What is a "Stat Monster"?

Not to mention Geppo and Soru.

The training for these two techniques primarily depends on physical fitness.

Once the body reaches the required standard and the underlying principles are understood, one can replicate them quite quickly.

However, it was not entirely without utility.

By utilizing the force-application techniques of these two, Zhu Mang slightly improved his previous method of flying with Ki, creating a maneuver he called "Explosive Ki Flight."

In the past, the Saiyan method of flight via Ki was more of an instinct.

Once the Ki within the body reached a certain threshold, flight happened naturally.

This was a common trait among beings in the universe.

Because it came so easily, they never bothered to study it in detail.

Therefore, theoretically, the stronger the Ki, the faster the flight speed.

Now, "Explosive Ki Flight," having borrowed these techniques, involved compressing more Ki behind him during flight, propelling himself forward much like a jet engine.

Consequently, he could achieve a higher initial velocity.

If used in combat, this move could achieve the effect of instantaneous acceleration, allowing him to appear in different positions simultaneously to strike the enemy.

Additionally, he could use sudden bursts of Ki acceleration to intentionally create loud sonic booms, thereby disrupting the enemy.

There was still a great deal of room for development.

Furthermore.

Since the Ki used as fuel could be repeatedly compressed and expelled in this manner, theoretically, until his Ki was exhausted, this speed could continue to climb until it reached the limit of what his physical body could withstand.

Perhaps one day, when he, like the original protagonist of Dragon Ball, Kakarot, broke the shackles of the so-called low-level warrior bloodline and ascended to Super Saiyan, or even Super Saiyan 2, 3, or higher forms like Super Saiyan God or Super Saiyan 4, he might be able to use this technique to fly at light speed with his bare body.

Well, one must always have dreams.

If a person has no dreams, how are they any different from a salted fish?

He certainly couldn't be a salted fish with a monkey tail, could he?

The training for all five techniques went smoothly; it only took about an hour to go from entry-level to mastery.

If the Marines were to see this speed of cultivation, their jaws would likely drop.

But this was the crushing advantage brought by a stat monster.

After all, these five techniques were all based on physical prowess.

However, when Zhu Mang attempted to practice the final technique, Paper Art, he hit a brief stalemate.

The effect of Paper Art was described simply: relax the body to perceive air currents, allowing the body to dodge attacks as if it were paper.

This had some similarities to the basics of Observation Haki.

Therefore, it could also be viewed as a "beggar's version" of Observation Haki.

Yet, he didn't know if it was because his Saiyan body was too tough.

Zhu Mang tried for a long time, but he couldn't get his body into that state of true relaxation, let alone make it as pliable as paper.

He remembered that in the original story, there was a CP9 member skilled in Paper Art who could even shrink their body.

"Where exactly is the missing piece?" Zhu Mang scratched his head vigorously, feeling somewhat irritable.

The hair he had ruffled quickly returned to its original state.

This was one of the characteristics of a pure-blooded Saiyan; their hairstyle never changed from birth.

Even if shaved short, it would grow back to its current state after a while and would not grow any longer.

"Hair..." Zhu Mang felt as if he had grasped something.

He ruffled his hair again.

Then, watching his hair quickly return to its original state under the light, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind.

If one were to compare hair to the body, then every single strand of hair was like every piece of flesh, or even every cell in the body!

If he could attempt to perceive every piece of his flesh and every cell, and when necessary, use his willpower as an "external force" to disrupt them without destroying their inherent properties, then after a brief disruption, they could return to their original state just like his hair!

Zhu Mang felt he had grasped the key.

Of course, grasping the concept was one thing, but being able to perceive the changes in every piece of his flesh, let alone control it, was not as simple as just saying it.

After all, he was starting from absolute zero in this regard.

Moreover, this technique did not have high requirements for physical strength; his Saiyan body had no advantage here, and it might even be a disadvantage.

Because his physical strength was far greater than that of the natives in One Piece!

To give a very simple example, if the physical strength of a native was 1, his physical strength was at least 100.

To control 1, one only needed a skill level of 1.

But to control 100, one needed a skill level of 100, or perhaps even higher!

After all, with some things, as the quantity increases, the difficulty might stack exponentially rather than just linearly.

Zhu Mang was in no hurry, however.

After all, he was already essentially invincible in the world of One Piece.

Even the rule-based Devil Fruit abilities he had previously been wary of might not necessarily have any effect on him, given the massive disparity in strength between the two sides.

Ignoring dosage when discussing toxicity was nothing but a cheap trick.

Besides, there were already precedents within One Piece itself.

Take Sugar, the holder of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit whom Zhu Mang had been wary of; she could turn a target into a toy simply by touching them, and furthermore, make the entire world forget their existence.

Such a rule-level ability seemed nearly impossible to counter, right?

However, her own physical combat skills were extremely weak, and she had long been forced to rely on her family for protection.

Moreover, her heart was as fragile as a child's, and she had been scared into fainting by Usopp.

Furthermore, even if one were turned into a toy by her, they would actually still retain their original strength.

Wasn't Rebecca's father, that One-Legged Toy Soldier, proof of that?

Therefore, even if Zhu Mang truly fell victim to Sugar and became a toy, the high probability was that his strength would remain, and he would still be able to kill Sugar to restore his original form.

Then there was Perona, the Ghost Princess who possessed the Hollow-Hollow Fruit; her Negative Hollows could also be countered by Haki or one's own sheer willpower.

There was even the protagonist, Luffy.

His Gum-Gum Fruit, before it awakened as the Nika fruit, was touted as being able to immunize him against most non-slashing physical attacks.

And yet?

He was one-shotted by a single strike from Kaido.

This went to show that no matter how bizarre a fruit might be, it could never truly ignore a gap in raw power!

This was why, even after discovering he was in the world of One Piece and knowing there were some bizarre fruit abilities in this world, Zhu Mang still acted so high-profile.

Nothing else, it was simply a matter of stats.

He was merely wary of those bizarre fruits, but that did not mean he was truly afraid.

Moreover, most Devil Fruits required some form of activation, or even close-range contact, and he could easily finish off his opponents before they could do anything to him!

Therefore, the reason he was currently learning "low-end" things like Rokushiki and Haki was, firstly, due to the inherent nature of his Saiyan bloodline—a craving to become stronger—and secondly, because he was bored.

When one was already invincible, why not find something interesting to do?