Under the pitch - black sky, white snowflakes fluttered down and landed on the single - mast sailboat, piling up a thick layer of snow on the ship's deck.
After arriving in the Pirate King world, Sephiroth had been busy all the time. It was not until after dinner, when he finally had some leisure time, that he realized...
This world seems kinda boring!
It's okay not having mobile phones or computers.
The most frustrating part is that there isn't even a single book on this ship to kill time.
Alright! He admitted that he had subconsciously ignored a fact...
Although, you know, the technological level of the Pirate King world had experienced an explosive leap forward due to the intervention of the Lunarians.
But...
In order to erase the historical traces of the Great Kingdom, the World Government had discarded many things, and Lunar technology was one of them.
As a result, they had set the development process of the entire world back to the medieval civilization!
So much so that the vast majority of countries in this world still practiced feudal monarchy, or even the slave system...
Human rights? Freedom? Equality?
In the eyes of the ruling class, such things were undoubtedly heresies and words that could mislead the people...
No wonder the Revolutionary Army formed by Dragon was such a thorn in the side of the World Government!
Sephiroth weakly moaned in his heart, 'I want to go home!'
At Hancock's suggestion, the four of them came to the deck and started playing the game of making snowmen...
Sephiroth squatted down and, with his gloved hands, scooped up a handful of snow from the deck and placed it on the half - formed snowman. But his expression was a bit absent - minded.
Hancock put a felt hat on the snowman she had built and used a carrot and two potatoes as the nose and eyes. Only then did she nod in satisfaction.
"Sephiroth, what are you thinking about? You're so deep in thought," the long, black - haired girl couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw the crooked snowman made by the silver - haired boy.
"What exactly is Haki?
How can I use this power?"
Hearing this, Hancock immediately nodded as if suddenly enlightened.
This afternoon, Sephiroth had suddenly awakened his [b]Conqueror's Haki[/b], which had saved the four of them from being killed.
It was only natural that he wanted to learn how to use this powerful force.
Thinking of this, Hancock crossed her arms in front of her chest and showed a thoughtful expression on her face. She slowly explained to the boy:
"According to what Captain Shakky of our Kuja Pirates said, Haki can be divided into three types: [b]Conqueror's Haki[/b], [b]Armament Haki[/b], and [b]Observation Haki[/b].
[b]Conqueror's Haki[/b] is a one - in - a - million, inborn aptitude. Moreover, even those with the aptitude are not 100% guaranteed to awaken it. So, no one has summarized a specific training method for it.
However, the other two types of Haki are very common. As long as one's physical condition is up to par, they can be acquired through training.
Therefore, general training methods have been discovered for [b]Armament Haki[/b] and [b]Observation Haki[/b]."
Armament Haki is a kind of energy that every living being is born with and lies dormant in the body.
Users of Armament Haki can cover their bodies with it to form a transparent armor.
While greatly improving the defensive ability, it also allows the user to touch the physical body of Logia Devil Fruit users.
In addition, there are more advanced ways to use Armament Haki.
On our Kuja Island, since all the citizens are women, in order to maximize their combat power, there is a common method here of wrapping Armament Haki around weapons to enhance the [b]attack power[/b].
Huh?... I've heard that on the sea, there are very few extremely powerful experts who can even wrap Conqueror's Haki around their attacks to precisely stun enemies from a distance... I wonder if what Captain [b]Shakky[/b] said is true...
As for [b]Observation Haki[/b], it can be said to be a 'power of hearing'. As long as a person is alive, the body will produce special sounds. Through these sounds, one can predict the opponent's next move and position. With training, the range can be expanded.
However, according to Captain [b]Shakky[/b], this is just a low - level use of [b]Observation Haki[/b]. As long as the enemy's attack speed approaches or exceeds the speed of sound or your own reaction speed, it will become useless.
Advanced [b]Observation Haki[/b] skills can even briefly see into the future, but it relies more on the sixth sense. So this is also a skill that can only be developed with a certain amount of talent.
This kind of talent, although not as rare as Conqueror's Haki, is still very uncommon."
Sephiroth hesitated for a while and then tentatively said:
"Hancock, can you teach me the method of training Armament Haki on your Kuja Island?"
Somewhat unexpectedly, Hancock agreed very quickly:
"Sure!"
As if to comfort the boy and let him not have too much burden, Hancock added two more sentences:
"Actually... this training method is already a semi - public skill in the Grand Line.
It's just that ours on Kuja Island is more detailed."
"So how exactly do you train it?" the silver - haired boy asked.
"Well...? Let me give you a demonstration!
Watch carefully. I don't have a large amount of Armament Haki right now, and I'm not very skilled in using it..."
As she spoke, Hancock bent down and made a snowball on the deck with her hands.
Immediately afterwards, Hancock seemed to be holding her breath or exerting all her strength. She clenched her teeth tightly.
After a few seconds, a faint gray - black color actually appeared on the white snowball.
"Ha!"
Hancock let out a delicate shout and suddenly threw the snowball in her hand, hitting the snowman she had built.
Everyone only heard a "bang!" The snowman was instantly blown to pieces by the snowball.
"Phew!"
Hancock let out a long sigh. For her now, the act of condensing her whole body's Armament Haki and wrapping it around the snowball was not an easy thing.
Due to excessive consumption of Haki, she even felt a sense of weakness in her body.
"See that pale black gas?
That's the effect of wrapping Armament Haki around an object.
Of course! If the amount of Armament Haki wrapped around is too small, there won't be a color change...
It is said that some powerful sword masters can even use Armament Haki to temper their swords into extremely strong black blades..."
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Teacher Hancock, please go on. I'll definitely keep it in mind..."
Sephiroth nodded repeatedly, his face full of curiosity.
"Armament Haki is actually a kind of energy produced by human muscle cells.
We can feel its existence by breathing rhythmically and then meditating.
After you can clearly feel the existence of this [b]qi[/b], you need to try to mobilize it while moving your body..."
"Huh!?"
As Sephiroth listened to what the long-haired black-haired girl said, he unexpectedly thought of the concept of [b]qi[/b] in traditional Chinese medicine...
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Please continue!"
"Oh! If you can't feel the existence of Armament Haki through breathing and meditation.
Then, you need to engage in long - term extreme physical training. Once your physical fitness reaches a certain level..."