One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

"You won't take action? Well, let's capture the leader first. Since you won't take action, then I won't be polite." Before he finished speaking, Slit launched an offensive like lightning. His move was tantamount to opening the prelude to the second round of fierce confrontation. The war between the navy and the pirates was ignited again, and the air was filled with a strong fighting atmosphere.

Darius saw this, not wanting to be outdone, and swung his giant axe fiercely. A stream of axe energy containing a sharp aura cut through the sky like a crescent moon, heading straight for Slit. However, as a master of the Six Styles of the Navy, Slit's body was extremely agile. Almost at the moment when the axe energy was approaching him, he dodged at an astonishing speed, and the crescent-shaped axe energy did not touch him at all.

"So fast!..." Darius couldn't help but feel surprised that the opponent's reaction speed was so fast. Seeing Slit appear beside him like a ghost, Darius immediately adjusted his posture and swung out a powerful axe strike.

But a unique red light flashed in Slit's eyes, which was a sign of observation Haki. He quickly gathered his Armament Haki in his palm, and his palm, as hard as steel, slapped the back of the axe accurately with an indescribable precision. This palm was not only incredibly powerful, but also contained a subtle control of the flow of power, which forcibly deviated Darius's attack from its original trajectory.

"Such precise control..." Darius' heart was once again filled with shock. He thought the opponent had only dodged his attack with speed, but he never thought that the opponent could make such a wonderful counterattack in such a short time, deftly dissolving his axe attack with his palm.

"Finger gun..." A fingertip as fast as lightning suddenly attacked, Darius was quick-witted and quick-handed, and his body instantly swooped back, cleverly avoiding the sudden attack. However, Slit seemed to have predicted Darius's actions long ago, and he followed closely behind, and every attack fell on the position of Darius's dodge trajectory, making Darius very embarrassed.

"Flame!" Before he finished speaking, a snake head on Darius' shoulder spewed out blazing flames. Slit lightly dodged the counterattack of the flames and approached Darius again like a shadow.

After several rounds of fighting, Darius gradually felt unprecedented pressure. His offensive seemed to be covered by an invisible net, and every intention was seen through by Slit in advance. He realized that this opponent was not only proficient in Observation Haki, but also his Observation Haki was far superior to his own. His prediction was like a piece of cake in front of the opponent. This feeling of powerlessness forced him to retreat again and again, trying to distance himself from Slit in order to catch his breath.

The members of the Roxas Pirates were all shocked when they saw this scene. They had never expected that Darius, who was as powerful as a monster, would be so embarrassed in front of Vice Admiral Slit and was forced to retreat again and again. This scene was undoubtedly an unprecedented shock to them.

The surrounding navy soldiers cheered and expressed their admiration for Vice Admiral Slit. "Vice Admiral Slit, he is worthy of his reputation!" "Yes, Vice Admiral Slit is the pride of our navy." "Now Vice Admiral Slit has already left his opponent helpless before he even uses his devil fruit ability."

What's more, the mention of Vice Admiral Slit's brilliant past achievements moved everyone present. "Pirates, surrender! Vice Admiral Slit once personally arrested a super pirate with a bounty of 1,450,000,000 berries. In comparison, Darius, a pirate with a bounty of 500 million berries, is nothing to him."

These words were like a heavy hammer, sounding the alarm bells in the hearts of the Roxas Pirates. Their morale was shaken to some extent, and they began to feel deeply worried about their own and Darius's situation, worrying whether the Roxas Pirates could escape unscathed from such a powerful opponent.

Darius was also shocked when he heard it, but he did not try to boost the morale of the pirates. Instead, he focused on Slit and said coldly: "Ability? Are you a devil fruit user?"

Slit sneered and said proudly, "Indeed, but with your strength, it seems that it is not worth it for me to use my ability."

Hearing this, Darius's face suddenly turned ugly, and he laughed grimly, "Ha ha ha, interesting, it seems that I have been underestimated! That was Observation Haki just now! Your Observation Haki seems to be very powerful!"

Slit was also very proud and said: "Yes, your strength is indeed very strong, but I have already seen your future, and that is being arrested by me." His Observation Haki has been cultivated to the point where he can predict the short future and can see what will happen in the next few seconds. In this ocean, people who can cultivate Observation Haki to this point are rare.

Even in the Marine Headquarters, which is full of talented people, there are only five people in total who can cultivate their Observation Haki to the point of foreseeing the future: Marshal Sora, Admiral Sengoku, Zephyr, Hero Garp, and Slit.

Although there has not been any internal strength ranking within the Navy, Sleet is confident that he is the strongest in the Navy except for the Grand Admiral and the hero Garp. This is indeed the case. Among dozens of Vice Admirals, only he and Tsuru have become substitutes for the Navy Admirals.

The two soon fought again. Darius possessed the Observation Haki that could foresee the future. No matter what Darius did, the opponent could foresee his future, making Darius consume more energy whether attacking or defending.

"Storm Kick..." Slater kicked Darius and sent him flying. Without waiting for Darius to catch his breath, he chased him again and kicked him hard. When Darius defended with both hands, a snake head emitted a strong sound wave, which made Slater frown slightly. Darius swung his axe fiercely and forced Slater to retreat dozens of steps.

"Damn it! This is really tricky!" Darius wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Facing this opponent who could predict the future, he became more and more frightened. He remembered that when Straw Hat Luffy first met Katakuri in the original work, he seemed to have suffered a lot at the beginning.

But Straw Hat Luffy has his own aura of the protagonist, and has also learned how to use the Observation Haki to foresee the future in battle.

I wonder if I can also learn to foresee the future in the battle! And I am different from Straw Hat Luffy. His ultrasonic wave seems to be able to affect the opponent's observation Haki to predict the future.

"I should be the one saying this." Sleet's face wasn't looking good either. Even for him, it was difficult to defend against Darius' ultrasonic attack, unless his whole body was covered with Armament Haki. After all, the ultrasonic wave didn't seem to enter through the ears, but entered the body through every pore of the body. Even if he could quickly defend himself with Armament Haki, the interference for a moment would disrupt his Observation Haki that could foresee the future.

Soon, Slit regained his composure. He had to calm down to maximize his Observation Haki. He looked at Darius and said coldly, "Now I understand why Vice Admiral Bai and so many navy officers died in your hands. The Yamata no Orochi's abilities are indeed very powerful and strange. Each snake head represents an ability, with a total of eight different abilities. Among the mythical beasts, it is definitely the best."

Speaking of this, there was some jealousy in Slit's eyes. If he had eaten this devil fruit back then, relying on this powerful ability, he would definitely be able to become the admiral of the navy, or even the marshal of the navy, but it was too late.

Thinking of this, Slit's face became even uglier. Such a powerful ability fell into the hands of a pirate. He would definitely destroy him.

"I take back what I just said. Among the many pirates I have fought, you are indeed a very tough opponent. Now, I will show you my ability!" As he said that, Slit threw his cloak of justice aside, and his body began to change. He was originally two meters tall, but hair began to grow on his body, and his body was constantly colliding.

Soon, he turned into a half-human, half-beast tiger man over five meters tall.

"Is this the Tiger Fruit?" Darius looked at the monster's appearance. There was a word "king" on its forehead and black and yellow stripes on its body. Isn't it a tiger?

Slit exhaled a mouthful of foul air, and a deep voice came out of his ferocious mouth: "Animal type, Cat-Cat Fruit·Tiger Form. I am different from other vice admirals in the navy. Many vice admirals in the navy practice physical skills, swordsmanship, and domineering at the same time. If they have devil fruits, they will also have to add another devil fruit. However, I have never practiced swordsmanship. It's not that I don't have talent in swordsmanship, but physical skills are the biggest gain for me. Animal type ability users will enhance the advantages of physical users to the greatest extent."

"Is it just an ordinary type? Not even an ancient type." There was some contempt in Darius' words. Although the Cat-Cat Fruit Tiger Form was considered a relatively powerful Devil Fruit among the animal-type Devil Fruits, after all, the tiger was the king of beasts, but it still did not change the fact that it was just an ordinary Devil Fruit.

When Slit heard this, his eyes twitched a little, and he said coldly: "What an arrogant brat, your devil fruit is indeed more powerful, but in this world, there are no weak devil fruits, only weak ability users. Now I am here to teach you this truth."