Above the sky.
Ares's eyes burned brightly as he stared at Garp, his huge eyes filled with intense fighting spirit.
In that brief moment, his mind replayed frame after frame of Garp's astonishingly terrifying punch.
Ares had not used this ability in battle for a very, very long time. He had almost forgotten that he still possessed such a ridiculously overpowered skill.
At the same time.
After taking Garp's punch, Ares began pondering a question.
What if...
What if his body maintained a state of "dissipating force" at all times?
Would his ability to withstand blows increase dramatically??
Little did he know that this idea was called a "force-dissipating" technique in Baki the Grappler.
With this technique, he had even put on quite a show in front of Yujiro Hanma.
He had brutally brushed up his presence.
But the result... (I feel like this series really vilifies China...)
Back to the point.
Images of his training flashed through Ares's mind again and again.
They showed him training day after day. In the beginning, he had used his body to ram hard objects. Later, he had gradually begun smashing into trees, stone walls, and mountains.
Eventually, he had used iron rods to repeatedly strike the muscles in every part of his body.
Sometimes, even when the force was exactly the same, the pain transmitted to his body and the damage inflicted on it were subtly different.
But back then, all he had thought about was how to make his body feel clearer and more stimulating pain.
His focus had been on tempering his physique.
He had never once considered the opposite approach.
How to reduce the damage his body suffered when attacked.
Time seemed to turn back more than a year, and Ares recalled the combat techniques his big brother Whitebeard