training.

But now,

after the battle he had just gone through,

Lu En had gained a far deeper understanding of the hundredfold amplification.

This battle not only gave Lu En's various physical attributes a considerable boost, but also granted him, out of thin air, additional combat and killing techniques and experience.

As if the system had poured a perfect draught of enlightenment into him…

Lu En's combat techniques became noticeably more polished!

Finally…

came the boost to Spirit!

The strength of his Spirit represented the strength of Lu En's Conqueror's Haki.

The other attributes—Strength, Speed, Stamina—were closely tied to Lu En's explosive power, endurance, and agility.

In short.

This battle brought Lu En's overall strength a small but significant surge.

At the same time,

it also opened an entirely new door for Lu En.

It let him understand:

to raise his strength, he was not limited to boring, devilish training.

He could also start from combat!

As long as he kept fighting, he could keep growing stronger!

"The more I fight, the stronger I become."

"Looks like, from now on, if I want to raise my strength, there's no need to keep doing boring, devilish training."

"Of course…"

"If I want to push forward the completion progress of Ghost Back, I still need to discipline myself and train my muscles."

Lu En had a plan in mind.

Then,

he began to check his current attribute panel.

"System, bring up the attribute panel."

【Host: Lu En】

【Strength: 19.7 (+2.1)】

【Speed: 17.8 (+1.7)】

【Stamina: 21.1 (+2.2)】

【Spirit: 13.2 (+1.2)】

【Ghost Back Completion: 10.19%】

【Current Overall Cultivation Effect Boost: 100x!】

Looking at his current attribute panel, Lu En was very satisfied.

His stamina had already broken through the twenty-point threshold.

As for strength…

It was also about to break into the twenties!

But speed, being the lowest of the three-dimensional attributes, dragged down Lu En's overall three-dimensional attributes.

Lu En could understand why speed was holding him back.

With his muscular build, he would naturally have some disadvantage in speed.

However, that was only relatively speaking.

Compared to that fellow from earlier—an Animal-type Devil Fruit user with a bounty as high as ten million Beri—Lu En's speed could naturally still completely overwhelm him.

"If I want to make up for my disadvantage in speed, I must master a speed-type combat technique."

"For example…"

"Marine Six Styles—Soru!"

"This instantaneous explosive offensive technique."

Lu En pondered thoughtfully.

To make up for his disadvantage in speed, he naturally needed to find an offensive technique to compensate.

And the Marine Six Styles happened to fit his needs perfectly.

If possible…

Besides Soru, Moonwalk was also a technique he wanted to cultivate.

The ability to briefly hover in the air could play an enormous role in actual combat!

As for the others—Rankyaku, Shigan, Paper Art, Iron Body, and the like—if possible, Lu En naturally wanted to master them all.

But compared to the first two, Moonwalk and Soru, his need for the latter four wouldn't be too intense.

If he could learn them, he'd learn them.

If he couldn't, there was no need to force it.

But Moonwalk and Soru were combat techniques that Lu En desperately needed to master!

"In a while, when I follow the old man to Marine Headquarters, I should be able to begin my initial exposure to the Marine Six Styles."

"And then…"

"It'll be time to cultivate dual-color Haki!"

"Once I've mastered the Marine Six Styles and dual-color Haki, I'll count as a fairly strong fighter. Looking across this sea, I definitely won't be among the bottom-tier weaklings."

Lu En thought to himself.

Once he mastered the Marine Six Styles and dual-color Haki, on this crisis upon crisis sea, he would have initially possessed the strength to protect himself.

Before long,

While Lu En was thinking, that massive Marine warship had smoothly approached the pirate ship.

Then,

Under Captain Kapu's orders,

Several hundred Marines boarded the pirate ship's deck one after another, launching a frenzied capture operation against the surviving unconscious pirates on the deck.

Taking handcuffs,

They cuffed each unconscious pirate and piled them all in a corner of the pirate ship's deck.

The corpses of some pirates who had already died were skillfully and cleanly dealt with by the Marines.