Beidou:Hey, Kazuha, are you drunk? You said Su Han taught you Haki? Don't joke around, didn't we just get the manual?
Kaedehara Kazuha's statement was something Beidou found truly hard to believe.
After all, everyone was well aware of Su Han's combat capabilities, or lack thereof.
Kaedehara Kazuha:I'm not lying, Captain Beidou. Lord Su Han only took a short while to master Armament Haki Hardening, and he can maintain it for about half an hour.
Hu Tao:@Su Han, come and guide me! I want to master Armament Haki, too!
Beidou:Do you have some kind of secret trick?! Don't be shy like a big man… hurry up and share it!
Su Han:…
He really didn't have any secret trick.
He could just see through the meridians of a person's body.
Seeing that Su Han was reluctant to speak, Ningguang seemed to have realized something and quickly asked.
Ningguang:Is there some unspoken difficulty? Something that's inconvenient to say? It's alright, we're all family here. If it can help us increase our strength, please don't hesitate to tell us.
Mastering Haki was equivalent to gaining another form of power.
Who wouldn't want that?
Hu Tao:That's right, hurry up and tell us, Su Han!
Su Han:Alright, since you all put it that way, I won't hide it any longer. I have a special ability, you could also call it a state of being. It's called the Transparent World. As the name implies, as long as I'm willing, I can freely see the meridians and all the workings inside my own body or an enemy's. Let's take Kaedehara Kazuha as an example. When he was practicing Haki, because he was unfamiliar with it, the flow of his Haki was not smooth. But I could see exactly where the problem was. Do you all understand now?
Keqing:This… if you were to guide someone, wouldn't that mean… wouldn't that mean you'd see them completely bare?
Ningguang:…
That guy.
No wonder he had been looking at her with such a strange gaze recently.
So he had been seeing all of her secrets.
Damn him!
Beidou:Hahahaha! Amazing! But… that day you were drunk and said I had a good figure, so that's what you meant! Su Han, so you're that kind of person!
Su Han:…I don't normally activate the Transparent World. Only during combat and training. What are you all thinking about? Now you understand, right? The reason I didn't say anything before was because I was concerned about this very issue.
To be guided meant to be seen through completely. The ladies of the group were naturally unwilling.
But there was one exception.
Beidou:I don't care! In any case, you have to guide me. Let's do it tomorrow! You have to teach me how to use Armament Haki Hardening!
If she herself wasn't afraid of being seen, what could Su Han say? He naturally agreed.
Besides, Hardening was just the entry-level of the skill. To temper it to the point where one could injure others from a distance required a great deal of practical combat. Beidou was a perfect sparring partner for that.
The next morning, with Su Han's guidance, Beidou quickly mastered the Hardening technique.
Looking at her Dragon-Slaying Sword, which had turned pitch black, Beidou said in amazement, "So this is Armament Haki."
"That's right. It can protect your blade from damage and also strengthen your attacks. But this is only the first stage. The second stage is to form a protective barrier of Haki outside your body, which can also be used to injure enemies from a distance. The third stage is internal destruction."
"In that case, how about we have a little spar?" Beidou looked at him with great interest, her eyes eager to give it a try.
To be able to see an enemy's meridians meant that he could predict their attacks, right?
She wanted to see what Su Han's current strength was really like.
"Fine, as you wish. I also want to see what my current strength is like," Su Han agreed.
He retrieved the Lightning-Struck Peachwood Sword from his private space within the group.
As he circulated his Haki, the peachwood sword was coated in a layer of black.
The two of them began their first clash.
There were no techniques, only Haki.
Just a single collision made Su Han feel immense pressure.
Beidou's strength was incredibly ferocious. Both of them were using Haki, but her power was far greater than his.
The woman who could split the great sea monster Haishan was naturally not to be underestimated.
After several dozen clashes, Su Han stopped.
Beidou, however, looked dissatisfied. "Hey, you're out of steam already? Come on, let's go again!"
"Alright. I'm going to use my full strength now."
"Bring it on."
A deep purple light flashed in Beidou's eyes as an Electro shield enveloped her body.
The warm-up was over. She was getting serious now.
Su Han's figure flashed, and he instantly appeared at Beidou's side, the peachwood sword in his hand thrusting towards her abdomen.
However, when it was still ten centimeters away from her body, the sword was stopped by her shield.
Seeing this, Beidou began her counter-attack.
A torrential storm of blows rained down, causing the watching Millelith and Kaedehara Kazuha to break out in a cold sweat.
How could anyone possibly defend against such an assault?
Soon, Su Han gave them the answer.
He was like a slippery eel, lightly and gracefully evading every single attack.
He even found a gap in her offense and, with a single strike of his sword, sent Beidou flying back.
She did a beautiful flip and landed easily on the ground.
She looked at Su Han in confusion. "Observation Haki?"
"That's right. But it's only the entry-level," Su Han said, his gaze calm.
Observation Haki required a mind as still as a placid well.
The Transparent World happened to fit this characteristic perfectly.
His speed in cultivating Observation Haki was even faster than his speed with Armament Haki.
Hearing this, Beidou could only sigh.
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