Conqueror Of All

It was at this moment that Nojiko and Robin saw the casualness of Izan as he spoke about fighting one of the strongest characters they could meet on this world.

Izan shrugged slightly as he continued speaking. "If you"re unprepared, and with the absence of absolute power, then you would lose against him no matter what. But, who said that I"m going unprepared?"

The three calmed down after hearing Izan say so. But, for Jiutian, it was like hearing a joke. The only reason Jiutian did let Izan fight his battles was to grow stronger mentally, awaken his own powers and unlock Haki.

"That sounds like a lot of fun." Jiutian had a smirk on her face as she continued speaking. "We won"t be arriving at Jaya for some while, what about we go and exercise a little bit?"

Both Nojiko and Izan sighed at the same time while lowering their heads.

Robin tilted her head slightly at the sight of both Izan and Nojiko having the same exact reaction. Robin thought of they key-point in what Jiutian said. "Exercising?" Robin shook her head slightly as she lifted the book in her hand. "I would like to read."

Jiutian gazed at Robin at the corner of her eyes, Jiutian"s had a smile on her face, but it seemed to look murderous. "You can read in your spare time. As of right now, you are weak as an ant…!"

Before Robin could even respond properly, she felt a hand patting her head. "Let"s just go, we can"t refuse." Izan said as he was smiling. "Besides, with our strength increasing, there will be more time in the future to relax."

What Izan said was the truth, he knew that only by standing on the top, that you would have time to do other things.

Nico Robin nodded seriously as she gazed into Izan"s jet-black eyes. After having nodded, Robin closed her book and put it down on the table near her. "I am ready."

Izan, Nojiko and Robin followed Jiutian towards the cellar of the ship, where there was a large room filled with weights and a large empty s.p.a.ce for sparring.

"Let"s try to make things clear for today." Jiutian cleared her throat by coughing silently. "Nojiko." Jiutian"s eyes were gazing at Nojiko as she started speaking with a solemn tone. "Your task today is becoming more proficient in handling your pole. At the end of the practice, we will have a spar."

Nojiko nodded in return as she glanced at her arm where a golden bracelet was wrapped around her hand. Nojiko closed her eyes and focused deeply, suddenly Nojiko"s golden bracelet changed and turned into a large golden pole in front of her.

This bracelet was something Izan and Jiutian had thought of as it would be bad if Jiutian had their weapons in times of emergencies.

Robin widened her eyes slightly at the sight of Nojiko"s weapon appearing out of thin air. But, she wasn"t all too surprised as she knew that Izan and Jiutian had a lot of other things that was more mysterious than a weapon changing its form.

"Robin, I will have you spar with me, so I can gauge out your strength and how to improve it." Jiutian explained as her gaze was upon Robin. "Izan, you can go and play with your scythe in the meanwhile that I gauge out Robin"s strength. After that, you will face me."

Izan smiled and nodded in reply. Izan turned around and walked towards one of the empty areas as he glanced at the amulet hidden beneath his clothes. The amulet was shaped as a black scythe, Izan flickered his finger as he sent a mental order to his amulet.

The amulet vanished, and in turn a huge scythe appeared in front of Izan. "Time to practice then." Izan whispered in a low voice as he grabbed his scythe with a firm yet flexible grip.

Izan closed his eyes slowly, the moment Izan closed his eyes, he managed to sense something unusual. Izan was sensing something that wished to bond with him, like a lost child finding its parent which it has been searching for a very long time.

A sad expression appeared on Izan"s face without him noticing it. Izan accepted the unusual feeling without thinking twice about it.

At that moment, the black scythe in Izan"s hand started trembling in happiness and joy. The scythe continued trembling for a few minutes as it had successfully bonded with Izan"s soul.

The moment Izan opened his eyes, he felt that his scythe has changed. It wasn"t black any longer as it had turned into a majestic purple colour and it released even more pressure than it usually did.

"It seems like that you managed to bond with your weapon, Izan." Jiutian appeared right behind Izan the moment he opened his eyes.

"Can you explain what just happened…?" Izan asked in a whispered tone as he continued staring at the scythe which gave him a familiar feeling.

Jiutian nodded and explained briefly. "That scythe is very special. After countless years it managed to create a Weapon Soul. And, it seems like that it has chosen you to be its master." Jiutian"s answer was brief and didn"t give Izan a specific answer. "Besides… That scythe, ********* had been with you since the beginning. Even if it was forced, it would rather destroy itself rather than being held by anyone else than you, Izan…"

Still, Izan nodded as he understood that the scythe in his hand was something that would take him a long time to understand. Izan whispered in a low voice to the scythe. "Thank you for trusting me. I feel more secure when I have you with me…" Izan"s gaze was upon the scythe for a very long time.

And in return, the scythe trembled in happiness way more. After so long, it could finally see and be held by its Master once again.

"Now now, let"s get back to what we came here for." After having said that, Jiutian vanished and appeared in front of Robin. "Show me what you got."

Robin didn"t hesitate as she raised her hands, with that movement, several hands appeared on Jiutian"s body. Wanting to lock her limbs so that Jiutian couldn"t move.

But, no matter how hard Robin tried, she wasn"t able to move one of Jiutian"s limbs. Sweat started rolling down Robin"s face as she continued sprouting more hands on Jiutian.

It didn"t even take Robin ten minutes before she laid down on the ground with sweat covering her whole body. In these ten minutes, Jiutian didn"t move a single muscle. The only thing Jiutian did, was watching Robin carefully as she gauged out her power, strength and weakness.

Jiutian shook her head slowly as a sigh escaped her mouth. "You rely way too much on your Devil Fruit. The moment you meet someone more powerful, you will be incapable of winning or running away."

The more Robin heard Jiutian, the harder she clenched her fists into a ball. Robin wasn"t even able to harm a single hair on Jiutian, and Robin was dreaming of seeing the world.

"What have I been doing with my life…?" Robin asked herself in her heart as she wasn"t able to let go off her grievance that she was way too weak.

"…" Another sigh escaped Jiutian"s mouth. "Whenever we are on the ship without any emergencies. Then you must exercise for minimum of six hours. Three of those hours will be lifting weights. Two hours will be training your Devil Fruit power, either make it faster, larger, harder, or anything. And the last hour, spar with Nojiko, Izan or me."

Robin nodded as she stood up from the ground. Robin"s muscles were aching because of the usage of her Devil Fruit. But, nevertheless, she stood up and walked towards the weights.

Slowly but surely, the hours pa.s.sed by as the four Heavenly Pirates continued training.