"Cough, cough—"
Kozaburo began coughing, a cloud of smoke spilling messily from his mouth.
He hurriedly reached out and patted his chest, staring at Ares's arm in disbelief. He sucked in a cold breath. "Ares, you... you really had never practiced Ryuo before?!"
Kozaburo had even suspected for a moment that Ares had already learned Ryuo and had merely been playing with him.
But then he thought about it. Ares wasn't that kind of person.
"I've never learned it. I just happen to have a strong talent for learning," Ares said. Feeling the Haki flowing over his fist, he grew excited.
He then turned around and walked up to a large tree. "Let's test Ryuo's power."
Ares threw a punch. His fist stopped dozens of centimeters from the tree without touching it, yet the Haki around his fist erupted like a strange rainbow and pierced straight through the trunk.
It blasted a large hole through the trunk.
Several trees behind it were also punched through, one after another.
It produced a visual effect much like "hitting a cow across the air."
Seeing this, Ares's eyes lit up. Completely satisfied, he said with a broad grin, "This technique for using Haki is incredible!"
"With it, I can train the inside of my body, and I can also use it against enemies with powerful bodies."
For example, Charlotte Linlin, who possessed the Steel Balloon.
Kozaburo looked at Ares and sighed in admiration. "Ares, your Haki is far stronger than mine. That was only a casual strike, yet your Haki pierced such a long distance. Once you master this technique, its power will be even greater."
"Ryuo is merely a technique, while the strength of Armament Haki is the key. With your talent, your Armament Haki will become powerful very quickly."
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