Chapter 69

"System, bring up the status panel."

Lying on the deck, Lu En had recovered a little mobility, so he silently recited in his heart, checking his current status panel.

【Host: Lu En】

【Strength: 24.7 (+2.1)】

【Speed: 21.5 (+1.6)】

【Stamina: 26.2 (+2)】

【Spirit: 14.1 (+0.4)】

【Ghost Back Completion: 10.38%】

【Current Training Effect Overall Boost: 100x!】

This was the overall harvest Lu En had gained over four days, after round after round of devilish training.

In just four days, Lu En's strength had grown by another large margin.

Not only had his strength, speed, and stamina improved.

Lu En also felt.

That the Conqueror's Haki he had mastered was also rising in intensity step by step!

As his Spirit rose, the intensity of his Conqueror's Haki was also growing higher and higher.

Overall.

Over these four days, Lu En had not wasted a single second!

Setting sail from Windmill Village in East Blue, after a full four days of sailing on the sea, the entire warship was now infinitely close to the Grand Line.

The journey over these four days had been smooth, without encountering too many obstacles.

Such a massive warship — no pirate crew had the guts to come attack it on their own initiative.

Occasionally along the way, they did run into a few isolated pirate crews with bounties over ten million.

Captain Kapu naturally did not need to take action personally.

Instead, the whole thing was handed over to Lu En alone to handle.

Therefore.

All along this journey,

By full count, Lu En had dealt with a total of three pirate crews with bounties over ten million berries.

Sinking them all forcefully into this endless sea.

And from start to finish, Lu En had remained completely unscathed.

From this, it could be seen.

These so-called great pirates with bounties over ten million berries actually posed almost no threat to Lu En at all.

Over the four days,

The warship had successively crossed nearly four or five islands.

Bringing the entire warship from East Blue, about to sail to the boundary line between East Blue and the Grand Line.

A Marine warship traveling from East Blue through the Grand Line does not need to, like pirate crews, go upstream through Reverse Mountain to enter the Grand Line from East Blue.

Marine warships have one very special feature.

And that is…

They can cross straight through the Calm Belt!

And this is a technology pirate ships cannot achieve.

The Marines possess a peerless scientific genius, Dr. Vegapunk, who is five hundred years ahead of current technology.

Through Dr. Vegapunk's research,

The Marines manufactured a type of warship that can cross straight through the Calm Belt!

Not only can it cross the Calm Belt, but it also will not be attacked by any Sea Kings.

It is precisely this special technology that makes it exceptionally easy and simple for the Marines to travel between East Blue and the Grand Line, without needing to follow pirate ships' step-by-step route of going upstream through Reverse Mountain.

One must know.

The number of Sea Kings inhabiting the Calm Belt is simply countless!

Countless enormous dangers hide within.

Even top-tier powerhouses of the sea do not dare lightly steer a ship across the Calm Belt.

However,

The Marines have no such concerns.

The hull of marine warships is made from an extremely special material that does not attract Sea Kings' attention and instead fills them with deep revulsion, so naturally they will not attack the warship.

Thus, warships crossing the Calm Belt basically have not the slightest threat.

"According to the originally planned sailing route…"

"Now, the warship should be about to leave East Blue and enter the Grand Line."

Lu En braced both hands on the deck and slowly stood up from it.

Under the sunlight,

His upper body was covered in defined muscle lines, with muscles bulging everywhere, his ghostly back resembling an indestructible diamond-like stone, creating a visual impact of extreme muscular beauty.

Every muscle seemed to contain a terrifying power sufficient to destroy heaven and earth.

Like a long-suppressed volcano!

Once it erupted,

It would surely shake the heavens and split the earth!

His gaze shifted,

Lu En looked toward Captain Kapu, who was lying not far away on a sun-lounger, snoring away, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

"During the trip to Marine Headquarters, Marineford, we'll be idle anyway."

"How about…"

"We let the old man teach me some useful real-combat techniques first."

"For example, the Six Powers of the Marines!"

A glint flashed in Lu En's eyes, and a look of a bit of anticipation surfaced on his face.

Marineford lay at the end of the first half of the Grand Line.

The journey from East Blue to Marineford would take no short amount of time.

Lu En had no intention of wasting this stretch of time.

As for the Six Powers of the Marines, he had always wanted to master them!

No sooner thought than done…

And so,

clutching the idea in his heart, he walked forward without the slightest hesitation.

He woke Captain Kapu, who had been in a deep sleep.

Rubbing his eyes with one hand, Captain Kapu's face still carried a trace of drowsiness, his eyelids drooping slightly. He glanced at Lu En, yawned, and asked: "What do you need this old man for?"

Looking at the thoroughly contented Captain Kapu, Lu En didn't beat around the bush, but got straight to the point and stated his purpose: "Old man, I want to learn the Six Powers of the Marines."

"Hm?"

Captain Kapu slowly opened his eyes, somewhat astonished, gazing at Lu En with a touch of surprise.

Seeing Lu En's resolute expression.

After thinking it over,

Captain Kapu hesitated slightly, his brow tightly furrowed, and couldn't help but ask again: "Are you sure? Before you train in the Six Powers of the Marines, this old man has to tell you in advance."

"The Six Powers of the Marines are extremely difficult to train in. Have you prepared yourself mentally?"