Ultra-Wide-Range Observation Haki! [Please Keep Reading!]

"Pfft..."

To his surprise, Whiteman did not believe a word he said and scoffed:

"Hahahaha... You said Devil Fruit? A Logia? And you flew back? Kana, are you dreaming in broad daylight? What kind of bullshit are you trying to feed me? Believe it or not, I'll smack you!"

"You think I've never seen a Logia Devil Fruit before? Let me tell you, back then, there was a Devil Fruit right in front of me, and I still resisted eating it!"

Whiteman bragged smugly.

"Uh, Colonel, are you sure it wasn't because that Devil Fruit was a treasure Meladas Kingdom had submitted to the World Government, so you didn't eat it?"

Kana mercilessly exposed Whiteman's boast. Instantly embarrassed and enraged, he snapped, "You've got the biggest mouth here. Just tell me, did I eat it or not?!"

"...If you put it that way, then no, you really didn't." Kana was speechless.

Then Kana changed the subject and added, "But just because you didn't eat one doesn't mean Xia Luo is like you. Not only did he fly back just now, but his body can also turn into elements. If you don't believe me, ask the others."

"Xia Luo, was Kana telling the truth? It wasn't some daytime dream?" Whiteman asked skeptically, turning his gaze toward Xia Luo.

Xia Luo grinned. "Lieutenant Colonel Kana is right. I ate the Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit. I'm a Lightning Man now."

"Huh?" (Confused Black guy meme face)

"What did you say? Say that again. What did you eat?" Whiteman would rather believe he had misheard than accept what Xia Luo had said.

Xia Luo had gone out on vacation, and somehow he had eaten the legendary Rumble-Rumble Fruit?!

How was that possible?!!

Impossible. Absolutely impossible!

Too lazy to explain further, Xia Luo raised his hand and unleashed a Thirty Million Volt Thunder Bird.

In an instant, the shrill cries of a thousand birds rang across the entire area!

Before everyone's horrified eyes, the massive Thunder Bird flapped its wings and flew straight toward a barren mountain several hundred meters away.

Boom!

Amid the deafening explosion, the upper half of the barren mountain collapsed with a thunderous crash, turning into a heap of rubble that rained down in all directions.

Everyone's jaws hit the floor, and their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!

Holy shit!

Whiteman stood frozen in place, his gaze vacant. So I was the only one bullshitting, while this kid was for real?

What kind of goddamn luck was that? Did you really go on vacation?!

At that moment, Whiteman truly did not know how to describe Xia Luo. Having talent was one thing, but his luck was absurd too. Were ordinary people supposed to just give up living?

All the good fortune went to geniuses like you. Ordinary people like us might as well bash our heads into a block of tofu and die. So annoying!

After waiting for a while,

Whiteman was still lost in thought, so Xia Luo could not help calling out to him. "Colonel, please wake up. Can you hear me?"

"Ah, what did you just say? I didn't catch it." Whiteman looked dazed.

"I said, a few years ago, you promised to find me a teacher. How did that turn out?"

"Oh, oh, you're talking about that."

Speaking of it, Whiteman felt a little ashamed. Zephyr had clearly promised him that he would contact him once he finished his work, yet four years had passed without a word.

Fortunately, some good news had finally come from Marine Headquarters recently, so Whiteman said to Xia Luo:

"Soon, soon. I've vaguely heard some rumors lately that Headquarters is about to make a big move. They say it has something to do with recruits, but nothing's certain yet. Once it is, I'll notify you immediately. In any case, it's good news!"

Xia Luo's eyes lit up at those words.

Sure enough, the Marine Elite Training Camp had already been planned and prepared before 1490. It had not been slapped together in a rush.

So Zephyr's family being murdered in retaliation by pirates this year... was that really just a coincidence?

Or had it been destined all along that Zephyr would become the chief instructor of the Marine Elite Training Camp?

If his family had not died so tragically, Zephyr would never have stepped down from his position as a Marine Admiral so quickly. After all, one more step up would have made him Fleet Admiral, and Zephyr had only one rival: Sengoku.

In other words, if Zephyr had not decisively transferred from Admiral to chief instructor, the next Fleet Admiral would certainly have been either him or Sengoku. A fifty percent chance!

But then again, by now, the Marine Elite Training Camp's appeal to Xia Luo had greatly diminished.

First, there were the Six Powers. He had already obtained their training methods ahead of time, and his mastery was not low. He was about to reach LV3.

Then there was Observation Haki. During the integration of Sky Island, Xia Luo had unexpectedly acquired a training method called "Mantra."

"Mantra" was actually Observation Haki. The name was different, but there was no practical difference.

After obtaining the training method for Observation Haki, Xia Luo immediately began training. Since he was already proficient in Kami-e, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit truly provided special bonuses to Observation Haki,

In the end, with all those factors combined, Xia Luo successfully awakened Observation Haki in less than a month. After awakening it, his Observation Haki received the enhancement of lightning, granting it an enormous range far beyond that of ordinary people!

At present, his Observation Haki could easily cover an entire small island.

Now that Xia Luo had mastered both the Six Powers and Observation Haki, only Armament Haki and Life Return remained unlearned.

As for the most powerful Conqueror's Haki in the current era,

To awaken Conqueror's Haki, one first needed the innate potential for Conqueror's Haki. It was something one was born with; if someone lacked that potential, no one could help them awaken it.

Unfortunately,

Up to now, Xia Luo still had not awakened Conqueror's Haki. He was unsure whether he lacked the potential for it or simply had not reached the right opportunity to awaken it.

Whenever Conqueror's Haki came up, Xia Luo could not help getting a headache. He thought:

Forget it. No point dwelling on it. When the time comes, I'll first see whether I can obtain advanced Conqueror's Haki techniques from within the Marines ahead of time.

If that doesn't work, once I awaken it, I'll head straight to Wano Country and study under Teacher Kaido!

There was no end to the wool he could shear from Teacher Kaido!

"By the way, how did you find a Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit?" Whiteman's curiosity gnawed at him, and he could not help asking.

Facing Whiteman's question and the curious gazes of Kana and the others, Xia Luo inwardly smiled. Luckily, he had prepared for this long ago.

Then,

"Sigh!"

He first let out a long sigh, then put on a sorrowful expression and said wistfully:

"Perhaps it was a gift from my family. Three months ago, after leaving the base, my first stop was Harlan Island."

"After returning to my hometown, I paid my respects to my family and all the townsfolk one by one. That night, I drank until I was unconscious and passed out before my parents' graves."

"Then, the next morning, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky and struck the bushes not far from me. Curious, I pulled the bushes aside and found a strangely shaped fruit."

"Only after eating it did I learn that it was actually the Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit."

After hearing Xia Luo's story, everyone sucked in a breath. So this fruit had been exchanged for the lives of an entire village?!

The lives of an entire village in exchange for one of the strongest Logia Devil Fruits...

For a moment, no one could say whether it was worth it. Some people would surely be willing, while others surely would not.

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