"Every day, I burn my body in raging flames, tempering it like steel so that it can develop greater endurance and repeatedly give birth to tougher, sturdier skin and muscles."
"After all this time, I can feel that I still haven't reached the end. The day when enduring the searing flames becomes as easy as breathing will be the day the Fire Forging Method reaches true perfection."
"I wonder if I'll be able to surpass a Supreme Grade Sword by then. If not, I'll have to find another way to continue tempering my body."
"If I want to train my body until it surpasses a Supreme Grade Sword, I can't slack off on training it for even a single day."
Ares had never slacked off or relaxed when it came to training his physique. He had even devoted most of his time to it.
But after fighting Rocks, he realized that his body was still far from truly invincible.
And in the short term, he couldn't improve his physique enough to the point where he could disregard the power of Rocks's Dark-Dark Fruit.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and a single drop of water couldn't pierce stone in a day.
"I need stronger, more varied combat methods." Ares knew that if he wanted to defeat Rocks, he had to improve himself in every aspect.
In truth, he had many combat methods.
With the help of his 'cheat,' he had learned quite a few combat techniques from many powerful individuals.
Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Rayleigh, Zephyr, Garp, Slada, Chinjao, and many others... Basically, he could learn some techniques from almost everyone he fought.
But...
Ares was still far from mastering those techniques to perfection. More often than not, he relied on his powerful physique to unleash devastating attacks.
"Perhaps I should