One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 164

Chapter 164: [164] : [BONUS] - Luffy’s Haōshoku Coating Training! Brook! Loading the Revive-Revive Fruit!

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After setting sail, under Nami’s command, the Going Merry headed towards its next destination: the Florian Triangle.

During the voyage, Rowen began preparations for the impending Summit War—by putting his three main combatants—Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji—to demonic training!

Using his Haōshoku Coating, he frequently beat all three of them into unconsciousness.

Sanji, having awakened his Modified Exoskeleton and fully gained its regenerative abilities, could now endure this brutal training regimen.

This training method left even Franky, who prided himself on being a ’pervert’, completely dumbfounded.

IT WAS TOO SAVAGE!

But after repeatedly being knocked out and waking up, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, empowered by their own Traits, grew stronger at a rapid pace.

Luffy, especially, by digesting the ’Desire for Liberation’ and the spiritual power directly infused by Rowen, was improving incredibly quickly—

In his Gear Fourth, he had even developed a new form beyond the initial Boundman—Snake Man!

Boundman form showcased the raw power of his rubber body, while Snake Man showcased its speed.

Against different opponents, Luffy could now switch forms accordingly.

Against power-type enemies, use Boundman. Against speed-type enemies, use Snake Man.

However, Rowen’s main focus wasn’t on Luffy’s Devil Fruit progress.

The Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika, though hailed as the Strongest Devil Fruit, even with Rowen directly infusing ’Desire for Liberation’, Awakening it in a short time was still nearly impossible.

The ’Desire for Liberation’ accumulated from the first half of the Grand Line was insufficient for a full Awakening.

The desire infused into Luffy on Skypiea was almost completely digested; it was enough to bring Luffy’s Devil Fruit abilities to the level he possessed when he first clashed with Kaido in Wano, but that was the limit for now.

To achieve Awakening, far more ’Desire for Liberation’ was needed.

But even with just the digested desire, Luffy reaching the level of a top-tier Yonko Commander was no problem.

And to ascend to the Admiral-level—since his Devil Fruit couldn’t get him there yet—HE HAD TO RELY ON HAKI!

Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki was already very close to the Deep Gold tier. He just needed one final push to begin grasping Haōshoku Coating and using it for preliminary attacks.

Rowen even directly demonstrated how to use Armament Haki - Ryūō.

Surprisingly, Luffy mastered it incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, he understood how to use Ryūō.

This made Rowen laugh. ’I really am the Strongest Mentor!’

But then Rowen noticed something was amiss—Zoro and Sanji also mastered Ryūō’s usage very quickly.

Only then did Rowen realize...

Ryūō was essentially the flow of Armament Haki, allowing direct internal attacks.

Making Haki flow was the key to mastering this power.

But Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji had already experienced this Haki flow countless times during their ’Demonic training’.

Rowen’s Haōshoku Coating had directly infused spiritual power into their bodies; they had experienced the ’FLOW’ of Haki with their entire beings!

Combined with the fact that their Haki strength was now sufficient, mastering Ryūō quickly was natural—

—Rowen, far from feeling this was wrong, felt even more confirmed in his ’Strongest Mentor’ status.

This training method—no one else could replicate it.

It required the spiritual channel established between comrades for him to perfectly infuse spiritual power into their bodies for them to digest.

This was a training method unique to Rowen on these seas.

Calling himself the ’Strongest Mentor’ was well-deserved.

And since Luffy had been repeatedly struck by his Haōshoku Coating, experiencing the flow of Conqueror’s Haki with his entire being—the intelligence enhancement from Rowen’s Human-Human Fruit led him to a conclusion:

The moment Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki reached Deep Gold tier, he would instantly grasp how to use Haōshoku Coating!

With this realization, Rowen began even more frenziedly infusing spiritual power into Luffy. ’At the Summit War, even if Luffy can’t pull out Gear Fifth, he better at least show off some Haōshoku Coating to make me look good!’

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Luffy, hearing he could soon master Haōshoku Coating, was also incredibly excited. He had seen its terrifying power firsthand from Rowen.

This was a fearsome power only a handful of people on the seas could master!

Mastering this power would qualify him to challenge the Four Emperors.

Rowen had said it!

The Four Emperor positions—they would take two, one for each of them!

Become the only Dual-Emperor crew on the seas!

For that, he couldn’t fall behind. He had to get stronger with all his might!

Now, on the verge of mastering Haōshoku Coating, Luffy trained with insane dedication.

Zoro was also pushing himself even harder; though his Haki lagged behind Luffy’s, he wasn’t far from preliminarily grasping Haōshoku Coating either.

Once he did, he too would join the ranks of the truly strong on the seas, one step closer to becoming the World’s Greatest Swordsman!

Sanji, however, looked like he’d just sucked on a lemon, utterly sour.

He... didn’t have Conqueror’s Haki...

Watching that moss-head madly dashing towards mastering Haōshoku Coating, Sanji also felt a sense of urgency—

Fortunately, Rowen had already told him he’d get him Conqueror’s Haki soon enough.

This motivated Sanji to train diligently while also constantly preparing more delicious meals tailored to Rowen’s tastes. ’Is this flattery? NO! THIS IS SOCIAL GRACE!!’

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While helping the main three combatants grow, Rowen hadn’t neglected the others. He continued infusing spiritual power, helping them grow stronger.

As for Franky, Rowen didn’t need any of his Traits. And because Franky was a cyborg, his body modified into an inhuman structure, mastering Armament Haki—the fusion of spiritual power and physical energy—was nearly impossible for him.

Franky could only get stronger by further modifying himself. And with Rowen’s Munch-Munch Fruit, he was Franky’s best assistant.

As for constructing the Giant robot, General Franky—Rowen wasn’t worried. Though he had taken the Munch-Munch Fruit, preventing the original Wapometal from being created... Rowen, with his Human-Human Fruit enhanced intellect, could easily deduce the synthesis method for such a metal, given the existing information.

Soon, Wapometal—or rather, ’Sky Sovereign Alloy’ as Rowen now called it—was created using the Munch-Munch Fruit. With this new alloy, Franky also began contemplating how to get stronger—

—The atmosphere of constant improvement on the Merry was infectious. Having become a comrade of this crew, Franky truly saw them as his own family. Getting stronger for his family—was a pervert’s romance!

Vivi was constantly training her Haki and Sand-Sand Fruit abilities.

Robin was doing the same, training her Flower-Flower Fruit and Haki. Robin now had a new dream: To contribute more to Rowen’s cause.

For that, Robin also needed greater strength.

As for Chopper, Usopp, and Nami—due to their innate timidity, awakening Haki was a distant prospect.

But Chopper’s Human-Human Fruit—thanks to Rowen directly infusing the ’Desire for Awakening’ into him, only needed to be fully assimilated to Awaken. Now, Chopper could use his Giant Point without losing consciousness, significantly boosting his combat power.

Usopp was constantly honing his sniping skills and discussing new, powerful weapon designs with Franky.

Nami continued studying meteorology; with her Climate Sense and climate weapon, the deeper her knowledge, the stronger she became.

Amidst this diligent training, the Going Merry sailed into a mysterious sea area...

The Florian Triangle.

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"Yohohoho~ Yohohoho~"

"Deliver Binks’s Brew~ To your side we sail~"

"Like the sea breeze, free as can be~ Riding the waves, wild and free~"

BOOM!

WHOOSH!

CRACK! THUD!

The combined power of the Door-Door and Munch-Munch Fruits—Kamui!