One Piece : From Slave to Fleet Admiral

Before Kizaru said those words, Jake had actually considered whether he could gather the Holy Light power within his body.

But due to the special nature of light elements, Jake found it very difficult to shape them like a solid matter.

Even if he fused all the Holy Light power together, it only made a light tube brighter, falling far short of the effect of Kizaru's Ama no Murakumo sword.

Hearing Jake's confusion, Kizaru just smiled and replied.

"Don't rush it~ Jake-boy~ Your approach is correct. Compressing massive amounts of light elements into a solid matter is how Ama no Murakumo works. But your current result—just a brighter light tube—stems from two reasons."

At this point, Kizaru held up two fingers.

He stroked his stubbly chin, observing the light in Jake's hand, then explained.

"First: The light elements are too scarce. Even though I know this is all the Light power in your body right now, it's still far too thin to possibly solidify into a physical form.

Light elements are different from fruits like the Ice-Ice Fruit or Snow-Snow Fruit that naturally come with a physical form. If you want to gather it into a solid matter, the total amount of elements needed far exceeds your imagination."

"Based on your current Power Level, you probably won't be able to briefly form a light sword until you reach 1000 Power (Doriki). But the stamina and mental energy consumed would far outweigh the benefits of the light sword."

"So this brings us to the second point - the relative constraint of Armament Haki on Devil Fruit abilities."

Hearing Kizaru's words, Jake was slightly dazed.

He looked at Kizaru, his eyes revealing some confusion.

Kizaru just smiled, then covered his arm with a layer of black energy like steel.

"Haki may be unfamiliar to you, but almost every strong person in the Grand Line knows how to use this ability. Unlike Devil Fruit powers that rely on chance to obtain, Haki is a force hidden within the human body that can be developed and guided through training."

"Haki can be roughly divided into three types: Armament Haki, which can harden one's defenses and increase attack power;

Observation Haki, which can sense the enemy's aura and movements; and Conqueror's Haki, which belongs only to certain chosen individuals from birth.

The first two types of Haki can be used by anyone, but Conqueror's Haki is so rare that you might not find one person in a million who has it - it's even rarer than Devil Fruits."

At this point, Kizaru glanced at Jake, who seemed to be spacing out, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Seeing that Kizaru had stopped lecturing, Monet followed his gaze and looked over.

Upon discovering Jake zoning out again, Monet anxiously pinched Jake's arm and said.

"Jake! How can you space out at a time like this!"

However, at this moment Jake was listening to the information transmitted by the system in his mind and an uncontrollable look of joy appeared on his face.

"Congratulations to the host for observing Borsalino's Armament Haki and mastering the new skill - Armament Haki!"

"Current proficiency 1/100. When it reaches 100 points, large-scale Armament Haki coating will be unlocked."

When he felt the familiar pain in his waist, Jake's spirit was instantly pulled back to reality.

What greeted his eyes was Monet's somewhat reproachful and angry expression, as well as Kizaru still lecherous smiling face.

"Oh my~ Is Jake finding what I'm teaching too boring? You actually spaced out while listening to me, how mean~"

Hearing Kizaru words, Jake immediately explained.

"No! It's not what you think. I spaced out just now because I seem to have unconsciously mastered that same Armament Haki as you, so I was a bit dazed. I'm very sorry!"

Upon hearing this, the lecherous expression on Kizaru's face dissipated slightly.

He looked at Jake, his voice somewhat serious, unlike his usual playful tone.

"Jake, if you space out, I wouldn't blame you too much. But if you're using this kind of lie to deceive me, I would..."

However, before Kizaru could finish speaking, Jake preemptively cut him off.

In Monet and Kizaru shocked expressions that looked like their eyeballs were about to pop out, Jake's arm was now covered in the same black color as what was on Kizaru hand earlier.

Seeing Kizaru somewhat dazed, Jake extended his arm towards Kizaru and said.

"But this is all I can do for now. Can this be considered Armament Haki?"

The reason Jake didn't hide anything in front of Kizaru was because he couldn't afford to hide anything right now.

People's combat power changes very quickly in the One Piece world, and the situation in these two years is very unstable.

He must demonstrate enough value and power in the eyes of these high-level figures to be taken seriously by them.

Jake hopes to become an indispensable member of the younger generation in their eyes, rather than being used as an ordinary political pawn to be sent to die.

And here, there is only one way to quickly gain the favor of these high-level figures in a short time, which is to let them see your talent and ability, to make them reach a point where they absolutely cannot give up on your talents and abilities.

Obviously, this time Jake directly grasped the Armament Haki that took Kizaru a month to manifest in less than a second and was also able to perform an extremely small degree of "coating" on his own arm!

It should be noted that just being able to manifest Armament Haki out from inside the body was already somewhat unbelievable to Kizaru, because he wasn't teaching Jake how to learn Armament Haki just now.

He didn't even tell Jake how to manifest Armament Haki, he just wanted to let Jake see what Armament Haki was.

But looking at the smiling youth in front of him, after a brief moment of shock, Kizaru shook his head with an indescribable smile and said.

"Jake, your learning talent is truly astounding, even to me. No, forget about me, I'm afraid even the current Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Master Zephyr would have the same evaluation if they saw this."