Kaku shifted back into his human-beast form and unleashed a crescent-shaped Armament Haki vacuum slash.
Page One's pupils contracted. Caught off guard, he could only cross his arms and thrust both palms forward, channeling Armament Haki with all his strength in an attempt to form a defensive barrier before himself.
"Screech!"
The instant the crescent slash struck the barrier, it cut through the hastily formed Armament Haki shield as easily as a hot knife through butter.
The residual force of the slash swept past, leaving bone-deep wounds across Page One's palms as blood immediately gushed out.
The immense impact sent him flying backward, and he slammed heavily into the wall behind him with a dull thud before sliding down to the floor.
It could only strengthen the body and could not directly improve the "quality" of Armament Haki? And once the life energy had been absorbed and fused, Armament Haki seemingly could not actively purge or reject it...
Adams calmly observed the entire battle, especially the details of the final collision between the slash and the defensive barrier, and swiftly reached a conclusion.
Life energy primarily acted upon the physical body, strengthening vitality, muscles, bones, and physique. However, it had no direct enhancing effect on the essence of Haki—that power born from the mind, will, and soul.
He had long suspected as much. Haki was not something one could naturally master or improve merely through possessing a powerful body. Its deeper foundation lay in the tempering of one's spirit and will.
A typical example was that even if a powerful person's consciousness was transferred into another person's body, the Haki they could use would still be the Haki they had cultivated themselves, not the host's original Haki.
At the same time, one of Adams's lingering concerns was finally put to