Each After Three Years

Time always slipped away quietly before we even noticed!

Three years had passed. Ring Tree Island had not changed much, and the islanders still lived peacefully in their own ways.

Only their ages kept changing. Luo Han and Cole were both already thirteen.

Brother Rhine had also joined the Hunting Squad a year ago, and several injured uncles and older brothers had been added to Uncle Witt's side.

Ever since he had organized a method for cultivating manifested Psychokinesis, Luo Han had indeed felt his mind improving during his subsequent training.

It was a unique sensation, as though the Mind Fruit were guiding Luo Han to manifest Psychokinesis.

It was another day of Uncle Witt's special training. This time, Cole was the one training. It had nothing to do with Luo Han! Luo Han felt bitter.

On the first-floor plaza, Luo Han watched Uncle Witt and his son with the same rapt attention as everyone else. A fierce battle was underway.

The whistling airflow caused by their high-speed movements and the explosive bursts produced by their rapid blows rang out in turns, showing that the battle had reached an inhuman level.

Today was Cole's final special training session with Uncle Witt. Over the past three years, Uncle Witt had taught Cole all the Six Powers he had learned from the Marines.

And Cole's talent was truly monstrous. He had mastered all of them within a year.

So there was nothing left to teach him now.

What remained depended on Cole's own future training! Sparring further would not have much effect, and the Scale Fruit's modification ability had also finished its work over the past three years.

From now on, Cole only needed to gradually temper his body to grow stronger quickly.

Cole was now over three meters tall!

He was still very fat, like a mountain of flesh. Yet what was terrifying was precisely that physique—Cole's entire body was made of muscle, and he could control those muscles exceptionally well.

This gave Cole tremendous instantaneous burst speed. Combined with his extreme strength, only Uncle Witt and Uncle Kate could withstand his attacks.

Over the past few years, Uncle Kate had also often come down to guide Cole's training.

Watching Uncle Witt and Cole fight, Luo Han thought of his own past three years.

Sigh! Everyone else is improving!

Only Luo Han had achieved almost nothing in training over the last two years, aside from rapidly exhausting the Scale Fruit's modification ability.

Uncle Witt and Uncle Kate were speechless about this!

No matter what kind of Devil Fruit it was, there should at least have been some change! Yet with Luo Han, aside from the initial awakening of Observation Haki, there had been no further response. They had also seen Luo Han practicing some strange training methods.

But three years had passed without the slightest result. If Luo Han had not awakened Observation Haki at the start, proving that he could use the fruit's ability, they truly would not have believed he was suited for this Devil Fruit.

And now, they had begun to doubt whether Luo Han could properly develop this Paramecia Devil Fruit.

There was another matter that gave Uncle Witt and the others a headache.

That was Luo Han's height. It had stopped growing once he reached 1.8 meters. After the others had been modified by the Scale Fruit, their heights had all shot past 2.5 meters.

Luo Han had grown from 1.3 meters to 1.8 meters in one year, and then that was it. His height had become fixed.

Sigh! Uncle Witt and the others could only hope that Luo Han would quickly develop his own Devil Fruit ability.

However, Luo Han himself was actually quite satisfied with his height. Having come from Earth, he did not want to become that tall. Normal was fine.

Still, the Scale Fruit's modification ability left Luo Han somewhat disappointed. Its effects had not actually been that impressive. Though it had improved Luo Han's physical talent as well, his physical strength had not increased by much.

The only comforting thing was that Luo Han could almost sense the tiny seed of force formed by intent.

Thankfully, with Cole's help, I can carefully feel the instant that power travels through the fist upon impact—the process of physical strength transforming into invisible force.

Luo Han silently felt grateful to Cole!

Bang! With a thunderous sound, the battle ended.

Luo Han gathered his thoughts.

Seeing Cole and Uncle Witt stop, Luo Han walked over.

"Cole! You did very well. You must continue training diligently in the future. Don't waste your talent or that Devil Fruit." Uncle Witt looked proudly at Cole. He was quite satisfied with his son. As long as he maintained this rate of progress, he should be able to reach the level of a Marine Admiral someday!

"From now on, focus on cultivating your Devil Fruit ability."

Cole slowly steadied his breathing and replied, "Got it, Dad! Brother Han will help me!"

At those words, Uncle Witt looked at Luo Han with a complicated expression.

Uh! Luo Han felt a little awkward!

"Luo Han, no one can help you with your Devil Fruit ability. You can only develop it yourself." Uncle Witt had a headache as well. He had no solutions when it came to developing Devil Fruit abilities.

"As for combat techniques, we'll have to wait until a year from now, after you eat another Scale Fruit, and see whether your physical strength can keep up. Then I'll consider whether to teach you the Six Powers."

"Mm! I'll properly develop my Devil Fruit. I feel like I'm about to succeed!" Luo Han replied confidently.

"Really, Brother Han? That's great, haha!" Cole was delighted. He knew that Brother Han had been working hard to develop his ability for the past three years.

Luo Han said, "Really. When the time comes, I guarantee I'll make all of you gasp in surprise! Haha!"

Afterward, Uncle Witt went off to get busy. The other uncles on the plaza also began to disperse, leaving only Luo Han and Cole behind.

"Come on, Cole."

"Alright!"

Luo Han closed his eyes and stood beside Cole. Cole assumed his punching stance, clenched his fist, drew it back, then threw a punch.

An invisible wave of air burst forward in a cylindrical shape. The condensed force distorted the air along its path, forming a visible shockwave that shot ahead.

The instant Cole punched the air, it seemed as though the air had solidified, and the force erupted from within it.

Still the same! There was no way to sense what had made the air solidify!

"How was it, Brother Han?" Cole asked as he withdrew his fist.

"Still a little short, but I can feel it. It should be soon." Luo Han shook his head. "I'm just missing that one trigger."

After that, Cole would rest for a while, throw a punch for Luo Han to sense, then rest and punch again.

By now, Cole could launch this kind of attack repeatedly, thanks to the absurd recovery ability of a Zoan Devil Fruit.

This had basically extended Luo Han's sensory training time until the sun sank into the sea.

After sensing another one of Cole's strikes, the sun was nearly below the horizon. Luo Han and Cole ended their training and headed home.

They no longer needed to carry Rainbow Light Fish, since they were useless for the modification now. Luo Han had stopped eating Rainbow Light Fish two years ago.

Cole, on the other hand, had only stopped in the past few days!

When they returned home, Grandma Mo had already finished cooking.

As their training sessions grew longer during this period, Grandma Mo had been the one making dinner every evening. Luo Han only had to eat when he got back.

When she saw Luo Han return!

"Did you make any progress today, little Luo Han?" Grandma Mo asked as usual.

"I did. Every day, hehehe!" Luo Han said with a grin.

Then he happily finished dinner with Grandma Mo.