One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

In the original work, Straw Hat Luffy gradually learned the Observation Haki to foresee the future during the battle with Katakuri, so he must be able to do it too. Darius gradually calmed his heart, activated his Observation Haki to the maximum, and sensed Slit's breath and changes with all his heart.

"Hmph, arrogant brat, go to hell!" Slit said, kicking his feet and using his killing move on Darius again, growling: "Razor Blade..."

In an instant, Slit's figure was as fast as lightning, and he raised a strong wind blade and attacked Darius.

Darius chopped the Black Cutter in his hand fiercely, breaking the wind blade into pieces. Darius felt a sense of crisis and his body instinctively tried to dodge to the side. At that moment, he actually dodged Slit's finger gun.

Slit's face was suddenly filled with shock, but before he could be shocked, Darius's Black Cleaver chopped over. Slit chose to step back and put some distance between himself and Darius.

Darius was also shocked at this time. He thought to himself, "What was that? I seemed to have predicted the trajectory of his attack on me in an instant? Was it the observation Haki that could foresee the future?" Darius recalled the feeling just now, and his heart was filled with joy.

"Was that just luck? It seems like another future has appeared." Slit's face was a little grim. He didn't want to believe that a pirate like Darius could master the Observation Haki that could foresee the future in such a short time, so he decided to give it another try.

Soon, Sleet launched another attack, and Darius immediately abandoned all distracting thoughts in his heart and turned his observation Haki to the maximum. After the feeling just now, Darius was surprised again, because he seemed to have really found the feeling of predicting the future.

Once again, Darius dodged Slit's attack, but maybe after dodging, his emotions fluctuated greatly, or his observation Haki was not mature enough to predict the future, so after dodging the first move, he was hit by Slit's second move again.

After being knocked out again, Darius supported himself with one hand and somersaulted to the ground. Even though blood was coming out of his mouth and nose, he was still excited and said, "Ha ha ha, it hurts! You are really strong, but I will never lose to you. I think I have found some feeling for fighting..."

Slit looked at Darius and his face suddenly turned a little ugly. He was now sure that Darius had indeed used the Observation Haki that could foresee the future. Although his ability to foresee the future was not as good as his, he was able to comprehend it in such a short time, which shocked Slit. However, he forced himself to stay calm and thought to himself, "This guy actually treated me as a whetstone. Could he want to comprehend the Observation Haki that could foresee the future in battle? How is this possible!"

Then, Slit denied himself: "No, it is indeed possible. The more desperate the situation is, the more it can stimulate the hidden power in the human body. I also awakened the future-foreseeing observation Haki when I was in a desperate situation. This kid doesn't want to do the same! If he really succeeds, it will be troublesome. We must make a quick decision."

After thinking all this through, Sleet decided not to hold back on his strength anymore. He wanted to get rid of Darius as quickly as possible and not give Darius a chance to grow. Although Darius was not the most powerful pirate he had ever seen, Darius's strength made him feel a little daunted, especially since this guy was still so young. He must strangle him in the cradle.

"Boy, as someone who also possesses the ability of an animal-type devil fruit, today I will let you see what the true power of a devil fruit is!" As he spoke, Slit's body changed again. In the human-beast form, the original black stripes of the tiger began to gradually spread, and the black and yellow fur on his body now turned completely pure black. Soon, the human-beast form turned into a black tiger-man. At the same time, circles of black flames appeared on Slit's neck, arms, waist and abdomen, surrounding his body.

Darius looked at Slit, whose form had changed drastically, and his pupils shrank suddenly. Slit's aura was even more terrifying than before. He was shocked and asked, "Is this the awakening of the animal system?"

Even if this guy didn't use the Devil Fruit, it would be hard to deal with his Observation Haki that could predict the future. After using the Devil Fruit, he became even more abnormal. Now he can even awaken the Tiger Fruit. How the hell is he going to fight him? Is the difference in strength between the vice admirals so big? Slit is much stronger than the old vice admiral. The strength of the two is simply one in the sky and one in the earth.

Even Slit, the candidate for admiral, has such strength, it is hard to imagine how strong the real admiral of the navy must be!

Darius was a little nervous at once, but he suppressed his emotions and said, "No, calm down. Haven't we already anticipated the worst outcome? As long as I can foresee the future, I will definitely be able to defeat him."

Soon, Darius suppressed his inner emotions and regained his composure. He knew that in the original work, Katakuri needed to be calm enough to be able to use the Observation Haki that could predict the future, and Straw Hat Luffy also gradually learned the Observation Haki that could predict the future after maintaining sufficient calmness, which was the basic condition.

Slit grinned wildly and said, "Hahahaha, that's right, you are quite knowledgeable. You even know about awakening. But that's true. After all, you were once a member of the Rocks Pirates. It's not surprising that you know about the awakening of devil fruits."

Slit twisted his neck, and his original five-meter height shrunk to about three meters. He grinned and said, "Among the top powers of devil fruits, awakening is the ultimate power. When the ability user reaches awakening, it can be considered as the true development of the power of the devil fruit. The awakening of the animal-type fruit will not only greatly increase the strength, speed and everything else, but also bring unimaginable physical strength and vitality to the ability user."

"I know you also have animal-type abilities, and your recovery and resistance to attacks are also extraordinary, but compared to the awakening of animal-type ability users, your recovery and resistance to attacks are far inferior."

Then, Slit attacked Darius again. Facing Slit's attack, Darius regained his composure. Although he was surprised that Slit could reach the level of awakening, he was even more surprised when he saw Slit's form after awakening. No wonder he was called Black Tiger! It turns out that the awakened devil fruit really looks like a black tiger!

However, no matter how surprised he was, he had to calm down quickly. Facing an opponent like Slit who could predict the future, he would have a chance of defeating him only after he raised his Observation Haki to the same level as him.

'Let's buy a piece of equipment first!' Darius thought in his mind while dodging Slit's attack. Although his current gold coins were not enough to buy a complete piece of equipment, he could buy a small piece of equipment. And there just happened to be an equipment that was very effective against a pure physical warrior like Slit. After making up his mind, Darius immediately bought the equipment from the Alliance Mall, and then began to deal with Slit calmly. If he wanted to defeat Slit, he still needed to improve his Observation Haki. Although it was possible to gain powerful skills and defeat Slit by upgrading, Darius now enjoyed the current crisis more. Only in a crisis situation could he awaken his Observation Haki to foresee the future.

The two of them occupied most of the battlefield. Darius kept dodging in order to adapt to his Observation Haki that could foresee the future. After having a little understanding of foresight, Darius thought he could enter into a formal battle with Slit. However, he did not expect that Slit had a hidden trump card. The awakening of the devil fruit made Darius, who was already at a disadvantage, even more disadvantaged.

Slit's attack became even more fierce and fierce. As an elite vice admiral and a candidate for admiral, he understood very well how powerful a man like Darius was. Only with the determination to kill him could he successfully arrest him. If he wanted to show mercy, he would definitely suffer a great loss.

Moreover, Slit has always been a ruthless character. In the navy, he is an absolute hawk. He insists on executing pirates on the spot if they don't surrender. So after knowing the threat of Darius, Slit wanted to eliminate him directly. However, the higher-ups wanted to capture Darius alive. It is not known whether it was for public execution or for some other reason. As a navy, Slit could only obey the orders of his superiors.

After fighting for more than three hours, Darius half-knelt on the ground, gasping for breath: "Hoo, ha ha ha, I think I can finally predict your actions!"

Slit's face also looked very ugly. When fighting with Darius, he had the upper hand from beginning to end, but Darius was too tenacious and too resistant to beatings. Moreover, when his fists hit Darius's body, he felt like being pricked by needles. Although it was not very painful, fighting for such a long time continuously made Slit's fists and feet very painful. He didn't understand why this was happening. Could it be the defense and barbs of the snake scales?

In fact, the reason is very simple, because the equipment Darius bought was the Thorn Vest.

Originally Darius planned to wait until he had enough gold coins to buy the complete set at once, but now there is no way, and Darius just had enough gold coins to buy the Thorn Vest, so he bought it.

Thorn vest, price 800 gold coins.

Armor +30,

Passive: Thorns: Every time you are hit by an opponent's physical attack, 3% of the physical damage will be rebounded to the attacker and a severe injury effect will be applied for three minutes.