Training Devil Fruit Lightning Stone

Teach used Haki to resist the Lightning, weakening its power, and slowly controlled it until the Lightning's power was reduced to what Teach could withstand. Teach's chest heaved continuously as he unleashed the Thunder Breathing Technique, generating electricity within his body. The generation of these currents consumed Teach's stamina. These currents then merged and collided with the Lightning, which had already been weakened by Haki.

Even the weakened Lightning was no match for the currents generated by Teach. The effect was like an egg hitting a rock, with a massive difference in quality, let alone the power far exceeding that of the currents Teach produced.

Lightning was also a form of energy. Teach used Life Return to digest the Lightning's energy bit by bit. Intense pain shot through Teach's brain. Compared to his strong muscles, his internal organs were extremely fragile. Even though Teach had been constantly tempering his Physique with electricity, especially his vital organs like his lungs and heart.

However, facing even more powerful Lightning, Teach's body couldn't help but tremble. In this environment, a head of slightly curly black hair floated in mid-air due to static electricity. Blood began to flow from Teach's mouth and nose.

Teach felt a serious sense of lingering fear; it was too dangerous. He quickly used Life Return to recover his slightly injured body. If he hadn't drunk the Monkey King Wine given to him by Monkey King Kakarot earlier, which had slightly improved his physical strength, he would have been seriously injured this time.

Teach strengthened his Armament Haki, further weakening the Lightning's power, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Teach was using the Lightning to temper his body while simultaneously using Life Return to refine the Lightning's energy. Sometimes, Teach truly marveled at the person who created the technique of Life Return. In Teach's heart, Life Return held the same status as the Three Types of Haki.

Because of Life Return, ordinary people could surpass talented individuals. Of course, without talent, one couldn't learn Life Return, nor could they master it to a deeper level.

In Teach's eyes, the secret to the enduring strength of Marine Hero Garp lay in Life Return, and he was the only one who had mastered Life Return to its extreme, able to keep his body in peak condition for extended periods.

Digesting the Lightning's energy promoted the improvement of the quality and intensity of the currents within Teach's body. At the same time, currents were constantly generated within Teach's body, confronting and merging with the external Lightning. Teach's body seemed to have transformed into a battlefield at this moment, a battlefield of currents and Lightning. The Lightning, having been further weakened, was no longer as overwhelming to the currents generated within Teach.

The currents were struggling to hold on, while the Lightning was endless. However, it was visible that the currents generated by Teach were slowly strengthening. His body was refining the mysterious energy within the Lightning, replenishing himself, allowing his body to withstand stronger Lightning and adapt more to the power of Lightning.

This was a physique that the Sand Tribe people on Thunder God Island had developed through continuous evolution over hundreds of years. Teach, using Life Return, achieved such results in a short period through a more effective method. Teach wasn't simply digesting; his Minute Observation Haki was constantly distributing and controlling this energy to integrate into Teach's body.

Thus, a day passed. Teach sat in meditation for the entire day. Teach could clearly feel that his resistance to Lightning had increased, and the currents he generated had also become much stronger. In Teach's mind, his currents reaching ten million volts was the limit, which was enough for him. To improve further, he would need to use other means.

Special environments gave rise to special creatures. The ferocious beasts on Thunder God Island all possessed strong resistance to Lightning.

Now, a powerful cheetah had its sights set on Teach, who was still meditating. Fortunately, it became Teach's food. After a day, Teach had almost gotten used to this intensity of Lightning and no longer needed to meditate. He could venture deeper, facing stronger Lightning for training, as this Lightning could temper Teach's Haki.

Teach ventured deeper, and the Lightning grew stronger. Teach finally understood why he attracted so much Lightning. He used Observation Haki and Life Return for fine-tuning, altering his life's magnetic field. It wasn't to avoid the Lightning strikes, but to make them fall more intensely. The Lightning descending from the sky connected to Teach's body, and powerful Lightning continuously poured into him.

Meanwhile, Teach continuously consumed Haki to resist, increasing the efficiency of this intense training. Upon reaching the interior of Thunder God Island, the magnetic field there was extremely strong. Teach felt his body become much lighter, but it wasn't so. It was the effect of the magnetic field. Some small sand and stones were still floating in mid-air.

The interior of Thunder God Island was very desolate, with exposed rocks everywhere. Only a few trees that could withstand Lightning, also known as lightning-struck wood, were present. The surface of the lightning-struck wood was scorched black from being struck by Lightning. They appeared dead, but Teach felt a strong life force emanating from within them.

In the air, around those stones, Teach could see arcs of electricity constantly flashing. Those silver and blue arcs. With Teach's arrival, the Lightning connecting to the sky from his body, and his own magnetic field, instantly affected the magnetic field that had remained almost unchanged for years in this area. Some sand and stones fell, while in another place, sand and stones rose from the ground.

Since he was here, Teach naturally wanted to see Thunder God Peak on Thunder God Island. Through Observation Haki, Teach had already located Thunder God Peak. The location of Thunder God Peak was also very obvious. Even in the dense fog, a huge shadow could be seen, and that was Thunder God Peak. Such a tall peak was rare even in the entire New World.

As he got closer, Teach had to change his magnetic field again, slowing down the rate of Lightning strikes. As the Lightning's power increased, Teach needed to adapt to such powerful Lightning again, stabilizing the conflict between the currents within his body and the Lightning.

Teach was not Kaido. Kaido possessed immense vitality. More importantly, he was a Mythical Zoan: Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon user. The dragon's greatest strength wasn't controlling wind and rain, but the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon. It possessed the strongest adaptability, able to adapt to any harsh environment and survive, and adapt. This allowed Kaido to develop powerful immunity, capable of resisting most kinds of attacks, especially the damage from Heavenly Calamity Devil Fruits.

He finally arrived. It was a peak that seemed to have no end, as if the mountain connected heaven and earth. However, Teach could clearly feel that the land was extremely hard, tempered by Lightning over thousands of years, not even weaker than steel.

Thunder God Peak was extremely steep, with an angle close to 90 degrees to the ground. Teach also sensed many powerful creatures. He had encountered many on the way, but they dared not approach, scared by the continuous Lightning strikes from above Teach's head. But upon reaching the central area like Thunder God Peak, the Lightning was even more powerful and denser. No other creatures would dare to approach this area.

At this moment, Teach's Observation Haki detected something different. On Thunder God Peak, Teach discovered a Devil Fruit and a special energy fluctuation. It wasn't surprising to find a Devil Fruit in such a rarely visited place. Many Devil Fruits were hidden on unknown islands that few people visited, or they fell into the sea with ships during sea battles.

However, this special energy fluctuation was somewhat strange. Teach was very curious. He exerted force with his feet and leaped onto Thunder God Peak. He continuously jumped over the places where he could land. The Devil Fruit was halfway up Thunder God Peak, and that peculiar energy was near the summit.

The thunderclouds on Thunder God Island were very close to the ground, only five thousand meters away. Compared to the ten thousand meters high sky of Skypiea, it was nothing. Thunder God Peak was also only slightly over five thousand meters high. Teach's body continuously flew upwards. Each jump would ascend seven or eight meters. Five minutes later, Teach successfully reached the halfway point of Thunder God Peak.

On the steep cliff, in a crevice halfway up the mountain, grew a Devil Fruit. It was a blue, peach-like Devil Fruit. Teach had initially guessed it might be golden. A Devil Fruit grown in such an environment would likely have powers related to Lightning, possibly a Mythical Zoan related to Lightning.

Teach couldn't help but chuckle self-deprecatingly. He had gotten ahead of himself. Even if there was one, it would have been picked long ago. How could it be his turn? Over the years, many strong individuals had come to this island to train, and reaching Thunder God Peak was normal. Finding a Devil Fruit was already very fortunate. However, Teach didn't know what power this Devil Fruit had and needed to find time to look it up.

He put the Devil Fruit away. Including this one, Teach now had six Devil Fruits. One was an Ancient Zoan, the Night Blood Bat. One was a Paramecia, the Bounce Fruit, prepared for a future companion. Two were top-tier Zoans found on Marine warships: the Mantis Fruit and the Emperor Crocodile Fruit. There was also an unknown Zoan Devil Fruit, which was an item of trade between that Tiger King and Snake King. Teach guessed it was a snake-related ability. And then there was this newly acquired Devil Fruit.

Including the two he had already invested and given away, and the three he gave to Kaido, Teach had obtained eleven Devil Fruits. Teach felt that he had already prepared Devil Fruits for his future companions. He had consciously collected Devil Fruits, and combined with his developed Minute Observation Haki, once a fruit similar in shape to a Devil Fruit appeared within the range of his Observation Haki, Teach would immediately discover it.

Like the Teach in the original story, who solely pursued the Dark-Dark Fruit and disdained other abilities. Within Whitebeard's Pirates, there were naturally many Devil Fruits with excellent abilities. Coupled with his reading of the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, obtaining Devil Fruits was easy for him, yet he didn't take them.

He was different. He had long decided to leave the Whitebeard Pirates and consciously collected powerful abilities to prepare for his future voyages and companions. This did not mean he had given up on the fated ability. He believed it would come into his hands. If someone else ate it, he would kill that person and wait for the fruit to be reborn.

Teach continued to advance upwards. The thunderclouds in the sky grew closer. The closer he got, the more he could feel the vast and terrifying energy with his Observation Haki. Many years ago, Kaido of the Beasts had come here and trained for half a year. Teach knew this. At that time, Kaido must have been training within these thunderclouds, Teach thought. However, Teach dared not go to such a terrifying place now. The power of Lightning was too terrifying. Teach didn't know if his Haki could withstand it.

Continuously approaching the thunderclouds, Teach finally reached his destination, directly below the thunderclouds. Powerful and terrifying Lightning power raged across the head of Thunder God Peak. Teach felt that energy, hidden within the rocks. It was a type of stone that had been in this place for a long time, and these stones had transformed, nurturing a stone containing the power of Lightning. It contained powerful Lightning power, not electricity.

Upon close contact, Teach could feel it was a powerful Lightning force. Haki wrapped around his hand, and Teach formed a claw with one hand, fiercely clawing at the rock. With immense strength, Teach's claws directly sank in, piercing the hard rock. Cracks appeared where Teach attacked. Pulling his hand out, the shattered rock fell directly from a height of thousands of meters. Teach's gaze, however, was fixed on a small piece of exposed golden gem.

It was a gem containing powerful Lightning power, though not comparable to natural Lightning, around twenty to thirty million volts. He took it down and held it tightly in his hand.

Unknowingly, Teach unleashed the Thunder Breathing Technique. His stamina was consumed, generating powerful currents within his body, which in turn activated the Lightning power within this Lightning Stone, drawing it out. It couldn't fuse with his own currents, but he could use his currents to guide the Lightning power to wrap around his arm, enhancing the power of his attacks and reducing his stamina consumption.

After leaving, he could also use the Lightning power from this Lightning Stone to temper his body and strengthen his currents. In a short time, Teach had thought of so many ways to use it. It was perfect, as he wanted to strengthen his famous sword, "Thunderclap."

Although Thunderclap was a famous sword and could better utilize Lightning power, its hardness was inferior to Purgatory. Moreover, Teach didn't know how to maintain it, so the blade was slightly damaged. However, being a natural top-quality material, the Lightning power it contained could easily allow the user to unleash Lightning strikes.

This type of stone was extremely hard and inconvenient to carry around all the time. Teach wanted to find someone to forge a gauntlet using this Lightning Stone so he could use it anytime in battle. This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for Teach, greatly enhancing his Lightning power. His demonic claws and flames could use Haki as fuel, but Haki had a lower effect on Lightning because the currents were very unstable. Flames, though formless, could be covered by him.

Through Observation Haki, Teach could see many Lightning Stones within the summit of Thunder God Peak. For Teach, this was more than enough. This piece, about the size of a fist, was collected by Teach. He put away the piece in his hand and took three or four more. It was more than enough for Thunderclap.

Moreover, Teach had tested it. The consumption of Lightning power from the Lightning Stone was very low. It could also be replenished using the currents generated by his body or the natural Lightning. This way, Teach wouldn't have to change it frequently.

Next, Teach cultivated on Thunder God Peak. Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. Teach's strength had improved slightly, both his Physique and Haki had increased a little. It was a small amount, but it made Teach very happy. More importantly, the intensity of the currents Teach could generate had greatly improved, reaching about seven to eight million volts.

This training was now complete. Teach still had to travel back to the small town on the outskirts of the island. Because he controlled his own magnetic field, no Lightning struck him. He didn't want to turn into a monkey like before.

He found the inn where Mobius and the others were staying, and the result was quite satisfactory. Mobius and Wos were both training diligently. Pito was also training, though not as intensely. Teach didn't mind, as she was a rare talented individual who learned everything quickly. Teach didn't demand that she train hard.

Two months had passed in the blink of an eye. The remaining journey would pass through three more islands, each with a kingdom. This pace was much faster than Teach's original plan of three months. Finally, they would reach their final destination, Wano Country.

Although two months was short, compared to life on the Moby Dick, it was much longer and more exciting. He had also gained a group of future companions. The seeds had been sown, and when they sprouted in the future, they would shock the world.