The Era's Rampage Begins

Yes, doesn't this move look strangely familiar?

Familiar—that's right, because it's an ability developed by cosplaying Gilgamesh's "Gate of Babylon" attack method.

Of course, since it doesn't have all the flashy, varied forms and special abilities like Gilgamesh's, what Dawn shaped were tiny blades and conical bullets crafted purely for lethality.

Two different types of damage: for instance, the tiny blades cause slashing damage, while the conical bullets inflict piercing damage.

Although due to the aura's limitations, ultra-long-range strikes aren't possible, fortunately Dawn's aura range has a radius of twenty meters, a diameter of forty meters—enough to handle all kinds of combat.

This is the power of two Devil Fruits; even two completely unrelated abilities, once developed, can complement each other to create unexpected skills.

Relying on his control over air, Dawn extended and developed even more abilities, which he calls the "Sky Domain Series."

The earlier Resistance Aura and Rain Fall were both techniques derived from his air-manipulating "Air Aura."

And there's another technique still in the conceptual half-finished stage, which Dawn named "Vacuum Hell."

The principle of this move is simple: Dawn expands his Sky Domain Aura to a certain range and begins extracting the air from within.

In this situation, enemies are forced to face being in a vacuum hell while also considering the oxygen consumption needed for close combat with Dawn.

But this move isn't invincible either. This technique, which Dawn named "Vacuum Hell," relies on extracting and compressing the internal air to form a sealed space.

After seizing the air to form an "air wall," the wall also serves to block outside air from entering the aura's range.

So, as long as the enemy can crack that compressed "air wall," they can naturally get air.

This is also the limitation of the move. After all, even if you could extract air without limit, air is everywhere—the moment a crack appears, the compressed air leaks out.

Moreover, Dawn currently can't completely extract all the oxygen from a space; the thinner the air gets, the more energy it consumes.

Dawn even suspects that to develop this move into its complete form, he might need an awakening.

As for this move, Dawn imitated Doflamingo's "Birdcage" technique, forming a semi-transparent air wall on the outer layer of the aura, completely sealing the space.

Yes, when air is compressed, it seems due to the fruit's ability, the formed objects all appear semi-transparent and visible to the naked eye.

Of course, this move is still only half-finished; the air wall's hardness is very weak, and a cracked air wall still requires Dawn to expend stamina to extract more air to repair it.

And if Dawn himself is inside this environment, he also needs to add a small "oxygen mask" around himself, placing air nearby to supply his own oxygen, thereby stalling the enemy and preventing them from breaking the wall.

Although for Dawn right now, creating a "Vacuum Prison"-like environment consumes too much stamina, the potential of this move is enormous.

What Dawn needs to do now is to focus on physical training while researching and developing his Devil Fruit abilities!

On the sea, no strong person has ever dominated solely by relying on Devil Fruit powers. For example, Crocodile is a Logia, but his physical skills were lacking, and Luffy beat him while carrying a bucket of water.

Even if "Kizaru" doesn't emphasize physical skills, didn't he still master "Haki"? And how many of those who can master Haki aren't strong?

The Marine's backbone—the Vice Admirals—aren't they all proficient in two types of Haki?

It's just that compared to Aokiji and Akainu, Kizaru's fruit gives him too much of an advantage in speed, which made him focus on developing his fruit abilities while slacking off on physical training.

As for Dawn, his main purpose in developing his fruit abilities now is just to protect himself in this battle; if possible, making a good showing wouldn't be a bad choice either.

After all, his Ouroboros needs constant combat and devouring to make himself stronger.

With the "Six Powers" training speed slowing down more and more, Dawn feels that the only way to make greater progress is through real combat—only by constantly fighting, breaking through his limits in the midst of slaughter, can he improve faster.

And he can also gain a steady stream of "experience" to quickly level up.

Right now, he's probably only on par with Lucci, that "once-in-500-years" genius, but that's far from enough.

On the sea, there are plenty of people more monstrous than Lucci, the so-called genius. Not to mention freaks like Charlotte Linlin, who destroyed a giant village at age five.

Even Red-Hair is beyond Lucci's comparison. Remember, Red-Hair boarded the Pirate King's ship when he was young, and he was only 39 when Luffy set sail again two years later.

From Round Sea Calendar 1948, when Roger turned himself in, to 1522, when Luffy set sail—that's twenty-four years in between...

That means Red-Hair, who was on Roger's ship at fifteen or even younger, was definitely outstanding in strength at a young age.

Not to mention the time Red-Hair and Buggy recklessly provoked Whitebeard—which was definitely a case of going easy—but sailing all the way to the New World, if his strength wasn't enough, he would have died long ago.

Only by surpassing the power of his contemporaries did Red-Hair ascend to the Four Emperors at such a young age, leading his crew with just Haki and swordsmanship to stand against Kaido of the Beasts, Big Mom, and Whitebeard!

Damn, thinking about it this way, young Red-Hair was also someone with a "protagonist halo." If there were a story about Red-Hair the pirate, it might just be a tale of "rising to become an emperor."

And they are Dawn's targets. Even with abilities far beyond his peers, Dawn will never slack off on any chance to grow stronger. He has to keep moving forward!

Because the "monsters" of this world are even stronger!

While Dawn was constantly developing his fruit abilities, Roger, who had already become the Pirate King, one year after disbanding his crew, alone and dragging his terminally ill body, secretly found Garp.

After a private meeting between the two.

A piece of world-shaking news spread from Marine Headquarters to the entire world!

The only man in history to conquer the sea, to conquer the impossible Grand Line—the Pirate King, Roger—had been arrested by the Marines!

And in the news reports, Vice Admiral Garp, who arrested Roger, instantly saw his reputation skyrocket. Whether among the Marines or ordinary citizens, everyone who captured the Pirate King Roger worshipped him endlessly—his fame reached the heavens!

And within the Marines, Garp's title of "Marine Hero," earned from capturing the Rocks Pirates, spread across the world once more, even overshadowing his past achievements!

Upon receiving this news, Dawn set aside all training in physical skills and Haki, focusing entirely on developing the defensive capabilities of his Resistance Aura!

Because a war that would destroy half of Marine Headquarters was coming!

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