One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

While Burgess's Power-Power Fruit is simple and brutal, any fancy techniques seem superfluous in the face of absolute power.

Each of his punches was incredibly heavy, striking Hancock's Armament Haki-covered arms with a crisp, metallic clang.

But Hancock's counterattack was even more shrewd.

Her domineering aura has been cultivated to an extremely profound level. Her Observation Haki allows her to predict every attack from Burgess, and her Armament Haki forms an all-around defense around her.

She incorporated the power of the Love-Love Fruit into every attack—not a simple, one-time petrification, but rather a petrification ability infused into her Armament Haki.

This forms a completely new integrated offensive and defensive model.

Any substance that comes into contact with her Armament Haki will be petrified instantly.

Burgess's right arm has been petrified three times.

Each time, his fist slammed into Hancock's defense, before he could even retract his fist.

He felt a strange power seeping in through the cracks in his Armament Haki, threatening to turn his entire arm to stone.

He had to use all his Armament Haki to shatter the petrified layer.

"I'm not fighting anymore!"

Burgess plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.

"You shameless woman! I missed a punch and my hand turned to stone! How am I supposed to hit you now?!"

Hancock retracted her fighting stance, crossed her arms, and looked down at Burgess:

"whispering sound--!"

"It's because you're too weak."

Burgess was speechless.

Savi and Yamato, who were watching from the sidelines, both burst out laughing. Yamato, carrying his spiked club, looked on with envy.

"Hancock has made amazing progress in the last three years."

If it weren't for my demon bloodline protecting me, I think I would have been caught by her.

Savi shook his head:

"It's not 'we're about to catch up,' it's 'we've already caught up.'"

Her current strength is firmly at the level of a veteran Navy Vice Admiral.

With the combination of the Love-Love Fruit and Conqueror's Haki, even elite vice admirals are no match for her.

Hancock ignored their comments.

Her gaze swept across the training ground and landed on the towering palace tower in the distance.

There was a window there, facing the training field. Every time she trained, there was always a figure behind that window.

Lord Roy.

Three years ago, Roy gave her the Sweet Fruit, arranged for her to undergo a bloodline transplant, and had a top-tier powerhouse like Barrett personally train her.

During those three years, every time she was knocked to the ground and in so much pain that she almost gave up, just thinking of the gaze from behind that window would make her grit her teeth and get back up.

And now, she's strong enough to stand beside Lord Roy.

She is no longer the little girl from Amazon Lily who needs protection, but a warrior who can share Lord Roy's burdens.

A faint smile unconsciously crept onto Hancock's lips, and in an instant, several new recruits who were training around her were all petrified and turned into statues.

Her face darkened, the petrification effect wore off, and she turned to leave: "You lot, go run fifty laps!"

On the other side of the training plaza, Trafalgar Law was sitting cross-legged on a boulder.

The demon sword, Ghost Cry, lay horizontally on his lap, its blade gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

The power of the Op-Op Fruit silently unfolded, and ROOM enveloped the space within hundreds of meters around it.

Luo stretched out his hand, his five fingers slightly bent, and the Ghost Cry sword automatically sprang out of its sheath, hovering beside him.

A transparent hemispherical space unfolded around him, and all the objects within the space were clearly presented to his perception.

Trafalgar Law flicked his finger, and a boulder was moved from the ground into the air.

With another tap of his finger, the boulder was split into hundreds of fist-sized pieces, each with a smooth, mirror-like edge, without a single rough cut mark.

He raised his hand and waved it, sending pebbles raining down on the target in the center of the training field.

Every stone hit the bullseye precisely, leaving the target riddled with holes the size of fists.

"ROOM - Sweep".

Luo casually uttered the name of the move, withdrew his hand, and Ghost Cry automatically flew back into his hand.

His medical skills have surpassed those of most physicians on Beehive Island in the past three years.

The foundational knowledge taught by Dr. Kureha, combined with Dr. Vera's toxicology and the power of the Op-Op Fruit, allows him to directly remove diseased internal organs without opening the skin.

They even performed remote surgery on the wounded while fighting on the battlefield.

"The power of the Op-Op Fruit has reached its limit."

Luo's fingers traced the back of the Ghost Cry Blade.

"Next, it's just a matter of continuing to train and waiting for the fruit to awaken. Finally, it's about taking revenge on Doflamingo."

It's worth mentioning that Law's Op-Op Fruit domain is practically modeled after Roy's. Things like gravity chambers and space-time manipulation are all based on Roy's Nen domain.

However, the limitations of the Devil Fruit's power mean that Trafalgar Law's operation of the "ROOM" domain is not as simple and easy as Roy's, and it also consumes a lot more stamina.

On the path outside the training plaza, Nicole Robin carried a thick ancient book and walked towards the library.

Over the past three years, her demeanor has undergone a significant change.

No longer as wary and defensive as when I was a child, but rather more composed and at ease.

Barrett's training has made her physical abilities far surpass those of an ordinary historian, and she has begun to develop dual-color Haki. Even without the aid of a Devil Fruit, she is a qualified warrior.

She has taken the development of flowers and fruits to a higher level.

From initially only being able to bloom within a few dozen meters, it can now simultaneously produce hundreds of arms from a kilometer away.

Each arm can independently perform physical techniques and use domineering energy, making it equivalent to a mobile army of a hundred men.

But what she cherished most was the library on the island.

The treasure trove of Beehive Island contains a wealth of historical texts unearthed from ancient ruins.

During those three years, Robin spent almost all his time studying these stones.

The Void Century, the Truth of the Great Kingdom, the Existence of Ancient Weapons—

These secrets, which the world government has tried so hard to cover up, are being pieced together bit by bit in her hands.

We are getting closer and closer to the truth of the final island, Laugh Tale.

"Sister Robin—!"

A clear, crisp sound came from afar.

Robin looked up and saw a little girl with pink hair running towards her.

Five-year-old Rebecca, dressed in tiny training clothes, carried a training sword almost as tall as herself on her back.

Her face was covered in sweat, but her eyes were bright and showed no signs of fatigue.

"Rebecca."

Robin knelt down and wiped the sweat from her face.

"Is today's training over?"

"Hmm! Master Hawkeye said I've improved today! He taught me to predict my opponent's movements, and I dodged Kazami-nii's fast sword three times in a row!"

Rebecca's voice was full of excitement.

Although she is only five years old, this little girl's talent is astonishing.

Her father was Cyrus the Great, a renowned swordsman who displayed extraordinary swordsmanship from a young age.

Having only been in training camp for a year, she was already able to withstand attacks from veterans several years her senior.

Although it was just a training match, Hawkeye praised their anticipation and reaction speed, saying "not bad."