Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Shining Power, Exploding New Moves
"What did you say?"
Cattelan grabbed the binoculars and looked forward. Sure enough, as his subordinate had said, there was no one on the Black Snake Pirate Ship—only a young man was sitting on the bow, drinking and enjoying the breeze.
"Could it be that the members of the Black Snake Pirates are hiding in the cabin, trying to show weakness and deceive me? Then they'll catch me by surprise?"
Blood Sword Cattelan felt he had figured out the truth and instantly believed himself to be extremely clever.
"Hmph, mean bastards, trying to use this method against me? Too low."
"I saw through it right away!"
Cattelan snorted coldly and ordered immediately, "The opposing ship fires as soon as it comes within range!"
In his opinion, no matter what conspiracy was on the other side, all he had to do was fire. It's never wrong to make the first move!
On the other side, on the bow of the Black Snake Pirates, Lucifer was swirling a glass of red wine in his hand, allowing their pirate ship to slowly enter the opponent's range. When the other party noticed Lucifer, he had already found them.
"Blood Sword Pirates, Captain Blood Sword Cattelan, offers a bounty of 85 million Baileys."
"Vice-Captain Modius, swordsman, offers a bounty of 50 million Baileys."
"Officer Pratt, sniper, with a bounty of 35 million Baileys."
"Compared to the Black Snake Pirates, the Blood Sword Pirates are indeed much stronger."
Lucifer looked at the stack of bounty notices in his hand and noted the criminal bounties of the Blood Sword Pirates. There were a total of three bounties in this pirate group, with a cumulative bounty of 170 million. Destroying this pirate group would definitely yield a lot.
At that moment, the opposite side fired.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
More than a dozen shells flew toward Lucifer's head in the blink of an eye.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Go back," Lucifer said.
He raised his head, hooked his finger, and all the shells fired stopped in mid-air before reflecting back. The speed was several times faster than when they were shot.
A series of artillery bombardments directly blasted a large gap in the bow of the opposing ship.
"Asshole! This guy is actually a Devil Fruit user!"
Blood Sword Cattelan was furious. He jumped into the air and slashed with his sword, releasing a round of half-moon-shaped slashes that tore through the air, flying toward Lucifer.
"He's still a swordsman?" Lucifer was a little surprised.
Being able to perform flying slashes proved that Cattelan had reached the level of Iron Slashing and was indeed a swordsman. In the first half of the Grand Line, swordsmen are considered rare powerhouses; no wonder his bounty could reach 85 million.
However, even a swordsman was nothing to Lucifer.
"Dissipate."
The flat voice fell, and the flying slash disappeared out of thin air, leaving only a breeze.
"Light Saber!"
Before Cattelan could react, Lucifer had already cast his killer move. With a command, a flash of light appeared out of nowhere in Lucifer's palm, condensing to form a long sword.
Whoosh!
The flashing long sword shot out, instantly hitting the ship of the Blood Sword Pirates. With a loud bang, the flashing sword exploded, creating a massive fireball that engulfed the pirate ship.
Before Blood Sword Cattelan could react, his whole body was consumed by the explosive fireball. His face twisted ferociously; his mouth opened wide, eyes filled with fear, and his whole body turned to fly ash!
More than two hundred of his pirate subordinates died with Cattelan. Under Lucifer's deadly move, all members of the Blood Sword Pirates were killed at the same moment, leaving no bones behind!
"It's more powerful than I imagined," Lucifer observed, looking at the huge hollow in the sea ahead.
It had been created by the lightsaber. The high temperature at the edges evaporated the seawater, producing a large amount of water vapor. Endless seawater poured back in, and it would be impossible to fill the cavity in a short time.
Lucifer used the Lingling Fruit to display the flash power, and the force was already comparable to Kizaru's Sparkling Fruit. With the power of the Word Spirit Fruit, Lucifer could not only use Kizaru's abilities but also harness the powers of Akainu and Aokiji.
As Lucifer developed the Word Spirit Fruit, the power of his techniques could be further enhanced.
"Ding! Host killed Cattelan and gained 8,500 killing points."
"Ding! Host killed Modius and gained 5,000 killing points."
"Ding! Host killed Pratt and gained 3,500 killing points."
The electronic voice of the system rang out, and Lucifer gained a total of 17,000 killing points, bringing his total to 19,500.
"If I can kill dozens more of these pirate groups, I'll soon be able to accumulate 600,000 killing points."
Lucifer was in a good mood and opened the system store at the same time.
"System, purchase Intermediate Armament Haki."
"Ding! The purchase of Armament Haki was successful. 15,000 killing points were deducted, leaving 4,500 killing points."
As the electronic voice of the system faded, a force poured into Lucifer's body. This power was so intense that it flowed through him, ultimately being absorbed and integrated into his being.
In an instant, Lucifer's Armament Haki was directly promoted to the intermediate level.
"This is Armament Haki? Sure enough."
Lucifer raised his hand and made a fist, mobilizing that force. He saw his fist slowly covered by a layer of black substance; it was pitch black and shone with a metallic luster.
At that moment, Lucifer's fist didn't resemble flesh and blood, but rather looked like a steel fist.
This is Haki hardening.
Armament Haki acts like invisible armor; it can improve defense and evolve into an offensive force. The combination of offense and defense is the nemesis of Logia users!
With intermediate Armament Haki, Lucifer could only do partial coverage and hardening but not cover and harden his entire body.
But at least he had mastered this power and could now attack the physical forms of Logia users.
Properties Panel:
Host: Lucifer
Age: 23
Devil Fruit: Word Spirit Fruit
Physique: Hell Demon
Armament Haki: Intermediate
Killing Points: 4,500
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