Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 140: Troubles and Breakthrough of Will

He became a rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters after 8 months of enlistment. This was because his contributions far exceeded the requirements for promotion. At this stage, it would be slow to get promoted.
After that, catching small pirates in the East China Sea will not be of much use. We must have achievements in the Grand Line or even the New World.

Over the past eight months, he has arrested and brought nearly a hundred of his followers to justice, and there are still more than a hundred left.

With his sharing, these people have become real lieutenant general-level combat forces. It is useless for them to stay in the East China Sea, so Liu Mang sent them to the Grand Route to develop and strive to achieve high-quality achievements.

Five months ago, the younger brothers were able to cooperate in killing small sea kings in a shared state, and with an extra month and a long period of shared power experience, the improvement is even above the 026 Navy Branch. Now they are senior major generals with an average strength of 3000 tons per person. They are proficient in six styles and two-color domineering. In the shared state, they are even comparable to some veteran vice admirals.

The 026 branch is equally strong, with an average strength of nearly 2000 tons per person. They are also proficient in the six styles and two-color domineering. If they were placed in the headquarters, they would be masters qualified to be major generals.

At this stage, Liu Mang's help to them is not that great. What they need to do next is to improve their domineering skills to improve their physical fitness. This is a path of infinite growth. The path that Liu Mang has broadened for them can only increase their possibility of reaching the rank of lieutenant general or even general.

At this stage, the improvement of basic strength is no longer as critical as before. The power of will is gradually emerging, and Liu Mang cannot guarantee that they will reach this stage.

From now on it will be time to test one's personal qualifications. If one's willpower cannot grow, there will be no difference between 3,000 tons of force and 30,000 tons of force. This is the truth that Gutafu made Liu Mang realize through his fists.

Haki is the embodiment of will, and vice admirals and big pirates are all people of strong will. In the battle at this stage, will will prevail over strength and become the primary decisive factor. Unless the power gap is too great, the outcome of the battle is determined by will and mentality.

Liu Mang's current basic strength has reached 12 tons, and the increase in Armament Haki remains at 40 times. His will is naturally not weak, but not as good as Gutav. When both sides use Armament Haki to entangle and fight at the same time, his Haki can't bear it and collapses. This is the crushing caused by the gap in will. If you want to defeat the opponent at this time, you have to use the basics to make up for the dozens of times gap in Armament Haki enhancement. It is impossible to do this at the same level!
Of course, if one has a powerful devil fruit ability, it is another matter. The devil fruit can provide additional enhancement, which is not impossible to make up for the gap in armament color domineering, but this kind of fruit is too rare. The dog-dog fruit eaten by Dahuang is the mythical beast type blood wolf form. This mythical beast type fruit that specializes in physical enhancement can only enhance the body by 50 times, which is not enough to keep up with the enhancement of domineering.

However, most fruit abilities cannot be amplified by domineering. If you want to use the explosive power of the fruit, you have to give up the explosive power of domineering. The most you can do is use hardening to increase defense and increase attack in disguise, but there is no multiple strengthening.

Either fruit or domineering, this is the combat system in the world of One Piece!
The days of seclusion and training to strengthen himself were over. Next, it was time for him to prepare for his future seizure of power in the navy.

The more than 026 "major generals" of the branch must also be spread out, not only to the East China Sea, but also to the Four Seas, the Grand Line, the New World, and the Naval Headquarters. Only in this way can they climb up to become real major generals or even lieutenant generals. The first is to gain merit, and the second is to accept tempering, both are indispensable.

However, if the branch is not fully staffed, the headquarters will not take the initiative to transfer people from the branch. If you want to disperse people, you have to recruit enough people.

It would have been very difficult to change the previous 026 branch, but now with Liu Mang, the rising star of the navy, as a signboard, the entire East China Sea has set off a wave of military recruitment enthusiasm. As long as the previous standards are restored, it will be no problem to recruit another 026 branch, let alone fill it up.

Looks like it's time for another session!

He immediately registered the people who were suitable to be released from the branch and submitted them to Kong, saying that these people had no strength left and needed to be honed, so they could help relieve the navy's worries.

When Kong saw so many guys with luxurious data were still wasting time in Branch 026, he immediately found Marshal Foren to ask about the transfer of researchers.

There are 800 branches in the four seas, 200 in each sea. The numbers are arranged according to the order in which the branches were established. Maybe branch 026 is in the East China Sea, and branch 027 is in the North Sea. There is no pattern.

The basic number of people in these branches is between 200-500, with the vast majority being 300 people. They are led by a colonel from the naval branch, and their combat effectiveness is hard to describe.

Now it seems that these branches can add some real fighting power.

Each branch of the Four Seas will send two people, which means a total of 1600 people.

There are still 1400 people left. There are eight G-series branches in the Grand Line, which undertake the most important suppression tasks. If all these 1400 people are sent out as combat forces, it will be able to greatly strengthen the strength of the eight branches and ease the pressure caused by the Rocks Pirates.

After three thousand transfer orders were issued, Fulun and Kong breathed a sigh of relief and started chatting in the office.

"Well done, Kong, your disciple has really made our navy proud. Not only is he powerful, but he also has unparalleled shipbuilding skills. Once the ironclad ship came out, the reputation of our navy soared. What's more commendable is his ability to train masters. He trained all the members of the 8 branch to this level in 026 months. It's amazing. You are so lucky that such a good disciple has become your disciple. Why don't I have this luck?" Fulun said with emotion, envious of Kong's luck.

"Haha, Brother Furen, I have always been lucky. Maybe I can go one step further and become your leader in the World Government in the future. Hahaha!" Kong laughed and was very optimistic about his future.

"Don't give me that! If you go to work for the higher-ups, you will be so depressed. It's so uncomfortable to be so far away from the Five Elders. If you really get under their noses, you won't even be able to pee. I don't want to go anyway." Fulun shook his head, not wanting to continue to get promoted.
"Just kidding!" Kong laughed at himself, then a worry appeared on his face. "Brother, Rocks is really incurable. Fabrice vomited blood again on the ship yesterday. I think he will die of illness soon. Once he dies, Wo will surely fall apart. If Rocks takes the opportunity to gather Wo's power, we will be passive."

Furen was silent. He knew that he could not allow Rocks to absorb the power of Wo, but he had no way to stop it. It had been a long time since the ocean had seen such a monopoly. Even the entire navy would not have much chance of winning. All of this was because of one person, Rocks D. Gibek!
"Rocks possesses the abilities of three fruits. Even if you and I join forces, we cannot easily win. John, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe and others are not simple people. Edward Newgate, Ski, Charlotte Linling and other rising stars are gradually showing their talents. In the navy, except for you and me, only Gutav and Ryan can fight against these people. We don't have enough strength!" Furen sighed.

"Besides," Fulun gritted his teeth and covered his chest with an unwilling look on his face, "my injuries no longer allow me to fight fiercely. I could die suddenly at any time. I can't help you anymore." Kong was silent. Ten years ago, Fulun had a life-and-death battle with a top pirate. After eleven days of fierce fighting, he killed the opponent, but almost all of his internal organs were knocked out. He has been relying on mechanical organs and life return to survive all these years, so he switched to a civilian job.

For someone like Fulun, it is no problem for him to burst out with the combat power of a general in a short period of time, but an hour is his limit. And for the top strong men, it will take several days to decide the outcome.

"Perhaps, there is hope for your cheap apprentice." Fulun saw that Kong looked unhappy and offered comfort.

Arthur? That's not impossible.

Thinking about the increasingly sophisticated questions he asked recently, Sora gradually became excited.

Perhaps, this kid can really become the backbone of the navy!
Three days later, the pillar of support finally sent away more than 3,000 people one by one, and he was really exhausted.

The new recruitment will be carried out next month. In order to recruit enough outstanding recruits, Liu Mang took the rare opportunity to shoot a recruitment advertisement and sent it out, in order to fill the 5000-person quota at one time by the end of March.

It is only the beginning of March, and Branch 026 now has less than 500 civilian staff and 200 new recruits from the previous term to maintain the operation of the base.

In preparation for the arrival of new recruits, Liu Mang mobilized the masses to carry out large-scale construction before everyone left. The base was expanded more than twice. In the 026 branch where each person had a super crane, building a house was just a piece of cake. The construction and decoration was completed in a few days. The entire 026 branch was completely brand new, and now there was more than one room for each of the 5000 people.

After everyone left, Liu Mang also had some free time. Not wanting to waste time, he took Cha Mo, Lu Jiu and others out to sea frequently to fight pirates and slave traders. While showing up, they also practiced swordsmanship, and everyone gained something.

In order to temper their will, Liu Mang asked Cha Mo to use his abilities while they were practicing, and to practice while resisting the control of the Laughing Fruit. Not only did their wills get tempered, but Cha Mo's abilities also became stronger.

Cha Mo once demonstrated her ability to control Da Huang's actions through laughter. This time, she opened her mouth again and used her full strength to unleash the power of the Laughing Fruit, which was beyond expectations. Even Liu Mang had a hard time resisting it. The training effect was really good.

"bass!"

The sound of a blade being unsheathed was heard, and Liu Mang swung the sword down. The armed color domineering aura wrapped around the sword made the blade appear pitch black.

boom!
The red sword pressure shot up into the sky, cutting open the sea surface 500 meters ahead. The water kept rushing towards the gap, but was blocked by the remaining sword pressure and could not fall down. It was not until more than ten seconds later that the sword pressure dissipated, and the sea water roared together, splashing waves tens of meters high.

"call!"

Liu Mang exhaled and put away the knife, suppressing the smile that was rising all the time, and calmly recalled the knife attack he had just made.

Cha Mo stopped laughing and said, "You are getting stronger and stronger. You can still make such a powerful strike under the influence of my ability. Your strength is considered a master among the lieutenant generals in this department."

Liu Mang was not satisfied. "It's still a long way to go. Lieutenant General is not my goal, and General is not my destination. What I want is to be invincible!"

Cha Mo secretly rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Yes, yes, you are invincible, you are awesome. Then may I ask the invincible Major General Arthur how long will it take for us to return to the base? The recruitment work is about to begin, and you, the person in charge, cannot be late."

Today is March 1470, 3 in the Haiyuan calendar. Tomorrow is the 28th, when new recruitment begins, but they are still in an uninhabited sea area thousands of miles away.

Lu Jiu and the others have gone back for a few days, and only Liu Mang, whose will is about to break through, stayed behind to continue his training.

Chamo is a necessary person for tempering will, so he naturally cannot leave. However, the two leaders are not old enough to take care of their own chores, so Xierlin stays to be a nanny, and the others go back to do the preparatory work.

Just now, Liu Mang's will finally had a breakthrough. He estimated that he had reached the level of a star-swallowing star, and his strength had increased significantly.

This time, it would be difficult for Gutav to defeat his Armament Haki like before.

The Yalu had been driven back by Lu Jiu and the others. It was impossible to reach 026 Lexi Island in one day by taking an ordinary ship, so Liu Mang picked up Cha Mo and Xierlin in each hand and took off. He used the Moon Step·Running Flow and flew towards Lexi Island at supersonic speed. Cha Mo's curses and Xierlin's sobs were heard in the air, and the three of them gradually disappeared in the sunset.

(End of this chapter)