Chapter 72 – The power brought by templates merging

As someone who has wandered the seas for years and understands the ways of the world, Carina would not naively believe, like Uta, that Arton couldn't see her after merging.

"Even if I did see, would you mind?"

Arton's voice came from the void, reaching Carina's ears.

"Hmph, of course I would mind."

"But you already showed me your..."

"That's different!"

"What's different, what should be seen has been seen, what shouldn't have been seen has also been seen..."

"Hmph, I'm not talking to you anymore. You wanted to try the power after merging, didn't you? Let's start now."

"Hehe, that's right, after all, after merging, our stamina will continuously be consumed. Carina, you don't need me to guide you to see the outside world through my eyes, do you?"

"Don't worry, Uta has told me about it."

Carina took a deep breath, calming herself down.

As Carina focused, indeed, through Arton's eyes, she could see the outside world.

"Is this the power of thunder?"

"This thunder power combined with the Flame of Sun Breathing, I wonder if it can trigger an elemental reaction."

"Or, let me create a Sun Breathing technique with a shadow of Electro DMG."

Arton murmured, and the Nichirin Blade he unsheathed was immediately wrapped in blue thunder.

Then, as Arton breathed rhythmically, scorching flames spread over the blade.

Lightning and flame intertwined, merged, making the air seem to scorch.

"It seems… possible!"

Suddenly, Arton's eyes sharpened, and he swung his blade towards the sea.

A crescent-shaped slash composed of lightning and flame soared out and landed on the huge Sea King that had just surfaced tens of meters away.

Boom!

A massive explosion sounded.

The Sea King that had just surfaced had no time to react.

The body above the sea surface exploded directly.

Not only that, the force of the explosion from the lightning and flame directly blasted a hole with a diameter of more than 20 meters in the sea surface.

The lower half of the huge Sea King's body was also destroyed by the blast.

Seeing this scene, Arton nodded in satisfaction.

And casually chose to upload to his diary the image of his current appearance captured by the system, as well as the video of him slashing at the Sea King.

Carina, seeing Arton record photos and videos related to her in the diary, was naturally quite pleased.

After all, the more of these things there were, the more points they would mean.

However, after seeing the name Arton uploaded the photo with, Carina couldn't help but pout.

"What's this, can't you choose a normal name?"

"What if other people misunderstand?"

Carina sighed to herself.

[Photo: Commemorative Photo, First time with Carina]

[Video: Fire and Lightning Combined, Slashing at the Sea King]

Nami: "Eh! First time... Carina had already done that with Arton, right? How come now again... What? So it's about using character templates together."

Kaya: "Phew, thankfully, it's not those embarrassing photos."

Kalifa: "Choosing such a name…"

Tashigi: "What, it's that kind of first time. But, wow, to be able to unleash such a slash."

Ain: "To even make a hole in the sea surface, indeed, Arton using Yae Miko's power will be more troublesome than Carina using Yae Miko's power alone."

Charlotte Smoothie: "Interesting, Arton is combining the power of Yae Miko with that of Sun Breathing technique. This situation feels like using two Devil Fruits at the same time."

Gion: "The purpose of entering this mode is not to attack the Sea King. Arton is experimenting with combining different powers."

"Just after merging, he can release such a slash; when he gets used to it, he will undoubtedly become even stronger."

"This is troubling, the longer Arton stays in the sea, the harder it will be to invite him."

Ulti: "Don't character templates feel a bit like the Zoan type Devil Fruits? Is this guy essentially using two Zoan type Devil Fruits now?"

Yamato: "Arton, can you hear me speaking? Will Ace really die? Damn, why can Arton's words reach me, but my words can't reach him?!"

Diary copyholders were surprised again after seeing the new photo.

After all, the situation of Arton merging with Carina was very different from the last time Arton merged with Uta.

Last time, after merging with Uta, Arton merely utilized Elizabeth's power.

However, this time, Arton used the templates of both Yoriichi Tsugikuni and Yae Miko.

This is equivalent to Arton truly using two Devil Fruit powers at the same time.

And in this world, there is no one who possesses the power of two Devil Fruits simultaneously.

Let alone someone planning to merge the powers of two Devil Fruits together.

At this moment, the holders of the day's copy all wished Arton would release more information about his abilities.

So they could know to what extent Arton could jointly exert the powers of Yae Miko and Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

Of course, among them were Yamato and Whitey Bay, who didn't care much about the power information Arton released but simply wanted to make contact with Arton, or even meet him in person, as the diary copyholders.

"Wow, so strong!"

Jango swallowed hard, looking terrified at the sea surface that had been blasted with a huge hole.

"Not bad, but definitely not as strong as when I merged with Arton."

Uta crossed her arms, looking over with interest.

Inside Arton, Carina was also quite surprised to see this scene.

At this time, Arton's casual strike seemed to be stronger than her full effort when fighting the Treasure Pirates alone.

"Amazing…"

Carina murmured.

"Indeed, it's quite amazing."

"But, there should still be room for further improvement."

Arton said quietly.

After the recent testing, Arton found that the Flame of Sun Breathing and Yae Miko's thunder could indeed merge and exert even more powerful forces.

Thinking of Yae Miko's moves, Arton gradually had an idea in his mind.

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