What Am I, Then, If Your Training Is Slow? (Please Keep Reading!)

Beiyuan Heng was almost certain that while he had been fighting Zephyr, the Visual Den Den Mushi above the training ground had recorded every move of their battle.

Sengoku, Garp, and Vice Admiral Tsuru were surely watching every detail of the fight as well, using it to assess his strength and potential.

It wasn't the most ideal situation, but it was close enough, Beiyuan Heng thought.

In this situation, showing off his Haki training was also a good choice.

After all, the Navy's top brass were all paying attention to this place.

The awareness they could provide was absolutely top-tier in terms of quality.

He immediately stopped hesitating.

Jet-black Armament Haki instantly wrapped around his forearm.

"Not bad. You can barely make it into the New World."

Seeing Beiyuan Heng's Armament Haki, Zephyr commented.

"Then let me see how strong that Armament Haki is."

However, before Zephyr could attack Beiyuan Heng, Beiyuan Heng had already appeared in front of him with lightning-fast speed.

His black Armament Haki combined with the reinforcement of Iron Body in his hand.

He thrust directly toward Zephyr's heart.

"Your use of Armament Haki is fairly proficient. You can even combine it with Iron Body. Not a bad idea."

Zephyr neither dodged nor evaded. Since he was testing Beiyuan Heng's Armament Haki, he naturally had to make contact with it.

At the instant Beiyuan Heng's arm was about to touch Zephyr's body.

A pitch-black iron arm had already clamped down on Beiyuan Heng's arm and violently yanked him closer.

At the same time, Zephyr had already gathered power in his other hand and smashed it toward Beiyuan Heng.

Beiyuan Heng's eyes narrowed slightly. He suddenly exerted strength with his right hand and directly broke free from the grip on his arm.

At the same time, he lightly stepped in midair with the tip of his foot, using Moonwalk to vault over Zephyr's head.

The instant he passed over Zephyr's head, black light suddenly flashed around his foot as Armament Haki wrapped around his right leg.

The next instant, he kicked straight at Zephyr's head.

At that moment, even Zephyr felt a faint sense of danger.

If that blow truly landed, it might actually injure him.

Zephyr abruptly turned around and swung his right arm upward to the right.

However, that seemingly certain strike had already missed!

Zephyr froze briefly, immediately realizing what had happened.

"Good kid. I didn't even use Observation Haki, yet you used it first."

At the instant Beiyuan Heng had tried to kick Zephyr in the head.

The various traits on his body had frantically warned him of danger and helped him seize the timing!

Without the slightest hesitation, he instantly used Moonwalk: Treading Void: Kick.

The next second, he instantly appeared in Zephyr's blind spot behind him.

In that instant, the whistling sound of Zephyr's swinging right arm rang beside his ears.

Beiyuan Heng had no doubt that if that strike hit him, even with his physical strength and the defenses of Armament Haki and Iron Body, he would immediately lose his ability to fight.

Although Zephyr had restrained his strength to the level of a Commodore.

His Armament Haki would not weaken in the slightest just because Zephyr had restrained his strength. Its power remained exactly as strong as it should be.

At most, Zephyr would limit his Armament Haki attacks so that he would not injure himself.

Now was the best time to attack!

With the enhancements from the traits on his body, Beiyuan Heng seized that fleeting opportunity.

He clenched both fists and lightly placed them at Zephyr's waist. The Armament Haki in his forearms had been driven to its limit, and all the strength in his body gathered into his fists.

"Ultimate Art: Rokuogan!"

The next moment, a powerful penetrating force passed directly through Zephyr's body.

Behind Zephyr, Ain and Binz could still see the obvious explosive airflow.

BOOM!!

Almost instantly, the ground beneath Zephyr's feet sank into a massive crater.

And that was merely the shockwave produced as Zephyr's body resisted the Rokuogan!

Looking farther back, a large hole had already been blasted through the wall of the training room not far behind Zephyr.

"Cough, cough..."

The place fell deathly silent, with only Zephyr's soft coughing echoing through the training ground.

Ain and Binz's eyes nearly popped out of their heads.

They had never imagined that this was merely a spar, one that should have been an absolute crushing victory for an Admiral over a Commodore.

Yet Beiyuan Heng had actually beaten an Admiral until he coughed up blood!!

Zephyr coughed softly twice and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Now, the look in Zephyr's eyes as he watched Beiyuan Heng had changed from appreciation to shock.

He did not care about such minor injuries at all.

What truly astonished him was that Beiyuan Heng's previous attack had sent the power of Armament Haki into his body.

That was no ordinary Armament Haki.

It was the highest-level application of Armament Haki!

Had this kid already learned the Internal Destruction of Armament Haki?

That thought flashed through the minds of Zephyr, Garp, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and Sengoku alike.

As one of the top users of Armament Haki, Zephyr naturally knew exactly how many ways it could be applied.

Whether it was basic coating and hardening, flowing emission, or even the most complex Internal Destruction, he understood them all thoroughly.

But he had never seen anyone like Beiyuan Heng.

He had not even perfected coating and hardening, yet he could already drive Armament Haki into another person's body.

"You brat, how long have you been training your Haki?"

Beiyuan Heng pondered for a moment before answering.

"I've been training on and off for about a year and a half. Only in the past few months has my Haki training gotten on the right track."

As Beiyuan Heng spoke, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"This training is much more complicated than I imagined, and it's also where I've progressed the slowest."

Hearing that, Zephyr, as well as Sengoku and Garp watching the battle from the Fleet Admiral's office, all fell silent.

Was reaching this level of Haki after a year and a half really considered slow?

Even Zephyr, famed for his Black Arm, had spent a full twenty years training his Armament Haki to its current level.

Yet this boy, only sixteen or seventeen years old, was already close to mastering the ultimate art of Armament Haki.

And he still said his training was slow?!

Beiyuan Heng was indeed right.

Compared with everything else, his Haki training had progressed the slowest.

Ever since joining CP9, he had continuously completed missions and accumulated merit.

After saving up nearly a year and a half's worth of merit, he exchanged it all for materials related to Haki training techniques.

What followed was a full year of exploring Haki training on his own.

Only Beiyuan Heng himself knew how many setbacks he had suffered along the way.

Without the relevant traits, his progress had been painfully slow.