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Now, any three of the six techniques can be used simultaneously, which is simply overpowered. Imagine, when you use Iron Body, and your opponent thinks you won't attack, you suddenly unleash a Tempest Kick or Moon Walk, and then suddenly add Shave, completely violating the rules. How confused would your enemy be? That scene is just too beautiful.
This boost to strength is far more than just one plus one. When all six techniques are used simultaneously, the power is unimaginable. Yi Shuihan even felt that there was potential to break through to the Silver rank.
If the previous Six Styles only added a few more ways to fight for Yi Shuihan and improved his basic strength and speed attributes, then the value of the now-fused True Six Styles is comparable to the Burst Qi. Even if he only relies on it, Yi Shuihan can fight against a general.
This is still considered minor success. Major success would allow one to take a significant step forward among generals, and perfect success would easily surpass the general level.
Forcibly suppressing the urge to perfect it, Yi Shuihan was completely relaxed this time.
With such a trump card in hand, even if the Navy were to turn against him immediately, he would have the confidence to escape, and might even be able to turn the tables and kill them.
He was so happy that Yi Shuihan didn't even notice that the mastery of the skills after fusion was based on the highest level of the fused skills, causing him to miss a chance to discover a major bug. When he finally discovered this much later, he was heartbroken.
Chapter 26, The First Time Cultivating, the Domineering Aura Went Wrong
The fusion of the six styles has become a skill, which has another advantage: no matter which of the original six styles you practice, it will all be counted towards the fused six styles. To put it simply, the practice time is reduced significantly. If we calculate it according to the experience points in the game, before there were 6 styles, and each style required 100 experience points to level up. Now there is only 1 style, and it requires about 300 experience points to level up.
This discovery made Yi Shuihan even more optimistic about fusion. However, fusion points are much harder to obtain than cultivation points, and he didn't have any fusion points to use for the time being, so he temporarily put the matter of fusion aside.
"The Six Forms are almost complete now. Next is the Overbearing Aura, and then we can consider the next step." With enough cultivation points, Yi Shuihan could instantly perfect the True Six Forms. In his mind, he already planned to focus on developing the Overbearing Aura. Of course, that doesn't mean he would ignore the True Six Forms. He would still practice them regularly.
No matter what it is, you'll become rusty if you don't touch it for a long time. Only when you practice a skill to the point of instinct can you be considered to have truly mastered it.
Without hesitation, the day after the assessment, Yi Shuihan began researching domineering aura.
"I still have no clue about the three types of Haki, especially Conqueror's Haki. There's no systematic learning method at all. In the original work, it all depends on some vague luck. It's something that can only be awakened by those with the potential to become kings. It's too difficult." Yi Shuihan sat cross-legged on the ground, propping his head up with his right hand as he pondered.
"So should I start with Armament Haki or Observation Haki? Armament Haki seems more suitable for me than Observation Haki, since Observation Haki is more defensive. Hmm, I'll start with Armament Haki then."
Having made his decision, Yi Shuihan began to recall Zephyr's description of Armament Haki: "So-called Haki is a kind of life energy that humans are born with, the only difference being the amount and whether one can perceive it..."
"...Calm down, carefully sense the Qi in your body, then try to connect with it, control it, and finally achieve the purpose of using it."
Yi Shuihan adopted a posture often seen in martial arts training, like an old monk entering meditation, closed his eyes, and quietly experienced the so-called "qi" within his body.
In Yi Shuihan's understanding, domineering aura is actually the same thing as internal strength in martial arts and true qi and true essence in cultivation.
Ultimately, it's all just a kind of energy, only expressed in different forms. The source of domineering aura is the body itself, while true qi can be drawn from the world in addition to its own source. Compared to domineering aura, true qi is a bit more advanced.
The Haki in a person's body comes from the person's own energy, which is directly converted from the energy of the food a person eats. Therefore, generally speaking, those who have mastered Haki will not have a small appetite, as can be seen from the appetites of Luffy, Zoro and others in the original work.
Fortunately, the food in the One Piece world has a relatively high energy content, which is why Haki is so powerful. If it were in Yi Shuihan's original world, eating the same amount of food would not only be difficult to digest, but the effect would also be far less terrifying. The limit would probably be only at the level of Chinese martial arts, unable to withstand even ordinary firearms, let alone reach the peak of Haki, which is comparable to a nuclear bomb.
Of course, both traditional Chinese martial arts and domineering aura ultimately lead to the same goal. When you finally break free from relying on your own energy and start using the energy of heaven and earth, it becomes impossible to say which one is higher or lower in terms of power. After all, the realm of breaking through the void and seeing the gods in traditional Chinese martial arts is not a joke.
Regardless of the difference between domineering aura and other powers, Yi Shuihan has made progress here.
"Is this what ki is? It's so easy to sense! I should have started cultivating Haki earlier. That guy Zephyr even said that you need at least the physical strength of a vice admiral to have a chance to comprehend Haki?" With these thoughts running through his mind, Yi Shuihan focused his attention back on the feeling he had just experienced.
We can't afford to lose this rare momentum; we have to keep it up!
Yi Shuihan carefully tried to control the movement of the domineering aura, slowly gathering it together, as if coaxing a child to eat candy. Never before had he had such patience.
Outside, a barely perceptible black aura slowly emanated from Yi Shuihan's body, enveloping his skin.
Yi Shuihan actually planned to use full-body Armament Haki directly, completely forgetting what Zefa had said before, that it was best to proceed gradually and only harden a little bit at the beginning.
In the original work, the characters usually use Armament Haki on one finger, then their fists, and at most their arms. They rarely use it on their whole body. But Yi Shuihan doesn't violate this rule at all, and he's not afraid of taking too big a step and hurting his balls!
Under normal circumstances, Yi Shuihan's attempt would definitely end in failure, since the energy in his body was not enough to support him to achieve full-body Armament Haki.
That's how it started. When Yi Shuihan came to his senses, he found that he had used up all the energy in his body and had not successfully armed himself.
"Was this too ambitious?" Just as he was about to admit defeat and end this first attempt at Armament Haki, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.
Domineering aura? Qi, the Qi of one's own body, the Qi of heaven and earth. If it's really as I think, and the Qi of heaven and earth can be transformed into domineering aura, then can I directly use external Qi for cultivation?
Once the thought took hold, it was impossible to stop. Like a drug addiction, even though Yi Shuihan knew he shouldn't do it, he still did it.
Yi Shuihan began to use most of his mental energy to sense whether there was a similar energy in the outside world. Sure enough, he was able to sense it, but it was an energy completely different from the domineering energy within his body.
If domineering aura is a processed beverage, then external air is pure natural mineral water.
"We don't produce water, we're just nature's porters!" This nonsensical thought flashed through Yi Shuihan's mind.
Because of this unexpected turn of events, Yi Shuihan was destined to stray further and further from the orthodox and domineering path of cultivation.
Yi Shuihan was unaware that others had done this before, but none of them could sense the so-called Qi of Heaven and Earth, so this cultivation method was not passed down.
Yi Shuihan was ultimately different from the people of the native world, and he was now truly experiencing the benefits of his body being modified.
Chapter 27, Re-entering the Marshal's Office
It's not that the energy of heaven and earth doesn't exist in the outside world, but rather that it's almost impossible for people in this world to sense it; this is due to their inherent physical constitution.
Yi Shuihan was unaware of how special he was in this world and continued to speculate.
At some point, a layer of white gas began to appear visibly around him, and slowly seeped into his body through his skin.
These unprocessed primordial energies of heaven and earth began to slowly change within his body, which acted like a processor, transforming them into the domineering aura he desired.
"What happened? What's going on around Brother Han?" Tina noticed the changes around Yi Shuihan and muttered to herself. However, seeing that Yi Shuihan's expression was very calm, she guessed that nothing serious had happened, so she didn't dare to disturb him. She just kept glancing in Yi Shuihan's direction during the training.
"Is it him again?" Smoker, a teenager who was quite fond of Tina, naturally saw Yi Shuihan's situation through Tina and was somewhat surprised and uncertain. At his level, he couldn't understand what was going on.
Could it be the Air-Air Fruit? Smoker was startled by his own guess. To be honest, he really didn't want Yi Shuihan to be a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, because that was his only advantage.
She secretly wished that Yi Shuihan would make a mistake in his cultivation, but she didn't have the courage to disturb him, so she could only curse him in her heart.
Gradually, more and more white gas appeared around Yi Shuihan. He himself was like a black hole, constantly attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to enter. Before long, the entire training ground was shrouded in a cloud of mist, like a dream, giving it the feeling of a blessed land of immortals.
"What's going on? But suddenly I feel so relaxed, as if all my fatigue has disappeared."
"I feel the same way; even the air seems much clearer."
"Full of energy!"
For this group of little guys who do nothing but cultivate every day, they are naturally very clear about their own physical condition. After a brief moment of panic, they discovered that their bodies actually benefited greatly from this environment, which naturally made them very excited.
It's obvious to everyone that the problem lies with Yi Shuihan, but because it benefits them, everyone wishes this situation could last as long as possible.
Many people even thought that if they could cultivate in this kind of environment often in the future, their strength would increase rapidly. Their eyes were full of longing as they looked at Yi Shuihan. If Yi Shuihan opened his eyes now, he would see a group of people looking at him with red eyes. However, he was still immersed in cultivation and did not notice the changes outside.
After a while, the suction force emanating from Yi Shuihan suddenly decreased, and the surrounding mist gradually began to dissipate. The students, who were experiencing a rapid increase in their physical strength, were disappointed and wanted to fight Yi Shuihan to the death. However, they refrained from doing so because they remembered the strength that Yi Shuihan had displayed during the assessment.
"Huh? Am I just imagining things or what? Their eyes are weird!" Yi Shuihan, who had just finished his cultivation, hadn't even had a chance to check his progress when he saw a group of resentful eyes, as if he had done something that would anger both heaven and man.
Fortunately, there were still faint traces of his cultivation around him, and Yi Shuihan seemed to be deep in thought after looking at them.
Seeing that Yi Shuihan had finished his cultivation, Tina ran up to him, looking a little shy and hesitant. She opened her mouth several times but then stopped, which made Yi Shuihan smile.
"What's so hard to say to me? Tell me, what's the matter?" This situation has occurred several times in the past six months. Every time Tina shows this girlish attitude, it means she wants something from him.
"Tina, Tina," a soft voice said, with a touch of coquettishness, "Brother Han, can I stay by your side while you're cultivating?"
"Oh! Why?" Yi Shuihan asked, puzzled.
After Tina told Yi Shuihan everything that had just happened, Yi Shuihan finally understood what had happened and realized that he had once again made a big splash.
"No problem, as long as you like it." Yi Shuihan said, his hand unconsciously touching Tina's head, and Tina softly hummed in agreement.
It seems this matter will spread soon, and someone will probably come to talk to me.
Well, unless I stop cultivating, I can't hide this matter. Anyway, it doesn't affect my cultivation. I'll just consider it payment to the navy, since I've been eating and using their food all this time.
Yi Shuihan had already figured it out. Someone would definitely try to take advantage of his cultivation ability to increase his strength, or even force him to reveal his method. However, the latter was unlikely, as his strength as a general was not just for show.
Furthermore, even if he said it, would anyone actually do it? He highly doubted it.
He now has a hunch that his ability to sense the energy of heaven and earth is probably related to his physical body.
A smile appeared on Yi Shuihan's lips as he watched a newly emerging skill, unseen by others.
"So it really isn't Armament Haki! This name is interesting..."
Sure enough, the next afternoon, Yi Shuihan was summoned to his marshal's office for a multi-stage interrogation.
Sengoku, or rather, the Fleet Admiral Sengoku, along with Garp, Zephyr, Kizaru, and Aokiji, plus Vice Admiral Tsuru, are only missing Sora from last time.
It is said that Yi Shuihan has never met Akainu, that twisted righteous guy, who is said to be stationed in the New World.
"Can you tell me what happened yesterday?" Zhan Guo asked in a calm tone, but his eyes were fixed on Yi Shuihan.
There was no way around it; this was far too important for him, or rather, for the Navy. Who could have imagined that Yi Shuihan could create such a grand spectacle? If what those people said was true, if used properly, the Navy's strength could even surge to the point where it could completely overwhelm the pirates in a short period of time.
Yi Shuihan has already given him too many surprises, and this time he has to take it so seriously that he has to convene a special meeting with a group of the headquarters' top combat forces.
Chapter 28, A Lieutenant General and a Devil Fruit
"Which matter are you referring to?" He looked completely bewildered. Little brat, if I told him everything as soon as I asked, it would be beneath me.
Of course, Yi Shuihan wasn't entirely pretending. Although he roughly knew what the other party was asking, he would lose face if it were something else.
Yi Shuihan's acting was quite good; he really looked convincing, even causing the Warring States to waver for a moment.
Does he really know nothing? Or is he pretending to be stupid?
"It was when you were cultivating yesterday that white mist appeared around you." Sengoku finally brought it up, and everyone else became serious as well.
Yi Shuihan's answer will determine the course of events, and could even be said to determine the course of the world.
"Oh, you mean that? Obviously! That was a normal phenomenon when I was training in Haki." He said, looking at Sengoku and the others strangely, as if they had asked a very childish question.
"When did cultivating domineering aura cause such a phenomenon? Are you kidding us?" Zhan Guo and the others' first reaction was that Yi Shuihan was lying, but seeing Yi Shuihan's serious expression, they hesitated.
"You kid, don't joke around. I've been cultivating my domineering aura for decades, and that kind of thing has never happened to me. I don't even bother to think before I lie," Garp said, pursing his lips.
Yi Shuihan stared intently at Garp with a very strange look in his eyes, making even someone as oblivious as Garp feel uncomfortable.
Garp's expression turned somewhat awkward, and he then made a move to deliver a loving punch to Yi Shuihan.
Yi Shuihan was not about to let him hit her, and subtly dodged.
“That is…” Garp’s eyes flashed, as if he had discovered something, but he didn’t confirm it.
"Young man, stop beating around the bush and just tell me what happened!" Zefa, Yi Shuihan's teacher, finally spoke up.
This time, Yi Shuihan didn't refuse to give them face, since he had already decided to tell them the truth.
"It really was the commotion caused by my training in Haki. Wasn't it my first time training in Haki yesterday? I chose to try Armament Haki and easily sensed the ki in my body. Then I decided to test my Armament Haki."
"What? You sensed the aura on your very first try? And then you started arming yourself?"
"How is that possible? You know, it took me three days to sense the Qi, and a week to barely control them. The attempt at arming them didn't happen until a month later." Garp was shocked, almost dropping the donut in his hand. The others were in a similar state, looking at Yi Shuihan as if he were a monster.
Yi Shuihan glanced at everyone with displeasure and said, "Isn't this normal for a genius like me? Do you want me to continue?"
"Hehe, go ahead, go ahead."
They really can't compare to this little guy! He's only 12 years old and already has the strength of a general. It's not impossible for him to successfully cultivate Haki on his first try.
"Originally, I planned to follow Professor Zephyr's advice and arm one finger first, but then I suddenly wanted to try arming my whole body first, so..."
"Failed?"
Yi Shuihan nodded, and the others breathed a sigh of relief for no reason. If Yi Shuihan had really succeeded, they would have been truly unable to face anyone. The difference between people should not be so great!
Before they could even calm down, Yi Shuihan's next words made them tense up again.
"At first I failed and was about to give up, but then I suddenly thought that since the human body has qi, then the universe must also have this kind of qi. I tried it out and felt it, and sure enough I felt it. You should know what happened next!"
"Got it!" Everyone nodded subconsciously, then their eyes widened in surprise, wondering what they knew.
It was Zhan Guo who reacted first, his gaze towards Yi Shuihan filled with astonishment: "You mean, you sensed the energy of heaven and earth, and then absorbed it for cultivation, and those white mists were the manifestation of that energy?"
“How is that possible? How could a human do something like that?” Garp was the first to stand up and object, but the others fell silent.
Clap clap clap! Applause rang out. "As expected of the Marshal, you guessed it right away. You're absolutely right, that's exactly it. If you don't believe me, I can demonstrate it for you right here."
Yi Shuihan sat down cross-legged on his own. After a moment, a suction force gradually appeared around him, and white mist also quietly appeared.
This time, they had no choice but to believe it. Everyone present silently watched Yi Shuihan meditating with his eyes closed, and they were filled with emotion. It wasn't that they were not calm enough or making a fuss, but that this was just too bizarre.
Who would have thought the answer would be so simple? They had previously speculated that it was Yi Shuihan's Devil Fruit ability or some kind of special equipment, but they never thought of it being related to Haki.
Half an hour later, Yi Shuihan walked out of the marshal's office.
"Let me manage a special training squad. I want to see how much they can benefit from my training!" Yi Shuihan was not surprised by Sengoku's request. After all, it would be strange if they didn't do it if it could increase the strength of the Navy.
Just now, after learning that Yi Shuihan's situation was not replicable, they simply backed down and proposed that Yi Shuihan lead a training team. The meaning was clear: they wanted to use the special environment that occurred during Yi Shuihan's training to train the navy.
Yi Shuihan pondered for a moment, but finally agreed. First, he hadn't planned to refuse anyway, and it was just a small favor for him; he would only have them stay aside while he cultivated his domineering aura, and there would be no loss. Second, it was a completely unexpected surprise; the Warring States promised to reward him as long as he trained a master at the rank of lieutenant general.
Yi Shuihan immediately set the reward as a Devil Fruit and a vice admiral, and Sengoku agreed to Yi Shuihan's request after a moment's consideration.
Of course, the Devil Fruits mentioned here are all ordinary types. The truly good fruits are not shown. As the overlord of this world, the Navy has collected quite a few Devil Fruits, but a large part of them are useless, such as the Tear-Tear Fruit that makes you cry constantly, and the Hair-Hair Fruit that controls hair growth.
Although these are Devil Fruits, they are actually useless and just take up space. Giving them to Yi Shuihan wouldn't make much difference. Exchanging a worthless Devil Fruit for a Vice Admiral-level expert is a great deal. The only question is what Yi Shuihan wants these Devil Fruits for, but fearing that Yi Shuihan might change his mind, Sengoku didn't ask later.