Chapter 47: More of the same

According to Shanks...

The Six Styles, like the various moves performed after being entangled with Armament Haki, are six powerful martial arts based on the application of life return.

"In short,"

Shanks stretched out his hand towards the ceiling while lying on the bed, and said with a breath of alcohol, "'Life Return' is the complete control of the human body! And what about Haki, such as Armament Haki?"

His palm was quickly wrapped in a layer of black. "It is a use of the potential energy flowing in the human body..."

Lynch nodded silently.

Haki, at least it is the Haki of Armament, whether from the principle of the "Ryu Sakura" move, or from the problem of "Haki consumption" that Luffy often encounters in the comics...

All of this shows that domineering is undoubtedly an energy that does exist in the human body.

In the comics, when Rayleigh was teaching Luffy, he once said that Haki is actually something that everyone has in their body, but most people are not aware of this power and do not know how to use it.

Being able to sense this energy in the body, use it flexibly, and wrap it around various parts of the body is what is called Armament Haki.

"If you can control your own body and fully master it, you can unleash potential far beyond that of ordinary people. You can even harden your body and make it as indestructible as iron. You can also burst out with terrifying speed in an instant..."

Shanks was obviously referring to the moves that had been performed by the woman who had transformed into a human-shaped antelope on the deck of the flower ship.

Lin Qi also nodded in agreement, "Oh, that's why! No wonder the pirate's sword couldn't hurt that woman, and her speed was so fast that it was invisible... By the way, she seemed to be able to inflict fatal injuries on the pirates with her fingers in an instant. This is actually through the so-called "life return" technique, perfect control of the body, and flexible use of the "iron block" effect you mentioned, but it only hardened the finger part, and it was not used for defense, but as an attack skill..."

"Your thinking is very quick." Shanks put down his hand, smiled and nodded, "Yes, in fact, it is like this! The technique of hardening the body is called 'iron block', and the attack made with fingers is called 'finger gun'. There is really no difference in essence. They are all hardening different parts of the body after proficiently using the life return ability..."

"So, that incredible high-speed movement and the incredible ability to stay in the air are probably the same thing?"

"Haha, actually there are three moves. The high-speed movement is called 'Shave'. The ability to stay in the air that you mentioned is not just staying in the air, but can even be like walking in the air, that's called 'Moon Step'." Shanks smiled slightly, "And the last move used by the animal-type woman..."

Lin Qi said: "Use your hands and feet as swords and chop out 'wind blades'..."

"Yes, that's called 'Storm Kick'!" Shanks nodded.

"I see. 'Shave', 'Moon Step', and 'Storm Kick' look like three different martial arts," Lin Qi sat up, counting on his fingers, and suddenly realized, "But if you think about it carefully, you'll know that these three moves are almost all related to 'kick power'. It seems that they are all achieved by skillfully using Life Return and perfectly mastering the body, allowing the legs and feet to produce amazing explosive power in a short period of time, thereby moving at high speed, stepping on the air, tearing the air, and kicking out like a slash..."

Lin Qi paused, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, “No!”

"What's wrong?" Shanks was still lying there, reeking of alcohol.

"Iron Block, Finger Gun, Shaving, Moon Step, Storm Kick... these five moves are basically the same thing."

Lynch curled his lips, opened his palm, and slowly clenched his five fingers.

He smiled and said, "From the essence, they are all about mastering the return of life and perfectly controlling the body, and then autonomously allowing different parts of the body to stimulate amazing explosive power! However, the iron block and finger gun make this explosive power form the hardening of the body, while the last three, shaving, moon step, and storm kick, turn this explosive power into powerful athletic ability. But in fact, these five moves... are similar!"

Shanks sat up suddenly, looked at Lynch carefully, and said with a smile: "I was right, you do have some talent."

Just by listening to his description of the Six Styles and Life Return, one can see at a glance that these five of the Six Styles are essentially the same thing.

This kind of high-level vision is truly rare.

Lin Qi didn't care about it. He felt that what he was doing now was no different from spamming on the forum in his previous life.

"Isn't it six moves? What about the other one?" he asked casually.

"Another move is 'Paper Painting'." Shanks said, but then changed the subject, "You know, it is said that those who are most proficient in returning life can even control every part of their body at will, and even their hair can move like a living snake!"

"I understand!" Lynch lay back down. "When the woman dodged the bullets, her body looked like plasticine or paper? In short, her body shape changed very strangely... I guess that's 'paper painting', right?"

"Yes, that's 'Paper Drawing'." Shanks smiled, "Control every part of the body freely, making it bend and change as if it were a piece of paper... The most powerful move of Life Return is that it gives self-awareness to every part of the body. From this point of view, Iron Block, Finger Gun, Shaving, Moon Step, Storm Kick, none of them are closer to the original meaning of Life Return than Paper Drawing."

Lin Qi sighed: "Life returns! Life returns! The so-called perfect control of the body, from the literal meaning of life return, is probably the so-called control of vitality, or life energy?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He turned his head and looked at the black armor that had been standing quietly beside the bed - the Stand 'BIB'. There are many theories about the principle of the Stand, some say it is "ghost ripples", some say it is the embodiment of "spiritual energy"... but there is also another theory: "life energy".

Shanks smiled and said, "Do you know why I said you must have a talent in some area?"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, Shanks said come in, and soon, a waitress came in pushing a cart of delicious food.

The waitress placed plates filled with delicious food on the table. Although she was wondering why these two guests seemed to be using their flower boat as a hotel and a restaurant... she still smiled politely and gently, said "please have your meal", pushed the food cart out, and gently closed the door.

"According to what you said, the characteristics of your ghost make it equivalent to having two of you training. While you gain double the growth, you also have to endure double the fatigue.

"If an average person trained like you, without caring about their endurance, they would have broken down long ago."

Shanks carried Lynch off the bed and put him next to the dining table.

Lynch was indeed hungry, so he asked BIB to extract the fruit chip from his body and return it to his body. Lynch pumped his body twice skillfully, and then he immediately started to eat the food on the table like a hungry ghost.

Shanks pointed at him and smiled, "And by taking in a large amount of food in a short period of time, one can quickly make up for the body's deficit, and by taking a deep sleep, one can get rid of fatigue that is too heavy for ordinary people... These are actually the typical manifestations of people with the ability to restore life."

Lynch ate voraciously, his cheeks puffed up.

My talent for returning life is probably a bonus after my "life energy" awakened my stand...

(End of this chapter)