Two months have passed, and the students in the Elite Camp have all made some progress, with many having learned one of the Six Powers.
Rebecca had received special instruction from Vic, and with a solid foundation, she had already mastered all Six Powers.
Even Zephyr sighed, "I really didn't realize Rebecca was so talented. Birds of a feather flock together, don't they?" Rebecca blushed a little at his words.
Barnett and Wendy have both learned three of the Six Powers moves, and they are already very talented. They have a good chance of learning one or two more before graduation.
Because they hadn't had any prior experience with this, but they had trained in physical fitness during their Recruit Camp, their significant progress in the past few months was due to the accumulation of previous experience.
If you want to learn other skills later, it won't take more than a few months. Several skills require enlightenment, not just hard practice.
Ain hasn't changed much, except her hair has grown longer and she's gained some weight, no longer so thin. Developing Devil Fruit is a long-term process, and it's hard to see results in a short time.
Under Zephyr's tutelage, Frodeku has stabilized his Observation Haki, and Frodeku stabilized Observation Haki is quite powerful, lasting for a long time and Future Sight.
Vic estimated that Frodeku Awakening his Observation Haki very early, probably when he Awakening a child. Then, his Observation Haki was constantly being used to perceive, replenish, and consume his surroundings in an uncontrollable cycle, so his Observation Haki was continuously cultivated.
He's already very powerful. Not only can he see future scenarios, but his range of perception is also quite large. He has essentially traversed the cultivation path that many people take decades to complete. Moreover, Frodeku is still very young, and it's really hard to say how far his Observation Haki will go in the future.
During this time, Vic's routine became even simpler. He spent his time either fighting pirates or training, especially focusing on strengthening his willpower.
As a result, he no longer meditates after surfacing from the deep sea, but instead returns to his cabin to sleep and recover. Meditation is simply not enough to restore his mental energy; he needs sleep to recover.
This also explained why King Luffy always slept for so long after each life-or-death battle. Being injured was one thing, but the mental strain was even greater, because he needed to maintain a strong fighting spirit to defeat those stronger than him.
Vic now exhausts himself every time he tries to stay afloat, and a few times he almost didn't make it back to the surface of the sea, but luckily his willpower pushed him a little further forward at those times.
Vic was pushing his will to its limits, trying to carve the hole in that mountain of spirit even deeper, so that he too could achieve victory against all odds.
He did all these things without letting anyone else know, all at night when the warship was at rest. He climbed out of the sea at night, and then went back to his cabin alone to sleep until dawn.
Although Vic's training is also dangerous, it's not as intense as the way Garp trained King Luffy when he was a child. However, it has its advantages. Vic trains consciously, making it more targeted, and his adult mindset allows him to aim directly at the finish line.
" Vic is a training fanatic! He never stops except to eat! He's already so strong and still works so hard. I feel so much pressure!"
Barnett looked at Vic sitting cross-legged on the deck and sighed. In his eyes, Vic was already very strong. After all, his age was a factor. These days, most of the strongmen on the sea were over forty or fifty years old. If Vic were to live a few more years, he would definitely be one of the top strongmen on the sea. There was absolutely no need for him to work so hard now.
"Yeah, when we landed on the island before, I asked him to come with me to explore it, but he wouldn't. He just sat there like a statue!"
Rebecca complained a little after hearing this, and then gave Vic a resentful look. There was also a little kid sitting there looking quite serious, which made Rebecca even more jealous.
The reason Vic has been training so hard lately is because he sensed a slight disturbance in the ring on his finger while training his willpower in the deep sea. After that, the disturbance subsided, so Vic guessed that the ring's purpose was related to mental power. Therefore, he trained even harder afterward.
Although Vic was still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his consciousness was no longer in this world. Yes, his consciousness had entered the world of the Ring. If Vic's consciousness had a concrete form, I think he would be dumbfounded right now.
"I didn't expect the ring to contain another space, an Alternate Dimensional Space? It's similar to Blueno's space, but different. There's so much gold inside! This ring could practically be called a spatial ring! I wonder if we can take all this gold out?"
Vic's consciousness within the ring was greatly shocked, because he never imagined that a spatial ring existed in the world of One Piece.
The ring actually contains an alternate dimension, similar to the space behind Blueno's Door-Door Fruit in CP9, but with some differences.
The Alternate Dimensional Space behind the Door-Door Fruit intersects with reality; wherever the door opens, that's the corresponding Alternate Dimensional Space. However, the Alternate Dimensional Space inside the ring is different; it's like a separate, independent space.
Or perhaps it was cut out from a larger space, the space inside following the ring rather than reality, as if it were in another dimension.
Wherever the ring is, the space inside it overlaps with part of the outside space. However, in reality, the space inside the ring is completely invisible and intangible. Yet, one can see the outside scene from inside the ring, which is very similar to the Alternate Dimensional Space of the Door-Door Fruit.
Therefore, the ring's space can be used as a place to store things and can be carried around with you; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a space ring.
However, Blueno's spatial dimension is different. He can only put things in Alternate Dimensional Space. To retrieve them, he has to open the door in that same place again. He can't carry things with him at all times. Perhaps this will be possible Devil Fruit Awakening in the future.
"Such amazing things! They really are artifacts on par with the Divine Staff! Could these two items have been created by Devil Fruit Awakening using their Devil Fruit Awakening abilities? This is unbelievable!"
After the Rumble-Rumble Fruit Awakening, it created Divine Staff? After the Space-Space Fruit Awakening, it could create spatial items? What could I create if my Speed-Speed Devil Fruit Awakening in the future?
Vic fell into deep thought. This was somewhat of a departure from his understanding. In the original work, there were several people who Awakening their abilities, but they didn't seem to create any special items. He couldn't figure out where the problem lay. Was this still the pirate world he knew?