Three days later.
Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Ghost Spider, led a fleet composed of various branches in the West Sea. He failed in the pursuit of the Ghost Hand Pirates. Four warships were destroyed, and the news that his life and death were unknown spread throughout the sea.
On this day, the entire West Sea was boiling.
"This... is fake!"
"What a joke, even the major general sent by our headquarters..."
Countless people held the newspaper, with looks of horror and disbelief on their faces.
No one expected that the Major General dispatched from the Navy Headquarters would still be unable to deal with the Ghost Hand Pirates. It is unbelievable that this is just a pirate group from the West Sea, not a tyrannical force on the Grand Line!
As the news spread, not only the West Sea, but also some pirate forces on the Grand Line also got the news and came to pay attention.
A certain sea area on the Grand Line.
On a pirate ship of the Babao Navy, a fat old man wearing a green shirt, with a thick and gray beard, and a bald head was reading the newspaper in his hand.
He is the twelfth generation pillar of the Babao Navy, leader Qingjiao.
"Cai Yi's skills are not as good as others, and there is nothing to say if he dies at sea, but he killed the next generation of Eight Treasure Navy pillars. This is unforgivable!"
He suddenly tore up the newspaper in his hand, and there seemed to be anger burning in his eyes, "Just wait for me, kid, I will find you sooner or later!"
On another sea area.
A certain pirate with a reward of 90 million was holding a newspaper and muttered: "Did you kill the rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters? A great guy appeared in the West Sea..."
In a bar somewhere, a one-eyed pirate was drinking and reading a newspaper. He grinned and said, "Major General Ghost Spider, that bastard came to hunt me down before, but he didn't expect to die in the West Sea."
"It seems like they will come to the Grand Line sooner or later."
"Who knows? But the Grand Line is not the Western Sea. Such a high-profile intrusion into the Grand Line may not be a good thing. It has already attracted a lot of people's attention."
Pirate forces fight against each other in most cases, because there is only one great secret treasure, and there is only one Pirate King. Only by defeating all competitors can they stand at the top of the sea.
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There are still two days until the new ship is completed.
In the cabin of the old ship, Rhodes stood in the middle of six swinging sandbags with his eyes closed, his fingers clenched into fists, and he kept hitting the sandbags.
During the confrontation with the Ghost Spider, although he understood and displayed the Haki of Wisdom and Knowledge, it was not stable and could only be regarded as an introduction. He could only display it when he concentrated on it and entered that special state.
Even if Overlord Color Haki is awakened unintentionally, it cannot be mastered without a long period of training, and Armed Color Hardening is also something that requires a lot of fighting and training to be fully mastered.
The same goes for seeing, hearing, and being domineering.
Even if it is awakened in battle, it still needs a lot of fighting and training to polish it to perfection and master it completely.
boom! boom! boom!
As time went by, Rhodes was no longer limited to a fixed position, but began to move gradually. With his eyes closed, he shuttled back and forth among a large number of swinging sandbags. His fists accurately hit the sandbags thrown away, and occasionally Sideways to avoid a few.
"In previous battles with Ghost Spider, I have always been at a disadvantage in terms of speed. Otherwise, even if Ghost Spider masters the Haki of Wisdom, I can still avoid most of the attacks with my flexibility in speed."
While dodging sandbags, Ross recalled the previous battle.
Now, his speed has improved a lot compared to before.
Because of the 40 points of talent proficiency he gained after killing the ghost spider, he focused all on the talent of agility enhancement. Now the proficiency of agility enhancement has reached 100 points, crossing the threshold of advanced agility enhancement.
His speed and reaction speed have almost doubled compared to before. If he faced the Ghost Spider again, even if he didn't use his Haki, he wouldn't fight until the end to decide the winner.
in addition.
The improvement of agility enhancement brings not only speed and reaction speed, but also sharper senses and perception, which also greatly reduces the difficulty of Ross's practice of seeing and hearing Haki.
With stronger senses and perceptions, Ross can easily detect the existence of the Haki of Visibility, and constantly tries to control it during the training process.
What he wants is not to unconsciously display or naturally mobilize according to the battle, but to be able to display the Haki of Knowledge and Color at will according to his own consciousness.
boom! boom!
There were a total of twelve sandbags hanging in the room. As Ross moved around, he hit them all and started swinging. The size and swing direction of each sandbag were completely different.
Relying on his sense of perception, Rhodes accurately avoided every incoming sandbag, and accurately hit every falling sandbag with his fist.
"It's still a bit difficult to control this kind of domineering power at will."
Ross kept dodging and punching, enduring waves of mental fatigue. He didn't stop until he could no longer feel the incoming sandbags.
Seeing and hearing Haki does not consume much physical energy, but it consumes a lot of spirit. Even Ross can only exercise at intervals.
but.
In the past three days, relying on his own exploration and the key points recorded in the Jianwense Note, Ross has gradually found the direction to fully master Jianwense's domineering power. The rest is to practice unremittingly.
Just when Ross walked out of the training room and returned to his room, planning to take a drink of water and rest for a while, Robin's figure suddenly turned around the corner.
She came over with a newspaper.
"Captain Rhodes, you took up a large space in today's newspaper again."
Ross took the newspaper from her hand and glanced at the part about himself. They were all official words, about being heinous and being tried.
"The government is still talking nonsense as usual."
He shook his head and took out a new reward order from the bottom of the newspaper. Looking at the amount on the reward order, Ross smiled slightly and said:
"With 92 million Baileys, I am finally no longer a captain whose bounty is not as high as the crew."
Robin's bounty is as high as 79 million Baileys. It has always been higher than Rhodes's bounty before, but now it is finally in the right position.
Robin chuckled and said, "The captain's reward will be higher sooner or later."
The new bounty of 92 million also caused a violent earthquake among the pirate hunters in the West Sea.
Together with Nico Robin, the son of the devil on the ship, the total bounty of the Ghost Hand Pirates is as high as 171 million Baileys. This huge bounty undoubtedly makes countless pirate hunters jealous, leaving behind other pirates in the West Sea. A lot of pirates!
but.
Even though they were jealous, no one dared to catch the attention of the Ghost Hand Pirates.
The rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters and a fleet of five warships were completely defeated when facing Rhodes. This truly terrifying record was like a thick giant mountain pressing down on it, which was almost suffocating.