Chapter 85: Zoro Awakens Observation Haki, A Night with Xiao Lian!
Time passed quickly, and several days went by.
The heat surrounding Lister's defeat of Crocodile gradually faded.
Over the past few days, besides leading Akame and the others in basic training and accepting Zoro's challenges, Lister spent a large amount of time developing new moves.
[Merged Kenbunshoku Haki with Overclock Mode, realizing God's Perspective! Gained Super Comprehension.]
[Used God's Perspective combined with Super Comprehension; after two days, finally raised Super Digestion to another level!]
[The Liuku Xianze (Six Storehouses Immortal Thief) became increasingly perfect. Discovered that the essence extracted by Liuku Xianze can be converted into Busoshoku Haki!]
[After Liuku Xianze leveled up, the volume and quality of his Busoshoku Haki increased rapidly. Started deducing a brand new usage mode for Busoshoku Haki!]
[After two days of repeated deduction and practice, finally able to freely control the internal flow of Busoshoku Haki and perform external emission attacks!]
[Learned Ryuo!]
Lister manipulated the flow of Busoshoku Haki within his body.
Then, he directed it toward the unheathed Kashu in his hand.
The sharp blade of Kashu was quickly coated in a layer of black-red energy; furthermore, there was a stream of energy flowing over the blade.
Lister casually swung the sword.
Whoosh!
A black-red slashing wave shot out, flying straight for a hundred meters, a thousand meters, ten thousand meters, until it was no longer visible, completely disappearing from Lister's vision!
That slashing wave never dispersed.
"Ryuo slash, successful!" Lister looked at this scene, a surge of pride rising in his heart.
He couldn't help but strike a pose and say:
"If Heaven did not birth me, Lister, the Way of the Sword would be like a long night for eternity!"
"Captain is so amazing!!" The group of young girls nearby watched this scene, looking at Lister with adoration.
"That guy got stronger again!" Zoro watched this scene, instantly feeling a sense of urgency.
No, I cannot slack off anymore!
If this goes on, let alone surpassing Lister, I'm afraid I'll be caught up to by Akame and the others.
I must continue training. I must train hard.
I must awaken Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki in the shortest time possible!
"Johnny, Yosaku!" Zoro turned his gaze to Johnny and Yosaku, who were lying lazily nearby.
"Big Bro Zoro..." The two looked at Zoro, their scalps tingling.
"I need you to help me train!" Zoro said in a deep voice.
"Again..." The two screamed in agony.
This wasn't the first time Zoro asked them to help with training.
It could be said that in recent days, Zoro had been completely stimulated by Lister and began training frantically.
Plus, Lister held nothing back from them.
The training methods for Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki were fully opened to everyone in the pirate crew.
After Zoro obtained the training methods for Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki, he had been making Johnny and Yosaku help him train his Kenbunshoku Haki.
These past few days, Zoro had been beaten miserably by Johnny and Yosaku.
But in the end, the ones crying out in exhaustion were not Zoro, but the duo of crouching dragon and hidden phoenix, Johnny and Yosaku.
Also, regarding Zoro's Busoshoku Haki training, they couldn't help, so Zoro could only ask Lister for guidance or find Daz Bonez to help him train.
Otherwise, they would be screaming even more miserably.
"Stop chattering, hurry up!!" Zoro glared at the two grumpily.
Giving you a chance to beat me up, yet you are so useless.
Simply throwing away my face as your big brother.
"Yes!!"
The two had bitter expressions as they each picked up a wooden stick and walked toward Zoro.
Zoro also used a black cloth to blindfold his eyes.
"Come on! Don't hold back, give me your all, swing the sticks with the intent to kill me!" Zoro sat cross-legged on the deck and spoke in a deep voice.
"Then we won't be polite! Big Bro Zoro, don't blame us if you die!" The two turned their resentment into motivation, swinging the wooden sticks ruthlessly toward Zoro's head.
Zoro easily dodged the attacks time and again.
However, out of dozens of swings, they would always hit Zoro once.
As time continued to pass.
Zoro got hit more and more often.
Under the repeated beatings, Zoro's spirit, will, and perception became unprecedentedly condensed, focused, and clear.
Buzz.
At a certain moment.
Zoro's body seemed to open a great door.
Under his perception, the world became incredibly clear.
The breath of all things, the rhythm of the wind, the malice of people, everything was revealed one by one in his perception.
Following that, the attacks swung by Johnny and Yosaku were all easily dodged by Zoro.
Time after time.
The more the two swung, the more shocked they felt, and the more powerless they became. By the end, they even began to question their lives.
At this time, Lister noticed Zoro's anomaly and couldn't help but smile: "Zoro successfully awakened Kenbunshoku Haki!!"
"He awakened it? No wonder Johnny and Yosaku couldn't hit him no matter how hard they tried!!" The group suddenly realized.
"It seems I must work hard too, otherwise, catching up to Captain of the Guard Zoro will be nothing but empty talk!" Akame muttered to herself.
She also silently began to double her training.
Sheele, Yulan, and Shizuka had always taken Akame as their goal; seeing her double her training, they silently followed suit.
With these three moving, the other girls naturally felt embarrassed to just watch.
Naturally, they joined the grind.
Once the grind started, no one in the entire pirate crew could sit still, and they all joined in one after another.
Lister watched this atmosphere of frantic competition and positive progress, and smiled.
It should be like this!
Our Money Pirates' goal is to rule the New World; if we don't work hard now, when will we?!
If we don't become strong now, there will be no place for the Money Pirates in the future!!
Night.
Captain's Quarters!
"Iku..." With Robin's final scream, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted directly.
Lister glanced at Nami, Nojiko, and Robin on the bed.
His heart felt somewhat unsatisfied.
A few days ago, in the port city of Nanohana in Alabasta, Lister exchanged all the gold and jewelry on the ship for Berries.
Adding the Berries Nami had scavenged before.
They gathered a total of 650 million Berries.
Lister left 100 million as reserve funds for the pirate crew.
He spent all the remaining 550 million Berries on recharging.
Then, he added thirty attribute points to Spirit.
And twenty-five points to Physique.
At this moment, his Physique had reached seventy-five.
His Spirit had also reached seventy.
His energy was extremely vigorous.
Even with Overclock active.
Nami and the other two were not enough to handle him.
One by one, they were defeated and surrendered.
At this moment, the charming figures of Akame, Sheele, Yulan, Shizuka, and Xiao Lian floated into Lister's mind.
His heart heated up!
"It's time to take them!!"
"Hmm, who should I start with??"
"Let's start with Xiao Lian!"
Lister thought about the ability the Nurse-Nurse Fruit brought to Xiao Lian, and his heart couldn't help but waver.
Subsequently, he let go of Robin.
He put on a pair of beach shorts and walked toward Xiao Lian's room.
Xiao Lian's room was not locked.
Or rather, on this floor, except for Lister and Nami's rooms which were usually locked out of habit, the others did not have the habit of locking their doors.
Lister gently pushed open the door to Xiao Lian's room and walked in.
"Who is it??"
Lister intentionally made some small noises, and Xiao Lian quickly woke up alert.
"Xiao Lian, it's me!"
Lister crawled into Xiao Lian's blanket and spoke softly.
"Captain..." Xiao Lian quickly sobered up.
Smelling Lister's masculine scent and feeling the temperature transmitted from his robust body.
Her breathing gradually became rapid.
Her heartbeat also gradually accelerated.
With shyness carrying a hint of expectation, she asked, "Lord Captain, it's so late, you're not sleeping, why come here??"
"I can't sleep, so I want Xiao Lian to sleep with me, is that okay??" Lister whispered gently in Xiao Lian's ear.
"It's okay, Xiao Lian is willing..." Hearing such direct words from Lister, Xiao Lian felt blood rush to her head, and a surge of joy welled up in her heart. The young girl responded shyly yet boldly.
Hearing this, Lister did not hesitate and kissed Xiao Lian's pink lips directly.
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