"Kid, for Shakky's sake, I won't hold it against you today. In a month, it will be the Rocks Pirates' recruitment drive. If you want to join the Rocks Pirates, then come!"
"I'll see at the recruitment drive what confidence you have to dare refuse Golden Lion's invitation!"
Golden Lion looked at Nox and said.
"One month? I will go!"
"By then, maybe I'll be an executive officers of the Rocks Pirates too!"
Nox put away his sword and said seriously.
After speaking, Golden Lion set sail and left.
As for Nox, after taking Shakky near Beehive Island, he did not continue forward.
He was not yet a member of the Rocks Pirates, so he couldn't get too close to Beehive Island. Otherwise, even with Shakky there, some unnecessary trouble would occur.
"I'll wait for you on Beehive Island!"
After getting off the ship, Shakky looked at Nox deeply and said.
Shakky felt quite satisfied with this man, at least he could meet her needs.
He was strong enough, ambitious enough, and treated her very well. The only drawback was that he was a bit too flirtatious.
In such a short time after getting her, she already had another sister.
However, she didn't say anything about this. In this World, the strong reign supreme. It is not a bad thing for a powerful man to have multiple women.
"Don't worry, I will come find you."
After Nox finished speaking, he set sail and left. He didn't like this kind of clinginess during farewells.
"Senior Brother, where are we going next?"
Kano asked. This place was near Beehive Island, full of people from the Rocks Pirates or islands occupied by the Rocks Pirates.
"First, find an island to settle down and cultivate seriously. I want to participate in the Rocks Pirates recruitment drive in a month."
"You guys don't need to participate then. You are not qualified to participate in that level of combat yet."
Nox thought for a while and said. He was currently in a period of rapid strength improvement, and a month's time could make him much stronger.
By then, he was also confident that he could make a name for himself with his own strength.
"Yes, Senior Brother!"
Kano said with clenched fists.
They knew that their current strength had a big gap with Nox's.
Not to mention the gap in physique, even in sword road, none of them had reached the Iron Cutting Realm, which made them feel deeply powerless and stifled.
"Work hard and cultivate well, and you can also become stronger, but this kind of strengthening requires years of persistence!"
Nox said to his many Senior apprentice brothers.
These Senior apprentice brothers were all ordinary people with no talent. The most talented in sword road, Kano and Karoo, were only ordinary sword road geniuses. Compared to those monsters and Nox, they were far inferior.
But that doesn't mean that ordinary people or ordinary geniuses cannot become strong. They can, but it requires a lot of time, and the growth is very slow.
With the talents of Kano and Karoo, if they didn't have a Devil Fruit, relying solely on sword road, physical training, and Haki, their overall condition could at most reach the Rear Admiral level.
If they added a suitable Devil Fruit, they should be able to reach the Vice Admiral level.
"Senior Brother, we understand. We don't have any strong talents, but since we chose to go out to Sea with you, it means we are not afraid of hardship and difficulties. I believe that one day, I will become stronger, strong enough to help Senior Brother, and not drag Senior Brother down!"
Karoo said firmly. He had a relatively honest personality, so he was very self-aware, but he was also very firm about the things he was determined to do.
"Go for it!"
After Nox finished speaking, he didn't say anything more. It was enough to just listen to what others said. To become stronger, one ultimately had to rely on their own efforts and persistence.
"One month's time, I want to become as strong as possible within this month!"
Subsequently, Nox arranged a schedule for himself, utilizing the shortest time to achieve the greatest strengthening efficiency.
In order to maximize his strength, during this month, except for time spent eating, drinking, using the restroom, and sleeping, he was almost entirely cultivating.
In the morning, he used the external force of his Senior apprentice brothers to cultivate the fourth layer of the [Sword God Body Tempering Art].
In the afternoon, he trained his sword in the Sea with weighted armor. In the evening, he continued to cultivate the fourth layer of the [Sword God Body Tempering Art].
The daily Training time reached almost 18 hours, reaching the extreme of madness!
This continuous, day-after-day mad Training allowed Nox's strength to constantly improve every day.
It was this sense of accomplishment from feeling his daily progress that allowed Nox to persevere through this inhuman training.
"Boss, tomorrow is the Rocks Pirates' recruitment drive!"
On this day, Kano ran over with a newspaper and said.
"Is that so? Has a month passed!"
Looking at the newspaper in his hand, which reported on the Rocks Pirates' recruitment drive, Nox also came back to his senses from his state of mad Training.
"Notify everyone, get ready. Tomorrow we're going to Beehive Island!"
Since tomorrow was the recruitment drive, Nox didn't continue training today, but instead relaxed his body well.
He would rest up and participate in tomorrow's recruitment drive in the best condition.
"Senior Brother, don't worry, we are all ready."
Kano said excitedly, as if he was the one going to participate in the recruitment drive tomorrow.
Joining the Rocks Pirates was something that most Pirate on the Sea wanted to do now.
After all, the current power of the Rocks Pirates was too great, it could be said to be reigning over the New World, and even the Marine could do nothing.
And he also knew that his Senior Brother Nox was aiming for a position as an executive officers of the Rocks Pirates.
Currently, every executive officers of the Rocks Pirates was a Great Pirate famous on the Sea. The thought of his Senior Brother becoming an executive officers of the Rocks Pirates made him incredibly excited.
"A month of crazy training has made my strength progress rapidly, but this rapid progress is about to stop. The subsequent progress won't be this fast."
Because of the first Haki Body Tempering after initially Awakening Haoshoku, the efficiency of Haki Body Tempering was very high, and his physique grew very quickly.
But after this month of crazy training, his body had become familiar with the tempering of the existing Haki.
In other words, now that his body was familiar with Haki and his physique had strengthened, his resistance to Haki had increased, and the effect of Haki Body Tempering would decrease.
Unless the quality of his Haki could improve to the next level, the efficiency of Haki Body Tempering could only proceed steadily and could not make rapid progress like the previous month.