Practical Drills

"Ahem..." Zephyr softly coughed and said, "Rokushiki are physical techniques that are fully applied in actual combat. It is difficult for you to comprehend the details just by merely relying on description, so you three go with me to the field!"

Longinus was slightly stunned, and his heart grew abruptly excited. Is this to explain the pointers in battle with them?

Gion and Tokikake are also thrilled to be able to fight with the admiral. This kind of experience is too precious!

The three soon followed Zephyr to a vast square. It was also the same officer training ground that Commodore Morgan had mentioned before.

After all, in terms of Zephyr's strength, even if it is not at full power, the same can cause great damage. There is no such thing as a certain amount of force. Even observing a battle from the sidelines is a high-risk event.

"When the three of you are ready, strike at me with all your might. I will then let you experience the power of Rokushiki for yourselves. But 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?" Whether the previous images are too deep, in this kind of time, Gion asks Longinus naturally.

Tokikake also can't help but look over. After the last battle, for Longinus, he has gained a sense of genuine respect.

"The three of us have no experience in working with each other. If we join forces against our will, we will lose sight of each other. Instead, we should give up thinking about this and just pretend that we are alone and give it our best shot!" Longinus said in a calm and firm voice.

Gion nodded in thought, "I see, in the eyes of Zephyr-sensei, not enough tacit mutual cooperation in turn can easily become a problem."

"Then let's do it together!" Tokikake instantly changed into half-beast form. He was not trying to resist the power, but he knew that the nightmare would have a minimal effect for a highly capable admiral like Zephyr, so he would instead choose this more battle-ready stance.

Longinus plodded on the ground with these words and came out as fast as an arrow from the string.

At the same time, Gion's figures with swords also floated and seemed to jump and slash from mid-air. Tokikake tried to protect his head with both hands and went up like an assault from a wild boar.

Admiral Zephyr stood there without dodging and had a bright smile on his face, "Speeding up the blood flow, making the muscles move faster which gives the body a hardness like fine steel, this is Tekkai!"

Bang!

"So hard!" Longinus retracts his somewhat sore right fist. When he sees that Zephyr has not used his Busoshoku Haki at all and has blocked the full force of the three of them just by virtue of Tekkai, his mind is also surprised beyond words, "I wonder if Busoshoku Haki and Tekkai will produce an even stronger effect if they are combined."

When Longinus was shocked in his mind, the pupil of his eyes suddenly reflected the figure of Zephyr.

"In one instant continuous steps on the ground dozens of times, which produces an explosive reaction force to push the ultimate in speed you can achieve, namely Soru!"

"This speed... is too much faster than Soru I use. If I am step dozens of times in an instant, then he is going to be several hundred thousands of times!"

As the pupils of Longinus contracted sharply, Zephyr struck once more.

"Gather your whole body's power in your fingertips and strike in a flash of lightning combined with the use of Soru, which is even enough to pierce through steel, this is Shigan!"

The powerful soul allows Longinus to think of multiple ways to respond instantly, but the sluggish body is too late to react.

Boom!

Longinus' body was directly blown away hundreds of meters away. The stabbing pain engraved in his bones put him in a bit of a trance. How long had it been since he had been injured to this degree?

Even Longinus did not have time to react to the attack. Gion and Tokikake were even more wretched. It sent them flying hard without even knowing what had happened.

"Whew!" Longinus stepped out of the dust. Wiping away the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, he adjusted his breathing as best he could as the blood in his body began to heat up.

Zephyr was also a bit stunned. He didn't expect Longinus to give himself any rest time, "Is this treating every fight as a real battle? Good boy, he is tough enough for himself, but this is more than enough for fun!"

Longinus steps on the ground at great speed. The explosive force instantly pushes him forward and slams a fist in front of Zephyr.

"Remove the whole body strength, perceive the change of airflow caused by the opponent's movement and control the body as easily and freely as a paper figure. It is Kami-e!" Zephyr kept dodging. He dodged every attack of Longinus in just the right way.

"In a sense, Kami-e is a prototype for Seimei Kikan and Kenbunshoku Haki. This style should be easy for you to master."

"Is this what Zephyr-sensei is referring to it? Seimei Kikan: Kami-e Bushin! (Paper Drawing Martial Body)" Longinus poured his senses into his entire body and made his originally tall body extremely tight as if it had suddenly shrunk by a few sizes.

The smaller body has a faster speed than before. With the use of Soru, it is no longer inferior to Zephyr's previous outburst, and Longinus appears in front of Zephyr instantly.

"This is..." Zephyr's eyes widened and were slightly lost in thought and was blown away by Longinus, who seized the chance.

"Oh my god, is this a dream? Zephyr-sensei... was sent flying!" Gion, who had just barely recovered from the injury caused by Shigan, happened to see then a scene that made her not dare to believe.

"Longinus, he... so quickly control Rokushiki Kami-e and Soru?" Tokikake in the distance are also doubts about life. For the first time in his life, he doubts his intelligence.

"Hahahaha! Not only did you grasp it faster than I thought, you even derived a new move based on Kami-e. Not a bad thing to do. It looks like I'll have to get more serious about it too." Of course, Zephyr was not ashamed of being sent flying. He was only more pleased to see his student with such talent.

After seeing that Longinus had already surpassed them by too much, Gion and Tokikake naturally did not want to lag behind and rushed up.

Zephyr is not worried about being attacked by the three sides and walks up to the sky. That's right. It was a leisurely walk up to the sky to avoid the circle of three people.

"Geppo is an applied technique of Soru. It is just unlike Soru where you step on the ground, Geppo is more often a step on the air. To do this, the first thing you need to do is to sense the flow of air."

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

Longinus took a deep breath as his eyes gleamed and used his Kenbunshoku Haki to sense every spot in the air that Zephyr stepped on.

However, the difficulty of Geppo is clearly not similar to Kami-e. Even if he has done many simulations in the past two years, he could not be able to do it in one go. If not, Sanji would not have struggled in hell for two years to learn this style.

"Then it is Rankyaku that stretches and expands the leg muscles at high speed, which creates kinetic energy which rolls up the air and sends a chopping wave, watch out!"

Seeing Zephyr in mid-air has launched an attack, Longinus change his mind, and his body retreats instantly.

Like the one delivered by Swordsman, the chopping blow is outlined in the air and falls to the ground. The shocking impact erupts and blows all three of them away.