As he passed a certain cell, Luo Chen's footsteps couldn't help but pause slightly.
Behind the steel bars was a large block of ice.
The ice seemed to never melt, and it sealed an old man within.
'The "World Destroyer" from the movie, Byrnndi World.'
This wasn't the first time Luo Chen had encountered a movie character.
Carina was a character from the movie Gold.
So, he wasn't very surprised to encounter Byrnndi World in Eternal Hell.
The reason this man was captured was also for attacking a Celestial Dragon.
His fruit ability was quite heaven-defying.
The More-More Fruit, which could amplify the speed, power, or size of any object he touched up to a hundred times.
It was just a pity that he appeared in a movie and had to face the invincible King Luffy, ultimately ending in a regrettable defeat.
'It seems the More-More Fruit can't be used on living beings. What a pity...'
Luo Chen felt a sense of regret.
The More-More Fruit and the Rubber Fruit were two fruits that all men desired.
'But this man's strength isn't weak. He's a bit old, but he should still have the power of an elite Vice Admiral.'
Luo Chen decided to make Byrnndi World one of his recruitment targets.
In any case, he would cast a wide net first. It was hard to say if he'd succeed in recruiting him.
'Bullet, Douglas Bullet, where are you...' Luo Chen hummed a little tune in his mind.
His most desired recruitment target for this trip was Douglas Bullet.
He could skip everyone else, but he had to get Bullet.
This was a beast who had once fought to a draw with the Pirate King's right-hand man, "Dark King" Rayleigh.
Although he still lost to Luffy, that was a movie, so it didn't count.
Bullet's strength was definitely at the Admiral/Yonko level.
His Clank-Clank Fruit was wonderfully similar to the Susanoo, and a full-power attack could even destroy an island.
Currently, Luo Chen couldn't even beat him.
After turning a corner, two crimson lights shot out from a dark cell straight ahead.
Luo Chen's eyes narrowed.
Inside the cell, a tall, sturdy man was standing by the bars, looking at him.
The man had wild golden hair draped down his back, wore a black military uniform, and, like Shiryu of the Rain, his eyes glowed red.
The feeling Shiryu of the Rain gave Luo Chen was one of killing intent.
What Douglas Bullet gave him was a sense of violent, domineering pressure.
'He seems to be a wielder of Conqueror's Haki.'
Luo Chen felt that he could also start learning Conqueror's Haki.
[Training Point Balance: 1,710,000]
In the three days since being captured by the Marines, he had been continuously training his body technique.
Even so, his training points had increased instead of decreasing.
This was mainly because the gold from Skypiea was still being sold, constantly being converted into training points.
In these three days, another 8 billion Beli had come in.
'I'm about 10 billion away from the 50 billion Beli cumulative top-up reward.'
'I still need 900,000 training points to raise my body technique to Level 10. The rest can be used to learn Conqueror's Haki.'
Luo Chen estimated that he could only get his body technique to Level 10 before the Summit War began.
There wasn't enough time.
To raise body technique from LV9 to LV10 required 1.6 million training points, 1,600 hours in the training space, which translated to 160 hours in the outside world.
That was equivalent to about seven days.
Luo Chen had already trained for three days. In another four days, his body technique would level up.
But to get from LV10 to LV11, the time would double, meaning half a month.
In half a month, the Summit War would most likely have already begun.
'I hope it starts as late as possible, to give me more time to train.'
As Luo Chen was thinking, he was brought to a stop in front of an empty cell.
Hannyabal opened the cell door with a key.
Magellan, meanwhile, dragged Luo Chen's chain to the wall and fixed it to the wall itself.
After doing all this, Magellan gave it a hard tug to confirm it was secure, then walked out of the cell and locked the main gate.
"Just stay here and reflect."
After saying this, Magellan left with Hannyabal and Domino.
Luo Chen sat on the dim, cold ground and looked across.
In the cell opposite, there were two figures, both sitting against the wall.
The young man directly facing him was covered in wounds, wearing a string of red beads around his neck. His head hung down weakly, as if he were dead.
The other figure was sitting sideways to Luo Chen, leaning against the wall.
His fat body, blue skin, and the two large teeth protruding from his lower jaw revealed his fish-man race.
"Hey, Ace," Luo Chen called out.
He had already recognized that the person directly facing him was Ace.
Seeing an acquaintance, Luo Chen felt it was necessary to say hello.
Ace suddenly raised his head, a look of confusion on his face, not expecting someone to call his name in the depths of the Level 6 prison.
When he saw Luo Chen, his face showed astonishment, which was quickly followed by a bitter smile as if in understanding.
"Luo Chen, you got caught after all."
Ace's cellmate, the fat, blue-skinned fish-man, turned his head to look, asking curiously, "Ace, who is he?"
"Luo Chen. He killed a Celestial Dragon on Star Island and stole the Heavenly Tribute," Ace explained. "Boss Jinbe, you must have seen the news, right?"
The blue-skinned fish-man, Jinbe, was stunned and looked at Luo Chen in surprise.
"So it was you."
"Ace, you two know each other?"
Ace nodded. "We met in Alabasta. At the time, Luo Chen was being chased by Aokiji. I thought he was done for, but who would have thought he'd not only escape, but also go on to kill a Celestial Dragon."
A trace of shock appeared on Jinbe's face upon hearing this.
To be able to escape from a Marine Admiral's pursuit, his strength was indeed formidable.
As for why Luo Chen was caught...
Jinbe and Ace understood as soon as they thought about it.
He must have angered the World Government by killing a Celestial Dragon.
A Marine Admiral must have been personally dispatched to capture Luo Chen.
He might have escaped from Aokiji once, but it was impossible to escape a second time.
Of course, it might have been Kizaru or Akainu who caught him.
But neither of them wanted to ask.
In any case, he had already fallen this low. Asking was useless and would only be a further blow to Luo Chen.
In prison, Ace was not in the mood to talk much.
He just asked about Luffy's situation, then said no more.
Luo Chen also fell silent, his mind entering the [Body Technique Space] to train.
...
In Eternal Hell, one could not feel the passage of time.
There was only endless loneliness and cold.
On the greenish-blue planet, Luo Chen was engaged in bare-fisted combat with the woman in the leather suit.
Their figures flashed and intertwined, the collision of their fists and feet producing muffled sounds like the beating of a war drum.
After a moment, Luo Chen let out a muffled groan and was sent flying, crashing in the distance.
There was a dark red fist print on his chest, and his sternum had even caved in.
He winced in pain.
Life energy surged from the greenish-blue planet, mending his injuries.
Soon, his sternum regrew, and the dark red fist print also quickly disappeared.
Luo Chen's body shook. A wave of air washed out from him, blowing over the green grass blades at his feet.
The system panel appeared before his eyes.
[Body Technique LV9 → LV10]
[Body Technique: LV10 (Strong Yonko Commander Level ≈ 2 Billion Beli Bounty Pirate)]
"I finally broke through."
Luo Chen let out a light breath.
With Level 10 body technique, without using any abilities other than body technique, he was at the strongest tier below Admiral/Yonko.
If he added his various ninjutsu and top-tier two-color Haki...
His strength could already defeat the weaker Admiral/Yonko-level opponents.
Weak Admiral/Yonko level, meaning the post-timeskip Marine Admirals Ryokugyu and Fujitora, and Yonko Big Mom.
An elderly Rayleigh, Sengoku, and Red-Hair's vice-captain Beckman were also in this strength tier.
'Aokiji and Kizaru should be a bit stronger than them, belonging to the standard Admiral/Yonko level, which is the average level.'
'If I use Kamui, Aokiji and Kizaru would most likely be defeated if caught off guard.'
'It doesn't matter if they team up or not.'
Luo Chen analyzed his own strength based on the last battle.
Without Kamui, he estimated he could fight either Aokiji or Kizaru to a draw.
An elderly Whitebeard, Garp, and Kaido were also of similar strength to Aokiji and Kizaru.
Without Kamui, Luo Chen could at best fight them to a 50/50 standstill.
With Kamui, they couldn't necessarily beat him.
'In this world, there aren't many living people who can beat me.' Luo Chen's eyes shone brightly.
His mind jumped to the [Skill Training Space] to check on Conqueror's Haki.
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