[Host: Dewey]
Age: 16
[Devil Fruit: Flame-Flame Fruit, Level 2, Proficiency: 11%]
[Swordsmanship: Basic Swordsmanship, Level 3, Proficiency: 28%]
[Experience points: 0]
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In just two months, Dewey upgraded the Flame-Flame Fruit by two levels, an average of one level per month.
The color of the flame also changed from the original orange to orange-red, and the temperature also increased a lot.
"We have the moves, the next step is to combine the fruit with swordsmanship."
Looking at the samurai sword at his waist that was not affected by the flames at all, Dewey's eyes were full of anticipation.
He is not satisfied with the fire-style ninjutsu of the Naruto world, and Dewey wants to plagiarize the flame swordsmanship of another popular comic.
The Zanpakutō of the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society, the strongest and oldest Zanpakutō of the fire type – "Ryujin Jakka".
The initial temperature is 6,000 degrees Celsius, and the Bankai temperature is 15 million degrees Celsius.
Dewey did not dare to desire the latter. As long as he could imitate the Shikai of "Ryujin Jakka", he would be satisfied.
If the flame temperature of the Flame-Flame Fruit can reach 6,000 degrees Celsius, the surface of the sun, then Akainu is nothing to him.
"Fu Zhan——"
Trying to attach his power to the samurai sword, Dewey assumed a sword-drawing and slashing stance and swung it forward fiercely.
Unfortunately, the expected flame slash did not appear.
The orange-red flame did form a fire snake, but unfortunately it dissipated before it could expand.
The Fuslash in Bleach is not a flaming slash, but the essence of old man Yamamoto's swordsmanship.
Dewey, who has not yet mastered the "Steel Cutting", is just daydreaming if he wants to swing the slashing weapon.
Even if he wanted to turn the stroking blow into a fire slash, Dewey currently couldn't compress the flames into a slash, let alone swing it out.
"Compression, compression…"
Dewey realized that he had entered his first bottleneck period.
In the past two months, Dewey has mastered the condensation of flames and developed various flame techniques. If he wants to go further, he must learn how to compress flames.
However, compressing the flames into a slash and swinging them out is undoubtedly more difficult than condensing the flames into various shapes.
If Dewey had already comprehended "Steel Cutting", he would only need to attach the flame to the slashing attack, and it would be much easier to develop it.
But Dewey, who was only a beginner in swordsmanship, obviously did not have that ability yet.
So, Dewey began the second stage of practice.
However, by compressing the flames on the blade, Dewey could not prevent the flames from affecting the samurai sword.
His samurai sword was just an ordinary katana. If he simply condensed the flames, it might be like his clothes and would not be affected by the flames at all.
Ordinary condensation is like wrapping, seemingly wrapped around the blade, but actually not.
If compressed, the flame and the blade will be in close contact.
The samurai sword is like being reforged. It may be fine at the beginning, but as time goes by, the blade will gradually deform, showing signs of being charred, bent, and even starting to melt.
This is because the temperature of Dewey's flame is not high. If the temperature of the flame gets higher and higher in the future, I'm afraid even the famous sword will not be able to withstand it.
After less than two days of practice, Dewey's samurai sword was broken.
Before finding a suitable famous sword, Dewey had to put aside his swordsmanship training and return to developing the techniques of the Flame-Flame Fruit.
Time flies, and another month has passed.
Ten days ago, Dewey successfully upgraded the Flame-Flame Fruit to level 3, and then the rate at which his proficiency increased began to slow down.
Just like the difficulty of upgrading in a game, it always starts easy and then gets harder and harder… before and after level 3 of the Flame-Flame Fruit are two completely different watersheds.
During these three months, Dewey developed a large number of fire moves with the rich imagination of a time traveler. Except for the fact that he was unable to develop the most lethal secrets, his skill library was even larger than that of Ace in the original work.
After realizing that he had reached a bottleneck period, Dewey stopped developing his fruit ability and instead began to improve his physical fitness.
Just like the ninjutsu in the Naruto world consumes chakra, the devil fruits in the One Piece world consume physical strength.
In the world of pirates, the importance of a strong body cannot be overstated.
Especially for those who use fruit abilities, if you don't have a strong body, your resistance and endurance will not only make it impossible for you to fight a protracted battle, but your fruit abilities will also be suppressed by the opponent.
Among the four pirate emperors of the New World, except for the domineering "Red Hair" Shanks who specializes in swordsmanship, the other three are people with special abilities. Which one of their bodies is not a monster among monsters?
In the original work, the reason why Ace lost to Blackbeard was not only because his fruit ability was restrained, but also because of the difference in their physical bodies.
Dewey, who was well aware of the importance of his body, found a goal to pursue after eating the Flame-Flame Fruit.
That target was Baloric Redfield, who was known as the "Lone Red" and was able to stand on equal footing with Roger and Whitebeard in the last era.
His swordsmanship, physical skills, and domineering aura are all at the top of the world.
Even without the Devil Fruit, he is still a super powerful being at the level of the Four Emperors.
If he were given a powerful fruit, he would be one of the candidates for the world's strongest man.
The failure of the Red Earl told Dewey that only by combining swordsmanship, physical skills, domineering, and devil fruit into one and improving them all to the extreme can one become the strongest man in the world.
So, Dewey took him as his goal to pursue and surpass.
The natives of this world are all physical monsters.
Although in this world, there are many people who are born monsters.
But ordinary people can also turn themselves into monsters through hard work.
Like Roronoa Zoro, like Rayleigh who travels freely in the windless zone, like the domineering Roger and Shanks… they are the best examples.
Dewey's body is in its growth period.
After starting to train hard, Dewey could clearly feel that his body was getting stronger day by day through the increase in the daily output of the Flame-Flame Fruit.
When progress becomes visible to the naked eye, motivation comes.
Therefore, Dewey, who had the ability to hunt on the island and did not need to go to the town for supplies, settled down on the island completely.
It was not until the end of the Haiyuan calendar in 1516 that a foreign sailing ship disrupted his peaceful life.