6. Haki!!

Zoro flipped through the pages very slowly. In his later years he had helped the younger generation develop their body so he was fairly knowledgeable about acupoints, meridians, blood vessels and stuff.

It took about one hour to go through the book. Zoro wasn't much of a thinker, from the book he understood how Qi was circulated within a person's body so a bold idea emerged

' Qi is a form of energy, Haki also uses energy from within.....

He relaxed his body and regulated his breathing. As someone with decades of experience in Haki it came to him as naturally as breathing.

Faint trace of energy emanated off of him. Haki is a mysterious energy found in everyone, most people couldn't awaken it during their entire lives.

What Zoro was attempting is to circulate this same energy throughout his body according to the path mentioned in Qi arts. Such an action was extremely dangerous.

Qi arts were formed for those training in Qi and Qi only. Haki is an entirely different concept, if even a tiny problem were to arise Zoro's entire body would be badly battered, death is also a possibility.

But... would Zoro fear death?

One minute... Two minute.....

Time trickled away slowly. After two hours Zoro opened his eyes, he showed a toothy grin and laughed wildly inside his head.

" Hahahaha, it worked!! "

He raised his palm and concentrated. A reddish black aura seeped out from his palm forming a tiny orb, it floated quietly above his palm.

Zoro's forehead was covered in sweat. This tiny orb was all the Haki inside of him, he was astonished when he sensed he could bring out Haki outside his body. Usually Haki is used to coat his weapons but this is an entirely different way of Haki manipulation.

He felt as if a new world was opening before him. His heart raced just thinking about it

' Guys..... I have finally found it. Thank you for giving me this chance, Luffy..... I will become the strongest Swordsman... Kuina..... watch me, my strength will shake the Heavens!!! '

He dispersed the orb and went back to sleep. That last act drained his reserves, he slept with a satisfied smile.

Away from Zoro's house a pair of eyes clearly saw what he did. Shock was evident in those eyes.

As the moonlight shined upon this person his face was revealed. It was the same old man who saw Zoro during his visit to Red Moon Pavilion.

" That kid..... did he just create a new art!?. No.... it doesn't seem to be the case, it was more like he made an art exclusive to him and that Qi..... it was way too pure.

Hahaha... looks like I found a treasure!! "

The old man laughed loudly and disappeared into the night.

Zoro got up early next morning. He first did his routine training then sat an hour in meditation. Zoro cleaned himself and devoured everything he bought yesterday.

Now that he started to train his body needed large reserves of energy. He looked inside his pouch and found it to be nearly empty.

' This won't do. I need to make money.'

Decades of experience had made him understand a clear path of training, as for his crazy level of training a large amount of energy was needed everyday. He thought for a bit

' Looks like I have no other choice. With my current strength I won't even survive the outskirts of Demon forest. A few weeks of training should bring me to a considerable level, atleast I won't die fighting class one Demons.'

Zoro's answer to money and food was one word, Demon Beast Forest.

Like the word implied, that forest was filled with Demon beasts. These beasts were strong and ferocious. They were no less dangerous than those sea kings and huge creatures from his previous life. As he is now he would barely be enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of these beasts.

The Demon Beast forest was classified as the most dangerous place in this continent. No one knows what kind of monster lurked inside, humans have explored these forests for centuries before they were able to scale a small part of it.

Zoro planned to go there for his training, of course with his current strength he would die if he were to meet any class one beast.

He was in urgent need of money, unlike his previous world, this world contained elixirs to strengthen the body, a shortcut to gain strength.

Zoro naturally wouldn't let go of such opportunity, he was at an age when progress would go leaps and bounds every single day. So he couldn't afford to miss it.

He went out to buy some food and came back, he resumed his training. All day long he used up his time to train, rest, train, rest...

Like this days went by, Zoro could feel his body getting stronger. The amount of Haki inside him was also increasing explosively, in just a week he had double the amount he had a week ago.

He tried to use many of his techniques but..... like expected. He could only perform a scant few of them and that too with much difficulty.

This body may be strong but it lacked flexibility and fluidity. Zoro focused on these two parts for the next few weeks.

A pair of eyes were watching him from a distance.

" That some crazy training he is doing, and unlike those without a clear goal he attenuates his training and resting time thus giving his body enough time to recuperate and strengthen."

The old man was amazed at his training, it was as if looking at an experienced old man.

" What kind of surprise will you bring me next? "