User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 946: Luffy's Next Big Step/@comment-180.191.122.111-20190622004046/@comment-2600:1702:3C50:A6E0:E097:1AB8:F:491-20190623025935

The instability will mean some confusion for the others, but I have said it before and I will say it again the Strawhats seem to thrive in chaos. They do their best work when a plan falls apart and no one knows what to expect. Orochi is going to find it more and more difficult to keep his house in order. For Luffy, his trial will be vital. He is going to have to face down the Yonko and the admirals. The very elites of the world are his opponents now. Being able to use his haki more before it is used up would be excellent. So would increasing the strength of his haki. Luffy showed in his fight with Hody that he is having trouble with using his haki to defend against bladed objects. Blunt attacks he is good with, but he was always good with those. Advancing to be able to block pointed attacks at some point will not only be a boon in preventing those from hurting him, but will increase the strength of his haki as a whole. The more he improves the basics the better he will be using them in conjunction with his gears. Combine this with advanced haki of both armament and observation, and I can see him actually having a clash with the Yonko or admirals. I could be wrong of course, but it is fun to ponder the possibilities.