One Piece: Starting with Creating the Strongest Character Design

Chapter 117 The Cloak Fruit (Please Subscribe)

The competition began with the host's announcement, "The competition starts."

The battle between the two was just like the previous battle between Kitahara Tsune and Shimotsuki Koshiro, but even more ferocious.

The floor beneath Kitahara Tsune's feet shattered once more, his entire body transforming into a blurry shadow. With a tearing sound, he raised his long sword and slashed at Evan Thorpe in front of him.

Unlike before, this time Kitahara Tsune did not simply use swordsmanship; his longsword was now imbued with dark Armament Haki.

At the same time, the speed is also faster than before.

However, Evan Thorpe remained completely calm upon seeing this.

He ripped off his cloak, and as if by magic, the cloak instantly transformed into a mixture of blue and orange in his hands.

Based on his previous observations, he had no intention of directly confronting Kitahara Tsuneo.

After changing into his cloak, he seemed as light as a feather, floating on air.

At the same time, Kitahara Tsune suddenly felt as if his every move was being observed by the other party.

Evan Thorpe slipped, narrowly avoiding Kitahara Tsune's blade, which could have been fatal.

At the same time, he waved his left hand at the cloak, and the orange on the cloak instantly turned red.

Evan Thorpe's greatsword seemed to become even sharper, and as he channeled Armament Haki, he slashed fiercely at Kitahara Tsuneo's exposed vital point after his direct strike.

He was very confident that even the opponent's defenses would be breached by this strike imbued with Devil Fruit power.

However, just as the greatsword was about to strike his opponent's body, Kitahara Tsune's entire body suddenly stopped in an extremely strange posture, his upper body falling backward, avoiding Evan Thorpe's attack at an extremely tricky angle.

Kitahara Tsuneo's left hand, already covered in jet-black Armament Haki, reached out and struck Evan Thorpe's vital heart.

At such close range, even without relying on Devil Fruit abilities, Evan Thorpe's Observation Haki was enough to perceive everything.

He was immediately startled.

His speed had been greatly increased by turning his cloak blue, but at such close range, if he tried to change his move and hit his opponent, he would inevitably suffer that terrifying punch as well.

In the previous battle, Kitahara Tsune had already demonstrated extremely terrifying power.

If you were to be hit by that punch, the opponent might be severely injured, but you would definitely lose consciousness on the spot, and your heart might even be blown out.

In a flash, Evan Thorpe no longer hesitated. His greatsword, which he had been wielding, suddenly stopped, plunged downwards, and he sprang upside down into the air.

At the same time, with a flick of his left hand, the red part of the cloak turned white again.

His body briefly floated in the air.

This brief exchange alone set the audience on the edge of their seats.

"It's Lord Evan Thorpe's Devil Fruit power!"

"Seeing is believing, this fruit is truly amazing."

"I've heard that Lord Evan can use two different colors at the same time."

"How many kinds are there again?"

"You're a fake fan. Lord Evan can change into eight different colored cloaks."

As the audience said, Evan Thorpe is a cape-man who ate the cape-cape fruit.

It can transform its clothing into a cape, and the cape can be made to change into eight different colors.

Each color will have a different effect on the opponent or yourself.

At the same time, he himself developed the cape, which originally could only be used in one color, to the point that two colors could be used at the same time.

Just like the blue and orange cloak he wore at the beginning.

Blue can greatly increase his speed.

Orange can increase his perception range and enhance his Observation Haki.

Even though his swordsmanship was not as good as Shimotsuki Koshiro's, he was still able to withstand Kitahara Tsune's attacks with his extremely fast speed and reflexes.

The red cloak increases his attack power, whether it's weapons or fists; the red cloak adds to the attack power.

The white cloak only allowed him to float briefly in the air.

With the blue cape, a certain degree of flight can be achieved.

However, just when Evan Thorpe thought he could take a short break, Kitahara Tsune took a step and his body seemed to be unrestrained by gravity, rushing towards him in the air.

Evan Thorpe was briefly taken aback as Kitahara Tsune charged toward him.

Little did he know, this guy could actually fly.

However, even though Kitahara Tsune's actions were unexpected, he still demonstrated the appropriate judgment and reaction as an arena hero.

Evan Thorpe's cloak had changed from blue and white to black and yellow at some point.

After losing his brief ability to float in the air, Evan Thorpe's body returned to the ground and plummeted downwards.

Looking at Evan Thorpe's yellow cloak, Kitahara Tsune felt as if his body was sinking into a swamp, and he suddenly slowed down.

Even though Evan Thorpe was already falling downwards, his opponent still couldn't dodge this attack.

The blade, adorned with flowing cherry blossoms, slashed out from Kitahara Tsune's longsword, striking Evan Thorpe squarely.

However, the other party was clearly prepared for this.

Armament Haki had already adhered to his wrist.

At the same time, the black cloak greatly enhanced his defensive capabilities at this moment.

Evan Thorpe actually managed to block Kitahara Tsune's slash.

Kitahara Tsune's slash was no joke; it was imbued with the power of Ryuo, enough to break through the defenses of Jack, one of the Three Disasters.

Unexpectedly, the other party blocked it with ease.

"That's Armament Haki?!"

"As expected, Lord Evan blocked it with ease."

"As expected of an arena hero."

"That navy guy must be out of options now!"

As Kitahara Tsune's killing move was blocked by Evan Thorpe, the arena audience erupted in cheers.

However, what no one in the audience expected was that Evan Thorpe was about to face real danger.

Kitahara Tsune raised an eyebrow slightly upon realizing that his strike had not had the effect he had imagined.

His footsteps missed again, and his body leaped like a swallow to the front of Evan Thorpe, who was falling to the ground.

What the opponent will face next is an attack as fierce as a storm.

The slashes, imbued with black blade light, rained down on Evan Thorpe.

Evan Thorpe frowned, helpless. The transformation cloak was too late; he could only rely on the defense provided by the black cloak to barely withstand this wave of attacks.

The sounds of Armament Haki clashing were dense and numerous.

The countless strikes only ceased when a dull thud echoed through the arena.

Evan Thorpe had survived the intense attack and finally stood on the ground.

The original yellow and black cloak has been changed to a blue-green cloak.

The effect of the green cloak is to greatly increase one's recovery ability for a short period of time.

Unlike Kitahara Tsune's life-restoring ability, which enhances recovery, the recovery provided by the Devil Fruit ability does not consume so-called life energy.

"call"

At this moment, the surrounding audience all breathed a sigh of relief.

Kitahara Tsune's fierce and relentless attack had truly put their hearts in their throats.

The spectators standing on one side of the arena were almost all worried about whether the arena hero could withstand this fierce attack.

Fortunately, Evan Thorpe did not disappoint them and managed to pull through.

At least to the audience, the arena hero appeared to be unharmed.

However, just when everyone thought the offensive and defensive positions were about to shift and Evan Thorpe was about to launch his attack, Kitahara Tsune's long sword was suddenly thrown by him, striking Evan Thorpe directly in the face.

Seeing the long sword covered in Armament Haki suddenly appear in front of him, Evan Thorpe had no time to be surprised. He took a step and leaned back, while his right hand planted the greatsword in the ground. He used the twisting motion to maintain his balance and avoid falling to the ground while dodging the attack.

The audience, who had just calmed down, felt their hearts leap into their throats again upon seeing this scene.

The audience didn't even dare to breathe, afraid of disturbing this arena hero.

However, this sudden attack ultimately failed due to Evan Thorpe's skillful body control.

The long knife grazed Evan Thorpe's cheek, leaving a shallow bloodstain on his face.

"bite"

The long sword, covered in Armament Haki, was embedded directly into the wall behind Evan Thorpe and around the arena.

Having dodged the attack, Evan Thorpe quickly straightened up and looked warily at Kitahara Tsuneo in front of him.

"Out of weapons, huh? Let's see what you're going to do then?"

"This move is the opponent's last-ditch effort."

"Who would abandon their weapons like that?"

Seeing that Kitahara Tsune had lost his weapon, the audience began to mock him for his actions.

"A so-called swordsman actually threw away his weapon."

Even Evan Thorpe, seeing Kitahara Tsune throw his weapon, immediately felt a sense of relief.

No matter what, it's much easier to deal with an opponent who has no weapons than one who does.

So now it's my turn to attack.

Evan Thorpe's strength had been largely restored under the green cloak.

Even the bloodstain left by the thrown longsword has healed.

He flipped his left hand again, and the cloak changed to a red and blue color scheme.

With his right hand gripping his greatsword, Evan Thorpe charged toward Kitahara Tōjin at high speed.

The greatsword, merely dragged on the ground, had already carved a deep groove into the arena floor.

The combination of Armament Haki, the attack power provided by the red cloak, and the speed boost from the blue cloak greatly increased his combat strength.

Kitahara Tsuneo and Evan Thorpe's figures clashed at high speed in the arena, the battle was incredibly intense.

However, the fiercer the battle, the more alarmed Evan Thorpe became.

He was originally confident in his attack power, believing that the combination of Armament Haki and the attack power provided by his Devil Fruit would definitely break through the opponent's Armament Haki defense.

However, after so many rounds of combat, the opponent's Armament Haki strength was far beyond his expectations.

The opponent's Armament Haki is definitely not ordinary Armament Haki.

Moreover, the physical abilities of this Marine who can withstand such an intensity of Armament Haki must be terrifyingly strong.

"Are the navy's physical skills that strong too?"

"It seems even Lord Evan is being suppressed by him."

"Damn it, does this mean they're even stronger now that they don't have weapons?"

"How is that possible? Lord Evan must not have used his full strength yet."

Seeing that Kitahara Tsune was able to easily deal with Evan Thorpe's greatsword attack with just the Armament Haki attached to his hands, the audience in the arena began to discuss it.

However, just then, "Uh..."

In the center of the arena, where Kitahara Tsuneo and Evan Thorpe were locked in fierce combat, a muffled groan of pain rang out.