Chapter 244

Ding!

Conqueror's Haki erupted with a boom, and an intimidating pressure radiated from Karl's body. Although the watching new recruits didn't faint, many felt difficulty breathing and broke into a cold sweat, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at Karl.

"That, that kind of aura, could it be the legendary Conqueror's Haki?"

"It must be. Aside from Fleet Admiral Sengoku, only Vice Admiral White Crow possesses such spirit!"

The surrounding new recruits didn't feel much because Karl controlled the range of his Conqueror's Haki very well; the only one feeling the immense pressure was Chaton.

"Damn it! I won't be afraid of you!"

Chaton gritted his teeth, pushing through the suffocating pressure as he rushed toward Karl. His fists had already turned black, his entire arm like a compressed spring, waiting for the moment of explosion.

Seeing Chaton rush over, Karl was not afraid in the slightest. His right hand gripped Raiu, and it was drawn with a hissing sound.

"Elbaf Spear: Sovereignty!!!"

A giant flying slash nearly 30 meters long tore through the air. The sky seemed to darken, and one could only see the scarlet flying slash rushing straight toward Chaton.

"What!"

Chaton was shocked; it was too fast, and there was no time to dodge. He could only take it head-on.

He crossed his arms, projecting his Armament Haki outward in an attempt to block Karl's flying slash, but it wasn't that easy.

Pushed by the flying slash, Chaton's feet began to plow the ground, retreating continuously and carving two black shallow trenches into the earth.

Chaton was drenched in sweat, veins bulging all over his body, his face flushed red as he shouted: "Get out of here!!!"

With a roar, Chaton deflected Karl's Sovereignty sword energy into the sky. He stood stunned on the spot, panting incessantly, looking at Karl with disbelief.

How could Karl be this strong! This kind of swordsmanship, this kind of power! Even the Admirals were probably only at this level, right?

The new recruits watching from the side covered their mouths in surprise: "Too strong, as expected of Vice Admiral White Crow. With just one move, Vice Admiral Chaton looks like he's about to collapse."

Tashigi, in the crowd, cupped her chin and looked at Karl with excitement, thinking to herself, this is Vice Admiral White Crow, who can contend with the world's greatest swordsman!

By the way, that move just now was a secret technique of the Giants, right! Vice Admiral White Crow used it so easily; could it be that his physique is comparable to that of the Giants?

Thinking of this, Tashigi's gaze toward Karl became full of longing. If only she could follow Vice Admiral White Crow after graduation; not only could she ask him for swordsmanship advice, but she could also personally observe his three famous swords.

However, Vice Admiral White Crow is so strong, it's impossible for him to take a liking to me. I'm still too weak...

Zephyr, watching from close range, revealed a smile. Karl truly hadn't betrayed his expectations, or rather, Karl was his most satisfying student to date, bar none.

At the very least, Karl's existence made him feel that there was still hope for the Navy.

"Vice Admiral Chaton, what's wrong? It's only just begun, surely you aren't tired already?"

Chaton gave Karl an unwilling look, took a deep breath, and said: "How could that be, that was just a warm-up! Come again!"

Chaton quickly rushed up, and Karl had no choice but to engage.

Overall, Chaton's strength was indeed much stronger than the average Vice Admiral, but there was still a gap compared to an Admiral.

No wonder that after Akainu became Fleet Admiral, Chaton and Gion, these two legitimate Admiral Candidates, neither managed to become Admirals; they truly lacked that level of strength.

Soon, the battle between Karl and Chaton neared its end. After about 2 hours, Chaton was already unable to hold on.

"Vice Admiral Chaton, do you still want to fight?"

"Huff, huff, huff~ No more, no more, I concede!" Chaton waved his hands quickly; he couldn't take it anymore, the guy was a pure monster!

He had used almost all his strength, and it was hard enough just to get close to Karl. Even when he finally managed to land a hit, the guy took it with his body and was fine—how do you fight that?

And then there was that extremely shameless Holy Light Fruit; the more you fought, the more desperate you felt.

Whoever wants to fight him can go ahead, he was done.

Karl shrugged at Zephyr, then condensed a ball of golden Holy Light and merged it into Chaton's body.

"Hahaha, Vice Admiral Chaton, it seems I still have the slight edge! And Sister Gion, since there's still plenty of time, do you want to continue?"

Gion's beautiful eyes widened. She pointed at herself and waved her hands quickly: "No, no, Karl, don't I know how much you're worth? No need to fight, sister recognizes your strength!"

"Then, this..."

Master Zephyr laughed and patted Karl's shoulder hard: "Well done, I really didn't misjudge you! It seems you haven't been slacking off all these years!"

Karl smiled without speaking. Ain curled her lips; slacking off? If he hadn't been slacking off, she hadn't seen Karl actively train even once, aside from developing his abilities.

Moreover, he only developed his abilities after every "that" session to recover his stamina, calling it "nurturing his spirit and building up energy" for a rainy day.

"Master Zephyr, there's something I need to tell you."

Zephyr nodded: "Go ahead, what is it? If I can help, I will."

Karl quickly pulled Ain over and said with a smile: "Ain is already a Rear Admiral and is about to go out on missions alone. Since you happen to be training students, could you give us a recommendation?"

Zephyr frowned slightly, looked at Ain, and said in a low voice: "Ain, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that the current students are getting worse with every batch."

"To be honest, there isn't a single student in this batch that catches my eye. I really don't know how to recommend anyone to you."

Ain covered her mouth in surprise: "Not even one?"

Zephyr nodded. Even in Karl's batch, only Ain and Karl had made it out; the others were, well... mediocre.

This batch didn't even have anyone at the level of Binz, which showed how withered the talent of the new generation of the Navy was. ===== CHAPTER 246 =====