Hmm, didn't this move look strangely familiar?
Familiar? That was only natural. After all, it was an ability developed by copying Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon attack style.
Of course, without Gilgamesh's flashy arsenal of weapons with different forms and special abilities, what Dawn created were tiny blades and cone-shaped bullets made purely for lethality.
They were two different types of damage. The tiny blades dealt cutting damage, while the cone-shaped bullets dealt piercing damage.
Although the aura prevented him from attacking over extreme distances, Dawn's aura had a twenty-meter radius and a forty-meter diameter, more than enough to handle all kinds of battles.
That was the power of two Devil Fruits. Even two completely unrelated abilities could complement each other after development and produce unexpected skills.
Through his control over air, Dawn had further developed more abilities, which he called the Sky Domain Series.
Resistance Aura and Rainfall were both techniques developed from his air-controlling "Air Aura."
There was also a half-finished move that remained only in the conceptual stage, which Dawn had named Vacuum Hell.
The principle behind it was simple. Dawn would expand his Sky Domain Aura to a certain range, then begin extracting the air within it.
Under such circumstances, enemies trapped in Vacuum Hell would have no choice but to consider the oxygen they would consume while fighting Dawn in close combat.
But this move was not invincible. Vacuum Hell relied on extracting and compressing the air inside, forming a sealed space.
After the air was taken away and formed into an "air wall," that wall also blocked the air outside the aura from entering.
So long as the enemy could crack the "air wall," they would naturally be able to obtain air again.
That was one of the move's limitations. Even if he could extract air without limit, air existed everywhere. Once there was a crack, the compressed air would naturally leak out.
Moreover, Dawn still could not completely remove all oxygen from an area. The thinner the air became, the greater the energy expenditure required.
Dawn even suspected that if he wanted to develop this move into its complete form, he might need to awaken his ability.
For this move, Dawn had imitated Doflamingo's Birdcage technique, forming a translucent air wall around the outer layer of his aura to completely seal off the space.
Yes, after the air was compressed, perhaps due to the Devil Fruit's power, the objects it formed became translucent and visible to the naked eye.
Of course, this move was still only half-finished. The air wall was quite weak, and whenever it was cracked, Dawn had to expend stamina to extract more air and repair it.
And if Dawn himself was inside that environment, he would need to create a small "oxygen mask" around himself, keeping air around his body to supply oxygen while stalling the enemy and preventing him from having time to break through the wall.
Although creating an environment like a "vacuum prison" was still far too exhausting for Dawn, the move had enormous potential.
What Dawn needed to do now was focus on physical training while researching and developing his Devil Fruit abilities!
On the sea, no powerhouse had ever become dominant purely through Devil Fruit abilities. Crocodile was a Logia user, yet because his physical skills were lacking, Luffy beat him senseless while carrying a water barrel.
Even Kizaru, who placed little importance on physical skills, had still mastered the power of Haki, hadn't he? And how many people capable of mastering Haki were not powerhouses?
Among the Navy's core forces, which Vice Admiral was not proficient in both forms of Haki?
It could only be said that compared to Aokiji and Akainu, Kizaru's Devil Fruit gave him far too great an advantage in speed. That was why he focused more on developing his Devil Fruit ability and had become somewhat lax in physical training.
Dawn's main purpose in developing his Devil Fruit abilities now was merely to protect himself in this battle. If possible, making a showing would not be a bad choice either.
After all, his Ouroboros needed to continuously devour battle in order to grow stronger.
His progress in the Six Powers had been slowing more and more. Dawn felt that if he wanted greater improvement, he could only rely on actual combat. Only through constant real battles, continuously breaking through his limits amidst slaughter, could he improve faster.
And he could also gain an endless stream of "experience" to rapidly strengthen himself.
Right now, he was probably only comparable to Lucci, that "once-in-five-hundred-years" genius, but that was still far from enough.
There were countless people on the sea more monstrous than Lucci, this so-called genius. Not to mention freaks like Charlotte Linlin, who destroyed a giant village at the age of five.
Even Red-Hair was beyond Lucci's comparison. Red-Hair had boarded the Pirate King's ship when he was young, and two years after Luffy set sail again, he was only thirty-nine.
That meant that from Roger's surrender in Round Sea Calendar 1948 to Luffy setting out in 1522, there had been twenty-four years...
In other words, Red-Hair, who had been on Roger's ship at the age of fifteen or even earlier, had definitely possessed outstanding strength in his youth.
Leaving aside Red-Hair and Buggy recklessly provoking Whitebeard, who had definitely gone easy on them, just surviving the voyage all the way to the New World would have been impossible without sufficient strength.
Only strength surpassing his peers would allow Red-Hair to rise to the rank of one of the Four Emperors at such a young age, relying only on Haki and swordsmanship to lead his companions against Kaido of the Beasts, Big Mom, and Whitebeard on equal footing!
Damn, thinking about it like this, Red-Hair must have had protagonist plot armor when he was young too. If there were a Pirate Red-Hair Chronicle, it might just be the tale of "Aotian Becoming an Emperor."
They were Dawn's true targets. Even with abilities far beyond those found in fanfiction, Dawn would never slack off on any opportunity to become stronger. He had to keep moving forward!
Because the "monsters" of this world were even stronger!
While Dawn continued developing his Devil Fruit abilities, Roger, who had already become the Pirate King, secretly sought out Garp alone a year after disbanding his pirate crew, dragging his gravely ill body along.
After their secret meeting,
A shocking piece of news spread from Marine Headquarters to the entire world!
Roger, the only Pirate King in history to conquer the seas and the impossible Grand Line, had been captured by the Navy!
In the news reports, Vice Admiral Garp, who had captured Roger, saw his reputation soar to unprecedented heights. Whether among the Navy or ordinary civilians, everyone worshipped him for capturing Pirate King Roger. His prestige had truly broken through the heavens!
Within the Navy, the title of Marine Hero that Garp had earned by capturing the Rocks Pirates spread across the entire world once again, even overshadowing his previous achievements!
After receiving this news, Dawn put aside all training in physical skills and Haki and focused entirely on developing the defensive capabilities of Resistance Aura!
Because a war that would destroy half of Marine Headquarters was coming!
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