Chapter 37: Two Years
Nyx also truly understood how terrifying this Island was, as it was her first time here as well.
In the vast New World, it was her first time seeing an entire Island where even the wild beasts generally possessed Armament Haki.
A small number of wild beasts had even mastered Observation Haki.
Some wild beasts were difficult for even her to handle.
Furthermore, the Island's toughness was very high; it remained unaffected despite the ravages of so many wild beasts.
However, surviving on this Island was easy for her.
With the Ability of the Night-Night Fruit, hidden in the Shadow, it was basically impossible for these wild beasts to discover her.
Her only task was to protect Hades and Titan and rescue them when they encountered danger.
In reality, it was mainly Hades.
Unlike Titan, Hades didn't possess terrifying defense. Titan, on the other hand, as long as some wild beast corpses were prepared in advance, had inexhaustible stamina, like having a recovery potion.
Even by eating dirt, Titan could recover energy.
As long as he didn't provoke the beast kings on the Island, Titan would be fine.
Even if he provoked a beast king, Titan wouldn't be in life-threatening danger; if he couldn't win, he could still run.
As a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user, as long as he got beaten, the development of his Ability would strengthen, and Titan's strength would naturally become stronger.
As the quality of Titan's Armament Haki improved, the suppression the beast kings had over him also gradually weakened, and there was no longer that feeling of being unmatched.
To stimulate Titan's potential, Nyx even specifically requested Titan to provoke a beast king every few days.
Sometimes, she would even let Titan undergo full beast transformation, turning into a Taotie for primitive combat, which was of great help to his Ability mastery and Devil Fruit Awakening.
At this point, for Titan, it was the beginning of Hell difficulty.
The Ability of the Taotie Fruit destined that Titan's speed of strength improvement would be faster than Hades'.
But it wouldn't be much faster. The Devouring Power's modification of the body by devouring metal and other special materials wasn't infinite; unless there were new materials, it wouldn't have an effect.
His original bones were already very hard, and devouring wild beast bones again wouldn't change much, just some slight optimization.
The development of a Mythical Zoan requires continuous extreme combat and pressure.
The harsh environment of Rusukaina Island, for two monsters like Hades and Titan, took only two months to adapt to.
Hades steadily grew stronger, while Titan was in the process of constantly getting beaten.
Hades gradually advanced towards wild beasts stronger than himself.
Titan started with the highest difficulty from the get-go.
Different people required different training methods; Hades had his own plan.
Titan needed strong pressure, and Titan also possessed sufficient endurance.
An interesting scene appeared: facing the beast kings of Rusukaina Island, Titan initially spent his time getting severely beaten and running away.
As his Haki strength increased, coupled with ample stamina, Titan could barely contend, but only for a period.
Hades' combat was filled with a combination of strength and technique. As his strength improved, stronger and stronger wild beasts were defeated by him, and their advantages were absorbed by Hades.
During this period, Hades also didn't give up on training Tai Chi Quan.
Under the forty-eight types of harsh environments, he could instead feel the great power of nature even more, listening to the Voice of All Things.
Two years passed.
"Boom!"
Facing one of the strongest beast kings on the Island, the giant ape Hades first saw, Hades' expression was calm.
His iron fist, coated with Armament Haki, released terrifying strength. For such a monster, precise control wasn't needed at all to achieve Haki Emission.
Because of their powerful vitality, the Haki Volume of these beast kings was incredibly profound. Even if there was some waste, the cost was completely bearable.
Just by being touched by the Haki fluctuations, one would suffer heavy damage.
But Hades was no longer the same person he was two years ago.
His overall strength had undergone an astonishing transformation.
Although in terms of physical toughness, he still couldn't compare with these giant beasts whose physiques had been tempered by Haki for many years.
Powerful Armament Haki also couldn't bridge the gap between them.
Even if he was at a disadvantage in strength, Hades, who had already mastered Internal Destruction Technique and Inch Force, possessed astonishing killing power.
His body technique, which had been sublimated, was enough to deal with one of Rusukaina's strongest monsters.
He nimbly avoided the giant ape's frenzied attack, brushing past the giant ape's Haki Emission each time.
The further out the Emission went, the weaker its power became. Hades could grasp the just-right range, enabling his Armament Haki to easily resist the giant ape's Haki without affecting his movement.
Roaming Dragon was applied more skillfully. This body technique, based on Paper Arts and Tai Chi Force Dissipation Technique, could display astonishing effects whether on land or in the air.
They were also old opponents. Hades could always avoid its attacks like a loach.
Similarly, Hades also didn't dare to underestimate this giant beast that had awakened Observation Haki.
(end of chapter)