As Long as There Is Light, He Does Not Die! Three Days to Comprehend Haki, A Terrifying Existence That Made Garp Pale!

A group of people scrambled and crawled toward the depths of the woods.

They had barely run a few hundred meters.

"BOOM!!!"

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar echoed out.

The entire Mount Colubo shook three times.

Countless birds and beasts flew up in fright.

Dust and smoke soared into the sky, blocking out the sun.

The huge shockwave snapped all the surrounding trees in half.

Garp used his back to block the flying gravel and shockwave.

When the commotion finally subsided.

Garp dropped Ace and Dadan, and charged into the smoke and dust.

The clearing in front of the wooden cabin was gone.

In its place was a huge crater tens of meters in diameter.

At the bottom of the crater.

Kahn lay sprawled out in a sprawling-eagle shape.

The clothes on his body had long since burned away.

His skin was glowing red, radiating heat.

Some places even showed charred, black cracks.

He looked utterly gruesome.

Garp's heart skipped a beat.

He jumped into the crater.

With trembling hands, he reached out and placed them under Kahn's nose.

Was he out of breath?

Garp's face turned pale.

Just as he was about to prepare artificial respiration or chest compressions.

Kahn's chest suddenly heaved violently.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

A foul breath was expelled.

Kahn opened his eyes.

The whites of his eyes were covered in bloodshot veins.

But he was awake.

The midday sunlight pierced through the smoke and dust, shining down to the bottom of the crater.

It illuminated his tattered and ruined body.

A miraculous scene occurred.

That charred skin began to peel off.

New, tender pink granulation tissue grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The redness and swelling receded.

His breathing grew steady.

It was just like a plant undergoing photosynthesis.

As long as there was light, he did not die.

Garp withdrew his hand and sat down flat on the ground.

You scared the hell out of me.

"You damned brat, are you trying to commit suicide?"

Garp wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and cursed loudly.

Kahn lay at the bottom of the crater, looking up at the sky covered by smoke and dust overhead.

Though he was in a wretched state.

He smiled.

He smiled very happily.

"Old man, the scenery up there..."

"Is really damn pretty."

Garp raised his fist, wanting to hit someone.

But looking at Kahn's miserable state, he lowered his fist again.

"Pretty my foot!"

"Go courting death again next time, and this old man will break your legs first!"

Kahn felt his body rapidly repairing itself.

This courting of death wasn't without its rewards.

He had touched the limit.

The atmosphere was his current shackle.

To break this shackle, relying solely on his current physical strength wasn't enough.

He still needed to train.

He still needed to sunbathe.

He still needed to grow stronger.

"Grandpa..."

A small head poked out from the edge of the crater.

Ace lay on the rim, looking down at Kahn at the bottom of the crater.

His gaze was complicated.

There was worry, shock, and more than anything, an indescribable astonishment.

Falling from such a high place.

And he actually didn't die.

He could even smile.

Was this the gap between him and Kahn?

"Kahn, are you alright?"

Ace shouted.

Kahn propped himself up and sat.

The injuries on his body were already mostly healed.

It was just a bit chilly without clothes to wear.

"I'm fine."

"I'm just a little hungry."

Kahn stood up.

Except for his hair being burned into curls, he looked completely fine.

The Dadan Family also gathered around at this moment.

Looking at that huge crater, and then looking at the bouncing Kahn.

Dadan rolled her eyes and passed out cold on the spot.

This life was impossible to go on living.

They raised a monster at home, and he even fell from the sky.

Could this wooden cabin still be saved?

That same night.

For once, Garp didn't force them to train.

He sat by the campfire, watching Kahn wolf down his food.

His gaze was deep.

This kid's physique could no longer be explained by common sense.

He had to teach him Haki as soon as possible.

Especially Armament Haki.

If he didn't learn to control and defend himself, this kid would sooner or later play himself to death.

"Kahn."

Garp tossed away the bone in his hand.

"Starting tomorrow, flying is no longer allowed."

"Before this old man nods, if you dare to lift both feet off the ground, this old man will tie you to Seastone and sink you in the ocean."

His tone was very serious.

He wasn't joking.

Kahn swallowed the meat in his mouth.

He nodded.

"Alright."

He also knew this time was a bit too hasty.

At the current stage, the ground was indeed better suited for him to build his foundation.

"Then teach me Haki."

Kahn looked at Garp.

"I want to learn that trick that turns the body black."

Garp grinned.

"Want to learn?"

"Then get ready to shed a layer of skin."

"Ace, you join in too."

Ace was gnawing on a bone and raised his head upon hearing this.

"I can learn too?"

"Nonsense, do you want to eat Kahn's dust from behind for the rest of your life?"

Ace tossed the bone aside.

The fire in his eyes reignited.

"Who wants to eat dust!"

"I will definitely surpass him!"

Kahn didn't speak.

He just silently added a piece of firewood to the bonfire.

Surpass me?

That's going to be a bit difficult.

After all, my cheat is hanging up in the sky.

As long as the sun doesn't go out.

I have no finish line.

However...

Kahn touched his chest.

The memory of that suffocating pain was still fresh.

One day.

I will fly out of this sky.

And go see the true sea of stars.

Even Mary Geoise, where the Celestial Dragons live.

At that time, it will be nothing more than a lump of mud beneath my feet.

Days slipped away amid fists and sweat.

Garp didn't go back on his word.

The gates of hell for Haki cultivation opened for two three-and-a-half-year-old children.

Armament Haki.

It sounded very mystical.

In reality, it just meant putting that invisible willpower onto the body like wearing clothes.

But these clothes weren't easy to wear.

Especially for Kahn.

His physical body was too strong.

So strong that it seemed to produce a natural repulsion to this energy originating from the spiritual level.

It was like trying to forcefully brush a layer of paint onto an indestructible steel plate.

It wouldn't stick.

"Idiots!"

Garp smashed a punch onto Kahn's forehead.

He didn't hold back.

This punch used Advanced Armament Haki: Ryuo.

The force directly penetrated Kahn's hard outer skin and exploded inside his head.

Kahn grimaced in pain.

His brain was buzzing.

That pain wasn't a physical tearing.

It felt like the soul had been given a hammer blow.

"Don't use your muscles to resist!"

Garp's loud voice made leaves flutter everywhere.

"Use your spirit!"

"Imagine your willpower is even harder than your bones!"

Kahn rubbed his head and sat cross-legged on the ground.

The sunlight spilled over his body, quickly repairing the dizziness caused by the concussion.

He was a cheater, that's true.

Land that didn't mean he was omniscient and omnipotent.

Reading manga in his past life was one thing, but practicing it himself was another.

Ace next to him was even more miserable.

He had been beaten black and blue by Garp, lying on the ground panting like a pig's head.

He didn't cry.

His gaze remained as fierce as a little wolf cub's.

"Again!"

Ace wobbled to his feet.

He grabbed a wooden stick in his hand.

He tried to wrap that faint sense of energy around the wooden stick.

As a result, the wooden stick snapped with a crack.

Garp picked his nose.

"Still too green."

"But this ruthless streak is passable."

Kahn closed his eyes.

He stopped trying to figure out how to mobilize his muscles.

Instead, he went to feel his emotions.

Anger, desire, protection.

Or perhaps... arrogance.

As a transmigrator, as an existence possessing the Superman Template.

He was arrogant to his core.

He looked at the powerhouses of this world the way he would look at a bunch of monkeys that hadn't fully evolved.

This condescending mindset was also a form of Haki.

Black aura.

Extremely faint.

Like a wispy smoke about to be extinguished.

It wrapped around Kahn's fingertips.

Even if only for a split second.

That truly was Armament Haki.

Garp's finger, which had been picking his nose, froze.

His pupils shrank slightly.

Three days.

This brat only took three days to touch the threshold.

This talent was simply enviable.

"That's enough."

Garp stood up and patted the dust off his backside.

"Let's practice up to here for today."

Ace looked utterly unwilling.

"I can still train!"

"Train my foot."

Garp kicked Ace over with a single blow.

"Haste makes waste."

"Besides, the weather is changing."

Garp looked up at the sea.

The East Blue, which had been clear and cloudless just a moment ago, suddenly churned with massive dark clouds.

The wind direction changed.

It was no longer that warm breeze carrying a salty, fishy scent.

Instead, it was a chilly, damp, oppressive gale.

Kahn also opened his eyes.

His Super-Hearing caught some unusual sounds.

That was the sound of sails being torn apart by the violent wind.

There was also the dull echo of waves crashing against some huge wooden structure.

It wasn't a merchant ship.

Nor was it a warship.

That heartbeat.

There was only one person's heartbeat on the ship that was exceptionally strong.

It was so strong that it felt like a battle drum.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Even separated by several kilometers, Kahn still felt his eardrums vibrating.

A powerhouse.

He was definitely a powerhouse standing at the very apex of this world.

The playful smile vanished from Garp's face.

It was replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.

He straightened the collar of his Justice coat.

"You two, stay here and don't move."

"Dadan!"

Garp roared.

Dadan, who had been peeking from inside the wooden house, jumped in fright and scrambled out in a panic.

"Here! Vice Admiral Garp!"

"Watch them."

With that said, Garp's figure flickered.

He disappeared on the spot.

He didn't use Geppo.

It was simply Flash Step.

His speed was so fast that even Kahn's dynamic vision could only catch a blur.

Ace climbed up from the ground.

He looked in the direction where Garp had disappeared.

"What's wrong with that old man?"

"I've never seen him this serious."

Kahn stood up.

He patted the dust off his body.

"Let's go take a look."