"When I first started rescuing him, I realized he was still in critical condition, but unexpectedly, as I continued the rescue, Xia Chen's injuries began to slowly heal on their own."
"Even if I don't do anything, Xia Chen won't die. At most, his body will recover on its own after a little while!"
Hearing this, Xia Chen chuckled softly.
"This really can't be blamed on Chopper; my physique is indeed different from ordinary people!"
As he spoke, Xia Chen struggled to sit up in bed, but this action startled Nami. She immediately yelled at Xia Chen:
"What are you doing? Don't you know how badly you're injured?"
(•́へ•́╬)!
Xia Chen was startled by Nami's sudden roar. Looking at Nami's furious face, he suddenly found Nami terrifying.
However, he knew that Nami was worried about him, so he was actually more touched than anything else.
Xia Chen looked at Nami and said, "It's okay, I know my own body very well!"
After sitting up, Xia Chen took out the cooked food he had prepared beforehand from the System Space and began to wolf it down.
Half a day later~
Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the bones that almost filled the house.
Luffy stared wide-eyed and asked, " Xia Chen, when did you become such a big eater?"
It's no wonder Luffy was so surprised; Xia Chen was eating several times more now than he had eaten when he was starving for days.
"There's no way around it, it's quite taxing!" Xia Chen replied after taking a bite of meat.
Patting his stomach, Xia Chen felt he had eaten enough, then said mysteriously to everyone, "I'm going to show you something amazing!"
"What powerful thing?"
Everyone asked instinctively, and then they saw Xia Chen rip off the bandages on his body.
w(ﾟДﾟ)w!
" Xia Chen!!!"
(•́へ•́╬)!
"Hey, wait!" Xia Chen quickly stopped Nami from exploding in anger, and then a thought struck him.
His injuries were healing at a visible speed, and the broken bones inside his body were being pieced back together.
A minute later, Xia Chen was completely unharmed, and his skin was as fair and tender as a newborn baby's.
The only price to recover from this injury is that everything Xia Chen ate earlier has been used up, and now he feels hungry again.
However, when Xia Chen looked at Luffy and the others, he saw that their eyes were wide open and their mouths were agape, every feature of their faces expressing their shock.
They had never seen Xia Chen so badly injured before, so this was naturally the first time they had witnessed Xia Chen's terrifying recovery ability.
After a long Zoro stammered, "Xia... Xia Chen, are you even human?"
Hearing this, Xia Chen gave him a speechless look, then said irritably, "Do you think I'm human?"
To everyone's surprise, Zoro quickly shook his head, and those around him seemed to agree.
Chopper was even more shocked. He rushed over, touched Xia Chen, and said incredulously, "He's really completely healed!!"
"This doesn't make sense!"
As Xia Chen dressed, he said, "What's the big deal? Many Zoan- Mythical Zoan Beasts have strong regenerative abilities; mine is just a tiny bit stronger!"
Suddenly, Robin asked Xia Chen, " Xia Chen, who were you fighting with that caused you to be injured like this?"
Although Robin hasn't known Xia Chen for very long, she knows a bit about his strength. She heard that Xia Chen fought a fierce battle with Aokiji last time and didn't end up in such a miserable state.
Robin has a deep understanding of Aokiji's strength, as the trauma he inflicted on her during her childhood was immense.
Therefore, Robin was very curious about the person who could beat Xia Chen, whom she considered so powerful, into such a state.
"Yeah, Xia Chen, is the person who beat you up like this the same person you said you wanted to kill?" Sanji asked from the side.
"No!" Xia Chen shook his head.
"I killed two of the people I was supposed to kill, and I don't even know if the other one is alive or dead."
After being stopped by Golden Lion, Xia Chen focused all his attention on Golden Lion, so he didn't know what happened to Blackbeard afterwards.
Even if he didn't die, Xia Chen wasn't too concerned. If he could kill Blackbeard once, he could kill him a second time. Besides, Blackbeard's rate of improvement was definitely not as fast as his!
If Blackbeard survives this time, we can just kill him next time we see him. It won't have much of an impact!
Xia Chen continued, "As for the one who beat me up like this, it was an old man who had nothing better to do and was about to die!"
Speaking of this, Xia Chen couldn't help but get a little angry. Why did you, Golden Lion, have to meddle in other people's business? You had to get involved, and in the end, you got yourself involved too.
However, the Golden Lion is still somewhat useful, at least it allowed Xia Chen to master Conqueror's Coating, right? And he learned it on his own before Conqueror's Haki had even broken through to the advanced level.
As expected, that mediocre teacher Lei was right: Haki can only be further enhanced under the extreme conditions of actual combat!
That makes perfect sense. Although he's a mediocre teacher, he certainly has the ability when it comes to theoretical knowledge!
"Old man? What old man?"
" Golden Lion Shiki, I wonder if you guys know him?" Xia Chen said casually.
Upon hearing the name, everyone's first reaction was unfamiliarity, and then they all shook their heads.
"I don't know him!"
Only Robin seemed to have thought of something. He stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then a look of shock appeared on his face as he asked Xia Chen, "You mean that Golden Lion?"
"Yes! That's him!"
Everyone:???
What's with all this "this" and "that"? Can you be a little clearer?
Luffy, being the impatient one, couldn't hold back any longer and asked directly, " Robin, which Golden Lion are you talking about?"
Robin hesitated for a moment before speaking, " Golden Lion Shiki, the legendary pirate, the man who once rivaled the Pirate King Roger!"
Robin's introduction of Golden Lion was brief, but even that short introduction was enough to completely astound everyone.
The impact of the words "the man who once challenged the Pirate King " is undoubtedly enormous. What is the Pirate King? He is the king of all pirates, Luffy's ultimate goal.
This person sounds like one of the strongest warriors on the high seas!
The group felt they were surprised more times today than in the entire past month combined, making their emotions fluctuate like a rollercoaster ride.
After a while, everyone calmed down a bit. Sanji suddenly asked Xia Chen, "How is Golden Lion?"
"Dead? Didn't you see that blond guy not far from me when you found me?" Xia Chen was a little confused by Sanji's words and asked curiously.
He and the Golden Lion shouldn't be very far apart, and that area is completely bare, so they should be quite conspicuous.
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, everyone looked puzzled.
After a moment of contemplation, Zoro said, "When we arrived at your place, you were the only one there; there was no one else around!"
"What?!" Xia Chen's face showed shock. Before he lost consciousness, he was certain that the Golden Lion had collapsed not far from him.
After thinking for a moment, Xia Chen asked, "Did you find nothing around when you came back?"
"No! Because your head is very valuable, so many pirates became interested in you later..."
Zoro told Xia Chen everything that happened afterward, including how Bellamy helped them.
After listening, Xia Chen was a little surprised and murmured:
Bellamy?