READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 78: Golden Level Potential
The wound was not deep and was far from affecting combat effectiveness.
But the shock that Hawk Eyes felt at this moment was difficult to describe in words, especially when he noticed the conspicuous blood on the blade of Guanze Masamune.
In the heavy rain, Hawk Eyes raised his hand and pressed the wound on his shoulder, letting the blood flow out from between his fingers and be washed away by the rain.
"Am I careless?"
"But."
"How long has it been since I felt this familiar pain?"
"Yes, ever since that guy lost his right hand, no one can leave scars on me with a sword anymore."
"This is really..."
"Exciting!"
… … …
"Did I survive?"
When Gawain woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
He turned his head to look to the side and saw Zoro, who was wrapped in bandages, sleeping soundly. After seeing his chest rise and fall steadily, he let out a long sigh.
The rainstorm last night came quickly and went away even faster.
Apart from a slight smell of seawater in the air, there was no other trace left.
At this moment, the tightly closed curtains cannot block the bright sunlight outside the window.
Gawain reluctantly sat up, opened the curtain with one hand, and let the warm sunlight shine on his body to dispel the cold.
His heart calmed down for a moment, but the battle with Hawk Eyes lingered in his mind.
The powerful force that easily resolved all his attacks and directly cut the sea apart with one slash gave him a substantial understanding of the world's top combat power.
Each of these beings standing at the top is equivalent to a walking nuclear weapon. It is no wonder that the World Government does not dare to act rashly in the face of the four emperors.
"I'm still too weak!"
Even if no one told Gawain the truth at this moment, he roughly understood why he was able to survive. It was probably because he followed the same script as Zoro.
"I don't want to experience this feeling of powerlessness and entrusting my life to the mercy of others again in my life!"
"However, awakening the Armament Haki is a pleasant surprise."
"More importantly, combined with the ideas given by Hawk Eyes, I also know how to awaken the Haki."
After speaking, Gawain calls out the system interface:
[Host: Gawain]
[Age: 24]
[Identity: Captain of the White Knight Pirate]
[Skill:↓]
> Swordsmanship: Level 9 (201/7000 ) Feature: Swiftness
> Physique: Level 9 (1734/5000) Feature: Equilibrium
> Pussyfoot Maneuver: Level 5 (17/5000) Feature: Flash Step
> Observation Haki: Level 3 (401/3200)
> Navigation: Level 3 (351/800)
> Armament Haki: Level 1: (0/1000)
[Badge: ↓]
> Captain's Fury: Subordinates' physical strength recovery speed +20%.
> Rising Fame: You can check the potential level of your subordinates.
[Rating: Silver, you have understood your true self, tempered your will, and taken the first step on the road to becoming the strongest!]
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Over the past few days, his experience in various skills has increased slightly. It's not much, but it's very solid.
What really caught Gawain's attention was the comments in the rating column: "Understood my true self?"
He knew the significance of this all too well.
According to the system, potential ability is the upper limit of growth calculated based on the host's current abilities and physical talents.
Normally, the limit of potential is the limit of individual growth.
Once this barrier is touched, unless one breaks through the upper limit of one's potential through special means, no matter how hard one practices, it will be difficult to make progress, and the best that one can do is to maintain one's status.
Just like the pirates who had exhausted their potential under Gawain before, understanding one's true self is a method that Kuro has verified to break through the upper limit of one's own potential. This is one of the reasons why Gawain had tried to fight Hawk Eyes with his life on the line before.
He couldn't just leave the Nyaban Brothers alone, and he also wanted to try to use Hawk Eyes's pressure to help himself break through this limit.
Now, it seems that the results are not bad.
Gawain immediately used his Badge ability and threw a probe at himself:
[Name: Gawain]
[Potential: Gold]
[Rating: Silver, enlighten of one's true self...]
Looking at the eye-catching Gold word on the potential column, Gawain's lips curled up, and even the depression caused by being hit hard by Hawk Eyes was reduced a lot.
Originally, when his combat power was gradually approaching the growth limit calculated by the system, he was a little worried that his own growth would stagnate.
Just like those pirates under his command whose potential is only at the Iron level, it is difficult for them to make further progress.
Now that he has realized his true self and his potential has been broken through, Gawain's urgent needs have been solved directly.
Even if his potential does not advance any further, simply stacking his combat power to the gold level step by step will be enough to seize the title of warlord of the sea according to the original plan.
Moreover, with Hawk Eyes's guidance, Gawain already has his own ideas about the subsequent practice of Haki. If he works hard, he will be able to reach the threshold of Diamond.
By then, the sea will be wide enough for fish to roam, and the sky will be high enough for birds to fly!
If his own combat power is strong enough, he will have many choices to make.
While Gawain was thinking...
Squeak!
The door of the room was pushed open.
Sanji put out the cigarette in his hand, walked in slowly with a tray, and deftly placed a bowl of tomato beef soup and a few pieces of bread in front of Gawain.
Gawain sniffed the fragrance in the air, and his appetite was aroused.
For someone like him, whose physique is far superior to that of an ordinary person, there is no faster way to recover from his injuries than eating.
Especially when the one who cooks is a top-notch chef like Sanji.
But before Gawain could start, Sanji's voice interrupted Gawain's actions:
"You obviously have such great power and the will to face such a monster for your subordinates, so why did you abandon Princess Guinevere and run away alone?"
In the end, he couldn't help but wonder.
It was because the image of the man in front of him was so different from the image he had always constructed in his mind.
He was fearless in the face of life and death, and he also had extremely terrifying strength.
Even though he was ultimately defeated by Hawk Eyes, it also depends on who he was competing against.
Gawain's fighting power in the East Blue was more than enough to defeat anyone.
Anyone who witnessed the battle knew this clearly.
Gawain was slightly stunned, then he raised his head and looked at Sanji.
The face in front of him gradually overlapped with the more childish face in his memory.
"I remember now. I have seen you before, but that was a few years ago."
"That woman ate what you made and had diarrhea for half a month after returning home. She lost a lot of weight."
Sanji's face flushed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Now I'm asking you questions!"
Gawain dipped the bread in his hand into the soup, took a bite, and said calmly: "If it's you, you should know better than me that beautiful women can deceive people, especially a woman as beautiful as Princess Guinevere!"
"Didn't she lie to you too?"
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