During the first half of the night, Luo Chen remained in his office at Tianyun Pavilion, receiving Reiju's treatment as she released and extracted toxins.
The process was quite soul-stirring.
Reiju belonged to the "older sister" type of woman, giving off a vibe similar to Robin's. However, as a modified human, her body was far more flexible and firm than that of an ordinary woman, making the experience truly extraordinary.
During the latter half of the night, Luo Chen kept his promise and went to see Nami and Hancock.
After a romantic night, he explained the situation regarding Reiju the following morning and departed alone. Hancock and Nami both wanted to accompany him, but the flow of time within the Rainbow Mist space was unique, and the area was filled with spatial turbulence. The risk was too high, so in the end, he had to go solo.
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Re-entering the Rainbow Mist space, Luo Chen no longer needed to use the Tenseigan for protection. His physical body remained unharmed amidst the spatial turbulence, and his clothing, created out of thin air using the power of Yin-Yang Release, suffered no damage.
"With my current power, I should be able to increase the time dilation to three or four times."
As his strength grew, the gravity Luo Chen could manipulate also intensified. According to his estimates, by going all out, he could achieve a time ratio of one to-four between the outside and inside. Four days would pass inside the Rainbow Mist for every single day that passed in the outside world.
"Even so, raising my Taijutsu from Lv.15 to Lv.16 would still take a year."
"Imu and the Dark God have already gathered the three Ancient Weapons. Based on the original plot, the moment for the final battle is fast approaching."
"I likely don't have much time left."
According to Luo Chen's predictions, the Dark God and Imu wouldn't stay hidden for another year to develop their strength. There was no time left for him to focus solely on Taijutsu. The fastest way to grow stronger was through Haki Enchantment and upgrading his sword skills.
"I'll start by improving what can be upgraded in a short time. If there's still time after that, I'll finish with Taijutsu."
Luo Chen created a sealed space using Truth-Seeking Balls around himself. He sank his consciousness into the system and officially began his secluded cultivation.
As of now, his Conqueror's Haki had undergone four enchantments and had reached its limit. Both Armament Haki and Observation Haki had only been enchanted once, leaving three enchantment opportunities for each. His sword skills were currently at the Bladeless Realm and could be further elevated to the Limit-Breaking grade.
> **Observation Haki Enchantment Trait: Hallucination Control**
> **Effect:** Interferes with a living being's soul, causing them to experience hallucinations.
> **Required Cultivation Points:** 3 million
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> **Observation Haki Enchantment Trait: Mental Resonance**
> **Effect:** Achieves resonance with a living being's soul; allows for mental communication or forced enslavement.
> **Required Cultivation Points:** 6 million
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> **Observation Haki Enchantment Trait: Affecting the Future**
> **Effect:** Consumes all of one's own soul power to influence the course of the future once.
> **Required Cultivation Points:** 60 million
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> **Armament Haki Enchantment Trait: Mimicry Control**
> **Effect:** Manipulates Armament Haki for morphological changes, enabling ultra-long-distance control.
> **Required Cultivation Points:** 3 million
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> **Armament Haki Enchantment Trait: Armament Awakening**
> **Effect:** Assimilates the surrounding environment into controllable Armament Haki.
> **Required Cultivation Points:** 6 million
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> **Armament Haki Enchantment Trait: Rule Immunity**
> **Effect:** Grants immunity to all external interference from rules, such as time, space, and soul-based rules.
> **Required Cultivation Points:** 60 million
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> **Limit-Breaking Sword Art**
> **Effect:** A sword art that surpasses the current limits of the world; capable of cutting through all matter in this world, including but not limited to Haki, Devil Fruits, souls, and spacetime...
> **Required Cultivation Points:** 60 million
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In the skill cultivation space, Luo Chen looked at the skill descriptions on the illusory screen before him, unable to hide his smile.
"I'll learn them one by one. Once I've mastered these, I'll truly be invincible."
Observation Haki and Armament Haki each had three enchantment traits, and his sword skills would be raised to the Limit-Breaking grade. This would consume a total of nearly 200 million Cultivation Points. He would still have 1.3 billion left for Taijutsu training.
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Time passed slowly. One and a half months went by in the outside world, while six months passed within the Rainbow Mist.
During that half-year, Luo Chen mastered the six enchantment abilities of Haki as well as the Limit-Breaking Sword Art. He did not leave seclusion immediately but continued to train his Taijutsu.
The final enchantment of Observation Haki, **Affecting the Future**, and the final enchantment of Armament Haki, **Rule Immunity**, were both incredibly powerful abilities. However, activating them required a massive amount of soul power and physical stamina. If his Taijutsu level wasn't high enough, the effects would be negligible. It wasn't that he wouldn't be able to affect the future or immune rules, but the duration he could maintain those abilities would be extremely brief.
The difference between influencing one second of the future versus ten seconds was self-explanatory.
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Another month passed in the outside world.
By this time, the Jinghai Army had completely secured all the kingdoms and forces in the first half of the Grand Line. The first half of the Grand Line had become like the Four Seas—pirates and bandits had vanished. The residents of all kingdoms and islands now lived peaceful lives without the threat of pirate raids.
The Totto Land sea territory had become the most prosperous maritime zone in the world. Gran Tesoro, the world's largest entertainment city, was situated here, generating massive economic revenue for Totto Land every year.
Atop this ten-thousand-meter giant ship made of gold, a luxury sports car sped toward the inner city. In the driver's seat was Nami, wearing sunglasses, her orange hair fluttering in the wind. Beside her sat the purple-haired Carina. She was waving her arms and swaying her hips to the car's music.
Carina shouted over the surging music, "Vivi, if you see anything you like later, just take it! Nami doesn't need to spend a single berry to buy anything on this ship!"
She turned to look at the beautiful girl in the back seat. Not long ago, Vivi had called, hoping to visit Gran Tesoro for fun. Nami and Carina had specifically set aside a free day to show her around.
Hearing Carina's words, Vivi tucked her light blue hair that had been tousled by the wind and smiled sweetly. "Then I won't be polite!"
Nami didn't mind her shopping spree at all. Over this period, she had grown accustomed to the current wealth of the Jinghai Army. It could be said that whatever she wanted, Luo Chen could buy for her. Nami, who used to love money above all else, was now somewhat indifferent to it.
Seeing Nami's nonchalant attitude, Carina gritted her teeth in envy. *How cruel. We agreed to be poor sisters together, but Nami became the mistress of the Jinghai Army with assets in the trillions.*
"Why didn't I meet Luo Chen back then?" Carina sighed inwardly. Although Luo Chen had many women, he was her best friend's man after all. She could never do anything to betray Nami. If only she had been the one to meet Luo Chen first.
While Carina was lost in thought, a massive roar suddenly erupted from the distant sky.
The ground shook violently. The sports car drifted across the road, nearly crashing into the buildings on the right. Nami slammed on the brakes, maneuvering the car to a stop at the side of the road. She looked at the disoriented Carina and Vivi. Once she saw they were unhurt, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"What happened?" Carina asked in shock, looking around. Many tourists were running out of shops and residences, looking around with equal confusion.
Nami's expression turned serious. She restarted the car and drove toward the interior of Gran Tesoro.
She said in a low voice, "I suspect something huge is happening outside. Ordinary natural disasters or man-made incidents could never make Gran Tesoro shake this violently."
Totto Land was home to many powerhouses, including no fewer than ten Jinghai Army Admirals who were at the Admiral/Emperor level. Even a massive tsunami or seaquake would have been suppressed. The tremor Gran Tesoro just felt was most likely caused by an attack from an enemy who surpassed the Admiral/Emperor level.
In other words—Imu and the Dark God!
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