Chapitre 73: Chapter 73: Testing Haki Against the Ghost Fruit
What is this?
Adrian frowned as he swiftly shifted into his ghost form, evading the ten razor-sharp threads with his ability to become intangible and fly.
The threads, infused with dark Armament Haki, drilled into the earth, leaving behind bottomless voids, showcasing their formidable strength.
Hovering in the air, Adrian mulled over his knowledge of Armament Haki.
Armament Haki greatly bolsters both offense and defense, enabling contact with the corporeal forms of Logia Devil Fruit users. However, unlike "Seastone," it doesn't nullify their abilities.
To a certain extent, Armament Haki can offer some defense against certain fruit abilities, provided the Haki strength surpasses that of the opponent.
A prime example is Trafalgar Law, known as the 'Surgeon of Death,' future supernova and one of the new Seven Warlords.
Using the Ope-Ope no Mi, Law can establish a "surgical space" known as the ROOM, granting him total control within its confines.
Within this domain, Law reigns supreme.
While Law can effortlessly dispatch weaker foes, even manipulating their souls, against adversaries with formidable Haki, his "scalpel" cannot even cut through their skin!
In the future "Dressrosa War", Law fought against Doflamingo and failed to cut open Doflamingo's body with his "scalpel", yet managing to swap positions within the ROOM!
Not due to lack of intent, but because Law's Armament Haki paled in comparison to Doflamingo's, rendering his efforts futile!
Doflamingo, his hand curled like a claw, maintained his offensive stance while quizzically probing, "Flying? What kind of ability was that? Paramecia or Logia?"
Adrian didn't want to bother with him, and continued to release the mini ghost to test the power of Armament Haki.
"Five-Color Thread!"
The mini ghost bomb collided once more with the Armament Haki-infused silk thread.
This time, Adrian discerned the situation clearly, finally grasping the essence of what was transpiring.
The 'will' that was used to control the movement of the mini ghost was 'cancelled out' by the Armament Haki that also contained extremely strong will!
This is the real reason why Mini Ghost was detonated ahead of time!
If the Armament Haki suppressed the Ghost Fruit's ability, the Mini Ghost should have just popped like a balloon, without any explosion. But it keeps exploding!
In other words, it's not suppression. And even if it is, it's not as obvious as expected!
As Adrian relaxed a bit, his mind raced.
These Mini Ghosts capable of directly launching a 'physical attack', being detonated prematurely by Armament Haki gave some ideas about Haki against the ghost ability. But what effect the Emotion Ghost series, which reaches deep into the soul, would have. Would it be affected by Conqueror's Haki, representing spiritual power?
Considering the drawbacks of the negative ghost "low damage, strong insult," Adrian decided to switch to another emotion ghost with a weaker appearance but the same effect.
Melancholy Ghost: Sage Moment.
The "Sage Moment" is a series of emotion ghosts for men, known to many. When enemies are hit by this ghost, they enter a state of relaxed thinking and desirelessness, called the "egoless realm." They also subconsciously avoid bad things and might even contemplate the meaning of life in serious cases.
The melancholy ghost, emitting a faint blue glow, zoomed towards Doflamingo at high speed.
"Did you change your technique?" Doflamingo's eyes shifted, and he swiftly raised his palm into a defensive posture. "Thread shield!"
Despite Doflamingo's actions, emotional ghosts aren't physical like mini ghosts. In no time, the melancholy ghost pierced through the thread shield, catching Doflamingo off guard and piercing through his body.
At such a close range, and with the melancholic ghost's swift speed, Doflamingo couldn't react in time and was pierced through by the ghost.
"What—"
Doflamingo was instantly shocked, but to his surprise, the blue ghost hadn't caused any real harm. He was ready to mock and ridicule Adrian.
With a slight tremor in his body, he suddenly felt bored.
What enemies, what battles, what Celestial Dragons—everything, Doflamingo tossed it all aside. At this moment, the only thought in his mind was to smoke a cigarette.
After a few moments,
"What the hell is this!!!??"
Veins popped on Doflamingo's forehead, his eyes narrowed, and a fierce aura enveloped him, sending shivers through the onlookers.
"Doflamingo... he's never shown such a terrifying aura..." Trebol was shocked, then gleefully added, "Under this intimidating Conqueror's Haki, the guy on the other side doesn't stand a chance!"
"Doflamingo... he's the chosen one! Our King!" Diamante, now free from negative influence, looked at Doflamingo with fervor.
The remaining conscious members of the Don Quixote family were filled with confidence in their young master at this moment.
Among the spectators, only Tommy, who had hidden himself earlier, watched the battle with a heavy heart.
Meanwhile, Adrian learned about the effects of "Conqueror's Haki" on emotional ghosts.
It wasn't much different from what he expected.
As an innate talent of the soul, Conqueror's Haki could indeed resist the influence of Emotion Ghosts.
Even if accidentally struck by emotional ghosts in advance, it was inevitable to be affected negatively, but by unleashing Conqueror's Haki, the time of influence could be greatly minimized.
Against foes using Conqueror's Haki, the ghosts seemed to have little effect, given their concentrated spirit, energy, and focus.
"So, the only thing left is to test Haki's restraint against the Ghost Body!" Adrian sighed.
"Mini Ghost: Star Fire!"
He unleashed a swarm of mini ghosts, sending them charging towards Doflamingo, whose imposing presence filled the air.
At this time, Doflamingo, who did not dare to be careless anymore, also responded with a dense barrage of threads. The fine threads made from his fingertips curled up into a ball and shot out at high speed like bullets from a gun, knocking down a large number of mini ghosts in advance.
A few scattered mini ghosts passed through the blockade of the thread and came to Doflamingo's side.
He quickly covered his feet with a layer of Armament Haki, preparing to knock down this group of troublesome ghost bombs.
But just as he prepared to strike, Adrian intervened.
"Ghost Warrior!"
With a swift movement, Adrian swapped places with one of the Mini Ghost, executing two more abilities simultaneously.
'Six Styles - Life Return - Iron Block - Iron Fist'
The clash between Doflamingo's Haki-covered leg and Adrian's steel-like fist echoed like a cannon blast, creating a powerful shockwave.
Adrian burst into laughter, a flush of excitement coloring his face. "Hahaha! So that's the trick! Armament Haki is merely a medium!"
He did not lose in this contest of strength, on the contrary, his fist continued to clash against Doflamingo's right leg!
In the face of Adrian's Ghost Body, which had been upgraded to the maximum level, Armament Haki did not exhibit its intended 'countering effect', but was instead consumed directly, like a medium.
Yes!
Doflamingo is using Armament Haki as a consumption medium. This allows him to touch the real body underneath the [Ghost Body]. That is the true situation of the battle at this moment!
In other words, Armament Haki cannot cause any additional damage to the Ghost Body.
The real damage comes from the energy released by enemy's real body's .
For example,
Suppose an enemy's original strength attribute is 200. With the addition of Armament Haki, his strength rises to 300, and he gains the other additional abilities of Armament Haki.
However, when fighting with Adrian, the enemy still only has 200 real strength. Armament Haki can only exert the basic effect of [touching the real body], and any other augmentations do not exist!
{O-O}
This is the true effect of Armament Haki: [touching medium]! (•_•)
Armament Haki can touch ghosts, but it can only touch them, with no other additional effects.
Adrian used Ghost Warrior again to switch places with a miniature ghost and leave Doflamingo's side.
"Fufufu… I know now, you are the White Ghost of the West Blue, aren't you?"
"That's right, Mr. Doflamingo, but I think it's a bit late for you to recognize my identity now," Adrian declared, lifting his hand high as a ghost began to materialize alongside his motion. "Are you ready to face your ultimate defeat, Mr. Doflamingo?"
Giant Ghost: Moment of Glory! {It's a different one that Peacemaker and Ghost Lament}
In Doflamingo's expression of cold sweat, a huge white ghost slowly appeared, covering the sky and the sun, almost covering everything around it.
With my current abilities, I can't stop it!
Doflamingo looked up at the sky and shouted in despair, "Even if you want to destroy the Donquixote Family, I at least want to know the reason!"
Puff—
A soft explosion sounded.
The huge ghost was popped like a balloon, and the gale swept across the land, but it did not cause any harm.
"it's just a joke, Mr. Doflamingo," said Adrian with a smile on his face, his mood cheerful. "In fact, I'm here to do business."
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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