Heaven's Arena : II

Initially Zoro wanted to attain the highest floor quickly but he finally decided otherwise. He still have a lot of time. After all he has a lot of free time until September and it was only January now so he decided to focus on his Nen training and from time to time he would fight.

Since almost three years now he trained his Ten and Ren daily with determination, these two principe are the base of the Nen and it's highly recommended to polish these two principe to lay good foundation for others principe.

And all this work has paid as Zoro has made tremendous progress in Zetsu, his Ten's flow is extremely smooth and fast and the manipulation of his aura became much more easy.

His Ten is extremely tought and smooth while his Ren is extremely domineering and powerful. And now even his Zetsu became almost perfect.

Another thing is as an enhancer, Zoro is in the perfect category for melee combat, his attack and defense is well balanced. His defence as an enhancer can be considerate monstruous, firstly his body is extremely powerful and durable even before his body had always been weird, his durability was strange, at multiple occasion he lost so much blood and took so much damage that would normally kill him but he never died. His Ten or Ren when added to his body make his defense top-notch, and if he combine this with his Armement Haki...

This is the reason why Zoro as an enhancer is a monster.

Just with basic technique like Ten or Ren he can destroy a lot of powerful Nen-user. Of course Zoro don't think that his "Perfect Defense" is almighty, he know that Nen is a very mysterious power and that Nen is not perfect. It is for this reason that he created multiples Hatsu and always trained his superior technique like what he is doing now.

Zoro was standing in his room of the 190 floor, it's been 1 month already and he is now 10 floor away from the real deal.

He was training Nen half naked with his eye closed.

Suddenly his aura covered him gently, the smoothness and fluidity was prodigious.

It was Ten.

Ten maintains youthful vigor and reduces one's aging, since the energy powering the body no longer leaks away, one can keep the body from breaking down and deter the aging process. Ten is the most basic defense against emotional Nen attacks, and it also offers limited protection against physical attacks, Zoro's Ten is so strong that he can use it to defende himself from even enhanced attack with aura at least if the aura is not too strong.

Zoro then exhaled and opened his eye,

"Ren." He said

Suddenly the smooth aura extended everywhere and his chamber began to tremble. During all this time he trained his Ten and Ren, his Aura increased times and times again and now his Aura pool was immense. Ren amplifies the user's physical strength and durability and provides a large pool of aura for any advanced techniques or individual skills they decide to use, albeit at the cost of expending said aura. One can train their Ren to extend its duration and increase the amount of aura at their disposal. For example Zoro can use his Ren for 4 hours which is considered very good but there are still a long way from the 18 hours of Netero.

Zoro recalled his Ten and closed his eye.

"Zetsu" he said

Zoro's aura disparessed immediately and his presence vanished, By closing all of their aura nodes, the user is able to halt all outflow of their aura like water from a valve, making their presence much harder or even impossible to sense. This technique is thus doubly useful when tracking another person, as not only it will make it easier to follow them, it will also prevent other users of Nen from noticing their pursuer. Furthermore, if Zetsu is utilized within a certain range from a Nen user, that Nen user might notice their presence disappearing, especially if the Zetsu user's aura is powerful, like in Zoro's case. If an aura as large as Zoro's one began to vanish the Nen user near would immediately be alerted.

These were the basics technique of the Nen, there are superior technique too who are more complex.

Zoro began to release his Ren and focused his Ren toward his eye.

"Gyō." He said

In the beginning Zoro would still take some time to use this technique and he wasn't able to keep it a long time but now, he can instantely call his Gyō and keep it for a long time. increases the strength of that one body part, but leaves the rest of the body more vulnerable. Gyo is most often used in the eyes, allowing a Nen user to see aura and Nen constructs concealed with In as well as traces of aura that so faint that they might go unnoticed otherwise. That technique is extremely important against conjurer, manipulator or transmuter.

Zoro began to use the next technique to hide his aura.

"In."

In is an advanced form of Zetsu used to render one's aura imperceptible, effectively concealing it. Unlike Zetsu, however, In does not stop the user's aura flow; instead, it hides it, making it impossible to perceive with any of the five senses or extrasensorial perception. Hence, this technique is perfect for launching sneak attacks or laying traps, as it can conceal not only the user's presence, but also Nen constructs generated with Emission, Transmutation, or Conjuration. Zoro don't use this technique but he learned it anyway.

Zoro removed his In and used another advanced technique.

"En." He said

En is an advanced technique that combine Ten and Ren, in combining these two technique you can achieve En, Someone using En can feel the shape and movement of anything within the area covered by their aura, with the degree of awareness and finesse depending on their level of skill. Nen users can be told apart from regular people due to their stronger reaction to the En user's aura. Zetsu can suppress a Nen user's response, making their position more difficult to pinpoint, but not their movements. Zoro's En can be considered prodigious as it extend to 300 meters and he can use it for a long time.

Zoro removed his En and unsheated his Wado Ichimonji.

"Shu."

His aura began to spread toward his weapon, this is another advanced technique. Shu allows a user of Nen to enshroud an object with their aura, allowing them to use that object as an extension of their own body. For example, one could use Shu to extend their Ten around a weapon, which would strengthen and protect it. With his status as swordsman, this technique is the most natural to him.

Zoro removed his Shu and lifted up his hand and make a fist.

"Ko !" He yelled

All his aura began to go to his fist making an impressive Crimson ball of aura around his fist. Ko is a combination of Ten, Zetsu, Hatsu, Ren, and Gyo in which all of the user's aura is concentrated into one particular body part. Gyo is utilized to focus aura on a part of the body, while Ten is used to prevent it from dispersing. Zetsu is used to completely stop the flow of Nen in all other parts of the body, increasing the output in the desired area. With Ren, the amount of aura is increased even further. This makes that one body part extremely powerful, but at the cost of leaving the rest of the user's body completely unprotected. Due to the risk it carries, Ko is regarded as a purely offensive technique.

Zoro removed his Ko and his aura extended around him evenly.

"Ken." He said

It is a primarily defensive technique where a Nen user maintains a state of Ren for a prolonged amount of time. The amount of aura surrounding the user's body during Ken is about 10 times higher than during Ten. Ken allows a Nen user to guard against attacks from any direction, but the large amount of aura produced makes it tiring to maintain. It is considered the best option to defend from Ko, despite not being as powerful as the latter on any given part of the body, as it protects all of it evenly. This technique is one of Zoro's special defense technique.

Zoro removed his Ken and his aura began to grow larger in certain area while keeping some on others.

"Ryu."

Nen's last advanced techniques, Ryu is the term for use of Gyo from a state of Ken to perform real-time offensive and defensive value adjustments. If Ko devolves 100% of one's aura to offense or, much more rarely, to defense, and Ken splits it evenly between the two, Ryu is redistributing one's aura according to any other percentage, for example by focusing 70% of one's aura in one fist as one is about to strike, or 80% in one's leg to block an incoming kick. It is utilized to damage a Ken user without leaving oneself as unprotected as during Ko, although the power of the technique is lower. Ryu is difficult to master, as it requires not only to control one's aura flow with great precision, but also to be able to estimate the amount of aura utilized by the opponent at a glance. Even the technique is performed correctly, the movements of the aura flow risk giving away the user's next move if they are too slow.

Zoro can be considered as a "Master" of Nen as he have good grasp over all the Nen techniques some more than others but he have minimal mastery over all of them at least while he can be considered extremely good in certains techniques.

For a normal student such progress with Nen can take dozen of years and for Zoro to be able to do that in less than 3 years is very good.

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Today is the day, Zoro can now go to the 200th floor. He already know there are only Nen user here.

After he register himself. He walked back toward his new room but he saw 3 men waiting for him.

"Oh look it seem we have a new boy here, are you even qualified to be here ?" Said a man with wheelchair condescendely.

The other two laughed.

Zoro looked curiously at these clowns but just before he was ready to do something, a Ren attack was on him.

Zoro looked at these clown like they were the dumbest thing on this world.

Man you think I can't use Nen ? I know that I am not even using my Ten right now but any Nen user with some experience could sense my aura.

Zoro used his Ten to protect himself from this pitiful Nen attack when he thought about something... these guys understimated me, they think Im a Nen beginner and want easy win... well it's the perfect occasion to collect some easy win myself.

The Trio looked a little suprised that this guy could use Ten but they didn't think much, he can probably only do that.

"You guys want to fight huh ?! Tell me the day."

The trio smiled with malice, this newbie understand quickly.

"You know what, don't tell me anything. Today is the 20th February. The spining top on 24th, Ugly with no right arm on 25th and Wheelchair on 26th. Understood ?" Zoro said

The trio looked stunned and angry ! This guy made fun of them, but they calmed themselves. After all this guy just signed his dead.

And with that Zoro booked his three first combats on the 200th floor.

It will be a Back-to-Back-to-Back.