[Geppo] and [Soru] went without saying.
Training these two techniques mainly depended on physical fitness.
Once his physical abilities reached the required level, he could reproduce them very quickly after learning the techniques involved.
Still, they were not completely useless.
Using the force-generation techniques of those two moves, Zhu Mang made a slight improvement to his old method of flying with ki and came up with [Explosive Ki Flight].
The Saiyan method of flying with ki had originally been more like an instinct.
Once the ki within their bodies reached a certain level, they naturally learned how to fly.
This was also a common flaw among extraterrestrials.
Because it came so easily, they never bothered to study it closely.
Thus, the stronger their ki, the faster they could theoretically fly.
But [Explosive Ki Flight], after borrowing those techniques, compressed more ki behind him during flight, launching him forward like a jet plane.
This gave him a much higher initial speed.
If used in battle, it could allow him to accelerate instantly and strike an enemy from multiple directions at once.
He could also deliberately create an enormous noise through a burst of explosive ki acceleration, thereby interfering with his enemy.
There was still plenty of room for development.
Besides.
Since the ki used as fuel could continuously be compressed and released in this manner, theoretically, as long as he had not exhausted his ki, his speed could keep increasing until it reached the limit his body could withstand.
Perhaps one day, when he broke through the so-called bloodline shackles of a low-class warrior like Kakarot, the original protagonist of Dragon Ball, and became a Super Saiyan, or even a Super Saiyan 2, 3, a Super Saiyan God, or Super Saiyan 4, he might be able to fly beyond the speed of light with his physical body alone using this technique.
Well, a man had to have dreams.
Without dreams, what was the difference between a person and a salted fish?
He could not possibly become a salted fish with a monkey tail, could he?
Training in the five techniques went smoothly. It took him only an hour or two to go from beginner to proficient.
If those Marines saw such training speed, their jaws would probably hit the floor.
But that was the crushing advantage brought by being a stat monster.
After all, all five techniques were based on the body.
However, when Zhu Mang tried to train in the final technique, [Paper Art], he ran into a brief stalemate.
The description of [Paper Art] was simple: relax the body and sense the airflow, allowing the body to evade attacks like paper.
It had a few similarities with the basics of Observation Haki.
So it could also be considered a bargain-bin version of Observation Haki.
Yet perhaps because a Saiyan's body was simply too strong.
Zhu Mang tried for a long time but could not get his body into that truly relaxed state, much less make it as soft as paper.
He remembered that in the original story, there seemed to be a CP9 member skilled in [Paper Art] who could even shrink his body.
"What's missing?" Zhu Mang scratched his head hard, feeling irritated.
The hair he had messed up quickly returned to its original shape.
This was one of the traits of a pure-blooded Saiyan. Their hairstyle never changed from the moment they were born.
Even if it was cut short, once it grew back, it would still look the same as it did now, and it would not continue growing.
"Hair..." Zhu Mang felt as if he had caught onto something.
He messed up his hair once again.
Then, as he watched his disheveled hair rapidly return to normal beneath the lamplight, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind.
If his hair represented his body, then every strand of hair represented every piece of flesh in his body, even every cell!
If he could try to sense every piece of flesh and every cell in his body, and when necessary use his will as an "external force" to disrupt them without damaging their inherent characteristics, then after that brief disruption, they could return to normal just like his hair!
Zhu Mang felt that he had already grasped the key point.
Of course, grasping it was one thing. Being able to sense the changes in every piece of flesh in his body, or even control them, was far easier said than done.
After all, he had absolutely no foundation in this area.
And this thing did not have particularly high requirements for physical strength. His Saiyan body had no advantage here; it might even be a disadvantage.
Because his physical strength was far greater than that of the natives of the One Piece World!
To give a simple example, if the physical strength of a One Piece native was 1, then his physical strength was at least 100.
To control 1 only required skill level 1.
But controlling 100 required skill level 100, perhaps even higher!
After all, as the quantity of some things increased, the difficulty could stack exponentially rather than merely rising in a simple numerical fashion.
But Zhu Mang was not in a hurry.
After all, he was already basically invincible in the One Piece World.
Even those rule-type Fruit abilities he had previously been wary of might not actually be able to affect him much when the gap between both sides was so vast.
Discussing toxicity without considering dosage was simply nonsense.
Besides, there were already examples in One Piece itself.
For example, Sugar, the holder of the [Hobby-Hobby Fruit] whom Zhu Mang had been wary of, could turn someone into a toy by touching them and even make the entire world forget that they existed.
Such a rule-level ability seemed nearly unsolvable, right?
Yet her physical skills were extremely weak, and she had long relied on her family for protection.
Furthermore, her mind was as fragile as a child's, and Usopp had frightened her into passing out.
Besides, even if someone was turned into a toy by her, they could still retain their original strength.
Wasn't Rebecca's father, that One-Legged Toy Soldier, proof of that?
So even if Zhu Mang really fell for Sugar's trick and became a toy, he would most likely still retain his strength and could restore himself by killing Sugar.
Then there was Perona, the Ghost Princess who possessed the [Hollow-Hollow Fruit]. Her [Negative Hollow] could also be countered with Haki or one's own willpower.
There was even the protagonist, Luffy.
Before his Nika Fruit awakened, his Gum-Gum Fruit was said to grant immunity to most non-slashing physical attacks.
And what happened?
Kaido killed him in one blow with a club.
That proved that no matter how bizarre a Fruit was, it could not truly ignore the gap in strength!
That was why Zhu Mang remained so high-profile after arriving in the One Piece World, even though he knew there were some strange Fruit abilities in this world.
There was no other reason. It was all about the stats.
He was merely wary of those bizarre Fruits; that did not mean he was truly afraid of them.
Moreover, most Devil Fruits required some method, or even close-range contact, to activate. He could completely kill his opponent before they had a chance to harm him!
So the reason he was learning Rokushiki, Haki, and such "low-end" things now was, firstly, because of the Saiyan bloodline's innate desire to grow stronger; and secondly, because he was bored.
Now that he was invincible, shouldn't he find something interesting to do?
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