Coach, I Want to Learn This!

"Hmm!?"

At that moment, Zephyr, who was observing Luo Yi from afar while standing inside the coated tunnel, noticed that something was wrong.

Luo Yi's body, which had originally been slightly bent under the pressure of the water, was slowly beginning to straighten.

Then

Under Zephyr's astonished gaze, Luo Yi's figure gradually straightened.

"Clang!" "Clang!"

From within his bones came one explosive sound after another, as if metal were being struck.

Then

Zephyr saw Luo Yi gently raise his hand and wave at him.

Zephyr naturally knew how much strength it took to make such a simple gesture five thousand meters beneath the sea.

"Luo Yi, your body..."

Even this former admiral, who had seen and experienced so much, could not help looking toward Luo Yi, his eyes flashing sharply.

His voice was filled with unconcealed shock.

Recently, he had been studying Luo Yi's training reports. He believed he understood Luo Yi's physical condition even better than Luo Yi himself.

But without a doubt, Luo Yi had once again shattered his understanding.

"Mm."

Luo Yi nodded without hesitation. "I think I've adapted, Teacher Zephyr."

Once there was a first time, there would be a second.

Last time, he had already planted the idea in Zephyr's mind that "Loi Amos is a monstrous genius with extraordinary talent."

So now, he naturally did not need to come up with any unnecessary explanations. That would only make things seem more suspicious.

And that was indeed the case.

"You've adapted?"

Although Zephyr's expression became visibly solemn after hearing Luo Yi's words, he still did not doubt him. Luo Yi was in the sea right now, so Zephyr certainly did not believe he was an Ability User.

So.

"This kind of physique is simply unheard of!"

Zephyr shook his head in amazement.

"Teacher Zephyr, I don't like hearing you say that."

Luo Yi immediately objected righteously.

"What do you mean, 'physique'? I didn't become stronger entirely because of my physique. My own genuine hard work played a part too, all right?"

"Hard work."

Zephyr rolled his eyes at Luo Yi.

Although he had been busy lately, he still knew what Luo Yi had been doing at the base—lazily drinking cola every day. It had absolutely nothing to do with hard work.

Still, he did not say anything more. He merely asked, "Are you sure you've adapted? Don't force yourself. Whether it's your bones, muscles, or internal organs, you must tell me if you feel even the slightest discomfort."

He would rather slow down the pace of the training than let Luo Yi, his only current successor, get injured.

"Of course."

Luo Yi nodded and smiled. "I'm sure. They're all very healthy."

And precisely as he said this,

if Zephyr could see through his body, he would certainly have discovered it.

Whether it was the bones and internal organs inside Luo Yi's body or his immensely powerful muscles strengthened by the Wind God Dragon, Great Buddha Fruit, and Strong-Strong Fruit,

they all now carried a metallic sheen like steel.

In Luo Yi's eyes, the Light Screen clearly displayed the truth of everything happening at that moment.

[Fruit Slot·4: Empty → Slicing-Slicing Fruit LV3]

[Slicing-Slicing Fruit]

[Fruit Effect—Can transform any part of the body into a blade and harden it]

[Effects by level]

[LV1: Gains a weak Fruit Effect, slightly strengthening the body's defensive power and hardness]

[LV2: Gains part of the Fruit Effect. Can transform the body into blades and strengthen defensive power. Hardness is strengthened to "rough iron." Requires 60 million/20 million Belly for permanent/temporary unlocking]

[LV3: Gains the complete Fruit Effect. Can transform the body into blades and strengthen defensive power. Hardness is strengthened to "steel." Requires 300 million/100 million Belly for permanent/temporary unlocking]

[LV4: Deep Fruit development. Allows blades formed from the body to rotate and deform. Body hardness is strengthened to "refined steel," greatly increasing the body's hardness and sharpness. Requires 1 billion/300 million Belly for permanent/temporary unlocking]

[LV5: Fruit Awakening Cutting. Can control everything in the surrounding environment to transform it into blades that slash enemies. Sharpness is sufficient to cut through mountains. The body's hardness increases to "alloy." Requires 6 billion/2 billion Belly for permanent/temporary unlocking]

That was right.

Luo Yi had now equipped the Slicing-Slicing Fruit in his fourth Fruit Slot.

He had planned the enhancement of this fruit long ago.

"The Slicing-Slicing Fruit can't exactly be called an especially powerful Paramecia Fruit. In terms of the diversity of its ability, it's even inferior to the Weapon Fruit."

"But its ability to strengthen the body's hardness is extremely practical. And as long as I don't transform my body into blades, it's almost impossible for anyone to notice."

Luo Yi understood this fruit's advantages very clearly—it was practical and cheap, truly offering excellent value for money.

According to Luo Yi's plans, his next clone would use this fruit.

He simply had not expected that before his next clone could use the thing, he would end up using it here first.

"Hmm."

After confirming that Luo Yi really had completely adapted to the water pressure at a depth of five thousand meters,

Zephyr sighed inwardly once more and stopped hesitating.

"Since you've adapted."

Armament Haki began winding around Zephyr's body.

The pitch-black Haki completely enveloped him, making him look as though he had merged with the dark sea.

Then Zephyr leaped forward, passing straight through the coated tunnel and entering the deep sea.

"Follow me."

Zephyr waved, then led Luo Yi deeper into the sea.

There was only silence in the deep sea.

Even after equipping the Slicing-Slicing Fruit, his body's defensive power was sufficient to withstand the water pressure, but swimming through this darkness was still somewhat difficult for Luo Yi.

"He's really strong..."

Looking at Zephyr ahead of him, his entire body wrapped in Armament Haki and seemingly moving without the slightest effort, Luo Yi could not help sighing inwardly once more.

But at that very moment,

"Hmm!?"

Luo Yi's heart suddenly jolted.

Because he could clearly sense the changes around him.

"The resistance of the seawater has increased?"

"No... That's not right."

He murmured inwardly, but soon reached the correct conclusion.

"It's the seawater ahead—the water is strange!"

Just as he reached that conclusion, he also heard Zephyr's voice.

"They're here."

They were here?

What was here?

A natural sense of puzzlement arose in Luo Yi's heart.

But in the next second, the sight before him made his pupils contract sharply.

At that moment, within the already sufficiently deep and dark sea,

one enormous black silhouette after another appeared.

The silhouettes were so massive that they practically stretched across the entire deep sea.

They had long, slender bodies, seemingly enormous "giant snakes" beyond imagination.

Each one extended so far that its end could not be seen. Even their thickness was as large as a mountain.

Across their "bodies," Luo Yi could see specks of light scattered like scales.

Using that faint light, Luo Yi saw what those "giant snakes" really were.

They were ocean currents!

Those "scales" were deep-sea luminous creatures and mineral fragments, while the enormous bodies were the paths of the ocean currents.

And so, Luo Yi realized what this thing was.

"Marine Giant Gyre?"

Just as mentioned earlier, Luo Yi was currently in the deep sea beneath Marineford Island.

As everyone knew, Marineford, Enies Lobby, and Impel Down formed a "triangle" across the sea, guarded by three Gates of Justice.

The three Gates of Justice remained closed year-round, forming a place known as the "Sea of Justice."

Within this unique sea region flowed the largest known undersea current in the Grand Line.

Its name was the Marine Giant Gyre.

It existed in this sea region, preventing almost every ship apart from those belonging to the World Government and the Marines from crossing it. They could only spin around within it.

"That's right!"

Zephyr spoke in a low voice.

"It's the Black Snake—a part of the Marine Giant Gyre that exists beneath Marineford."

"Old man."

Even speaking was somewhat difficult for Luo Yi now.

"You're not going to tell me that this so-called 'formal training' is..."

"That's right. Resisting the pressure of the deep sea is only the beginning. What you truly have to face is these Black Snakes—and then defeat them!"

Zephyr's words were clear and powerful.

Luo Yi's response was very simple.

"This old man is insane!"

He had known that none of these old Marine veterans were pushovers.

Zephyr even had the nerve to say that Garp's training method of smashing a mountain apart with his fists was "reckless." Was enduring an undersea current with one's body really any less reckless?

No—could something like this actually be possible?

But at that moment, as if he could hear Luo Yi's doubts,

"Luo Yi, watch carefully!"

Zephyr's aura suddenly changed.

Luo Yi could see it clearly.

The pitch-black Armament Haki covering Zephyr seemed to become tangible at that moment.

That incomparably mighty Armament Haki began flowing continuously, as if it were alive.

Luo Yi naturally knew that this was Ryuo—the highest application of Armament Haki.

But what Zephyr was using now was clearly not ordinary Ryuo.

Luo Yi could see Zephyr's feet, waist, and legs, as well as his bulging, knotted muscles.

Every muscle and bone in his body flowed continuously along with the movement of the Ryuo.

It was not only his skin. Even the blood flowing through his body and his veins seemed to have been dyed black by Haki.

It was as if his entire body was frantically cooperating with the Ryuo, changing and squeezing out the limits of its potential.

Watching this scene, Luo Yi widened his eyes.

"Temper the entire body and unleash its potential."

"So this is..."

Then Zephyr's actions confirmed Luo Yi's guess.

There were no flashy techniques or unnecessary movements.

Zephyr merely clenched his only left fist and punched the Black Snake before him!

"Black Body Flow Secret Technique: Mountain Collapse!"

"Vmmm—"

And so, Luo Yi saw something astonishing.

The instant Zephyr threw his punch, an unprecedentedly terrifying shock wave erupted.

The seawater in the deep sea was violently split in two by that enormous Haki.

A massive hole hundreds of meters in diameter instantly appeared in the huge, seemingly unstoppable Black Snake of an ocean current.

That was right.

That enormous undersea current had actually been severed by Zephyr's punch!

Luo Yi was practically dumbstruck.

Then, only one thought naturally remained in his mind.

Coach, I want to learn this!

Since the recent plot had been transitional, the author would speed up the update schedule. There would be three updates today.

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