One Piece: Starting with Creating the Strongest Character Design

Upon hearing Pika's shrill female voice, Kitahara Tsune chuckled.

There was no way around it; the contrast was just too great for such a tall man to have such a voice.

"My name is Kitahara Tsuneo, remember that."

After laughing, Kitahara Tsuneo replied while still in mid-air.

"Kitahara Tsune..." Pica repeated his name, "Why do you have these clothes?"

Although she was annoyed by the other person's mockery of her voice, Pica was more concerned about the clothes the other person was wearing.

"Oh? You mean this black feather robe?"

Kitahara Tsune took off the black feather robe and shook off the snowflakes. "I found this robe on the road."

"As for his original owner, he probably died somewhere unknown."

Kitahara Tsune chuckled softly.

Pica clearly didn't believe Kitahara Tsune's explanation; the guy was already suspicious just by wearing Corazon's clothes.

After all, the young master had almost labeled Corazon as a traitor.

He wouldn't be surprised at all if Corazon had stolen the Op-Op Fruit.

"You're not telling the truth, are you?"

Pica uttered a harsh remark before his body merged directly into the ground beneath his feet.

The next second, dozens of extremely thick stone spikes suddenly pierced out from the ground, their target being Kitahara Tsune, who was standing in mid-air!

shhhhhh...

Kitahara Tsune dodged, the sound of air being torn apart echoing continuously.

But the stone spikes following closely behind showed no sign of stopping.

Every time Kitahara Tsune dodged, a new stone spike would rise from the ground behind him, relentlessly pursuing him.

After a quick movement, a mountain wall suddenly appeared in front of Kitahara Tsuneo.

"Gotcha!"

On the mountainside, a huge figure wearing a cross mask and shoulder armor slowly emerged from the rocks.

It was Pica hiding among the rocks!

As his body emerged from the rocks, the giant swords made of rock in his hands were drawn and swung heavily at Kitahara Tsune, who had no way to dodge in mid-air.

The 10-meter-long giant sword seemed like a toy in Pica's hands, moving at an astonishing speed.

Seeing the giant sword descending with immense pressure, Kitahara Tsune neither dodged nor evaded, but instead drew his right hand sharply from his waist.

hum-

A slash came out as the longsword was drawn.

The azure sword energy severed the giant rock sword in Pica's hand.

The falling stones landed on the ground with a thunderous sound, and along with them, Pikana's tall figure was also severed.

However, at the very moment of the severance, his body had already quietly merged into the stone wall.

Seeing this, Kitahara Tsune was about to cut the stone wall in half, but the stone spikes that kept chasing him from behind were already getting close.

Kitahara Tsune no longer concealed himself, and with a backhand swing of the Demon-Slaying Sword, he cut all the stone spikes in half.

However, these stone spikes were almost endless under Pica's control.

After defusing a wave of attacks, Kitahara Tsune took a light step and jumped into the air.

"I never expected that one of the Don Quixote family executives would be such a coward."

Kitahara Tsune stood high in the sky; his voice was not loud, but it was exceptionally clear.

"How did you know I'm a member of the Don Quixote family?"

Pica's face appeared on the highest rock on the mountain, looking at Kitahara Tsuneo and saying...

"As expected, you must be related to the Ope Ope no Mi!"

Kitahara Tsune remained noncommittal, then smiled and said, "Sissy."

"Damn it! I'll kill you!!!"

Having his sore spot hit, Pica was instantly enraged and no longer held back in his probing.

A dozen or so stone spikes suddenly rose from the ground and pierced towards Kitahara Tsune.

At the same time, the entire mountain began to shake!

Kitahara Tsune, wielding a long sword, cleaved all the stone spikes in two, then lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped backward.

Rumble...

The mountains began to writhe and deform in his eyes, and in just a dozen seconds, a stone giant nearly a thousand meters tall appeared in front of him!

"Hehehe~ Are you scared now?"

Pikana's shrill female voice echoed throughout the entire mountain range.

This is Pica's strongest form right now!

This enormous size is even larger than that of giants, and for ordinary people, it is a pure crushing force.

Pica's voice echoed, and the stone giant he controlled stretched out his hands and slammed them down into the air where Kitahara Tsune was located.

This stone giant looks enormous, so it should be moving slowly.

However, under Pica's control, it was exceptionally sensitive.

collapse!

The giant slammed his hands down on Kitahara Tsune. Upon contact, the rocks that formed his arms were shattered by the powerful impact, and countless rocks crashed down.

"Gotcha!"

Pica looked at Kitahara Tsune, whom he had struck, and before he could gloat for more than a few seconds, azure sword energy slashed out from his palm, cleaving the rock-formed arm in two.

In mid-air, Kitahara Tsune looked at the famous sword, Takumi, in his hand with heartache.

The knife is so sharp it's become dull from cutting through the stone.

He killed so many pirates in the Sabaody Archipelago, but he didn't suffer such a rapid loss.

He sighed and chose to wrap his Armament Haki around the Demon Hunter.

"Don't bother trying~ Just surrender obediently~ and I might spare your life."

Pica's face appeared on the stone giant's head, his eyes overflowing with smugness.

In his view, the outcome of this battle was already decided the moment the opponent drew his longsword.

Before that, he was worried that the other party had some special ability that could defeat him in one fell swoop.

However, if the opponent's only attack method is slashing, then it's simple.

He can blend into the nearby rocks at will and can also control stones to attack.

As long as he hides inside the rock giant and continuously uses stone spikes and the rock giant's attacks to wear down the opponent's stamina, then victory in this battle will surely be his.

Just as Pica was feeling smug.

Kitahara Tsune exhaled lightly, gripped the hilt of the Demon-Slaying Blade with both hands, and continuously channeled Armament Haki into the blade.

The longsword also hummed softly, seemingly responding to Kitahara Tsune's power.

Kitahara Tsune took a fighting stance, and then suddenly slashed at the stone giant's waist.

"One-Sword Style: Demon Slayer!"

This time, what slashed out from the blade was not the usual azure sword energy, but a blade light as black as ink.

At the same time, a powerful will erupted from Kitahara Tsuneo, striking directly into Pica's mind.

"What is this?!" Feeling that familiar yet unfamiliar domineering aura, Pica's mind went blank for a moment. Clearly, he was affected for a moment by Kitahara Tsune's Conqueror's Haki.

In that instant, the black, ink-like blade of light slashed fiercely toward the waist of the Pica Stone Giant.

When Pica regained consciousness, he was shocked to find that his stone giant had been cut in two!

Meanwhile, his upper body was falling from the sky, slowly crashing towards the ground.

"not good!"

Pica muttered to himself.

The rock giant he had formed was too far from the ground, and it would take him more than ten seconds to merge into the earth.

Pica swam around the upper body of the stone giant, trying to catch a glimpse of Kitahara Tsune.

In the instant he lost his focus, Kitahara Tsune had already disappeared from his sight.

"One-Sword Style: Ryouran!"

Kitahara Tsune's figure appeared above the falling stone giant's head, brandishing his long sword.

Dozens of blade beams wove together to form an intricate net, and Pika, trapped within it, was like a fish caught in the act, forced to watch helplessly as the dense blade beams hurtled towards him.