coobybook Chapter 160 Awakening Steps
Chapter 160 Awakening Steps
Beehive Island has been officially renamed Navy Branch G-179.
The first thing to do is to establish a safe air route connecting the G-1 branch.
Pirate strongholds along the way need to be eliminated, and the member states that serve as supply points need to negotiate, but these are not things Allen needs to consider.
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Naval Headquarters Training Ground.
Allen and Zephat sat cross-legged.
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"Insufficient strength?"
Zefa held a thin cigarette he had rolled himself, his physical condition no longer allowing him to smoke cigars in large puffs.
A wisp of smoke rose from the corner of his grinning mouth: "You're only twenty-two, and you're already stronger than Garp, who's the same age."
"Don't be so impatient, kid."
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Allen shook his head: "To be honest... if General Sakazuki hadn't arrived in time, I might have been hunted down and killed."
"I can't expect anyone to come and help me next time; I need the ability to handle everything on my own."
Zephyr stroked his chin for a while before saying, "As for physical skills and Armament Haki, I have nothing left to teach you."
"If you need advice from an elder..."
Zephyr stared at Allen and said earnestly, "Fruit Awakening!"
"I hate relying too much on Devil Fruits, but awakening a Zoan-type Devil Fruit can indeed improve your strength in every way."
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"Awakening..."
Allen also asked Lucci about the process of his Devil Fruit awakening, but he couldn't explain it clearly at all, only saying that it awakened while he was fighting.
Zefa continued:
"The essence of Zoan-type awakening is to allow the user's vitality and recovery ability to break through the limits, achieving a near 'immortal' fighting stance."
"Even if it suffers a fatal injury, it can heal itself in a very short time."
"The Six Powers of the Navy are a preview of Armament Haki, while the higher level of Life Return is based on the principle of Zoan-type Awakening."
"Now that you've mastered Life Return, you should know how important recovery is in battle... Once the fruit awakens, recovery can increase several times over!"
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"There are very few people who can awaken their Devil Fruits. There is no precedent for Logia-type Devil Fruits to awaken, but relatively speaking, there are more people who have awakened Paramecia-type Devil Fruits."
"There is also a huge risk in the awakening of the Zoan type."
Zefa's expression darkened slightly.
"You know the Jailer Beasts in Impel Down, right? They're examples of failed Zoan-type awakenings. They lost most of their sanity, were consumed by their bestial instincts, and could only be tamed as tools."
"According to the cases preserved at headquarters... the stronger the Zoan type, the greater the risk and difficulty of awakening."
"Even during the Warring States period, no Devil Fruit had awakened. Zoan-type Devil Fruits contain a certain will, and he cannot risk having his consciousness taken over by trying it."
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The stronger one's abilities, the harder it is to advance in the ranks—this seems to be a universal truth across all worlds.
Allen only used this fruit as an aid to his Ice Release and Taijutsu, and had neither the time nor the energy to develop it in depth.
As an Uchiha, the Sharingan is definitely the top priority.
All awakening points were allocated to the Sharingan.
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The Kaleidoscope's abilities were proven in the battle on Beehive Island, but so were its drawbacks.
Allen can only hope that Vegapunk can replicate the Kaleidoscope and attempt to advance to the Eternal Eyes, gaining inexhaustible eye power.
Regarding that ember...
It's not time to use it yet.
Allen has no shortage of ways to deal damage, and he has a vague intuition that the End-Ember is not meant to be used by the Amaterasu Flame.
Perhaps it will only be truly effective once something is completed.
What could it be...?
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Zephyr said he wasn't satisfied with having such strength at his age...
Only he knows.
Leaving aside Naruto and Sasuke, who were invincible in the ninja world at sixteen, in a few years, that kid who became one of the Four Emperors at nineteen will also set sail.
If he stops, how can we talk about fighting or even killing Im?
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Zefa chuckled lightly: "Logically, you should have reached the level of awakening. Do you have any clues?"
Allen lowered his head and pondered deeply.
He did indeed sense a will within the 'Snowy White Wolf' fruit, and each attempt to touch it gave him the feeling of being in a snowy wonderland.
But this happened after he ate the fruit. He wasn't sure if it was a sign of awakening. He couldn't say that he had awakened when he was young, could he?
After a while, Allen shook his head.
"Absolutely not."
He stood up and gave a self-deprecating laugh: "You're a pure domineering type..."
"The suggestion is correct. I'll ask other people who have awakened their Devil Fruits. Has Vice Admiral Tsuru awakened hers?"
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"Sometimes... it is precisely those who are not involved who can see things clearly. It is because I understand Devil Fruits well enough that I did not choose to become a Devil Fruit user."
As a former Marine Admiral, it's impossible for him not to have obtained a suitable Devil Fruit.
Zephyr smiled faintly: "You won't get anything out of Tsuru either. If awakening could be standardized, there would be more people awakening their Devil Fruits."
"If you don't know what to do..."
"While the base is under construction, you can go to the place where you harvest the fruit."
"Feeling, understanding, and accepting—that's the process of awakening the Devil Fruit."
"Hmm... perhaps you could go to Impel Down first and check out the Jailer Beasts..."
Zefa's smile faded, and he said solemnly, "Respect is also important, knowing what the consequences of failure will be."
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"The last sentence is unnecessary."
Allen smiled calmly: "The possibility of me failing... simply doesn't exist."
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Deep in the new world.
Elubaf, the kingdom of giants, is known as the "world's strongest nation".
Rayleigh stepped on the soft soil, his silver hair shimmering in the dappled shadows of the trees.
Carrying a barrel of wine, they finally stopped in a cleared area.
In the center of the open space,
The embers of a campfire were still smoldering, and nearby lay the skeletons of several giant beasts that had been eaten.
Rayleigh placed the barrel on the ground, cleared his throat, and his voice echoed through the dense forest.
"Come out, I'm not here to collect a debt this time."
A brief silence.
Laughter erupted from a large tree not far away, a tree that would require hundreds of people to encircle, as leaves rustled down.
"Hahaha! It's just that I owe you two treasure chests, when are you going to forget about that?!"
thump—
A tall figure descended from the sky.
Skpa Jabba, the Pirate King's left arm, known as "Mountain Devourer".
Like Rayleigh, the black hair he remembered was now completely white, and he had a long beard braided into a plait on his chin.
Just like before, he carried two giant axes hanging at his waist, their blades gleaming coldly.
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Rayleigh unscrewed the barrel stopper and took a swig.
"I'm the kind of person who never forgets what others owe me."
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"Hahahaha!! Still so stingy! Stingy Rayleigh!!"
Jabba naturally took the barrel and started bottling, his Adam's apple bobbing as the liquor trickled down his thick beard.
He wiped the corner of his mouth.
"Hehe, I could smell that 'troublesome' smell on you from a long way off. You brought such good wine, it can't be just to catch up with old friends, right?"
Tell me about it!
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Rayleigh met his gaze and got straight to the point:
"Shanks has been captured and is scheduled for public execution."
Jabba paused, his hand gripping the barrel.
"Public...execution?"
He repeated the word, his facial muscles slowly tensing, making the scars appear even more grotesque.
Even if he heard that Shanks had been killed, Jabba wouldn't have reacted like this.
This word triggered his worst memories.
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"How disgusting... Is it the World Government? Do they want to erase the storm Roger stirred up?!"
Rayleigh shook his head: "It was done by the Navy."
"Jabbar..."
"To be honest, I didn't originally intend to go that far."
A flicker of fear crossed his eyes as he recalled the look he had seen at the port of Sabaody that day.
That terrifying look in his eyes, as if he wanted to throw everything in the world into a furnace!
"I need you to come with me to save Shanks; he's indispensable..."
"A vital fighting force against the evil of the world!"
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"Not only the one on the Void Throne, but someone even more insane than Lox has appeared!"