An Honest Meeting

Luo Ze opened his Swordmaster System.

A transparent blue panel appeared before Luo Ze, clearly displaying his current physical condition.

Host: Luo Ze

Sword: Ordinary Iron Sword

Swordsmanship: 550

Strength: 150

Agility: 50

Haki {Observation Haki}: Not Learned

Haki {Armament Haki}: Not Learned

Haki {Conqueror's Haki}: Not Yet Awakened

Precise numbers appeared one after another on the blue panel as the system's mechanical voice sounded beside Luo Ze's ear.

Seeing the improvement in his stats, Luo Ze felt rather satisfied. These seven days of frenzied training had greatly enhanced his strength. Although his swordsmanship had not improved, his strength had increased considerably, soaring directly from 50 to 150—three times what it had been before. His agility had also improved significantly, rising by a full 50 points.

Luo Ze walked over to the gravity machine, pressed its switch with one hand, and directly turned off the doubled gravity in the training room.

Beep beep beep.

As the button was pressed, a series of beeps sounded. Soon, the red lights in the training room returned to their normal white, and the oppressive gravity disappeared along with them.

As the gravity changed, Luo Ze immediately felt a wave of relief. He had spent seven days in the training room under double gravity, and his body had largely adapted to it. Now that the gravity had returned to normal, he felt as light as a feather.

Luo Ze felt as though he had cast off several blocks of lead tied to his body. His entire body was incomparably relaxed.

"Shave!"

Luo Ze suddenly let out a low shout, followed by a strange burst of sound. Only an afterimage remained where he stood, while his body had shifted ten steps away.

"After increasing my agility, my speed has become faster, and the distance I can move with Shave has increased as well."

Luo Ze muttered with some satisfaction. He could feel that his speed was much faster than it had been seven days ago. After all, seven days earlier, his Shave could only move him seven or eight steps at most.

But now, he could instantly shift ten steps.

"Let's test my strength as well. It's increased threefold—far stronger than before."

Luo Ze muttered to himself again. Then he clenched his right fist, veins bulging across it, and viciously punched at the air in front of him.

Bang! Bang!

Luo Ze's fist struck the air. Although it hit no solid object, the force behind it was incredibly fierce. It actually produced a sonic boom in the air, and even the air he struck seemed to distort slightly.

"Haha, good!" Luo Ze laughed in satisfaction. He was extremely pleased with the power of that punch. Hand-to-hand combat had always been one of Luo Ze's weaknesses. In past battles, he had always relied on his formidable swordsmanship and swift speed to instantly kill his enemies, because he knew that his close-combat ability was too weak. If he fought an enemy for too long and was hit, he would quickly suffer serious injuries.

But things were different now. Luo Ze's strength had increased threefold. Although it was still somewhat lacking compared to his swordsmanship and agility, it should no longer be much weaker than that of an ordinary Marine Commodore. Therefore, even against enemies who favored protracted battles, Luo Ze now had the ability to wear them down.

However, based on Luo Ze's estimation, his current strength should still be at the Commodore level.

He had killed people at the Colonel level more than once.

Whether they were renowned pirates of the South Blue or Yate, the Colonel of a Marine branch, they had been no better than pigs and dogs before Luo Ze.

It had already been easy for Luo Ze to kill them before. Now that his strength had increased once more, it would naturally be even easier.

Therefore, Luo Ze's strength was definitely above the Colonel level.

But he had once sparred with Rear Admiral Luca. Although they had only exchanged a few simple moves, Luo Ze knew very clearly that there was still some gap between himself and Luca. Thus, he placed his strength below the Rear Admiral level.

Above Colonel and below Rear Admiral, there was only one rank: Commodore. That was why Luo Ze had always considered himself to be at the Commodore stage.

Of course, the strength of Commodores varied greatly as well. Ten different Commodores could display vastly different levels of strength under different circumstances. An estimate was only an estimate. To know exactly how strong he was, Luo Ze would have to personally find a Commodore and test himself against one.

Thus, Luo Ze did not dwell on the matter too much.

"It's time to head out."

Luo Ze withdrew the system panel and slowly rose from the ground.

He had trained painstakingly in this training room for seven days, so it was about time to go outside and rest. Cultivation was important, but proper relaxation was necessary too. Training without pause could continuously increase one's strength, but it also made it easy to hit a bottleneck. If he exhausted his body to the point of developing problems, the gains would not be worth the losses.

Besides, Luo Ze had not bathed for seven days. He was filthy all over, sticky, and reeked of sweat.

"I should take a bath."

Luo Ze had not noticed it while training, but once he stopped, he quickly caught the strange odor coming from his body. The smell was truly too foul; even Luo Ze found it somewhat unbearable.

He picked up the clothes he had tossed into the corner seven days ago and quickly headed outside.

Before going to the bathroom, Luo Ze had the kitchen robot prepare breakfast for him first, then made his way to the bathroom.

"Where did that woman go?"

When he reached the bathroom entrance, Luo Ze asked in confusion.

He had wandered around the Ghost Sword for quite a while just now, yet he had not seen Monya anywhere. This left him rather puzzled. Where had that idle woman run off to?

But the thought came and went quickly. Monya had already programmed the Ghost Sword to reach Boke Village. Under those circumstances, even if Monya vanished from the face of the earth, it seemed it would not affect Luo Ze in any way.

Thinking of it that way, Luo Ze no longer cared. He stripped off his clothes, revealing his sturdy body, and slowly walked into the bathroom.

Creak!

Luo Ze pushed open the wooden bathroom door with one hand, and the scene inside quickly came into view.

He had to admit, the old craftsman's workmanship was indeed excellent. Even the bathroom had been designed with impressive detail, looking just like a high-end hot spring.

However, what puzzled Luo Ze was why the bathroom was so warm and filled with white steam so early in the morning.

It was probably some kind of setup arranged by the old craftsman.

That was what Luo Ze thought.

He continued forward.

But before he had taken more than a few steps, a woman's figure slowly emerged from the hazy mist.

Luo Ze and that figure both froze on the spot!