Chapter 52 Haki=Qigong?

Diweng Fist—if not for meeting this old man who claimed to have lived for more than two hundred years, Gnar would never have remembered it as a boxing technique from One Piece.

In the world of One Piece, although Devil Fruits and Haki dominate the pinnacle of power, some physical skills also play significant roles.

The most famous among them are, of course, the Marine Six Styles, then the karate and jujitsu of the Fishmen, and finally Sanji's Okama Kenpo and the revolutionary's Dragon Claw Fist.

In addition to these four kinds of physical skills, there are also lesser-known techniques in One Piece.

These include Zeff's kicking techniques, ramen boxing, Chinese medicine boxing, Bachong Fist, and the Diweng Fist possessed by the old man in front of Gnar.

Gnar was still impressed by this boxing technique.

Although he couldn't remember the details, he vaguely recalled it being a technique used by an old man in the Donquixote Pirates.

Initially, Gnar didn't care.

After all, in the world of One Piece, these so-called physical skills seemed very useless against the backdrop of Haki and Devil Fruits.

But recently, a new problem emerged that changed Gnar's mind.

That's when Gnar discovered that he still couldn't awaken Armament Haki and Observation Haki!

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. After all, Gnar had awakened Conqueror's Haki, and in the past few days, by sucking the blood of the prisoners held here and controlling them to teach him Haki, Gnar should have been able to figure out Armament Haki and Observation Haki.

But unfortunately, it was as if Gnar didn't possess this power at all—he still couldn't grasp it.

Suddenly, recalling the stories of Dorry and Brogy, Gnar thought of a possibility.

Could it be because his soul comes from another world and is not native to this one, preventing him from awakening Haki?

Although this doesn't explain why Gnar can awaken Conqueror's Haki, it's the only theory Gnar can think of to explain his situation.

However, if this guess is true, then he's in trouble!

Although mastering Conqueror's Haki can give him the power to reach the top of the world, Armament Haki and Observation Haki are also indispensable.

At this moment, the old man was sent in.

Just when Gnar was about to suck the old man's blood, the old man suddenly burst out with tyrannical power.

The feeling was just like when he saw Kame Sennin's clothes explode in Dragon Ball. The old man's muscles bulged, regaining his youth, and his strength became incredible.

However, no matter how strong the old man was, he was easily subdued by Gnar with shackles on his hands and feet.

Then, Gnar learned from the old man's mouth about the boxing technique he used: Diweng Fist.

To be honest, Gnar wasn't interested in the boxing technique itself, because it became more powerful with age. According to the old man, it was a technique that transformed pain into strength.

However, the ultimate secret technique of this boxing method—Fighting and Protecting Fists—caught Gnar's interest.

Simply put, it's a qigong technique that can store the body's energy gained through exercise in youth and release it when needed.

This gave Gnar some ideas.

Although he couldn't awaken Haki through normal means, what about another way?

Just like this Diweng Fist!

After all, Haki also has the word "qi" in it!

Maybe this qigong technique could help him awaken Armament Haki and Observation Haki!

The emergence of Diweng Fist also changed Gnar's impression of the prisoners in Impel Down LV6.

Perhaps in addition to the vitality in their blood and their Devil Fruit abilities, the prisoners here could bring him other surprises!

Therefore, Gnar used his abilities to have the Impel Down jailers under his control get a list of prisoners, stuff it into food, and send it over.

Just after Gnar briefly flipped through it, he saw some extremely surprising things.

In addition to future members of the Blackbeard Pirates and bosses from the movies, there are many hidden monsters here.

Among them, two particularly caught Gnar's attention:

A bounty of 1.78 billion Beli, nicknamed: Nirvana Pirate, a user of a Logia power...

A swordsman with a bounty of 1.54 billion Beli, nicknamed: Ghostly Askaran...

These two currently had the highest bounties in Impel Down, apart from those known to Gnar.

However, what interested Gnar more were the abilities of these two individuals.

One possessed a Logia Devil Fruit...

The other was a swordsman said to control ghost energy...

However, there was no rush. The most important thing now was to learn Diweng Fist...

A month passed slowly.

It seemed that separating San Juan Wolf from other prisoners had restored peace to LV6 Eternal Hell.

Until one day, in the huge cage, a figure like a black dot suddenly jumped out of the lips of the sleeping San Juan Wolf, who was snoring with his mouth open.

As the figure fell to the ground, a small blood-colored lizard emerged from it, blending with the surroundings and disappearing.

It wasn't until the sound of something falling to the ground that the prisoners, immersed in the silence of despair and death, noticed anything.

It was a phone bug that had fallen from its surveillance position on the roof.

Then, the figure in the cage turned into countless blood-colored bats and flew out.

The gap in the cage was huge.

Although it couldn't allow a person to escape, a palm-sized bat could easily get through.

All the prisoners in LV6 became excited when they saw this strange change and sensed the aura.

Unfortunately, the blood-colored bats ignored them and flew to the ceiling. Following the blind spots monitored by other phone bugs, they flew into the elevator leading to the upper floor and disappeared.

Now there was even more excitement in the cage.

"Hey, did I see that right..."

"Did someone escape?"

"Devil Fruit power?"

"It flew out of the Wolf's cell. Isn't there only the Wolf left?"

"Hey, was it that kid?"

"Ehehehe, I knew something was off about that kid..."

"Jiejie, Jiejie, I didn't expect that besides Shiki, another guy would escape from here..."

There was an instant commotion in LV6.

At this moment, the sound of the elevator descending was heard.

Several jailers nervously walked out of the elevator, holding guns and looking around until they saw the phone bug on the floor.

After confirming there was no danger, they reported to the top through the phone bug in hand.

"There is nothing unusual about LV6. There is no trace of a prisoner escaping. It's just that a phone bug is broken. We'll find someone to repair it..."

"I understand. Send someone down immediately. Where are you guys stationed..."

At this moment, Gnar, transformed into a blood-colored bat, had entered LV5: Frozen Hell of Impel Down.

He had two objectives here. One was to find World Destroyer Byrnndi Waldo, who was frozen here, and the other was to find LV5.5...

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