Day after day goes by, and Joshua has wholeheartedly dived into to deep extreme training, totally forgetting about the outside world.
With just over a a months period, Joshua who has made a little debut before entering the grandline was totally forgotten by the rivers time. The world has never lacked excited news, with so many big forces running around and the navy's constant pursuit of pirates. News come flying in left and right all over the world and Joshua who is considered an inconspicious person would bascially be not remebered.
With that being said, Odamo who was assigned to kill Joshua, has reported back to the navy headquarters after Sengoku told him that Joshua has already reached to the grandline. Therefore, Odamo concentrated his search in the grandline region but as time goes by he still couldn't locate Joshua. Sengoku told Odamo to stop searching for him because he might have died under the grandline occurences.
How can he not, after such long periods you still haven't heard even his name at a little rum bar. Many persons die in the grandline on a basis, both strong and weak have stumbled upon their faith. Joshua who isn't even familiar with these waters most have also died along with them unknowingly.
Also, Sengoku can't have Odamo look for one figure like that who have propbably died in the grandline after such time for so long. After all as vice admiral his strength is needed both in the grandline and in the new world and so after Joshua was labelled dead Odamo was reassigned to different tasks.
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As said before Joshua has basically focused on developing himself. Morning, noon and night, through rain, snow and windy day Joshua madly trained. Swordmanship, fruit powers, physical fitness Joshua developed them all, through thick and thin of all the weathers state. Continued to carry the heavy beasts, continue strike himseff mercilessly with lightning, Joshua eyes were bloodshot at on point the pressure was so big he landed on his knees.
He trained himself to death, many might think this is some from of masochist thing, but Joshua did not care, cause after all the system cant help him train. He can only purchase things from it, what level he can reach can only be attained through his hard work and determination. So Joshua must make hisself available to step further in depths with the powers he have.
So he insane trained himself, when he took rest, it would just be an hour or 2 before he dives back down into self torture.
Five thousands push ups..... five thousands sits ups..... five thousands squats...
Joshua repeated his training regiments while he harshly grits his teeth as he shoves himself to the brink of death.
boom..boom...boom...
Sounds of harsh pounding rang out to the surrounding, Joshua who was the cause of this, was slamming some thick 40m rock which was before. From time to time you would see some small pebbles drop from off of it to the ground. The area where he punches had many cracks on it and in addition to that there many splashes of blood on it as well.
boom...
The lighting which dropped paled the surroundings as it hits Joshua's body, the beasts which were on him scorched once more and the steams from the charcoal beasts went off to the air.
"Come!"
Joshua said once more as as repeated sweat ran down from his face to the pool of blood which surrounded him. The lightnings which seemed he reluctant, once again stroke down Joshua body, he grinds his teeths as he fist the 40m boulder with blooded hands.
As he strikes his face has become more pale, want can he noted that around his hand had a few shining mineral liks substances. But there was also something else...
boom...
The lighting heavily landed, his legs were wabbly, his face was terrible pale but he continued to hit the boulder. On those blooded and scarred hands, there was a somewhat thick black coating which was wrapped around his hands.
Armament haki...
Joshua has unlocked armement haki, it all happened around three months ago when he was bascially doing this kind of training. The only difference is that he did not have on the sea stones when he grasped the armement haki from continuously hitting the boulder. He furthered his hellish training as he wrapped sea stones prism around his hand and then added more beast onto his back.
When he did this the heavy load he was carrying basically tripled which caused him to spit blood. But he still self further self torured himself as he continue to strike hisself with lightning and now over these past few months he has strengthen it to a good grasp standard.
Even though , it is not fully hardened yet but he still working on it.
"Haa...haa...haaa..," Joshua panted weakly as he stopped hitting the the boulder, he untied the beasts which were tied to his foot, carelessly let loose the ones which were on his back. The earth shook as the scorched beasts fell to the ground, but Joshua continued his motions as he took of the sea stones prisms.
He weakly fell on the ground and rested for there for a while.
"I should easy up the training for a sometime," Joshua thought his he breathes heavily. He has training himself harshly these past few months and even though his stamina his basically endless. He must get a good rest period to wash away any accumulated fatigue.
He got up brush off the snow and blizzards like things off his body and walked to a certain area.
Now Guzen and Laffitte has basicially stopped moving or hiding over this period of time, with them strengthening themselves they can move somewhat freely in the island. When that happened Joshua gave them a visit and told them a detailed desciption of how hakis of the world work and how they can grasp them.
Now with them being told that, they should be trying to learn grasp the two hakis.
Joshua was walking, has now came across a mountaineous area which had which had many birds flying arounds. At the mountains sides, a rocky steep area came in view, there also was many dented in dark sections. At the lower parts of the mountains, there were many trees which were closely packed to each other and how far it went down, one could not tell where the ground level was.
Joshua stepped out of the woods and what now was surrounding him was some bushy burgandy trees which released a faint sweet scent. Before him was an open sea, but was where odd is that even though the stream of water was huge it did not flow out into the landscapes. But moved out, stopped, then went down into an area surrounded by many different colours of trees.
The whole pool of water was like a cut off slanted cone attached to the rocky side of the opened cave like area at the mountain side.
Image here...
"It might the magnetic field surrounding the island," Joshua looked on the spectular before him, as he makes his way to the huge water pool. The reason for this may be so, however, weird scenes like this are mutiple in the grandline and also the new world. But how to accurately explain it and say how it works, Joshua is not really interested.
He took of his shirt and and stepped in the low moving water, each step he took he went further in i,t until his body was not noticeable. In the water, Joshua folded his legs as he closes his eyes, with each passing minute he went further down but it the water did not trouble him.
Which seems odd but although Joshua has eaten the other fruit and have now gotten the curse of the sea. Snakes can both walk on land and swim in water and Apophis is a water type creature himself. So with his strong physical abilties and the additional advantages of the snake fruit, the water did not have an impactful effect on him.
Joshua who was calmly mediating in the water was repeatedly be overshadowed by a large creature. There in the water pool a bird beak type shark swam around Joshua slowly enclosing him. His small blackened eyes was densely locked on the figure sitting in the center. With him making his appearance in the waterpool the other smaller fishes which were in the water hurriedly dispersed in a disorderly manner.
A gigantic water creature.
Not only were there beasts on the island but there was also beasts in the seas which are at different points on the islands as well. The beast which was a slowly closing in on Joshua flared up, for he was now in its predatoral range. When it moves off, many bubbles of numerous sizes were made. It swam in it fish like way, as it speedily went over to where Joshua sat, nearing on the small object.
The beast opened it mouth, then a dark green yucky fog like thing came from it which dispersed in the water, sufficating the small fishes to death who could not escape. Then becoming one with the many dead fish parts which were constantly drowned under its huge white saliva in its mouth.
It ducked down its mouth ready to swallow Joshua whole, then something appeared in water darkening the pool. The hand which grasped the 2m long slant sword chopped through the water creatures body, then when it moved again only flints of black flints appeared in the water.
The creature which was still alive burst out into divided section, then right after it incinerate into a ball of flames. After a few seconds the beast disappeared from the underwater food chain.
The waterpool then regain it former colour as if nothing happened, Joshua who still has his eyes closed further went down into the sea as he continue to meditate.
After a period of time, Joshua came out and went back to training, but this time he did not stop his hellish training until 2 years went by.