For Austin, failing in attempting the Navy Six Techniques was anticipated, and it didn't dampen his confidence. After all, the Navy Six Techniques are systematic combat body techniques from the One Piece World, likely developed by the World Government or the navy over a long period to surpass human limits. It's impossible for Austin to casually replicate them in the Otherworld in just a few days.
Moreover, during these three days of attempts, through continuous observation and experimentation, Austin discovered some clues. He's developed some ideas about it as well.
Based on memories from his previous life, Austin recalled the principles behind the Navy Six Techniques.
Shave is moving at high speed in an instant (0.36 seconds) by stomping the ground dozens of times to create explosive counter force, achieving the effect that makes one appear to vanish from a foe's eyes.
Iron Block involves channeling strength into well-trained body muscles, granting iron-like hardness capable of withstanding bullets and blades, though with the flaw of immobility during use. However, Austin remembers Gabura from CP9 could move while using Iron Block, achieved by accelerating blood flow to quicken muscle movement.
In the One Piece World, it seems accelerating blood flow can yield greater power, demonstrated by Luffy's Second Gear being based on this principle.
Austin isn't keen on verifying if accelerated blood flow can produce such power, but he has some ideas and directions on it. Yet, his priority remains reproducing a version of the Six Techniques first.
Paper Drawing, a defensive technique within the Navy Six Techniques, involves shedding all bodily strength and using airflow changes from an opponent's movements to control the body nimbly and avoid incoming attacks.
Within the One Piece power system, a similar power system to Paper Drawing is Observation Haki. Although Austin doesn't know Haki's principle, during Luffy's training with King of the Underworld Rayleigh after the Paramount War, the principle of stimulating Observation Haki seems akin to Paper Drawing, as Luffy, blindfolded, evaded Rayleigh's stick attacks by sensing airflow changes.
Moon Step is said to be an application technique similar to Shave, using rapid air kicks to generate strong counter force for hovering or flying in the air.
Gale Foot, by executing ultra-fast and powerful kicks, creates a vacuum to unleash slashing attacks on foes, easily slicing targets in half, and it's the only long-range attack technique of the Six Techniques.
Finger Gun is claimed to have the power of a gunshot, concentrating all bodily strength in the index finger to unleash a strike with bullet-like power, easily penetrating the human body.
Austin remembers the principles behind the Navy Six Techniques, but these are ultimately body techniques from a fantasy work. Whether they existed or not is one thing, and even if they did, given the foundational environmental differences between the two worlds, modifications are necessary.
"In the One Piece World, it's said that the Six Techniques require a certain physique strength to wield. Based on the naval principles, they are indeed beyond reach for warriors without extensive training and strong physical capabilities."
Austin knows that even CP9, touted as the strongest talents in eight hundred years, took years to fully master the Six Techniques, even with the World Government's comprehensive training system and Rob Lucci's exceptional talent.
To replicate the Navy Six Techniques unchanged in this world, knowing only the principles and lacking a complete training system, means Austin would have to explore step by step alone, a process taking at least ten years.
"However, compared to the One Piece World, this world possesses systematic extraordinary powers like Fighting Qi and Magic, and from these systems emanate combat techniques and spells. Perhaps drawing from the combat technique's approach of channeling internal Fighting Qi could rapidly reduce the time to form the Six Techniques."
Though lacking a systematic training method, Austin still has Fighting Qi as extraordinary energy in this world, making techniques inspired by it likely easier to wield than purely relying on body techniques like the Six Techniques.
"Yet, even if Fighting Qi can lower the requirements for using the Six Techniques, physical fitness remains the foundation. Hmm, we've hunted numerous giant beasts recently, so let's first intensify the training for the Dragon Vein Attendant and Dark Dragon Guard to strengthen their bodies!"
Even with Fighting Qi's aid lowering the minimum usage threshold for the Navy Six Techniques, a certain level of physical fitness is still necessary, so Austin increased the training regimen of these extraordinary Beastman legions.
This training session isn't a simple lineup exercise anymore but genuine physical training.
Since replicating the Navy Six Techniques from One Piece World is the goal, Austin doesn't mind also replicating the training methods from there. After all, the Dragon Nest Tribe has hunted enough giant beasts to sustain the extraordinary Beastmen for intense training.
Thus, during the subsequent period, both the Dragon Vein Attendant and Dark Dragon Guard met with quite the misery.
Over three thousand push-ups, sit-ups, heart-pumping pounds ups, weighted running... Each modern training method was pulled out by Austin, and the training volume was at least ten times that of a regular athlete from Austin's previous life.
Under such rigorous training, all ordinary Dragon Nest Beastmen were utterly shocked, with their first act every morning being to watch the extraordinary Beastmen undergo their arduous training.
Before determining the training volume, Austin naturally conducted investigations, making the training intensity for these extraordinary Beastmen close to their limits, leaving them exhausted by the end of the first day, collapsing into sleep.
But it doesn't stop there, as the second day's training surpasses the first day's volume, with each day surpassing the previous day's limits, constantly increasing the Beastmen's training volume.
In Austin's previous world, this approach wouldn't work, but here, in the Otherworld where extraordinary abilities manifest, with scientific training plus enhancements from the flesh of ferocious beasts, the physical capabilities of extraordinary Beastmen improved continuously. Combined with the Dragon Nest Beastmen's fervent worship of Austin, under unwavering belief, they keep breaking through, even surpassing Austin's expectations in training effectiveness.
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