Chapter 138 138: Armament Haki Coating and Hardening
After being forced back, Reacher straightened his body.
Although he had expected it, when he truly felt the dull ache in his right hand and the terrifying impact from that instant, he still could not help being surprised.
"Is that Armament Haki?"
Reacher's gaze immediately locked onto Natasha's right hand, which had been dyed pitch black.
It formed a stark contrast with the pale skin of her exposed forearm.
It was not ugly. On the contrary, it carried a very unique beauty of power.
At Reacher's level of life, especially with day-and-night meditation having increased his spiritual power, combined with personally experiencing the impact of Armament Haki, he quickly obtained a great deal of information.
"The combination of will and life force, operating through a complex logic, forms materialized energy. Then that energy is mobilized and turned into armor or a weapon. So that's what it means."
A smile appeared on Reacher's usually unsmiling face.
Simply hearing about it only allowed him to understand it through description.
That was far inferior to experiencing and feeling it himself.
No wonder BOSS had used this method to temper Natasha. He had been using this power to strike her body, making her body remember it, then dissect it?
Especially the amplification effect.
It was absurdly powerful.
Natasha's physical strength had originally been around seventy-five tons. During this period, as she constantly sparred with Matthew, what she gained was not only the awakening of two types of Haki.
Her physical strength had also been rising rapidly, and it might have already reached around ninety tons.
Combined with Armament Haki, she could send him flying with one punch.
This amplification effect during an instant burst of power was astonishing.
No wonder BOSS wanted all of them to awaken Haki.
"Done thinking?"
On the other side, Natasha saw that Reacher was thinking, but she was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, she slowly walked toward him as if strolling through a courtyard.
Her steps were extremely elegant and light, yet the pressure she gave off was powerful.
"Yeah. I think I'm done. Continue."
Naturally, Reacher could not possibly be intimidated by Natasha. The desire for battle in his eyes instantly ignited and surged. Without hesitation, he charged forward again, then raised his thick leg.
Like a solid steel bar, it smashed down toward Natasha's head from above.
The momentum was exceptionally fierce.
Natasha still did not dodge. Since Reacher chose to use his leg, she did the same.
She raised her long leg as well, and her entire lower leg was instantly covered in Armament Haki before colliding once more with Reacher's leg.
Boom!!
Another violent tremor and blast of air erupted in an instant. Reacher's bear-like body was actually kicked backward into a flip, completely unable to control himself.
Natasha stood in place without moving at all. Seeing the opening Reacher exposed, she naturally did not give him another chance.
The right leg she had just kicked with landed on the ground and became her supporting leg. She turned with the motion and followed up with a side kick. This kick was also wrapped in Armament Haki.
Bang!
Reacher's entire body instantly flew backward like a cannonball, crossing several hundred meters before smashing into the thick protective wall, blasting up dust and broken stone.
His whole body was actually embedded in it, and the reinforced concrete wall had been smashed into a huge pit.
Natasha lowered her leg gracefully and looked in Reacher's direction, her fine brows rising.
"You clearly could have dodged, or even blocked, yet you still chose to take that kick head-on."
"Are you that impatient, Reacher?"
In just two brief exchanges, both collisions had ended with Reacher being crushed.
Everyone watching could not help widening their eyes at the scene.
"Wow. Now this is rare."
"The Warband Commander actually got kicked flying. Ha, so this is the power of Haki?"
"No, that kick just now was something the Warband Commander took on purpose."
"Mm. That opening was a little large, but it wasn't impossible to fix. I think it could even have become a trap for a counterattack."
The Astartes discussed it among themselves. They did not feel ashamed or embarrassed that their own Warband Commander had been crushed by Natasha, the Warband Commander of Raven.
Everyone knew that the purpose of this fight was not sparring at all.
If this were a real battle, how could he possibly have taken the attack so cleanly and directly?
"I think I caught the moment when the Warband Commander mobilized some kind of energy, but I don't really understand it."
"Right. That should be the Armament coating BOSS mentioned."
"It's a very strange power. Using that power doesn't just erase the gap in strength. It can even send Warband Commander Reacher flying. Incredible."
"Using willpower sounds simple, but I tried and couldn't find the slightest clue."
"Mm-hm. I think that's exactly why Warband Commander Reacher took that kick."
The female soldiers of the Raven warband were also discussing and exchanging thoughts.
Everyone from the two warbands could see something just by watching, including Melina.
As for Skye and Jessica, they were still sitting there with confused faces.
"What happened? How did Warband Commander Reacher suddenly get sent flying?"
Skye was completely lost.
From her perspective, everything had happened in a flash. She had not seen what happened at all before Reacher went flying.
Jessica was slightly better, but she had not seen much clearly either.
So the two girls looked to Melina for help.
"They aren't fighting. Reacher is trying to use his body to experience the Haki power Natasha awakened." Melina explained with a smile.
"Haki?"
Skye and Jessica looked at each other. They had heard of it. After all, whether during meals yesterday or on the way back, they had heard many people discussing it.
They just did not know what Haki actually was.
Seeing this, Melina patiently continued explaining what Haki was.
After listening, the two girls grew extremely excited.
Such an amazing ability.
It would be great if they could learn it too.
"It's still too early for you. If you want to learn and awaken Haki, aside from meeting the physical strength requirement, you also have to learn the Six Powers."
Melina poured a bucket of cold water over the two girls.
Only then did the two girls calm down a little.
...
Meanwhile, down below, Reacher, who had been sent flying into the protective wall, had already climbed out. The dust slowly cleared.
A pit, or rather a gap, had appeared in the protective wall.
Beneath his feet were dense pieces of shattered stone, and the broken, twisted steel bars inside could even be seen.
"Not bad." Reacher raised a hand and brushed the footprint off the training tank top on his chest.
He looked toward Natasha.
That kick had given him an even clearer understanding of Armament Haki.
Then next was Observation Haki.
Although Reacher did not speak, Natasha understood the meaning in his eyes.
"Come." Natasha's pink lips parted slightly, silently inviting him to battle.
Reacher grinned, the heat in his eyes growing even stronger.
The real fight was only beginning now.
"They're getting serious." Melina said this solemnly, speaking for Skye and Jessica to hear.
The other soldiers could also sense the fighting spirit igniting from the two Warband Commanders.
One by one, they stopped talking and focused their gazes on the two.
Boom!!
An explosive wave of air burst open. Reacher tore through the air, howling as he charged toward Natasha.
Not to be outdone, Natasha rushed toward him as well.
In the blink of an eye, the two figures collided.
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