Discussing Training with the Navy

Teach ignored the stunned Moria, "In your Moonlight Pirates, apart from your decent strength, there are no other executives who can stand alone. A pirate crew can't be sustained by the strength of just one person. Otherwise, even if you conquered territory, you wouldn't be able to hold onto it."

"In my opinion, Whitebeard could defeat your Moonlight Pirates with just one division. Your crew is too weak; in the New World, they would only be cannon fodder, and even cannon fodder might be stronger than them."

"If you rashly challenge those top-tier Great Pirate, I can already foresee the outcome for you. You might survive on your own, but your entire crew will be wiped out, with only one or two possibly surviving if you're lucky."

Teach paused as he spoke, then raised his glass, tilted his head back, and downed the glass in one gulp to moisten his throat.

"I'm not saying all this to discourage you, but just to tell you that the idea of fighting your way to the New World, defeating the top Great Pirate, replacing them, and then defeating other pirates to become the Pirate King is just a pipe dream."

"Which Great Pirate in the New World hasn't developed their own power and cultivated their territory for over a decade?"

"What you need to do right now isn't to challenge the Great Pirate, but to improve your own strength and train your own subordinates. The best way is to first occupy a territory after arriving in the New World, develop it for a few years. The environment of the New World is the best for training people; it will weed out the weak and useless, leaving behind the true elites."

After saying that, Teach stood up and walked outside.

Moria remained motionless, sitting there blankly, seemingly still immersed in Teach's words, his mind replaying Teach's speech as if trying to etch them into his brain.

After a long while, Moria raised his head and burst into laughter, "Hehehehe! This world is so big!"

Moria finally understood what Teach wanted to do and why, despite possessing such immense power, he hadn't ventured into the Grand Line and come to the West Blue.

Teach is still accumulating strength, enhancing his own power and that of his pirate crew, and recruiting powerful allies. Thinking of the powerful officers around Teach, he seems incredibly foolish compared to Teach, lacking any planning whatsoever.

Even without Teach's words, he had already foreseen his ultimate fate. Just as Teach had said, his entire pirate crew was almost completely wiped out, which was something he couldn't accept.

Moria was a very caring person towards his crew, so he had a large number of pirates following him. Unfortunately, these crew members were too weak and could not establish themselves in most of the New World; they were just cannon fodder. If they rashly challenged Great Pirate in the New World, they would really be wiped out.

Teach walked out of the tavern and headed towards the port. Teach had given the crew half a day; it was still early, but time was running out. Teach couldn't wait any longer for news about the Kraken Kingdom and the Dark-Dark Fruit.

If I'm not mistaken, the situation within the Kraken Kingdom is on the verge of exploding at any moment, but it can hold out for a long time. However, the Great Pirate Era brings chaos, which is also the era of the Revolutionary Army's expansion and development.

If the Revolutionary Army wanted to destroy a country, the Kraken Kingdom would undoubtedly be the easiest.

If this is true, the Dark-Dark Fruit will flow into the sea after the destruction of the Kraken Kingdom, and it should be safe until then. This period could be a dozen years or several years.

Teach didn't want to wait any longer. To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, he had to go to the Kraken Kingdom, whether it was true or not. If he could obtain it easily, all the better; if not, then the fate of the kingdom was already sealed.

Ordinary training is ineffective now; he needs more intense training. If he had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, that would be ideal, as he could use lightning to temper his body. Although he can currently utilize lightning, he has no control over it. The power of lightning is too violent; while it has some effect, its efficiency is very low.

However, Teach was used to it. When he returned to the port, there were dozens of corpses piled up in front of the Night Pirates' ship. These were the thieves who had tried to sneak onto the ship after Teach and his crew left.

With Gari and the others on the ship, the thieves met a very cruel end; several of their corpses were reduced to mere body parts, dismembered directly.

This was undoubtedly Gari's doing. Every time he made a move, he treated his enemies as prey, and the corpses of those he killed were almost never kept intact.

Gari has gradually earned the nickname "Bloody Hunter," but the bounty has not yet been updated; it should change in the next update.

Thousands of meters below the surface, Teach held his breath, seemingly unaffected by his surroundings. The more he used this miraculous ability to Life Return its true form, the more Teach felt its boundless potential.

Now Teach's appearance has changed. On both sides of his face, a pair of gill-like things have grown, allowing Teach to breathe underwater. Although the conversion efficiency is not as good as that of real fish gills, Teach has studied them, but he does not fully understand fish tissue.

But that's enough; in fact, it can have a greater training effect on Teach.

The immense water pressure surrounding Teach's body, coupled with the unpredictable currents on the seabed, would temper his body and enhance his stamina.

This is a shortcut to becoming stronger, but the pressure of the water flow is too great and can cause considerable damage to the body. Once the body can no longer withstand it, what awaits Teach is the merciless compression and swallowing by the seawater.

Teach only recently started training underwater because of the reduced efficiency of regular training, and also because he was confident in his abilities. He could breathe underwater, so he wasn't worried about any unexpected events.

Teach's body swayed slightly, like a fish, to relieve the pressure on his body. Human organs are very fragile, even those of people in this world. Teach's lightning-forged body had trained his internal organs, but under the powerful water pressure, there were still some subtle tears.

Teach's underwater training was more about training his internal organs; otherwise, he could have gone much deeper into the ocean.

He used his Life Return to recover from his injuries, but he also bled slightly, with blood trickling from his mouth and into the sea.

This dangerous sea is teeming with underwater hunters, and the scent of blood quickly draws them in.

One by one, they set their sights on Teach, opened their sharp mouths, and charged at him like Teach.

The training has only just begun. Teach's muscles are tense, Teach fists clenched, gathering strength. Facing a sea monster tens of meters long charging towards him, he explodes in an instant.

Despite the pressure of the seawater, it swam swiftly, appearing on the sea monster's head, and delivered a punch directly to its head.

Boom!

The powerful force stirred the ocean currents, startling the small fish into scattering in all directions. At the same time, hunters arrived one after another. The dangerous aura made these weak fish feel the crisis and they had to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.

One of the sea creatures was knocked unconscious, its head caved in, and its body slumped helplessly into the seabed.

"Not enough, keep going." Teach couldn't help but laugh, his fists turning into claws, and in an instant, he grabbed to both sides, unleashing ten sharp Teach. The seawater was split open in an instant, forming a vacuum zone, which was then swallowed up by the seawater in the next moment.

These ten slashes stretched for a full hundred meters before being swallowed up by the pressure of the seawater. However, wherever they passed, fish were killed and cut in half, and blood mist spread in all directions.

More and more ferocious sea creatures were attracted. In the four seas, Sea King few, and most of them gathered in the Calm Belt or the Grand Line.

While the body undergoes physical training, it also involves the practice of martial arts techniques, including claw techniques, kicking techniques, and punching techniques.

Even from the surface of the sea, one could feel the ocean trembling slightly. Beneath the sea, columns of air pierced through the water, piercing the body of a sea beast. Teach punched a sea beast, sending it flying a hundred meters away. He turned and his fist transformed into a claw, instantly tearing apart a giant sea beast attacking from behind, splitting its massive body in two.

"Is the captain starting again?" Although the sea was making little noise, Wallace could sense that this wasn't the first time. He was even a little envious, but unfortunately, he couldn't do it. He felt weak all over as soon as he touched the seawater and couldn't even move.

However, this weakness is being trained and overcome. A lot of money was spent on a pair of handcuffs mixed with Seastone. Although they are useful to people with abilities, they will not completely lose their ability to move.

"Hmm, it will take a long time to open. It should be up by the time we are about to set off," Gari said calmly.

"Gari, the full moon is just two days away, isn't it?" Garl seemed to have thought of something and looked at Gari with a smile.

"Hmm, I feel it should be soon, but I still don't have a clue how to do it the way the captain said." Gari nodded.

As a warrior race, the Mink Tribe awakens their dormant wildness when they see the full moon, transforming into a ferocious, pure white form with their fur swelling and turning completely white. This form is also known as the Moon Lion Form.

This form, while increasing the Mink Tribe's fighting power, is also extremely dangerous. If left uncontrolled, it can lead to a frenzied battle until exhaustion and death.

In the past, Gari would suppress this power during the full moon, or simply avoid looking at the full moon.

Now, Teach has given Gari a goal: to master the ability to transform. This is divided into two stages. The first stage is to remain completely rational during the transformation, which is achievable. Mature warriors in the Mink Tribe can control the Sulong transformation.

As for Gari, once he loses his mind, he will be beaten up by Teach until he is knocked unconscious. Sometimes, other members have to work together to deal with Gari. Gari is too strong after transforming, and they need to work together to deal with him.

While it's impossible to remain completely calm during constant transformations, it's okay to maintain one's rationality and control oneself freely.

The second stage is about freely controlling the Sulong transformation. The Mink Tribe's transformation requires an important medium, which is the full moon, to awaken the power dormant in their bloodline.

This requires Gari to work hard on how to transform at will without relying on the full moon. Teach also pointed him in the right direction, telling him to feel the power in his bloodline through continuous transformations, until he could activate it on his own.

This is extremely difficult, so we can use other methods as a transition first, namely, Life Return, which can be used to activate the power in the bloodline.

Life Return free control of the body, any part of it. As long as consciousness is infused into it, any place can be freely controlled. As long as Gari uses consciousness to awaken the power in his bloodline, he can completely replace the full moon.

This is entirely achievable, and it's the direction Gari is striving for. However, he hasn't mastered Life Return yet, but he'll be close. With Teach's guidance, it won't be long before he learns Life Return.

The pile of corpses in front of them told those who didn't know better that the Night Pirates was not something they could target.

Moria emerged from the tavern, neither arrogant nor foolish. He had figured out what to do next. "Hehehehehe! Let's go, my little ones, to the Grand Line!"

Moria laughed loudly at his subordinates, and the crew cheered. The Grand Line, how enviable it was, that was the place pirates should go.

Countless pirate predecessors have already reached the Grand Line, and now it's their turn. As members of the Moonlight Pirates, they are very confident because their captain is Gecko Moria.

Before becoming a pirate, Moria was a famous lone wolf in the West Blue. Even then, he was already known as a hero of the West Blue. Around the time of Roger's execution, he formed the Moonlight Pirates. Along their journey, no navy or other pirate crew could stop them.

Moria's goal remained unchanged, but he had a new plan for the process.

Meanwhile, on an island near Reverse Mountain in the first half of the Grand Line, a message was sent out. "Vice Admiral, we've received news of the Night Pirates."

A massive, top-class warship was docked at the shore. A marine ran up to Brom, holding a document, and handed it to Vice Admiral Brom.

Vice Admiral Brom has already reached the New World, but he only brought one warship. Chasing a pirate crew and taking away too much manpower would make resupply difficult. He had already disobeyed orders from headquarters, so one warship would have been enough. He left the rest in the East Blue to guard it.

"They didn't come to the Grand Line, but went to the West Blue?" This surprised Brom. In Brom's eyes, the Night Pirates were already very strong, and there was no point in them staying in the East Blue. After escaping from the East Blue, they actually went to the West Blue.

"However, no matter where you run, I will not let you go." Brom muttered through gritted teeth, crushing the document in his hand into dust.

Standing up, he said, "Let's go to the West Blue." The steel behemoth quickly began to move, sailing towards the West Blue.

Teach hadn't expected the Marine Vice Admiral to chase him all the way out of the East China Sea, but he didn't care.