The Path to Advancement

Back at the Dadan Family home, Ryan did not rest immediately. Instead, he began experimenting with how Armament Haki operated.

During his battle with Garp just now, he had truly discovered something.

Of the Three Types of Haki, Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki were related to a person's will and perception, but Armament Haki was different. It was a power that existed within everyone's body.

As long as one worked hard enough, Armament Haki could be acquired through training. In the pirate world, some people were born with Conqueror's Haki, and some were born with Observation Haki, but no one was born with Armament Haki.

Because Armament Haki could flow, it had different application techniques, which could be divided into "Hardening," "Coating," "Emission," and "Internal Destruction."

There were differences in the level of Armament Haki techniques, but that did not represent the strength of one's Armament Haki, much less one's overall strength.

For example, Ryuo in Wano was an advanced technique that many Wano samurai knew, but that did not mean their Armament Haki was particularly strong.

The strength of Armament Haki was related to its quantity, quality, and the user's physical constitution.

Take Garp, for example. During Ryan's battle with him just now, Ryan had discovered that the quality of Garp's Armament Haki was exceptionally high. If Ryan's current Armament Haki was ice formed from frozen water, then Garp's Armament Haki was steel.

During their clash, Ryan had actually felt pain in the hand covered in Armament Haki. That was the terrifying part of Garp's Armament Haki.

But no matter how Ryan tried, he could not feel his Armament Haki strengthening in the slightest.

"Looks like my method is wrong. Should I ask Garp?"

Though he knew the chance of Garp telling him was very small, Ryan still wanted