Given equal levels of Haki, naturally whoever can circulate more Haki will have stronger attack power, which is already a huge surprise for Vic.
Right now, you might only be able to forcefully gather your Haki and hold your own against someone stronger for a while before ultimately losing. But what if you further enhance your ability to control your Haki? Could you gather even stronger Haki than your opponent within that short period? Perhaps you could defeat them in that short time. That's what it means to overcome the strong with the weak—a battle across levels in a fantasy world.
Vic only thought about it briefly before letting it go. Now wasn't the time to overthink it; he didn't want to lose control in his Haki and hurt Rebecca.
Hands are very important to a swordsman. The palm is just a few things; if the inside of the Ryuo is damaged, it will explode, and Vic might regret it for the rest of his life.
This time, more Haki Particles were provoked within the skin cells of Rebecca's palm. Rebecca could already sense the abnormality, but she hadn't yet reached that level. However, after a few more times, she would definitely be able to. This training method was similar to actual combat, so progress was rapid.
Seeing that the two of them were still, Ain stopped staring at them and closed her eyes to develop her own Devil Fruit ability. She had her own goals to achieve.
Half an hour later, Rebecca could no longer concentrate and slowly opened her eyes. Then, Vic withdrew his Haki, but the Hardening of his body did not dissipate.
" Vic, I can sense some changes, but I can't quite put my finger on what they are," Rebecca said, stating her observations directly.
"It's alright, it hasn't been that long. We'll do it a few more times and you'll be able to perceive it clearly. This will be much faster than natural Awakening."
During these six months in the Elite Camp, you still have a very good chance of learning all Six Powers and Awakening Haki. Keep going, have confidence, the heart can also bring strength!
Vic offered a suggestion: this shouldn't be made too obvious, otherwise it might backfire. These are all illusory things, and you still have to figure them out yourself. Even Vic doesn't have a good way to quickly enhance those illusory powers; he's just accumulating them.
After that, Rebecca took Ain to the dormitory, since it was getting late and children need to get more sleep.
Vic fell silent again, needing to fully contemplate the benefits of his heightened willpower.
"I never imagined that strengthening one's will could lead to an increase in strength. No wonder the Straw Hat Boy can always win against stronger opponents; he's like an unkillable cockroach."
As long as he has a reason to fight, and as long as he doesn't die, he will never give up the fight.
The brutal training Garp gave him when he was young definitely helped him a lot. It seems I also need to take advantage of the time before I eat a second Devil Fruit and go into the deep sea to temper my will!
After learning about the prospects of willpower, Vic decided to continue training his willpower. As expected, the older generation of powerful figures had a deeper understanding of illusory power.
As Zephyr mentioned during Vic's fight with Mantis, this greatly helped Vic, in addition to Garp's training of King Luffy when he was young.
They'd hang you on a balloon and send you flying, throw you into a bottomless abyss, or leave you to survive alone in a deep forest teeming with wild beasts! There must be other examples too.
King Luffy later mentioned in Water 7 that he was almost killed by his grandfather countless times, which would have been fatal for an ordinary child. However, King Luffy persevered and survived, which had a significant impact on his entire life and personality.
With unwavering determination, one feels no fear; once a goal is set, one will not hesitate to risk one's life for it.
His ability to engage in equal dialogue with Whitebeard Paramount War without flinching shocked everyone. This was his greatest strength in repeatedly defeating stronger opponents and persevering to the end. Indeed, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure!
Therefore, Vic's understanding of willpower has reached a new level, and he will not easily give up training his willpower in the future.
Time flies, and two months have passed quickly. A lot has happened during this time, after all, this is a route on the Grand Line.
Encountering numerous pirates along the way was a given; the Elite Camp trainee recruits captured many, and they frequently had to make handovers to the islands where the surrounding Marine Base were located.
During this time, Vic also took action. Because there are many pirates with very strong Devil Fruit abilities, even a strong person like Rebecca couldn't deal with them. As a result, Vic accumulated a lot of military merits.
" Rebecca, you're amazing! It's only been less than three months, and you've already mastered all Six Powers. I'm so envious!" Wendy grabbed Rebecca's arm and shook it excitedly, unable to hide the envy in her eyes.
"Yeah, even I, with my cheat-fruit ability, have only learned three techniques. I wonder how you trained so fast? Did Vic give you some extra lessons?"
Barnett, on the other side, also sighed. He had the Devil Fruit ability to cheat, and his training time was already twice that of others, but he had only learned half of the Six Powers.
"No, it's just that I had a good foundation when I was young. I started training with Vic when I was nine years old, and it's been six or seven years now. The Six Powers are very much related to physical fitness."
So you all need to pay attention to your physical exercise. This is something Vic has been emphasizing to me all along, and I've only recently fully understood it myself. If you want to get stronger, don't slack off!
Rebecca said this with some guilt, because it was indeed Vic had given her extra help; she had learned the other four techniques on her own.
However, it was Vic accelerated her learning of Shigan and Tekkai; it was Vic who activated Haki Particles for her using Ryuo Hibiki, allowing her to learn them in such a short time.
In the original work, Koby was considered to have great talent. He trained with Garp for almost half a year and only then learned to shave. So Rebecca's progress is really amazing. Of course, Koby started from scratch, from an ordinary person.
"Don't talk about me. Look at Frodeku; he's completely mastered Observation Haki, the ability to Future Sight."
"With Master Zephyr's training, his physical condition is quite good now. It won't be long before he learns the Six Powers. At that time, we won't be a match for him. We won't even be able to catch him!" Rebecca quickly changed the subject when she saw that the two of them were talking about her.
"Hehe! I'm still far from it. Although I can see the future, I can't escape your speed at all right now!" Frodeku said, scratching his head somewhat embarrassedly.
Although he can Future Sight, he currently lacks both speed and attack power.
Although you can see far into the future, if you make preparations in advance, your opponent can immediately change their attack methods. Therefore, for Frodeku at present, the future that far away is not very meaningful.
The future is only useful for the instant before someone prepares to attack, as he can use that future moment to dodge. Therefore, to Future Sight and unleash greater power, one must improve their own speed and combat strength.
However, Observation Haki, Future Sight, can also predict sudden dangers. Therefore, Vic instructed him to release his Observation Haki whenever he had free time, so as to perceive more of what would happen in the future.