Thunder Core (8) (This ability's level can be raised with life force.) Swordsmanship (16) (A technique-based skill. Cannot be raised with life force.) Armament Haki (17) (This ability's level can be raised with life force.) Observation Haki (1) (This ability's level can be raised with life force.) Hand-to-Hand Combat (6) (A technique-based skill. Cannot be raised with life force.) Speed (17) (This ability's level can be raised with life force.) Physical Strength (1) (This ability's level can be raised with life force.) Stored life force: ...
Seeing his Armament Haki, Werther felt that the suffering he had just endured had been worth it.
He coated his arm in Armament Haki, then hardened it.
At his command, his entire arm turned pitch-black.
But this black was different from before. Now it had a sheen to it.
Werther's arm looked like obsidian: hard and beautiful.
Werther was delighted. As a Swordsman, he had formidable offensive power, but defense had always been his weakness. With Armament Haki at this level, future battles would be much easier.
Werther picked up Intent Blood beside him. Ever since it had absorbed Whitebeard's blood, the blade had remained strangely dormant.
That state would probably last until Intent Blood's ascension was complete.
After absorbing so much life force, Intent Blood had long since ceased to be an inanimate object. Otherwise, it could never have controlled an enemy's mind.
Werther had no idea how Intent Blood would change once it ascended to become one of the Supreme Grade Blades. For now, though, he had no intention of using it in battle. If it were damaged, regret would come too late.
Just as Werther lay down to sleep, he heard a cannon shell explode outside.
He had heard that sound all day at the Summit War and had