On the sixth day, after Cole devoured the thirtieth Large Sea King of the day, his body finally began its lengthy evolution.
Everyone sat on protruding rocks in the distance, watching Cole from afar. He had already remained in this state for half a day, far longer than the previous time on the ship!
They continued waiting until the sun had fully sunk beneath the sea. Only then did Cole's physical evolution finally end.
The moment it ended, Luo Han hurried over to Cole and asked, "How was it, Cole?"
"Pretty good! Look, Brother Han." Cole smiled, then spread his arms straight out to either side. A layer of something invisible, like flowing water, began to emerge around his entire body.
"What is this?" Luo Han was startled. It looked somewhat like his Psychic Armament Mode, yet it truly resembled constantly flowing water, as though even the space around it were flowing along with it.
With that thought, Luo Han formed a guess, but he could not be sure. It was simply too astonishing. His expression turned grave as he looked at Cole.
Cole smiled and waved a hand. Space rippled like water, and an invisible wave slid across his arm.
"This evolution didn't just strengthen my body. More importantly, I gained a new ability. It feels as though all of space has turned into water, and I can swim through it, like this!"
Cole took a step forward, and his entire body seemed to enter another space, vanishing before Luo Han's eyes.
"Uh! Is this an ability like Takk's—traveling through the void?"
Luo Han looked around, but he could not see where Cole had emerged. Nor could he sense him with his Divine Sense.
"Where's Cole? How did he suddenly disappear?"
By then, Whitebeard and the others had come