"Robin, your bounty has increased again."
Somewhere in the Grand Line, Sabo handed a wanted poster to the tall woman beside him.
"140 million?"
Seeing the amount, Robin couldn't help but frown and ask, "Did they find out I'm with the Revolutionary Army? I shouldn't have been exposed."
"Of course not."
Koala walked over, handing another wanted poster and said, "Not only has your bounty increased, but Little Qiu's has too, reaching 90 million. Or rather, it's because of him that yours went up."
"Little Qiu?"
Robin took the wanted poster, looked at it, and asked in confusion, "What happened?"
Koala shrugged and said, "Little Qiu attacked a Vice Admiral, Vice Admiral Onigumo of the G4 Branch, and killed him."
"This..."
Robin asked incredulously, "Little Qiu actually killed a Vice Admiral?"
"To be able to kill a Vice Admiral, his strength is greater than I thought, especially an old-timer like Onigumo."
Sabo exclaimed. He could win against a Vice Admiral now, but facing a veteran Vice Admiral who had been promoted many years ago would at least require a tough fight.
"But why would he do that?" Robin asked, confused. She frowned, not understanding why he would attack a Marine Vice Admiral.
Hearing this, Koala remembered something and asked, "I remember he asked us for a contact method, right?"
Sabo looked at Koala and asked, "He hasn't contacted us in over a year."
Koala said, "The problem isn't that, but what exactly does he want to do? He didn't tell us back then because he felt he couldn't achieve it yet and said he would show his strength later. But now, killing a Vice Admiral seems like he's sending us a signal."
"Is that so?"
Sabo yawned and said, "Then we'll wait for him to contact us."
...
"Don't stop, keep running."
In Alabasta, on the edge of the training ground, a tall figure shouted loudly.
"I... I can't hold on anymore."
Not far away, Vivi was panting, supporting her legs, sweat dripping down her face.
"So useless," Cecilia said with a shake of her head.
"Isn't this too exhausting? Vivi still has to undergo such tough training?"
From behind a wall not far away, a figure poked his head out, looking in their direction with a pained expression.
"Your Majesty, this is Vivi's own decision. She feels too weak to protect Alabasta, so she asked a Senior Agent of Baroque Works to help train her," Igaram explained beside him. This was Vivi's excuse; she hadn't told anyone the real reason.
"What a good daughter," King Cobra of Alabasta said emotionally.
"Who's there?"
But at the next moment, the tall figure in the distance looked in their direction and leaped over, and Vivi also stopped, looking in that direction.
"We're done for, we've been discovered." Cobra's expression startled, and he turned to run.
"I'll block her."
Igaram stood up and blocked Cobra's path.
With a few leaps, Cecilia arrived in front of Igaram. She jumped up, her right foot directly sweeping towards his head.
Igaram quickly raised his arm to block in front of him. With a bang, immense force hit him, and he was pushed back continuously.
"Hmph."
Cecilia pushed off with her right foot, appearing beside Igaram, and kicked out.
But as her foot was about to land, another leg blocked underneath, stopping the attack.
Bang.
Their legs collided, but the figure blocking was jolted and fell directly to the ground.
"Vivi."
Cobra quickly ran over to check her injuries.
She clutched her leg, her face contorted in pain, and looked at Cecilia, asking in confusion, "Why could you touch me too?"
Cecilia snorted and said, "It's simple. The President told me your weakness is a fear of water, so I poured some water on my leg when I attacked just now."
Vivi saw that there were still some water droplets on Cecilia's leg.
"This..." Vivi was a little surprised. She hadn't expected them to know her weakness. This meant that besides Mr.0, there was a second way to touch her.
Cecilia snorted and said, "So you should understand that with weaknesses, physical techniques become extremely important. If I had wanted to attack, wouldn't your father be dead by now?"
Cecilia said coldly, "So are you still planning to slack off?"
"I'm sorry." Vivi showed a guilty expression.
Cecilia snorted coldly and said, "Let's rest today and continue training tomorrow."
"Yes."
Vivi gritted her teeth and stood up. She realized her combat power was getting weaker and weaker. Once her weaknesses were exposed, many people could defeat her.
However, this also made her determined to improve herself well. She was still too weak right now.
...
Island Four.
This was Baroque Works' fourth stronghold. On the deserted island, Xia Qiu and Heckle stood facing each other.
Whoosh.
Xia Qiu's tentacle suddenly shot out, attacking Heckle in front of him.
"Good, you're here."
Heckle raised his arms, his muscles bulging, and his fists shot out, striking the tentacle.
"Boom."
The tentacle and fists collided. Heckle felt a powerful force transmitted, and sensing trouble, he quickly reduced his weight and was sent flying backward. He landed in the distance, stumbled, and almost fell to the ground.
"Such great strength."
Heckle's arms ached numbly. Looking at his opponent, he was somewhat shocked by the strength.
"You can go back."
Zala looked at Heckle and said, "Your strength is still too poor. Go back and continue training."
"Yes."
Heckle quickly replied, feeling a bit dejected. He had thought that with his diligent training, he should be able to catch up to this Giant Beast.
But he never expected that the gap between him and the Giant Beast would only widen. Previously, he could still hold his own, but now, he couldn't even handle one tentacle.
Heckle turned and left, intending to go back and continue training.
As expected, after consuming a Vice Admiral, the strength of his tentacle had increased again, becoming even tougher. And after covering it with Armament Haki, its power had increased.
Now, a casual strike could be compared to Heckle's full-power attack.
Xia Qiu was very satisfied with his improved strength.
After Heckle left, Zala looked at Xia Qiu, her eyes flickering, and said, "You've gotten stronger again."
She had seen Xia Qiu's changes, not just physical changes, but also an increase in strength.
It seemed he was constantly evolving and growing stronger.
"It's just that you guys are too weak."
Xia Qiu shook his head in dissatisfaction. With just this level of strength, he couldn't complete the plan.
"Sorry." Zala immediately lowered her head and said.
Xia Qiu snorted and said, "Go take care of your own business."
"Yes."
After Zala acknowledged, she turned and left.
But at this moment, Xia Qiu suddenly accelerated and charged towards the mountain range.
Rumble.
A huge sound echoed, attracting not only Zala but also Heckle by the shore.
Xia Qiu rushed to the foot of the mountain range and suddenly slammed into it.
"This..."
Zala watched this scene, not understanding what he was doing.
Boom.
The next moment, Xia Qiu hit the base of the mountain. A loud noise erupted, sending rocks flying and filling the air with smoke.
But when the smoke cleared, Zala saw a terrifying sight.
Where Xia Qiu had hit, a massive pit had appeared, a huge pit tens of meters in diameter and four to five meters deep.
Not only that, but cracks spread out in all directions, especially the cracks extending towards the mountaintop. The thickest one was more than two feet wide.
If he had struck a few more times, Zala had no doubt he could have cracked this mountain open.
"Such great power."
Zala stared blankly at the scene before her. The destructive power was simply too immense.
"It hurts a little."
Xia Qiu shook his head, snapping back to his senses.
The destructive power was not bad.
Xia Qiu's strength was immense. After he devoured the Vice Admiral, the force of his accelerated charge had already surpassed that of the Vice Admiral by a significant margin.
Of course, this was the power generated by using his entire body's strength while running and accelerating, leveraging his massive tonnage and enormous ramming horn.
However, when it came to individual limbs, such as his tentacles, legs, or tail, they were still somewhat inferior to the Vice Admiral.
When Armament Haki was applied to this level, the power became truly immense.
The power of Xia Qiu's strike was comparable to Chinjao's headbutt, but it still couldn't match his moves like 'Drill Dragon Drill Ding Chinjao's Gate of Opening' or 'No Drill Dragon No Drill Ding'.
However, his Haki was being depleted too quickly.
The sheer force of this collision had consumed half of his Armament Haki.
And even under these circumstances, his head still felt a sharp pain.
It seemed he needed to continue increasing his Haki and learn to use it more effectively to protect himself.
Xia Qiu shook his head, glanced at a stunned Zala, and walked towards the ocean.
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