Early the next morning, just as the sun rose above the horizon, she prepared to begin her Garp-style hellish training.
The first task: smashing giant boulders.
As it turned out, Mina discovered an embarrassing problem.
On this island, there were no boulders larger than her, and even the mountain ranges weren’t as big as she was, making Garp-style tempering impossible.
“What the heck?
I wanted to emulate the old man and smash eight mountains, but all I find are small pebbles?
I can crush these with one kick—what kind of training is this!” Mina looked at these boulders, most of which were forty or fifty meters tall, and couldn’t help but complain.
But it wasn’t a big deal.
If there were no giant boulders on land, she’d go straight to the seabed; there had to be some there!
Besides, this body was strong enough that she didn’t have to worry about suffocating underwater.
No sooner said than done.
Mina dove fiercely into the sea, kicking up massive sprays of water as the surface suddenly became turbulent.
Reaching the deep seabed, she found a vast area of massive reefs.
Then, Mina let out an excited, strange cry.
Taking a deep breath, she put her weight into her waist, driving her entire body forward with a textbook straight punch, slamming it hard into the reef before her!
“Boom—!” The moment her fist connected with the reef, a terrifying force erupted.
In the seawater, an incredibly dull shockwave radiated wildly in all directions from the center of her fist.
Even the solid layer of sand was forcibly blasted into a crater dozens of meters in diameter.
Countless sand and stones were swept up, forming a murky undercurrent that raged through the deep sea.
The reefs, unable to withstand the pressure, were shattered into a swirling vortex of debris.
“This is boring.
I’ll just punch the seabed instead!” Feeling bored, Mina rained down punch after punch onto the seabed.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
She held nothing back with every strike, putting her full strength into every blow.
The dull thuds echoed continuously in the deep sea, causing the entire area to churn with rage.
Massive whirlpools formed one after another on the surface, as if some ancient behemoth was awakening beneath the waves.
Countless fish and sea beasts dwelling nearby fled in terror, distancing themselves from this apocalyptic zone.
After tirelessly punching for several hours, Mina only stopped when a thunderous hunger growled in her stomach.
*Splash—* Her massive figure burst from the water, sending spray flying everywhere.
Seawater slid down her fair skin, forming a magnificent waterfall between the two majestic peaks of her chest, shimmering brilliantly in the sunlight.
“I’m hungry.
Time to find some food.” Sweeping her Observation Haki, she quickly locked onto an unlucky Lord of the Coast.
It was a giant sea snake over two hundred meters long, peeking its head out stealthily from a distance, seemingly curious about the commotion that had turned everything upside down.
“You’ll do!” Mina’s lips curled up.
With a sudden stomp, her figure vanished from the spot.
When she reappeared, she was already in front of the giant sea snake.
Before the sea snake could react, a massive, fair-skinned fist descended from the sky and slammed into its head.
*Thud—!* With a muffled sound, the sea snake didn’t even have time to let out a cry.
Its huge eyes rolled back, and it instantly lost consciousness.
Having easily secured her ingredients, Mina dragged the sea snake by its tail back to the island, where she skillfully started a fire, skinned it, and began roasting.
Beside the massive bonfire, Mina held a piece of roasted snake meat thicker than her own body, eating until her mouth was covered in oil.
And so, day after day passed.
During the day, she dove into the deep sea to hammer the seabed, and when she was hungry, she caught a passing Sea King for lunch.
After more than ten days, Mina’s control over her own power became increasingly refined.
Her body, which had previously possessed only raw strength, began to gradually adapt to this high-intensity combat rhythm.
And this once-calm stretch of the Calm Belt had completely become a forbidden zone for Sea Kings.
However, this monotonous training soon made her, who was playful by nature, feel bored.
One day, after finishing another training session on the seabed, Mina looked at the still-churning surface, and a bold idea suddenly popped into her head.
“Just playing in the water is so boring.
How about…
I fly up into the sky for some fun?” The bloodline of the Lunarian Race provided more than just flames.
With a thought, the cluster of golden-red flames on her back suddenly flared up, spraying out a hot current of air like a rocket thruster.
A powerful thrust surged from behind her.
“Wahoo!
Liftoff!” Mina laughed boisterously as her hundred-meter-tall body shot into the sky like a cannonball!
One hundred meters!
Five hundred meters!
One thousand meters!
Under the continuous push of the flames, she actually flew over a thousand meters high, the massive island becoming small beneath her feet.
“Hahahaha!
This is awesome!” After experiencing the thrill of flight in the air, Mina withdrew the flames and let her body enter a free fall.
The wind whistled in her ears, and the sea surface below rapidly enlarged in her field of vision.
Just before impacting the surface, Mina adjusted her posture, her body tensing like a javelin as she dove vertically into the sea.
*Rumble—!!!* A massive spray of water shot into the sky, reaching hundreds of meters high, like a sudden tidal wave covering dozens of miles.
A bottomless, massive whirlpool formed on the surface, refusing to settle for a long time.
“Puh-hah!” Emerging once more from the deep sea, Mina swam through the water with excitement.
Her massive body stroked through the sea; every arm swing and every kick sent up towering waves, turning everything upside down.
While she was having the time of her life, a faint, terror-filled scream drifted over on the sea breeze.
“Hmm?
What was that noise?” Mina stopped her movements and tilted her head to listen.
The sound was very far away and very faint; if not for the wide range of her Observation Haki, she wouldn’t have noticed it at all.
Driven by curiosity, Mina extended her Observation Haki.
Several hundred nautical miles away, a small boat no more than ten meters long was tossing wildly in the giant waves she had just created, like a leaf in a storm, in constant danger of capsizing.
On the boat, a group of women were clutching the gunwales tightly, letting out terrified screams.
“A pirate ship?” In Mina’s perception, the ship was flying a Jolly Roger.
Moreover, the ship’s propulsion was very peculiar, being pulled along by two giant sea snakes.
This iconic feature caused a familiar name to instantly surface in her mind.
The Kuja Pirates!
“Finally, someone’s here?” Mina’s eyes lit up; having been stuck in this godforsaken place for over ten days, she was bored to tears.
I have to go take a look.
She took a deep breath and dove into the water, silently swimming toward the ship.
…
Meanwhile, aboard the Kuja Pirates’ “Perfume Yuda,” all was chaos.
“What’s going on!
Why are there such massive waves suddenly in the Calm Belt!” A tall, slender, and stunningly beautiful woman, wearing the iconic V-neck, waist-baring tight outfit of a Kuja Empress and golden snake earrings, shouted sternly.
She was the current Captain of the Kuja Pirates and the Empress of Amazon Lily, “Toritoma” Toritoma.
“Snake Princess, we don’t know either!
These waves came out of nowhere!” The female warriors on board responded in panic, desperately controlling the ship to keep it from being overturned by the giant waves.
“Everyone, stay calm!” A little girl who looked to be only eight or nine years old, with hime-cut black hair and a face as delicate as a doll, was encouraging everyone with forced composure, despite her own pale face.
She was the future Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock.
However, at that moment, a massive shadow loomed over the entire ship without warning.
The noisy sea seemed to have its pause button pressed, instantly falling silent.
Everyone on the ship looked up instinctively.
The next second, a woman so massive she defied description slowly rose from the water before them.
Her long, golden curly hair was draped wetly over her shoulders, water droplets sliding down her fair cheeks.
That stunningly beautiful, mature face wore a hint of a friendly smile.
The pair of hideous demon horns on her head and the burning flames on her back made her look like a demon god stepped out of myth.
Seawater slid from the valley between her two mountain-like peaks, forming two spectacular waterfalls that constantly crashed into the sea below with a rushing sound.
The Perfume Yuda looked like a bathtub toy in front of this colossal being.
The Kuja warriors on board, including the future Empress Hancock, all hung their mouths open, their minds blank, completely losing the ability to think.
Even the well-traveled Toritoma was dazed, instinctively clutching her chest.
“Sea…
Sea God?” Someone spoke the thoughts of everyone in a trembling voice.
Just as the Kuja crew thought they were doomed, the massive “Sea God” tilted her head, revealed a somewhat embarrassed smile, and asked: “Um…
excuse me, are you the Kuja Pirates?” Her voice was crisp and pleasant, filled with goodwill.
“Can I hitch a ride and leave this sea area with you?
I…
I’m lost.”