Austin's Stress Response Form

Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Azure Dragon Form, Dragon-Man Form. Boom—!!!

Austin, who had originally stood only three meters tall, rapidly swelled in size, his muscles growing knotted and exaggerated along with him.

Jet-black scales covered his body, mingled with black-red lightning.

He looked like a demonic god who had clawed his way out of hell.

"This form makes fighting worth it, doesn't it?"

Opening his crimson vertical pupils, Austin forcibly gripped Kozuki Oden's sword with his jet-black hand.

Kozuki Oden's eyes widened sharply at the sight.

Then he gritted his teeth, and Conqueror's Haki instantly wrapped around the Ame no Habakiri in his other hand.

"Austin!!!"

"I will never allow you to destroy Wano Country!!!"

This slash, bearing the resolve to win in one strike, fully unleashed the power of a Great Swordsman and Conqueror's Haki infusion. It screeched against Austin's body, sending black-red lightning crackling everywhere.

But something strange happened.

Unlike in the Original Work, it did not instantly burst open in a spray of blood as it had when Oden had wounded Kaido.

"That really hurts..."

Traces of blood appeared across Austin's chest, but the blade was firmly wedged in his scales coated with Haki.

Oden's pupils shrank sharply, and he looked at Austin's face.

A smile spread across Austin's lips.

"Then let me return the favor with one hit~"

In an instant, an immense amount of Conqueror's Haki gathered at one point, blooming into a cross-shaped red gleam around Austin's fist.

Having followed Roger for so many years, Oden had naturally seen a similar move before. It had been used by a laughing Marine.

"Fist Bone: Rising Dragon Punch..."

Austin endured Oden's slash head-on, then threw a plain uppercut that nearly knocked Oden's damn brains out.

Blood sprayed from between Oden's clenched teeth.

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