As the battle went on, with Meru's learning ability, mastering Haki was only a matter of moments if she applied herself.
"You learned it that fast?"
Dragon found it hard to believe. Even with her unusually powerful physique, there should have been a process to learning Haki,
but Meru seemed to have skipped that process entirely.
What Dragon didn't know was that, a few years later, his own son would be just as absurd.
After fighting Teacher Katakuri and Teacher Kaido for a while, he learned Future Sight and Conqueror's Coating, respectively. His level of cheating was in no way inferior to Meru's.
Meru tightened her grip on Dragon's hand, squeezing so hard she nearly crushed the Haki covering it.
"I thought you were a decent human being."
"But now I see you're still a weakling immersed in technique."
A hint of disdain crossed Meru's face. As the Ant King, the Chimera Ants' greatest creation, she could learn practically any technique in the blink of an eye.
What she revered was the absolute power of Father God, power that crushed everything in its path.
And she would much rather have a straightforward, head-on battle, casting aside the techniques of weaklings.
"But, human."
"If we're talking about technique..."
A blood-red gleam appeared in Meru's pupils.
"Then I suppose I can oblige."
Meru suddenly drove a punch forward with her other hand, aiming for Dragon's abdomen.
Dragon's Observation Haki had foreseen the move well in advance. He had already turned the targeted part of his body into an element, nullifying the attack.
Even Armament Haki could only grab a Logia's true body if its user failed to transform in time. But if a Logia user had sufficiently powerful Observation Haki,
they could foresee an enemy's attack and transform into their element in