Chapter 78 Golden Potential (Ch 78)

The wound was not deep and was far from affecting combat effectiveness.
But the shock that Hawkeye felt at this moment was difficult to describe in words, especially when he noticed the glaring red on the blade of Guanshi Zhengzong.
In the heavy rain.
Hawkeye 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.
“Did you let your guard down?”
“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…”
“It’s really exciting!”
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“Did you survive?”
When Gao Wen 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 his chest rose and fell steadily, he let out a long sigh.
The rainstorm last night came quickly and went away even faster.
Apart from a slight smell of sea water 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 Hawkeye lingered in his mind.
The powerful force that easily resolved all his attacks and directly cut the sea apart with a sword 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 Sauron.
“I don’t want to experience this feeling of powerlessness of entrusting my life to mercy again in my life!”
“However, awakening the Armament Haki is a pleasant surprise.”
“More importantly, combined with the ideas given by Hawkeye, I also know how to awaken the Conqueror’s Haki in the future.”
Speaking of.
Gao Wen calls out the system interface:
【Host-Gawain】
Age: 24
[Identity-Captain of the Gawain Pirates]
【Skill:
Swordsmanship-LV-9: 201/7000 (Super Speed)
Physical strength-LV-9: 1734/7000 (balanced)
Scoop Death-LV-5: 17/5000 (Instant Step)
Observation Haki-LV-3: 401/3200
Armament Haki-LV-1: 0/1000
Navigation-LV-3: 351/800
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【badge:
Captain’s Fury – Subordinates’ physical strength recovery speed +20%
Rising to Fame – See Potential
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[Rating – Silver: You have realized your true nature, tempered your will, and you have taken the first step on the road to becoming the strongest! ]
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Over the past few days, my experience in various skills has increased slightly. It’s not much, but it’s very solid.
What really caught Gao Wen’s attention was the comments in the rating column:
“Understanding your 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 you touch this barrier, unless you break through the upper limit of your potential through special means, no matter how hard you practice, it will be difficult to make progress. The best you can do is maintain your status.
Just like the pirates who had exhausted their potential under Gawain before.
But understanding one’s true nature is a method that has been verified by Clo to break through the upper limit of one’s own potential. This is one of the reasons why Gawain had tried to fight Hawkeye for his life before.
He couldn’t just leave his cat brothers alone, and he also wanted to try to use Hawkeye’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-Gao Wen】
【Potential-Gold】
[Rating – Silver: Enlightenment of one’s true nature…]
Looking at the eye-catching golden words on the potential column, Gawain’s lips curled up, and even the depression caused by being hit hard by Hawkeye 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 Black Iron level, it is difficult for them to make further progress.
Now that he has realized his true nature and his potential has been broken through, Gao Wen’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 Seven Warlords of the Sea according to the original plan.
Moreover, with Hawkeye’s guidance, Gawain already has his own ideas about the subsequent practice of domineering. If he works hard, he will be able to reach the threshold of legend.
By then, the sea will be wide enough for fish to leap and the sky will be high enough for birds to fly!
If your own combat power is strong enough, you will have many choices to make.
While Gao Wen 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.
Gao Wen 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 the princess 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 has the belief to be fearless of life and death, and he also has the power to be extremely strong.
Even though he was ultimately defeated by Hawkeye, it also depends on who he was competing against. Gawain’s fighting power in the East China Sea was more than enough to defeat everything.
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 blushed and gritted his teeth.
“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?”