I've Already Become An Admiral And Now The System Shows Up? Chapter 26: Second Gold Trait, Iron Body

After many days, Kenji unexpectedly received another reward: the freedom to choose and upgrade his traits.

Seeing the familiar ' ' sign behind each trait, he was surprised.

"The main mission reward this ti is a huge improvent, it can be considered an advanced reward, right? Is it because of overcompletion?"

The last ti Kenji received a reward like this was... the last ti.

Well, in fact, when that side mission was initially issued, the system had given a clear description of the reward: it was an assignable upgrade opportunity.

However, the basic reward for that mission was only 1 chance, which changed to 3 chances after overcompleting the mission, but the most basic 'assignable upgrade opportunity' did not change.

This ti, the reward advanced from a fixed upgrade of the lowest rarity trait to a selectable one, and the upgrade opportunities also increased to 2.

The reward could be said to be an all-round improvent, completely beyond Kenji's expectations.

"It would have been great if this kind of 'surprise' had co earlier, at least I would have been in a good mood all day."

The gloom in Kenji's heart was swept away.

If this surprise reward had appeared earlier, when he had just left the pirate town, even if his ship had sunk at sea, Kenji would have happily called everyone to the lifeboat.

Good news makes one feel refreshed. Now that he was happy, his thoughts beca clear and agile.

"Two chances, hmm, let see which traits are about to advance..." Kenji brought up his personal ability panel and checked them carefully one by one.

[Na: Kenji]

[Traits: Armant Haki (Super Purple), Observation Haki (Dark Purple), Conqueror's Haki (Dark Blue), Physique (Light Gold), Hand-to-Hand Combat (Light Purple), Swordsmanship (Super Blue), Sea Beast Power (Light Blue), Superspeed Regeneration (Light Blue)]

"Armant Haki is a must!"

After checking, Kenji no longer hesitated and directly chose to upgrade the Armant Haki trait once.

[Your Armant Haki (Super Purple) has been upgraded to Armant Haki (Light Gold)!]

The light changed, and the purple-to-black Armant Haki trait disappeared, reappearing with a golden glow.

"The second gold trait!"

Kenji looked at the two light gold traits he possessed, feeling greatly satisfied.

When a trait advances, its power is significantly enhanced.

At this mont, Kenji could feel the change in his Armant Haki's power.

"The range and power of Armant Haki emission have increased."

He raised his hand to release Armant Haki, and the invisible Haki rushed out, exploding on the sea surface tens of ters away.

That was the technique of Armant Haki: Emission.

After a brief attempt, Kenji withdrew his hand and refocused his attention on the interface.

Having experienced the advancent of a gold trait last ti, he did not rush to use the upgrade opportunity again, waiting silently.

As expected, the system prompt text reappeared in his vision without warning.

[Your Armant Haki trait has reached Light Gold!]

[Armant Haki (Light Gold) triggers derivative evolution... New trait generated! Iron Body!]

[Iron Body: A special innate Physique that may appear in only one in a million people, with a tough and powerful body, and defense comparable to steel!]

"Iron Body? It sounds a bit familiar, a Physique similar to Charlotte Linlin's?" Kenji decided to test it.

He casually took out a sharp sword, and without strengthening his defense with Armant Haki, he let the blade slide across his skin in its normal state.

Sizzle!

His skin was slightly indented by the blade, and a sharp, grating sound like tal friction emanated from it.

"With this level of defense, taking bullets with bare hands is no problem." Kenji nodded secretly, then released Armant Haki to strengthen the blade.

Next, he again ran the Armant Haki-enhanced black blade across his skin.

Pfft!

This ti, a gash was cut on his skin, but it was not deep, and streaks of blood flowed out.

Kenji put away the sword with satisfaction. He had pretty much tested the current defensive limit of Iron Body.

"Blocking guns and cannons is no problem, but defending against Armant Haki-enhanced weapons is still a bit difficult."

"It can be confird that the current Iron Body's defense is not as good as Charlotte Linlin's."

Even so, Kenji still felt quite satisfied. He didn't care if his Iron Body was weaker than others. He only compared himself to his previous self.

It is extrely difficult to find a second 'natural destroyer' like Charlotte Linlin in the whole world. She belongs to the category of genius among geniuses.

Towards such a true genius, Kenji's ntality had always been very balanced.

Many years ago, when he first joined Marine, Kenji had already accepted his diocre talent and would not envy those with astonishing talent.

Moreover, Iron Body is not rely a skill. It is a fundantal innate ability, similar to Sea Beast Power.

Just with this, Kenji's talent at this mont has surpassedt Sengoku, and even Garp and other geniuses.

Sea Beast Power can serve as a foundational strength, allowing one to exert power many tis stronger than a sea beast through combat techniques.

Iron Body can naturally also be stacked with Armant Haki, greatly improving defensive capabilities.

"If both are enhanced with Armant Haki..." Kenji suddenly beca interested again.

He took the sword again, reinforced the blade with Armant Haki, and then similarly reinforced the skin on his arm with Armant Haki.

Rip!

The black blade again ran across his skin, but it didn't even leave a single mark.

Kenji first carefully made small cuts, then forcefully cut, and finally simply chopped with great force.

Clang... Clang... Clang!

Sounds of tal clashing echoed through the warship, sounding like soone was blacksmithing.

"Is Shirojishi Admiral... a little abnormal?"

"Shh, don't talk nonsense, maybe sothing happened that we don't know about..."

The soldiers stood on the rear deck, watching in stunned silence.

Marie noticed so clues, her heroic eyes fixed intently on Kenji's arm, which was being repeatedly chopped.

The Armant Haki-enhanced arm had no wounds, not even a single mark appeared.

"Phew... That's about enough." Finally, Kenji stopped his actions and exhaled a turbid breath.

After his series of tests, he had confird that his Armant Haki-enhanced defense was stronger than before. However, he didn't test exactly how much stronger the defense was.

After all, making himself fully attack with the resolve to cut off his own arm...

He couldn't bring himself to commit such self-mutilation.

"Later." Kenji planned to test it through actual combat when he had the chance in the future.

Anyway, the Iron Body trait would continue to upgrade, so even if he tested the limit of his Armant Haki-enhanced defense now, it wouldn't be of much significance.

Kenji casually threw away the sword and turned his attention back to the interface.

"I still have 1 upgrade chance... Which one should I choose?"

He scanned around and found that none of the remaining purple traits had reached 'Super Purple' rarity.

If not limited to 'purple', so of the other traits had reached the point of being ready to advance.

For example, [Swordsmanship (Super Blue)].

However, Kenji felt it wasn't quite worth it to use the last upgrade chance on the Swordsmanship trait.

Ultimately, he still decided to upgrade the strong rather than the weak, choosing [Observation Haki (Dark Purple)].

(End of Chapter)

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