Chapter 70: First Contact with the Navy Six Powers

The Navy Six Powers is the most widely disseminated combat technique throughout the Navy!

Basically,

any elite within the Navy has, more or less, mastered one or two of the Navy Six Powers.

From this, one can see,

just how important a place the Navy Six Powers holds within the Navy.

Although the Six Powers, if placed in high-end combat, can only play a very minor role. Yet no one can deny that the Navy Six Powers is truly the cornerstone of the Navy.

It can be used to raise the overall strength of the Navy!

You have to know,

Haki of both colors is not something everyone can master and cultivate.

Because of this,

the importance of the Navy Six Powers becomes even greater!

As long as one practices diligently, every Marine can master the Navy Six Powers. In that case, with the Navy numbering a million or more, if every single person could master the Six Powers—

unimaginable.

What a tremendous and terrifying force that would be.

As the creator of the Navy Six Powers, Captain Kapu's mastery of the Six Powers is naturally at its absolute peak.

In fact,

what Captain Kapu mastered was not the Navy Six Powers, but the Navy Nine Powers.

It's just that…

the other three combat techniques were too destructive, and their cultivation difficulty was extremely high, making them unsuitable for dissemination to the entire Navy, so they had to be shortened into the Navy Six Powers.

"See that guy Bokato over there?"

Captain Kapu raised his hand and pointed at Bokato, who was not far away, and said bluntly, "That guy spent a full two years cultivating the Navy Six Powers back then, and only barely managed to master all six forms in the end."

"The reason I'm telling you all this is to give you, kid, a heads-up."

"Although the Navy Six Powers isn't as hard to cultivate as Haki of both colors, it is still a powerful combat technique that requires years of accumulated practice before one can master it proficiently."

"If you approach the Six Powers with a dismissive attitude, then this old man has no choice but to advise you—don't waste too much of my time."

If one were to say,

Haki of both colors is the cornerstone that establishes the Navy's high-end combat power,

then,

the Navy Six Powers is the foundation that establishes the Navy mid-level combat power!

And what's more…

it is a power that every Marine can master!

"In this old man's memory,"

"back then, even that little brat Aokiji spent a full four months cultivating the Navy Six Powers before he completely mastered them."

"And that was already the fastest record for mastering the Six Powers within Marine Headquarters!"

"That little brat Aokiji is extraordinarily gifted. Even without that one Logia Devil Fruit, he could still be called a top-tier powerhouse."

"But even he spent four months cultivating the Six Powers."

Captain Kapu looked deeply at Lu En and gave a solemn reminder.

Aokiji, Vice Admiral of Marine Headquarters.

Logia Ice-Ice Fruit user!

Extremely powerful!

One of the strongest monsters on this very sea.

Even before becoming an Admiral, Aokiji's combat power was still utterly terrifying.

Everyone in the Navy could predict,

Aokiji becoming a Marine Headquarters Admiral was already a foregone conclusion.

"This old man asks you again—are you sure you still want to learn the Navy Six Powers?"

Captain Kapu asked.

"Learn."

Lu En nodded, without the slightest hesitation.

"Good!"

Captain Kapu revealed a wistful smile and continued, "Even if you are extraordinarily gifted, possessing a once-in-a-century peerless talent,"

"this old man still has to warn you."

"To completely master the Navy Six Powers, you will have to spend at least three months!"

"You need to prepare yourself for this in advance, and absolutely must not give up halfway."

He was very much looking forward to

Lu En breaking Aokiji's record for mastering the Navy Six Powers!

He believed

that with the peerless talent possessed by his grandson Lu En, surpassing Aokiji—wasn't that only natural?

Of course,

exactly how much he could surpass Aokiji by,

that remained unknown.

Next,

Captain Kapu slowly rose from the sun chair and brought Lu En to the spacious, open deck.

Beneath the scattered golden sunlight at the horizon's edge,

Captain Kapu began, step by step, to give Lu En a thorough rundown of the Six Styles of the Navy.

"The Six Styles of the Navy combine offense, defense, evasion, aerial combat, close combat, and ranged combat into one. This old man can say with certainty that across this entire sea, no practical combat technique can hold a candle to our Navy's Six Styles."

"And likewise, no practical combat technique can be more well-rounded than the Six Styles of the Navy."

"In the future, even if you master the other two kinds of Haki, once you are in battle, the Six Styles of the Navy will still be of no small help to you."

"The Six Styles, as the name implies, consist of six techniques."

"They are…"

"Close combat — Finger Pistol!"

"Ranged combat — Tempest Kick!"

"Defense — Iron Body!"

"Offense — Shave!"

"Aerial combat — Moon Step!"

"Evasion — Paper Art!"

"This is the complete set of the Six Styles."

Once you have mastered the Six Styles, it will mean that from now on, in every kind of battle, you will no longer have any weaknesses. Every flaw will be fully compensated for by the Six Styles…

After he finished speaking,

Captain Kapu walked to the railing of the warship's deck.

His footsteps came to an abrupt halt,

as he stood before a wooden plank thirty centimeters thick.

"Next,"

"this old man will let you see for yourself the real combat effect and destructive power of the Six Styles of the Navy."

"Watch closely!"

"This is the Six Styles' Finger Pistol!"

"Gather the power of your entire body into your index finger, and in the blink of an eye, unleash a strike with a hardened finger. The fingertip carries the penetrating power of a bullet, can easily pierce through a human body, fast as a bullet! Impossible to guard against!"

As the words fell,

Captain Kapu gathered his power into his index finger.

Then,

he lightly tapped the wooden plank thirty centimeters thick ahead of him with one finger.

In an instant,

Pfft!

a faint sound rang out.

And then, one could see,

that wooden plank, thirty centimeters thick, had already been pierced through with effortless ease by Captain Kapu's index finger — like a bullet, it violently punched through the entire plank, piercing it clean through.