In every route of the Grand Line, the initial island is almost a gathering place for pirate hunters. This is also the first level that all pirates who set foot on the Grand Line need to go through. Only after passing this level can they officially become the Grand Line. of pirates.
After killing the three major pirate hunter gangs that controlled Pruton Town, no one dared to cause trouble again. Rhodes and others spent three days safely on the island. After the magnetic storage of the recording pointer was full, they Leaving the town of Pluton, we sailed to the next island.
And this time.
The Navy Headquarters had already received news of Rhodes' appearance in Pruton Town, and thus determined Rhodes' route.
Compared with the intricacies of countless islands in the West Sea, although the first half of the Great Line also has many islands, it only relies on recording pointers and permanent pointers to navigate. In addition, the recording pointer needs to stay on each island for several days to store magnetism. The route is very easy to judge.
And correspondingly.
The Navy has permanent pointers to almost all the islands in the first half of the Grand Line. Once it launches a sortie, it can directly reach the designated location without the hassle of recording pointers.
"It's really here."
"Very good, I won't give you any chance this time... Send the order to the G8 branch base!"
After listening to the report from his subordinates about the appearance of the Ghost Hand Pirates on the Grand Line, Dauberman gave orders coldly with murderous intent in his eyes.
He did not intend to give Rhodes a chance to continue sailing, nor did he intend to give Rhodes a chance to continue to become stronger and develop his power. He wanted to annihilate Rhodes at the starting point of the great route in one go.
Under his command.
In the G8 naval base closest to this route, the atmosphere became serious. Countless navies were getting ready with solemn expressions, and a large number of warships quickly assembled.
The navy generally rarely launches eradication operations against a certain group of pirates, but once its eyes are really focused on a certain group of pirates, escaping is almost non-existent!
because.
On this sea, the most powerful and powerful force is not the Yonko Pirates of the New World, nor the Shichibukai, but the World Government and the Navy!
This period was the period when the navy was at its most powerful.
Zefa has not yet broken his arm, Garp has not yet retired, the older generation of strong men are still in peak condition, and there are three current navy admirals, the young Akainu and Kizaru.
It is naturally very difficult to send troops out to sea to destroy a Yonko force, but if a certain Yonko force engages in a head-on battle with the navy, there is almost no possibility of victory!
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It has been five days since I left Prudential Island.
In the Ghost Training Room, Ross was standing in front of a square piece of steel, clenching his fists, punching out one after another, hitting the square piece of steel, making a constant roaring sound.
He is exercising his armed color Haki.
With Ross's current physical fitness and strength, even if surrounded by ordinary weapons, any sandbag would explode with one punch, and only massive steel could withstand the power of his punch.
"Armed!"
In the process of punching, Ross continuously manipulated the armed-color Haki surrounding his arm to condense it. Finally, after it collapsed several times, the Armed-Colored Haki condensed to a certain extent and produced a qualitative change, allowing his fist to It turned black instantly.
boom!
He punched the square piece of steel, and the roaring sound shook the entire training room. This punch blasted the huge and thick piece of steel with an extremely obvious punch mark.
"You can only succeed once or twice out of ten times..."
Ross looked at his fist. Before he could punch again, the dark color could no longer be maintained. It collapsed again and turned into scattered armed domineering force.
Since he changed the focus of his training and promoted physical fitness and armament domineering as the two main aspects of training, his physical fitness and domineering have been continuously improving.
When he arrived at Pluton Island, he was able to occasionally release his weapon to harden, but in most cases it would collapse and he could not control it perfectly.
And now.
In these five days, he gradually mastered the real key points of the hardening of the armed color. In addition, his armed color domineering was strong enough to support the hardened fists. He gradually became able to slightly control the power of the hardening of the armed color. .
"The amount of domineering has reached the standard, but if it can be enhanced a little more, it will be easier to harden..."
Ross looked at the square steel in front of him with a look of thought.
Compared with Armed Color Haki, he hasn't practiced the Knowledge Color Haki much during this period. It can be seen that the progress of the Knowledge Color Haki is not low. Since the Knowledge Color Haki is closely related to keeping calm, Ross can do it in most cases. Keep calm, so he is better at seeing, hearing, and domineering.
Except for being domineering.
Rhodes has never stopped developing and cultivating the Twisted Fruit. Although he focuses on armed Haki, the Twisted Fruit is still his most important power.
From the battle on Pluton Island, it was easy for him to exert the power of distortion, and it extended to a deeper level. It can be seen that he has completely controlled the skyrocketing power of distortion.
Picking up a towel and wiping the sweat on his forehead, Ross walked out of the training room and came outside. He was about to find something to drink when he happened to see Robin sitting in front of the table with a cup of lemon tea on the table, and left. Go over and take it easily.
Robin put down the book in his hand, showed a heart-stopping smile, and said:
"Captain, can you stop being so casual?"
"It's nothing, I don't mind. Where are you sailing now? How far is it to the next island?" Ross put down the teacup and looked at the sea and asked.
"The distance between Pruton Island and Elias Island should be crossed in about ten days at the speed of the Ghost." Lafitte's figure appeared at the right time and responded to Ross.
Ross nodded, looking at the sea and thinking for a while.
Robin's eyes stayed on the teacup that Rhodes put back on the table for a moment, then he put down the book in his hand and said in a solemn voice to Rhodes: "If nothing happens, we may be blocked by the navy on the next island. "
"oh?"
Ross turned to look at Robin.
Robin said sternly: "Previously in the town of Pluton, I collected information on several islands in the nearby waters and found that the Navy's G8 branch is very close to our route."
It is almost impossible for an ordinary pirate group that has just set foot on the Grand Route to attract an all-out attack by a naval branch, but unlike the Ghost Hand Pirates, it is impossible for the navy to do nothing.
The naval branch on the Grand Route is not comparable to the branch in the West Sea. The branch is equipped with at least two branch lieutenants, and they are all equipped with large warships.
The power of the heavy cannons mounted on large warships is far beyond that of small artillery fire. With concentrated firepower, it won't take too long to destroy a ship like the Ghost.