Six Powers and Haki

"Alright, nothing else to do, so get going. I still need to study this stuff properly," Zhu Mang said impatiently.

Doflamingo only then snapped back to reality. During this time, he had first been intimidated by the overwhelming strength of the suddenly emerged Gebinz, and then began to fantasize about the future of his family, becoming overly anxious about gains and losses.

Now, he had even acted in such a manner.

If he continued like this, let alone winning over this lord, he might even achieve the opposite and provoke his disgust!

"Then I shall take my leave," Doflamingo immediately stood up to excuse himself.

After he left, Zhu Mang finally began to study the two "martial arts manuals" in his hands.

First was the [Six Powers].

However, after quickly reading through it, Zhu Mang felt somewhat disappointed.

This so-called [Six Powers] might indeed be a decent "martial arts manual" for those from grassroots backgrounds in the pirate world.

For instance, [Soru] allows one to move rapidly at a speed of about 25 meters per second.

The principle involves stomping the ground dozens of times in an instant to generate explosive speed.

Not long after the original plot began, Kuro of a Hundred Plans, whom Luffy and his crew encountered in Syrup Village where Usopp was born, relied on a move similar to [Soru] that he had figured out himself—Shakushi—to dominate his region.

However, is 25 meters per second really fast?

That is only four seconds per hundred meters.

If placed in a modern context, that would indeed be incredible.

After all, the top modern athletes barely break the 10-second mark for the hundred-meter dash.

However, in Dragon Ball.

Master Roshi, with a power level of less than 150, could easily run a hundred meters in 5.4 seconds.

And that was merely the raw physical strength of a human in Dragon Ball.

If he entered his buffed-up muscle state, that speed would only increase.

As for someone like Zhu Mang, whose power level reached 1000, his flight speed could easily reach several times the speed of sound!

As for [Geppo], it was like an advanced version of [Soru], simply changing "powerful ground stomping" to "powerful air stomping," thereby achieving the effect of walking, jumping, and briefly flying in the air.

Yet, this was far inferior to the [Flight] technique in Dragon Ball.

However, this [Six Powers] was not entirely without merit.

It was much like Earth and Yardrat in Dragon Ball.

Although their power levels were low, their techniques were highly sophisticated.

In terms of the development and application of Ki, they were far superior to those naturally powerful cosmic beings.

This was exactly the case here.

The remaining four techniques actually held some value.

For example, [Iron Body], [Finger Pistol], and [Tempest Kick] might appear to be mere applications of the body on the surface, but in reality, they were techniques that utilized a faint mobilization of something akin to Ki within the body to execute attacks.

In fact, within the Navy, these physical techniques were generally considered prerequisites for awakening [Armament Haki].

And the final item, [Paper Art], was a prerequisite for [Observation Haki].

Not only that, but this "manual" also recorded many derivative applications of the Six Powers developed by Navy officers who had practiced them based on their own understanding.

For instance, [Soru: Iron Body Ball], formed by combining [Soru] and [Iron Body], not only avoided the drawback of being unable to move while using [Iron Body], but also utilized the speed of [Soru] and the hardness of [Iron Body] to generate immense impact.

If combined with Dragon Ball, there were indeed several applicable scenarios.

Take the classic example: when Son Goku faced King Piccolo, despite being coerced and having both legs and one arm crippled, he ultimately used the recoil of a Ki blast to propel himself into the air, then channeled his Ki into his fist to execute a classic [Penetrate!], piercing through King Piccolo's body and finishing him off.

Furthermore, there was even [Iron Body: Soft Iron Whip], which combined the seemingly contradictory techniques of [Iron Body] and [Paper Art], allowing the body to twist like a snake to precisely locate and strike the enemy's main body amidst dense attacks.

Additionally, Zhu Mang recalled the plot from the manga: CP9, led by Rob Lucci, who appeared at Enies Lobby, used quite a few derivative techniques of the Six Powers.

Of course, what Zhu Mang found most interesting was the [Six Powers Ultimate Technique].

There were currently two types.

One was [Rokuogan], which perfectly combined the advantages of the Six Powers, using [Finger Pistol] as the core to release a shockwave with considerable power.

Wasn't this just an alternative "Kamehameha"?

The other was [Life Return], which involved mastering the Six Powers to their peak and then incorporating the effects of [Paper Art] into the body, allowing one to freely control every part of the body, even hair, to attack (purely personal interpretation, do not cite).

Actually, compared to [Rokuogan], Zhu Mang was more interested in [Life Return].

Because Saiyans possessed a cheat-like passive ability: every time a Saiyan recovered from the brink of death, they could trigger hidden potential within their bodies, drastically increasing their power level!

In the original work, Son Goku and Vegeta had both utilized this passive to crazily stack their power levels in extremely short periods, sometimes adding hundreds of thousands or even millions at once.

But they only dared to do so with the support of bug-level items like the Senzu Bean.

How could Zhu Mang dare to attempt such a thing?

Yet, the effects of [Life Return] included "rapid recovery."

Taking the original plot as an example, the protagonist Luffy, after every major battle, could recover rapidly by eating meat, even when suffering from severe injuries.

If one were only reading a manga, then it could be understood as a stylistic effect.

But since he was now inside this "manga" himself, it naturally became "reality" for him.

That meant he had to take certain things into consideration.

Why was Luffy able to achieve this?

Zhu Mang was more inclined to believe that Garp, as his grandfather, had subtly taught Luffy the ability of [Life Return] during his training, allowing him to rapidly convert the food he consumed into energy and thereby recover his body quickly.

As a master of physical techniques who had made a name for himself across the seas relying solely on his martial prowess, it was perhaps not impossible for Garp to accomplish this.

Likewise, Zephyr, as well as the former Admiral of the Navy and current Commander-in-Chief of the World Government, Kong, should all possess their own trump-card physical techniques!

"Should I capture them all to serve as my coaches?" Zhu Mang stroked his chin, a wicked thought popping into his mind.

"Forget it, I'll try practicing on my own first; if I can't master it, then I'll consider it."

After some thought, he decided to be a good person and let them off the hook for the time being.

Subsequently, he flipped through the training methods for the two types of Haki.

The Armament Haki, which he had originally pinned his high hopes on, had now become a lackluster disappointment.

This was because, setting aside the difference in intensity, the effects were actually already reflected in the training methods of the Six Powers.

The derivative application of Armament Haki within the Navy, [Armament Haki Armor], was essentially similar to coating the body with energy in a specific manner.

On the contrary, the descriptions related to Observation Haki made his eyes light up.