#119 - Chapter 119: Entanglement and hardening, not difficult! Flowing and releasing, not difficult

“Coating.”

Hyuga Tenhao raised his palm, his Byakugan peering into his own body.

He could see clearly the Armament Haki coiled within him, flowing like a gentle stream.

Unlike chakra, which must flow through the meridians, Haki, as a product of willpower, doesn't rely on meridians to flow.

Just like now.

With a thought, Armament Haki slowly surged towards his palm, enveloping it like an invisible stream.

“Hardening.”

Hyuga Tenhao clenched his fist, without using any taijutsu or chakra. He simply relied on the Armament Haki coating his palm to punch the wooden stake in front of him.

Bang!

The wooden stake, as tough as iron and used for practicing kunai and shuriken throwing techniques, exploded with a thunderous sound when struck by his fist. The stake caved inward, forming a fist-sized crater covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

“I can see the existence of Haki, I can see the flow of Haki.”

“As expected.”

“Compared to the strong individuals in the world of pirates, with my Byakugan, I am practically divinely blessed when it comes to controlling Haki.”

Hyuga Tenhao retracted his fist, glancing at the dented and cracked wooden stake. His expression was filled with satisfaction and, even more so, joy.

In the world of pirates, whether it's the Four Emperors or the Admirals, they can't see the human organs or the flow of Haki. To use Haki as easily as an extension of their own limbs requires daily practice and years of combat.

After only a few practice sessions, he could control the coating and hardening of Armament Haki as easily as an extension of his own limbs.

“Let's try flowing emission.”

Hyuga Tenhao "internally viewed" his Armament Haki, using his will to drive it, guiding the Haki scattered throughout his body towards his right hand.

If Haki is likened to a car, and the human body is likened to a network of roads, then his will is the driver, and his Byakugan is the driver's eyes.

Then, he opened his eyes and drove, transporting all the Armament Haki from all parts of his body to the final destination: his right hand.

The first step of flowing emission.

Not difficult.

But for those strong individuals in the world of pirates who don't have the Byakugan, can't see through, and can't see the Haki in their bodies, it's very difficult.

After all, Hyuga Tenhao is driving with his eyes open, while the other Haki users are all driving with their eyes closed.

Moreover, because of his training in chakra and his unusually strong spiritual energy, he was even more adept at controlling Haki.

After directing all the scattered Haki to his right hand and coating his palm, Hyuga Tenhao extended his palm towards the wooden stake, but didn't touch it directly, stopping about 3 centimeters away from the stake.

The next second.

His mind raced as he released all the Armament Haki coating his palm in one breath.

Bang!

Although his palm didn't make any physical contact with the wooden stake, the Armament Haki coating his palm gushed out like a great river, transforming into a substantial attack, hitting the wooden stake from a distance of three centimeters like an invisible impact.

Crack!

Previously, the wooden stake had already been dented and cracked by Hyuga Tenhao's iron fist coated with Haki. Now, being impacted from a distance by the flowing emission of Armament Haki, it was as if it had been crushed by a Rasengan, instantly blasting a fist-sized hole in it.

“Flowing emission isn't difficult either.”

“Compared to chakra, the techniques for using Haki are simply too easy.”

A hint of joy flashed in Hyuga Tenhao's eyes, but he quickly restrained it.

Because he could see clearly with his Byakugan.

A portion of the Haki strayed when the Armament Haki coating his palm was released.

It was like a stream of cars under a green light. All the cars should have been driving straight ahead according to the green light's guidance, but in the middle, there were a few cars that didn't listen, some turning right and some turning left.

Obviously.

Haki emission requires even greater Haki control than coating and hardening.

“Even with the Byakugan's vision, my control is still not enough.”

Hyuga Tenhao pondered for a moment and understood what was happening.

Just as using chakra to climb trees and walk on water requires strong chakra control, using Haki also requires it.

The existence of the Byakugan only reduces the difficulty of controlling Haki, giving him wings when controlling Haki.

Entry-level techniques like coating and hardening are quick to learn, and can be used freely with a little practice.

But when it comes to advanced techniques like flowing emission, it requires sufficient Haki control.

If coating and hardening is likened to climbing trees and walking on water, then flowing emission is equivalent to the Rasengan, and internal destruction is equivalent to the Rasenshuriken.

To precisely control every bit of Haki when using flowing emission, even with the Byakugan's vision, it would take two or three days of practice.

In the end, Hyuga Tenhao has only just awakened Haki.

Moreover, he hasn't forgotten about using Haki to offset the side effects of the Eight Gates.

To achieve this, he not only needs to use Armament Haki to coat and harden the muscles, skin, and bones of his body.

He needs to use Armament Haki to coat and harden everything from his internal organs to the meridians and acupoints.

Only in this way can he completely avoid the damage to his body caused by opening the Eight Gates.

“One shadow clone will train Armament Haki.”

“One shadow clone will train Observation Haki.”

“One shadow clone will train the Six Styles.”

“One shadow clone will train White Fang Sword Technique.”

“One shadow clone will refine chakra.”

“And myself, I will develop the Ope Ope no Mi.”

After finalizing his afternoon training schedule, Hyuga Tenhao turned to leave.

The fatigue of training Haki with the main body plus five shadow clones is no joke.

For him now, the best way to recover is to eat Sea King meat and then sleep.

“Wait.”

“The Ope Ope no Mi can sense and freely cut, assemble, exchange, manipulate, or combine any object within the ROOM.”

“Even someone like Donquixote Doflamingo, a Warlord of the Sea who can use all three types of Haki, can have his position freely exchanged.”

“Then what about Haki? Can I use the Ope Ope no Mi's power to freely manipulate Haki?”

Hyuga Tenhao stopped after only a few steps.

He remembered that he had previously used ROOM to manipulate the chakra in his meridians.

With ROOM's fine-grained control over chakra, he could use it to break genjutsu or replace hand seals, like Hashirama Senju, clapping his hands together and performing ninjutsu.

When his strength improves further, he can even instantly cast ninjutsu like the Otsutsuki clan.

And after the training just now, Hyuga Tenhao already understood.

Controlling Armament Haki, like controlling chakra, relies on willpower.

Then what if he changes it up?

Use the Ope Ope no Mi's ROOM to control Armament Haki.

Compared to willpower, ROOM's manipulation of all things is undoubtedly much more refined.

For example, spatial displacement.

Use the Byakugan to see through Haki, use ROOM to sense Haki, and then instantly transfer the Armament Haki scattered throughout the human body to the destination.

Just as chakra flows through the meridian system, which takes time, the flow of Haki in the body also takes time.

But with ROOM's spatial transfer, it not only eliminates the time it takes for Haki to flow, but also prevents the possibility of Haki straying during the flow.

“Try it?”

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