Chapter 68: The Third Hatsu

Chapter 68 The Third Hatsu

Rayleigh entered the Participant’s Enviornment positioned at the back of the Reincarnator’s Tavern with each pleasure and trepidation. This was one thing he had been wanting ahead to for years, however held again as a result of want to save lots of his Mission Factors for a Ticket to coach below Mihawk.

It had been three weeks since Rayleigh arrived within the Pirate world and with Goddess of Ice’s and Justice’s help, he was granted the authorization as a volunteer to guard a sure cargo ship that each Participant knew Surprise Lady would been focusing on.

Usually, Gamers didn’t get in one another’s approach, however Goddess of Ice and Surprise Lady had one thing of a historical past, and when the previous discovered that Rayleigh meant to screw the latter over, she emphatically agreed to help in getting him the place he wanted to be together with a reporter and a talented cameraman.

Throughout these three weeks, Rayleigh had been making an attempt high-value Tavern Missions as a way to accumulate the required factors to problem a sure somebody. Rayleigh approached the Enviornment console and typed within the particular person’s identify to see their problem worth.

[Netero: 2200 Mission Points.]

Rayleigh clenched his fist in pleasure. The value of a battle had quite a lot of variables. It was 3500, however that was when the late President of the Hunter Affiliation was alive and Rayleigh solely knew a couple of issues about him. After the person’s dying, discovering out extra particulars was so much simpler, and this allowed his worth to drop.

After selecting the most cost effective battlefield, he chosen it and entered the fight zone.

Chairman Netero materialized and regarded round. He knew he was right here for a battle and a second later, acknowledged the sixteen-year-old in entrance of him.

Netero exclaimed, “Oh ho! You’ve got grown fairly a bit.”

Rayleigh nodded and mentioned, “Yep. However I want your assist with one thing. I need to know the way you made your Hatsu.”

One of the fascinating items of data Rayleigh found about Netero was that his Hatsu was not a pure enhancer sort, however a mix of emission, enhancement, and manipulation. It was thought of by all who had seen it to be the strongest Hatsu ever created, and Rayleigh wished to take inspiration from it earlier than he made his third and ultimate Hatsu.

Netero thought of it for a second earlier than answering, “It is a slightly boring story, however I am going to share it for those who can final a couple of rounds with me. My final battle ended slightly unsatisfactorily.” This was Netero after his dying, so from his perspective, he had simply blown himself as much as cope with the Ant King. The battle resulting in that time was good and seeing the concern within the Ant King’s face when he realized what Netero’s trump card was had been satisfying, however he was nonetheless sore that he needed to finish the battle utilizing such an affordable trick slightly than his personal talent.

Not many Gamers aside from Ki Warriors used the Participant’s Enviornment as a lot as Rayleigh did and he had found a couple of of its hidden options by means of trial and error. Netero was not the sort to make the primary transfer towards somebody who is likely to be weaker than he was and he did not thoughts giving pointers if the recipient entertained him sufficient. That allowed Rayleigh to create a state of affairs the place he may acquire data from a useless man, one thing most Gamers would by no means assume to make use of the Enviornment to strive.

Rayleigh drew his Nensaber, enabled Overdrive, and activated Babylon. Below the boosting results of his Divine-Script inscribed Nensaber deal with, his En may cowl the whole battlefield and each Drive Ability used inside this En Discipline was closely enhanced.

It was solely because of this enhancement that Rayleigh’s Hazard Sense and Battle Precognition barely had the time to warn him to get out of the best way. Utilizing his personal model of the Six Powers talent, Shave, Rayleigh dashed to the facet as a large golden arm chopped its palm into the placement he had simply been standing, crushing the stone beneath it and sending a shockwave of air stress from the strike.

“Hoh? You dodged it? Alright, I am going to start my story. How a lot you hear is as much as you.” Netero gave a faux expression of shock and revealed that he could be explaining his Hatsu’s origin as he tried to kill Rayleigh.

Since Rayleigh’s En lined Netero as nicely, the pair of Wills focusing their consideration on him have been in a position to discover that previous to the looks of the enormous golden hundred-arms Bodhisattva behind him and its subsequent assault, Netero positioned his arms collectively in what may solely have been a prayer movement. He then gathered his aura into his hand a made a chopping movement. His aura was then emitted from his physique and shaped the enormous Bodhisattva which then moved certainly one of its arms in a replica of Netero’s motion. Contemplating the diploma of impression, the emitted aura had been enhanced to a ridiculous diploma to grant the assault its energy. This Hatsu mixed Enhancement, Emission, and Manipulation into one.

One other huge golden arm tried to crush Rayleigh, adopted by one other and one other. Prior to every assault, Netero made that very same prayer movement and subsequent movement that the Bodhisattva would mimic to assault with. It might have been good if Rayleigh may use that movement to foretell the assaults, however Rayleigh solely observed the movement whereas utilizing En since En recorded all movement, regardless of how small or quick. This movement was so extremely quick, that Rayleigh had to make use of Gyō and Drive Improve: Senses simply to barely understand the movement along with his eyes. By the point Rayleigh’s mind registered that the movement had began, the prayer movement and subsequent movement had already completed and the Bodhisattva-form enhanced emission assault was on the best way.

Fortunately, Rayleigh’s Overdrive granted him pace that wasn’t slower than the enormous hundred-armed Bodhisattva’s assault pace and his Babylon Enhanced Drive Expertise granted him the respiratory room wanted to maneuver out of the best way earlier than the assault totally launched.

Whereas enjoying with Rayleigh like a cat would a mouse, Netero calmly spoke, “You discovered Nen of Flame below Wing, so that you would possibly be capable to perceive the important thing factors if I inform you what occurred. You see, a very long time in the past, I reached the restrict of what may be known as power and talent.”

Netero used a number of chops Rayleigh needed to dodge, claps he needed to get out from between, palm strikes he needed to keep away from, and swiping motions he had to make use of numerous ariel maneuvers to outlive.

Netero continued nonchalantly, “I assumed arduous about why such a restrict had been reached and the way I may break it, and after some time, I spotted that I had been egocentric. Martial Arts had granted me such an excellent physique and abilities, but I nonetheless wished extra?”

Seemingly ignoring Rayleigh’s plight whereas he continued to assault him two or 3 times a second, Netero said, “I made a decision then that I needed to pay again the debt I owed to the Martial Arts. So how did I do it? Gratitude! I immersed myself within the gratitude I felt towards Martial Arts, gave a prayer of because of the Martial Arts, after which used my strongest punch. I made a decision that as a way to pay again the debt I owed Martial Arts, I might throw ten thousand punches of gratitude every single day. Every punch was thrown with absolute sincerity on the pinnacle of my power and talent, and every punch was accompanied by a prayer stuffed with the immense gratitude I had towards the Martial Arts.”

The pace of the assaults elevated, depriving Rayleigh of the time wanted to dodge. Fortunately, he was going the Atomic Samurai of One Punch Man route and was in a position to slash the incoming arms 4 instances earlier than they reached him, chopping every to items as much as the Bodhisattva’s shoulder. Not that it made a lot of a distinction. Netero’s Hundred-type Guanyin Bodhisattva vanished after every use and reformed, new and entire, for each new assault.

“At first, even for a person of my talent, the act of filling myself with gratitude, praying, and sincerely throwing out my strongest punch would take 5 or 6 seconds. The primary day was virtually over by the point I reached my ten thousandth punch and I promptly collapsed and fell right into a deep sleep. Once I awoke, I began the subsequent day’s set of ten thousand punches.”

The assault pace elevated once more, granting Rayleigh solely sufficient time to slash every assault twice earlier than it reached him. A fingerless palm may nonetheless assault so he needed to chop the hand fully off the arm to forestall the incoming assault.

“You would possibly assume it is loopy, however I continued this routine of ten thousand punches every single day, fully immersing myself within the act, strengthening my gratitude towards Martial Arts. After many months I entered an indescribable state someplace between sincerity and insanity. I misplaced myself fully and solely after two years had handed did I regain my sense of self after noticing one thing so surprising, it should have rebooted my mind.”

Once more, the assault pace elevated. Six Bodhisattvas shaped and attacked each second. If each assault got here from the identical route, he may deal with this with ease, however chops from above, palm strikes from the entrance, swipes from the left or proper, and that clapping assault he needed to both destroy each incoming arms or leap out of the best way to outlive made it far tougher.

“I observed that though I had simply accomplished my ten thousand gratitude-filled punches, the solar was nonetheless up. Each punch was nonetheless made with absolute sincerity, accompanied by a prayer stuffed with gratitude, and thrown on the highest stage I may keep, however all ten thousand punches had been accomplished in half the time it took after I began. Nonetheless, I nonetheless didn’t imagine I had paid again the debt I owed to Martial Arts. I continued my routine, utilizing the additional time after I completed to wish additional in gratitude.”

Eight assaults per second. Rayleigh had three totally different Wills use Battle Precognition on the identical time. Netero was observing the modifications in Rayleigh’s stance to foretell Rayleigh’s prediction and assault from a distinct route. Rayleigh tried countering this by having a number of Wills predict Netero’s subsequent assault and use the typical as a base to guess all of the most certainly assault futures.

“One other two years handed, and I spotted that I had fully damaged by means of the restrict of power and talent. My routine of ten thousand gratitude-filled punches may very well be accomplished in lower than an hour. I may launch my strongest punch quicker than the sound of the punch itself.”

The assaults have been coming in virtually as quick as Rayleigh was able to slashing. He had one other set of a number of Wills use Shatterpoint to attempt to guess the place the most effective location to slash was. When Rayleigh slashed by means of one of many Bodhisattva’s shatterpoints, the whole factor broke so it solely took a single assault to defend towards as a substitute of a number of slashes.

“I continued praying till I reached a state of understanding and returned to civilization, later changing into the grandmaster of Shingen-ryu kung fu. I summarized what I discovered in these years into the Nen of Flame and standardized the poor basis of Nen of Drive. Now, after listening to my story, can you determine how I created my Hundred-type Guanyin Bodhisattva?”

Netero in the reduction of the assaults to twice a second giving Rayleigh an opportunity to reply.

Rayleigh answered, “Your Hatsu has quite a lot of loopy restrictions. You’ll be able to solely use it after making that prayer gesture. However that is not all, the prayer have to be stuffed with gratitude. It will not work if the prayer is missing in gratitude, which implies that whereas preventing, even in case you are injured, exhausted, or close to dying, you should all the time be stuffed with gratitude. That and it is advisable make one other gesture after the prayer that signifies how the Hatsu will assault.”

At 5 instances the pace of the earlier assault, a golden palm shaped and slammed into Rayleigh’s physique like a battering ram shot from a tank’s cannon.

“You are shut. What you mentioned was the restriction for Enhancing my Hatsu’s energy and Manipulating my Hatsu’s motion. However you are still lacking the final piece. Because you survived that assault simply now, I am going to provide you with a clue on the ultimate half. Why did I select to emit my aura within the type of the Guanyin Bodhisattva?”

Rayleigh may mitigate injury utilizing numerous Drive Expertise and Ren and his physique was not weak to start with, so though that assault turned him into a large bruise, it didn’t kill him or drastically have an effect on his fight talents. Nonetheless, it actually harm.

Nothing occurred.

Rayleigh felt it out for a bit and shuddered in sheer cringe. Was that basically needed?

Having no different selection, Rayleigh pressed the Kyber Crystal to the Empty Sword once more and mentioned aloud, “Break up the Heavens, Sword of Babylon.”

The sword accepted the Kyber Crystal and Rayleigh felt himself exit his Second Stage Zetsu state and enabled his first and second Hatsus, Babylon and Overdrive. The sword’s type didn’t change, however its edge did begin to glow blue above the Kyber Crystal, and Rayleigh was immediately in a position to pour extra aura into it to generate greater than a single circulating line of sword aura that may very well be despatched as flying slashes, identical to his Nensaber may do.

Then the sword exploded.

After flinching from the flash of destruction, Rayleigh understood what occurred. The Sword of Babylon may very well be utilized in battle, but it surely had the restriction of solely being usable whereas utilizing Babylon and Overdrive. The issue was that Babylon required the Divine Script engraved into the Nensaber’s deal with which had been discarded.

Fortunately this was a straightforward repair. As Rayleigh’s proficiency in Enhancing his aura elevated, so did his capability to use Enhancement attribute Divine Script. It might take a couple of hours of labor, however Rayleigh may use his Lightsaber Customization Package to securely inscribe all of the required Divine Script instantly into the Kyber Crystal. If he did so, he may flip his blue Kyber Crystal right into a pendant or bracelet. The Kyber Crystal was twice the size of a fingernail and simply as vast. It was fairly small and will simply match onto most items of jewellery, so Rayleigh may have it on himself always.

Liking the concept, Rayleigh left the Tavern and started working. Utilizing some leather-based scraps he bought from a service provider, Rayleigh made a easy leather-based bracelet with the Kyber Crystal tied right into a gap on it, making it look ornamental. Rayleigh saved the design in his Lightsaber Customization Package, so anytime he took his Lightsaber from his Stock, this would seem.

The bracelet had two advantages. It had no steel in any respect, so he may even take it by means of steel detectors. The following was that it pressed the Kyber crystal towards his pores and skin. This allowed him higher entry to the Drive always, identical to a Jedi holding his Lightsaber, and would enhance the impact of Drive Expertise and meditation.

Rayleigh tried to check out the Empty Sword and Sword of Babylon, however shortly stopped as soon as he found an issue with the sword. The Empty Sword’s indestructibility and its enhancement to coaching may each be elevated by including extra restrictions to its utilization. The issue was that when he added a restriction to the Empty Sword, it could even be added to the Sword of Babylon as nicely because the Empty Sword was the bottom.

He tried so as to add the restriction that he had to make use of the Empty Sword whereas within the Coronary heart of the Sword State. The Empty Sword shattered when he exited that state for longer than 3 seconds and the Sword of Babylon inherited the identical restriction.

This meant that, in a way, the sword may regularly evolve by including extra restrictions.

Furthermore, the Sword of Babylon was not the ultimate state. Similar to the Empty Sword may grow to be the Sword of Babylon, the Sword of Babylon may additionally advance additional.

After quite a few exams and meditating with it for some time, Rayleigh discovered that his second Hatsu, Babylon, additionally had a brand new function that triggered a crimson mist to materialize anytime Rayleigh was injured whereas sustaining Babylon. Rayleigh felt that when the saturation of this mist reached the appropriate stage, the Sword of Babylon would take in it, altering the blue glow to a crimson glow.

Rayleigh already knew that the Empty Sword would lose its indestructibility if it drew blood and that the Sword of Babylon would instantly explode if it killed somebody, however when the blade glowed crimson, the restriction towards the Sword of Babylon killing anybody was fully lifted.

The crimson mist that materialized from Rayleigh’s accidents didn’t even have to return from accidents inflicted by his opponents. If he was keen to make a blood sacrifice, he may hurt himself with the Sword of Babylon, instantly coating it in blood and altering it to its Pink type, granting it the flexibility to kill with out restriction.

The one downside with the sword was that it may by no means be materialized in a second. He both wanted to materialize it throughout battle or earlier than the battle. As a way to Materialize both the Empty Sword or the Sword of Babylon, Rayleigh wanted to stay immobile, not use any Drive Expertise, and sincerely recite his Drive Code aloud 3 times with out being interrupted. If he did that whereas holding his Kyber Crystal, the aura would materialize instantly into the Sword of Babylon so long as he mentioned aloud, “Break up the Heavens, Sword of Babylon.” If he was not holding the Kyber Crystal, he would type the Empty Sword which may nonetheless be became the Sword of Babylon by inserting the Kyber Crystal and saying the cringy phrase.

In fact, there was a second methodology to do it. Even with out forming the Sword of Babylon, blood-colored mist would materialize from Rayleigh’s aura if he was injured whereas utilizing Babylon. If he was injured sufficient, he may say the cringy phrase and instantly use the saturation of blood-colored aura to materialize the Pink Sword of Babylon across the Kyber Crystal in his hand while not having to recite his code aloud 3 times and type the earlier swords.

If Rayleigh wished to be sneaky about it, he may even conceal the blood-colored mist utilizing In, so nobody would discover the slowly thickening cloud

Though he didn’t consciously type this Hatsu, Rayleigh may already inform his unconscious took inspiration from Yumichika Ayasegawa of Bleach. That was the man in Zaraki’s Division who hid the type of his Magic Sort Zanpakutō as a Melee sort by calling it the improper identify. It opened up the concept of a single sword having a number of varieties, every stronger than the final, however every locked by a distinct variety of necessities.

Sooner or later, the Sword of Babylon might even acquire new varieties as extra restrictions have been added, however he needed to be cautious and ensure that the restrictions he wished have been solely utilized to the varieties he wished them on and never the earlier varieties.

Some restrictions have been simple. The Sword of Babylon already had a restrict of solely being usable whereas utilizing Babylon, so including extra restrictions to Babylon would additionally strengthen the Sword of Babylon.

As for the precise impact, the Sword of Babylon was an all-around upgraded model of the Nensaber. Pouring aura into the sword would trigger the Kyber Crystal to remodel the aura into silk-like threads of sharpened sword aura, far thinner and stronger than what his Nensaber may have generated.

The silk-like threads of sharpened sword aura then circulated from the Kyber Crystal, across the tip of the sting of the blade, and again to the Kyber Crystal in the identical chainsaw-like movement, although because the silk-like threads have been solely flowing over the very fringe of the sword’s blade, the impact was even sharper. The strains of sword aura made by the Nensaber have been someplace between a paper’s thickness and a hair’s thickness, so the silk-like thickness of the remodeled strains within the Sword of Babylon targeting the sting was a large enchancment.

Pouring extra aura into the Kyber Crystal generated extra circulating threads and since each strengthened the pace of the others, the extra threads alongside the sting of the blade, the quicker the silk-like strains circulated.

If Rayleigh poured in a tiny quantity of aura, sufficient to generate a dozen circulating threads, then dropped the sword’s edge right into a stone block, it could possible slice by means of it cleanly with out resistance. That was how sharp it had grow to be.

And identical to earlier than, a swing of the sword may ship the circulating threads flying. Though the threads have been a lot thinner, they weren’t weaker. In actual fact, they have been denser, that means they might have a far stronger minimize when despatched flying than the Nensaber had been able to.

Apart from an upgraded model of the Nensaber, the Sword of Babylon did not have a lot else, however that was as a result of it was nonetheless ready for extra restrictions to be added.

For instance, when he added the restriction that it couldn’t be used except he maintained the Coronary heart of the Sword state, Rayleigh felt that simply holding the Sword of Babylon drastically enhanced his physique, granting his physique extra power, sturdiness, and pace.

Though he was tempted to go loopy on the restrictions, he wished to attend till he discovered Swordsmanship and Haki from Mihawk. Rayleigh may use the Empty Sword to seal his Nen and Drive talents and permit him to focus solely on his Sword Expertise and Haki. The coaching enhancement impact would shine completely throughout this era. So long as the Empty Sword maintained its indestructibility situation, he ought to be capable to use it whereas preventing Mihawk with out it breaking, because the sword’s indestructibility situation was a steady one. If it nonetheless broke, he may simply add extra restrictions.

However though he wouldn’t be going loopy on it proper now, he did need to check his new sword out. Fortunately for him, the ship he was presently on could be attacked by the Surprise Pirates tomorrow. He hoped they might not thoughts him testing a couple of issues out.

*Creator’s Observe*

Subsequent time Chapter 69, The Publicity of the Surprise Pirates.

I used to be initially gonna do the third Hatsu after the Surprise Pirates, however after I selected that chapter’s identify, I knew I needed to transfer it to the proper chapter quantity.

This chapter is an effective present of Rayleigh’s full power and present limits. His assaults are slower than Netero’s, however not by a large diploma, so he’s catching up. He’ll be capable to pace up by coaching extra and his flying slashes will grow to be stronger as soon as he infuses them with sword intent, so the one issues he’s actually lacking are issues he will probably be getting quickly.

I initially thought that Netero used a Materialization Hatsu, however after checking the Wiki, I discovered that it was an emission Hatsu that had its sturdiness enhanced. I’m happy with the Hatsu’s origin although, since I feel this matches the deeper that means of Nen of Flame, one thing I didn’t go over initially since Rayleigh was not making a Hatsu at the moment. Even when you do not know Nen of Flame, your Hatsu should develop itself so long as you might be 100% true to your self whereas training Nen. That is really how Hisoka developed his Hatsu. He did not plan it, it got here to him naturally and 100% matched his stalker-like character of enjoying along with his opponents by permitting his prey to get away after which pulling them again in when they’re ripe.

The Sword of Babylon was one thing I assumed up a couple of weeks in the past and was the ultimate piece lacking to fill within the Plot Holes my story would have encountered later had I not addressed them quickly sufficient. I initially wished to save lots of the third Hatsu till after he discovered Haki and make it a Berserk Mode factor, however there have been too many issues with it and I like this one higher since I can do something with it and even add a berserk mode later if I need. After the subsequent coaching Montage I am going to give a full break down of the consequences and restrictions of Rayleigh’s Hatsus on the time.

If anybody complains concerning the Sword’s requirement to materialize, please notice that there’s a trick hidden inside. He has to stay immobile and cannot be interrupted whereas reciting his Code to conjure the Sword of Babylon. Ultimately, this will probably be found and folks will attempt to assault and interrupt him. That is the place the entice lies since if he’s injured, he can use the damage to type the Pink Sword of Babylon and kill whoever thought they have been being intelligent.

Feitan of the Phantom Troupe already proved it was potential to create an Over Powered Conjuration Hatsu that turned stronger when the consumer was inflicted with injury and ache, so I can positively justify doing the identical factor to make Sword of Babylon OP.