Actual Combat Practice (3/3)

"Cough ... "Zephyr coughed twice and straightened up, "Rokushiki are physical techniques that are entirely applied in actual combat, and it's hard for you to comprehend the essence of them just by explaining them, so the three of you come with me to the yard! "

Longinus looked startled, and his heart was abruptly excited. Was this going to be a chance to explain pointers with them in battle?

Even Gion and Tokikake were overjoyed. The experience of going toe-to-toe with the Admiral was invaluable!

The three soon followed Zephyr to a vast square, the same advanced training ground that Commodore Morgan had mentioned earlier.

After all, with Zephyr's strength, even if it wasn't at full power, it was equally capable of causing significant damage, and without a certain amount of force, even spectating a fight was a high-risk event.

"You three go all out on me when you're ready, and then I'll let you experience the power of the Rokushiki for yourselves. However, don't just think about fighting. The main thing is to use your bodies to 'see' how I use Rokushiki!" Zephyr said with a smile.

"Longinus, what should we do now?" Perhaps the previous impression was too strong, but Gion instinctively asked Longinus at such times of indecision.

Tokikake also had to look over at him, and after the last battle, he had a natural respect for Longinus.

"The three of us have no experience working with each other, and if we forcefully join forces, we'll lose sight of each other instead, so we might as well give up thinking about this and just pretend we're alone and go all out!" Longinus said, calmly and forcefully.

Gion nodded thoughtfully, "I see, in Zephyr-sensei's eyes, a lack of coordination can easily become a flaw instead."

"Let's go together, then!" Tokikake instantly shifted into his half-beast form, not that he was still resisting that power. He just knew that for a determined admiral like Zephyr, the nightmare would have minimal effect. It would have been better off choosing this more battle-appropriate stance.

As the words fell, Longinus plodded on the ground and shot out at great speed like a runaway arrow.

At the same time, Gion's sword-wielding figure also came floating up, seemingly about to jump and chop down from midair, while Tokikake had his hands on his head, like a wild boar sprinting upwards.

Admiral Zephyr stood there without flinching, a cheerful smile on his face, "Speeding up blood flow and muscle movement, giving the body the hardness of fine steel, that's Tekkai!"

Bang!

"So hard!" Longinus withdrew his somewhat sore right fist and was surprised to see that Zephyr hadn't used his Busoshoku Haki at all and had blocked the full force of the three of them with just Tekkai. "If you combine Busoshoku Hakii and Tekkai, I wonder if it will produce an even stronger effect."

As Longinus' heart was shaken, the pupils in his eyes suddenly reflected Zephyr's image.

"Stepping on the ground dozens of times in a row in a split second, creating the ultimate in speed that can be achieved with explosive reactionary propulsion, is Soru!"

"This speed ... is so much faster than Soru I'm using, if I'm stepping on it dozens of times in an instant, he's stepping on it hundreds and thousands of times!"

Zephyr struck once more as Longinus' pupils contracted violently.

"Gathering all the power of your body in your fingertips, striking out in a bolt of lightning, with the use of Soru, even enough to penetrate steel, this is Shigan!"

The mighty soul allowed Longinus to think of multiple responses instantly, but the sluggish body was too late to react.

Boom!

Longinus's body was directly blown hundreds of meters away. The bone-deep stabbing pain made him all a bit dizzy. How long had it been since he had suffered an injury to this extent?

Even Longinus didn't have time to react to the attack. Gion and Tokikake were in even more of a mess, getting struck without even knowing what was happening.

"Whew!" Longinus stepped out of the dust, wiping away the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth and trying to adjust his breathing as his body's blood began to boil faster.

Zephyr was also a bit stunned, not expecting Longinus to take even half a break, "Is this treating every match like a real battle? Good boy, tough enough on himself, but that makes it more fun!"

Longinus stomped on the ground at great speed, the explosive force instantly pushing him forward and fiercely appearing in front of Zephyr with a punch.

"Removing the full strength of your body, sensing the changes in airflow created by your opponent's movements, and having the ease and control of your body as if it were a paper drawing, this is Kami-e!" Zephyr dodged in a row, and every attack by Longinus was dodged just in time.

"In a sense, Kami-e is the prototype of Kenbunshoku Haki and Seimei Kikan, a style that should be easy for you to control."

"Is that what Zephyr-sensei is referring to that? Kami-e · Martial arts!" Longinus poured his consciousness throughout his body, making his otherwise tall body extremely compact as if it had suddenly shrunk by several sizes.

The smaller body possessed a faster speed than before, and with the use of Soru, it was already as good as Zephyr's previous outburst, and Longinus appeared in front of Zephyr like an instant.

"This is ..." Zephyr stared at him, surprisingly a little distracted, and was taken by Longinus and blasted away with a punch.

"Oh my God, is this a dream? Zephyr-sensei ... was blown away!" Gion, who had just barely recovered from the injuries caused by Shigan, was only in time to see a scene that made her incredulous.

"Longinus, he ... so quickly took control of Kami-e and Soru in Rokushiki?" For the first time in his life, Tokikake from afar also looked doubtful about his intelligence.

"Hahaha! Not only did you comprehend it faster than I thought you would, you even derived a new move based on Kami-e, not a bad job, but I also guess I'll have to get more serious about it." Naturally, Zephyr wouldn't be ashamed of being blown away, and he would only be happier to see his student with such talent.

Seeing that Longinus had already surpassed them by too much, Gion and Tokikake naturally rushed on without falling behind.

Zephyr, who was pinned down by the three parties, walked up to the sky without panicking, that's right, he walked up to the sky idly to avoid the three men.

"Geppo is a Soru application technique, but unlike Soru's stepping on the ground, Geppo is more often about stepping on the air. And to do that, the first thing you need to do is sense the flow of air."

"So, if you want to practice Geppo, you'd better learn Kami-e first."

Longinus took a deep breath and glared, perceiving every point on the air that Zephyr stepped on with his Kenbunshoku Haki.

However, the difficulty of Geppo was not comparable to Kami-e, and even though he had done many simulations over the past two years, he couldn't get there overnight. Otherwise, Sanji wouldn't have struggled in hell for two years to learn this style.

"Next is to stretch and retract the leg muscles extremely fast, creating kinetic energy to curl up the vacuum to send out a cutting wave of Rankyaku, watch out!"

Seeing that Zephyr had attacked in midair, Longinus' complexion changed abruptly, and his body instinctively retreated.

Like the cutting blow struck by swordsman, the cutting wave outlined in the air fell to the ground, exploding with an incredible impact that blew the three men away in unison.

(PS: Third shift tomorrow and the day after that as well)