Looking at his beaten up grandson he then turned to Sai and asked. "What do you think?"
Sai looked seriously at Alyssia and then stated. "Strong but I feel that while her martial arts are constantly evolving and becoming more solid, there is a problem. It's as if she is trying to combine different things into her martial art to perfect it but does not know how to correctly do so. She is having to resort to a lot of trial and error until she gets it right.. she is very perceptive and able to master the other persons martial arts and adapt it to herself but there will always be limits to a persons strength when they have yet to master Haki. She has displayed no signs of using it yet so I cannot know if she has reached that stage yet."
Chinjao nodded and then said. "Test her out."
Sai responded as he walked towards the training ground. "Yes gramps!"
Sai's observation was accurate but he seemed to have missed a thing or two that Chinjao had noticed.
It was true that Alyssia had been trying to merge many types of skills into her martial arts to develop her own style but found herself advancing slowly as she was forced to go by trial and error.
A style of combat often included either one element taken to the extreme or a combination of different skills or concepts.
Bon Clay uses a combination of dance and leg martial arts, Sai uses a combination of leg martial arts, acrobatics and staff or pole arm skills but there is also Boo who has combined his own upper body martial arts with axe wielding and throwing.
It isn't just martial arts styles that can be combined but also other skills if they are compatible with each other to create even stronger skills, knowledge or special abilities.
Sai was able to spot that her leg martial arts may be on the verge of reaching completion or at least close enough to be able to call her a master martial artist capable of taking part in a championship match but she still had some flaws overall.
Just as he approached his beaten up brother and looked to the other men and women in the background he signalled to have him removed then turned to her and said. "I am your next opponent. Do you wish to take out a weapon? I doubt that my weapon will be so easy to avoid."
Alyssia smiled as she thought. 'It seems that he has noticed.'
She looked down at the torn dress that had been cut as she was avoiding Boo's axe either in the air or when she was sidestepping the clothing still got ripped. 'A reminder for next time… when going to a meeting and there is a possibility of combat, wear a shorter dress or just wear pants. Sigh….'
As she saw the state of the long dress she sighed and then tore it so that the length would be shorter but underneath was a pair of shorts and a leg strap that contained a the parts of her staff. "Then give me a moment."
She quickly assembled her staff and began to spin it around to practice a little.
Sometimes she would spin it and move it around to her back, neck or shoulders and even drop it to catch it with her feet as if juggling it until it came back up into her hands.
Although she could not be said to be a master of the staff, she had gained much practice and the acrobatic and climbing skills did come in handy to helping her try out new tactics.
For this fight she chose to use blunt edges rather than the lethal scythe blades so that she could best use her staff to counter his weapon but also match and learn his movements to mirror them.
The strongest person who has a combination of acrobatics, staff skills and leg martial arts in her location would be Sai so what had been made by the system was focussed more towards his style.
What she needed to do was reconstruct that for herself through this battle and find her own flaws in the way she she using her skills together.
Very quickly they began to clash, this time the battle wasn't so involved with hit an run tactics or traps but instead the clash of the pole arm against the staff as the rotated their weapons and built up more power behind it.
As they were both forced away from each other they both went onto the attack with a sudden counter using the force of the blow to vault their body up and attack from the air with their feet.
The clash this time was more one sided when it was judged in terms of power of their technique but Alyssia still was able to hold on with pure strength alone.
Both feet were pushed towards the ground and they quickly changed to their weapon once again.
The fight that took place was an exchange of similar moves and tactics that involved spearing or sweeping of their weapons then after the confrontation, a series of kicks and acrobatic or jumping kicks were exchanged.
This pattern continued for a while but Alyssia seemed to be on the losing side from the beginning.
A little later into the fight she was gaining a greater mastery of her skills but also the combinations after learning a thing or two from her opponent.
Each exchange allowed her to also gain a greater control over her shockwave skill so she was beginning to put some pressure on Sai.
Chinjao looked on from the side and said in a low voice, "Just one long battle and there is already this much of an improvement.. what a monster. Now I know for sure where and how I will begin with their training."
Even if she was displaying incredible improvement in front of his eyes, he knew that perhaps she was still holding back a little of her true strength so that she could focus on the pursuit of her martial arts through this experience.
He looked at his grandson and said. "Do not hold back anything."
Sai nodded and then charged again but this time he had a black coating surround his foot as he clashed against Alyssia's attack.
However as this happened a white light sparked around her foot as she made contact with him.
Suddenly there was another Ding! That went off in her mind.
The combination of the Eight Impact Fist and Electro clashed against the Armament Haki and the more powerful Eight Impact Fist but suddenly the very centre of the impact exploded pushing Sai backwards with a look of confusion on his face.
Electro had always been her trump card which should only be played when in danger but right now she instinctively acted to defend again the Armament Haki.
After many beatings from Cat Viper, she had gained a little bit of a trauma of Haki and it's attacking and defensive that it grants the user who coats their body parts in it.
Many times she had been beaten up and experienced the hard blows to her body, when she saw Sai activate it she acted on defence to add Electro to her attack.
The combination of the Eight Impact Fist at the level of mastery that she had reached when combined with the sparks of Electro helped to create an explosive reaction that could break through Sai's own combination very quickly and she had yet to use her full strength or a much larger amount of Electro in her attacks.
She looked at the damage created by her kick and couldn't help but smile. 'Well.. I did intend for this but it has yet to be practiced. I would have preferred to do such a test where nobody would get harmed but it seems that his Haki had protected him a little.'
Electro is still a very powerful ability so when combined with such another technique it will carry high destructive force.
With the combination of brute strength, gravity and Electro, Alyssia was able to kill a medium sized Sea King with a blow to its head after Careot had also landed an attack in the same spot which shows the power that it carries.
Meanwhile Sai had to regain his balance after suffering a big loss on this battle.
Chinjao stepped forward and said to Sai. "You lost this one.. you had no chance I am afraid."
Sai looked shocked and then asked. "What do you mean? I can still fight! Grams just give me a chance."
Chinjao shook his head and then explained. "You do not understand. You will once you have experienced more of the world. Next battle just compete with martial abilities and leave out Haki.. it was my mistake to allow it."
He wanted to test Alyssia's limitations but suddenly found that she was one of the rumoured Mink race that possess the ability to channel and use a special ability called Electro.
Although it seemed like just a small white flicker, the combination of the two techniques showed him that perhaps Alyssia could take his families martial arts to a whole new level.
Instead of being angry over her concealing these facts from him, he seemed to be happy.
The Mink race were natural fighters and possessed great talent and special abilities but some of them were still captured by the world government and used as playthings.
If he could help cultivate one of their people to be a strong existence then perhaps the Kano country could gain an additional supporter and connection from a race of people that live in the New World.
He also wished for Garp to be humiliated so that would be a bonus!