Chapitre 13: chapter 13
He gritted his teeth in annoyance until he thought of a counterattack.
"Gomu Gomu no Stamp Gatling"
Luffy launched a barrage of kicks at the approaching pillar and turned it into chunks of stone being repelled back to its owner. B.K crossed its arms to block the shower of rock, not noticing Luffy land on the ground and pumped his legs. He rushed at it with both arms covered in Armament behind him as he prepares another attack.
"Gomu Gomu no Eagle Bazooka"
Both palms smashed into the abdomen at mach speed causing a loud boom to be heard. B.K folded its body from the force before rocketing across the field and crashing through several trees beyond it. Luffy narrows his eyes at the direction he sent the beast while exiting Second Gear.
He is panting in exhaustion from using Second Gear so often since he didn't get that much to eat for breakfast. He may love eating food (especially meat), but it's also needed for the nutrients it gives which his Second Gear expends faster due to the increased metabolism.
"Damn, even with Second Gear and Armament, I'm not hitting it hard enough. I need to make him stop burning so I can hit it with Third Gear."
Luffy said.
From what he can guess, a flaming B.K is too fast for him to get a solid hit so he needs to think of how to get rid of the flames. He tilts his head in thought as he tries to think of a plan of action. Though it looks strained since it takes a lot of effort to think for him. Luffy's eyes widen upon coming up with an idea and pounds his fist on his palm as if it was obvious.
"I got it! If that thing is hot, then I just have to make it cold. Hahaha, that sounds like a good idea. Good thing I have plenty of ice dust left."
Luffy stated with a toothy grin. He never tapped into the ice dust in Soul Solid, used a tiny bit in Clima-Tact for the thundercloud, and shot one pellet from the Black Kabuto.
If he needs to make it really cold, he needs to use Soul Solid for a certain factor.
He draws Soul Solid out and activate the musician bond along with the ice dust. The blade starts to give off cold fumes since the blade itself is freezing to the touch.
He can't summon the winds of the underworld like Brook could because the ability is linked to his devil fruit.
Once again, dust has done a good job of substituting an effect that originally came from a dial or devil fruit.
B.K prowls onto the field with more intense flames on its bone armor, staring down on the human who proves to be a formidable adversary. Luffy stares back at it, not intimidated by its new appearance.
"Buso (Armament)"
the arm holding the cane sword turned black and then soon after the sword itself followed suit. The blade slowly shifted from steel to a shimmering black while retaining the cold air around it.
Back with the spectators, Pyrrha stared slightly slack jawed at the familiar black blade in astonishment. It was not the first time she witnessed such a thing, but didn't think much on it when Luffy used it on his limbs.
"He can make a black blade just like the champion!?"
Pyrrha exclaimed, earning several confused looks from the others. Ruby and Yang widen their eyes at the info and came to the same conclusion.
'There's someone else that can use Haki!'
they thought in unison. Haki was something they thought that only Luffy and their family knew about. For there to be another Haki user would mean that this champion was also reborn into this world along with Luffy.
"Never figured that Straw Hat knows anything about fencing. And what's with that fog?"
Weiss asked the sisters, seeing as they know the most about Luffy's combat skills. Judging by the shape of the blade, the cane sword looks more suited for thrusting but can be used for quick slashes like her rapier.
Ruby and Yang look at each other before shrugging their shoulders. That's one answer that they can give.
"He may be a brawler at heart, but he's at least proficient with Soul Solid."
Ruby clarified the heiress.
"And that fog you're seeing... is just ice dust."
Yang answered. Everyone raised a brow in confusion before she explained further.
"It's foggy around the blade because it is really cold to touch. The sword is designed to sap the heat from your body instead of making ice to trap someone."
Yang said while giving a glance to Weiss. The others had a shiver go down their spine at the thought of losing their own body heat and freezing to death.
That's a cruel way to utilize ice dust.
In the clearing with Luffy, he pumps his sword arm before dashing at the gorilla. B.K swung a punch at him, but Luffy ducked under it and attacked.
"Polka Remise (Polka Continuation)"
A blur of sword thrusts stabbed into the gut almost simultaneously. The frigid temperature of the black blade affected B.K by stealing away its heat. In doing so, the flames slowly faded out of existence and is now replaced by the usual bright glow.
Luffy grins at the success of his simple plan before performing a backflip to avoid a slower punch from the Grimm. Now that the Berserker Kong lost those flames, it also lost some of its enhanced speed and strength. Luffy halts the use of Second Gear and points the tip of Soul Solid at B.K, aiming at the chest.
"Aubade Coup Droit (Dawn Serenade: Right-Handed Strike)"
He thrusts his cane sword forward, launching a highly compressed blast of air at the target. B.K somehow sees the attack and crossed its arms in defense before it got struck by an invisible force. It didn't receive any injuries, but the cold air mixed in with the air thrust chilled the arms that blocked it. Now the glow dimmed down slightly, weakening the creature further.
The effect wasn't as strong since the cold air blast was being warmed up by the outside air as it traveled through it.
"Yosh, one more hit and I should be able to finish this."
Luffy declared with confidence. He proceeds to casually walk up to the beast, ready for whatever it might do. B.K uses what's left of its heated rage and charges at Luffy in a last ditch effort in killing him. Luffy pumps his legs one last time before disappearing from sight, only to reappear behind the Grimm.
The onlookers stare in confusion at the action, not seeing any attack made.
"Man, that technique looks so awesome but it sucks when you're the one getting hit by it."
Yang commented. The students were still left in confusion and decided to watch what happens next.
The Armament left Soul Solid as Luffy continued walking. Not a single nick or scratch can be found on the blade despite the amount of use it sustained. He starts sheathing his sword until it got to the last bit of the sheath.
"Kasuriuta: Fubuki Giri (Pastoral Song: Blizzard Slash)"
With the 'click' of the sheath, a trail of ice struck B.K from shoulder to the hip on the other side. The black gorilla howled in pain at the wound across its torso. The glowing markings faded completely as it now looked like simple black engravings on the bone armor.
Luffy has very little aura left in his reserves after using his memory bonds for so long. He hopped once into the air before using the chef bond launch himself at B.K with Sky Walk. He brings up his thumb in front of his face in preparation for the finishing blow.
"Third Gear: Hone Fusen (Bone Balloon)"
Luffy bites into his thumb and blows air into it, inflating his own skeletal structure. Now the arm takes the form of an enormous wrecking ball with an equally large fist that dwarf the size of his body. The rest of his arm is still normal so he can still stretch it.
"Busoshoku: Koka (Armament: Hardening)"
The colossal fist shifted to shiny black as he reared it behind himself. Through an incredible feat of strength, he pulled his fist forward and threw his enlarged fist at his weakened enemy.
"Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun!"
B.K knew it couldn't dodge the attack, so it settled for crossing its arms in futility as the giant punch connected. Both the armor and its bones shattered as the beast's feet left the ground immediately and was plowed through the forest trees. Even when the Elephant Gun stopped, the gorilla continued sailing until it reached a ravine with a stone structure that looks like a watchtower. The moment it crashed into the tower, the entire thing crumbled and sent the structure and the decaying Grimm into the abyss of the ravine.
Some of the people on the hill had their jaws hit the ground when they saw his Third Gear in action. Yang and Ruby on the other hand, were just facepalming themselves for using it in the first place. Jaune looked on with a twitching eye.
"AHH! Is there an end to his surprises!?"
Jaune ranted, startling everyone with his shouting.
A great variety of medicine, a stretchy body, swordsmanship so fast that they never saw the attack, and the ability to enlarge his limbs to the point that it's the size of a giant... someone is bound to suffer a breakdown from all of the ridiculousness.
"Hahahaha, he actually broke that thing's legs. He's officially my second best buddy next to Ren."
Nora piped in with immense glee. Ren sweatdropped at his partner's antics.
'More like he broke every bone in its body.'
Ren thought to himself. They were broken from any further comments by Yang's snickering.
"Oh boy, it's time for the drawback to kick in."
Yang announced, resulting in raised brows from the audience.
"Drawback?"
Blake inquired.
They turn back to Luffy only to see him blow air out of his mouth which caused him to fly sporadically while screaming.
"Ugh... the sooner he gets rid of the drawback, the better. I can't take him seriously when it happens."
Ruby complained in annoyance. Luffy told her it was one of his top priorities on the list of regaining his former strength, but he hasn't gotten rid of it just yet.
They continue to watch Luffy fly around until they notice that he's headed towards them.
'Is he... shrinking?'
Blake mused before putting her arms out to catch Luffy, who has indeed shrunk.
In her arms is a tiny boy with a large head and clothes that mysteriously shrunk along with him.
"Yosh, I beat that stupid gorilla. Now we can leave so I can eat a lot of meat. I'm starving."
Chibi Luffy said with a child-like voice. Everyone stood there dumbstruck by the appearance of the black haired boy that took out a powerful Grimm on his own. Then they started giggling before descending into full blown laughter. Luffy chuckled along, not knowing why they were laughing in the first place.
'Even if he does look stupid, he still kind of looks adorable.' Blake thought to herself as she was giggling. She didn't even register Luffy telling her to let him go until he threw a punch at her forehead, which bounced off harmlessly. Blake raised a brow in amusement since the punch didn't hurt at all.
"Can you let me go now? I'm about to g-"
Luffy started before he was interrupted by the sudden growth of his body. Blake was caught off balance due to the sudden change in weight and fell back with Luffy on top of her.
"Ow, should have seen that one coming. Luffy, can you get off of me?"
Blake groaned out. Luffy complied after apologizing and got up then giving her a hand to which she took.
"Awww, please stay on top of her. It looked so cute and suggestive."
Yang whined at losing the adorable scene. Ruby and Luffy didn't understand where she was going with this, but the others sported a light tint of red on their cheeks. Blake aimed a small glare at her partner for the insinuation.
Before Ruby forgot, she returned the straw hat to Luffy with him giving a 'thank you' for it. The group moved towards the cliffs to end their initiation and be sorted into teams.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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