Ross closed his eyes and quietly felt the heat and the power of distortion in his body. When the heat subsided, he opened his eyes and clenched his fist.
Previously the range of his Distortion Fruit power was a radius of about 30 meters with him as the center and after putting 45 proficiency points in it, the range of his Distortion Fruit power has increased to 50 meters!
Ross can clearly feel that his power can not only easily cover an entire ship, but also extend outward, even to the bottom of the sea.
Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi) can trigger sea shock, and the Distortion Fruit can naturally do similar things but Distortion Fruit has a smaller range than Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi).
"My body can still bear this level of power."
After perceiving the changes in his body, Ross muttered.
Power of distortion has skyrocketed and the burden placed on his body has naturally increased a lot but since Ross' physical fitness has always been ahead of his Devil Fruit, so after this surge, his physical strength and the power of Distortion Fruit can be improved and can reach a balance.
After a little hesitation, Ross put 20 Talent Proficiency points to Physical Enhancement and then assigns another 30 Talent Proficiency points to Distortion Fruit.
Buzz!!
After the Talent Proficiency assignment, Ross's body changed slightly again and the range of Distortion Fruit reached nearly 70 meters!
"Sure enough, with the increase of proficiency the power of distortion fruit will increase more and more… but the increment in Physical Enhancement is getting smaller and smaller."
Ross felt the changes in the body and his eyes flickered.
Such a divergence also means that In addition to allocating a large number of Talent Proficiency points to Physical Enhancement, he also needs to further exercise his body to adapt to the continuous strengthing of his Devil Fruit power.
He originally intended to put the remaining points in the distortion fruit for its proficiency to reach 300 but Ross eventually assigned the remaining 15 proficiency points to Physical Enhancement.
To activate Gravity Distortion he needs to spend more than one Free Talent Points. Even if the proficiency of the power of distortion reached 300, the Gravity Distortion will not be activated in a short time. So this is not as good as balancing his physical fitness and his Devil Fruit strength, which is also beneficial to practice Armament Haki.
After assigning 110 Talent Proficiency Points, Ross' talent panel changed again.
Firearms Shooting: 50
Close-Combat Fighting: 100
Distortion Fruit: 290
Soru of Marine's Rokushiki: 0
Kami-e (Paper Drawing) of Marine's Rokushiki: 0
Marine's Rokushiki's Geppō (Moonwalk):0
Observation Haki:0
Armament Haki: 0
Distortion Fruit is only 10 proficiency points away from the second branch which will activate the Gravity Distortion, while Marine's Rokushiki is all zero. Maybe after the physical enhancement and the Agility Enhancement's proficiency reach the upper limit of 500, He will allocate some proficiency points to Soru and Geppō (Moonwalk).
Agility Enhancement: 100 (High LevelStrengthening)
Physical Enhancement: 235 (Top LevelStrengthening)
The General Talent Department has not changed much.
"The power of Distortion Fruit has more than doubled and his original body is little weaker than his Devil Fruit ability." Ross shook his head helplessly, even though he finally replenished the Physical Enhancement by 15 proficiency points, His body still couldn't keep up with the increase in the power of distortion.
Naturally.
It also has the advantage that when Ross breaks out with all of his strength, the power of distortion will reach a terrifying level and Marine Rear Admiral Onigumo, who once suppressed him by virtue of his strength, will not be able to resist his current power of distortion.
"I don't know how strong I am currently, how much worse am I compared to a Vice-Admiral of the Headquarter."
Ross thought for a moment.
Headquarters Vice-Admiral and Headquarters Rear Admiral are also quite different.
It is quite difficult for a Headquarters Rear Admiral to be directly promoted to a Headquarters Vice-Admiral, most of the Headquarters Rear Admiral need to be placed outside the branch base to serve as a branch Vice-Admiral for a period of time and only after gaining some military merits, they can return to the Headquarter.
"Regardless of his own affordability, He should be able to compete with a weak Headquarters Vice-Admiral and he is not an opponent to most of the top Headquarters Vice-Admiral."
After thinking about the strength of Onigumo, Ross roughly judged what level he is now.
Before entering the Grand Line, it is rare for someone to have abilities that surpass Headquarters Rear Admiral and can deal with a Vice-Admiral in general.
"Next step is to continue to exercise my physical body and Armament Haki."
Ross regained his thoughts and quickly set a short-term practicing route for himself. Since his Devil Fruit abilities are too strong, which brings a certain level of burden on his body, He will focus on his physical training for some time.
And it will be beneficial for his Armament Haki training as it also requires a strong physical body.
"I still have to use the biggest weight and then double the number of push-ups and squats, one set for one thousand, one set at a time."
After simply setting up the practice plan, Ross came to a lot of weights, picked out the heaviest one and started to exercise after wearing it.
Half a month passed quickly.
Because Laffitte was responsible for navigation, Ross had more free time. He spent a large part of it on his training and some part of it on rest and relaxation.
Robin's Devil Fruit ability is also useful for massage and the effects are very good.
Although this is a strange trend for Robin, Ross did not intend to make her a Battle oriented member. If such a good girl exercises and put muscles all over her body, it will not be a beautiful picture to imagine and he will surely suffer from headaches.
Ghost Shadow Ship is not far away.
On the windy and sunny sea, a Pirate Ship is slowly sailing. There is no wicked and fierce atmosphere that is found on any usual Pirate Ship but the atmosphere is relaxing.
It seems that the people on board don't care whether they will encounter merchant ships or not, much less whether they will encounter Marines. All of them are enjoying themselves, drinking and eating meat.
Naturally.
If a Marine's Battleship were here, they would have turned around and run when they saw the Pirate Ship, because the pirate flag hung on the sail of the ship was enough to frighten the whole ocean!
"How does it feel to be back home?"
Beckman took a cigarette and came to the Red Hair Shanks standing at the front of the deck.
Shanks stood there relaxed in his cloak and slippers, looking at the vast sea ahead, smiling and saying, "Not bad."
"Nearly twenty years…"
Looking at the sea, Shanks muttered that it had been nearly twenty years since he got on Roger's ship as a trainee, thirteen years ago Roger became The Pirate King and eleven years ago Roger started The Great Age of Pirates.
Of all Roger's crew, only he got Captain's straw hat and he did not disappoint Roger's former crew members. After Roger started the Great Age of Pirates, it only took him 11 years to become one of the four emperors galloping on the Grand Line and New World.
Naturally.
It only took Roger a few years to conquer the Grand Line and became the King standing at the top of countless pirates.
"First let's go back to my hometown, then we go to the East Blue…" Shanks gently touched the straw hat on his head.
Beckman laughed and said, "Hey, suddenly coming to the West Blue without saying a word and then going to East Blue again. Marine and the government are afraid that we would make a mess."
"Let them go around."
Shanks slightly smiled.
If the Government and Marines want to deal with them, they must send at least three top-level Battle forces. Otherwise, they will not be able to do anything. The Government will not provoke a world-class war randomly. Beckman has considered all these things before taking any action.
Just as Shank was enjoying the sea breeze, the ship's sentry post suddenly shouted at him.
"Boss!"
"There is a Pirate Ship over there!"
Ghost Shadow Ship.
Laffitte is standing on the sentry post at the top of the mast, one of his hand holding the wooden guardrail and his other hand holding a telescope, looking in the distance.
Long ago, he found a dark shadow on the far sea, which could be judged as a ship, but he was uncertain as to what it was.
As the two ships approached, the shadow gradually became clear.
"That flag is…"
When he saw the flag on the ship, Laffitte's expression suddenly changed slightly and those expressions looked strange on him as he always looked like a gentleman who rarely shows any emotions.
Whiz!
After judging it for a second, he jumped from the mast and landed on the deck below, He said to Robin, "Call Captain up, that ship belongs to…" Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates."
"Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates?!"
Robin was shocked. She thought it would be a merchant ship or ordinary Pirate Ship, but she didn't expect that it would be Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates, which are a terrifying force on the Grand Line.
Quickly.
Robin found Ross in the exercise room, and when Ross heard about the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates, he came to the deck with a serious expression.
Taking the telescope from Laffitte's hand and looking carefully at the ship coming in from the distance, he said thoughtfully, "It is indeed Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates…"
Calculating the time, it is now the August of the eleventh year of the Great Age of Pirates. According to the original plot, Shanks arrived at the East Blue's Foosha Village around this time and stayed there for about a year.
"Captain, should we avoid them?"
Laffitte proposed from the side.
Although he is very optimistic about Ross and boarded Ross' ship, he is not an idiot. At this time point, it is undoubtedly a suicide attempt to act against Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates, a world-renowned existence.
Ross put down his telescope and looked in the direction of the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship. He calmly said, "Don't panic, change our route slightly so that we won't collapse against them head-on and we will pass by them."
"This is also very dangerous…"
Laffitte is slightly worried.
Ross stood on the bow of the ship and he doesn't intend to circumvent his ship around in a big circle to avoid Shanks. If he encounters the Beast Pirates or BIGMOM Pirates, he might avoid them temporarily, but he doesn't need to do that for Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates.
In other words, Yonkō (Four Emperors) is also his target, but that is the ultimate goal… It is indeed too early to meet Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates at this time.
Ross looked at the gradually approaching Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship, whispering in his heart.
Looking at the fast approaching Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship, Robin can't help but show a little nervousness. Few people can make her nervous, but a Marine Admiral Aokiji has made her deeply afraid of him and Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates is the existence that even a Marine Admiral dares not dare to provoke.
As the distance between the two ships gradually narrowed, the course of the two ships became very clear. It was not the opposite, but two parallel lines that did not intersect. They would pass each other at a distance of about thirty or forty meters away.
Robin and Laffitte were nervous, but Ross remained calm as if the ship in front of him is only an ordinary merchant ship.
One hundred meters…
Ninety meters…
As the distances of ships further narrowed, the people on the ships on both sides became clearer and clearer. Ross had clearly seen the figures standing on the bow of the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates.
One of them is wearing a black cloak and a yellow straw hat. He is one of the New World Yonkō (Four Emperors), Red Hair Shanks!
Forty meters…
Thirty meters…
When the distance between the two ships reached 30 meters, the shortening was stopped. At this distance, Ross and the Shanks standing on the bow of the ship were almost opposite to each other and they could almost see the expression on the other's face.
This distance was not fixed but increased over time and became forty or fifty meters until the two boats completely passed each other and nothing happened.
"Hu!"
When Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship's hull was thoroughly brushed parallel to Ghost Shadow Ship, Laffitte and Robin almost both took a long breath and looked at each other and they found that both of their foreheads was covered with fine sweat stains.
Only Ross remained calm and his face did not betray any of his emotions.
"It's all right."
"Keep Going, our goal is Berose town."
Ross turned around and spoke in a light voice and at the same time, he entered his cabin and disappeared.
On the other side.
On the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates ship, there are still a large number of pirates who are drinking and eating meat and most of them don't even know about the passing Ghost Shadow Ship.
Even if they knew they wouldn't care much and continue to talk and laugh while eating and drinking.
Standing at the bow of the ship, opposite to Ross, Red Hair Shanks returned to his mind with a slightly different look in his eyes when the hull of the Ghost Shadow Ship has completely passed by him.
"That man just now…"
"What's wrong?"
Beckman turned to Shanks and asked, "Do you want to stop them?"
"No."
Shanks shook his head and said with a slight twinkle in his eyes, "Just… That man's eyes just gave me a very unusual feeling. I have a feeling that we will meet again."
"Really?"
Beckman took a puff of his cigarette and smiled.
Nobody knows for sure about this kind of thing, but he didn't expect to meet someone who made Shanks has a premonition in West Blue.
"Just now that guy should be Ghost Hand Ross of West Blue. I read it in the newspaper before and I think they're going to the Grand Line for us to see them again, but it's not that easy."
This is just a chance encounter, for any pirate to see them they have to first conquer the first half of the Grand Line and this single step has taken countless lives.
This premonition of Shanks may be just a hunch.
After passing the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates ship, the Ghost Shadow Ship returned to its calm state again.
Laffitte continued to control the course. Robin continued to read her books, occasionally directed the handyman to do some cleaning work on the ship, or assisted Laffitte in collecting and sailing, while Ross returned to the practice room and continued to exercise, practicing Armament Haki.
"Armed!"
Standing in front of a hard steel wall, Ross stretched out his fist and muttered while controlling his own Armament Haki to gather on his fist.
Compared with Armament Haki, which has been enhanced a lot more in half a month's time, The constant concentration and cohesion gradually changed from surroundings to attachments. It became more and more strong, but it still could not form the black hardening.
"Not enough."
Ross shook his head and punched the iron wall.
Bang!
Even if the Armament Haki has not reached the degree of hardening, He only surrounded his fist in his will without the hardening and he did not use his Devil fruit powers but he still left a fist shape on the solid iron wall.
"Very well, if it goes up at this rate, in half a month I should be able to gradually touch the Armament Haki hardening level."