Immense Improvement

"Alright, let's take our medicine while we are still in the air." Liam spoke as he passed the correct medicine to his crew.

Fortunately, he had made Chopper differentiate the medicines by color. Type A was red, Type B was blue and Type C was green.

Everyone was quite excited to take the medicine. They all went to the deck and sat in a circle.

They put the medicine in their mouth at the same time and their reactions were vastly different.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji had their expressions distorted. They were barely able to keep their face straight and their bodies were literally shaking.

Liam was surprisingly calm. Even though there was a slight pain in his body, he was still able to hold it without any change in expression.

He seemed to have underestimated his own endurance but he didn't care. Since this wasn't the only reason why he took Type B medicine.

His body had already gone through linear improvement once. Even if this improvement was different, it was still a powerful improvement. He had barely healed his body so he didn't want to suffer any kind of backlash.

On the other hand, Usopp and Chopper had their expressions distorted. Unlike Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, they were screaming in pain. Chopper was even crying.

The girls had a better time but their expressions weren't simple. All of them were barely holding on with their strong willpower.

They also didn't want to become a burden on the crew. Since they were going to face stronger points, they also want to grow stronger and help the crew.

That's why even if there was a huge change in expression, none of them even let out a small scream.

As time passed, the scream became less and less until everyone finally passed out.

After an unknown time,

Liam felt a strangely powerful wind hitting his face and his eyes immediately opened up. Although he felt a little bit of tiredness all over his body, he was still able to adapt rather quickly.

"Oh no! If this goes on, Merry will be severely injured."

Liam panicked instantly and rushed toward Luffy. At this moment, Luffy had also closed his eyes but he was rather sleeping than losing consciousness like others.

"Hey Luffy, wake up! Merry is in trouble."

He shook Luffy a few times until Luffy finally opened his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Liam.

"Liam, what happened? I was having such a good sleep." Luffy asked with a tired expression.

"Merry is currently falling at rapid speed. If we are late, it will crash heavily and injure her. Let's use our Armament Haki to cover up the entire ship." Liam hurriedly explained and immediately started doing the job.

Luffy was originally confused when he heard that Merry was in danger, he instantly woke up from his drowsiness.

He puts his hand on the deck and channels his Armament Haki outside. At this moment, his Armament Haki was literally channeling out like a massive armor.

Although Liam also had a lot of Armament Haki, it was nothing compared to Luffy whose Armament was more than enough to form a gigantic armor.

(Note- In my series, Armament Haki has a color so it can be seen by everyone.)

More importantly, his Armament Haki was slowly turning a dark purple. When Liam felt his Armament Haki, he was shocked.

At this moment, he made up his mind to consume a few more people's vitality and recover quickly to increase his Haki amount.

Suddenly, his eyes shone brightly.

If his memory serves right, the next is Enies Lobby Arc. Although Straw Hats were devastated in Water Seven and barely won in Enies Lobby, that was just in the original timeline.

Now, just Zoro alone can hit down all of the other CP 9 agents. So, it won't be difficult to consume them.

He had some restrictions on himself since he didn't want to consume good people just to get stronger. But Rob Lucci and other CP 9 agents weren't good people.

Among them, Kaku can be barely called a normal person. He was neither good nor bad. He just followed orders but his nature was calm and mild.

So, he didn't mind sparing Kaku but others, he had no reason to spare them.

Besides, Lucci will only grow stronger at a rapid pace. Although Straw Hats aren't afraid of anyone, numbers can be terrible when it comes to a battle.

Not all Straw Hats can reach the level of Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji. This can be proven by the Straw Hat battle against Seraphim. Except for Sanji, Luffy, Zoro, and Jinbei, others could barely put up a fight against those Seraphims.

That's he didn't want to leave any trouble for himself especially when he can erase them.

If Marines could do such a thing, why can't a pirate?

Thinking about it, he finally calmed down his envious emotions and focused his mind on releasing his Armament Haki to cover Merry.

But, when his Armament Haki was moving around, he found that Luffy had already covered the entire ship with his Armament Haki.

It made him realize just how broken Luffy's Haki has become.

Suddenly, a picture of a certain pirate came to his mind.

Douglas Bullet! This man was able to cover his entire creation with Armament Haki, making it extremely powerful. His Armament Haki was so strong that he could easily suppress Gear Fourth Luffy.

Remember, that wasn't an Advance usage of Armament Haki. It was just pure basic Armament Haki.

He couldn't help but feel chills for Luffy's future opponent. Originally, most of his future opponents such as Admirals and Yonko had a chance to defeat him early since Luffy is extremely weak at the beginning.

But now, that weakness was gone since his Armament Haki could keep his defenses on most of the time. And, as time passes, Luffy always grows stronger than his opponent.

That can be seen in his battle with Crocodile, Rob Lucci, Katakuri, and Kaido.

He smiled and slowly raised his hand. He knew that he didn't need to worry about Merry anymore.

"Liam!"

A voice rang from the side. It surprised Liam as he turned around and asked.

"Luffy, did you call me?"

Although he felt that wasn't Luffy's voice, there was no one except Luffy who was awake.

"Huh? I did not."

Bang!

The next moment, Merry crashed into the sea. The giant octopus above them was already moving on the deck.

"Luffy!"

The voice rang once again. This time, it sounded even more joyful.

Liam and Luffy's eyes narrowed in an instant. Their Observation Haki was activated and they instantly searched the entire ship, only to find a phantom in the Storage Room.

"Merry!" Both of them screamed at the same time and ran toward the Storage Room.

"What happened?" A voice full of confusion came from the deck but Liam and Luffy had no intention of turning back.

"Luffy, Liam, what happened?"

"Hey guys, where are you going?"

Soon, one by one more Straw Hats began to wake up.

Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Vivi, Nami, and Robin finally woke up. As soon as they woke up, they found themselves on the sea and the small octopus on the deck.

At the same time, they saw Luffy and Liam running inside the storage. At first, they didn't understand why Liam and Luffy completely ignored them, especially Luffy.

So, they decided to run after them. But just when Zoro and Sanji stood up, they noticed a thick layer of Armament Haki beneath their feet.

"Wait, what is going on? Why is our ship covered in Armament Haki?" Sanji screamed in shock.

"And, look at the thickness of Armament Haki. It doesn't even fade away so easily. Did Liam and Luffy do this?" Zoro also looked at the ship in amazement and asked.

"Moss Head, look closely! The aura coming out of this Armament Haki belongs to one person. And that person is….." Just when Sanji was about to reveal the name, Zoro cuts him off.

"It's Luffy's Armament Haki. And, he is constantly channeling his Haki into the ship. But, why?" Zoro curiously asked.

"Isn't this the training method that Liam came up with? Could it be Luffy is training his Armament Haki?" Usopp interjected his opinion.

"No, look closely. The Armament Haki is slowly but surely fading away." Sanji's eyes widened when he felt the thickness of the Armament Haki slowly fading away.

"Are you kidding me? I clearly saw Luffy running toward the storage room. By this time, his Armament Haki should've already run out from the ship." Usopp screamed in disbelief.

"No, it is possible. Can't you feel it? My physical strength has grown significantly. At least, I am three to five times stronger than before physically."

"This must be the result of Luffy's physical strength growth." Zoro spoke in a solemn voice.

But suddenly, they heard a scream from inside the storage room.

"Merry!"

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