"By the way Liam, how much have you improved?" Suddenly, Zoro picked up a topic and asked.

"Hehe! Why don't we test it? I am dying to know my current strength as well." Liam put the final piece of meat in his mouth and stood up.

"Me! Me! Liam, fight me! I want to try something new." Luffy suddenly jumped up and raised his hands.

Seeing Luffy's innocent smile, Liam couldn't help but shudder. He didn't know what kind of new trick Luffy has trained but he knew it would be really hard to counter.

But, he was also excited about this. He wanted to know just how much he has improved.

Both of them walked back to the deck and stood in front of each other. Zoro couldn't help but sigh. He originally wanted to face off against Liam but he couldn't defy his captain's order either.

They all moved around them while Nami shouted.

"You two, if you break the ship, you will pay One Million Berries."

Liam and Luffy suddenly felt like a heavy mountain pressing them to the floor.

"Hehe, Liam, be careful and block my strike with everything you've got!"

"Alright then! Let's see how much my defenses have improved." Liam got it confident as he placed his forearms in the shape 'X' in front of him.

He patiently waited for Luffy's attack.

At this moment, Luffy clenched his fist and calmed down. He raised his fist in front of him and closed his eyes. He raised his right arm and bites his thumb.

'Wait, is that Gear Third? Luffy is going Gear Third right now?' Liam panicked at this moment but Luffy's arm didn't turn into a giant arm. Rather, his arm only grew to the size when he used Bounce Man.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed a strange change in Luffy's arm but before he could figure it out, Luffy extended his arm and charged his fist toward Liam.

Bang!

The punch struck Liam's forearm so hard that it almost broke him. But, his body flew toward the sky and landed on the sea several hundred meters away.

"You idiot! Why did you have to use so much strength?" Usopp slapped Luffy's head and shouted.

Sanji jumped and rushed to retrieve Liam.

"Is this my strength?" Luffy looked at his fist with confusion. He couldn't help but look at Zoro.

"Zoro, do you think Liam got weaker instead of getting stronger?"

"Sigh!"

Zoro sighed as he walked toward Luffy. Suddenly, he unsheathed one of his swords and slashed at Luffy.

Luffy instantly saw it and raised his fist. When Zoro's sword struck Luffy's arm, Zoro's hand got shaken for a moment.

"Oi Zoro, what are you doing? Luffy is vulnerable against a sharp object." Usopp instantly shouted from the side when he saw Zoro attacking Luffy.

Ding!

Zoro's hand opened and the sword fell to the ground. Luffy didn't have the injury because Zoro used the blunt edge but looking at Zoro's hands that were shaken for a moment, Luffy frowned.

Zoro was also shocked. he quickly controlled his hands and picked up his sword. He put it back inside his sheath and looked at Luffy.

"What did you just do? How come your strike got so powerful?"

Luffy rubbed his head and said "Didn't you train what Liam give you? That move called Tekken."

"It's Tekkai." Zoro corrected him and sighed.

"I am training it but I am pretty sure that it should be making your attack stronger. And, why is your hand inflated?"

"Oh, this! When I was training Tekkai, I found it very similar to the Contraction to the point I didn't even realize whether I was contracting or training Tekkai."

"So, I merged them. But then, my body shrunk. I was so mad and didn't know what to do. Liam was also training. During that time, Sanji asked me to use Gomu-Gomu No Ballon so that he could kick a giant bird for lunch."

"At that time, an idea came to my mind. If I inflate my body and then contract it, wouldn't it return to normal size? Unfortunately, it didn't work, my arm remains bigger."

Seeing his sad expression, everyone opened their mouth wide. They couldn't believe he found such an easy way to get stronger and is still pouting about some simple side effect that didn't even matter.

They wanted to beat him up. At this moment, Sanji returned to the ship half-drowned. At this moment, Sanji was seriously panted to the point he collapsed on the floor.

"Sanji!" Everyone shouted as they didn't understand why he passed out.

Five Minutes Later,

Sanji slowly opened his eyes and found himself getting stared at by everyone.

"Did I pass out?"

"You did. I didn't expect you to get weaker by training." Zoro nodded his head.

"It's not me who got weaker. It's his body that was heavier." Sanji shook his head and pointed his finger at Liam who was still lying unconscious on the floor.

"Tch! Don't make excuses. I lifted him easily this morning. He was definitely heavier than before but nothing to exaggerate." Zoro snorted.

"No, I am not mistaken. He was truly heavy, almost as heavy as a ship. I don't know why but it was true." Sanji made a serious expression as he spoke.

"Umm…. Guys, if you haven't noticed it yet, can you look at the sky?" Vivi pointed her finger exactly at those cards that seemed wet.

Everyone raised their heads at the cards with confusion.

"Do you lose your Devil Fruit powers after coming in contact with sea water?" Zoro turned his head at Valentine and asked.

She shook her head and said "Nope! Although we can't swim, we don't lose our abilities. It's just that we can't swim and thus, we drown."

"Maybe it was because he was underwater which made his body like a rock. And, because he was wet, his abilities also got wet." Nami presented her idea.

"Well, we don't know what happened but it was a good thing that I reacted on time." Sanji shrugged his shoulders and sighed a breath of relief.

"Alright, Zoro, help him get to bed. He needs to finish his training tomorrow. So, he needs to return to his peak." Nami commanded Zoro as she went to the cabin.

Zoro felt bad for doing this job. But, before he put Liam on the ground, he used Liam to practice for half an hour. After that, he walked out of the room and went to the cabin.

He went near the freeze and saw a few bats. He turned around and walked in front of Sanji.

"You plan to stay behind?"

Sanji narrowed his eyes and snorted.

"Humph! Don't cry when I break all of these bats on your head."

Putting his apron on the side, he and Zoro walked out. Seeing them leaving, Usopp thought for a moment and looked at Nami.

"Nami, can you help me train as well?"

"Huh! Hell no! I am not going to let you hit me." Nami disagreed instantly.

"Luffy, what about you?" Usopp turned his head at Luffy and asked.

"Alright then!" Luffy nodded without hesitation. Luffy picked up a bat while Usopp sat on the ground.

Bam!

A few seconds later, Luffy smashed the bat on Usopp's head.

"Vivi, let's go and sleep!" Nami pulled Vivi away. She didn't want Vivi to get involved in this. She was afraid that Vivi will insist on training this and they would need to smack each other's heads.

Four people fell asleep while four people kept training. The night was a bit chilly but the constant smashing of heads kept them active.