Under a cloudless sky, white waves rolled on the sea.
A huge three - masted sailing ship, propelled by the sea breeze, cut through the white waves and sailed leisurely.
Inside a luxuriously decorated cabin.
On a large bed, Sephiroth sat cross - legged with his eyes closed, and his chest rose and fell rhythmically.
Suddenly!
Puff!
The silver - haired teenager suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of blood, which splashed on the room's carpet.
"No! Mobilizing Haki in this way will cause the blood to flow backward..."
Sephiroth picked up the tissue on the bedside table, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then picked up a black notebook on the bed. The pages flipped quickly and finally stopped at a hand - drawn diagram of the human body's meridians and acupoints.
"Let Armament Haki take a shortcut through the Tanzhong acupoint...
This route can indeed speed up the circulation of qi and blood, thus generating more Armament Haki.
However, it will also cause the body to produce suppressing qi, resulting in internal bleeding...
If the general direction remains unchanged, is there a way to expel the suppressing qi...?
Moreover, I simply can't control the Armament Haki precisely and delicately at present. The Haki always wanders to irrelevant acupoints...
If I can completely solve this problem, I can research a perfect qi - running route..."
As he thought in his mind, he opened a blank page in the notebook, picked up the pen beside him, and began to plan again.
In this world, there is traditional Chinese medicine theory. However, due to the lack of communication between the islands, its overall theoretical level is quite backward, not as good as the knowledge in his head. So there is basically nothing for him to refer to.
The research on Armament Haki and the human body's meridians and acupoints can only be explored by himself.
Generally speaking, the methods to improve the quality and quantity of Armament Haki are also very simple.
Either continuously temper the body and constantly use the Armament Haki during exercise to slowly increase the quality and quantity of one's own Armament Haki; or stimulate the body's potential during a life - and - death battle to achieve a leap - forward breakthrough in the quality and quantity of the Armament Haki.
Sephiroth has been trying the former method, but unfortunately, the progress is slow. As for the latter method...
After he combined the abilities of super - speed regeneration and bat pseudo - elementization, as long as he is not killed in one blow, or encounters Seastone, or is sunk into the sea, it is basically very difficult to kill him.
Without the pressure of death in a life - and - death battle, how can he stimulate his body's potential?
The method of refining Armament Haki on Snake Island is only suitable for helping one awaken the Armament Haki and quickly refining the Armament Haki to the limit that the body can accommodate, but it cannot help him break through the upper limit of his own Armament Haki capacity.
Therefore, how to steadily improve the quality and quantity of his own Armament Haki has become the most important issue for him to think about now and in the future.
Sooner or later, regular physical exercise will lose its meaning for him...
The human body has its limits!
When he had polished his physical body to its peak state, if he still wanted to continue to improve his strength, tempering his body with Armament Haki became his only option.
In this world, after the top powerhouses have fully developed the strength of their physical bodies, they all choose this path without exception. Charlotte Linlin, Kaidou, and Garp are all like this.
This is actually the same principle as tempering a sword into a Black Blade with Haki. Whether it is a Great Grade Sword or a Great Grade Swords, compared with a Black Blade, there is a huge gap both in terms of toughness and the amplification of Haki attacks.
The gap between physical bodies that have been tempered by Haki all year round is also like this!
Otherwise, if victory is determined solely by body size, the giant race with an average height of dozens of meters would be the world's overlords. Where would the Four Emperors, who are less than ten meters tall, have the chance to dominate?
After redesigning the new qi - circulation route, Sephiroth took out his pocket watch and checked the time. He found that it was already half - past eleven noon.
So, instead of continuing the experiment, he got out of bed, opened the door, and walked towards the dining room of the tourist merchant ship, planning to eat some food to replenish the nutrients his body needed.
After the Mid - Term Exam, when they returned to the military academy, they received both good news and bad news.
The good news was that after the Mid - Term Exam, each of them had a one - month vacation.
During this period, they could apply to follow the Navy Headquarters' warships on sea cruises.
If they were lucky, they might even grab some military merits by catching pirates. These merits would be settled together when they graduated from the military academy in the future.
Of course, they could also choose to do nothing and spend the whole vacation eating, drinking, and having fun. As long as they could return to the military academy on time for the new semester, it would be fine.
As for the bad news...
After the semester starts, the military academy will conduct a unified cultural course test for the first half of the semester, covering subjects such as military theory, Navigation skills, and the principles of firearms.
As a top student, cultural courses were a piece of cake for Sephiroth.
So, Sephiroth planned to go back to Water 7 during the vacation to retrieve the Door Door Fruit he had buried under his villa.
After much consideration over a period of time, he really couldn't bear to let someone else use that fruit.
If possible, he wanted to keep it for himself...
For this reason, he had already asked Tezzolo to look for the technology to make a weapon consume a Devil Fruit!
In the original story of the Pirate King, weapons can consume Zoan type Devil Fruits, and androids can possess the abilities of Paramecia - type Devil Fruits...
He thought that perhaps weapons could also consume Paramecia - type Devil Fruits!
In Crocodile's Baroque Works, Mr. 4's cannon can consume the Dachshund Fruit. This proves that this technology is probably not exclusive to the Navy. It is very likely a technology developed by Vegapunk during his time in the illegal research team Mads.
If all else fails, he'll go to Vegapunk's hometown, Barkeemo Mechanism Island, and sneak into Vegapunk's laboratory to steal all the technology inside...
After the silver-haired teenager walked into the spacious and bright dining room, he casually found an empty table and sat down.
He waved to the distance, and a waiter in a black suit and a bow tie quickly walked over.
"Sir, what would you like to order?"
"A fruit salad, a steak, a cheese lobster. Hmm! ... And a bottle of sake! That's it."
"Sure, sir!"
The waiter nodded with a professional smile on his face before turning around and quickly walking towards the kitchen...
Sephiroth leaned back in his chair and leisurely took out a cigar from inside his blue suit, lit it, put it in the corner of his mouth, took a deep puff, and exhaled a puff of white smoke.
During this time, he has either been practicing to get stronger or hunting pirates. Suddenly returning to the peaceful life of an ordinary person, he actually felt an inexplicable sense of comfort and relaxation.
Sure enough! Deep down, I'm actually a person who pursues an easy life.
In the strict environment of the military academy, I was able to practice self - disciplinedly every day to get stronger.
Now, I just want to relax and take it easy...
If there was a pretty girl in my arms at this moment, it would be even better!
Sephiroth's face was beaming with a bright smile. He reached out to take the sake brought by the waiter and poured himself a glass.
He took the cigar out of the corner of his mouth with his left hand and slightly raised the flute glass with his right hand, sighing with emotion:
"To a peaceful and wonderful life!"
Boom!
Boom!
"Attention, passengers! The pirates are coming!!!"
The sudden cannon fire immediately caused a commotion among the guests in the dining room. The captain's shout over the broadcast Den Den Mushi further stoked the fear and panic.
"What should we do? The pirates are coming. Where can we hide?"
"Mom, I'm so scared! Wuwuwu...!"
"If the pirates board the ship later, we'll put on life jackets and jump into the sea to escape..."
...
Listening to the chaotic noise, Sephiroth couldn't help but sigh softly:
"Damn it! The sake tastes terrible now!"