Chapter 71

Even though Kapu looked as if he had merely reached out his index finger and tapped forward.

With a light touch,

the wooden board was like a block of tofu.

Pierced clean through by a single finger!

Apart from a single bullet-like hole left behind, there were no marks anywhere along the way, and the board had not produced a single crack.

It was clear—

that finger carried an extremely powerful penetrating force!

All the power was gathered into a single point!

Not a shred of force leaked out…

Therefore,

this strike only bored a hole through, without causing any damage to the rest of the board.

"Did you see it clearly?"

Kapu slowly turned around, smiling as he looked at Lu En, and continued, "This is the effect and destructive power of the Six Powers' Finger Pistol when used in actual combat."

"More powerful than a bullet! And faster!"

"During the next period of time…"

"you just need to focus on training the Six Powers' Finger Pistol."

"Once you've mastered the Finger Pistol, this old man will teach you the other moves of the Six Powers. As the saying goes, bite off more than you can chew and you'll choke—don't you dare aim too high, kid."

Kapu believed.

Even with Lu En's astonishing heaven-gifted talent, to completely master the Finger Pistol would most likely take at least a week and a half, or even longer.

By that time…

they would have already safely arrived at Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

When that moment came,

Kapu would toss Lu En directly to Admiral Zefa and let the man teach Lu En.

Although Zefa's strength was not on par with Kapu's, when it came to training Marines, he possessed a talent that Kapu could only look up to.

"Finger Pistol…"

Lu En narrowed his eyes slightly, his mind continuously replaying the scene from moments ago—Kapu channeling his power into his index finger and piercing the board with a single thrust.

Gradually,

he too slowly raised his right hand, index finger pointing up, manipulating the power within his body to gather it into his index finger, condensing this gathered power continuously onto a single finger.

Originally, everything was going smoothly…

But at the critical moment,

Lu En could feel the power in his index finger slipping away.

In the end,

that power completely dispersed.

At this point,

his first attempt to perform the Finger Pistol ended in failure.

"Don't be impatient."

"You're still very young…"

"Even if you spend half a month training the Finger Pistol, it won't be much of a setback for you."

Kapu let out a hearty laugh and patted Lu En on the shoulder.

Just as Lu En was preparing to perform the Finger Pistol for the second time—

without any warning…

Suddenly!

the system's chime rang out inside his head.

【This training session has yielded: Six Powers' Finger Pistol Technique +0.01!】

【After being amplified by a 100x training effect boost…】

【The host can obtain: Six Powers' Finger Pistol Technique +1!】

Boom—

a completely unfamiliar mass of memories surged into Lu En's mind like a tidal wave.

His head was like a sponge,

continuously absorbing these memories that had appeared out of nowhere.

These memories…

were all about the methods and techniques for performing the Six Powers' Finger Pistol!

As if the methods and techniques of the Six Powers had been forcibly ripped out of someone else's head and crammed into Lu En's.

Thus,

Lu En had mastered the Six Powers' Finger Pistol out of thin air!

It was all like an innate instinct.

Second nature…

Smooth and unimpeded!

At this moment,

as the completely unfamiliar memories generated out of thin air fully fused together, Lu En felt an incomparable sense of familiarity with the method of performing the Six Powers' Finger Pistol!

This sense of familiarity was like…

Having performed Finger Pistol thousands upon thousands of times before!

Like an instinct carved into his very bones!

So…

Carrying the countless memories that had just merged into his head,

Right in front of Captain Kapu,

Lu En unhesitatingly performed Finger Pistol once more.