April 1517.

G5 branch of the Navy in New World.

A girl wearing a vest and shorts, long navy blue hair tied into a ponytail tied behind her back, and soaked with sweat all over her body, is struggling to move forward with a piece of steel equipment marked with the character "10T".

A black shackle was tied around the girl's ankle, leaving a series of deep footprints behind the girl, and the girl looked like a slave who had lost her freedom and was pressed to work as a coolie.

Not really.

This girl is none other than a rear admiral of the G5 branch of the Navy, Ain.

Ain is practicing.

This method of cultivation has been used by Hailan before.

It may seem silly, but it does work, and in a demanding way, it pushes practitioners to push their limits again and again.

Is ten tons heavy?

It's really heavy for the people of the earth, but it's not very stressful for the people of this world.

In the anime, when Zoro fought against Mr. 1 in Alabastan, he lifted a house with his bare hands, which was much more than ten tons.

Ain is stronger now than Sauron at that time, and it will not be difficult for her to lift the house.

However, Ain could withstand the pressure of a house, and the ground beneath her feet could not withstand it.

The pressure is equal to the pressure divided by the contact area.

The weight of a house pressed on Ain's body, and then pressed Ain's feet on the ground, this terrifying pressure would make Ain's legs plunge into the ground like bamboos.

So she only carried ten tons of training equipment on her back.

That's when the shackles on her legs are visible.

It was the shackles of the sea tower, which was able to suppress the physical strength of those with Devil Fruit abilities in the form of a percentage.

After wearing this shackle, even if it is only a mere ten tons, it will make Al Yin feel deeply tired, and in this way, the purpose of training will be achieved.

Not just Ain, but Kerra and Lilith and Clark...... Many important members of the G5 branch are exercising their strength.

Except for the peach rabbit, tea dolphin, and Hailan.

This mechanical training method is not suitable for Peach Rabbit and Tea Dolphin, they have a training method that is more suitable for themselves.

As for Hailan, he has no need to train now, training is just useless for him.

Only a battle of life and death could promote the further strengthening of his strength.

"Bucky! I see you're lazy! ”

Bucky was miserable: "Chief Hailan...... Just spare me...... I'm just an artilleryman......"

"If you don't take the initiative to attack others, it doesn't mean that others won't trouble you, don't talk nonsense, go on!"

"I regret it, I shouldn't have joined the Navy in the first place, if I hadn't joined the Navy......"

Bucky continued his tempering as he muttered in pieces.

Every day, the base commander of the G5 branch, who has strong computing power, will come to train these naval officers after handling military affairs, and of course, the officers who have a task will be spared the pain of flesh and skin.

This makes Bucky's training bitter, and many Navy soldiers can't envy it.

After confirming everyone's status, Hailan began to think about her own problems.

"The Hunter of the Moon" Caterina Depen was thrown into the Deep Sea Prison by Hailan.

At the time of her capture, Katerina's arm had been reattached, and the Phantom Beast Species Nine-Tailed Fox gave her the ability to repair it, but it was not comparable to Marco the "Immortal Bird", and a tragic scar remained on her body.

The reason why Hailan didn't kill Caterina has to start with the "salted fish" Draco Pierce.

Pierce, who had obtained the Nature-based Salt Fruit, now had the strength of a vice admiral in the Navy Headquarters, and the speed at which he became stronger even Hailan felt a little incredible.

I have to say that the heritage of Tianlong people is really rich.

Abundant medicinal materials, nutrition, systematic training methods, move skills from all over the world, and guidance from various masters, such rich resources make Pierce's strength improve rapidly like a rocket.

However, it is not so easy to break through to the level of generals.

Whether you can reach the level of a lieutenant general depends on hard work, and whether you can reach the level of a general, it depends on qualification or luck.

According to Pierce, the Dark Fruit, the strongest natural system that is not detailed in the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book, has the ability to suck out the abilities of those with Devil Fruit abilities.

That's a bit of a weirdness.

Pierce said that there was once a Dark Fruit ability who sucked the enemy's ability into his body because he couldn't withstand the power of the two Devil Fruits, and finally the whole person exploded, which made the world discover the Dark Fruit's anti-heaven ability.

But this ability is a bit of a chicken rib because no one can have two Devil Fruit abilities at the same time.

Therefore, Hailan is not concerned with the dark fruit itself, but with the result of "sucking ability".

This is what Devil Fruits can do...... Can science do the same?

Hailan offered the idea to Vegapunk, who expressed interest.

A completely new discovery is often a huge attraction for scientists.

For this reason, some of the capable criminals who advanced to the city have suffered, and the number of capable criminals who have died on the operating table of Vegapunk has exceeded single digits.

This may be a bit inhumane, but the pirates don't seem to have considered any humane issues when they burn and loot, so the psychological pressure on Hailan and Vegapunk is not great.

Once this research is made a breakthrough, the city will no longer be a place full of dangers, but a treasure trove for the navy and the world government, so the world government will also express its full support for this.

Naturally, Vegapunk is in charge of scientific research.

What needs Hailan's attention is his own fighting skills.

Ever since she knocked Kaido with one punch last year, Hailan has been thinking about a question: Is swordsmanship really as strong as she imagined?

Hailan had always thought that in the same rank, the swordsman should be the most lethal class, but now it seems that this is not the case.

His sword could only cut through Kaido's skin and pierce Kaido's outer flesh, which was nothing more than a skin wound, like a mosquito bite.

But his fists and domineering can knock Kaido over.

"The swordsman may be the weakest existence in the same rank."

This is the conclusion that Hailan has come to in more than a year of experiments and reflections.

The world government has been established for more than 800 years, and it is recorded that every "world's greatest swordsman" cannot become "the strongest man in the world".

It's not without reason.

Why do people carry swords when they fight?

Because swords can more easily cut through the enemy's body.

In other words, the strength of human flesh is not as good as that of a sword, and it is not as strong as steel.

Why can muskets replace cold weapons?

Because a musket can hit farther than a sword?

Not.

In ancient warfare, the main force was often "cavalry" or "infantry", and "archers" could only be auxiliary to cavalry and infantry.

Ranged attacks have proven to be no advantage over melee attacks.

The reason why muskets can replace cold weapons is not a matter of "long-range" and "melee combat", but because of gunpowder: neither the muscles of a man nor the muscles of a horse can surpass the power of gunpowder.

The range, power, and speed of the musket fired by gunpowder are far above the bow and arrow fired by manpower, so the musket can replace the cold weapon.

At the end of the day, it's all about strength and hardness.

The world of One Piece is different from the earth, and after cultivating, the human body in it can gain more explosive power than gunpowder and hardness stronger than steel.

So muskets and swords have no advantage in this world.

Whitebeard, the "strongest man in the world", has a naginata, but that naginata is just a decoration for Whitebeard.

Whitebeard rarely slashes people with his naginata, and spends most of his time using the ability of the Shock Fruit.

Whitebeard's injuries were all caused by the "Shock Fruit", but in fact, the Shock Fruit had no side effects at all.

Could it be that Akaiu will be scalded by magma fruits?

In the original book, Blackbeard unleashed a devastating tsunami with his backhand after getting the Shock Fruit, and if the Shock Fruit had side effects, then the side effects of the Dark Fruit's "multiple pains" would have caused Blackbeard to roll on the ground stimulated by the pain of the shock.

So what is the reason for Whitebeard's injury?

The answer is his knife.

Kaido's weakness is his uncontrolled emotions.

Whitebeard's biggest weakness is his "feelings", he takes feelings too seriously.

Because of his heavy feelings, Whitebeard desperately went to rescue Ace; Because of his heavy feelings, Whitebeard was stabbed by the big vortex spider Skuyard; Because of his heavy feelings, Whitebeard was called "Daddy" by Blackbeard and spit out the last breath he was holding in his mouth, and was finally killed by Blackbeard.

Obviously, he doesn't need a naginata, but he still carries a naginata all the time, also because Whitebeard values feelings.

Because the knife was with Whitebeard before he became famous in the sea, it was his earliest "partner", that was his comrade-in-arms.

It's not the shock fruit that shocks Whitebeard, it's this knife!

Whitebeard would often attach the ability of the Shock Fruit to his naginata, and the naginata would shake and even the space could be shattered, so how could it be nice to hold his whitebeard.

Whitebeard knew that doing so would hurt himself, but he still didn't abandon his naginata, and Whitebeard's emphasis on feelings had reached a level that ordinary people couldn't understand.

Hailan hadn't watched anime, and he didn't know about "Top War", but that didn't stop him from knowing that Whitebeard's destructive power wasn't in that knife at all.

In the world of high martial arts, the "swordsman" in the same realm is the worst in combat effectiveness, because the swordsman still relies on foreign objects after all.

It is conceivable that if a swordsman loses his sword, it will be such a misfortune, his combat power will inevitably plummet, and all that will be left for him is tragedy.

In the world of Dragon Ball, there are almost only fist-to-flesh fights, because the physical strength reaches their level, and the hardest thing in the world is only their own flesh.

Why did Akaiu give up swordsmanship? Because after obtaining the magma fruit, he developed a move that was more powerful than swordsmanship.

Sauron did not develop the "Bladeless Flow" swordsmanship for the sake of being handsome, but he was clearly aware of the swordsman's flaws.

A person who can smash steel with his fists alone must be stronger than an ordinary swordsman who has reached the realm of "cutting iron".

But is the "swordsman" really useless?

Of course not.

The biggest advantage of "Swordsmen" is that they tend to be more likely to reach higher levels than other classes.

A swordsman who can "cut iron" is like a carp crossing the river on the sea.

However, the physical strength that can break the steel with one punch is much less than the swordsman in the "Cutting Iron" realm.

Kendo is a shortcut to becoming stronger.

The so-called "sword" is to concentrate a person's power on the line of the blade.

When the force is the same, the smaller the contact area, the greater the pressure.

This is junior high school knowledge.

A sword is the use of greater pressure at the same force to destroy an object.

On Earth, if there is a cow in front of them, few people can tear it alive.

But if a man has a knife in his hand, he can easily cut the flesh of an ox.

"Knife", as a shortcut, allows people who have not reached the realm of "tearing cattle" to reach the realm of "beheading cattle".

There are gains and losses, because with the help of external objects, swordsmen are the weakest profession in the same realm.

But it is precisely because of the help of external objects that kendo is a shortcut to becoming stronger, and swordsmen can often easily stabilize one realm, or even two or three realms of other professions.

This is the reason why "the world's number one swordsman" cannot become "the strongest in the world".

Because his kendo has touched the apex of this world, when other professions also touch this apex, the swordsman will naturally be compared.

Success is also kendo, defeat is also kendo.

If you want to rely on "kendo" to become the strongest in the world, you can only break through the upper limit of the world and reach the level of kendo in other worlds.

"Maybe it's time for me to change my path of cultivation in the future......"

Hailan wasn't a pure swordsman like Hawkeye who had spent his life pursuing kendo, and he wasn't from the beginning.

He hadn't studied kendo much, "Rachel" was just one of his combat moves, and swordsmanship was just his means of killing enemies.

It's just a pity that most of the soul has been tempered.

However, Hailan will not give up on Soul Death, even if he does not plan to take the path of "Kendo", the "Soul Slashing" attribute of Soul Death's awakening can bring him countless help in battle.

It's better to think that you have one more Devil Fruit ability.

"Boom!"

A loud bang came, and Hailan looked at it, and Bucky's whole body was already lying on the ground, and next to him was the ten tons of training equipment he had thrown on the ground.

That's right, everyone uses "ten tons", which is the upper limit of the weight of the training equipment of the G5 branch.

The difference is only that the shackles on their feet are not the same.

"Let's all get some rest."

After receiving Hailan's order, Ain, Kella, and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

They're going to be easy, but someone is going to suffer.

Hailan crouched in front of Bucky, holding a thunder rod in her hand, and a smile like a grandmother on her face.

"It seems that the adventure king Lord Bayi still needs a little help......"

"Oh oh roar roar ......"

Everyone's faces had completely different expressions, some laughed, some were confused, and some felt as if their bodies were hurting.

It's not electrocution, but it doesn't hurt much.

It's just that Bucky's rhythmic screams are a little too magical......

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