Chapter 73: Progress in Battle
"If you're not afraid that Zephyr-sensei will come after you for a fight, go ahead and try." Dragon said as he poured cold water on the sides.
Garp froze his right hand in mid-air as he grabbed the doughnut, and only after a long time did he let out a sigh, "Hey! What's the matter with you, Dragon? You're getting no longer cute, how come the snotty one who loved to follow Dad's back when he was little has gone?"
"Shut up!" Dragon said as his veins bulged, and he forced himself to resist the urge to hit someone.
The battle in the field continues.
"Rankyaku - Roga no Kamae! (Stance of Wolf Fang)" Perhaps fueled by the same fierce energy of Longinus, Zephyr's demonstration was no longer limited to the most basic Rokushiki but extended to the moves derived from Rokushiki.
Like a pack of wolves running around and jumping on the ground, the chopping wave adds another unpredictable attribute to its powerful attack.
"Rankyaku - Roga no Kamae! (Stance of Wolf Fang)" Longinus turned out to be moving his legs in a series of kicks, striking back in the same way.
However, the same move can produce a very different effect. If Zephyr's attack is a ferocious wolf, Longinus's attack is a hopeless husky, almost crushed at first.
Longinus was not surprised when he saw that Zephyr's kick easily crushed his own chopping wave. He stood there without dodging despite losing its power, and he inspired his body's energy and blood to surge his whole body to take it.
"Tekkai - Utsugi! (Sky Tree)"
A continuous wave of chopping strikes hit Longinus in the chest, causing him to almost blackout. However, the move worked in the end, not only taking the attack all the way through but even bouncing it back.
"I didn't expect that you could already manage to receive and send in such a short period, haha, great!" Zephyr loudly praised, but he did not even stop the movement of his hand. His ten fingers act as a gun to shatter the chopping wave directly.
Tokikake and Gion are a bit confused. How did the fight turn into an advanced mode? We haven't learned anything yet!
"I can't believe that he used his own body to memorize Zephyr' s attack. This little guy' s tenacity is really not like a 14-year-old kid should have!" Garp couldn't help but lament.
"Longinus was nine years old when he became a refugee in the town of Fallen Leaves. Because of the pirates, his whole village was massacred. Carrying such pressure and hatred, he naturally can no longer be as carefree as other people of his age." With his eyes cohesively looking at the more intense battle in the field, Dragon seriously rated, "Fortunately, he is not the kind of avenger who is blinded by hatred."
"Perhaps because of those kind-hearted people in the town of Fallen Leaves, so that he always held on to his heart's bottom line. This gave birth to the Marine Hero Longinus afterwards. A paradoxical union that scares pirates in battle, but makes the people thankful for it in their day to day lives."
"I didn't expect you to have such a high opinion of him!" Garp looked at Dragon in surprise. It was not like the words that should come out from his son's cold personality.
"I see in him the rigidity of Sakazuki and the gentleness of Kuzan. There is even a leadership power that makes people around him unite around him. If he grows up, he may be able to make those two factions within the Marine reach more unity than ever before."
"A Fleet Admiral? You actually look at him to this point!" Garp was a little depressed. This son of his had never even looked at him this favorably.
"... just do not know, a thriving Marine Headquarters, to this world means hope or... destruction!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Jusshigan! (Ten Finger Guns)"
"Jusshigan! (Ten Finger Guns)"
"Rankyaku - Renge! (Lotus Blossom)"
"Rankyaku - Renge! (Lotus Blossom)"
"Kamisori! (Razor)"
"Kamisori! (Razor)"
The splendid chopping attack was spread all over the place, destroying the officer training ground, which was solely used for the battle of officers at the rank of captain, almost completely.
No matter what kind of attack Zephyr makes, Longinus will return it in exactly the same way. Although the power between the two is vastly different, Longinus' grasp of Rokushiki grows.
Of course, with it, his injuries continue to deepen.
After knocking away Longinus once more, Zephyr stopped his attack and asked in a serious tone, "Longinus, how much have you grasped about Rokushiki?"
"I'm ashamed, after having Zephyr-sensei personally instruct me for so long, I can still only grasp about 80%." Longinus wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth and replied with a dull voice.
"Eighty percent? To be able to grasp so much in one battle, your talent is really enviable. However, the remaining 20% can't be learned in battle. You need to go back and practice your senses one after another. So, I will use the last stance to end today's battle!"
"Yes! I will surely practice harder when I go back. Also... I will definitely keep my eyes open to see this last strike of sensei!" Longinus took a deep breath and used Seimei Kikan to dissolve and absorb some of the fat stored in his body extremely fast so that the physical energy that reached the bottom was finally back up a little.
"Gion, how much have you grasped?" Tokikake, who was standing in the middle of the field but acting like a spectator, asked blankly.
"I... I only grasp fifty percent. Sure enough, compared to Longinus, my talent is really too poor!" Gion said shyly and reluctantly, then her soft little hand clenched hard, "It seems that to catch up with Longinus, I still have to put in more effort to do so... Tokikake? What's wrong with you?"
Tokikake sat down helplessly on the ground and hugged his legs, 'I'm really a disgrace to all of you, as I haven't even learned 30%.'
Zephyr had already set up a stance to throw a punch on the other side.
"Rokushiki are physical techniques that exceed the limits of human physical ability. When they are fully integrated, they can unlock the power latent in the human body, Rokuogan!"
The same moves released by different people can have a huge difference in power. The previous battle between Longinus and Zephyr has proven this.
As the admiral of the Marine, Zephyr uses the latent power of the body to create Rokuogan, which is not compared to the power of Rokuogan used by Lucci in the battle of the Enies Lobby.
The impact of the energy simply instantly went through the body of Longinus as if some sort of river or train had hit him head-on. To be precise, he should have been crushed by a river freight on his body instead.
Boom!
Longinus was blasted directly into the hill by this blow, deeply embedded in the interior of the hill. He felt that his body was close to breaking up, and even most of his body was powerless.
"I am still unable to handle this level of power, I almost killed myself again!" Although his body's condition has been worse than bad, under the ruins, Longinus is still laughing, "Is this the strength of the admiral? It is clear that he did not use Haki and even actively suppress his power. However, even so, he was able to seriously injure me with one blow, this kind of power... is really to be admired!"
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone