Hm?
Why did this Heavenly Yaksha seem so improper?
"Haki? Haki! Ah, I understand now, Lord Gebinz!" Doflamingo suddenly came to a realization.
He recalled that Lord Gebinz had seemed quite interested in Haki that afternoon.
Although everyone found it strange that someone so powerful did not know Haki.
But strength was the root of every problem, and also the solution to every problem.
Because he was strong enough, even if everyone had all sorts of doubts, they would not—and did not dare to—question him.
Still, he quickly grew excited.
Because Lord Gebinz had brought up cultivation!
Though Doflamingo was not one of the most monstrously talented people on the seas, he was definitely among the strongest fighters.
With his Fruit Awakening and mastery of Three-Color Haki, he believed he was not much weaker than the commanders of the Four Emperors' crews.
If Beasts Kaido, Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, Red-Haired Shanks, Whitebeard, Fist Garp, and the Three Admirals were placed in the first tier, then Doflamingo should at least rank in the second tier on the seas!
That was Doflamingo's confidence!
Once he understood Zhu Mang's request, Doflamingo perked up at once and eagerly began demonstrating his Three-Color Haki to Zhu Mang.
Armament Haki was much like what Zhu Mang had seen from Hawkeye before.
However, Zhu Mang could keenly sense that Doflamingo's Armament Haki was not as profound as Hawkeye's.
As for Observation Haki, Doflamingo was not especially proficient with it either.
And his Conqueror's Haki was merely decent.
If Haki cultivation were divided into beginner, mastery, proficiency, great mastery, and top-tier, then Doflamingo's Three-Color Haki was at most at the great mastery stage. None of it had reached the top-tier level.
His Armament Haki could already skillfully cover his entire body or weapons, such as the strings created by his String-String Fruit.
But compared to Zephyr, Garp, or even Hawkeye, it was still a notch inferior.
By Zhu Mang's own assessment, it lacked a certain unique quality.
Previously, Zhu Mang had sensed a sharp, [cutting] quality from the Armament Haki Hawkeye released.
Although it could not harm him due to the defense of his own ki, that did not prevent Zhu Mang from sensing it.
Still, Doflamingo's Armament Haki was only a step away from the top tier.
His Observation Haki, on the other hand, was far weaker.
In his memories, during the battle in Dressrosa in the original story, once Luffy used Fourth Gear, Doflamingo could no longer use Observation Haki to predict his attacks.
This showed that even if his Observation Haki had reached the [great mastery] stage, it had only just reached it. It was still nowhere near [top-tier], and lagged behind his Armament Haki in progress.
As for Conqueror's Haki...
Based on how it was shown in the original story, his Conqueror's Haki was still stuck at the stage of "clearing out fodder."
Of course, not fodder like Zhu Mang, who came from Dragon Ball, but locally produced One Piece fodder.
As for Doflamingo's confident self-assessment as being in the "second tier of the seas," Zhu Mang's verdict was this: even within the second tier, he was among the weaker ones.
Based on his performance in the original story, his overall strength was probably only on par with Cracker, one of Big Mom's Three Sweet Commanders, or Ship-Crusher, the weakest of the Beasts crew's All-Stars, Jack the Drought.
But Zhu Mang could not bear to discourage the kid.
He would let him enjoy himself.
After Doflamingo demonstrated each type of Haki to him, Zhu Mang left his room.
He did not return to his own room either, instead turning to find an open space.
"First, Armament Haki!"
Zhu Mang tried to slowly guide the ki within his body outward.
This process was not particularly difficult for him.
Guiding ki out of the body to fire energy blasts was one of a Saiyan's basic lessons.
It was just that Saiyan training was extremely crude.
One was offense: guide the ki out and blast it away. Simple and brutal.
The other was covering the body with ki for defense.
That was all.
Just that simple.
Oh, right. Covering the body with ki for defense was the [Ki Burst] state Zhu Mang had used before.
It was precisely because all of his ki had been guided out that his ki had seemed so "terrifying."
The elites of the Frieza Force could maintain this state at all times, keeping their defenses high.
The ki within ordinary grunts, however, fluctuated constantly, leaving nothing but openings in the eyes of true experts.
However, whether elites or grunts, whether in a defensive stance, offensive stance, or normal state, their combat power readings did not change much.
That was because space-dwellers generally did not truly know how to conceal ki.
Even the so-called "Ki Burst" of a defensive stance was merely guiding ki from within the body to its surface.
This was also why space-dwellers could use scouters to directly detect a target's combat power.
At this moment, Zhu Mang borrowed in sequence from the Six Powers—[Finger Pistol], [Tempest Kick], and [Iron Body]—to guide his ki with neither too much nor too little.
These techniques were still quite difficult for most people in the One Piece World, because ordinary people had weaker physiques and needed long-term foundational training before they could practice them.
Naturally, monsters of talent were exceptions.
But for a Saiyan whose body was innately powerful, this was no problem at all.
After trying them only a few times, Zhu Mang found that he could already use all three techniques flexibly.
[Finger Pistol]!
A hole appeared in the ground.
[Tempest Kick]!
A wooden post in the distance toppled in response.
[Iron Body]!
Umm... it hardened slightly, out of respect.
Once he had mastered them, Zhu Mang discovered the advantages of these techniques.
They allowed him to accomplish the same things as before with the least possible expenditure.
For instance, when he killed Gecko Moria earlier, Zhu Mang had directly sprayed the ki inside his body from his palm. As a result, not only had he blasted Gecko Moria until not even his remains were left, he had also caused a small earthquake throughout Marineford, leaving everyone uneasy.
If it were now, he could simply concentrate enough ki on his finger, flash to Gecko Moria's side at incredible speed, and give him a strike to the forehead or heart.
He would still die!
The former consumed 50 units of ki, while the latter might need only 10, or even 5!
And that was not all.
Very soon, he managed to fire [Ki Finger Pistol] from his hand.
That reminded him of the Crane School's signature technique in Dragon Ball, [Dodon Ray].
Come to think of it, the effect really was quite similar.
And if he did not sever the ki, maintaining stability and even increasing its output frequency, this ray could produce tremendous piercing force and impact!
If he made it spin, would it become Piccolo's [Special Beam Cannon]?
The more Zhu Mang researched, the more excited he became.
He felt like he was a martial arts genius!
Using only these moves from One Piece, he had actually managed to simulate rather advanced effects in ki manipulation!
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