The secret unification of the West Blue Mafia has greatly increased the power of the Noah Family.
Noah did not set sail again, but remained in his secret base on York Island.
At this point, he had completed the Apostle creation of the sixth Major Arcana card.
Noah currently has six Major Arcana Apostle:
[ The Devil: Pan Barton ( Swap-Swap Fruit )]
[Emperor: Shiki ( Float-Float Fruit )]
[Bleach: Musshuru ( Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit )]
[ Justice: Gairam ( Cube-Cube Fruit )]
[World: Capone Bege ( Castle-Castle Fruit )]
[ Hermit: Hanover ( Corrosion-Corrosion Fruit )]
The Corrosion-Corrosion Fruit enhanced Noah's attack power. The fruit's ability is very simple and brutal: it can corrode everything, even Armament Haki.
Of course, to corrupt an opponent's Armament Haki, one must have sufficient stamina and superior Observation Haki; otherwise, one will find oneself in a predicament where one's attacks are extremely powerful but fail to hit the opponent.
After acquiring the sixth Apostle from the Major Arcana Deck, Noah's Card-Card Fruit became even more powerful, reaching approximately 27% of its full Awakening progress.
Furthermore, the number of Devil Fruit abilities he can utilize has increased from one to two.
However, Noah also used tarot cards to divine that his body could only accommodate a maximum of three exogenous Devil Fruit abilities at the same time.
In other words, even if Noah reaches the Devil Fruit Awakening, he can only use the Devil Fruit abilities of three Apostle at the same time, in addition to his own Card-Card Fruit.
This was to be expected, after all, the human body has its limits, unless one chooses not to be human.
However, his Apostle are created from human bodies, so their strength can be continuously increased through their own cultivation.
In the training ground, Noah controlled the power of corrosion, fusing it into the iron sand, and then used the control power of the Float-Float Fruit.
The corrosive sand instantly eroded the rock wall in front of them, creating a dense network of tiny holes. If someone with trypophobia saw this, they would probably faint on the spot.
"Combining the abilities of two Devil Fruits is indeed extremely difficult."
However, Noah had anticipated this outcome.
He took out Kuma's card. " Steel-Steel Fruit... it seems it needs to be reworked."
Previously, Noah did not fully understand the Awakening mechanism of the Card-Card Fruit and thought that he needed to collect both the Lesser Arcana and the Greater Arcana to complete the Devil Fruit Awakening.
Now that we know that we only need to collect the Major Arcana Deck to complete the Devil Fruit Awakening, the previously modified Kuma is no longer suitable to remain in the Minor Arcana Deck.
He placed his palm on the Kuma's forehead and instantly extracted the Card Spirit residing within it, then took out the Strength Card from the Major Arcana Deck.
"Merge!"
The Kuma's body was once again enveloped in a golden cocoon.
Soon the seventh Apostle in the Major Arcana Deck was born.
[Power: Kuma ( Steel-Steel Fruit )]
Noah's Card-Card Fruit one step closer to Awakening.
With the transformation of the Kuma into the Major Arcana, Noah's connection with this card became even stronger.
In fact, the Steel-Steel Fruit is no less important to Noah at this stage than the Float-Float Fruit.
Of the seven Major Arcana Apostle, only the Steel-Steel Fruit and the Castle-Castle Fruit are superhuman types; the rest are superpower and super-creation types.
The Castle-Castle Fruit's effect on physical strength isn't strong enough. Noah is just an ordinary human, and even with the Origin Blood Potion to enhance his physical abilities, there's still a limit to how much he can improve.
If you want to fight against a powerful opponent with Mythical Zoan, the Steel-Steel Fruit must become a must-have.
For example, the physical abilities of beings like Sengoku, Kaido, and the Five Elders are basically the world's best. Without a naturally gifted body, Noah can only use the Steel-Steel Fruit to make up for the gap between himself and the Mythical Zoan.
Fortunately, Noah's Conqueror's Haki was extremely powerful. After so many years of psychological suggestion and mental preparation, his Conqueror's Haki underwent a significant mutation.
At this moment, his Conqueror's Haki, in a highly condensed state, was not the dark or purple of ordinary Conqueror's Haki, but a crimson red.
In fact, this kind of mutation is perfectly normal.
Because Haki is a condensation and extension of a person's will, courage, and emotions.
Ambitious or lawless people are associated with black or purple as their Conqueror's Haki, which is also the mainstream color of Conqueror's Haki.
The Conqueror's Haki of an idea like Noah's is naturally crimson.
Of course, Noah's Conqueror's Haki wasn't just a change in color; this mutation gave Conqueror's Haki some entirely new abilities.
The first ability is Heart Resonance, similar to the Observation Haki ability of Queen Otohime of the Ryugu Kingdom.
The second ability is the Red Torrent, which is also the core ability of Noah's Conqueror's Haki. Anyone who shares the same thoughts as Noah can have their willpower integrated into Noah's Conqueror's Haki.
However, this ability has limitations.
Currently, we can only mobilize the willpower of companions within a 3-kilometer radius.
His Red Torrent has an effect similar to the Observation Haki Killer" technique, and can also be wrapped around Armament Haki to break through the opponent's Armament Haki defense. Its defense-breaking effect is even stronger than that of Ryuo.
In fact, the Red Torrent and the Heart Resonance are a combined skill.
Those who do not agree with Noah's ideas cannot connect through Heart Resonance. Without this connection, they naturally cannot integrate their willpower into Noah's Conqueror's Haki.
The Red Torrent also has a reverse application: it allows companions who agree with Noah's ideas to gain immunity to the Conqueror's Haki's Haki of others within a certain range.
However, Noah never actually tried this kind of application.
After all, to date, the Noah Family has never fought against an enemy possessing Conqueror's Haki.
The training continues on the field.
Just then, Robin appeared at the edge of the training field.
Noah stopped, and Tie Sha picked up a towel from the lounge. As he wiped his sweat, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"News has come from the North Blue: Doflamingo has hijacked a treasure ship transporting Heavenly Tribute. According to the communication records, he intends to use it to coerce the Five Elders into becoming Shichibukai."
Noah picked up his lemonade. "A choice that puts the cart before the horse. What good is becoming Shichibukai if you don't have the strength? The sea is all about strength."
Robin continued her report, "Marine Hunter Mihawk has accepted the World Government's invitation to become the third Shichibukai; the terrifying weapon Dahlia has become the fourth Shichibukai."
"A terrifying weapon? That weapon- Devil Fruit User? Where is he located?"
"Currently in the Orlando Waters of New World."
"Have the Distillery increase its monitoring," Noah instructed.
"No problem," Robin continued, " The East Blue branch has discovered a valuable target, Devil Fruit User named Bon Clay, but he entered the Grand Line yesterday."
" The Clone-Clone Fruit?" Noah remained unmoved and took a sip of lemonade.
"A report has come back from our spies in the Sabaody Archipelago: Big Mom Pirates's intelligence agents have acquired a Devil Fruit Sabaody Archipelago, confirmed to be the Paramecia Heat-Heat Fruit."
Noah narrowed his eyes slightly. " The Heat-Heat Fruit? Can it pinpoint the opponent's location?"
"They should still be on Fish-Man Island..."
Upon hearing this news, another thought crossed Noah's mind: 'Why go to Fish-Man Island? Could it be that Charlotte Brûlée hasn't eaten the Mirror-Mirror Fruit yet?'
After all, such an important Devil Fruit would definitely be brought back to the Ray family immediately if it were their Noah Family.
Meanwhile, the Big Mom Pirates ' intelligence agents chose to pass through Fish-Man Island, which can only mean one thing: Charlotte Brûlée has not yet obtained the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.