Training (1)

"Understood." Fanxin and the others nodded slightly in response.

They understood perfectly well that if they slacked off, they would be harming themselves, not others. If their strength didn't improve, they would suffer greatly when facing powerful opponents in the future.

The more tired and sweaty they are now, the safer and easier they will be in the future.

"Alright, now you can begin! I'll be here in two hours, and if anyone's even a second late, well, I'll let them taste my fist," said Li Kecheng, the Black Man, with a cold smile.

Without hesitation, Fanxin and Ren Fang ran quickly to the sandbags. Then, each of them picked up two sandbags and put them on their backs.

Fanxin himself carried four on his back. As the captain of the pirate crew, he should work harder and become stronger. Only in this way could he withstand all attacks and protect the entire pirate crew from harm.

"Run!" Fanxin shouted after they finished, and everyone started running. They first ran down the mountain, then ran to the edge of Twin Island. Finally, they started running along the edge of the islands.

The Twin Island are two islands of similar size and shape, connected by a wide and long bridge. It is not man-made, but a natural formation.

For added safety, they later reinforced it.

The two islands are the same shape and size, and are connected by a strong bone, making them look like twins. So, everyone named them Twin Island.

Fanxin and the others are now on the island to the left. At this moment, they are running along the edge of the island. Ren Fang and the others are following behind.

They were running, and many ordinary people saw them. When they realized that these people were the pirates who had recently occupied Twin Island, they were all stunned.

Everyone started discussing it, but Fanxin paid no attention and continued to lead the group, running quickly.

They've become a unique sight on Twin Island. People enjoy watching them run when they have free time. Some particularly enthusiastic individuals have even joined the running group.

Fanxin ran in the lead, maintaining a steady pace without slowing down.

Ren Fang, Langyue, Lin Haicheng, and Jesse can all keep up with the speed. However, the Su sisters cannot; their training time is too short, making it difficult for them to keep up.

Left with no other choice, everyone had to keep up with their pace; otherwise, the two of them would suffer greatly later. Having them with them made them feel a little better.

On the mountain peak, after washing up, Li Kecheng, Black Man, sat on a recliner and used his Observation Haki to monitor them. He could see everything Fanxin Xin and the others did.

He closed his eyes, did nothing, and simply sensed.

Soon after, the Little Black Cat arrived, bringing Li Kecheng several bowls of noodles, a dozen or so fried dough sticks, and a dozen or so steamed buns. Because it was too small to carry them all, it asked the robot to do it.

"Hey, old man, time to eat!" The Little Black Cat quickly came to Li Kecheng's side and called out loudly.

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Li Kecheng immediately opened his eyes. Then, without hesitation, he took the breakfast from the robot and began to eat.

"Why did you buy so much?" Li Kecheng asked, puzzled.

"I'm so small, I eat half of that. You're so big, do you have a smaller appetite than me?" the little black cat asked doubtfully.

It had a huge appetite; on the ship, it and Langyue were known as the two biggest gluttons. Calling them gluttons wasn't because they were useless, but because they ate an enormous amount of food. They consumed most of the food on the ship.

If that weren't the case, Fanxin and the others wouldn't need to go to buy food every ten days; going every twenty days would be fine.

"You can eat so much?" Li Kecheng was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, on the ship, I'm the biggest eater," the Little Black Cat said.

"Hehe, what a glutton! Come on, you help me with half. I can't eat this much, it's such a waste to throw it away," said Li Kecheng, the Black Man.

Upon hearing this, the Little Black Cat didn't stand on ceremony at all. It took two bowls of noodles, ten steamed buns, and eight fried dough sticks. Then, it sat down and began to eat.

Its eating manners were extremely unsightly; describing it as wolfing down its food wouldn't be an exaggeration.

"What abilities do you have?" Li Kecheng asked. He was planning to figure out the Little Black Cat's abilities and then train it in a focused manner. Targeted training often yields unexpected results.

"I'm a Devil Fruit user, Robot-Robot Fruit! I can create robots, I can create weapons, and I can even transform into a robot to fight," the Little Black Cat said. Its mouth was stuffed full, so its words were somewhat unclear.

However, the Little Black Cat wasn't afraid, because it had a robot by its side, which repeated the message to the Black Man Li Kecheng, on its behalf.

"Oh, the Robot-Robot Fruit?" Li Kecheng nodded slightly upon hearing this and said, "Your size is too small, so close combat is definitely not suitable for you. Therefore, I suggest you use group attack tactics in the future, utilizing swarms of robots in battle. This way, you can fully unleash your abilities."

"Yes, that's what I'm doing now," the Little Black Cat said. "As the commander, I control the robot warriors and send them into battle on my behalf."

Last time, on Banana Island, it did the same thing, hiding itself away. However, it secretly controlled everything. That way, even if it encountered a powerful being, it wouldn't be harmed. Damage to its robots wouldn't be a big deal; as long as it found steel, it could easily manufacture another batch.

"Okay, that's good. Of course, you also need to learn close combat. Otherwise, if someone targets this weakness, you'll be in trouble." Li Kecheng said, "Although you're small, you can assemble a huge body for yourself! You can control that body from inside it. I think you can also engage in close combat."

"Assemble a body?" Upon hearing this, the Little Black Cat blinked, seemingly understanding.

"Yes. This shouldn't be too difficult for you. You create a robot, then hide inside its body and control it to fight. I think you can do it," Li Kecheng nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, the Little Black Cat nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I understand. I will do that."

"Alright, eat quickly! Then, I'll have a good fight with you, show me all your skills, and let me see where you're strong and where you're weak," Li Kecheng nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, the Little Black Cat immediately sped up, lowering its head and devouring all the food on the table.

It patted its little belly, letting itself digest.

Then it began fighting against Black Man.

"Old man, I have a trick up my sleeve, you have to be careful. If you don't escape when it comes out, you'll die," the Little Black Cat warned.

Its signature move is a brown flame; anything touched by it is instantly reduced to nothing. It used this move to burn down several warships and pirate ships. Under its incineration, only lumps of composite metal remained of the vessels; the rest were completely destroyed.

If it had hit Li Kecheng, the Black Man, with this move, he might not have been able to escape danger.

"Hmph, kid, enough nonsense. Show me what you've got!" Black Man Li Kecheng said dismissively.

"You said it yourself, so don't blame me later." The Little Black Cat nodded and snapped.

Seeing Li Kecheng's confident demeanor, the Little Black Cat stopped holding back. It immediately summoned more than a dozen robots and launched a fierce attack on Li Kecheng.

Meanwhile, it wasn't idle either; it stood on a robot's shoulder and launched an attack on the Black Man Li Kecheng.

Both it and the robot use guns.

Soon after, gunshots rang out, echoing across the mountaintop.

However, faced with the Little Black Cat's frenzied attacks, Li Kecheng, the Black Man, did not dodge. Instead, he unleashed his domineering Haki to protect his entire body and stood there, letting the Little Black Cat hit him.

After attacking for five minutes, the Little Black Cat became frustrated when it saw that it had still not inflicted any damage on Li Kecheng.

Then, without further hesitation, it opened its mouth and spat out a wisp of brown flame, which eventually transformed into a ball of fire that rushed straight toward Li Kecheng.

Li Kecheng remained calm at first, but when the flames reached him, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately dodged away. He sensed danger emanating from the flames.

He dodged it, and the flames landed on the ground not far away. They didn't go out; they continued to burn fiercely, and under their heat, the ground shrank at a visible rate.

"Hey, put it out quickly, or this whole mountain will be burned down!" Li Kecheng shouted immediately.

The Little Black Cat nodded and immediately absorbed the flames into its body.

"What kind of move was that? Why was it so insane?" Li Kecheng asked. He was still shaken; if he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been in serious trouble.

"Hehe, this flame is incredibly powerful; it's an inherent ability. It can incinerate everything, and only the hardest things can survive its burning." The Little Black Cat looked at Li Kecheng and said, "If you hadn't dodged just now, your old bones would definitely have been burned to ashes."

It did not deceive Li Kecheng; it was the truth.

"Alright, don't use that trick again. It's too dangerous; you might hurt someone," Li Kecheng nodded and said.

He's fine; no matter how strong the attack, if it can't hit him, it's useless. However, there are too many ordinary people here. If this ball of flame falls down the mountain, that would be troublesome.

"Understood," the Little Black Cat nodded and said.

"Yes, your attacks are indeed very effective against those who haven't mastered Haki. However, they're useless against someone like me who has," Li Kecheng said. "Therefore, you must unleash the Haki you no matter what. That way, even I won't be able to ignore your existence."

"Haki? What's that?" the Little Black Cat asked, puzzled. Fanxin hadn't told it, so it didn't know what Haki was.

"Haki is a special kind of power that every living being possesses, but not everyone can unleash it. Many people spend their entire lives without being able to unleash it. However, everyone who does unleash it becomes quite famous," Li Kecheng said.

"Having mastered Haki, you'll not only become faster and more perceptive, but you can also Haki your weapons with it, enhancing their power. Your current weapons are just toys to me. However, if you master Haki, your weapons will become deadly weapons to me."

"Oh, how do we get it out?" the Little Black Cat asked curiously.

"Fighting, frenzied fighting, and also emotions—anger—can unleash the Haki within you," Li Kecheng said. "Right now, you're relying on others to fight, so from now on, you must fight on your own, understand?"

He's been there, so he knows how to Haki and learn Haki.

"Okay, I understand," said the Little Black Cat.

"Alright, now recall your robot and fight me yourself!" Li Kecheng said.

Upon hearing this, the Little Black Cat didn't hesitate at all and immediately put all the robots in front of it into its Mechanical Space.

The Little Black Cat took out a knife and began to fight Li Kecheng. The Little Black Cat was Xiaoling, appearing here and there in an instant, making it difficult to catch.

However, this was not difficult for Li Kecheng. He could catch it even without opening his eyes. Because he possessed Haki, he could clearly sense the Little Black Cat's tracks.

As soon as the Little Black Cat got close, he would slap it away, easily swatting Little Black Cat away.

However, Li Kecheng was very careful and didn't hit the Little Black Cat's body couldn't withstand too much force. If he hit it too hard, it might not be able to get out of bed for more than ten days, which would be a loss.

So, each time he only caused the Little Black Cat a little pain, nothing more.

He made the Little Black Cat feel a little pain, as if to tell it, "You're not good enough yet, I can hit you again."

The Little Black Cat fought Li Kecheng for nearly an hour until Fanxin and the others returned, at which point they stopped.

"How is it, senior? Is it alright?" Fanxin walked over with a grin and asked.

"Hmm, for a newcomer, it's not bad. Once it's on the high seas, it won't be easy for others to kill it." Li Kecheng nodded and said, "However, on the high seas, there are not only newcomers, but also many veterans. If its strength is too weak, it will be easily killed."

The world of One Piece is cruel. They won't give you any special treatment just because you're a newbie. If you encounter them and you're not strong enough, they'll trample on you if they want to.

Therefore, if you want to survive, you must become stronger; that's the hard truth.

"That makes sense." Fanxin pondered for a moment and said, "Senior, this isn't the place to train. Let's find another location!"

There were too many residents in this place, and he was worried that his attack might hurt them. These were innocent civilians, and he would feel guilty if he harmed them.

"Oh, do you have a training area?" Upon hearing this, Li Kecheng agreed that it made sense. This place was indeed not a good training area. However, he didn't have a better training area, so he had no choice but to train here.

"Yes, come with me!" Fanxin nodded and said.

After saying that, he asked Ren Fang to bring out the Valley Wolf Valley, and then chose a good place to put it there.

"Let's go inside!" Fanxin led Li Kecheng directly to the sixth floor.

He and Ren Fang were building the first few floors; they couldn't fight there, otherwise, all the places that had already been built would be completely Destruction.

Therefore, they had no choice but to go to the empty sixth floor. The sixth floor was vast and empty, with no end in sight. Here, they could fight without restraint.

"Yes, it looks small from the outside, but once you get inside, it's incredibly vast. It seems to be a space," Li Kecheng said.

"Yes, this is a strange pagoda. It looks small, but it's actually a series of miniature worlds inside." Fanxin nodded and said, "Let's train here from now on. Here, no matter what we do, it won't affect anyone else."

"Okay, then we'll train here from now on!" Upon hearing this, Li Kecheng, the Black Man, nodded slightly without objection.

"Senior, we've all finished the run. Please arrange the next training task!" Fanxin said.

Li Kecheng nodded and said, "Alright, from now on, we'll begin our sparring. All of you, come at me together. Your main practice will be on how to dodge my attacks. In battle, you can't just charge in blindly; dodging is also a fighting method. If you dodge, the one who suffers is the other. Because he used all his strength but didn't hurt you; he lost his stamina, while you preserved your stamina and protected your body. In the battle that follows, you'll have an extra fighting strength compared to your opponent."

"So, in the battle to come, you will need to learn how to dodge. I won't kill you, but I will injure you—not too badly, but enough to cause you pain. Do you all understand?"

"Understood," Fanxin and the others nodded and said.

"Alright, give it your all!" Li Kecheng shouted.

"Go!" Fanxin drew his twin swords and charged forward without saying a word.

He charged forward, and when he was two meters away from his opponent, he leaped into the air, landing above the opponent's head, and then slashed down. He was preparing to attack Li Kecheng's head.

Ren Fang took out her two pistols and launched a fierce attack on Li Kecheng.

Langyue, Lin Haicheng, Jesse, and the Su sisters were not idle either. They all used their best skills, and all the attacks from so many people were poured onto Li Kecheng.

However, just as the attacks were about to land on Li Kecheng suddenly disappeared and went somewhere else.

"Be careful, he's very fast. We can't just rely on our eyes to lock onto him; our eyes can't keep up with his pace at all," Fanxin immediately warned.

"Kid, you seem to know everything." Li Kecheng chuckled. He suddenly appeared beside Fanxin, grabbed one of Fanxin's legs, lifted him up, and slammed him to the ground. Fanxin made intimate contact with the ground. The ground was hard, and Fanxin was hit quite hard.

However, he didn't shout it out. He immediately stood up and began chasing after Li Kecheng.

But as he stood up, Li Kecheng launched an attack on someone else.

He was so fast that no one could react in time, and soon everyone was knocked to the ground.

However, although everyone was knocked down, they were not seriously injured; they only felt pain.

Fanxin Xin immediately rushed over and began fighting against Li Kecheng.

He slashed with his knife while launching a fierce attack with Diamond Spikes.

However, Li Kecheng taught him a lesson, making him understand what speed truly means.

All the attacks on his heart missed their mark; they didn't even touch the hem of Li Kecheng's clothes.

"Kid, luckily you ran into me first. If Akainu and those guys had stopped you, you'd definitely be dead. Your speed is too slow; that's your fatal weakness. It's okay if you can't beat your opponent, but you must be faster than them. Only then can you be invincible." Li Kecheng shouted, "To make you stronger, I won't hold back at all. Whatever the force of my attack, that's what I'll use. I won't show any mercy. You'd better bear it silently!"

After Li Kecheng finished speaking, he went behind Fanxin. Without saying a word, he threw a punch and smashed it into Fanxin's back, sending Fanxin flying.

He immediately followed up, launching another attack on Fanxin. His relentless assault gave Fanxin no chance to catch his breath. Not only that, Fanxin didn't even have a chance to retaliate.

"Go! Let's go help!" Ren Fang shouted.

She felt very sorry for him, although she understood that the old man did this to make Fanxin more powerful, so that he would have better ways to protect himself in the future.

However, Fanxin was her man now, and she didn't want to see Fanxin suffer such a great loss. So, she decided to go and help him.

"Understood, let's go." Everyone nodded and charged forward again to attack Li Kecheng.

Li Kecheng smiled slightly as he saw Ren Fang and the others attacking.

He did this intentionally, because he wanted to thoroughly enrage the Fanxin crew members. Only in this way would they exert all their strength and fully unleash the potential hidden within their bodies.

Nothing could provoke them more than the death of a comrade.

Therefore, he took drastic measures against Fanxin, hoping to provoke them with Fanxin's life.