Battle Summary

At night, the bright moon hung high in the sky, like a round disk glowing white!

From White Island, two black spots—one large and one small—could even be seen on that disk.

The two black spots, one large and one small, were also looking down at White Island.

"Cole! From up here, White Island looks like a circle that's been sliced through the middle."

Luo Han looked at the round White Island below, with a dark ravine cutting across its center, and marveled at the wonders of nature.

"Yeah! It really does!" Cole said.

Sure enough, some scenery could only be seen from high above.

That's right! Those two black spots, one large and one small, were Luo Han and Cole.

That night, Luo Han had pulled Cole into the sky above White Island for a brief post-battle review.

The battle with Zephyr had also made Luo Han see his own shortcomings clearly.

Sigh! To be honest, Luo Han was a little discouraged today.

His battle with Zephyr had ended in a complete defeat for both Luo Han and Cole.

If they had continued fighting to the death, Luo Han and Cole would definitely have been the ones to die.

Speaking of which, Luo Han was annoyed too! He didn't know whether everyone in the World of Pirates was like this.

They seemed to grow during battle with ridiculous ease!

It had been the same with Zephyr. At first, Luo Han could still use Psychokinesis to interfere with Zephyr, working with Cole to suppress him for a while.

But afterward, Zephyr gradually got used to Luo Han's Psychokinesis attacks!

He began using Luo Han's Psychokinesis as acceleration while fighting Cole.

It made Cole extremely uncomfortable, and he got beaten badly.

As for Zephyr! Near the end, he had even evaded Luo Han's Psychokinesis attacks in advance several times.

That had truly shocked Luo Han! Even now, he still couldn't figure out how Zephyr had dodged his Psychokinesis attacks.

That was why Luo Han had called Cole over at night, to analyze their battle with Zephyr.

"Cole, let's fly a little higher. We don't want to disturb the people on White Island below later," Luo Han said.

"Okay!"

Naturally, Cole had no objections.

The two of them then flew up another stretch, reaching roughly eight thousand meters above the island!

"Cole, your Armament Haki is more condensed now, right?"

Luo Han looked at Cole. After getting thrashed by Zephyr, he should have gained quite a bit.

"I really do feel like my Haki has become much stronger, Brother Han."

Cole looked at the black Haki gathered over his hand. It seemed a little smoother than before.

"Let's fight directly, Cole. You'll feel it more deeply that way," Luo Han said.

"Alright! Come on, Brother Han," Cole replied.

With Mind Movement, Psychokinesis merged into his body. He carefully felt the increase in this power, as though every cell had been fitted with a tiny electric motor.

Luo Han felt his entire body brimming with power and couldn't help swinging his fists! Even his fists seemed to have grown heavier.

Here I come, Cole! Luo Han fixed his eyes on Cole!

He threw a punch at Cole, who likewise punched toward Luo Han.

Clang! Cole's Haki-condensed fist collided with Luo Han's equally condensed Psychokinesis fist.

An explosive boom from the high-speed impact rang through the air, accompanied by invisible shockwaves spreading in every direction.

After a brief contest of strength, Luo Han felt a stabbing pain in his fist.

Bang! The two retreated a hundred meters each!

After carefully sensing Cole's current attack, Luo Han once again felt the shortcomings of his Psychokinesis.

Compared to Cole's condensed Haki, Luo Han's Psychokinesis was not condensed enough, and its defense was not strong enough.

And since it could not form directly inside the human body, its attack power dropped by an entire level.

Luo Han felt that the most formidable aspect of Armament Haki was not its defense, but its ability to seize hold of Logia users' flowing bodies, allowing it to attack and inflict damage.

Therefore, offense was the most terrifying aspect of Armament Haki.

In contrast, Luo Han's Psychokinesis attacks basically acted directly upon the surface of a person's body, or gathered in one place to form fists and the like for attacks.

There was a problem with this. When Psychokinesis acted directly upon the surface of a person's body, it was like gravity pressing down on them; it could not produce explosive attacks.

Yet it also could not act inside the body like gravity did, thereby causing damage.

This was another shortcoming of Psychokinesis that Luo Han had discovered later: it could not directly attack the insides of living creatures.

Perhaps it had something to do with how Luo Han had originally developed his Psychokinesis!

Luo Han's Psychokinesis came from communicating with the Telekinesis World through his mind and thereby affecting reality. There was an intermediary involved.

It was not an attack directly produced by Luo Han's Mind Fruit ability.

Although activating Psychokinesis through the Telekinesis World, that intermediary, meant Luo Han did not need to expend much stamina and could use Psychokinesis for extended periods,

there seemed to be some sort of magnetic field within living beings that prevented Psychokinesis from forming, causing Luo Han's Psychokinesis to only form outside their bodies.

The issue now was to improve the condensation of his Psychokinesis. To do that, he could only fight battle after battle.

Let's go again! Luo Han charged toward Cole once more!

The battle began anew!

Clang! Clang! Luo Han and Cole's collisions created rings of shockwaves in the air.

As time passed, Luo Han felt his Psychokinesis growing slightly more condensed and solid.

It seemed that Haki was very effective at tempering Psychokinesis!

Clang! After another collision, Luo Han called for Cole to stop.

"Cole, let's go down and fight next!" Luo Han said. "We can't use Haki properly in the air."

"Okay, Brother Han," Cole replied.

The two then landed on the other side of the island, the side without a town.

Bang! Bang! Luo Han and Cole landed at the same time.

Luo Han dispersed his Psychokinesis and covered his entire body in Armament Haki.

Alright! This was another awkward point for Luo Han.

Because Armament Haki and Psychokinesis were incompatible, when Luo Han wrapped his entire body in Psychokinesis to fly, he could cover himself in Armament Haki, but it could only be beneath the Psychokinesis wrapping.

When fighting like that, it was actually the Psychokinesis taking the attacks, so it could not temper his Haki.

That was why Luo Han could only come down to the ground!

"Let's clash head-on, Cole!" Luo Han said.

Since he wanted to temper his Haki, head-on clashes were the best training.

Clang! Another huge sound rang out, sending sand and stones flying all around.

Invisible red lightning flashed between the large and small black fists.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Just as they had in the air, Luo Han and Cole continued trading punches.

There was no technique involved. They simply went at each other head-on!

But before long, Luo Han could no longer take it.

It hurt like hell! After another exchanged punch, Luo Han blew heavily on his reddened fist.

Luo Han's Haki was still far too weak. It seemed Haki had to clash with stronger Haki in order to improve quickly.

Zephyr really was a good person! Luo Han sighed inwardly.

"You okay, Brother Han?"

Cole walked over and lowered his head to look at Luo Han's reddened fist.

"I'll use less strength next time, Brother Han," Cole said.

"Ha! No need! Besides, it's because your Haki is stronger than mine. It has nothing to do with how strong you are."

Luo Han repeatedly said there was no need! Still, Cole's Haki truly had become much stronger.

Do I need to go head-to-head with Zephyr too? Hmm! No! My body has only gained strength and speed. My defense isn't as strong as Cole's.

If Luo Han had fought Zephyr before, he definitely would not have been able to withstand Zephyr's Haki attacks.

I should think of another way to grow stronger!

Maybe... I can do this!

"Cole, use your Armament Haki again and let me sense it."

Luo Han spoke to Cole.

"Again? Brother Han, your hands are still red!" Cole said awkwardly.

Uh! Luo Han quietly tucked both hands behind his back.

"We're not fighting. Just use your Armament Haki, and let me carefully examine it with Divine Sense," Luo Han said.

Oh, so that was it! Once Cole understood, he was relieved. He would not have to hurt Brother Han again.

"Then sense it, Brother Han!"

Cole covered his entire body in Armament Haki. In an instant, a ten-meter black giant appeared before Luo Han.

An invisible pressure enveloped Luo Han. He had not expected Cole, fully covered in Armament Haki, to give off such an immense oppressive feeling.

I just looked through the contract by myself, and there was a lot I didn't understand. Sigh! It's hard to put into words. For now, I'm considering not signing it and finding a job to support myself. But don't worry, I'll keep writing according to my outline until the story is complete. I'll still try to update twice a day.