Creed listed out all of his high-tier sword intents:
Griffin Sword Intent, Dark Night Sword Intent, Sharp Gold Sword Intent, Blood Slaughter Sword Intent, Shadow Slaughter Sword Intent, Ice Sword Intent, Corrosion-Destruction Sword Intent—
Eight SSSS- grade sword intents in total!
But Reincarnation Sword Intent wasn't among them.
Ever since his Supreme Good Slash and Ultimate Evil Slash both reached 100%, and his Supreme Reincarnation broke past 90%, a question mark had appeared behind Reincarnation Sword Intent—meaning it was about to advance.
When it reached 100% one day, that would be the moment it evolved!
The current Reincarnation Sword Intent was also one of Creed's trump cards. Its power was so terrifying that a single strike was enough that even the mutated Sakazuki couldn't withstand it!
And Blood Slaughter Sword Intent could fuse with Shadow Slaughter Sword Intent into Blood Shadow Sword Intent— it could even summon that mysterious power known as the Blood Demon Shadow, possessing extremely frightening offensive power.
With that thought, Creed fused Blood Slaughter and Shadow Slaughter first.
"Ding, fusing Blood Slaughter Sword Intent and Shadow Slaughter Sword Intent… fusion complete: Blood Shadow Sword Intent, SSSS-grade!"
A moment later, the system notification made Creed feel a bit surprised.
Originally, he thought that even if those two sword intents fused, they might still only remain SSSS- grade.
Who would've thought it would actually rank up?!
Previously, fusion conditions seemed to require three SSSS- grade sword intents, and there was also the risk of losing sword intent traits.
This was an unexpected delight.
Of course, there was also a very real possibility that these two sword intents had originally been one sword intent that had been split apart—so now that they were reunited, the fusion was perfect.
"That means I now have my first SSSS-grade sword intent. But this Blood Shadow Sword Intent doesn't have an ultimate blade—no Supreme Grade sword or demonic blade to amplify it—so its power might be somewhat discounted."
Creed thought to himself.
He raised a hand, forming two fingers like a sword. At his fingertip, a blood-colored sword intent flickered and pulsed.
He carefully sensed the aura of that sword intent, feeling a bit inwardly unsettled.
This Blood Shadow Sword Intent, aside from its other traits, also possessed an ability similar to the awakened power of the Bat Devil Fruit:
It could control other people's blood!
As long as his sword domain reached them, he could manipulate their blood!
If someone didn't have SSSS-grade (or higher) Armament Haki or Haoshoku Haki (Conqueror's Haki) protecting their body, then even with an absurdly strong physique…
They'd still have to kneel!
"It seems… not having gone up against their Supreme Commander, Blood Shadow, back then was actually a stroke of luck," Creed sighed, retracting the sword intent from his fingertips.
During that battle, Mihawk had been heavily injured by Blood Shadow.
Even though Mihawk had also wounded him, Blood Shadow had still been able to retreat calmly under the encirclement of Shiki and the others.
Blood Shadow was a truly troublesome enemy.
But from today onward, he posed no threat to Creed anymore.
Because Creed—now holding Blood Shadow Sword Intent—was destined to climb to a new height, pointing straight toward SSSS+!
"Then… what kind of sword intent can I fuse from the remaining ones?"
Creed "looked" at what remained: Dark Night Sword Intent, Griffin Sword Intent, Ice Sword Intent, Sharp Gold Sword Intent, Corrosion-Destruction Sword Intent, and others, murmuring to himself.
Among these, aside from Ice Sword Intent and Sharp Gold Sword Intent, both Griffin Sword Intent and Corrosion-Destruction Sword Intent could be amplified to SSSS-grade power with a Supreme Grade sword.
But Sharp Gold Sword Intent combined with Killing Intent was an even better one-plus-one-greater-than-two…
It left Creed conflicted.
"Forget it—biting off too much only makes it harder to digest!"
After thinking for a while, Creed finally made a decision.
Sword intents didn't need quantity.
He only needed one or two that were truly the strongest!
"System, lock onto Griffin Sword Intent, Ice Sword Intent, and Corrosion-Destruction Sword Intent. Use Corrosion-Destruction as the core, and fuse them."
He decided to rank up Corrosion-Destruction Sword Intent.
He had already experienced how terrifying it was before:
It could even corrode the void itself!
And since Imu very likely possessed a spatial Devil Fruit, Creed chose this sword intent, focusing on that trait.
"Ding, fusion begins. This fusion will take thirty minutes. Please wait..."
The system message made Creed raise his brows.
Earlier, Blood Slaughter and Shadow Slaughter had fused instantly.
But a three-intent fusion took thirty minutes—proving his earlier guess.
"Ding, Ice Corrosion Sword Intent fusion successful, SSSS-grade!"
Half an hour later, the notification finally rang out.
"Ice Corrosion Sword Intent?!"
The moment Creed heard the name, he was overjoyed.
Clearly, this sword intent had preserved the freezing attribute!
The sealing and freezing nature of Ice Sword Intent was sometimes extremely useful in combat.
Creed felt it was better than Griffin Sword Intent, which required amplification from a Supreme Grade sword.
Right now, it hadn't inherited Griffin Sword Intent's manifestation trait— instead, it kept the freezing trait.
Exactly what Creed wanted.
He lifted his hand, and with a thought, a gray-white sword intent coiled around his fingertip, releasing an indescribably chilling aura.
Ka-la ka-la!
Around his fingertip, the void continuously produced rippling distortions.
But those ripples weren't simple spatial ripples.
They shifted back and forth between two states:
Freeze… and Corrode-Destruct.
This was a sword intent that possessed two completely opposite traits at once.
"This Ice Corrosion Sword Intent… will be one of my greatest pillars."
For a moment, Creed even felt the urge to push it up to SSSS+.
"And there's still Sharp Gold Sword Intent. Should I upgrade it too? If I upgrade it and then stack Killing Intent amplification on top, it would definitely become the most destructive SSSS-grade sword intent in pure attack—maybe unmatched!"
Creed's thoughts turned again, and he became conflicted.
He really had to admit—
Ability Upgrade Cards were too few!
If he had two or three more, everything would be perfect.
"I don't have a black blade, so there's no need to keep Dark Night Sword Intent…"
He thought it over, and his gaze fell on Dark Night Sword Intent.
Right now, he had Reincarnation Sword Intent, the newly fused Blood Shadow Sword Intent, and Ice Corrosion Sword Intent—these three couldn't be touched.
That left Sharp Gold Sword Intent as the remaining core.
"Should I fuse it with Sharp Gold Sword Intent? Or should I add it together with Blood Shadow or Ice Corrosion and try to fuse an SSSS+ sword intent?"
Creed's ideas leapt so far ahead that even he was startled, and he quickly asked the system.
"Replying to Host: To successfully fuse an SSSS+ sword intent, you need at least two SSSS-grade sword intents and one SSSS- grade sword intent."
The system's answer made him feel fortunate that he hadn't acted impulsively.
(End of Chapter)
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