From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 32: What will happen if you encounter Mihawk rowing with a black knife?
There are many bounty hunters gathered in Whiskey Peak, and Bane currently has extraordinary prestige among the bounty hunter group. After all, most bounty hunters are not up to the standard and used to make a living by hunting small pirates, especially the people in Whiskey Peak.

As for Bane, he was the one who killed the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. He is considered a legend among bounty hunters.

Therefore, when Bane spread the news at the port dock that he wanted to recruit some followers, many bounty hunters signed up, hoping to join Bane's team.

There should be a lot of guys with bad intentions here, such as members of the Baroque Works, but Bane didn't care. He was just recruiting some workers. He had no intention of hiding his whereabouts for the time being, and he would not reveal any core secrets to these people, so it didn't matter.

Therefore, after staying at Whiskey Peak for five days, Bane and his crew not only prepared the magnetic field of the Ancient Island and Little Garden, but also recruited six hundred younger brothers. They drove the shark boat majestically, left the bounty hunter gathering place, and headed for the Little Garden.

After entering the Grand Line, it was obvious that it was different from the stable order of the East China Sea. It had only been a few days since we left Whiskey Peak, and we had encountered two waves of pirates on the road.

There was no need for Bane to take action at all. Zoro brought 600 bounty hunters of varying strength and started to beat up the two gangs of pirates. He almost crushed the two gangs of pirates and detained the pirates with bounties on the ship, and then divided the treasure on their ship together.

The bounties for these two gangs of pirates were quite average, one was over 10 million, and the other was around 20 million. Bane didn't go out of his way to find out more about their situations, since they were all small fry anyway.

The Shark Sparb is a large three-masted sailing ship with a very spacious deck, enough to accommodate more than two hundred people without feeling crowded.

At this time, a burly pirate hunter was steering the ship under the guidance of Nami, controlling the direction of the ship.

As for Zoro, he was practicing under the mast, but unlike before, he didn't practice swinging the sword or exercising his physical strength. Instead, he sat cross-legged under the mast and entered a state of meditation. He wanted to control his body and cultivate his Observation Haki.

The other side was quite lively. A hemp rope as thick as an arm ran across the entire deck. On one end were sixty or seventy strong men, all with red faces, pulling the hemp rope hard, as if they were playing tug-of-war.

At the other end of the hemp rope, Ben was holding it with one hand, shouting, "Try harder, haven't you guys eaten yet? If it doesn't work, just add some more people, there's no pressure at all!"

That's right, due to the lack of suitable training equipment, Bane had an idea and used these strong men as his own tools to build up their strength here every day.

Following Bane's shouting, more than twenty strong men soon joined the tug-of-war team. However, this still did not allow Bane to use both hands. He pulled the hemp rope with one arm and pulled it back rhythmically to achieve the effect of exercise.

It must be said that this move of his really frightened these pirate hunters. They had only heard that he was strong before, but now they could really feel how strong he was!

Originally, Bane thought that the Dark-Dark Fruit was the fundamental way for him to gain a foothold in this world. Now he has come to realize that although the Dark-Dark Fruit is not bad, the growth rate of his body, the E-level ability which was mediocre in the original world, is the real smooth road!
Growing up so damn fast!
Make Bane feel like he’s cheating!
The morning before yesterday, he and Zoro did a related verification. Using both the iron block and Haki for protection, he did not dodge or evade, and took Zoro's full-strength blow.

The result was a bloody wound on Bane's chest. However, Sauron was very dissatisfied with this, because this knife only broke part of Bane's skin and muscle tissue, and he couldn't even see the bones!

Even though this was due to the domineering aura and the iron block, Zoro was still shocked by Bane's physical fitness.

What’s even more exaggerated is that by the next day, Bane’s injuries were basically healed, without even a scar left, only a slight red mark that had not yet disappeared!
On the one hand, the Dark-Dark Fruit was absorbing the injuries, and on the other hand, Bane's self-healing ability became stronger!
Although there are no numerical values to compare, Bane feels that if he continues to grow at this rate, his physical fitness will most likely reach the level of monsters like Charlotte Linlin and Kaido in the near future.

In the past few days since leaving Whiskey Mountain, Bane's physical condition has changed again. His physique has remained unchanged, but his weight has increased. In the past two days, he has found that his height has also increased. Originally, he was just approaching two meters, but now, he is already two meters.

He guessed that perhaps his original physique had reached the limit of his physical fitness. If he wanted to make further progress, he could only make his physique become more sturdy and strong.

"No, these guys won't be of much use at all," Bane thought helplessly as he held the hemp rope with one hand. It's time to buy some training equipment, but it's hard to find the right equipment for someone with his strength level.

"There are two giants in the small garden. Maybe we can ask them for advice on strength training?" Bane suddenly remembered this matter.

Just as Bane was thinking about these things, Nami suddenly shouted: "Bane, there is a small boat ahead, right on our route. If we don't avoid it, we might smash it!"

Ben was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What kind of ship is this? Why isn't it avoiding us?"

"It looks like a small sampan, maybe a lifeboat in distress. I think we need to help them." Nami said as she observed the situation over there with a monocular telescope.

Bane waved his hand to end the tug-of-war, then walked to the edge of the deck and looked in the direction Nami pointed. As far as he could see, he could only see a small black dot at the end of the sea level, but he could not see the situation of the ship clearly.

"There's only one person on the boat. It's so unlucky. The boat looks like a coffin. Hahaha, that guy is paddling with a funny paddle," Nami said with some amusement.

Hearing this, Bane wanted to laugh at first, but soon, as if he thought of something, his face changed in shock. He quickly walked to Nami, snatched the telescope, and looked towards the small sampan.

The moment he looked over, he seemed to meet a sharp gaze, and it was not an illusion!
The world's greatest swordsman, Dracule Mihawk!

This guy had somehow appeared on this route, and what was even more embarrassing was that at the moment when the two looked at each other, Mihawk was paddling on the sampan with his black knife Night.
This scene is so embarrassing!
Immediately afterwards, Bane saw Mihawk's brows frowned in unhappiness, as if he was very unhappy about being seen in such an embarrassing state.

Then, Bane watched as the guy straightened his wrist, and the black knife Night, which was originally stuck in the sea water, was suddenly lifted up and pulled out of the sea. Then, a dark green slash instantly cut through the calm sea between them, and slashed towards Bane at an extremely fast speed!

At the moment when Mihawk took action, Zoro, who was originally meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, and looked at the attack coming towards them with a little surprise!

"So strong!" This was the only thought in Zoro's mind.

"Shit!" Bane cursed, "Does this guy have such a bad temper?"

Wasn't it just that someone saw me rowing a boat with a famous sword? Was there any need to start a fight over a disagreement?

For a moment, Bane understood why Mihawk was defined as a "pirate" by the navy. He was so unscrupulous!

It was impossible to dodge on such a big ship, and after cursing Mihawk, Bane unleashed the power of his Dark-Dark Fruit without saying a word. He stretched out his hand, blocked the bow of the ship, and pulled out a dark curtain that covered the entire ship!

It happened so quickly that almost at the moment when the dark curtain opened, the slashing blow struck the darkness. Then, it was eliminated by the powerful devouring power and abyss characteristics of the Dark-Dark Fruit.

It can also be seen from this that, at least in terms of defense, the Dark-Dark Fruit has very strong characteristics. As long as it can be caught, it can absorb all attacks.

On the sampan, Mihawk watched this scene with an interested look on his face.

(End of this chapter)