Their Respective Struggles and Efforts!

"Mahapadma!"

Suddenly, Esdeath's loud shout drew Imu's attention.

At this moment, a pale blue wave swept out, enveloping the entire open space in a semi-circular area.

This also caused the grass that was still swaying in the aftermath of the battle, the ice that had been splashed into the air and even the gusts of air to freeze instantly.

Historia, however, seemed to have been prepared, her entire body already protected by the Hardening Armament Haki.

However, this only prevented her from completely losing her ability to move, but any movement was still incredibly slow; only her mind could still operate at high speed.

"Good."

Imu looked at the surface of the space less than a meter in front of him and gave it a thumbs up.

This means that Esdeath has gained control over the area of 'Mahapadma', something she couldn't do before joining the World Government.

Now, she has not only improved her ability to use 'Mahapadma', but also increased the duration and number of times she can use it.

Before.

Esdeath's 'Mahapadma' used to last less than two seconds, but now it lasts for more than ten seconds, and the frequency of use has increased from Heavenly One to three times a day.

All of this is thanks to the various resources Imu provided her.

Cell Enhancement Serum, training in dual-color Haki, training in gravity fields, training in Natural Energy, and the enhancement of the Mythical Zoan Zoan -Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Kirin form.

This allowed Esdeath to catch up with Historia in strength in just about a year.

Do not underestimate Historia.

This Eldians queen possessed the power of the nine Titans, coupled with the support of Cell Enhancement Serum and rigorous Physical Arts training.

Her physique, physical fitness, and Physical Arts skills have long reached the level of a current Vice Admiral in the military.

In terms of Haki, he was introduced to the world earlier Esdeath.

And let's not forget that Historia is backed by Ymir, a two-thousand-year-old vengeful spirit with 'simulator-level' Future Sight abilities.

Ymir only needs to lend a little help to let Historia see every move and technique Esdeath is bound to make.

This is essentially an enhanced version of Observation Haki the Future Sight.

Imu didn't believe Ymir would ignore Historia.

Really.

Historia, who was inside the 'Mahapadma' space, moved rather slowly.

But she was able to miraculously block every sword thrust from Esdeath with the long spear that gleamed with a Darkshine, and survived the long ten seconds without any serious injury.

This caused Esdeath to stop moving after creating some distance, staring at Historia with a serious expression.

This was the third time they had sparred with each other.

Every time, she was overwhelmed by his extraordinary ability to anticipate her moves. No matter what method she used to launch an attack, Historia was always able to prepare in advance.

This put her in an invincible position.

Certainly.

Esdeath knew that if her strength far surpassed that of her opponent, even if the opponent could predict her movements, they would be powerless to resist.

This is also what she is currently anxious about.

Because recently she has begun to feel a slowdown in the rate at which her strength is improving.

Imu explained that the period of benefit from the Cell Enhancement Serum and the Kirin Fruit has passed, and the rate of power increase will return to normal.

The problem is that his current strength is only between Vice Admiral and general. He can barely be considered a general, but he is still far from being Admiral.

Therefore, in order to accelerate her improvement in strength, Esdeath asked Historia to spar with her.

It's not that I haven't considered finding someone else.

For example, those Giant God Soldiers, and the CIPHER POL masters on the Ark —but now that she's the Empress, who else would dare to fight her?

Therefore, she only has two options: Imu and Historia.

Imu is busy here, he doesn't have time to play with her for half a day, so in the end it's only Historia.

Fortunately, Historia also wanted to improve her strength.

She agreed to Esdeath's request without much difficulty, only on the condition that Esdeath also play tennis with her.

Regarding this situation...

Imu is happy to see this happen. Putting aside everything else, it's pleasing to the eye, and there's something to watch every day, which is great.

On the other side.

Also located on the fifth floor of this Noah, but on the large training ground outside the harem, Doflamingo was also fighting a difficult battle.

His opponents are the 'Fire Giant' Surtr and the 'Frost Giant' Utgard.

Despite his current disheveled appearance, Doflamingo's strength at this moment is already comparable to his appearance twenty years later in the original story.

Delegating to the military means being considered Vice Admiral to general, or what is known as an elite Vice Admiral.

Don't underestimate their strength.

Many Vice Admiral in the military today possess the advanced Haki skills of Future Sight and Internal Destruction.

Life Return has become a standard ability that everyone values, and thanks to the teachings of Muzan Kibutsuji and the reference of the Teigu World's Imperial Fist Temple, the application of Life Return is now stronger than before.

Manipulating hair into dense needles, controlling the temporary displacement of body muscles and internal organs, and quickly stopping bleeding and healing injuries have become basic operations.

Thanks to the presence of the Swordmaster Hall, their Swordsmanship has also improved noticeably.

Not to mention, recently there has been something called gravity field training, which is far more effective in improving physical fitness than traditional training methods.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that the physical fitness and Physical Arts of military officers will definitely improve significantly in the future.

With such Haki, one will naturally become stronger as well.

After all, the pain caused by a gravitational field is all-encompassing, including the test of willpower!

So, Doflamingo is already very strong.

However, his opponents were two Giants who could also enjoy the gravitational field, Life Return, Rokushiki and other resources, and who had eaten Logia Devil Fruit!

Add to that their Haki and golden armor, and none of them are people Doflamingo could easily defeat.

But now he can actually fight two against one and still hold on.

That's amazing.

However, Imu's 'requirement' for him was that he must defeat three opponents at once, which was actually telling him that he could only go out and take on important responsibilities when he had the fighting strength of Admiral.

Actually...

Imu previously stated that he could clear the level through consecutive challenges, and the claim of taking on three opponents at once was just a casual remark; he simply said he would be happier if he could do it.

But Doflamingo made it his sole objective without hesitation.

So this guy is definitely someone special!

[Whoosh!]

After glancing at Esdeath and Doflamingo's battle, Imu instantly teleported to the third floor of the Star-Pressure Palace.

After all, everyone below is working so hard, so as the boss, he can't slack off either.

He recently figured something out.

"Although I am Imu, I am not the Imu of the past, but the Imu of the present. The way of the sword is the path of the former Imu, not mine."

"Compared to that, I know very clearly in my heart that I prefer this style of fighting."

Amidst the murmurs, Imu opened his palm, within which a cloud of white mist spun rapidly before quickly spreading out to form a pale blue semi-circular space resembling 'Mahapadma'.

The next moment.

The gravity spotlights and Flashy Flash emitters on the ceiling started up.