Pirate's Swordsman

More than a month later.

In a certain sea area in the New World, it is clearing up after the rain, and the air on the sea surface is particularly fresh.

On the sailing Gale, Xia Nuo was in the small training room on the second floor, holding one finger on the ground and doing handstand push-ups up and down.

"Three thousand one hundred and thirty-six, three thousand one hundred and thirty-seven, three thousand one hundred and thirty-eight..."

While he was counting, his breathing almost never stopped, and he was sweating profusely, soaking a large area of ​​the surrounding floor.

His legs were almost numb, and his arms were aching for a while, but Xia Nuo still had no intention of stopping. Instead, he continued to maintain this rhythm. If he couldn't hold on, he would change his fingers. When he was thirsty, he would lick his lips. Obviously, he wanted to try it. Where are your limits?

"Five thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, five thousand seven hundred and sixty-six..."

After the word "six" fell, when Xia Nuo tried to hold on to straighten his body, his body softened and he fell to the ground with a bang. He couldn't get up for a long time.

"It seems this is the limit..."

Turning over slightly and lying on the floor in a big posture, Xia Nuo gasped for air and thought silently in his heart.

"Hey, is it over?"

A voice suddenly came from outside the training room. Xia Nuo immediately tried to stand up, but after struggling for a while, he could only lie down helplessly on the ground.

"It's over, Uncle Yixiao." He turned his head with difficulty and shouted out the door, "That's it for today, you can release the gravity restrictions!"

"okay!"

Fujitora's voice sounded again, and a few seconds later, Xia Nuo felt the pressure on his body suddenly loosen, his waist and abdomen exerted a slight force, and he stood upright with a sudden jerk.

"What a practical ability..." Even though he had gotten used to this change recently, Xia Nuo couldn't help but sigh after feeling that his body was completely different from the previous one.

It all started a month ago, when Fujitora first boarded the ship.

That afternoon, after a day of practice, Xia Nuo asked Dabai to build a rock platform on the nearby sea, and then invited Fujitora to compete with him on it.

Fujitora readily agreed to this, and the battle between the two lasted from dusk to dark, and ended in a draw with no winner in the end.

Although neither of them tried their best, the reason for this result was because Fujitora gave in more.

This blind uncle has a very high emotional intelligence. He knew that there were many people watching on the ship. Out of the need to maintain the authority of Captain Shano, and because he had not yet planned to officially join the Gale Pirates, he only planned to click on it from the beginning. The whole process was basically based on swordsmanship, supplemented by some restriction abilities of the gravity fruit, and none of the ultimate tricks were used.

But even so, the scene of him and Xia Nuo fighting to a draw still shocked everyone on the Gale. Only then did the crew finally fully understand why their captain valued this uncle so much before...

With this level of understanding, the crew members later treated Fujitora with a little more respect in addition to their original curiosity. And they soon discovered that although Fujitora was superb in strength, he was also like Shano. He doesn't put on any airs at all and is very kind to his own people, making it easy to get along with him.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the crew of the Hayate Pirates are different from other pirates in nature. They do not have any evil thoughts in their hearts. If they were replaced by a group of villains, Fujitora would only become more disgusted no matter how they got along. It is impossible to gradually become closer like now and become happier every day.

Xia Nuo was happy to see this scene, but then when he thought about his previous experience in fighting Fujitora, he suddenly remembered that since Fujitora controlled the Gravity Fruit so easily, could he use it on himself? On the body, through tight control and regulation of gravity, how to enhance the effect of one's own exercise practice?

He did what he said, and that day he took Fujitora with him and tried it out in the small training room on the second floor.

Since it was the first time, Fujitora only applied three times the gravity, but the result was far beyond Xia Nuo's expectation.

After completing the day's practice, he clearly felt that his physical strength, which he had not broken through for a long time, had increased slightly.

In order to confirm this conjecture, he opened the attribute panel and compared it, and then he was pleasantly surprised to find that his strength attribute had indeed increased a little, and the last time it had increased was half a month ago.

This undoubtedly proves that Fujitora's fruit ability can really help Xia Nuo to continue to tap into his body's potential, which is already close to its limit. And under the opponent's multiple gravity restriction environment, his own practice can also get twice the result with half the effort. Effect.

After confirming this, Xia Nuo was so excited that night that he almost fell asleep. When he woke up from under the bed the next day, he still went out with two thick black circles under his eyes, which shocked the crew.

It's no wonder he was so excited. You should know that in order to increase the efficiency of practice, he had tried various ways to increase the weight, but whether it was tying up a body of iron or wrapping heavy objects around his legs, they had little effect. , after all, with his physical fitness, he was able to carry Dabai and swim in the sea for more than an hour before arriving in the Principality of Sambia.

The reason why Fujitora's gravity fruit is so effective is because of its specialness, which cannot be compared with any weight-bearing measures. By training under multiple gravity, Schiano was burdened not just on one part of the body, but on the entire body from top to bottom, from inside to outside.

The heart, lungs, spleen...all the internal organs, and even the blood vessels and bones throughout the body, are all in a state of weight-bearing exercise. As long as you can persist, it is natural to gain physical fitness through ordinary weight-bearing methods. Not even comparable.

In the days that followed, Xia Nuo practiced almost every day under the gravity restrictions imposed by Fujitora. At first, he could only hold on for an hour or two under three times the gravity, but later he gradually adapted to it and could operate in the environment with five times the gravity. Exercise from morning to night...

And today, a month later, before Xia Nuo entered the training room, he had already asked Fujitora to adjust the gravity to a full ten times!

This is also the reason why Xia Nuo has already run out of energy after completing more than 5,000 handstand push-ups. If it had been five times the gravity yesterday, he would have been able to do 20,000 to 30,000 push-ups in one breath in two hours. With rest.

However, after paying so much and suffering so much, as long as there is reward, it will be worth it in the end...

With a thought, the attribute panel opened. Xia Nuo looked at the data displayed above, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile.

Name: Xia Nuo

Hero level: Level 8 (11256/12000)

Power: 154

Agility: 171

Wind Control Swordsmanship (Advanced): Proficiency 42059/50000

skill:

[Steel Flash (Level 4)]

[Step forward and slash (Level 3)]

【Born to Death (Passive)】

[Armed Color Haki: Full Body Hardening Stage]

[Information and domineering: perfect control stage]

[Wind Barrier (Level 2)]

Reputation: Prominent all over the world

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Compared with when he first entered the new world three months ago, apart from the advancement of Xia Nuo to the stage of perfect control, the biggest change was undoubtedly the two attributes of strength and agility.

Among them, strength increased by about 30 points, while agility increased by more than 40 points. The overall increase was almost equivalent to a quarter of the original total.

This is a very impressive speed. Xia Nuo estimates that if he can continue to maintain this effect in a gravity environment, within half a year, his physical fitness will truly reach the top level in this world. Without using swordsmanship, You can go head-to-head with enemies like Drought Jack.

Of course, this is just the best fantasy result. No matter how much Xia Nuo's physical potential is exploited, it will still be limited, and the effect of exercise in a gravity environment will gradually weaken and eventually lose its effect completely.

After closing the attribute panel and resting for a while, Xia Nuo dragged his tired steps, pushed open the door and came outside the cabin, casually took a bottle of water handed over by the crewman next to him, unscrewed the bottle cap, raised his head and took a swig. .

Tons tons tons tons tons.

A large bottle of water was drained in an instant. Xia Nuo still couldn't quench his thirst. He drank three more bottles of water before he felt it was enough. He wiped the water around his mouth, looked at Fujitora who appeared in front of him and said with a smile: " Thank you for your hard work today, Uncle Yixiao."

"It's just a trivial matter." Fujitora slowly closed his sword, shook his head and showed a simple smile, "This can only be regarded as a convenient job, not hard work. Besides, it has only been two hours today. .”

"Uh..." Xia Nuo suddenly felt a little embarrassed. His practice time today was indeed too short, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, today was the first day of ten times gravity, and people had to adapt.

Speaking of ten times gravity, he suddenly and inexplicably thought of Sun Wukong. When the latter left the earth and went to Kaiwang to practice, he seemed to be under ten times gravity. From the beginning, he struggled to walk, and later became slow. Adapt slowly and become stronger quickly.

This seems to be quite similar to myself now...

Xia Nuo thought randomly in his mind that this kind of cultivation treatment with multiple gravity can only be enjoyed in a plane like the Dragon Ball world where the power level is obviously more than one level higher. He is now almost equal to getting the sea The only qualification in the world of thieves.

If you compare yourself to Goku, who is the Fujitora in front of you, the chubby North Kaio King in Dragon Ball? Not to mention, the two are somewhat similar in terms of body shape and personality...

He was thinking wildly here, and Fujitora looked at him as if he was wandering around. He couldn't help but be curious, and asked aloud: "Sir Xiano, what are you thinking about?"

"Nothing, nothing."

Xia Nuo's thoughts returned to reality and he laughed twice. After coping with it, he looked around and said strangely: "Hey, Uncle Yixiao, why did you come out from next door so early today, why don't you continue playing? "

The so-called play naturally refers to gambling. In order to prevent Fujitora from being bored when he opened the gravity area, Xia Nuo specially cleaned up the empty room next door and asked the idle crew members to play with the blind uncle. In this way It can not only keep the gravity effect in the training room uninterrupted, but also enrich the leisure life on the ship. It can kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, although he also gambled a small amount of money, his essence was still different from those envious gamblers in casinos. Fujitora himself didn't care about money. What he liked was the sense of fate of facing the unknown when betting, and It’s just the excitement of the opening.

Otherwise, based on his perverted domineering attitude, there are not many people in the world who can match him in gambling.

But it is a pity that although Fujitora likes gambling, his luck is really bad without opening up the knowledge and sex. He has maintained a non-chief status all year round, winning less and losing more.

This is also the case when he is gambling with the crew of the Gale Pirates on the ship. Whether he is shaking the sieve or playing poker, he is basically losing every day. He has almost exhausted all his savings and still enjoys it. His friends who were playing with him couldn't stand it anymore, and they kept trying all kinds of tricks to try to win him back, but the result only proved that there is no cure for having a bad face, and Fujitora was still losing in the past few days. Going further and further on the road, I saw that my pants were almost gone.

Therefore, after asking this question, Xia Nuo felt a little regretful. Fujitora must have given up because he had lost so much that he was no longer qualified to bet. Otherwise, he would not have been willing to leave the gambling table so early.

However, what surprised him was that after listening to his question, Fujitora laughed happily and shook his haori, and there was a sound of coins shaking inside.

"Let's not gamble today."

Fujitora scratched his head and laughed honestly, "I don't know why, but I was very lucky this morning. I got all the cards I wanted. I also got leopards several times when I played dice, and I lost all my losses in one go." I won back, but I was worried that those little brothers were too young and energetic, and would lose all their savings if they continued gambling, so I just called it a day and waited until my gambling luck returned to normal tomorrow, then I could compete with them again. .”

puff!

After hearing this, Xia Nuo almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Uncle, uncle, you are too upright. It has been so many years, and you still haven’t figured out how dark your face is. How could you suddenly turn around and turn around all morning? The principle of winning back everything you lose? As the saying goes, you have to have some control over whether you will be able to survive in peace or not. How about a leopard? You are considered lucky if you can roll a six?

It's obvious that you don't have to think about it. It must be that those guys couldn't stand it any more, so they simply ruthlessly pulled some tricks in advance and played a trick, so you won a happy victory all at once!

Yes, it seems that gambling in this way is not a long-term solution. We have to find another way.

"Uncle, I'll go back and lie down on the bed to rest for a while."

After thinking about it, Xia Nuo patted Fujitora on the shoulder, sighed and said: "After dinner, I will teach you more fun ways to play. I guarantee there will be dice and gambling, but it will be much more interesting and richer than what we have now. "

"Are you serious about this?" Fujitora stopped shaking his coins and became energetic. He looked at Xia Nuo in surprise and asked.

"Of course, and in more ways than one."

Xia Nuo nodded firmly, and then, amidst Fujitora's laughter, he turned around and left the corridor with a strange look on his face, heading towards his room.